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• Corinth, Mississippi • 20 pages • 2 sections

County schools make staff changes BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

With school back in session, the Alcorn School District Board of Directors acted on numerous staff hires Monday evening. In addition to the hires, the board accepted the resignation of Kristie Studdard, Biggers-

ville High School teacher; Kyle Bond, Kossuth High School bowling coach; Lawrence Barr, bus 164 driver; and Brittney Robertson, Alcorn Central Elementary School teacher assistant and Alcorn Central High School assistant volleyball coach. Hires include the following:

Alcorn Central High School ■ Colin Sellers — Arrange and fuel bus fleet ■ Eric Lancaster — Head volleyball coach ■ Rebecca Lewis — Game administrator for basketball and baseball Alcorn Central Middle

School ■ Johnnie Harvell — Parttime history, tutor special education students and librarian Alcorn Central Elementary School ■ Timothy Barnett — Custodian ■ Anna Finkle — Cafeteria worker

Kossuth High School Creighton Nelms — Bowling coach Kossuth Middle School ■ Sandy Gibson — Yearbook sponsor ■ Trave Hopkins — Assistant junior high baseball coach

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it shakes the ground … people start talking about what is happening when that happens.” Worley’s Tennessee River Run has drawn attention since it started 12 years ago. “Darryl and I talk about the River Run all year round,” said Rendy Lovelady, RLM/Mission Management and Producer of the Tennessee River Run. “This is a big deal for us.”

The Crossroads Museum is joining with the Alcorn County Fair to host the museum’s 12th Annual Photo Contest. Photos will be displayed Sept. 17-21 at the fair, Crossroads Arena, 2800 S. Harper Road, Corinth. The contest is open to all ages, but professional photographers (defined as those who make 50 percent or more of their income from photography) are ineligible. Photos must have been taken on or after Jan. 1, 2012. The seven categories of entry are architectural landscape (photos must include a man-made structure), natural landscape, people, pets/ animals/wildlife, blossoms, vacations and digitally edited. All photos except those in the “vacation” category must have been taken in north Mississippi, south Tennessee or west Alabama. Entry fee for the first three photos is $10 per photo and $5 per entry thereafter. Cash, checks or credit cards will be accepted. Checks should be made payable to the Crossroads Museum. Photos must be submitted unframed and unmated in an 8-by-10 for-

Please see RUN | 3A

Please see MUSEUM | 3A

BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Please see SPEAKER | 3A

Please see STAFFING | 3A

Museum sponsoring contest

House speaker to attend meeting Local residents will get a rare audience with the Mississippi Speaker of the House in an upcoming town hall meeting. It is set for 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 8, in the board room at Corinth City Hall. It is expected to be one of a series of meetings that Philip Gunn (R-Clinton) will hold to discuss issues. “He will be talking about what he foresees in the upcoming session of the Legislature,” said Corinth Mayor Tommy Irwin. “He’s a good guy, and I think people will enjoy having the opportunity to talk with him.” The representative for District 56 (Hinds, Madison, Warren and Yazoo counties) is an attorney who was elected in 2004 and is a native of Hattiesburg. He has served as chairman of the Republican House Conference since it was formed in 2006 and has served on the executive com-

Staff photo by Steve Beavers

Country music artist Darryl Worley speaks Tuesday during media day to promote the 12th annual Tennessee River Run.

12th Tennessee River Run Annual event set for Sept. 14 BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

SAVANNAH, Tenn. — The city that sits on the Tennessee River is special to its favorite son. Savannah is much more than home. It’s a place country music artist Darryl Worley has spent most of his life giving back. The desire to help still burns for the 48-year-old today with

his Tennessee River Run ready to celebrate its 12th year next month. “I can’t believe we are still doing it,” said Worley with a smile and before a group of friends and media Tuesday afternoon during the event’s media day at the Cherry Mansion overlooking the Tennessee River. “We are doing God’s work and when you do that

‘Not One More Child Drowns’ ISR has only one mission when it comes to teaching swimming survival skills BY ANGELA STOREY astorey@dailycorinthian.com

Helping infants and children learn the survival skills to save themselves from drowning is the goal of Regina Cooke, a certified Infant Swimming Resource (ISR) instructor. The mission of ISR is “Not One More Child Drowns.” A resident of the Ingomar community who has completed her eighth year as a certified ISR instructor, Cooke worked with around 30 new students during June and July at the pool at Northeast Mississippi Community College in Boon-

eville. These students can now roll back and hold the floating position or swim-float-swim without assistance. A child must be at least six months old to register. Children from six months to six years may take the course although many ISR instructors take children up to 8 to 10 years of age, she said. A baby who is six months to 12 months must be able to sit up, roll over or crawl and is taught the age appropriate skills for this stage which is to float, maintain that position and roll back into that safe po-

sition, Cooke said. “The lessons are taught for 10 minutes per day and we use sensori motor method of teaching the muscles what to do,” she said. “A baby or young child cannot perform these physically demanding skills for more than 10 minutes per session. A brief rest time is required after each lesson.” All lessons are taught on an individual basis and each child is monitored throughout the lessons. Age appropriate skills Please see SWIMMING | 2A

Index Stocks......8A Classified......4B Comics......2B State......5A

Weather......9A Obituaries......6A Opinion......4A Sports....10A

Photos courtesy Karon Vaughn

Certified Infant Swimming Resource instructor Regina Cooke works with 9-month-old Ryan McGee to teach him how to hold a floating position until help arrives should he ever fall or jump in a pool or pond. Cooke and her daughter, Jala Barton Ozbirn, became the first instructors to bring ISR to Mississippi.

On this day in history 150 years ago A building holding the family members of known Confederate guerillas collapses in Kansas City, Mo. Five are killed. The local irregulars and guerillas are enraged and begin a plan to retaliate against the Union.

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