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Daily Corinthian Vol. 117, No. 142
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• Corinth, Mississippi • 18 pages • One section
Pastor faces sexual battery charge BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
A Baptist pastor faces a sexual battery charge involving an underage female. Farmington Baptist Church preacher Timothy Daniel Nall, 57, turned himself in to officers
with the Alcorn County Sheriff’s Department on Wednesday and was later released on a $15,000 bond. “The latter part of April of this year, a report was filed with our office of a sexual battery incident,” said investiga-
tor Reggie Anderson. Anderson and fellow investigator Heath Thomas went on to investigate the claim and found the incident involving the young girl occurred over a period of five to six months. The Alcorn County Grand Jury
determined there was enough evidence against the pastor to indict him late last month. According to the church website, Nall has been at the church since February of 2003. A regular speaker during the
Rubbish site to be trashed next month
Ode to Old Glory
BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Staff photo by Steve Beavers
VFW Post Commander Bill Parker sorts through flags to be retired during a ceremony on Sunday at the post.
Some 150 flags set for proper retirement in Sunday service at Fort Robinette VFW BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
Old Glory is being retired. Flags that have become worn, torn or faded will be be properly retired at the Fort Robinette VFW Post 3962 – located on Purdy School Road – on Sunday at 2 p.m. Around 150 flags are scheduled for retirement during the
post’s annual Flag Day event. “People want to do the right thing when it comes to the flag, they just don’t how,” said Post Commander Bill Parker. “The reason we have the retirement ceremony every year is to show people the proper way.” The traditional method of retirement is to incinerate the flag. “This does not mean an entire
local National Day of Prayer each year, Nall is a graduate of Mobile College and Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary. A U.S. Navy veteran, Nall gave the invocation at the recent Memorial Day cemetery at Shiloh National Cemetery.
flag should simply be dropped into a fire,” said men’s auxiliary president Tom Chartres. “We are not burning a flag, we are retiring a symbol of America … the flag should be treated with respect when it’s flying and when it’s times to be retired.” The seven red stripes and six Please see FLAG | 3
Alcorn County’s rubbish site is set to close July 1 as a new contract with Waste Connections takes effect. The Board of Supervisors gave final approval to the contract Monday morning — an agreement that the board is counting on to get some red ink off the books while eliminating the need for another landfill site. “This gets it out of everybody’s backyard,” said Board President Lowell Hinton. As of July 1, residents who have items that they would normally take to the Proper Street landfill will instead need to go to the South Harper transfer station, where a $5 fee will be charged for residential rubbish loads. Waste Connections will lease and operate the county’s transfer station under the 10year contract with a tipping fee of $22.98 per ton. The fee is set for the entire term of the contract with no fuel surcharge and no annual consumer price index adjustment. “This is an extremely good deal for Alcorn County,” said Hinton. The county has been piling up an annual deficit of about $160,000 to operate the transfer station and landfill. Collecting and disposing of about 5,400 tons per year, the county has been paying $45 to haul and dispose waste. The new rate of $22.98 will save the county $120,000 per year, Hinton said. The closing of the rubbish site is expected to save another $100,000 annually. The county’s expense will be trimmed to only the residential garbage collection at a cost of $450,000 per year.
“This gets it out of everybody’s backyard.” Lowell Hinton President, Alcorn County Board of Supervisors
“We believe this can be done and stay at the current millage rate of 4 mills,” said Hinton. “Our millage rate may have to be adjusted some, but we are looking at some areas we may adjust to compensate for a small increase to make sure that our Solid Waste Fund remains in the black. This millage that the county has assessed only pays for the house-to-house pickup and disposal of the residential waste.” Residents can be taxed as much as 6 mills for the county’s waste operations. Supervisors considered a tax increase and a monthly fee for garbage pickup before deciding to seek proposals on lease of the transfer station. Waste Management also submitted a proposal. While the $5 fee at the transfer station may be unpopular, Hinton said the board felt this was a better deal than a tax increase. The county could squeeze a few more years out of the landfill, “but we would have to stack it up high above the tree line, and that’s just not good,” he said. It will still be available in cases of emergency such as a tornado producing a large amount of debris. Waste Connections will haul waste to the landfill site in Tippah County.
Grant funds available Corinth will be featured on Sunday show for airport upgrades BY STEVE BEAVERS
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BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
The Corinth-Alcorn County Airport is eyeing a couple of facility upgrades with grant funds. The Alcorn County Board of Supervisors approved accepting a $102,069 Mississippi Department of Transportation MultiModal Grant grant on Friday. It will be presented to the Corinth Board of Mayor and Aldermen for consideration on Tuesday. The two governments would share in a local match of $1,031. Attorney Bill Odom explained that the grant funds will be used to install a canopy over the recently improved fuel farm along with safety lighting and to rehabilitate the old terminal building. The improved space could host flight schools or avionics in the future. The engineering estimate for the work is within the money being offered, he said. In other business: • The board agreed to contin-
ue contracting with Blue Cross Blue Shield for health insurance for another year with a 3 percent cost increase. There was no cost increase last year. • Supervisors approved the reappointment of Lila Wade to the park commission. It is a joint appointment that must also be considered by the city board. • Along with the monthly financials, Jail Warden Doug Mullins reported that the facility has been on heightened watch because of some gang-related incidents in other facilities housing state inmates. • The board approved two days off for Independence Day — Thursday, July 4, and Friday, July 5 — following the governor’s recommendation. • The next regular board meeting is 9 a.m. on Monday, July 1, and a workshop on redistricting with the North Mississippi Planning and Development District is set for 9 a.m. June 27.
Corinth will be highlighted during a segment on RFD-TV late Sunday night. Four segments were filmed during the Alcorn Farm & Machinery-Home & Outdoor Show at the Crossroads Arena back in January. Successful Farm Machinery Show is slated to air Sunday at 9 p.m. The show is the third shot at the farm equipment event held Jan. 17-19. “They have been airing all four segments throughout the year,” said Arena Operations
nual farm show started airing in Feb. Peterson, who has been tracking auction prices on all types of farm and construction equipment since 1989, is known as the most trusted source for used equipment values on the internet. “It’s been pretty neat to see the shows viewed by 42 million people,” said Moss. RFD-TV is home to the most comprehensive lineup of agriculture-based programs. The latest agriculture news and technology can be found on the station.
Battlefield unit hosting Civil War Kids Day BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com
The Corinth Battlefield unit is kicking off the summer fun with a Civil War Kids Day on Saturday, June 22. From 9 a.m. to noon a variety of activities for kids age 9-12 will allow participants to experience a different aspect of
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Manager Greg Moss. “The one on Sunday night will be featuring other things in Corinth besides the farm show.” RFD-TV – billed as Rural America’s Most Important Network – can be found by DIRECTV subscribers on channel 354 and by those with the DISH network on channel 231. “Every time a piece from the farm show is aired, we have people calling about the next farm show,” said Moss. Greg Peterson, aka Machinery Pete, was in Corinth and did the filming for the shows. Clips from the second an-
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the Civil War through toys and games. “We are excited to host the Civil War Kids Day on the first Saturday of summer,” said Shiloh National Military Park Superintendent John Bundy. “We look forward to hosting the Kids Day event each month of the summer.”
On Saturday Rangers will explain toys and games of the Victorian era enjoyed by both children and adults on the home front, as well as games soldiers might have played while in camp. Children will be able to try
On this day in history 150 years ago The Second Battle of Winchester, Va., is a Confederate victory and paves the way for the Southern army to advance northward down the Shenandoah Valley. Winchester holds the distinction of changing hands 72 times during the course of the war.
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