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Daily Corinthian Vol. 118, No. 17
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Sales tax collections keep growing BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Sales tax enjoyed a boost in the latest reported month while the tourism tax continues on an up-and-down pattern in the new fiscal year.
Corinth’s sales tax diversion for the month totaled $486,100.86, an increase of 6.8 percent, or about $31,000, from the same month a year earlier, according to numbers released Friday by the Missis-
sippi Department of Revenue. The number reflects sales activity in Corinth businesses during the month of November. The first four months of the fiscal year yielded $1.847 million in sales tax proceeds re-
turned to the city, an increase of 4.7 percent from the same point a year earlier. The city has posted gains in three of the four months since the new fiscal year began Oct. 1. The latest month was gener-
ally positive across the state, with total sales tax rising 5 percent across Mississippi. In northeast Mississippi, eight of 11 municipalities posted gains. Please see TAX | 3A
Fuente de Vida congregation Suspect robs clerks BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Corinth police are seeking leads on a suspect who robbed employees as they closed a South Harper Road store Friday night. It happened at the Dollar Tree about 10:30 p.m. Detective Capt. Ralph Dance said two female employees exited the store and one had turned to lock the door when a male subject suddenly came running down the sidewalk and knocked her to the ground. The man took the store bank bag with an unspecified amount of cash and fled around the back of the building.
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Fountain of Life Baptist Church pastor Mario Hernandez and his congregation have relocated to a new building on County Road 100.
Local Spanish church, Fountain of Life, continues growth
Crossroads Museum gets time in spotlight BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
The congregation of Iglesia Bautista Fuente de Vida will be worshiping and praising as usual today. But this particular Sunday the group will be doing so in
their own building. Fountain of Life – interpreted in English – will have it’s first Sunday meeting at its new home on County Road 100 today at 11 a.m. “The Lord has reached so many,” said pastor Mario Her-
nandez. What started as 15-20 people – both adults and children – meeting has grown to the second largest Spanish church in Mississippi. Please see CHURCH | 3A
The man did not display a firearm. One of the girls had minor injuries including bruises and was taken to Magnolia Regional Health Center to be checked out. Police have few details on the suspect. Dance said the man was described as having an average build, and he wore all black and a ski mask. The race of the suspect is unknown. Detective Dell Green is working the case. To report information, contact the police department at 286-3377 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-773-tips or crimestoppersms.com to report tips anonymously.
The Crossroads Museum will be among four across the state getting some time in the spotlight before attendees at the annual meeting of the Mississippi Historical Society. Set for March 6 through March 8, the event will give Museum Director Brandy
Steen an opportunity to promote the museum during the Local History Matters Session in the historic House of Representatives Chamber at the Old Capitol Museum. “It is a rare opportunity, and I am excited about the chance to go down there,” said Steen. Please see MUSEUM | 3A
Mother and daughter team sell tasty homemade fruit treats BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com
Since its inception in April 2009, the Green Market at the Corinth Depot has provided a place where Crossroads residents could sell their handmade and homegrown items. The market has been the foundation for many aspiring crafters, artisans and gardeners whose hobbies quickly turned into successful businesses as demand for their unique items grew. Green Market season sellers Traci Underwood and her mom, Sandi Johnson, own-
ers of Traci & Mom’s Treats & Gifts, are quick to give credit to the market for jump starting their venture during the 2010 season. “We had been to the market before as customers and knew what others were doing,” said Underwood. “But we were uncertain if our homemade jams and jellies would be a hit or a miss.” The yummy treats were a hit. “Since we got started doing this, we have sold over 2,400 jars of jams and jellies,” said Johnson. “When we think about that number, its very
humbling.”
A yummy beginning As a young girl, Underwood spent her summers with her grandmother, Bernice Norton or as many know her, Nana Bea. It was during this time Underwood first became interested in cooking and canning. “Nana Bea was always in the kitchen doing something,” said Underwood pondering her childhood. “I was about ten years old when she finally
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Sandi Johnson, “mom” of Traci & Mom’s Treats & Gifts, takes inventory of their jams and jellies.
Index Stocks......8A Classified......4B Comics Inside State......5A
Weather......9A Obituaries......6A Opinion......4A Sports....10A
On this day in history 150 years ago De-construction of the Corinth military garrison continues. Two trains pulled by heavy locomotives are removing the heavy Parrott rifles from Battery Williams and Battery Madison. They are being sent to Union forts in Memphis.
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