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• Corinth, Mississippi • 16 pages • 1 section

Preservation board has 4 new faces BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

The Corinth Historic Preservation Commission is getting four new members. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen on Tuesday appointed the following to open seats: Brian McCullen, Robert G. Moore Jr., Laura Albright and Claire Windsor.

The appointments were needed following the resignation of John Frame with one year left on that term and also because of the expiring terms of Van Hedges, Jimbo Bryant and Bubba McQueen. Rules for the preservation board require a commissioner to be off the board for one year before being eligible to be appointed again,

explained Stephanie Sandy, a member of the commission. Windsor, however, may be reappointed to a three-year term after completing the unexpired term. Among the new appointees, McCullen is senior vice president at SOUTHBank; Moore is county prosecuting attorney; Albright is vice president of Al-

bright Storage Company and a tourism board member; and Windsor is a speech language pathologist at Magnolia Regional Health Center. The board also appointed Marcus Simmons to a vacant post on the Corinth Public Utilities Commission following the exit of Joey Luster. The board learned that

James Orr will not return to the planning commission/board of adjustment and a replacement will need to be chosen. In other business, the board voted to accept a $545,000 Community Development Block Grant for sewer system improvements. Mayor Tommy Please see BOARD | 2

Board discusses ‘third-grade gate’ BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

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Patrick Poindexter (left), county director of the Mississippi State University Extension Service, presents Philip Mathis and his wife, Bonnie, with a certificate of appreciation. Mathis’ land was one of the Ag Tour stops Tuesday.

Ag Tour continues success BY JOSEPH MILLER jmiller@dailycorinthian.com

For approximately 23 years the Agricultural Tour has been a success and this year was no different. According to Sandy Mitchell, a member of The Alliance’s Ag Committee, the tour started back in the early 1980s and has continued to be an important day for the community. “It’s just a day when concerned or interested taxpayers can see where their money goes when it comes to agricultural work in the area. It is such a fun day,” Mitchell said. “We loaded up about 40 people on Tuesday afternoon on our Northeast Mississippi Community College bus and made three stops before our banquet.” The first stop for the group was at the Clifford G. Worsham

Surface Water Treatment Facility in Corinth which is run by the Corinth Gas and Water Department. The mission of this treatment facility was relayed to the ag tour attendees which was named after Clifford Worsham, a longtime member of the Corinth Public Utilities Commission. Worsham conceived the idea of tapping into the TennesseeTombigbee Waterway as a long-term water source for the region several decades ago. One of the members of the tour enjoyed the first stop at the water treatment facility and was proud that Corinth Gas and Water was able to complete Worsham’s vision. “I have been looking forward to today to come and see this thing,” said Wayne Gunn of Corinth. “I have been hearing

about it. It has been interesting and I am glad Mr. Worsham had the foresight to start this project and finish his vision for this plant.” After touring the water treatment facility, the bus traveled west on Highway 72 to the farmland of Phillip Mathis. The Mathis farm had a project going to attempt to fix his problem with his cattle crossing over a ditch on part of his farmland. “The ditch was unraveling and causing Mr. Mathis many problems,” said Mitchell. “The best way we thought we could solve this, of course, was to keep the cattle out of the ditch so, we had to make a good cattle crossing for the cows. We were able to do this and we hope this will help resolve the issues.” Please see AG | 2

The Corinth School District is getting policies in place to meet the requirements of the new “third-grade gate” that could hold struggling readers back a grade while their peers move on. The district’s board of trustees on Monday made official a list of policies on literacybased promotion. The district will communicate with parents of students in kindergarten through second grade about what to expect as the new test becomes a requirement in the next school year. The third-grade gate was passed this year by the Legislature as one of several changes for education. “We’re going to do a letter, and then probably we are going to do some small group meetings and invite people in,” said Superintendent Lee Childress. The policy establishes how the district will proceed with students who are retained and spells out who can be exempted. “There are some good causes in which people can be promoted,” said Childress. “If you have a limited-English student who has had less than two years of English instruction, then that child would not be held back. We know that there are certain students with disabilities that could have difficulty with this, and you certainly don’t want to hold a child back if he or she has a disabling condition.” The district will work with parents to increase children’s exposure to reading opportu-

nities. In other business: ■ Students are getting some improved ACT results following a recent workshop. Repeat test-takers saw improvements of as much as four points, Childress reported, with 10thgraders averaging 22.6; 11thgraders, 20.9; and 12th-graders, 21.6. ■ The district is getting ready to purchase three school buses to replace bus numbers 30, 33 and 34. The cost of approximately $290,000 will be paid through transportation funds from the state and capital improvement funds. The 71-passenger buses will include air brakes, an additional heater and storage compartments. The district will also purchase vehicles for staff use. ■ In personnel, the board accepted the retirement of Rebecca Northcutt, CHS librarian, and the resignation of Doris Walker, CHS custodian, and Brandon Robbins, CES physical education instructor. The board approved the hiring of Lesley Bain, CHS supply teacher for Rebecca Northcutt; Bryant Tynes, CMS assistant football coach; and Lana Moss, Brenda Mitchell, Deborah Yeates and Melanie Mills, CES interventionists. Zero-period 21st Century staffers for seventh grade are Sarah Beth Byrd, Beverly Henson, Courtney Beard, Ramona Kinney, Morgan Bradley and Katherine Dobbins. The board approved request for leave for Amy Reed and Veronica Neisler, CES teachers.

Cowboy Church begins Three arrested, face burglary charges BY JOSEPH MILLER jmiller@dailycorinthian.com

Cowboy churches are coming to the Crossroads area with grace and mercy in their saddle. Brother Vickey Gilbert said he is so excited to have his Grace and Mercy Cowboy Church service for the first time in the Crossroads area on Sunday. “I am so excited that all of our efforts paid off here,” Gilbert explained. “We felt like the cowboy church would be a good idea here and we started the inquiries back in August of this year and everything just fell into place.”

Brother Gilbert is a representative of The American Fellowship of Cowboy Churches (AFCC) which is a non-profit Christian organization and is made up of cowboys who attend cowboy churches. Leaders and congregations believe they should represent the Bible to the fullest extent. The AFCC believes the Bible is the true, complete and failing Word of God. The group has plans to meet in Walnut in the outdoor arena at 44 County Road 772 on Sunday, Oct. 20 starting at 6 p.m. Please see COWBOY | 2

BY ANGELA STOREY astorey@dailycorinthian.com

After stolen items were found in Alcorn County recently, three people have now been arrested stemming from a burglary at a residence on County Road 1251 in Prentiss County. Prentiss County Sheriff Randy Tolar said the trio charged with burglary of a dwelling were Jonathan Davis, 26, of 913 Hwy. 4 West, Booneville, Timothy Mark Brasfield, 30, 168 CR 8361, Rienzi, and Lacy Deann Heath, 24, of 9361C CR 600, Booneville. “The arrests came after we were contacted by the Alcorn County Sheriff’s Office inform-

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ing us they had arrested three individuals that were in possession of several items that seemed suspicious to them, including two safes and a 55” flat panel TV,” Tolar said. At the time Prentiss County authorities had not received any theft reports of those items. “When the burglary report came in on Oct. 3 with items taken that matched the items found by Alcorn County, investigators traveled to Alcorn and Tishomingo Counties to question the suspects. They were charged after the investigation was complete.” Bonds were set at $5,000 each.

“I really appreciate the working relationship we have with Alcorn County and the fact that we regularly exchange information,” said the Prentiss County Sheriff. In a separate, unrelated arrest, David Lee Riggs, 20, of 400 South Liberty Road, Michie, Tenn., has been charged with burglary of an automobile. The charge stems from an auto burglary reported Oct. 5 by a resident of Earl Drive in Booneville, said Tolar. Numerous items were reported stolen from the resident’s vehicle. He remained in custody as of early Tuesday on $2,500 bond.

On this day in history 150 years ago Sherman’s four divisions begin to move out of Corinth to continue their journey to Chattanooga. Confederate forces desperately attempt to tear up the tracks near Tuscumbia in an effort to slow his advance.

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