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Northeast, Toyota start internships BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com
Northeast Mississippi Community College is excited to announce the establishment of their new Tiger Internship Program. The college has partnered with Toyota to provide students with a hands-on education/work experience program
which blends classroom instruction (three days per week) with on-site work experience (two days per week) at a local manufacturing facility earning a salary of $14 per hour. Both companies believe the newly created internship will be beneficial to potential Northeast students who are interested in manufacturing careers as
well as to area industries such as Toyota, their suppliers and other manufacturers in the college’s five-county district (Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo and Union). “The Tiger Internship Program is designed to give students primarily in manufacturing career pathways the opportunity to apply the theo-
ries they learn in the classroom to a “real work” environment,” explained Nadara Cole, NEMCC Vice president of workforce training and economic development. Classes at the Booneville campus will be offered in subjects such as, electricity, fluid power, mechanics, fabrication and robotics.
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Home tour plans hit full swing
Monster weekend at Arena
BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com
BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
Crossroads Arena is unleashing a monster. Monster & Tuff Truck Mania is coming to the facility for two big nights of car-crushing fun on Friday and Saturday night. Entries in four different classes – Monster, Tuff Trucks, Super Cars and Four Wheel Drive Mud Drags – will vie for cash prizes. The first place winner in each class will be awarded $400. Second place gets $300 while third takes home $200 and fourth picks up $100. Monster fun gets started at 7 p.m. both nights. Advance tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children five and up. On nights of the event, tickets are $17 for adults and $12 for children. Kids four and under will be admitted free. Those entering the contest must be 18 years-old or have parents written permission. A grand prize and top driver of the weekend will receive $150 after the final night. A Monster Truck Free Style Show will be held at intermission. During both nights a tug-ofwar contest will also take place. Participants can enter for $20 in the winner take all contest to see which vehicle can pull the other across the line the furtherest. (For more information call 287-7779.)
Student’s will graduate with an Associates degree upon completion of the program, having gained invaluable experience to better compete for jobs at area industries. “Our internship consists of an exchange of services for experience between the student and
Staff photo by Steve Beavers
Smith restaurant employee Crystal Barnes checks out a piece of art that will be available during the Silent Auction of Fine Art at the Corinth Artist Guild Gallery. See related photo on 3A.
Gallery announces benefit auction BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
The Corinth Artist Guild Gallery is getting in the selling spirit. In an attempt to raise money for the Verandah-Curlee House & Museum, the gallery is hosting its Silent Auction of Fine Art on April 4-5. “We have a great variety of art available,” said guild board president Sonny Boatman of the auction which returns following a one-year hiatus. According to Boatman, the gallery has 99 pieces by 51 artists set for the event. The preview reception begins Sunday from 2-4 p.m. at the gallery next to Smith. restaurant on
Fillmore Street. “The bidding can start at the reception,” said Boatman. Winners, if not present on the final day of bidding, will be notified by the gallery. “This is our first year back in the spring,” said Boatman of the event which was held from 2009-2012 before the group moved the event to a function around Christmas. “A third of our artists are either local or have local ties,” he said. Former Corinthian Judy Green has donated some pieces to be used. Green, a former Daily Corinthian editor, lives in Marion County, Fla. with her husband Tom. “We appreciate all our art-
ists who are helping,” said Boatman. “At times the auction has been able to raise significant funds for the Verandah-Curlee House & Museum. The auction will be ongoing during the Home and Garden Tour to raise funds for the historic Civil War landmark. Tours during the weekend will include stops at the Corinth cottage homes of Brittany and Joshua Bryant, Chad Dickerson and Becky Williams. Pieces which do not meet the reserve price will be available to be picked up at the gallery the week of April 8-12. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Corinth Home & Garden Tour is less than a month away and event planning is in full swing. Ticket information and additional activities were announced this week when the Friends of the Verandah-Curlee House committee meet at the Corinth Area Convention and Visitor’s Bureau. The sixth annual home tour is set for April 4-5 from 10 a.m.4 p.m. in downtown Corinth. The Taylor Street homes of Becky Williams and Chad Dickerson and the Main Street home of Brittany and Joshua Bryant will be included on the tour. Tickets are $15 per person. “The homeowners are really excited to open their homes up for such a good cause,” tour chairperson Laura Albright said. “The homes are very unique and historic homes and I think people will really enjoy seeing them.” Funds from the tour will go towards ongoing renovation at the historic Verandah-Curlee House. Touring historic homes won’t be the only activity offered during the two-day event. “We are having a special lunch on Friday called The Luncheon On The Lawn,” said Albright. “It will be a great way for folks who can’t make it to the home tour to still be able to support the event.” Please see TOUR | 6A
Annual Charity Ball to include wine pulling in festivities for first time BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com
It’s time to finalize the gown and figure out accessories. Junior Auxiliary’s 52nd annual Charity Ball is quickly approaching, leading Cinderella’s everywhere as well as their escorts to wonder what special surprises await them as they prepare for the night. “This year, we are throwing a fun new element into the mix,” said Charity Ball Chair, Kacie Hudson. “We will be hosting
our first ever wine pull.” For $15, attendees will have the opportunity to pull a cork and win a prize. Each cork will have an identifying number. The number will match a corresponding bottle of wine which the participant will win for their personal enjoyment. Winning bottles will range in price allowing equal opportunity for guests to win a cheaper label or a more expensive label. The Charity Ball will be held March 22 at the Corinth Coli-
seum Civic Center in historic downtown. Doors will open at 7 p.m. with the silent auction beginning immediately after and closing at 10 p.m. The 2014 Citizen of the year will be announced at 7:30 followed by hors d’oeuvers and a cash bar at 8 p.m. Entertainment for the night will be performed by Prowler at 9 p.m. Black tie is optional for the event and all proceeds will go
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toward funding the Junior Auxiliary’s many service projects. The primary project being Case Room Case Work, which works with Timber Hills to provide clothing and other items for needy children in Corinth and Alcorn County. Other projects include, but are not limited to, Camp Hollywood and Crowning Character. Camp Hollywood is a week long camp for special needs children. It is held at The Crossroads Arena and features
arts and crafts, story time and other activities. The children are usually taken to see a movie as well. Crowning Character is a program for 6th-grade girls at Alcorn Central. The women of the Auxiliary visit the school once a week for six weeks teaching the young women about makeup, etiquette, and cell phone use. Great significance is placed upon cell phone safety when it comes to texting, picture taking and social media.
On this day in history 150 years ago A Union armada composed of 13 ironclads, 4 tinclads, and 4 wooden gunboats head up the Red River in support of Gen. Nathaniel Banks’ expedition to capture Shreveport. Accompanying the gunboats are transports carrying a division of infantry.
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