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CACVB altering website to boost ease for visitors BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
The Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Board is making changes to its website. Members of the board voted to change its site manager during its regular meeting on Tuesday. Nickels Media was unanimously selected to take over as overseer of the website. “We need to see where we can best utilize the money and reach the most people,” said tourism director Christy Burns. “The website is the first place we need to look at.” In the past, Nickels has done the advertising for the office while Zack Steen was in charge
Churches planning annual campaign
of the management of the site. The board’s goal was to combine the two into one. A motion to keep Steen for IT purposes on an hourly basis was also approved. Both website proposals stressed the need to make the site more user-friendly. “The site was designed eight years and it was never meant to last that long,” said Mia Nickels with Nickels Media. “Our goal is to find what is working and what isn’t.” In the Nickels’ plan, an analysis of all existing data will be done along with preparing Please see WEBSITE | 2A
Staff photo by Steve Beavers
Collision injures 1 A woman was transported to Magnolia Regional Health Center when a PT Cruiser and Chevrolet Z71 pickup collided at the intersection of Harper Road and Third Street on Tuesday afternoon.
26th Heritage Festival
Green Market returns BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
first held in some time, drew crowds big enough that all of the planned parking ran out. “We had over 20,000 visit the city of Iuka that weekend,” said
The August Green Market will bring another opportunity to shop for locally made crafts and produce on Saturday at the depot. Benefiting the museum, the even runs from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Museum Director Brandy Steen encourages those who have never shopped the market to give it a shot. “It really benefits the community by giving our local artisans an opportunity to come out and show their wares and to sell them,” she said. “For some of these people, it helps them make a living. It also helps the museum by bringing in needed funds to make it possible to be open.”
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BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
The campaign is underway. An effort to spread the gospel begins in September for several Church of Christ congregations. Memphis School of Preaching Dean of Admissions B.J. Clarke is slated to be the guest speaker all three nights of the Campaign for Christ, a regional effort of the Churches of Christ, at the Corinth Coliseum Civic Center. Services begin at 7 p.m. each night and are set for Sept. 22-24. “We are going to use all our resources to get the community to accept the gospel,” said Mike Swims, pastor of Danville Church of Christ and Please see CAMPAIGN | 2A
Staff photo by Jebb Johnston
Helping to draw attention to plans for the upcoming Battle of Iuka Reenactment and Heritage Festival were, from left, Beth Davis, Cindy Nelson, Harold Lomenick, Ellen Ayers and Cathy Cappleman Everitt.
Iuka aims for larger reenactment BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
IUKA — The fanfare of the Civil War Sesquicentennial has subsided, but Iuka is aiming for an even larger Battle of Iuka reenactment for the 151st anni-
versary. Key players gathered Monday to discuss plans for the reenactment and 26th annual Heritage Festival, which will make for a packed Labor Day weekend. Last year’s reenactment, the
Library receives ‘inspiring’ book donations BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
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Jeannette Rodriguez presents several Bud Carson books to assistant librarian Cody Daniel.
Reaching out to the younger generation. The donation of several books to the Corinth Library is an attempt to inspire young people. Jeannette Rodriguez recently passed on several books written by Ben Carson to the library. “It is nice to have people in the community who care about the youth and want them to persevere,” said assistant librarian Cody Daniel.
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Carson, the author of “America the Beautiful: Rediscovering What Made This Nation Great,” is widely respected as a leader and medical expert. “I love the fact his mother made him read two library books a week and then write a report on them,” said Daniel. Carson’s success can be attributed to his mother’s insistence on education. Sonya Carson, despite her lack of formal schooling, forced Carson and his brothers to read the two
books in addition to their daily homework. “Only after they completed the tasks could they play outside or watch television,” said the assistant librarian. The author soon realized the joy of reading and learning. Through encouragement of teachers and friends, he developed the habits which led to his professional success. As a pediatric neurosurgeon, Please see LIBRARY | 3A
On this day in history 150 years ago Hannah Johnson, the mother of a black soldier in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, wrote to the president seeking assurance of the humane treatment of African-American prisoners by the Confederacy. She expressed belief that “Mr. Lincoln will never let them sell our colored soldiers for slaves.”
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