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Vol. 119, No. 242
• Corinth, Mississippi • 20 pages • Two sections
Police beef up speed enforcement ed purchase of three Stalker radar guns at a cost of $2,090 each. A Justice Assistance Grant covers the purchase. Police Chief Ralph Dance said speeding is one of the top complaints the police department receives, and the radar guns
BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
The Corinth Police Department is getting several additional radar guns for speed enforcement. The Board of Aldermen this week approved the grant-fund-
will be used to help combat that problem. The board also approved the purchase of a couple of Chevrolet Tahoes for the fleet at a cost of $34,323 each. Dance said the Tahoes are holding up well and will continue to be the de-
‘A dream come true’
partment’s vehicle of choice for now. The department will receive the two vehicles in January. In other business: ■ The board gave approval to a request to close an area described as a walkway from Cra-
BY JEBB JOHNSTON
Photo compliments of Larry McDaniel
Mississippi unveils new monument urday has been canceled.)
BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com
(Editor’s Note: Due to the Mississippi Monument dedication at Shiloh on Saturday, the Farmington Civil War Reenactment planned for Sat-
SHILOH, Tenn. — For local history buffs Buddy Ellis and Larry McDaniel, Saturday’s unveiling of the Mississippi Monument at Shiloh National
Military Park has been a long time coming. The two Sons of Confederate Veterans Col. W.P. Rogers Camp #321 members have Please see MONUMENT | 2A
Please see POLICE | 2A
Corinth School District weighs baseball field bids jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
The new Mississippi Monument will be placed on top of a 6-foot, 2-inch granite base near Tour Stop #6 at Rhea Field near Shiloh Church inside Shiloh National Military Park.
ter Street to White Street that has sometimes been used as a route to evade police. The Corinth Housing Authority will fund two fences to seal off the area, which is on
The Corinth School District continues to round the bases on plans for a new baseball facility. Bids for the planned field, which would be located on the district’s property housing the new softball complex on Proper Street, were unsealed Thursday. A regular meeting of the board of trustees followed later in the day. Superintendent Lee Childress recommended the board allow a bit more time to review the bids before awarding the contract, which will likely happen in a special meeting next week. “If we’re going to have an opportunity to play on it this year, we’ve got to move hastily,” said Childress. The apparent low bidder is Michael Pittman Construction Co. of Corinth at $1,987,292. Other bidders are Worsham Brothers at $2.367 million; Hellas Construction at $2.468 million; and Century Construction and Realty at $2.579 million.
“If we’re going to have an opportunity to play on it this year, we’ve got to move hastily.” Lee Childress Superintendent, Corinth School District
Pittman would use subcontractor Warner Athletics/Shaw for the artificial turf. Locker room and weight room facilities already at the site will serve both softball and baseball. The field design is by Pryor & Morrow of Tupelo. In other business, in cleaning up several policies, the board voted to mirror for personnel the expanded student handbook policy regarding tobacco to include the prohibition of e-cigarettes and related devices.
Marine recruiter loves his job BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com
From the Halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli; we fight our country’s battles in the air, on land, and sea; first to fight for right and freedom and to keep our honor clean: we are proud to claim the title of United States Marine. Our flag’s unfurled to every breeze from dawn to setting sun; we have fought in every clime and place where we could take a gun; in the snow of far-off Northern lands and in sunny tropic scenes; you will find us always on the job the United States Marines. Here’s health to you and to our Corps which we are proud to serve; in many a strife we’ve fought for life and never lost our nerve; if the Army and the Navy ever look on heaven’s scenes; they will find the streets are guarded by The United States Marines.
— The Marine’s Hymn Sergeant Robert S. Slagle is on a special mission – to recruit America’s best and brightest. Serving as a Marine Corps representative for Armed Forces Career Center in Corinth, the 28-year-old Charlotte, N.C. native oversees 22 area high schools. “This past summer, I dedicated my free time to the football teams at my schools,” said Sgt. Slagle. “I have ran Corinth, Kossuth, Holly Springs, NEMCC, Belmont, Tishomingo, Alcorn Central, Walnut and Falkner’s football teams through vigorous martial arts physical fitness sessions in order to see how well they would hold up. I was hoping to make it to all 22 schools, but summer wasn’t long enough.” Please see SLAGLE | 6A
Lanell Coln welcomes Sgt. Robert S. Slagle to Alcorn County.
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Amy Mitchell of Alcorn County is awarded an Ag Study scholarship from the Mississippi Farm Bureau’s Young Farmers and Rancers program. Mitchell is an agricultural economics and math major at Mississippi State University.
The South Corinth Neighborhood Association receives $35,500 in grant funding to support Safe Haven sites at Project Attention, the Corinth Boys and Girls Club, the Lighthouse Foundation and the Northeast Mississippi Business Incubator.
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