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Daily Corinthian Vol. 116, No. 37
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“We were living a normal life when things got turned upside down.� Coach Ron Price who lost his wife Amanda in a fatal shooting
Despite loss, Price tries to carry on Coach shares testimony in wife’s honor, speaks tonight at Oakland Baptist Church BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
Ron Price must carry on. It’s what his wife Amanda would want him to do. Life for the Price family took a tragic turn on Dec. 5 when Amanda was fatally shot by a lone gunman in their New Albany home. “We were living a normal life when things got turned upside down,� said Price, head football coach at New Albany High School. The 1997 Alcorn Central graduate, who was also shot but recovered from his injury, has leaned heavily on the Lord since that terrible December night. He has shared his testimony at three churches over the last few weeks and is set to speak at Oakland Baptist Church tonight at 6:20 p.m. “People want to know how he is able to do this so soon,� said Oakland pastor Dr. Randy Bostick. “Ron is finding out that the Lord isn’t only giving him the strength, He is the strength.�
Just a few weeks following the death of his wife, Price spoke to the congregation at his parent’s church of Victory Baptist. He has since shared his testimony at two other churches and is scheduled to speak at other area churches through March 25. “I was scared to death the first night,� said Price of sharing his testimony following the shooting. “It doesn’t get any easier ... I relive the accident every time, but I can talk about my wife and how she served the Lord.� His message has helped the father of 3-year-old Molly Addison realize so many other people are going through similar tragedies. “I’m not the only person who has gone through something like this,� said the coach. “God is sending me encouragement through different sources every day.� When Price gets up to speak Sunday night, it won’t be about him, according to Bostick. Please see PRICE | 2B
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New Albany High School football coach Ron Price celebrates a victory after a game last season.
Ron Price and the late Amanda Price with their 3-year-old daughter, Molly Addison Price. The Prices are both graduates of Alcorn Central High School.
Lifesaving equipment coming to local schools Student’s health scare prompts commitment from hospital to provide defibrillators BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Staff photo by Jebb Johnston
Black History Museum volunteer Freida Miller shows Brian Crockett’s paintings of bluesmen displayed at the museum for Black History Month.
Art exhibits mark Black History Month BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Several venues in Corinth are hosting the creative vision of a group of black artists throughout February. Most of the work is in place now and will be displayed
throughout Black History Month at the Corinth Artist Guild Gallery, Corinth Library, Black History Museum, Alcorn Welcome Center and the Green Mango restaurant. “We have some really interesting work from a diverse
group of black artists,� said Guild President Sonny Boatman. “Although some of these artists have shown their work in the gallery before, many of the pieces that are being
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Wisdom......1B Weather......5A Obituaries......3A
A Corinth student’s health scare has brought attention to the need for potentially life-saving defibrillators on local school campuses. Mayor Tommy Irwin thanked first responders and Magnolia EMS personnel in this week’s meeting of the Board of Aldermen for their efforts, and Magnolia CEO Rick Napper said the hospital will commit to providing defibrillators on the school campuses. About 5 p.m. on Feb. 1, a Corinth student went into cardiac arrest on the tennis court. Corinth first responders worked with the female student until Magnolia EMS arrived. She is said to be recovering well. “To survive cardiac arrest outside of the hospital, your chances of surviving are 7 percent nationwide,� said Mike Lutz, director of Magnolia’s ambulance service. His advice to help others survive cardiac arrest: “If you don’t know CPR, learn it.� “This child had a 93 percent chance of dying,� he said. “The only reason you have that 7 percent chance is because you have good, adequate and effective CPR; early defibrillation; advanced cardiac life support paramedics; emergency room physicians that are standing by waiting; and you have specialty care units to take care of those people.� Fire Chief Rob Price welcomed the addition of a life-saving tool in the schools. “As this case showed, you never know when one might be needed,� he said. “They typically have them in malls and large churches and places that have a large number of people.� Lutz said the country’s highest life saving success rate for cardiac arrest is in Seattle because of the number of defibrillators and people who know how to perform CPR. “Mr. Napper is going to put these AEDs in the schools, and we’re going to train the people to use them,� he said.
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On this day in history 150 years ago Feb. 12 — General Grant marches 15,000 troops from Fort Henry to Fort Donelson, a distance of 10 miles. Confederate reinforcements boosts the number of defenders to 21,000. A Federal gunboat flotilla drops anchor downstream of the critical fort on the Cumberland River.
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