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Daily Corinthian Vol. 116, No. 185
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• Corinth, Mississippi • 16 pages • One section
CT-A rocks stage with ‘Footloose’ 3 face
drug charges
BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
The Corinth Theatre-Arts is ready to get “Footloose� in its first production of the new season. The classic story of teen rebellion -- “Footloose – The Musical� -- is set to take stage Friday through Sunday at the Crossroads Playhouse. Sponsored by Kimberly-Clark, the production is set for 7:30 p.m. both Friday and Saturday nights along with a 2 p.m. showing on Sunday. Tickets have gone quick with both Friday and Sunday performances already sold out. “Only a handful of tickets are available for Saturday,� said artistic director Cristina Skinner. “People need to hurry if they want to get in.� Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for students. Skinner said she is “excited� to direct the youth production. “I am proud of where we have come the last month,� she said. “Most of these students are debuting and have taken off the entire summer to do the show.� Adapted by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie from the 1980s hit movie starring Kevin Bacon as Ren and Lori Singer as Ariel, the CT-A production is about a city teenager from Chicago who moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned. “Ren comes from Chicago to challenge Reverend Moore,� added Skinner. Thomas Elam of Ramer, Tenn., will be playing the part of the upbeat Ren. “He is a fun-loving guy who has had a rough life,� said Elam, who is studying vocal performance at the University of North Texas. Kossuth High School student Marlee Sue Bradley is slated for the part of Ariel. “I absolutely love the character,� said Bradley. Ariel, a rebellious preacher’s daughter, is out to help Ren and the rest of her classmates overturn the ban against rock music and dancing. That means going against her father Rev. Moore (Jon Huwe) in the attempt. The fast-paced drama is filled with such now-famous hit songs as the title track and “Let's Hear It for the Boy.� “They have so many energy and are so exuberant about it,� said Skinner of the cast.
Staff reports
The Alcorn Narcotics Unit arrested three men Friday on capias warrants for sale of a controlled substance. Corinth police officers picked up Rodney Antwon Grayson of Young Street due to the narcotics unit having two sale of controlled substance cases against him. In a separate case, Narcotics Officers Jason Willis and Darrell Hopkins were assisting Tippah County investigators on a stolen items case at a residence on County Road 611 when they arrested Anthony Wayne Stanley of East Palmer Street, Blue Mountain, who was indicted for possession of two or more precursors with intent to manufacture methamphetamine, and Antonio Vaneric Mitchell of Proper Street, Corinth, for felony possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell. The three remained in custody.
School board approves referendum BY JEFF YORK For the Daily Corinthian
hold next year’s show in conjunction with the Corinth Civil War Relic Show and Sale on March 9-10. “We want to hold it at the same time as the relic show because we share lots of similar interests,� Stanley explained. Founded in 1969, the Texas Date Nail Collector’s Association is a non-profit association for collectors of date nails. The group consists of approximately 360 members worldwide. “We like to consider ourselves an elite group,� said Stanley. “Not many people do this.� While their numbers may be small, date nail collectors are enthusiastic about their hobby. The items are an active commodity on the online auction site eBay. The Texas-based association issues a magazine, “Nailer News,�
SELMER, Tenn. — The McNairy County Board of Education approved a motion to ask the county commission to put a referendum before the voters to continue the $20 wheel tax and add a halfcent increase of sales tax. The revenue generated would help pay for proposed new elementary schools in Selmer and Adamsville. McNairy’s School Board voted 5-1 to send the request to the county commissioners. Board members Frank Lacey, Tony Chapman, Jean Jones, Jarrell Stanfield and Lynn Baker all voted yes. Larry Smith was the lone no vote. If the commissioners approve the request, the measure could be placed on the ballot for the November election. The county commission’s next meeting will be Monday, Aug. 13. “We have to look at this (school building project) as making an investment for our future,� said McNairy County Director of Schools Charlie Miskelly. “We need to realize these schools will last for 30 or 40 years.� Miskelly said the continuation of the wheel tax and a half-cent increase of the sales tax is the only real option of funding the proposed new schools in Adamsville and Selmer. “I do not look at the wheel tax as adding a new tax because the people have already been paying it,� Miskelly said. “I do not believe anyone is going to notice paying just a half-cent more in sales tax.�
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Staff photo by Steve Beavers
Marlee Sue Bradley (Ariel) and Thomas Elam (Ren) attempt to overturn a rock music and dancing ban in the CT-A production of Footloose. The cast, which had over 40 audition, is made up of 35. The Cast Ren McCormack – Thomas Elam Ethel McCormack – Ellice Pat-
terson Rev. Shaw Moore – Jon Huwe Vi Moore – Emily-Claire Sewell Ariel Moore – Marlee Sue Bradley Lulu Warnicker – Leah Petty
Wes Warnicker – Jeremy Taylor Coach Roger Dunbar – Dalton Meador Eleanor Dunbar – Cecilia Dean Please see CT-A | 3
Antique show must for railroad nail collectors BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com
The first-ever Corinth Railroad Antique Show will be held Friday at the American Legion Hall. The event is sponsored by the Texas Date Nail Collectors Association. “Every year we sponsor a show where we get together and trade stories and nails,� explained show coordinator Allen Stanley, a member of the group who lives in Iuka. “This year we’re going to kick it up a notch.� Date nails — nails with a date stamped in their heads — were primarily used by railroad companies to visually identify the age of a railroad tie. For example, a nail stamped with a “41� is from 1941. Usually 2.5 inches long with quarter-inch shanks, date nails were driven into railroad ties, bridge timbers, utility poles, mine props and other wooden structures for record keeping
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Date nail has the date “18� for 1918 stamped in the head. A faint diamond on the shank indicates the nail was made by American Steel & Wire Company. purposes. Railroad companies would
drive the nails into ties either at the treating plant, to indicate the year of treatment, or at the track, to indicate the year the tie was laid. While most were used to show the date, some date nails served other purposes. For example, a nail stamped “B� from the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh was driven into a tie made of beech. On the Santa Fe railroad a nail marked “OZ� meant the tie was treated with oil-zinc chloride. The Railroad Antique Show will feature not only date nails but “everything related to railroads but the engine and caboose,� said Stanley. “We’re going to have tons of other stuff — railroad crossing signs, lanterns, locks and keys, a big assortment,� he said. Members of the group hope the Railroad Antique Show will be a successful event that can become an annual tradition in Corinth. They plan to
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