Today: Special 32-page edition
Tuesday Dec. 13,
2016
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Alcorn County woman loves Christmas decor
Moondog Makers & Bakers are shakers
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Daily Corinthian Vol. 120, No. 300
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• Corinth, Mississippi • 32 pages • Three sections
Musical holiday lights
Art gallery demonstrates spinning and weaving BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
‘mega tree’,” she said. “I was reluctant at first because this 110-year-old lady of a home deserves a certain amount of respect for her age. I told him whatever we did, it had to remain traditional.” What appeared to be a normal Thanksgiving Day for the Frazier family turned
When it’s time to start work on the next scarf or table runner, Patricia Holmberg turns to the animals of her own fiber farm. Raising Shetland sheep and Angora rabbits on her Arkabutla property gives her a steady supply and control of her materials. “I prefer to spin and knit and weave with my own fibers from my sheep and my rabbits so it’s all one-of-a-kind items,” said Holmberg. “It’s awesome to be able to take the fiber from an animal, wash it up, process it and dye it any color or variety you want, and then create any texture of yarn you want.” Holmberg, with her fiber artist friend Sharon Williams of Independence, will be at the Corinth Artist Guild Gallery today, Tuesday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to demonstrate spinning and weaving. They are among more than 60 artists who have items featured in the gallery’s Christmas collection. “We’ll have the regular floor loom that people would expect, and then we have the rigid heddle loom which is very popular now for knitters to use,” said Holmberg. “And I am bringing a spinning wheel.” Scarves, tapestries, table runners, shawls and other wearable items are among their creations featured at the gallery. These traditional crafts are enjoying renewed popularity. “Thankfully to the internet,
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Basket Fund goes to $3,485 The spirit of giving this Christmas season is alive and well in the Alcorn County area. Donations are now arriving for the 21st Annual Corinth Rotary Club/Daily Corinthian Christmas Basket Fund. A $23,000 fundraising goal was set so 1,000 food baskets can be given to local families on Saturday, Dec. 17 at the Crossroads Arena. The newspaper has received $3,485 in donations so far. Donations include $100 anonymous gift; $100 from Lee F. and Stacie S. Thurner in honor of Dr. Don Elliott; $100 anonymous gift; and $100 from John E. and Marcia A. Cooper in memory of Tim Cooper. Christmas Basket Fund donations can be made “in honor of” or “in memory of” a special person or persons. The tribute will be published in the Daily Corinthian. Donations can be brought by the newspaper office or mailed to: Daily Corinthian, Attn.: Christmas Basket Fund, P.O. Box 1800, Corinth, MS 38835.
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The Frazier home at 609 East Fourth Street comes to light each night with a musical synced Christmas light display.
Family gets in Christmas spirit BY ZACK STEEN
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ne Corinth family is passing on their love of Christmas via more than 20,000 twinkling lights. Dr. Randy and Tammi Frazier have brought their stately downtown home to life this holiday season with endless lighted garland, a Christmas tree in every window, multicolored LED flood lights and a massive 25-foot lighted tree in the front yard. The decorations dance to holiday-themed music as well when tuned to 97.7 on an FM radio. “We love Christmas and we love decorating,” said Tammi. “It’s something we’ve always done, but this year we wanted to do something
“We love Christmas and we love decorating. It’s something we’ve always done, but this year we wanted to do something else – something bigger that would help create some lasting memories for the community we love.” Tammi Frazier else – something bigger that would help create some lasting memories for the community we love.” Tammi said the journey to this year’s Christmas display began many months ago and unbeknownst to her when her husband started researching the “how-to’s”. “This was the year Randy asked if I wanted to do a
Baseball historian speaks at museum BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com
A local baseball historian plans to knock it out of the park. Coach John Smillie will share his story of America’s game on Tuesday night at the Crossroads Museum. The free lecture, held in conjunction with the museum’s Smithsonian traveling exhibit, Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America, will begin at 6 p.m. inside the museum’s main gallery.
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People of the Crossroads Debora Jackson, Corinth Staff photo by Bobby J. Smith
Farmington City Clerk Debora Jackson celebrated 19 years on the job on Dec. 2. Lately her duties have included lots of Christmas decorating, getting the community ready for the holidays. When’s she’s not at work at Farmington City Hall, Jackson keeps busy with her love of photography. She says she loves taking pictures of landscapes, flowers and pets. Jackson loves spending time with her family — husband Shane; stepdaughter Amber Reeves and her husband Chris of Little Rock, Ark.; son Andy Holloway and wife Lauren; and daughter Sara and fiancé John McCalister. She also loves spending time with the four-legged member of the family — an almost two-year-old Great Dane named Eva Claire. “She is a character,” said the 52-year-old Jackson. “She’s still growing, not quite full grown.”
The former long time Corinth High School baseball coach said he plans to talk about the history of baseball from the 1960s to the present at the school level. “I’ll touch on how the high school level of the sport has progressed from a filler in the spring to a sport that really matters,” he said. “It will be from the coach’s perspective, but it should be interesting to all sports fans in the commuPlease see HISTORIAN | 6A
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Postal officials announce plans to switch all addresses in the county to the new 911 numbering system.
Robert Stratton is named the new manager at Caterpillar’s Corinth remanufacturing plant.
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