Taste
Wednesday Oct. 2,
2013
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Home & Garden
A ham and cheese French toast built by the loaf.
Huge fall flower, garden festival offered Oct. 18-19.
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Daily Corinthian Vol. 117, No. 235
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• Corinth, Mississippi • 22 pages • 2 section
Government shutdown hits area Staff Reports
The national government shutdown is having an effect on the local level. Tourists in the Crossroads Area will find closed signs at the Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center and Shiloh National Military Park. As part of the National Park Service, employees are on furlough and have been ordered to stay away from work and conduct no business. The budget disagreement in the nation’s capitol will even have a trickle down in the Sun-
Hookah lounge’s legality questioned
day Daily Corinthian. National Park Service Ranger Tom Parson, who has a widely popular history column in the Sunday newspaper, won’t be able to produce the column. And all those hikes planned next week for the 151st anniversary of the Battle of Cointh? If the government is still shutdown, there will be no rangerled hikes. Visitors calling Shiloh National Military Park were told via a recorded message “employees have been furloughed and can-
not check phone messages until government reopens.” Those visiting the park’s website saw this message: “Because of the federal government shutdown, all national parks are closed and National Park Service webpages are not operating. For more information, go to www. doi.gov.” Around the nation, “CLOSED” signs welcomned visitors at the Statue of Liberty, the Smithsonian and other Please see SHUTDOWN | 3A
Staff photo by Steve Beavers
The Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center was closed Tuesday due to the national government shutdown.
‘Fighting Demons’
Holly Baptist holding 2nd Men’s Night BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
loween,” said Alcorn Central High School drama instructor Leanne Williams. “It has a very dark tone and flashing
Holly Baptist Church is hoping to make a monster of an impact. Renowned speaker Bob Reccord will be part of the church’s 2nd Annual Monster Garage Men’s Night Saturday at 6 p.m. Last year, former Clemson head football coach Tommy Bowden spoke to close to 300 men at the first event. The Monster Garage event all came about after men from Holly would get together for a time of Bible study. A desire to reach those unchurched rose within the group. “It all started with a small group of men getting together once a month,” said event cochairman Pat Barnes. Reccord, founder and president of Total Life Impact Ministries, has spoke to over 210,000 men the last six years, challenging them to live a life that matters. Currently, the executive director for the non-profit educational foundation Council for National Policy (CNP), the recognized author has authored nine books including Beneath the Surface, Forged by Fire,
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BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
The Corinth Board of Mayor and Aldermen may take another look at whether a hookah lounge will be allowed to operate in the city. With the recent establishment of a hookah lounge at JT’s Bar and Grill at 1012 Highway 72 East, a representative of the Mississippi Tobacco Free Coalition of Alcorn and Tippah Counties brought the issue before the board on Tuesday. Emily McGrath, representing the coalition, maintains that the use of a hookah is a violation of the city’s public smoking ban. Hookahs are water pipes used to smoke a product that is often flavored. It passes charcoalheated air through the smoking product and through a waterfilled chamber. The user inhales the water-filtered smoke through a tube and mouthpiece. “Any form of smoking is bad,” said McGrath. She said a number of cities are revisiting their smoking ordinances to add wording Please see COUNCIL | 2A
Staff photo by Steve Beavers
Brooke Harmon (left) plays a teen with cancer who is haunted by demon Noamie Evans.
ACHS holding one-act play on Saturday BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
Life is filled with challenges. The Central Stage will show how a group of teenagers deal
with their own personal demons in Angela Hill’s one-act play of “Fighting Demons” on Saturday night. “The mood and tone of the drama goes along with Hal-
Local students making visit to JSU campus BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
More than 40 high school students will be getting a taste of the college life. Brothers Making A Difference (BMAD) is taking area students to Jackson State University for the High School and Community College Day of the school. A chartered bus of students and chaperons are slated to depart Corinth at 3:30 a.m. Saturday morning Staff photo by Steve Beavers before returning in the wee hours the Corinth High senior Chylencia Phelan will next day. “For most of them this will be their be among 40 high school students attending Jackson State University for the High first time on a college campus,” said School and Community College Day. BMAD member Lamar “Jake” Keith.
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“The entire day will be filled with information and the kids always take something away from the trip.” BMAD has been making the annual trip to JSU a reality for youngsters for the past 10 years. “They get to see everything JSU involves,” said Keith. Corinth High School senior Chylencia Phelan will be making her third trip to Jackson thanks to BMAD. “You get to see all the school has to offer,” said the Corinth senior. “The whole college experience is seen in one day.” Phelan is especially looking forward
to the halftime performance when the Tiger tangle with the Prairie View A&M Panthers. “We missed the halftime show last year because of rain, so I am anxious to see it this time,” she said. The trip isn’t only open to local students. Keith said kids from Ripley, Tishomingo County and Blue Mountain will all be making the trek to Jackson. “The only charge they will have is $15 and that covers lunch, ticket to the game and a T-shirt,” said the BMAD member. “There will be no charge for the bus ride.”
On this day in history 150 years ago The Union army in Chattanooga is getting hungry. Confederate cavalry capture 800 wagons a day after capturing another train of equal size. Union reinforcements arrive in Bridgeport, Ala., following a 1,159-mile journey from Virginia.
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