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Vol. 118, No. 215
• Corinth, Mississippi • 22 pages • 2 sections
Legion hosts Patriot Day program BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
American Legion Post 6 wants Americans to remember September 11, 2001. Almost 3,000 people were killed on 9/11 when terrorists hijacked four passenger planes
and committed suicide attacks in New York, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania. Members of Post 6 will sponsor “Patriot Day Remembrance” Thursday at 9:47 a.m. on the steps of the Alcorn County Courthouse.
“We need to remember what and who perpetrated this tragedy,” said Post 6 Commander Tommy Watson. “None of our elementary or middle school age children were born then … it’s our responsibility to teach them what happened during
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that time.” The day of remembrance begins when one of the planes crashed into the Pentagon, killing 125 military personnel. “It will be short and simple,” said Watson. The ceremony will end at the
BY ZACK STEEN The Corinth-Alcorn Animal Shelter recently became a certified charity with PayPal and the eBay Giving Works program. The program provides businesses and nonprofit organizations like the Shelter a safe and easy way for everyone to help support their favorite causes. Volunteer Director Charlotte Doehner is excited about the endless fundraising possibilities that comes along with the program. “We’re already planning
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Choice Bus presenter Codi Feltman talks with Alcorn County Career & Technology students about the effects of high school dropout.
Vehicle educates about decisions BY STEVE BEAVERS The world is full of opportunities. All it takes is an education. Students of the Alcorn Career & Technology Center discovered the choice is all theirs after touring the Mattie C. Stewart Foundation’s Choice Bus on Tuesday. “There are benefits of staying in school,” said Larry Smelley, bus program manager. “Those who stay in school can go anywhere and do what they want with an education.” Choice Bus – the nation’s first mobile experience dedicated to
reducing the dropout rate – was created by the Stewart Foundation of Birmingham, Ala. to increase the graduation rate through the creation of relevant and effective tools and resources. Sponsored by State Farm, the bus is slated to visit other schools in Alcorn County the rest of the week. Students at Alcorn Central Middle and High schools will get a visit from the bus today. Corinth Middle School will have the bus on campus both Thursday and Friday. “This is a tool available to State Farm,” said local agent
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time the last plane crashed in a rural field in western Pennsylvania around 10:10 a.m. All 45 people were killed on the plane when passengers fought four hijackers and kept it them from
Scott Sawyer. “It would be a disservice if we didn’t take advantage of it.” Choice Bus stresses the importance of making good decisions and being around the right crowd. The front half of the Blue Bird model bus is a classroom setting with the back portion containing a prison cell replica. “This is all about knowledge,” said Smelley. “We aren’t here to make you do anything … you have a choice to make and no one can do it but you.” After students enter the bus, Please see BUS | 2A
on hosting an online auction in the coming months,” said Doehner. “Until then people can buy and sell on eBay and give a little back to us each time.” When a eBay user lists an item for sale they can now donate a portion of the proceeds from their sale to the Shelter. “A person can chose to donate anywhere between 10 and 100 percent of proceeds from a sale to the shelter,” added the director. “People who chose the shelter as a favorite charity will be proPlease see SHELTER | 3A
Corinth district approves staff hires BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Staff hires and resignations and an update on the education funding lawsuit came before the Corinth School District Board of Trustees this week. The board Monday night accepted the resignation of Peggy Poe, custodian at Corinth High School, and Melissa Henderson, teacher at Corinth Elementary School. The board approved requests for leave for Laura Beth Trapp and Anna Whirley at CES. Hires at CES include Ana
Herrera, English language interventionist, and Haley Moore, school nurse. Chelsea Morton joins Corinth Middle School as school nurse, and Lauren Joyner will serve as custodian at CHS. Recommendations for the 21st Century Extended Day Program include Jennifer Dickerson, coordinator, and Haley Bingham, Kaiirya Davis, Samantha Kline, Melanie Mills, Kendall Morgan, Michelle Roby, Cynthia Wilbanks, Emily Davis, Janet Sherer, Allison Cornelius, Please see CORINTH | 6A
Alcorn School District financial director submits resignation BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com
The Alcorn School District Board of Directors accepted the resignation of Director of Finance Misty Whittemore this week. Whittmore, who has been employed at the main school district office for more than three years, will be taking the assistant finance director position in the Corinth School District.
“Misty has been a valuable employee and we hate to lose her,” said Superintendent Gina Rogers Smith. “The Alcorn School District appreciates her diligence and dedication to our children. We wish her and her family the best in the future.” With Whittemore’s last day set for Sept. 17, the district has already begun interviewing for the position. The board took action on five other resignations.
Kossuth Middle School SPED teacher Whitney Callahan’s resignation was approved, along with Kossuth Elementary School teacher assistant Teresa Thrasher and tennis coach Ginger Mattox. The resignation of bus drivers Jeanie Anderson and Scott Nash were also approved. In other business: ■ The board approved the hiring of Maryanne Burdg as a speech pathologist for the
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school district. The position will be paid via a National Board Supplement. ■ Assistant Superintendent Ritchie Williams received the okay from the board to hire David Robbins as a Rienzi Elementary School bus driver. Robbins will take over the drivers seat of bus number 154 on the morning route. The bus route lengths for Teresa Mauney and Brian Settlemires were also approved
to be extended from medium routes to long routes. Mauney pilots bus number 149, while Settlemires drives bus number 148. ■ The board approved three new hires at Alcorn Central Middle School. Paula Tyson and Johnnie Harvell will act as interventionists at the school. Anna Lancaster has been hired as a cheer Please see ALCORN | 2A
On this day in history 150 years ago A regiment of Mississippi state cavalry is sent to this area to bolster the Confederate presence. Forage is becoming scare, but Gen. Chalmers assures them, “the grazing around Corinth is very fine, and it will probably furnish the best encampment.”
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