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Daily Corinthian Vol. 117, No. 91
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• Corinth, Mississippi • 16 pages • One section
Williams unharmed in marathon bombing BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
BOSTON — Local runner Kenneth Williams was not injured when two explosions killed two people and injured more than 130 during the 117th Boston Marathon on Monday. Williams was about a mile from the end of the race when two booms were heard by witnesses at the finish line just before 3 p.m. EST. “I wasn’t having my best day and had slowed down,� said Williams. “I saw some gray smoke and then they stopped us ... somebody mentioned a bomb.�
Williams, running in his 12th Boston and 57th marathon overall, was among thousands of runners who had yet to complete the 26.2mile course that begins in Hopkinton and ends at Copley Square on Boylston Williams Street in downtown Boston. The remainder of the race was
canceled and runners who had not finished the race were diverted straight down Commonwealth Avenue and into a family meeting area, according to an emergency plan that had been in place. “We stayed there for about an hour,� said Williams. “Then we passed the scene of the bombing on our way out.� Williams was with a group of 16 from the Tri-State area that included runners from the likes of New Albany and Tupelo; Bolivar, Tenn,; and Florence, Ala. “All are accounted for I believe,� said Williams, who had re-
ceived around 150 text messages around 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Williams had been waiting in the lobby of his hotel for about an hour when he got through via cell phone to the Daily Corinthian. “I was scheduled to leave tonight, but I wasn’t going to be able to get to the airport,� said Williams. As it turns out, Monday might have been the perfect day for Williams to have a less-than-normal performance. When asked what might have happened if he’d been on his normal pace, Williams replied “I’d probably been right there.�
• Some 23,000 runners took part in the race, one of the world's oldest and most prestigious marathons. One of Boston's biggest annual events is held on Patriots Day, which commemorates the first battles of the American Revolution, at Concord and Lexington in 1775. During the race, Corinth CocaCola’s Amy Smith served as guest tweeter on the @MarathonKoach account. “He is okay,â€? said Smith after news of the bombing broke. “We don't know much since his cell Please see BOMBING | 2
Supervisors end 23-year run at Alcorn Chancery BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
The Alcorn Chancery building, a center of county government for the past 23 years, hosted its last meeting of the Alcorn County Board of Supervisors Monday morning. The next regular meeting of the board is 9 a.m. on May 6, and it is scheduled to take place at the renovated former sheriff’s department building on Fulton Drive, which will now serve as the meeting site. The financial staff, which will also be housed there, was set to begin moving their offices today from the upstairs of the chancery building. Since July 1990, the Board of Supervisors conducted its business in a meeting room on the upper level of the chancery building. The move is happening about six weeks later than originally expected because work on the concrete floor
of the renovated building required more time. Telephone numbers of the office staff will not change, and they are scheduled to ring at the new location on Friday. A light agenda for the open portion of the meeting included the following: ■The board received a letter of resignation from Waco Epperson as a member of the Corinth-Alcorn County Airport Board of Directors effective May 7. It is a position jointly appointed by the Board of Supervisors and Board of Aldermen. ■The board was notified of 3rd District Election Commissioner Billy Bearden’s election to a seat on the board of directors of the Mississippi Election Commissioners Association for a two-year term. ■Supervisors approved Rienzi’s request to use two Please see CHANCERY | 2
Staff photo by Steve Beavers
Blowout
A female was transported to Magnolia Regional Health Center under her own power when her white Nissan Sentra apparently suffered a blowout at the 2100 block of Proper Street. The front left tire blew out on the car, causing the vehicle to sideswipe a tree near Whitefield Nursing Home around 2 p.m. The vehicle was traveling east when the blowout caused it to cross into the westbound lane and hit the tree before coming to a stop in the eastbound lane, according to witnesses at the scene.
Corinth-Alcorn County Habitat City to hold reception chapter teeing off to fund ninth home honoring Jim Bynum BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
Corinth-Alcorn County Habitat for Humanity is teeing it up so it can make another family happy. The 2nd Annual CorinthAlcorn County Habitat for Humanity Golf Tournament will tee off April 27 at Shiloh Falls Golf Course. The four-person
scramble will begin at 8 a.m. “The tournament was a big success last year,� said local Habitat for Humanity board vice-president Zane Elliott of the chapter’s primary fundraiser. The local chapter is hoping the fundraiser nets the necessary funds to begin its ninth Habitat home.
“We have to have at least $10$15,000 to start a new home,� added fundraising coordinator Chessica Harville. Cost is $240 for a team. The event is limited to the first 36 teams. Mulligans are $5 each and limited to two per player. Red tees are $10 each and limPlease see SCRAMBLE | 3
BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
The City of Corinth is hosting a reception on Friday to celebrate the service of retired Street Commissioner Jim Bynum. It is set for 3 to 4:30 p.m. Friday at the board room upstairs at City Hall.
Bynum recently left city employment after a leave of a few months and is now spending time volunteering at the Alcorn Veterans Service Office. He worked for the Corinth Street Department twice — from 1986 to 1988 and again Please see BYNUM | 2
Spring Fling aids in expansion of KES playground equipment BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com
Staff photo by Bobby J. Smith
Alcorn Superintendent Gina Rogers Smith joins the youngsters on the giant inflatable slide.
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The Kossuth community and local education leaders turned out in a big way on a beautiful springtime day to support the effort to buy new playground equipment for Kossuth Elementary School. The Spring Fling, an annual fundraiser held by the KES Parent Teacher Connectors, raised $6,500 to help expand the school’s playground equipment. The funds were increased by a $1,500 matching grant from the local Modern Woodmen of America chapter.
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On this day in history 150 years ago Gen. Grenville Dodge, commander of the Corinth garrison, sets out with a column of 5,500 men toward Tuscumbia as a diversion for Col. Streight’s upcoming raid in Alabama. 12 Union ships sail south past Vicksburg in preparation for the transfer of Grant’s army across the river.
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“That’s an awesome start for us,� said PTC member Kala Marsh. “I think it went really well and the kids enjoyed it.� Plenty of activities were lined up for the kids — a giant inflatable slide, a mechanical bull, football and basketball games in the gym and helicopter tours courtesy of Air Evac outside, just to name a few. And the kids weren’t the only ones having a good time. KES Principal Joe Horton took a spin or two on the mechanical bull — much to the delight of a
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