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Vol. 119, No. 125
• Corinth, Mississippi • 20 pages • Two sections
County will privatize trash collection BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Trying to overcome a growing deficit in the funding of garbage collection, the Alcorn County Board of Supervisors on Thursday voted to privatize residential garbage collection.
In a special meeting, supervisors approved a contract with Waste Connections at a cost of $5.98 monthly per household. The board had one other proposal from Alabama-based Arrow Disposal Service at a cost of $7.25 monthly per household
or $8.25 monthly if trash carts were supplied to homes. Waste Connections’ proposal does not include carts. The company is set to begin collecting county garbage July 1. It already holds a contract for waste disposal with the county
and manages the transfer station. In negotiations, the company agreed to take the last loads of the day directly to the landfill in Walnut rather than the county transfer station, which will yield further cost savings for the county through
a lower tipping fee. Currently more than $800,000 in the hole on garbage collection, the county is dealing with failing garbage trucks and expects to lose the Please see TRASH | 2A
City schools eying summer upgrades BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Staff Photo by Zack Steen
ACHS graduation Alcorn Central High School senior Katie Smith gives her boyfriend and fellow senior Garrett Works a congratulatory kiss prior to the school’s commencement on May 21 at the Crossroads Arena. More photos from the Alcorn Central graduation and the other three local graduations will appear in Sunday’s edition.
With school out, the Corinth School District plans to make some facility upgrades and do some sprucing up during the summer. A briefing on these projects before the district’s board of trustees also included talk of beginning to look toward a new baseball facility. The new softball complex on Proper Street was designed to eventually incorporate baseball. “We have a schematic drawing that shows the placement of the softball field and the baseball field,” said Superintendent Lee Childress. “We don’t have the detailed plans to go to bid with.” The facility already has a locker room for baseball, and weight room equipment has been ordered that will serve for both softball and baseball. The planned upcoming work includes renovation of the Corinth High School restrooms. The district recently solicited bids for the project,
which will include new fixtures and hand-washing stations. A number of the electronic sensors in the stations no longer work. New carpeting is planned for the CHS auditorium, which will require removal of the seats. The auditorium will also see some sound and lighting improvements. The tennis courts will get new fencing, and the light poles will be sandblasted and painted. The district has a new landscaping plan for CHS that will include more monkey grass and less flowers in some areas for a greener, cleaner look, Childress said. The river birch trees will get some cleanup, and some new additions will include green velvet boxwood and some additional oakleaf hydrangeas. Shrubs planted in the parking lot islands that did not grow well will be removed and replaced with pine straw. At the middle school, the Please see UPGRADES | 2A
Relay for Life begins tonight at CHS gym BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com
Lacing up their walking shoes in an effort to stamp out cancer, participants in the Alcorn County Relay For Life Team’s Hope Relay For Life 2015 event will gather in the Corinth High School Gym tonight. Slated to be held from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Saturday, the walk will raise funds for the American Cancer Society. In conjunction with the event, a Survivor Dinner will take place at 5 p.m. at Tate Bap-
tist Church. Free transportation is available for survivors. Those who need a ride are encouraged to contact North Mississippi Community Services at 662-2872772. Survivors wishing to be added to the dinner’s guest list should contact Event Chair Lori Moore at 662-603-2806. After the meal, survivors will parade to the gym as they enjoy music, food, games and other Please see RELAY | 2A Staff photo by Steve Beavers
Adam Lyons (from left) presents a Wounded Warrior Project shirt and hat to AutoZone’s Tim Hamby and Terrell Hudson in recognition of the store’s donation to the organization.
School may be out; healthy Wounded Warrior Project receives donation meals are still in for summer BY STEVE BEAVERS
sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
For the Daily Corinthian
The Alcorn County Schools Food Service Department has announced details for their 2015 Summer Meals Program. This summer, the food service department will provide breakfast and lunch to the children of Alcorn County at no charge. “In Alcorn School District many students are involved in the free and reduced-price school lunches and breakfasts. When the last bell of the school
year rings, those children do not receive this benefit,” said Food Service Director for Alcorn County Schools Peggie Bundy. “Our summer food service program helps close the gap and ensure that these kids have access to nutritious meals throughout the month of June.” Summer meals will take place at Kossuth Elementary cafeteria and Alcorn Central ElemenPlease see MEALS | 2A
Adam Lyons knows the importance of the Wounded Warrior Project. So does AutoZone. Lyons, a veteran of the United States Army, received a $1,000 donation on behalf of the veterans service organization from AutoZone during a brief ceremony on Wednesday. “It is an honor to be able to do this,” said AutoZone District Manager Terrell Hudson. “We didn’t plan it this way, but
everything fell in place with it being around Memorial Day.” AutoZone districts select a pair of charities to donate to every year. The Wounded Warrior Project and the Carl Perkins Child Abuse Center were the two local charities to benefit this year. Corinth AutoZone Assistant Manager Tim Hamby came up with the idea of donating to Wounded Warrior. “Our company donates a certain amount each year to a charity and since I serve in the National Guard, I thought
Wounded Warrior would be a good one this year,” said Hamby, a First Sergeant with the Army National Guard in Booneville. Lyons, 26, and his wife, Nichole, appreciate the act of kindness. “It’s a rough time when you find out you can’t do what you are used to doing,” said Adam Lyons. “Wounded Warriors helped me through the transition period when I got out of the military and it’s a great orPlease see DONATION | 2A
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A grant from the Mississippi Library Commission brings the first fax machine to the Northeast Mississippi Regional Library in Corinth. Library Director Betty Conaway says the machine will be valuable for transmitting requests for loans and sharing reference material.
A study by the Civil War Preservation Trust highlights the value of battlefield and historic tourism. Corinth Area Tourism Promotion Council Director Del Horton says the study shows the importance of tourism to Corinth’s economy.
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