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This week: The Tippah County Good Samaritan Center has two branches.  One branch is located in Walnut, MS and the other is located in Ripley, MS.  The Good Samaritan Center provides food to families in need.  The Center also provides some help with utility bills and helps connect people in need to other social service organizations for things they need that The Good Samaritan Center can't provide....

This Week: We have a special edition of The North Mississippi Hillscast.  Head Football Coach Perry Liles and Michael Harrison talk about the Ripley Tiger 2021 football season.  During the first hour, Coach Liles and Michael talk with sophomore  quarterback Ty Long and junior middle linebacker, Keegan Colyer.  During the second half of the two hour program, Michael has a conversation with Immanuel...

This Week: Allen Ethridge, Superintendent of Shiloh National Military Park talks about two upcoming events at the park. Because November is Native American Heritage Month, there will be  a ranger led Indian Mound Hike at the Park on Saturday, November 27 at 10 am.  Call 731-689-5696 to reserve  your place.   Shiloh National Military Park participates in Wreaths Across America.  In this program, we...

Savannah, Tennessee  sponsors Christmas On Main on the first three weekends of December.  Ice skating, kitty train rides, Santa & Mrs. Claus with their elves, Anna, Elsa and Olaf, a festival of trees, a Christmas wagon, Christmas Trolley and Driver Christmas movies in their historic community theatre,  a grand tree lighting,  all work together to create the feel of a Hallmark movie set!!   Look up...

This Week: Analisa Bennett is the director of Respiratory Therapy at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Booneville, MS.  Analisa gives us a peek into a typical day, life since Covid-19 and her education path to her current job.   https://www.baptistonline.org/locations/booneville About Us : Northeast Mississippi business owners, industry leaders, Main Street Directors, school and hospital leaders discus...

Baldwyn,  MS Main Street Director, Shelby Scott talks about upcoming  holiday events including Shop Small Saturday, the Candy Cane Christmas Parade, Stocking Stuffer Saturday and Baldwyn's famous hanging  Christmas tree.   https://www.baldwynliving.com/ Welcome to HEARD IT ON THE SHARK with your show host Melinda Marsalis and show sponsor, Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area.  HEARD IT O...

This Week : Lori Duke talks about National Nurse Practitioner week.  She talks about the education required to become a nurse practitioner and what services nurse practitioners are allowed to offer.  She talks about the required collaborating agreement that nurse practitioners are required to have with a doctor.  She also tells us about her new job as an instructor of Practical Nursing at Northwes...

This Week: Ms. Huddleston wanted to help her students honor the soldiers who are relatives of students at Ripley High School and those soldiers who are graduates of Ripley High School.  The program will also include songs from the RHS Choir, presentation of the colors by New Albany's ROTC and guest speaker retired Colonel Jim Garrett.   About Us : Northeast Mississippi business owners, industry le...

This Week : Together For Tippah is a non-profit organization that helps the citizens of Tippah County in times of need.  The organization collects school supplies and gives them to local schools to give to children as counselors and teachers see need.  They also help people whose homes have burned or who have been evicted.  Every year they organize a donation system in which interested parents app...

This Week:  Lori Tucker, Booneville Main Street Association and Tourism Director, talks about all of the Holiday events happening in Boonville in November and December, 2021.  Booneville just wrapped up their annual fall festival with record breaking attendance.   Their Merry and Bright holiday open house will be on November 6.  "Local Loot" will be given away and carriage rides will be available....

Special Interview : The Shark Team was honored to interview Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives Philip Gunn during his tour of Tippah County.  The Speaker talked at length about the proposed repeal of the State Income Tax, Medical Marijuana and the proposed expansion of Medicaid.  Speaker Gunn talked about the job of being Speaker of the House of Representatives and facts about the...

This Week : Anthony Landreth is one of four board members of the 501C3 organization called the Brad Deming Memorial Bicycle Fund that was founded in the fall of 2018 in memory of Brad Deming who died earlier in 2018.   Before his death,  Brad had begun to auction off hunting and fishing trips and using the proceeds to purchase bicycles for economically disadvantaged children.  Anthony explains in...

This Week :  Elizabeth Behm, Ripley Main Street Association Director, talks to us about the Spirit of Ripley Event and other things happening soon in Ripley, MS.  The Spirit of Ripley is an annual Halloween event that is hosted by Ripley Main Street on the Thursday before Halloween.  This year the event has been moved to FRIDAY, October 29, 2021 because Ripley High School's football game had to mo...

Young At Heart and Golden Seniors are two programs directed by Kim Hellums for the City of Ripley Park and Recreations Department.  Kim talks about arts and crafts, aerobics and day trips enjoyed by members.   Fees: $3 per month for Young at Heart and $30 per year for Golden Seniors 662-837-6747 Welcome to HEARD IT ON THE SHARK with your show host Melinda Marsalis and show sponsor, Mississippi Hil...

Charlise Latour discusses the weekend of October 29-31, 2021 event called Dancing with the King.  The event is presented by the Tupelo Elvis Fan Club.  It is comprised of a Celebrity Competition Sock Hop Dinner, an Elvis Experience Tour, a Show Dance Competition, a Spooktacular Dinner and Ballroom Dance Competition.  All proceeds go to Dancing in the Schools,  making it possible for children to be...

Jeremy Tidwell, Ripley, MS Park and Recreation Director, talks about the new gym that has just opened at the Peoples Bank Sportsplex on Highway 4 West in Ripley.  He tells us about basketball and volleyball season that are both upcoming.  Jeremy also gives us an update on the progress with the Veteran's Park located inside the Sportsplex.  He also talks about all of the activity that goes on regul...

Anthony Hardin is the Structural Welding instructor at Northeast MS Community College in Booneville, MS.  He talks about the requirements and length of the program, how to apply and what makes a good welder.   Workforce Training at NEMCC Welcome to HEARD IT ON THE SHARK with your show host Melinda Marsalis and show sponsor, Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area.  HEARD IT ON THE SHARK is a...

Teresa Botts, Director of Radiology at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Booneville , talks how her department is set up and all of the services that are available through her department.  She details how to get to the radiology department in Booneville both physically and digitally and emphasizes that anyone can request that their doctor refer them to Baptist Memorial Booneville for radiology services...

Morgan Adams and Kinya Johnson are in the Child Protection Services Licensure Unit for Region One North.  Both women report that there is a terrible shortage of foster parents in the area.   They take us through the steps of becoming a foster parent and answer some frequently asked questions about the process.  If you are interested in becoming a foster parent, begin by visiting the website listed...

There is a magical place on a backroad in Blue Mountain, Mississippi.  When you visit, you will turn off highway 15 as if you were going in the main entrance of Blue Mountain College.  After you cross the RR tracks, you will take a right down a winding country road.  Just about the time you think you've gone the wrong way, you will round a corner and see a magical place called Pumpkin Patch Farms....

Tupelo has great local resources to make it easy for you to learn to fly or upgrade your ratings.  Steve Shaffer of Shaffer Aviation has created a website to help you find these resources.  The best way to learn more is to listen to this podcast and then go to: https://learntoflytupelo.com/   Welcome to HEARD IT ON THE SHARK with your show host Melinda Marsalis and show sponsor, Mississippi Hills...

Colonel William Clark Falkner is the great-grandfather of Nobel Prize winning author, William Falkner.  Colonel Falkner was a key figure in the construction of the Railroad that began in Middleton, TN and went through Ripley on to New Albany and Pontotoc.  The Colonel gave the town of Falkner its name before it was a town.  It was simply a stop on the rail line.  The town of Falkner grew up around...

North Mississippi Primary Health Care Clinics have entered into an agreement with the Mississippi Department of Health that allows them to set up pop-up vaccine clinics at schools, churches, places of business and other convenient locations throughout Northeast Mississippi.  If you are a community leader you are welcome to call and set up a pop-up clinic.   On Facebook @nmphc www.nmphc.org 662-224...

JR Sweat, Anthony Landreth, Phil King and Larry Muse talk to us about the Derby, the Championship and their very successful Facebook live show and TV show.   The "Granddaddy" of all Catfishing events - The National Catfish Derby's World Championship of Catfishing will be held on September 25, 2021, in downtown Savannah, TN.  Tennessee River Productions along with Southwest Tennessee Tourism have t...

Saturday, September 25th is YOUTH IN AVIATION DAY at the Tupelo Regional Airport!  Admission is FREE, and food trucks and vendors are welcome to attend.  Visitors can view static displays of various aircraft, talk to flight instructors,  and other professionals about flying and enjoy a special exhibition of the Eurocopter EC-135 helicopter, courtesy of Airbus Helicopters, Inc.  Bring your family a...