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• Corinth, Mississippi • 20 pages • Two sections
Corinth Warriors go for 6th Gold Ball BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
Corinth is well acquainted with Amanda Elzy. The two will meet for the fourth time in the postseason over the last 12 months tonight. For the second consecutive year, the Gold Ball will be on the line when the two square off at 8:30 p.m. in the Mississippi Coliseum.
“They (players) know who we are playing and how good they are,” said Corinth Head Coach Keith Greene. “I know they are big, but I think we can play with them.” Elzy, the defending Class 4A state champions, knocked off the Warriors 57-45 for the North Half crown on Feb. 23 at CHS. Coach Gerald Glass' Panthers (30-5) took home
the Gold Ball last year behind a 56-47 decision over the Warriors. In last season's title contest, the Panthers outscored CHS 19-2 in the second period en route to the title. Corinth owned a 10-point lead in the game before the Panthers scored 23 of the next 24 points. “The second quarter last year was a whammy,” said Greene.
“We had played well up until that point … that's why you have to play 32 minutes.” In their last meeting, AE ended the Warriors' 20-game home winning streak. Corinth (27-7) defeated the Panthers 74-71 in last season's North Half Championship game at Shannon. “We are going to have to play awfully well to win,” added
Greene. Greene, in his eighth season at the helm, said his team saw some things it could have done better in the team's last meeting. “We missed some opportunities and against a team like Amanda Elzy you have to cash in on the opportunities that Please see WARRIORS | 3A
Youth on foot run into vehicle BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Staff photo by Steve Beavers
Workers prepare the mud pit for this weekend’s “Monsters, Mud & Tuff Trucks” event inside the Crossroads Arena.
KOSSUTH — Two juveniles who ran on foot into the side of a vehicle Wednesday afternoon have been treated and released for minor injuries, according to the Mississippi Highway Patrol. The two juveniles were not identified by MHP, which worked the accident. It happened on Highway 2 in Kossuth about 3:15 as the two juvenile pedestrians attempted to cross the highway in front of a westbound 1992 Chevrolet S-10 that was stopped for traffic, according to MHP. Meanwhile, an eastbound
2004 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 driven by Pamela D. Miller of Corinth approached. “The juvenile pedestrians apparently started running across the highway to cross, not seeing Mrs. Miller approaching, running into the side of her vehicle,” a release from MHP said. The two children were taken to Magnolia Regional Health Center, and one was taken by ambulance from Magnolia to Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis. The driver of the vehicle was uninjured. MHP said the investigation remains open.
Monster trucks come to arena Resident organizing county liquor vote BY BOBBY J. SMITH
bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com
Two nights of big-wheeled, mudslinging, puddle-jumping monster truck action are coming to the Crossroads Arena this weekend. Doors open for “Monsters, Mud & Tuff Trucks” at the arena at 6 p.m. tonight and Saturday. The shows begin at 7:30. “This is probably the biggest event of the year as far as attendance,” said Crossroads Arena Manager Cindy Davis. This weekend’s event may even be the biggest one ever. The popular “Mud Bog” event, usually held in July, has been combined with the annual monster truck race to make Friday and Saturday’s mega-sized “Monsters, Mud & Tuff Trucks.” In addition to a lineup of popular monster trucks — Quadzilla, War Wizard, Outlaw Clydesdale and Nightstalker, just to name a
few — both nights will feature a variety of contests that give the audience a chance to get involved and win thousands of dollars in prize money. The “Bubba’s Belly Flop” contest is exactly what it sounds like. Ten volunteers from the audience will have the opportunity to show off their best belly flops in an appropriately muddy puddle. The flopper who gets the best audience reaction wins the cash. Speaking of cash, there’s also the aptly-named “Dash for Cash” contest. Its premise is equally simple: Participants from the audience will dash across a wet and muddy race track for the chance to snag $100 at the finish line. “Last year they had to pull people out with a tractor,” Davis recalled. “They were stuck in the mud up to their waists. You’re talking about really muddy!” In the “Tuff Truck” contest, locals will have an opportunity to
put their mud puddle pickups on the track in a contest for $4,000. (To win in “Tuff Truck” drivers must compete both nights.) Also on the lineup is the Pit Party, free to all ticket-holders, that begins at 6 p.m. During this part of the program, up to ten kids can make a lap around the track in the bed of a monster truck. “The kids love it,” said Davis. “The monster trucks always are a great event for kids.” On Friday the first 100 kids will receive a free checkered flag. Monster truck drivers will be available for autographs after the show. Advance tickets are $15 for adults and $8 for kids age three to 10. Ages two and under get in free. Same day tickets are $19 for adults, $12 for kids three to 10 and free for ages two and under. (For more information call 287-7779 or go online to www. crossroadsarena.com.)
BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
IUKA — While many liquor proponents have turned to city-only elections under the new state law, a Tishomingo County man needs only about 50 to 60 more legal signatures for a county-wide vote. Charles Aldridge’s petition effort in recent months has focused largely on gathering signatures by mail through advertising in the Tishomingo County News. He is confident he will reach the target number of 2,590. “If the weather will fair up where I can beat the streets, I think I can get them pretty quick,” he said.
As a county seat, Iuka is now eligible for a city-only election, but Aldridge believes liquor has a better chance of passing in a county-wide vote than in an Iuka-only vote. Aldridge said he has seen greater support for the petition from the south half of the county. He believes that is because people in the Belmont area have farther to drive when they want to go to a liquor store than those who live in the Iuka area must travel. He did start an Iuka-only petition but is currently focused on the county-wide Please see VOTE | 3A
Health center CEO Napper releases first-quarter report BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Magnolia Regional Health Center presented its quarterly report and fiscal year audit to the Board of Supervisors and Board of Aldermen this week. Chief Executive Officer Rick Napper told the Board of Aldermen the hospital is seeing a very busy period. “One of the things that happened up until the election of 2012, people weren’t under-
City, county also given MRHC fiscal year audit standing health care very well, so not many people came to the hospital,” he said. “Since the election, our volumes have just basically busted out the sides.” And patients are coming to the hospital with somewhat more acute conditions. The new fiscal year’s first quarter ended Dec. 31 with a loss of $131,000, a better re-
sult than was budgeted by $400,000. “One of the things that impacted our financials in the first quarter is we wanted to make sure that we continued to give the employees a raise based on the performance of the hospital,” said Napper. “What we did was a one time temporary pay increase — basically what we
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did is pay them an entire year of their raise in one check in December.” He said that will result in cost savings. Emergency room visits numbered 8,489, rising from 8,224 a year earlier. “A direct impact on that E.R. visit number is that a lot of physicians are starting to cut back
on the number of patients they will see because of the Medicare/Medicaid issues,” said Napper. Forty-four percent of all hospital admissions came through the emergency room. In-patient and out-patient surgical cases totaled 2,541, down from 2,651. Births continued a growth trend with 150 during the quarPlease see MRHC | 3A
On this day in history 150 years ago Without firing a shot, Confederate Capt. John S. Mosby and 29 raiders capture 32 prisoners, 58 horses and Brig. Gen. Edwin Stoughton. Lincoln said he did not so much mind the loss of a brigadier general, for he could make another in five minutes, “but those horses cost $125 apiece!”
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