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Citizen seeks county budget answers BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
An Alcorn County citizen was disappointed not to be heard with concerns about county finances in Monday’s meeting of the Board of Supervisors. But his questions may soon get some answers, according to county leaders. Scott Monroe submitted his written request to be placed on the agenda several weeks ago. The board denied the request.
Board Attorney Bill Davis said Monroe was offered an opportunity to meet with a couple of representatives of the county. “I declined the board’s offer to meet with them one or two at a time to review the presentation,” said Monroe. “However, today I did offer to meet with them, the chancery clerk and their lawyer and review the contents of the presentation.” He gave a copy of the 14-page presentation titled “A Con-
cerned Citizen’s Perspective on Alcorn County Finances” to Board President Jimmy Tate Waldon prior to the meeting. Monroe says the data included within the presentation had been sent with the request to be placed on the agenda. After the meeting, Davis said the board felt it was being put in an unfair position — that Monroe was “giving the board no opportunity to prepare a response, to even substantiate
what he’s going to say.” Waldon said the county will respond appropriately now that it has the presentation in hand. Monroe, who has been attending meetings of the board, used audited financial statements for the years 2006 through 2013 for the presentation’s data. It states county expenditures exceeded revenues every year during that period by amounts ranging from $1.2 million to $4 million while
the county’s cash on hand decreased by $5.5 million and the county’s debt rose from $5.8 million to $25.6 million. He is asking the county to implement a plan to operate a balanced county budget; implement a plan to pay down the county’s debt to less than $5 million; appropriate resources to develop and publish quarterly financial statements; and to publicize all of the above steps.
Students a blessing to teacher County to discuss upgraded security BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com
A retiring teacher at Corinth Elementary School received a precious surprise during her last year of teaching when she was given the opportunity to instruct the son of one of her first students. “When I found out my son Ben was going to have Teresa Timmons as his second grade teacher, I was both pleased and excited because I knew the kind of educator she was,” said Amy Sowell Austin who was in the first class Timmons ever taught at Biggersville Elementary School. “I also knew he was going to learn a lot from her.” Now employed on the open heart surgical team at Magnolia Regional Health Center, the 45-year-old mom considers herself blessed to have had her third-grade teacher guide her son as she once guided her. “We had a lot of fun in Mrs. Timmons’ class, but I remember thinking this lady doesn’t put up with anything,” said Amy with a laugh. “She had us under complete control.” “Another thing I recall is that she always had a helper of the day and everyone always wanted to be her helper, myself included,” he added. “She had all these little ‘helping’ hands on a bulletin board with our names on them and would choose a different student each day.” A fun-filled day at Shiloh Military Park also comes to mind,
BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Staff photo by Kimberly Shelton
Teresa Timmons shares a moment with two of her former students, Amy and Ben Austin. bringing with it treasured memories of an exciting, educational day. “We had so much fun on that trip and learned a lot that day,” said Amy. Expressing pride for both her students – mother and son -Timmons recalled a sweet little girl with an eagerness to learn
and help others. “Amy was always a very sweet little girl and she looks just the same as she did then, only bigger,” said a nostalgic Timmons. “My first year teaching her class was a very good experience.” “Ben is like his mom in some Please see TEACHER | 3
Alcorn County will take a look at increasing security measures in a couple of government facilities. The office of the Board of Supervisors on Fulton Drive needs more security in place, Chancery Clerk Greg Younger recommended to the board. The building began use as the supervisors office in 2013. The county is considering the installation of panic buttons, four cameras, entry detection on the exterior doors, motion detectors and smoke detectors. The estimated cost is $2,500 for installation and $30 monthly for monitoring. Justice Court Judge Steve Little asked the board to also consider a panic button in the justice center’s courtroom, which is used for justice court and Corinth municipal court. In other business before the board on Monday: • Supervisors approved contract renewal with Blue Cross Blue Shield for employee health insurance with a 5 percent rate increase. There was no increase the prior year, and the cost is still $63 per employee less than the premium cost paid in 2013, said insurance broker Sammy Smith. • Resident Billy Burcham
addressed the board with a complaint about timber companies doing damage to county roads and blocking the roads in the second district in areas such as Road 343. He said he was threatened while taking pictures. Chief Deputy Dusty Essary encouraged Burcham to contact the sheriff’s department with complaints and to let them investigate. • The board approved submitting a grant application for a household hazardous waste disposal day at the request of Keep Corinth-Alcorn Beautiful. If funded, the event would be held in September. • Johnny Crotts of Cook Coggin reported the park expansion project is on track for completion around the Aug. 12 contract ending date. Work is currently 5 percent behind schedule but is expected to catch up. • On the Five Points intersection upgrade, Crotts said the Farmington Water Association board recently agreed to the utility relocation plan, which brings the project another step closer to going out for bids. • A seat on the airport board currently held by Brad Mitchell will be up for consideration at the next meeting.
Malco Cinema offering movies in sensory friendly setting BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
Lights up, sound down and kids feel free to move around. Malco Cinema is meeting the needs of the autism community by offering eight movies over the next two months for sensory cinema guests. The Kids Summer Film Fest begins this morning at 10 a.m. with the showing of “The Croods” for the admission price of $2.
“We are thankful for Malco being so willing to work with Reconnect 4 Autism and offer-
ing a full lineup of movies in a sensory friendly setting,” said Reconnect 4 Autism founder Brad Essary. Malco will show a sensory movie each Tuesday and Wednesday through July 27. Showtimes are 10 a.m. each week. “There will be two theaters open so people will have the choice, if needed, to attend the one set up with lights up, sound down and kids free to move
around to help meet sensory needs,” said Essary. Everyone will pay at the front as normal at Malco during showings and then be directed to the appropriate theater. “These showings are first come, first serve, so get there early to ensure your family gets a seat,” added Essary. “The Croods” will also be shown at 10 a.m. on Wednesday. The rest of the Tuesday and Wednesday lineup through
July includes: “The Peanuts Movie: Blue Sky” – June 1415; “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Trip” – June 21-22; “Home” – June 28-29; “Penguins of Madagascar” – July 5-6; “Horton Hears a Who!” – July 12-13; “Turbo” – July 1920; and “Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb” – July 2627. “Lots of individuals with auPlease see MOVIES | 6
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