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• Corinth, Mississippi • 30 pages • 2 sections
Victim warns of PCH scam BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
A McNairy County man wants to inform the area of a Publishers Clearing House scam. Steven Byrd was contacted twice this week by scammers claiming to be representatives with Publishers Clearing House. “They told me and my wife we had won $2.5 million and a new Mercedes,” said Byrd. “All we had to do was send $1,050 to them for taxes.” According to the PCH web-
site, the con is called the Jamaican Publishers Clearing House scam. Scammers oftentimes use the name of PCH and inform their targets they have won a sweepstakes prize but first need to make some type of payment to obtain the prize. “The caller claimed to be the president of Publishers Clearing House,” said Byrd. The scammer told Byrd his name was David Green and he was the president of PCH. DurPlease see SCAM | 2A
Staff photo by Brant Sappington
Students at the LEAD tobacco use prevention conference sign a poster thanking CVS stores for their decision to stop selling tobacco products.
LEAD teaches anti-tobacco BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@dailycorinthian.com
High school students from throughout the area spent Tuesday learning how to kick butts. Students from schools in Alcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo and other surrounding counties gathered Tuesday at Northeast Mississippi Community College for the annual tobacco use prevention LEAD Conference hosted by the Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi’s Generation FREE. The day-long LEAD (Leadership, Engagement and Activism Development) Conference is designed to educate students in grades 9-12 about the dangers of tobacco use and how they can make better choices. Generation FREE Youth Programs Coordinator Frederick Wiley said despite age restrictions on the use and sale
of tobacco, 90 percent of adult smokers in Mississippi started before the age of 18 and more than 68,000 youth in the state will see their lifespans cut short due to tobacco use. “Our role today is to give them tools so we can prevent that epidemic and change the tide,” he said. Attendees spent the day participating in rotating sessions focused on various aspects of the tobacco issue. A session on point-of-sale advertising put students in a simulated store environment wear they learned about the tricks tobacco companies use to target young people. Another session had the students looking closely at tobacco ads and then breaking into groups to create their own advertisements reversing those messages and presenting the reality of tobacco use. Stu-
dents also received lessons on the side effects and dangers of smoking and in a session called “The Writing on the Wall” had the chance to create a poem of their own expressing their concerns and experiences with the dangers of tobacco use. Wiley said Generation FREE is a statewide, youth-led effort aimed at encouraging students to make healthy lifestyle choices including the choice to remain tobacco free. Students will leave Tuesday’s conference with the skills and knowledge to serve as leaders in their schools and communities. The effort is funded through the Mississippi Department of Health. Tuesday’s conference was one of several being held across the state with more than 1,500 students expected to attend one of the statewide conferences.
Tate Baptist Church joins webcast effort BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
A local pastor wants Christians to reclaim America. The first step is getting information out about Christians being intimidated because of their faith like recent events in Houston. “This is just the beginning,” said Tate Baptist Church pastor Bro. Mickey Trammel of the demand of Houston Mayor Annise Parker to get five pastors in the city to hand over private church communication. “Churches are
going to come under fire in the future for speaking up.” Tate Baptist will host an “I Stand Sunday” webcast at 6 p.m. Sunday to inform Christians what has happened and how to respond, according to Trammel. Scheduled to be held at Grace Church in Houston and webcast nationwide, the 90-minute simulcast is being sponsored by the Family Research Council, Alliance Defending Freedom, Please see WEBCAST | 2A
Rienzi earns state grant for sewer, sidewalk improvements KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com
The town of Rienzi recently received a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) from the Mississippi Development Authority. The grant program was established to fund publicly owned infrastructure. Funding from the program can be used by municipalities and counties to assist with the location, expansion, or retention of businesses. Usage of the economic development grant funds must be directly related to the construction, renovation, or expansion of industry. “We are excited about the grant because it will give us the opportunity to do work on our existing sidewalks, sewers
and connections and allow us to add three more systems on our city sewer,” said Mayor Walter Williams. “I would like to thank Representative Tracey Arnold, Jamie McCoy, Engineer David Moore, the Rienzi Board of Alderman, Attorney Gene Gifford and my clerk, Elaine Matthews, for being so nice and generous.” In addition to the sidewalk and sewer grant, the mayor said he hopes to apply for another grant that will allow the citizens of Rienzi to exercise safely. “It is my hope that we will be able to build a walking trail from Main Street to Robbin Street where people can walk without worry,” he said. “It has been a slow process, but we are making headway.”
Photo compliments of Randy J. Williams
The Rienzi Board of Aldermen, Attorney Gene Gifford, Mayor Walter Williams and his clerk Elaine Matthews, and others gathered to discuss Rienzi’s recent Community Development Block Grant.
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