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Daily Corinthian Vol. 116, No. 260
• Corinth, Mississippi •
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Grand Illumination seeks volunteers BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com
Staff photo by Steve Beavers
HealthWork’s Julie Hill goes over healthy food choices with Glendale Elementary students.
Glendale students learn healthy eating habits BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
GLEN — Glendale Elementary students were treated to a field trip. Without having to leave the campus. HealthWorks visited Glendale as part of its “On the Road” field trip to area schools. The Tupelo children's health education center was at the school to promote healthy lifestyles and strengthen the school's health council. “We are here to teach children about healthy food and exercise,” said team leader Emily Guyton. “Healthy students are important, they score better on tests and are in trouble less.” Glendale students took part in several fun activities as the health education squad delivered its message. “The activities are an at-
Four local students named State Scholars BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
Local students are answering the call. The need of creative and welleducated workers is at an alltime high in the United States. To meet the demand, the State Scholars Initiative (SSI) is a national program that utilizes business leaders to motivate students to complete a more challenging course of study in high school. In Mississippi, the initiative is managed by the Public Edu-
traction to the kids and helps promote a healthy school,” said Glendale Principal Brian Phelps. Phelps, who is also part of the health council of the school, praised HealthWorks for its work in helping schools get healthier. “They have worked with us and and helped make an action plan for the school,” said Phelps. With their help, Glendale has been able to incorporate asthma and diabetes training. “The asthma training is big for us because we have a lot of kids with asthma and it trains our teachers what to do when they have an attack,” said Phelps. HealthWorks has also been a needful ally when it comes to getting students to try healthly food at school.
“Some kids don't get enough healthy foods at home,” said the principal. “Most of the time this is the only healthy food they get … through the help of HealthWorks, the health council is allowed to get our heads together and come up with incentives for them to try healthy food.” “Research shows that although mandated, health councils are often not as effective as intended due to lack of time and resources at the schools,” said Kathy Tucker, HealthWorks Coordinator of Outreach and Innovation. “Through grant funding, we are allowed to work directly with each school to build and strengthen the councils, implement action plans, and create wellness policies.” On Friday, an interactive and Please see HEALTHWORKS | 2A
Organizers of the fifth annual Corinth Grand Illumination are seeking volunteers to help out with the lighting and placing of luminaries on Saturday, Nov. 3. The Grand Illumination is a ceremony in which Corinth honors the souls of the 12,000 casualties of the Siege and Battle of Corinth by lighting luminaries. The luminaries will be concentrated at the Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center — site of Battery Robinett in wartime Corinth — and will form a path into downtown, highlighting antebellum homes, the historic business, the Contraband Camp and the railroad crossing that made the town a strategic priority
for both sides in the War Between the States. Grand Illumination organizers are asking for the service of three to four guys with a trailer to deliver and stage the luminaries during the morning between 8 and 10 a.m. Volunteers are also needed to help get the luminaries in place beginning at 9:30 a.m. and to light the luminaries in the downtown area beginning at 4:30 p.m. They will also be needed to extinguish the downtown luminaries at the end of the ceremony. “This is the fifth year we’ve done this, and we’ve had some of the same people volunteer all five years,” said Tourism Please see VOLUNTEERS | 2A
Trunk or Treats provide alternative BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Two local fire departments will offer alternatives to door-todoor trick or treating on Halloween night. Farmington Fire and Rescue’s annual Trunk or Treat is set for 5:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Farmington City Hall, and the Jacinto VFD will host a Trunk or Treat at the same time at the fire department on Highway 356. Also, First United Methodist Church will host Trunk or Treat at the Coke Plant in Corinth from 5 until 8 p.m. It is the third year for the event at Jacinto, where the fire department will provide candy and display its trucks.
“It is a good, safe place for people in our community to get some candy,” said Tara Farr, who is helping to organize the event. Farmington Fire Chief David Boren estimated 750 to 800 children participated in last year’s event at Farmington City Hall. “It’s definitely safer for the county people since we don’t have sidewalks and people don’t have to worry about dogs biting you,” he said. It is about the 10th year for the event to be held at the current location. “It’s been getting bigger every year,” said Boren. Please see TREATS | 2A
Broom makers attend event for first time BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
Wayne and Leesa Thompson didn't sweep anything under the rug at the 17th Annual Heritage Festival. The Leighton, Ala., couple brought out the brooms with all kinds of information at the festival held on the grounds of the Crossroads Museum Friday and Saturday. The festival was the first for Thompsons Brooms -- broom-makers with 1800s-style equipment. “We have been on the road since the middle of August,” said Leesa Thompson, a broom maker since 1967. The Thompsons attend 10-12 festivals a year, demonstrating the product made with all natural broom corn and on various handles. Leesa said the team made the stop in Corinth after coming
Staff photo by Steve Beavers
Leesa Thompson presses a broom together during the Heritage Festival on Saturday. Please see SCHOLARS | 2A
Please see BROOMS | 2A
Index Stocks...... 7A Classified......6B Comics Inside Wisdom......4B
Weather......5A Obituaries......3A Opinion......4A Sports......8A
On this day in history 150 years ago Gen. Van Dorn at Holly Springs is ordered to enroll all of the Partisan Rangers in North Mississippi as conscripts in the regular army. The independent partisans are not happy with the order. Many refuse, continuing to serve as irregulars, wanted men by both the Union and Confederacy.
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