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Bain brings bond funds for school district BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com
(Editors note: This is part two of a three part series featuring Crossroads area state lawmakers and the highlights from their 2016 term in the Mississippi Legislature. District 4 Senator Rita Potts Parks, District 2 Rep. Nick Bain and District 1 Rep. Lester “Bubba” Carpenter will be
featured.) Sine Die. Although it was a busy session in Mississippi’s Legislature, the House ended a full three days early in midApril. Alcorn County Representative Nick Bain enjoyed his second term in state government. The House ultimately saw 119 bills
pass slowly through the Senate, back to the House and on to the governor set to become law next month. “We saw a lot of new faces in both the House and Senate,” said Bain. “Although from time to time there were some partisan disagreements, as is natural and to be expected, major legislation was adopted during the 2016 session.”
Bain authored or co-authored 31 bills. Of those five will become law. Some highlights from Bain’s session includes:
Bond money Recognizing the many accomPlease see BAIN | 6A
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Pair of pals share art in gallery exhibit BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Photo compliments of Brent Johnson
The highlight of the annual Slugburger Festival, the World Slugburger Eating Championship will return to the grounds of the Corinth Depot on July 9.
Slug Fest to return for 29th year BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com
Corinth’s longest running festival is turning 29 this year. The 29th Annual Slugburger Festival is just five weeks away, and Main Street Director Brent Johnson can’t hold back his excitement. “It’s going to be a great year for
Slug Fest,” he said. “We’ve got a amazing entertainment lineup, the eating contest is returning and, of course, there’s always the fresh slugburgers being cooked on-site throughout the weekend.” Set for July 7-9 at the Corinth Depot and CARE Garden, this Please see FESTIVAL | 6A
Golf event supports students and officers BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com
It was another great year as organizers, sponsors and players turned out for the 3rd Annual Tom Timms Golf Tournament. Featuring 28 teams, the tournament was well attended despite being rescheduled at the last minute due to impending weather. Over $10,000 was donated to the community in way of scholarships to local students. A donation to the Sheriff’s Department and City Police Department was also made. In addition to other donations, 15 combat application tourniquets were donated to local highway patrol officers. A special project of the
Realistic or abstract — these artistic pals have it covered with their often opposite approaches to the canvas. Barbara Curlee’s detailed portraits meet the abstract visions of Carly Hardy in a joint exhibit at the Corinth Artist Guild Gallery. The opening reception on Sunday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. will include the unveiling of several new portraits by Curlee. Hardy, a resident of Darien, Ga., who grew up in Farmington and graduated from Alcorn Central High School in 1966, finds ideas in the coastal area of Georgia for her landscape paintings. “I go out to the uninhabited islands every chance I get and just walk through,” said Hardy. “Where I live, there’s all kids of vines and islands with tropical scenes with the palmettos. We have a lot of opportunity for inspiration.” Darien is a shrimping town. “I can walk down and the shrimp boats are all parked along the river,” she said. The co-owner of a gallery on St. Simon’s Island, Ga., she likes to create a scene that
leaves some interpretation to the viewer. “They have a lot of meaning for me,” she said, “but it’s not as important for me that the viewer understands my meaning as it is that they draw meaning from it.” Hardy credits Curlee with getting her into painting when Curlee persuaded her to attend a workshop. “My biggest adventures with any kind of painting before was paint-by-number,” she said. “That was one of the Christmas gifts I got one year, and I loved it.” She started out with more representational work, but it eventually became abstract, especially with the landscapes. Most of her exhibited works are oil, though a few acrylic and pastel pieces are also included. More recently, she has been producing mixed media pieces in a non-objective style that she describes as “beyond abstract.” Curlee, a retired instructor who has taught art at Northeast Mississippi Community College, Corinth schools and, most recently, Tishomingo Please see EXHIBIT | 2A
People of the Crossroads Kevin Thornton, Iuka Staff photo by Zack Steen
A staple performer at the monthly Green Market at the Corinth Depot, Kevin Thornton feels blessed to play his bluesy, rock acoustical-style music. “I really enjoy performing. I am truly honored each time I get to play for people,” said the Okolona native. Thornton recently won Miss 98’s Smoking the Stage singing competition in Tupelo, where he won time at a professional Nashville studio. “I have been playing music professionally for about 15 years now, as both a singer and song writer, and have loved every minute,” he said. Currently working on his third album, Thornton’s day job includes working with the mentally disabled in Iuka.
CREATE Foundation, the Tom Timms Memorial Fund received 12 AED’s worth $20,000 form the Corinth Rotary Club – many of which were given on the day of the tournament. The AED’s will be donated to local schools and other areas in need through the fund. “All of us at Magnolia Regional Health Center EMS and Air-Evac would like to thank the Rotary club of Corinth for donating such valuable and life saving devices for our community,” said Ron Strom, a paramedic at Air-Evac and MRHC. “We had a great event celebrating Tom as well as our local EMS and fire.” Please see TIMMS | 2A
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Corinth Junior Auxiliary officers for 1991-92 include president Lawrie Creel, first vice-president Judy Barar and second vice-president Vicky Rohr.
The Alcorn School District joins with surrounding districts in a $1 million grant project to boost teacher training in American history.
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