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Daily Corinthian Vol. 118, No. 124
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Paving project takes short break BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
A short break in street paving is expected as the contractor continues to work through Corinth’s list of street projects. After today, APAC will be doing some work in Tupelo before
continuing work in Corinth. Street Commissioner Philip Verdung hopes the contractor will be back on the job in Corinth in about a week. He said the contractor is trying to get as much done as possible by today, weather permit-
ting. “It looks like we’ll get Shiloh Road paved,” he said. The contractor on Tuesday was working on the stretch of Shiloh from Tishomingo Street almost to Webster Street. Among the projects com-
pleted thus far are Fulton Drive from Highway 72 to Tate Street, Jackson Street from Linden to Foote, sections of Bunch Street, and Fifth Street from Taylor to Webster. “As usual, we have run into some problems with the road
bases,” said Verdung. “On Jackson and Bunch, we paved most of it but had to leave a couple of sections out.” The contractor aimed to get everything in the current phase Please see PAVING | 6A
Work will close Farmington Road
‘Buddy Bench’
BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com
FARMINGTON — A project to replace two bridge culverts on Farmington Road will stop traffic on Thursday. The areas of construction include the intersection of County Roads 200 and 117. The busy stretch of road will be
closed from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. In April, the Alcorn County Board of Supervisors accepted the bid from Buddy Ayers Construction and Cook Coggin Engineers for the two culvert replacements. In the event of inclement weather, construction will take place on June 2.
Holiday period has two traffic deaths BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Staff photo by Zack Steen
Fifth graders Cody Curd and Isbella Goad try out the new buddy bench on the Glendale Elementary School playground.
Anti-bullying message growing BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com
GLEN — Glendale Elementary School is taking bullying seriously. The school started an annual anti-bullying program three
years ago when two 6th graders approached counselor Angela Griffen. “A student saw bullying happening on the playground and came to me wanting to know if something could be done,”
said Griffen, who works for Region IV Mental Health to provide counseling at GES. “They wanted to do something that would have a lasting affect on Please see BENCH | 2A
The long holiday weekend included two traffic fatalities in the local district of the Mississippi Highway Patrol. Across the state, the Memorial Day period included three traffic fatalities, according to MHP, with the two in the New Albany District occurring on Sunday. About 2:40 p.m., 93-yearold Leroy Derrick of Ripley was killed when he was attempting to cross Mississippi 4 at County Road 548 in Tippah County driving a Honda Rancher ATV. He pulled into the path of a sport utility vehicle, according to MHP. The district’s other fatal-
ity occurred about 12:01 a.m. Sunday on U.S. 78 in Lee County when a pedestrian, Corbyn Maddox, 22, of Tupelo, was struck by a vehicle. The state’s other fatality occurred in Yazoo County on Friday. Out of 112 crashes reported, only one was determined to be alcohol related. The local district had 15 total crashes injuring six individuals. The district had one drug arrest and 14 DUIs. Seat belt violations numbered 108, and there were six child restraint violations. Across the state, troopers issued 6,081 citations, including 693 seat belt violations, and made 132 DUI arrests.
Attorney finds new calling in the classroom BY A.M. ABERNATHY UM School of Education
Ole Miss alumnus and Alcorn County native Joseph “Joe” Wallace doesn’t have your typical teacher’s resume. After graduating from UM’s College of Liberal Arts in 2008 and School of Law in 2011, passing the bar in Mississippi and Tennessee and two years as a practicing attorney in Corinth, he decided to chase a desire he just couldn’t shake — teaching. In 2013, Wallace applied to the Mississippi Teacher Corps (MTC), one of the most competitive alternate route teacher training programs in the nation. The MTC places top col-
lege graduates in some of Mississippi’s most challenging and hard to fill classrooms. “I’ve realized through all of my experiences my biggest heroes have always been teachers,” said Wallace, who graduated from Biggersville High School in 2004. “I thought about joining the Teacher Corps when I graduated college but I went to law school instead. Being a lawyer is like jumping on a merry-go-round and the longer you stay on it, the harder it is to jump off. I knew that if I didn’t go for this now, I never would.” UM’s January Education Student of the Month, Wallace just completed his first year as a sev-
enth- and eighth-grade social studies teacher at Okolona Jr. High School, where he taught more than 100 children about subjects ranging from the U.S. Bill of Rights to ancient Roman history. Meanwhile, he maintains his legal licenses and Wallace occasionally finds ways to apply his legal knowledge to lessons. Last fall, he prompted from news surrounding U.S. privacy rights and NSA surveillance to develop a unit for eighth-graders about the Fourth Amendment. Each of his students wrote a personal letter to U.S. Congressman Alan Nunnelee on the subject.
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“There is nothing that can really prepare you for this … the first year of teaching,” he said. “But more and more, I’m connecting with my students. Once you start to reach children, they start to challenge you. It makes me want to work harder, be better and I remember the great teachers I had. Honestly, career teachers who perform well are some of the best kind of people I know.” In the summer of 2013, Wallace was part of the MTCs largest class in 24 years when he and 31 other recruits completed seven weeks of intense teacher Please see WALLACE | 2A
Joseph ‘Joe’ Wallace
On this day in history 150 years ago
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Maximillian of Austria, the puppet emperor of Mexico, lands in Vera Cruz. The United States believes this move, orchestrated by Napoleon III of France, to be a violation of the Monroe Doctrine. They are too busy with the war to immediately respond.
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