Melinda finishes up her conversation with Tippah County Election Commission Chairperson, Randle Hall, and Tippah County Circuit Clerk, Phil Koon, about the upcoming election. Welcome to HEARD IT ON THE SHARK with your show host Melinda Marsalisand show sponsor, Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area.  HEARD IT ONTHE SHARK is a weekly interview show that airs every Tuesday at 11 am onthe shark 102.3 FM radio station based in Ripley, MS and then isreleased as a podcast on all the major podcast platforms.  You’ll hearinterviews with the movers and shakers in north Mississippi who aremaking things happen.  Melinda talks with entrepreneurs, leaders ofbusiness, medicine, education, and the people behind all the amazingthings happening in north Mississippi.  When people ask you how did youknow about that, you’ll say, “I HEARD IT ON THE SHARK!”  HEARD IT ON THESHARK is brought to you by the Mississippi Hills National Heritage area. We want you to get out and discover the historic, cultural, natural,scenic and recreational treasures of the Mississippi Hills right in yourbackyard.  And of course we want you to take the shark 102.3 FM alongfor the ride.    Bounded by I-55 to the west and Highway 14 to the south, the MississippiHills National Heritage Area,  created by the United States Congress in2009 represents a distinctive cultural landscape shaped by the dynamicintersection of Appalachian and Delta cultures, an intersection whichhas produced a powerful concentration of national cultural icons fromthe King of Rock’n’Roll Elvis Presley, First Lady of Country Music TammyWynette, blues legend Howlin’ Wolf, Civil Rights icons Ida B.Wells-Barnett and James Meredith, America’s favorite playwrightTennessee Williams, and Nobel-Laureate William Faulkner. The stories ofthe Mississippi Hills are many and powerful, from music and literature,to Native American and African American heritage, to the Civil War.  TheMississippi Hills National Heritage Area supports the local institutionsthat preserve and share North Mississippi’s rich history. Begin yourdiscovery of the historic, cultural, natural, scenic, and recreationaltreasures of the Mississippi Hills by visiting the Mississippi HillsNational Heritage Area online at mississippihills.org. Musical Credit to:  Garry Burnside - Guitar; Buddy Grisham - Guitar;Mike King - Drums/Percussion  All content is copyright 2021 Sun Bear Studio Ripley MS LLC all rightsreserved.  No portion of this podcast may be rebroadcast or used for anyother purpose without express written consent of Sun Bear Studio RipleyMS LLC