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Daily Corinthian Vol. 116, No. 25
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Former Wurlitzer property to be revitalized BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
The city of Corinth is planning to revitalize a prime spot in the industrial park with hope of bringing new jobs to the city. The city-owned Wurlitzer property is the focus of the plan, which would include removal of the industrial building. Officials believe removing the dilapidated
City wants to use site to recruit new industry industrial building will improve the marketability of the site. “The Wurlitzer property is probably some of the best industrial property that I have seen in Corinth,” said Mayor Tommy Irwin. About six months ago, he met
with FCA, which occupied the Wurlitzer building, to discuss the possibility of FCA moving to the Gateway building. A manufacturer of wooden containers with Caterpillar as its largest customer, FCA agreed to make the move. The building formerly occu-
pied by the Gateway Corporation “was a great facility that was not being used,” said Irwin, “and it’s been a great match for the owners of Gateway, us and FCA.” He said the cleaned up Wurlitzer site will serve as “skin in the game” to help the city at-
tract industry. Environmental assessments of the property will be forthcoming, and the building would then be torn down. The city is looking at a brownfield grant to assist with the environmental process, but Irwin said the city can handle the other costs. Please see WURLITZER | 3A
Corinth Machinery comes down BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
With the hope of preservation now past, a portion of the Corinth Machinery building was taken down for safety reasons Saturday morning. Its profile, visible for many years from various points downtown, is now mostly gone. “There was so much collateral damage when the straight-line wind came in that there’s just no salvaging it,” said co-owner Trey Albright. The storm that brought severe winds in the early morning of Jan. 21 caused a large portion of the building to collapse. It suffered another collapse later in the week during heavy rains. “Another big section of the roof and side wall fell in,” he said. A track hoe was used early Saturday to take much of the building, including the front area where collapse appeared imminent, down to the first floor level. The back wall remains standing for now. It took only a gentle nudge from the heavy equipment to bring down the area that appeared most vulnerable. At this point, Albright said safety is the foremost concern.
Staff photo by Mark Boehler
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A track hoe knocks down the front wall of the Corinth Machinery building Saturday morning. The wall was in danger of collapse and was taken down for safety.
Author takes nontraditional route to success BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@dailycorinthian.com
A new medium combined with a sharp wit and a touch of Southern charm have helped a Prentiss County native take a big bite out of the Big Apple’s publishing world with the publication of her debut novel. Stephanie McAfee’s “Diary of a Mad Fat Girl” quickly became a bestseller when she self-published it as an electronic book on Christmas Day 2010. By March of 2011, the book had landed on the New York Times Bestseller list for print and e-book fiction and remained there for two weeks. It held on for three months on the bestseller list for e-book fiction and was soon picked up by major publishing house Penguin Group. McAfee said it’s been a whirlwind since she took the leap of faith and published the novel online and she’s been over-
Homemakers club to honor Lucille King BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com
Prentiss County native Stephanie McAfee’s selfpublished “Diary of a Mad Fat Girl” landed on the New York Times Bestseller list.
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Index Stocks...... 7A Classified......4B Weddings......3B Wisdom......1B
Weather......5A Obituaries......3A Opinion......4A Sports......8A
A local homemakers’ group will honor one of its original members during a banquet on Wednesday. Lucille King — a charter member of the Corinth Town and Country Homemakers Club — will receive awards for her years of dedication to the group at an awards luncheon beginning at 11:30 a.m. “She’s a very devoted club member and always has been,” said Joan Birks, the club’s treasurer and secretary. “She does what she can to help and promote the club — and she’s a very good cook.” She will be awarded the 50 Please see KING | 3A
On this day in history 150 years ago A small skirmish breaks out at the community of Lee’s House, Va., where Union cavalry arrives and breaks up a dance being held by the Confederates. The uninvited Yankees were not welcome and the party soon ended.
January is National GLAUCOMA Awareness Month
Dr. John Shipp, M.D.
Glaucoma is called "the sneak thief of sight" since there are no symptoms and once vision is lost, it's permanent. Vision loss begins with peripheral or side vision, so if you have glaucoma, you may not notice anything until significant vision is lost. The best way to protect your sight from glaucoma is to get a comprehensive eye examination. Then, if you have glaucoma, treatment is available to save your vision. Glaucoma can be hereditary. So if members of your family have glaucoma, you are at a much higher risk than the rest of the population. --- To schedule an appointment for you or your loved one please call, (662) 286-6068.
Eye Care Specialists 3302 W. Linden St. Corinth, MS 38834 (662) 286-6068