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• Corinth, Mississippi • 14 pages • One section

Corinth board rejects sign variance By Jebb Johnston

“To do this tonight would be wrong.”

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The Corinth Board of Mayor and Aldermen narrowly rejected a variance request on Tuesday for a new multi-tenant business sign at Fulton Crossing. The former Kmart building is being divided into four tenant spaces by owner Fulton Improvements, LLC, and the sign

Tommy Irwin Corinth Mayor

would be for those four businesses. Some of the board members have expressed a desire to hold firm on not making exceptions for any new non-conforming

business signs until the building code is rewritten as part of the Envision Corinth 2040 comprehensive plan process. The proposed sign would have replaced the existing

Kmart sign. It was proposed to be approximately 366 square feet, far exceeding the maximum 135 square feet allowed by the city code. The city’s board of adjustment took up the matter in a special meeting on Monday and had recommended approval. Attorney Bill Odom, representing the applicant, urged the Board of Aldermen to consider

the benefits to the city through sales tax and employment. He also noted the changing retail environment. It is “an issue of retail brick and mortar versus online virtual reality,” said Odom. “The virtual world is growing. The real world seems to be reducing in size.” Please see SIGN | 2

Corinth will see obscured eclipse

Alderman honors

Monday’s weather forecast looks good for rare event BY Jebb Johnston jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Staff Photo by L.A. Story

Farmington Aldermen Johnny Potts (left) and Lowell Gann recently completed training from the Mississippi Municipal League and received recognition for it by Mayor Dale Fortenberry at the start of the regular monthly meeting of the Farmington Mayor and Board of Aldermen.

Officials receive recognition regular monthly meeting of the Farmington Mayor and Board of Aldermen. Mayor Dale Fortenberry recognized Aldermen Johnny Potts and Lowell Gann saying that the Farmington Board had

By L.A. Story lastory@dailycorinthian.com

FARMINGTON — Two aldermen recently completed training from the Mississippi Municipal League and received recognition at the start of the

never had aldermen complete the MML educational programming before. Potts completed the Professional Development in the Please see HONORS | 2

Ranger advises tourism board of upcoming events By L.A. Story lastory@dailycorinthian.com

Music and history will both come alive at the Civil War Interpretive Center in September. Ashley Berry, supervisory park ranger with the National Park Service, provided an update to the Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Tourism Board of Directors during their regular monthly meeting. Gospel Music in the Park will be a free event held Thursday, Sept. 7, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center. The concert will feature the Brown Missionary Baptist Church Chorale of Southaven, the Men’s Choir of Terry Street Church of Christ of Ripley

“We are also going to set up a pinhole viewer and possibly use mirrors to view the partial eclipse on a screen or sheet.” George Nock

Northeast Physics Instructor Other Memphis venues such as the Dixon Gallery and Gardens and Shelby Farms will host events. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers suggests heading to the lake in Mississippi, with reservoirs such as Sardis providing recreation areas with open areas for viewing an unobstructed sky. Northeast Mississippi ComPlease see ECLIPSE | 2

People of the Crossroads

Denise Joyner, Theo Denise Joyner loves working with people — a perfect fit for the office manager for The Alliance. “I love it,” she said. “We see so many different people. We never do the same thing every day. I love the cause of The Alliance and what we do.” When not working with financials or membership projects for The Alliance, Joyner is involved with her two daughters’ activities. Chesne is a 15-year-old student at Kossuth High School and Aniston attends Kossuth Elementary School. The mother volunteers a lot with school activities such as PTOs, Booster Club and “cheer moms.” “Anything they need done, I try to help,” said Joyner, married for 22 years to Paul, who is employed with the Alcorn School District. They attend Wenasoga Church of Christ. She also has a stepson, Josh Smith.

and the Corinth High School Choir. Regarding the Brown Missionary Baptist Church Chorale, Berry said, “They are just fantastic.” The concert, which was originally planned for the Corinth Contraband Camp, saw some issues regarding adequate parking, thus it was moved to the Interpretive Center. However, Berry said there will be exhibits and things set up for the event that will be regarding the Contraband Camp. Concert goers are encouraged to bring their lawn chairs, blankets and picnic baskets and sit back and enjoy the music. On Saturday, Sept. 30, there Please see EVENTS | 2

Staff photo by Mark Boehler

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Biggersville teacher Cathy Benjamin McGee and Alcorn Central teacher Marsha Rainey Davis are honored as outstanding teachers by the Corinth Rotary Club.

Madison Leggett of corinth is crowned National American Miss Mississippi Pre-Teen.

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For those who will not be in the path of totality when an eclipse darkens the sky on Monday, there are other opportunities to get a glimpse of a rare astronomical event. The view from Corinth will be about as good as it gets in Mississippi, with the sun 94.8 percent obscured on the north side of the city. The partial eclipse will begin at 11:55 a.m., reach its maximum at 1:26 p.m. and end at 2:53 p.m. The weather forecast looks promising, calling for mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of a shower. While it will not be as dramatic outside the 70-mile wide path of totality, which crosses through Nashville, it’s not hard to find other venues in the region getting in on the eclipse fever. Memphis’ Pink Palace Museum will have a free solar eclipse event from noon to 2 p.m. with safe viewing telescopes, a live NASA feed in the planetarium lobby and related eclipse activities.

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