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Daily Corinthian Vol. 121, No. 83

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• Corinth, Mississippi • 18 pages • Two sections

New law could prevent Medicaid, welfare fraud BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

Cheating Mississippi’s Medicaid, welfare and food stamp program could get tougher if Gov. Phil Bryant approves a new fraud prevention bill later this month. Legislators passed House Bill 1090 in the final days of the session last week. The bill could allow

the state to hire a private company to audit the three state programs. The company would check that recipients live in Mississippi and are who they claim to be. Recipients’ income levels would also be checked. The measure also requires able-bodied recipients to be working, and it tracks where recipients use their money.

“Some people might be surprised, but there are recipients who are living on the state’s border and ‘double dipping’ and receiving these benefits illegally from two states,” said Rep. Lester “Bubba” Carpenter (R-Alcorn, Tishomingo). “1090 will help stop that.” Please see LAW | 2A

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Aldermen approve board appointment BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Staff photo by Zack Steen

Golden Triangle Development Link’s Joe Max Higgins Jr. discusses enconomic development with TVA Regional Development Consultant Josh Thornton and Alliance President Clayton Stanley at Thursday’s Commisssion on the Future of Alcorn County community forum.

Developer shares lessons for economic success at forum BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

One of Mississippi’s key economic development visionaries visited with Corinth leaders on Thursday during the latest community forum hosted by the Commission on the Future of Alcorn County. Joe Max Higgins, Jr. ventured to Corinth from his home in Columbus to share some life lessons on how to grow an area

through economic development. After sharing his story with the CBS TV program “60 Minutes” in December, he has traveled the state and region sharing the same “how he did it” story with local communities hoping to follow suit. “I’m not going to tell you the right way to do everything ... you’ve got to figure out what’s right for you,” said Higgins, the

leader of the Golden Triangle Development Link. “Don’t try to do exactly the same thing as someone else. Don’t try to follow them each and every step, because it’s different for everyone.” Since 2003, Higgins’ Columbus-based team has completed more than 130 projects which has created more than 15,000 Please see FORUM | 2A

The Corinth Board of Aldermen made an appointment to the planning commission and board of adjustment this week. Jennifer McCoy will take the seat that has been held by Jerry Finger, who did not wish to be reappointed. The term expired in October 2015, and Finger had continued to serve as a de facto member of the advisory panel. McCoy brings past experience as a neighborhood planner in Tupelo and prior work with Aerojet, Aerojet TechSystems and Aerojet Strategic. Board and commission posts coming up for consideration in the next couple of months include a library commission seat held by Annette Warren Edmond, expiring in May; a utilities commission seat held by Frank Howell, expiring in June; and a parks and recreation seat held by Anthony Marshall, expiring in June. In other business: • The board approved the purchase of two railroad flat cars from Diversified Railcar for $35,000 for the bridge replacement on Droke Road. The city is supplying the materials, and Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District is installing the bridge at no expense to the city. A temporary bridge is currently in place for the bridge on the gravel portion of Droke Road.

Board and commission posts coming up for consideration in the next couple of months include a library commission seat held by Annette Warren Edmond, expiring in May; a utilities commission seat held by Frank Howell, expiring in June; and a parks and recreation seat held by Anthony Marshall, expiring in June. • Alderman approved a zoning variance to allow operation of a hair salon in a residential zone at 607 Martin Luther King Drive by Brenda and Michael Bogan. • Property cleanup items included adjudication of the old cycle shop property at the corner of Fillmore and Tate Street. The property owner is expected to appear at the next meeting. The board gave continuances until the May 1 meeting for 1619 Bunch, 3854 Proper, 3852 Proper, 2609 North Madison, 3846 Proper and an unspecified property on Proper Street.

Annual Oakland passion play returns BY L.A. STORY

“The Promise Fulfilled”

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After a year hiatus, Oakland Baptist Church’s well-known passion play is back tonight with “The Promise Fulfilled.” “The Promise Fulfilled” opens tonight at 7 p.m. at Oakland Baptist Church and will run Saturday, Sunday, and Monday at 7 p.m. nightly. Oakland’s event, which involves over 200 of its members, has been an area fixture centered around Easter for 27 years. Last year was the first time the production was cancelled due to an urgent surgery scheduled for OBC music minister/director Jim Pinkston. Pinkston has fully recovered and said

Where: Oakland Baptist Church on Harper Road When: 7 p.m. tonight, Saturday, Sunday and Monday Admission: Free he feels great and expressed excitement over the upcoming production. “The Promise Fulfilled” takes its audience on a dramatic journey through the Bible, showing how the promise of Jesus as the coming messiah was foretold from the Old Testament through the fulfillment in the New Testament scripture

to His ultimate sacrifice and overcoming death by His resurrection. The cast and live orchestra provide powerful visual performances bringing the story to vivid life. Rehearsals for the large production begin months before the play opens for the public. “This year the story is told from the perspective of Hannah, Sarah and Mary Magdalene,” said Pinkston. He went on to describe the progression of the production. He said in the early days of the congregation’s passion play, the story was told with a narrator, but now it is told through the characters. Please see PLAY | 2

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Members of the Siege and Battle of Corinth Task Force select Battery Robinett as their preferred site for a proposed Civil War interpretive center in Corinth.

Shiloh National Military Park Superintendent Woody Harrell completes a personal goal of visiting all 390 sites in the National Park Service system.

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