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Officials: New bid process causes concern BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
The Alcorn County Board of Supervisors is joining others to express concern about new requirements for the bidding process set to take effect at the beginning of 2018. House Bill 1106, which was
signed by the governor in April, requires governing authorities to provide “a secure electronic interactive system for the submittal of bids requiring competitive bidding” as an additional option for bidders. House Bill 1109, signed in March, requires reverse auctions to be the pri-
mary method for receiving bids. “That has raised a lot of questions from county board attorneys as to how that would actually work,” said board attorney Bill Davis. “It seems pretty clear the Legislature did not in-
“All manner of different problems may arise if, anytime you want to buy a tractor, you’ve got to set up an electronic method to receive these bids.” Board Attorney Bill Davis
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Sales tax sees slight decrease BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Sales tax saw another slight decrease in July for Corinth as the fiscal year nears its end. The tourism tax, meanwhile, had a healthy increase for the month, putting it back on the positive side for the year-todate total. Corinth’s sales tax diversion returned to the city at mid-July was $529,048.88, a decrease of 0.7 percent, or about $3,800 from a year ago. The result is against the general trend for the month, as the statewide total of sales tax diversions rose 7 percent from a year ago. The midJuly diversions reflect sales made in May. The city’s cumulative total goes to $5.183 million, down 1.7 percent from the prior year. Among the gainers locally for the month was Glen, where a new Dollar General store is doing business. The town’s diversion for the month of $3,279.53 is up a robust 61 percent from the year-ago number. The 2 percent tourism tax on prepared food and lodging in Corinth brought in $123,850.20, an increase of 5.3 percent from a year earlier. For the year to date, the tourism tax is at $1.113 million, rising 0.3 percent from the prior fiscal year. Two more sales tax and tourism tax deposits will be made in fiscal 2017.
BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
The Corinth School District Board of Trustees acted on some staffing recommendations on Wednesday. The hires include: • Corinth High School — Polly Johnson, English teacher; George Allen Woodhouse, choral director; Barbara Trapp, supply teacher • Corinth Middle School — Rebecca Coman and James Legenbuehl, teachers; George Allen Woodhouse, choral director • Corinth Elementary School — Merry Dawn McCabe, Tracey Finley, Kayla Mauney, Andrew Mauney, Courtney Fair and Kelsey Freeman, teachers; Justin Watson and Mary Johns Pittman, half-time teachers; Lana Moss, Rebecca Penney and Debbie Price-Mann, parttime teachers; Tamie Irvin, pre-K teacher assistant; Allyson Mitchell, supply teacher Resignations submitted to the board are Beth Mitchell, CMS teacher; Kristen Ferguson, CES teacher; Ashley Carter, CES teacher assistant; Hanna Lindamood, CHS teacher; and Stacy Ricks, CHS teacher. With the start of a new school year imminent, numerous requests for student transfers in and out of the district came to Please see HIRES | 5A
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Campers Ella Kate Holmes of Corinth and T’Erika Watkins of Corinth check over the specifications for a 3-D printing at the TIGER Manufacturing Camp.
Campers explore opportunities BY MICHAEL H. MILLER
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ark Rowan of Baldwyn wants to be a music producer when he grows up. Thanks to the lessons he and the other campers acquired at the Northeast Mississippi Community College TIGER Manufacturing Camp at the Northeast at Corinth campus this week, Rowan knows that there are other opportunities out there. “They told me when I get ready to start my own business; I need to do something to set myself apart from the crowd,” Rowan said on Wednesday. “If people want to listen to my music or the people I am producing, then they need to see what I am doing differently than what other producers are doing.” Northeast TIGER Manufacturing Camp is about expanding the opportunities for pre-
“They told me when I get ready to start my own business; I need to do something to set myself apart from the crowd.” Mark Rowan teens and teenagers to show them that there is more than one way to succeed in life. Set for campers between the ages of 10-16 years old, the weeklong camp has participants working on entrepreneurship projects during the week while receiving knowledge that will help them in the future.
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Latimore, blues artists ready to rock arena BY L.A. STORY lastory@dailycorinthian.com
The Crossroads Arena will be reaching down soul deep to “turn up the blues” on Saturday night. J&S Sound and Productions will present “Let’s Turn up the Blues” at the Crossroads Arena Saturday beginning at 7 p.m. The show boasts a crew of experienced blues artists and features headliner Latimore, who was recently inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.
“This concert is going to be a magnificent show featuring Latimore, who has just been inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame, after over 50 years of singing these great love songs. This is the highest honor a blues artist can get. They call him the ‘professor of love,’” said Tracy Sow, J&S Sound and Productions. Along with Latimore, there will be the talents of blues artist Theodis Ealey, who was this year inducted into the Delta
Blues Hall of Fame. There will also be Eddie Cotton Jr., who is a blues music awards nominee, and will be performing some of his awardwinning songs. Sow said he was up for several Mississippi blues awards this year and is the youngest person on the ticket. “You definitely don’t want to miss out on him,” said Sow. There will also be Sheba
“I usually don’t confine myself to a certain set list. I might change in midstream. I like to be in the moment and have a little spontaneity.” Latimore
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The city touts major ongoing growth as projects continue including construction on buildings for Bruno’s/K-Mart, Autozone and a new Wal-Mart Supercenter.
Keep Corinth Beautiful expands its cigarette litter prevention efforts with a $2,500 grant from Keep America Beautiful.
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