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• Corinth, Mississippi • 20 pages • 2 sections
District welcomes attorney, coaches BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
The Corinth School District Board of Trustees approved several hires and a couple of resignations in a special Thursday session. The board was also joined
by Bill Davis, who was recently hired to serve as the board attorney for the district. “We’re pleased to have Mr. Davis as our new attorney of record,� said Board President Ann Walker. “We feel like he will be an excellent addition
to our district. He does a lot of work in the community, and we think that we will be wellserved by his presence.� Associated with the firm of Clayton O’Donnell, Davis is also currently the board attorney for the Alcorn County Board of
Supervisors. The Corinth native holds a law degree from the Emory University School of Law. He follows the late James E. Price Jr., who served as the board attorney for many years. In actions on staffing, changes
are coming to several coaching positions. The board accepted the resignation of Corinth Middle School football and basketball coach Fred Stafford. With his exit, the board approved Please see SCHOOLS | 2A
Sheriff’s employee has new right to sue BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
A former sheriff’s department employee has received a new right to sue letter stemming from her complaint against Sheriff Charles Rinehart, according to court records. A U.S. District Court judge recently halted Michelle Cohoon-Loyd’s federal suit against the sheriff, Alcorn County and the sheriff’s department pending the issuance of a new right to sue
letter. A letter had previously been issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and later revoked due to an unspecified error, prompting a stay on the lawsuit. The new letter, dated May 27 and filed June 12 with the Aberdeen Division of the court, was issued by the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, giving Cohoon-Loyd notice of right Please see COMPLAINT | 2A
Farmington seeking Crossroads Museum hosts ‘Welty’ EPA sewer grant Staff photo by Jebb Johnston
Museum Executive Director Brandy Steen shows one of the panels featured in the traveling exhibit of Mississippi photographs by Eudora Welty.
BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Eudora Welty is known for capturing a vivid portrait of the deep South in her writing. But she also captured the region’s telling details behind the camera lens. The Crossroads Museum is hosting the “Welty� traveling exhibit, which combines words and images of the 1973 Pulitzer Prize winner. It is the first appearance in north Mississippi of the collection, which was produced by the Museum Division of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. “Many people associate her with her stories, and some people don’t realize that she took a lot of photographs,� said Mu-
seum Director Brandy Steen. “These photos are all from the 1930s in Mississippi.� Welty traveled the state during that decade as a publicist for the Works Progress Administration, photographing scenes and people that interested her. A few years later, her writing career took off and became her focus. In the 1970s, admirers of her work began to examine the relationship between the photos and her writing. The exhibited photos were chosen from more than 1,200 Welty negatives on file at Archives and History. Passages from her writing are combined with the photos to illustrate how the images she captured would later inform her literary
technique. The quoted passages are from books such as “The Wide Net,� “Delta Wedding� and “The Golden Apples.� While people are the main focus of the exhibited black and white photos, there are images of the Windsor ruins and the early days of the Natchez Trace. “We think it’s a nice, relaxing exhibit where people can enjoy these classic photos of another era in Mississippi,� said Steen. The 14 panels of photos and poems will show in Corinth through July 18. Hours at the depot museum at 221 North Fillmore Street are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com
FARMINGTON — Engineer Ricky Newcomb presented the Farmington Board of Mayor and Alderman with a sewer improvement update this week. “The state office is making it a lot harder to get the EPA money then we thought,� said Newcomb. “I submitted basically the same plans we submitted last year and they are throwing up red flags everywhere.� The city submited plans to receive $78,000 of EPA Region 4 grant money to help pay for the sewer improvement project. The grant was given to the city as part of the
Small Municipal and Limited Population Counties Grant. “I’m going to keep working on it and talking with those in charge in Jackson,� said Newcomb. “I’ll get it worked out, I just wanted the board to know this is happening.� The board approved the sewer improvement contract from Corinth based Buzz Plaxico Dozer last month. The project, slated to begin construction this month, will add 44 new households to the sewer system, including 21 houses on County Roads 130 and 121 and Farmington Road on the east side and 23 houses on County Road 119 on the Please see GRANT | 2A
CT-A hosts youth theatre camp BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
Area youngsters are getting a taste of theatre. Two weeks worth. Corinth Theatre-Arts is introducing the young individuals to several aspects of theatre through June 27. Nineteen signed up for the camp which started Monday. “The camp is a wonderful way of letting kids come together with different groups,� said camp instructor Twila Bridges. “All of them work on a goal and become best friends while accomplishing it.� Bridges stepped in to make sure the show went on after former CT-A Artistic Director Cris Skinner resigned to take a new job. “It had to go on,� said Bridges, who has been part of the local theatre since 1989. “I didn’t want to let the kids down and I owe a big thanks to Margaret Mathis and Lesley Petty for helping.� “CT-A is a wonderful family activity,� added Bridges. “It’s a thing people can do as an entire family.� Camp counselors Mikaela Hancock,
Katelyn Mathis and Leah Petty have also lended a hand in the camp, according to Bridges. “I really enjoy seeing kids learn theatre,� said Hancock, a third-year counselor. The junior portion of the camp goes from 9 a.m. to noon both weeks. Senior camp, ages 12-18, is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. “We have been covering using their imagination and how to concentrate and observe,� said Bridges during the third day of the camp on Wednesday. The camp instructor also plans to incorporate at least three fairy tales into the camp show. “We are going to think outside the box,� she said. “My plan is to adapt the fairy tales to a modern day story.� The camp show is slated to take place June 26 at 6 p.m. The public is invited to the show at no cost, but donations will be accepted. Campers are in need of old magazines or scrapbooking supplies. If anyone would like to donate the items, they can do so by dropping them off at the CT-A and marking them “theatre camp.�
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Staff photo by Steve Beavers
Camp counselor Mikaela Hancock goes over an activity with theatre campers.
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