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Box of Blessings

Detours planned as work begins at Five Points this project. Following the recent completion of moving the utilities, the work is shifting to reconfiguring the intersection. “Parsons Earthworks plans to start shutting o, at minimum, the eastern leg of the Five Points intersection Monday morning around 7:30 a.m.,â€? said Johnny Crotts of Cook Coggin Engineers. “They are going to attempt to work in stages to minimize the impact on traďŹƒc flow. However, in the next

BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

The second portion of the Five Points intersection upgrade enters the major construction phase in the coming week, making detours necessary. Alcorn County is encouraging motorists to plan now for alternate routes to avoid the intersection of Kendrick, Henderson, Pittman and Farmington Baptist Church Roads. The detour signs which have been posted for several weeks at Harper and Shiloh are in connection with

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Camp Hollywood registration opens Photo courtesy of Vertical Church

Vertical Church of Corinth recently installed and stocked a “Blessing Box� in the grassy area beside Pro-nails and Kentucky Fried Chicken, off U.S. Highway 72 in Corinth. The idea of the Blessing Box is “Take a blessing when you need one, leave a blessing when you can.�

Project offers help for those in need BY L.A. STORY lastory@dailycorinthian.com

See a need — fill a need. One local church takes this philosophy on as a mission and their latest community service project exemplifies it. The Vertical Church of Corinth has installed their first “Blessing Box� as their most recent service project. The box is located in the grassy area beside Pro-nails and Kentucky

Fried Chicken, o U.S. Highway 72 in Corinth. The idea of the Blessing Box is “Take a blessing when you need one, leave a blessing when you can.â€? Vertical Church Pastor Scottie Linton said the idea is for anyone needing a blessing to take from the box and return a blessing (donation) when they can. Among the items stocked

within the box are non-perishable food items, baby items and personal hygiene products. Linton said the items in the box may change as the season changes. Vertical Church Creative/ Worship Leader Amber Phillips said, “We just hope it reaches everybody that needs help but might be afraid to ask for it. We Please see PROJECT | 5

she said. “The camp is specially designed for children with special needs with physical and/or cognitive disabilities.â€? JA started the summer camp several years ago. “We felt like there was a need for outreach in the community for special needs children,â€? said Hinton. “Often it seems like they may be left out of certain summer activities, but at our camp they are the stars.â€? Children will be broken into several dierent groups during camp. Activities scheduled to be oered in-

BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

JA summer camp is back. Registration opened this week for Camp Hollywood, the Junior Auxiliary of Corinth’s annual summer camp for local children with special needs. The four-day camp is set for July 17-20 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Crossroads Arena. Resignation is free and required by July 10, according to Camp Hollywood chair Summer Hinton. “As always, the camp is open to children with special needs, ages 4-11 who attend school in the Corinth and Alcorn County school districts,�

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Demonstration will display radio operator skills BY L.A. STORY lastory@dailycorinthian.com

The Alcorn County Welcome Center will be the location of a unique demonstration today and the public is invited. There will be an American Radio Relay League (ARRL) Amateur Radio Field Day from 11:30 a.m. today until 11:30 a.m. Sunday at the Alcorn County Welcome Center, located at 2028 South Tate Street in

Corinth. The event is hosted by the Alcorn County Amateur Radio Emergency Services (Alcorn County ARES) and will give the public an overview of how amateur radio works with four to five ham radio stations set up and running for a 24-hour period. The local group will join with 35,000 hams across the nation to participate in an operation

that demonstrates their communication skills to the public as they take their radios to the field and operate. The Alcorn County ARES will begin setup at 11:30 a.m., but the actual demonstration is set to oďŹƒcially begin at 1 p.m. According to Alcorn County ARES Treasurer/Member Bob Sharpe, the Field Day is a contest of sorts. A Field Day is an annual op-

ited to, wind, solar, generators and batteries. “We will have a table set up with some brochures and we welcome visitors to come, see and learn a little bit about the hobby. This year we’ll be having the Mississippi Section Manager, who lives in Vicksburg, coming to visit our site. We always welcome representatives Please see OPERATOR | 5

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Maxine Elliott, Mike Jacob and June Plaxco are among the stars of Corinth Theatre-Arts’ production of “The Trip to Bountiful.�

Local farmers continue to struggle with the eects of an ongoing drought. Rainfall totals are as much as 4.5 inches below normal.

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portunity for amateur radio operators to test their skills. They will set up multiple radios and antennae to make as many contacts as possible in a 24hour period with other stations across the world. Not only will group members set up radios and antennae where there are no towers, but they will not use any grid power. All power is self-contained. This can be, but is not lim-

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