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Teen loves helping others Girls Scouts plan free library BY L.A. STORY
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It takes years for most people to get to know who they are, but one area youth knows who she is and what kind of person she wants to be. Corinth High School senior Justice Norman, 17, was nominated as 2017 Youth of the Year to represent the Northeast Mississippi Boys and Girls Club. She traveled to Jackson to represent the region. Although she did not win the state-wide title, she said she was honored by the nomination. The student displayed a ready smile in speaking of the nomination. “I was really excited [about the nomination], a little nervous, too, but mostly excited,” said Norman. Norman was nominated by the Corinth Boys and Girls Club Director Trecee Hughey. “Justice has been a member of the club for many years and now she is junior staff. She is dependable and caring and she is a sweet young lady,” said Hughey. “It only seemed right to nominate her.” Norman has been a Boys and Girls Club member since 2008 and now she is a junior staff member, working at the club every week, Monday through Friday. She said she enjoys her job where she takes care of children from kindergarten to first grade. The student said she helps the children with their homework as part of her duties and enjoys what she does. At the club, she is not only a junior staff member, she is also a Keystone Member, Mentor, and President of the Real Majority Club. “I love it. This is literally my second home,” said Norman. Besides her assistance mentoring youngsters at the Corinth Boys and Girls Club, she said she likes singing, and playing the clarinet in the Corinth High School Band. She is also involved with activ-
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Corinth High School senior Justice Norman, 17, was nominated as 2017 Youth of the Year to represent the Northeast Mississippi Boys and Girls Club. She traveled to Jackson to represent the region. See related photo on Page 2.
Justice Norman Youth of the Year
BY ZACK STEEN ities with her church family at Oakland Baptist Church. She will be going to Haiti on a mission trip in about two weeks and Norman expressed excitement for that project as it is just another way for her to do what she knows she was made to do — helping others. “I like helping people. If I see someone in need, I just want to help in some way,” she said. Regarding her future, Norman said she would like to
Local seniors now have the opportunity to apply for a scholarship from the Corinth Kiwanis Club. Club members will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their annual Leon Frazier Memorial Scholarship this year. Applications went live earlier this week at corinthkiwanis.com. In 2017, the club will award a minimum of eight $1,000 scholarships to Corinth and Alcorn County high school graduates and a minimum of
one $1,000 scholarship to a Alcorn Career-Technology Center (ACTC) completer program student. “Students and parents should understand that this scholarship can be awarded to any student -- even those students who have already received other scholarships including the tuition guarantee program from Northeast Mississippi Community College,” said Scholarship Chairperson Judy Glenn. “The money awarded from the KiPlease see KIWANIS | 2
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go into the medical field and become a nurse. In particular, she would like to do travel nursing in countries where she feels she can do the most good, such as in Haiti. Norman, along with younger sister, Sidnee, are the daughters of Ricky and Kasey Norman of Corinth and the granddaughter of J.J. and Sherry Jobe, the late David Wilson and Dartha Harris and the late Thomas “June” Grayson, all of Corinth.
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“I like helping people. If I see someone in need, I just want to help in some way.”
All blood types being sought Encouraging the public to show off their superpowers, Mississippi Blood Services (MBS) has scheduled a community blood drive for Corinth. The life-saving event will be held at Walmart from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday, March 10. Donations of all blood types are being sought and will be accepted via the MBS Motor Coach which will be stationed outside the store. “Every two seconds someone needs blood,” said MBS Public Relations Specialist Susan Ates. “Please help us ensure it is available when Mississippi patients need it most.” As an extra incentive, those who give will receive a free
FARMINGTON — The Farmington Board of Aldermen recently approved a request by a local Girl Scout troop to build a free children’s library. Girl Scout Troop number 23806 made the request to build and install a free library for children in front of the Farmington Town Hall. The board welcomed the idea and troop leader Nikki Smith said the young scouts were excited. Smith, who is the leader of the troop along with Ginger Radtke, explained that the girls were junior Girl Scouts (fourth and fifth graders) earning their Bronze awards. The highest is the Gold Award and the Bronze is their first step toward their ultimate goal. She said the project had to be permanent, sustainable and would serve the community. She said the idea was her
daughter’s who saw a free children’s library while on vacation and she wanted to do something similar. The whole troop came together on the plan. “They really wanted to do this for kids, especially kids in the Farmington area because this one would be close to them,” said Smith. Smith said the scouts were enthusiastic about the project and had plans created. They wrote up their opening remarks, as well as their carefully constructed plan, and were well organized when they appeared before the board. The small library should be assembled and built this month and will be attached to the Farmington Town Hall, with the exact spot still being determined. The troop plans to have an official ribbon-cutting when they open for business.
Tammy Genovese was born and reared in Corinth. At 23, she moved to Nashville with hopes of landing a job in the entertainment business. It wasn’t long before she began at the Country Music Association (CMA). Back home since 2013, the former CMA CEO loves the daily challenges of overseeing the Crossroads Arena as general manager. “It’s my favorite part,” she said. Genovese still has clients she works with in Nashville. “I think having those close contacts has helped us at the arena,” she added. The mother of Ole Miss junior Callie and Middle Tennessee State University grad student Nolan, Genovese said moving back home was a good decision. “I was able to spend some important time with my dad, Bobby Mitchell, before he passed,” she said. “So it was almost meant to be.”
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Alcorn Central High School baseball standout Bo Coln signs to continue his playing career with Birmingham-Southern University.
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