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Vol. 118, No. 79
• Corinth, Mississippi • 16 pages • 1 section
Witt retiring as CRP chief BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Crossroads Regional Park’s longtime director is retiring. Todd Witt remains on the job with the parks and recreation department until a final date is determined. He does not expect his official exit to be before May 15. “Todd has done an excellent job,” said Butch Carmichiel, chairman of the Corinth-Alcorn County Parks and Recreation Commission. “He has taken the park to another level.” Carmichiel met with the Board of Mayor and Aldermen behind closed doors Tuesday evening to notify them that the park commission has Witt’s resignation in hand. The park board handles the hiring of the director and will begin advertising the position in Sunday’s newspaper. Resumes are due by May 1. Witt has served as director of parks and recreation since
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Downtown Corinth homeowner Stuart Green watches his workers tear apart his home on Taylor Street. Several thousand bees had made his attic, wall and floor their home.
BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com
The honey bee normally nests inside a hollow tree, but occasionally they’ll use a wall or attic space inside a house as a nesting site. The insect can find their way into a home through the smallest crack. A bee only needs an eighth of an inch hole to get inside.
Downtown Corinth homeowners Stuart and Nan Green have first hand knowledge of the honey bee. The couple and their three children have been living with bees in their attic for more than 10 years. “We first started noticing bees swarming around outside,” said Stuart. “We have hundreds of bees, maybe even thousands
Golf tournament will memorialize late EMS member
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BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
The home at 1012 Taylor Street began its second century with a fresh renovation. Owner Chad Dickerson admits some might consider the intersection of different styles within a bit quirky. “I like a mix of antiques and contemporary,” he said. “I’ve got a mix of original art and vintage art. I’ve got mid-century modern pieces mixed in with antiques, and it works for me. It’s probably not ideal for everybody, but I like it.” Black, white and red are the dominant colors throughout the house. “I didn’t set out and say I’m going to have a blackand-white house, but it kind of happened that way. And it works.” Built in 1908, the home formerly had a wrap-
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The Corinth Air-Evac Lifeteam along with Magnolia Regional Health Center EMS employees, friends and co-workers of the late Thomas Timms will host the first Tom Timms Memorial Golf Tournament, celebrating National EMS Week. It is planned to be an annual event. “We wanted to get people together during EMS week to honor Tom and the EMS community that he loved so much,” said Flight Nurse RN Ricki Barnett. “Our goal is to raise money to give back to the things he loved, Timms EMS and our community.” The four-person scramble will be held May 23 at Shiloh Ridge Golf Course with shot gun starting at 9 a.m. The deadline to register for the event is May 16 Please see TOURNEY | 2
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Retirees in Corinth and Alcorn County are getting informed. The Senior Connectors is helping retirees gain valuable information with its Retiree Spring Fling on April 24 at the Alcorn County Extension Center. “The Spring Fling is a way for retirees to gather with friends and meet new people,” said Alliance Community Development Director
Andrea Rose. “It’s also a place for seniors to learn about resources available to them and businesses who cater to their needs.” Area businesses and organizations will have tables set up with information. “Some will offer free medical screenings,” said Rose. A trio of guest speakers are slated to take part in the event. They include Corinth Mayor Tommy Irwin, State Please see SENIORS | 6
Taylor Street home begins 2nd century
BY KIMBERLY SHELTON
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flying in and out of our house just about everyday.” Stuart said the bees have not gotten into the his home on Taylor Street, but he feels like it could happen at anytime. “I’ve been looking for someone that does bee removal, but just haven’t had any luck ... un-
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Senior Connectors plan Spring Fling BY STEVE BEAVERS
Thousands of bees found in attic
January 1989. He is taking a job as a sales representative for a manufacturer in the shooting, hunting and out- Witt door gear industry — an opportunity he said he couldn’t pass up. “This position that I’ve held for so many years — call it a job or a career or whatever — it’s sort of part of who I am,” said Witt. “I’ve done it over half my life. It’s not something I take lightly or leave lightly.” He will continue residing in Corinth. “I’ll always be a supporter and help out any way I can,” said Witt, who grew up in Belmont. “It’s been a pleasure being a parks and recreation director for all these years and
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around porch and was configured as a duplex for a number of years. Dickerson bought the house in April 2007 and moved in on the day of that year’s Christmas parade. A butler’s pantry was the feature that sold him on it.
His father took the lead on the renovation, which was no small job. “We replaced 18 floor joists beneath the house, all the electrical and all the plumbing,” said Dickerson. “Pretty much anything that had tile or linoleum on it was rotten
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Chad Dickerson’s renovated home at 1012 Taylor Street is part of the Corinth Home and Garden Tour on Friday and Saturday.
underneath.” They raised several ceilings and refinished the original pine floors. In the kitchen, a big chunk missing from an attractive beadboard ceiling meant it couldn’t be saved. Of the home’s three fireplaces, he chose to keep the ones in the living room and master bedroom and covered the one in the guest bedroom. While the home now has a natural flow from room to room, it didn’t begin that way. It had an abundance of doors and some rooms that seemed out of place. Off the dining room, “We took out the bathroom that was here and turned it into a little center hall so you can access all those other rooms off
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Red River Campaign. Banks’ Union army arrived at Grand Ecore, La., where it meets stout Confederate resistance. Thirteen gunboats and 30 transports escort Gen. A.J. Smith’s corps, to the front where they prepare for a march on Shreveport.
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