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Vol. 118, No. 224
• Corinth, Mississippi • 18 pages • 1 section
Corinth man hit by train remains hospitalized BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
A Corinth man who was hit by a train on Thursday is being treated at a Tupelo hospital. Lonnie Jones, 66, was in fair condition at North Mississippi Medical Center at 11 a.m. Friday, said spokeswoman Deborah Pugh. He was airlifted from Country Lane Apartments following the accident, which was reported at 2:38 p.m.
The train conductor told police when he spotted the man, Jones appeared to be on his hands and knees, trying to crawl off the tracks. The conductor attempted to stop the train, which hit the man but did not run over him. Jones, an Oakland School Road resident, had a rifle with him and was possibly hunting. The accident happened near the dead end of Spring Forest Estates.
Staff photo by Jebb Johnston
Northern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley speaks with local residents Thursday night at Corinth City Hall.
Residents air worries over power agencies BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
The Mississippi Public Service Commission’s scrutiny of electric power associations with stockpiles of cash was a hot topic at Brandon Presley’s town hall meeting in Corinth. The northern district commissioner discussed utility issues with a group of residents at City Hall Thursday night. The PSC is looking into the accumulation of excess funds by many of the state’s 25 power associations. State law requires excess funds to be returned to the association members
through refunds or rate reductions. “Of the 25, seven of them have been obeying the law and sending money back or reducing rates each year when they make a profit,” said Presley. As reported to the commission, the state’s associations accumulated funds totaling $161,807,074.14 in the last filing year. Seven associations returned about $47 million to their customers in the last reported year due to excess funds: Coast EPA ($13.3 million), Delta EPA ($3.9 million), Dixie EPA ($7.6 million), Magnolia
EPA ($1.8 million), Pearl River Valley EPA ($8.8 million) Singing River EPA ($11.4 million) and Southwest Mississippi EPA ($200,011). “If folks on the Mississippi Gulf Coast can get a rate reduction or a check back in the mail, why can’t people in Alcorn County? That’s all we want to know,” said Presley. In tough economic times, he believes an answer is needed. “I don’t care if we can’t bring those bills down but a dollar, we ought to bring them down Please see CONCERNS | 2
Nelson featured at songwriter event BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com
Performing to sold out crowds across the country, Nashville recording artist Bernie Nelson is adding downtown Corinth to his list of tour stops. Currently traveling to promote his new CD entitled “Blue”, the Dickson, Tenn. native has completed a collection
of 13 all new songs, including the breakout single, “Scarecrow.” On Thursday, Oct. 2, the accomplished singer will be the special guest performer at country/Americana artist Lisa Lambert’s Songwriter Showcase. “I’ve been a fan of Bernie Nelson’s songwriting since the
first time I heard Wynona Judd sing “It’s Never Easy To Say Goodbye,” said Lambert. “We are thrilled to have him here in Corinth.” Held the first Thursday of each month at Martha’s Menu, the ongoing “Songwriters in the Round” music program has Please see NELSON | 2
City preparing to go Hog Wild on Oct. 2-4 BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
Things are about to get a little “boaring” in downtown Corinth. All the little piggies will be there for the 24th Annual Hog Wild BBQ Festival on Oct. 2-4. Hog Wild, a Kansas City Barbecue Society sanctioned event, is three days of fun, entertainment and most of all plenty of barbecue for the whole family. The annual event will crown a Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion along with handing out awards in Chicken, Pork Rib, Pork Shoulder, Brisket, Dessert, and Anything But categories. Cooking teams begin vying for titles on Friday with the finale set for Saturday. The Grand Champion will take home $1,000 in the annual event. Back again for a second straight year is JoJo’s Backyard BBQ Contest. The contest — named in memory of longtime Main Street Board member and community volunteer Joe Franks, who passed away on Dec. 31, 2012, — is an amateur event. In the backyard event, competitors can enter the divisions of chicken thighs and ribs. Separate scores will be given in each. The combined score
determines the overall contest winner. The overall winner receives a $200 prize while each category winner is awarded a $100 prize and a trophy. Those who enter the Hog Wild contest will not be allowed to compete in the backyard division. Open fires and gas grills are not permitted. Entrants must use some type of cooker. Jimbo Mathus will headline the entertainment on Oct. 4. Also scheduled to perform during the three days of fun include Addie Page Pratt, Bikini Frankenstein, Smokehouse Band, Big Sprockett, Juke Joint Gypsies and Bon Fire Orchestra. (Entry forms and a list of rules for both contests can be obtained at the Alliance Office, 810 Tate Street, or by emailing Coombs at tcoombs@mainstreetcorinth. com.)
Corinth physician joining college hall of fame Dr. William Jackson of Corinth will be inducted into Northeast Mississippi Community College’s Alumni Hall of Fame during a luncheon today in the Haney Union as part of the school’s annual Homecoming celebration. Before becoming a respected physician in the southeast, the Walnut High School graduate began his pursuit of higher education at the Northeast Mississippi Junior College. While at Northeast Jackson was a member of the Tiger
football team under Coach Bill Ward in 1968 and a freshman class favorite. As a sophomore in ’69, Jackson was elected Student Government Association president, a class favorite, Who’s Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges, was a member of the Society of Student Scientist and Phi Theta Kappa. Jackson graduated from Northeast with an Associate of Arts degree and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Mississippi State University in
1971. He attended the University of Mississippi School of Medicine in Jackson and completed degree requirements in 1975. Jackson worked as an intern at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis from ’75 to ’76. He became board certified as a Fellow by the American Academy of Family Physicians in 1984. Jackson holds special certifications from the American Association of Medical Review Officers (‘92), Medical Review Officer Certification Council (‘93) and is a certified Medical
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Review Officer (by examination). While managing his private practice, Jackson began serving as an adjunct faculty member at Northeast and continues to do so today. He has been affiliated with Magnolia Regional Health Center in Corinth where he served as chief of staff in 1981. Jackson has also worked as a consulting medical director for Heritage Manor Nursing Home and Alcorn Care Inn Nursing Please see JACKSON | 2
Dr. William Jackson
On this day in history 150 years ago Forrest’s Raid — The Confederates suffer a repulse when they attack the Union infantry at Pulaski, Tennessee. Forrest shrugs off the reversal and heads north to Columbia, destroying the railroad and capturing small garrisons along the way.