Tuesday Sept. 18,
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Daily Corinthian Vol. 116, No. 225
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• Corinth, Mississippi • 16 pages • One section
Supervisors reject revised tourism budget BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
The proposed fiscal 2013 budget of the Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau appears to be headed to a joint meeting of the city and county boards. The Alcorn County Board of Supervisors on Monday unanimously voted to reject the revised tourism budget following a motion by Tim Mitchell and second by Jimmy Tate Waldon. The tourism budget is also on today’s agenda of the Corinth Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
The two boards are tentatively planning a joint meeting to take action on the tourism budget at 9 a.m. next Monday. The location for the meeting had not yet been determined Monday morning. The legislation establishing the tourism board states that if the proposed budget is not approved by the city and county, a joint meeting of the supervisors and aldermen must be held to take a combined vote on the issue or issues. In the event of a tie vote, Mayor Tommy Irwin
would cast the tiebreaker. City and county leaders have said they want $250,000 of the tourism budget to go to Crossroads Arena. The city budget adopted last week included a statement that the tourism funds include a $250,000 allocation to the arena and a $50,000 allocation for previously funded events. In response to a request to revise their budget, the tourism board offered a compromise by adding an allocation of $150,000 for the arena and
parks department for the purpose of advertising and promotion. The tourism board made various cuts to achieve that allocation, including scrapping plans to fill a vacancy in the office with a new sales director and reducing general advertising and promotion from approximately $183,000 to $138,000, among other cuts. The tourism board submitted a $567,000 budget. In other business before the supervisors on Monday: ■ The board accepted Ricky
Burns’ bid of $46,800 for the 1.25 acres and house jointly owned with the city that was most recently occupied by Our Resource Center. The Board of Aldermen agreed to accept the bid last week. ■ The board rejected bids for cleaning services at the courthouse and chancery building. ■ Supervisors authorized moving an insurance settlement of $10,971.83 from general county to the sheriff’s department for the replacement of a wrecked patrol vehicle.
County fair attendance up 20 percent Schools
honoring veterans
BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
Old-time fun at its best. The Alcorn County Fair was that and more in its second consecutive year following a 12-year hiatus. Organizers said the fair saw a 20 percent increase in attendance for the five days at the Crossroads Arena. Last year, 8,000 people came through the gates. “It was successful once again,” said fair committee secretary Sandy Mitchell. “The fair committee and arena worked together to put on the fair, and the community was very supportive.” Saturday was a busy day with numerous events happening around the arena campus. The livestock show was a big hit as 110 youngsters from 11 counties took part. The 110 was up from 84 the previous year. “Friday night was also a big night,” said Mitchell. “There was a huge crowd for the talent show and carnival. The petting zoo proved to be a good idea as people were waiting in line to check out around 80 animals on Saturday. Mitchell said the lawn mower pull and Ranch Rodeo were also well attended. “The weather was perfect the whole week,” said the committee member. In effort to make the fair financial and family friendly, organizers charged admission only three nights. Those that bought a concert ticket to see “Take It to the Limit” on Saturday night were admitted free all five nights. Most of the money earned stays in the county to help youngsters.
BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com
Staff photo by Steve Beavers
Two local high schools are doing their part to honor local members — past and present — of America’s armed forces. The first ceremony to honor local troops will be held shortly before Friday’s Alcorn Central High School home football game against Corinth. “This is for our kids to have the opportunity to honor the local guys and women who have served and to make them more aware,” explained Assistant Principal Lisa Wigginton. “Lots of high school students are looking for military careers, and this will give them an opportunity to get to know more about that.” During the ceremony, members of the Corinthbased Company D, 106th Brigade Support Battalion of the National Guard will present a color guard and demonstrate a Cavalry-style formation across the football field. “We’ll discuss the history of the cavalry and what they do in relation with the National Guard,” said SSG Dennis Lautenbach. ACHS officials have also invited members of all branches of the military to set up information tables during the game. Active military in uniform and retired military with some form of military ID will get into the game for free and will
Luke Nunley gets a big hug from his sister, Maura, after winning the Leadline Division of the 4-H Horseshow at the Alcorn County Fair.
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Center offers documentary screening Tourism budget on city board agenda BY BOBBY J. SMITH
bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com
BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
The tourism budget is on the agenda for the Corinth Board of Mayor and Aldermen today. The board will hold a regular meeting at 5 p.m. The board will accept or reject the proposed budget of the Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. Rejection is likely, as the city and county boards are already planning a joint meeting at 9 a.m. Monday to take up the matter. The new budget year begins Oct. 1. An item held over from budget discussions — a proposed pay structure adjustment for the sewer department — is back on the table for today’s meeting. It was presented for consideration last week on the day the budget was approved, but some of the board wanted more time to study it. Property cleanup matters include continued public hearings
leading off the agenda for 815 6th Street (Warren property) and 216 Penn Street (Burns property). The board will also consider adjudicating the cost for cleanup work that has been completed at 1123 North Madison Street, 1521 Jackson Street and 920 Cass Street. The board will also consider insurance renewals with Blue Cross Blue Shield and Am First. Aldermen will receive zoning recommendations from the board of adjustment and planning commission on variance requests from Colon & Nell McGee and Rebecca Burcham. Other agenda items: ■ Reports of the department heads ■ Copier quotes for the fire department and municipal court ■ August claims docket ■ Application for electrical license by Charles Hamilton ■ Board minutes from Aug. 7, 14, 23 and 29
The public is invited to a screening of the new documentary “V-Day 11.11.11” on Thursday at the Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center. “Last year on Veterans Day, on November 11, 2011, several movie produces followed different veterans around and filmed the veterans’ stories,” explained Park Ranger Ashely Berry. “V-Day 11.11.11” is a film honoring the 22 million veterans in the United States. Award winning director John C.P. Goheen teamed with other filmmakers and documentary producers for this feature length nonprofit movie, including Chris Wheeler, producer and director of “Shiloh: Fiery Trial.” “It starts out at Shiloh, telling about the veterans of Shiloh. Then, after the Civil War, people started having decoration days and what turned into Memorial Day,” said Berry. In the film, cameras follow veterans of both genders, all ages and all branches of the military in their communities across the nation on the Nov. 11, 2011, Veterans Day and beyond, for a glimpse into the lives of these individuals. Perspectives in the movie vary from the time of the Battle of Shiloh to modern day conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The stories of the profiled veterans are punctuated by a roundtable of veterans who share insights and memories of serving their country and the pride and brotherhood of military personnel.
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Berry said park service personnel would love to have groups from veterans organizations to attend the viewing. The movie will be shown Thursday at 7 p.m. A second showing will be held Thursday, Sept. 27, at the Shiloh Battlefield Visitors Center. Both screenings will begin with a reception and light refreshments at 6:30 p.m. The screening is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. Anyone wishing to attend screenings are encouraged to register in advance by calling the Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center at 287-9273 for the Sept. 20 event and the Shiloh Visitors Center at 731-689-5696 for the showing on Sept. 27. To watch a preview of the film visit YouTube and search for “V-Day 11.11.11.”
On this day in history 150 years ago The casualties are still being counted following yesterday’s Battle of Antietam. It will prove to be the single bloodiest day of the Civil War with 26,193 casualties. The fight is a draw and Lee’s Army of the Northern Virginia slips back across the Potomac River.