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Daily Corinthian Vol. 117, No. 266
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• Corinth, Mississippi • 16 pages • One section
Hearing set on city ward redistricting BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
With a ward redistricting proposal in hand, the Corinth Board of Aldermen on Tuesday scheduled a public hearing on the changes. The hearing will be at the top of the agenda for the regular board meeting at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 3. Citizens will have an opportunity to comment before the board formally
adopts the map. City officials describe the changes as minimal overall. City Clerk Vickie Roach said the greatest population growth occurred in ward 2, which includes the northeast part of the city, and the city needed to balance it with ward 5. The largest proposed shift will move the boundary between wards 2 and 5 west from Highway 45 to Forest School Road,
with ward 5 taking in the 84 residents between those roads. Ward 5 also would take 21 from Ward 2 with the ward line moving east from Maple Road to Willow Road south of Magnolia. GIS Planning Technician Kathy Brinkley with the Northeast Mississippi Planning and Development District said the wards had a population variance of 13.7 percent between the most and least populous based
“We did as few changes as possible,” Brinkley told the board. Corinth has five wards with an alderman elected from each. The city plans to have the new ward lines in place ahead of the quadrennial general election coming up next year. Candidate qualifying is about six months away. Alcorn County recently completed its redistricting process for the five county districts.
on census 2010 results, and the number needs to be less than 10 percent. The proposal on the table reduces the variation to 7.8 percent. Ward 5 would go from a population of 2,760 to 2,973. Ward 2 would go from 3,160 to 3,088. Ward 1, at 2,862, and ward 3, at 2,953, would have no population change, while ward 4 would increase slightly from 2,838 to 2,869.
Jackson, Foote to get 4-way stop BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Staff photo by Steve Beavers
Photographer Zack Steen snaps a shot of Corinth-Alcorn County Animal Shelter feline “Bob” to go into the shelter’s second calendar.
Shelter calendar raises funds BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
Pets can do almost anything these days. Even a calendar. The Corinth-Alcorn County Animal Shelter plans on showcasing its animals in a fun light with its second calendar “Looking Forward to 2014” to get the new year off on the right paw. “We have some wonderful animals here and we want people to know about it,” said shelter director Charlotte Doehner. Last year, the shelter printed its first calendar “Real Men Love Cats Too” as a fundraising project. According to Doehner, 600 calendars were sold with another 300 distributed for promotional purposes.
“It was one of our major fundraisers last year,” said Doehner. “I was real pleased for it being the first time.” A majority of the dogs and cats used in the photos on this project are shelter animals. Farmington Mayor Dale Fortenberry and Generals' Quarters Chef Luke Doehner were two of the noted figures used in the 12-month spread. “It has been a lot of fun,” said photographer Zack Steen. “All of the animals seemed to be into it … sometimes it's easier to work with animals.” Steen is one of many donating their abilities for the cause. William McMullin, director of the Northeast Regional Library, is in charge of writing all captions.
Becky Williams had the task of getting all props together while Joy Cox is handling the advertising end. “We are making it a community calendar by listing all the different events going on each month,” added Doehner. Businesses and individuals can place important dates in the calendar for $25 which is the cost for any advertisement in the product. “Anyone interested in putting something in can call,” said the shelter director. One idea Doehner had was civic clubs promoting special event dates and meeting times in the calendar for the $25. The Please see CALENDAR | 2
A downtown intersection near City Hall will soon change to a four-way stop. The Board of Aldermen also requested another intersection near the courthouse be studied. Visibility issues contribute to the Board of Aldermen’s decision Tuesday to create a four-way stop at the intersection of Jackson Street and Foote Street. “The main reason is because of the parking here on Jackson,” said Police Chief David Lancaster. “It’s very hard to see when you’re going west on Foote.”
Crashes, however, are not frequent at the junction of the two streets. The board’s motion requests a period of 15 days elapse before the changeover in order to allow time to alert the public. Alderman Andrew Labas requested that the city also take a look at creating a fourway stop at the intersection of Foote Street and Franklin Street in the area of the courthouse and Dollar General. He said it’s a dangerous spot. In other business: • The board approved a contract with a credit card Please see STOP | 2
Oakland Baptist plans ‘Taste of Hope’ BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
Jesus fed over 5,000 with only two fish and five loaves of bread. Oakland Baptist Church is trusting in the same kind of miracle recorded in all four gospels when it has its second “Taste of Hope” on Saturday, Nov. 16. Meal organizers have al-
ready taken over 900 requests with over a week left until the event. “We are not going to limit God,” church member Michal Ann Spencer. “This is a perfect example to watch Him work in all of this … we are super excited about it.” Last year, members of the Please see TASTE | 2
Corinth High students play role in fiber bid BY JOSEPH MILLER jmiller@dailycorinthian.com
A handful of Corinth High School students played a vital role in the recent success of the C-Spire Fiber to Home program victory bid. Thanks in part to a widespread effort by many leaders in the community, Corinth was named one of the nine finalists on Monday morning. Some of those notable names included web-master Mia Nickels, Main Street Director Taylor Coombs and Jean McFarland of the Corinth School District. However, some unsung hero’s also had a hand in bringing the hope of faster fiber optic internet services to the Crossroads. Four CHS students were called into action
and asked to produce a video to promote Corinth as a candidate for the program. Warrior seniors Kyle Webb, Neal Lancaster, Bryant Carlton and Savannah Smith were all involved with the production and editing of the video. “We were approached by Mrs. Coombs to help with this project and when we found out about it, we were all so excited,” Lancaster said. “We started working on it right away and we did about a weeks long worth of work . . . we finally got it all put together.” These students did such a fantastic job on the video, it was played and viewed in Jackson during the press conPlease see BID | 2
CHS seniors (from left) Kyle Webb, Neal Lancaster, Bryant Carlton and Savannah Smith were all involved with the production and editing of the Corinth Fiber First video.
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