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Daily Corinthian Vol. 116, No. 280
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• Corinth, Mississippi • 22 pages • 2 Section
Developer plans homes on trailer park BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Corinth aldermen on Tuesday approved a zoning change affecting the old West Side Trailer
Park property, where new rental residences are planned. The board approved the change from MH (mobile home) to an R-3 residential
zone, as recommended by the planning commission/board of adjustment. The property is located at 601 Bradley Road.
A spokesman for the project said plans are to remove all of the mobile homes and construct single-family rental homes. He said enough property is avail-
able for 25 homes. The residences would be approximately 600 square feet. Please see PLANS | 2A
Tourism doles out $23,100 BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com
The Corinth Area Convention & Visitors Bureau approved $23,100 in funding requests from local organizations to help promote upcoming events that will bring visitors to Corinth. The tourism board voted Tuesday to contribute to the promotional efforts for the Alcorn County Farm and Machinery Show and Auction, the Corinth Symphony Orchestra’s Christmas concert and the Sons of Confederate Veterans’ annual Relic Show and Sale. The largest sponsorship was $19,100 for the Alcorn Farm Machinery Home & Outdoor Show, scheduled for Jan. 17-19. The arena requested $28,000 for the event, but the tourism board declined to pay for several of the arena’s requests, including $1,000 for website design and maintenance, $200 for a girl to send out emails to people in the arena’s database, $1,000 for the use of signs, including the arena’s marquee to advertise the show, $800 for after-hours staff to work the event, $500 for miscellaneous supplies and $5,000 in “contingency” funds. According to the funding request from arena staff member Cindy Davis, approximately 6,500 people attended the threeday event last year, not counting the people who attended the auction outside. Vendors represented many towns in Mississippi as well as Wisconsin, Tennessee, Chicago and Alabama. The event drew buyers from the Please see TOURISM | 2A
Brian Perry Jones
Robber arrested BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@dailycorinthian.com
An Alabama man is expected to face charges in three counties in connection with a string of bank robberies, including last Friday’s robbery of the Renasant Bank branch in Booneville and an August robbery in Iuka. Brian Perry Jones of Toney, Ala. has been charged by the Tupelo Please see ROBBER | 2A
Arena seeks funds for new budget
Staff photo by Steve Beavers
Chilly rehearsal
BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com
The Crossroads Arena has submitted a request for $380,000 from the Corinth Area Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Five year-old Olivia Spencer keeps warm while waiting to rehearse her role as Young Clara in the Turning Point Dance Academy’s “Best of the Nutcracker” set for Sunday, Dec. 2 at the Corinth Coliseum Civic Center. Folks in the Crossroads area may want to take note of Olivia’s plan to take a blanket along through the holiday weekend. The overnight low temperature Friday night is expected to dip near the freezing mark while Saturday’s high temperature is expected to only reach a crisp 51 degrees, but with sunny skies.
Staff photo by Steve Beavers
Please see BUDGET | 3A
Arena approves radio promotion package for farm, outdoor show
Preparing the feast Kroger deli employee Brandy McCalister boxes up one of the holiday dinners Kroger has available for Thanksgiving. Although many households continue to cook a traditional Thanksgiving meal at home, many families take advantage of prepared meals at businesses such as Kroger, which offers five different dinners which must be ordered today. Oakland Baptist Church is offering its “Taste of Hope” on Thanksgiving Day from 11 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. at the church for any family in need of a hot meal, while First Presbyterian Church’s outreach ministries and friends continue a long tradition Thursday with plans to deliver 600 meals to those in need throughout Alcorn County.
BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
The Crossroads Arena is letting SuperTalk Mississippi do its talking. Arena board members voted to accept the proposal of the radio network to promote the Alcorn Farm Machinery Home & Outdoor Show on January 17-19. “I like the idea,” said board member Sam Tull of the proposal. “This is what we need.” In the proposal, SuperTalk has agreed to do four live shows at the Crossroads Arena during the three days of the show. “The J.T. Show” is slated for a three-hour show from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on the first day of the farm show. Marshall Ramsey will do his three-hour show from 3-6 p.m. on Friday with Nellie Neal’s “Weekend Gardening”
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and Buddy Slowick’s “The Handy Man Show” doing shows on Saturday at the arena. “Each show will include live statewide promotions during other live broadcasts leading up to the show,” said SuperTalk’s Steve Knight. “We will saturate Northeast Mississippi with 10 spots a day.” Cost of going with the network is $7,500. “Steve has a good approach,” said operations manager Greg Moss. “He has a lot of connections we don’t have and the live remotes are definitely going to help.” DeWitt Auction Company will be in charge of the usedmachinery auction during the largest agricultural-based trade show in the northeast part of Please see ARENA | 2A
On this day in history 150 years ago James A. Seddon, a Richmond lawyer, is appointed as the new Confederate secretary of war. General Bragg sends Brig. Gen. Nathan B. Forrest on a raid to disrupt Union communications and supply lines in Western Tennessee.
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