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Daily Corinthian Vol. 117, No. 186
BY JEBB JOHNSTON The Board of Supervisors awarded a contract Monday morning for one road reseal project and striping on several county roads. Cook Coggin Engineers unsealed and tabulated the bids for the state aid road project with Bonds Company of Burnsville the low bidder at $170,317.91. The work includes resealing on Hurricane Creek Road, a total of 2.3 miles, and striping on Farmington Road, County
Road 435 and Theo Road, a total of 11 miles. Other bids were Kimes & Stone Construction Co. of Booneville, $170,974.76; B and M Paving of Fulton, $177,950.78; and Parsons Earthworks of Iuka, $189,829.86. In other state aid road projects, the board passed a motion needed to get the Five Points intersection project back on track. James Jones of Cook Coggin said the substance of the plan is unchanged, and the intersection is still planned to go from five intersecting roads to four.
The project was moving forward under the prior board before some resistance from property owners apparently derailed it. In other business: • The board gave approval for the Alcorn County Health Department to place signs prohibiting weapons. Sheriff Charles Rinehart said signs will be going up at the courthouse, and Chancery Clerk Bobby Marolt said he plans to put up signs at the Alcorn Chancery Building. • The board approved a Community Service Work Program
with supervisors Gail Childers and Laura Lawson. Youth will be involved in work such as picking up trash on Saturdays. The county will be reimbursed monthly by the Supreme Court of Mississippi Administrative Office of Courts. • The sheriff and board recognized David Derrick for again winning top honors with the DARE vehicle at the annual conference. A focus of the conference was preparing for the new “Keeping It Real” curriculum which will be used beginning this school year.
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The handcrafted stoneware pottery of local artisan Lynn Barnwell of Hinkle Creek Pottery will be featured this month at the Mississippi Craft Show at the Trademark in Jackson. The Mississippi Craft show is an annual juried event showcasing strictly Mississippi handmade art and craft. A variety of handcrafted work from artists all over Mississippi will be displayed for sale at the show on Saturday, Aug. 24 and Sunday, Aug. 25. “This show is truly representative of the quality and variety of handmade items created right here in the Magnolia state,” noted Liz Walker, show coordinator.
In addition to the pottery, items for sale will include works of leather, glass, fiber, metal, mixed media, wood, paper, jewelry and oneBarnwell of-a-kind items. Shoppers will find pottery, furniture, home accessories, items for the garden, photography and more. The event will benefit Animal Rescue Fund of Mississippi (ARF), a no-kill animal rescue shelter in Jackson. ARF will
BY JEBB JOHNSTON The recently completed farmers market shed will see a little more work to help keep rain out. County supervisors on Monday approved an expenditure of up to $1,300 for some additional barrier to be placed around the top to help keep rain from
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Woman indicted for hitting teacher BY ANGELA STOREY astorey@dailycorinthian.com
A Prentiss County grand jury has returned an indictment involving a March case where a Prentiss County woman is accused of hitting a teacher. An indictment means the grand jury found there was sufficient evidence to send the case to trial but does not mean the person named is guilty of the charge. Angela Lane Nunley, 35, of 194 CR 1219, Booneville, was indicted on a charge of simple assault on a teacher. The indictment states she is accused of repeatedly striking the Hills Chapel teacher in the face with her fists. The grand jury returned 55 indictments after meeting June 24-28.
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tree and flower, at strategic locations leading into and across Mississippi, including U.S. 45 in Alcorn County and two area U.S. 72 locations -- near Iuka and the Tennessee state line. “The Avenue of Magnolias is a great program. We want to expand it so we can beautify our
The Corinth Battlefield Unit of Shiloh National Military Park will host a Civil War Kids Day on Saturday at the Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center, said Superintendent John Bundy. “This is the last event in our Kids Day summer series at the Corinth Battlefield. As school starts back, we hope parents will use this opportunity for a day of fun before children have to focus on their academic work,” said Bundy. The Civil War Kids Day will begin at 10 a.m. and end at noon. Children 8 to 12 years of age are invited to spend the morning experiencing the life of the common Civil War soldier through a number of hands-on activities. Children will participate in activities that will introduce them to the three branches of the army -- infantry, artillery and cavalry. In addition, National Park Service rangers will demonstrate how to load and fire a Civil War musket, a common weapon used by infantry soldiers.
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coming in. The request was made by Rufus Duncan, representing the vegetable growers association. He said the county may also want to consider a way to keep customers from using the shed like a drive-thru. Otherwise, however, he said growers are happy with the new shed on Fulton Drive.
“We’re getting a lot of new customers,” he said, and keeping cool at the same time. In other business: ■ Along with his regular report, Jail Warden Doug Mullins told the board that the regional jail facility will need some improved camera equipment at some point. There have been a couple of assaults on officers in
which the video footage is not of high enough quality to identify the perpetrator. The camera equipment was outdated when it was installed, he said. ■ The board agreed to pay the employer contribution on the net fee income of each constable to the Public Employees’ RetirePlease see SHED | 2
‘Avenue of Magnolias’ makes great impressions The first impression is the most important one. Many motorists entering Alcorn County from the very busy U.S. 45 corridor to the north are seeing Mississippi for the first time. A long standing statewide program continues to make sure the state has a good first impression.
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For more than 50 years, thousands of Mississippians have participated in the Keep Mississippi Beautiful “Avenue of Magnolias” Program administered through the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce. As a result of this program, those traveling across Mississippi enjoy the numerous magnolia trees planted on
major highways and interstates leading into the state. Founded in 1961, Keep Mississippi Beautiful is a non-profit organization dedicated to making Mississippi a more beautiful state for residents and visitors to enjoy. The organization’s main project is the Avenue of Magnolias which calls for planting of magnolia trees, the state
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On this day in history 150 years ago President Jefferson Davis assures Gov. Milledge Bonham of South Carolina that the army will continue to defend Charleston, “which we pray will never be polluted by the footsteps of a lustful, relentless, inhuman foe.”
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