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Daily Corinthian Vol. 120, No. 56

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• Corinth, Mississippi • 18 pages • One section

Infrastructure tax bills remain alive BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

State lawmakers said this week two separate bills are still alive supporting a local option sales tax referendum. The bill calls for an additional .25 percent sales tax earmarked

for infrastructure use in Corinth. If passed into law, the referendum would allow citizens to vote for a tax increase which would require the attachment of a particular project. Mayor Tommy Irwin has said the additional tax would be

used to fix aging infrastructure, including the repaving of three major thoroughfares including Harper Road, Shiloh Road and part of Tate Street from Harper Road to Fulton Drive. Rep. Lester “Bubba” Carpenter has filed the House of Rep-

resentatives version of the resolution in the Local and Private Committee. “I’m gonna push this hard, because we need the extra funds to help fix these infrastructure problems,” he said. “I’m not for raising taxes, but, if passed, this

will allow the people of Corinth to vote and decide whether they want to increase their sales tax in order to get better roads.” Sen. Rita Potts Parks said she has also filed the exact same Please see BILLS | 2

Students join voices for district honor choir performance

Color and creativity

BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com

Glorious sounds will echo through the halls of Tate Baptist Church as the Alcorn School District Honor Choir presents a special concert at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 6. Featuring the voices of 63 students from Biggersville Elementary, Rienzi Elementary, Kossuth Elementary, Kossuth Middle School, Glendale Elementary, Alcorn Central Elementary and Alcorn Central Middle School, the event will include music from a variety of genres. The students will take spectators on a journey from the 1600s and 1700s to present day as they perform everything from classical and spiriSilver #8715 tual music to Hebrew and Na- Tan #6348 $ 00 $ 00 Staff photo by Kimberly Shelton $ $ tive American 7,495 pieces. 13,995 or. .......................... 123 or. .......................... 203 Biggersville per month pera month In addition to singing songs, Chad Byrd, ar y S chool f if t h members of the honor choir White Element #6555 grader, plays the djembe, a Red #9592 will also$ play instruments. $ 00 $ skin-covered gobrope-tuned 9,495 Rene 23,995 or. .......................... $ 359 00 or. .......................... 159 Founded perby monthEstes and per month let drum which originated in Stephanie Clausel somewhere West Africa. Red, #4844 around 20 years ago, the ASD Blue #2770 00 $ $ $ Those selected from Honor Choir of$third 165audition. 234 00 9,795consists 15,995 or. .......................... or. .......................... month students per month the audition pool practice for throughper sixth-grade two days before performing from across the district. Maroon #9459 White #9539 In order to become a choir $ 00 $ 00 $ $ 10,595 15,995 or. .......................... 179 or. .......................... 234 member, students Please see CHOIR | 2 per monthmust first per month

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Lynn Boatman Haynie shows her painting “Field of Sun,” part of the “Goodbye Winter” exhibit of her paintings. The opening reception is Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. at the gallery.

Art exhibit celebrates shades of spring BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Goodbye, winter. That’s the art gallery’s mindset for March with a featured exhibit of spring-like paintings by recently retired art teacher Lynn Haynie, whose paint-

brush does not favor subtlety. “My house, every room is a different color,” said the Corinth resident and native. “I like vibrant, joyful colors.” Her taste for a bold palette is apt for her current floral phase, which makes up most of the ex-

hibited paintings. An opening reception with Haynie is Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m., and the exhibit runs through March 26. Among the works are one capturing the yellow-orangePlease see EXHIBIT | 2

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KOSSUTH — A community isn’t about to let the curtain fall on a historic site. The Kossuth community has a day of activities planned for Saturday, April 9 to help with the beautification of the Kossuth Elementary School auditorium. The auditorium has not been used in four years due to structure concerns. The Alcorn School District is repairing the structure damage while community members are stepping up to dress things up inside, according to fundraising organizer Anthia Follin-King. “The community has

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missed the educational, social and personal camaraderie they felt in the building,” said Follin-King. “The auditorium is a respected building and our only historical place on campus.” The showplace opened in 1936 and has been home to countless children-led plays over the years, including a Thanksgiving program done by Follin-King for 32 years. Proceeds from fundraiser will be used to work on auditorium seating, stage floor and lighting and clean the curtain. Work will also be done to the eight rooms in the building such as painting and

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Dianne Ables is selected a president of the Corinth Board of Realty. Judy Parsons will serve as vice-president, Betty Ann Houser as treasurer and Danette Enlow as secretary.

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