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Daily Corinthian Vol. 116, No. 108

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• Corinth, Mississippi • 22 pages • 2 sections

Over 1,200 register for 10K BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

The Corinth Coca-Cola Classic 10K is getting better with age. The 31st running of the event is set for 8:30 a.m. Saturday and over 1,240 have registered as of Thursday morning. In last year’s 30th running, a total of 1,289 registered. The high-water mark for the event is 1,326 set in 1991. Co-sponsored by Magnolia Regional Health Center, the 10K has surpassed the 1,096 registration mark of last year. Runners and walkers have until 7 p.m. tonight to register because there is no race day registration for the 31st running in downtown Corinth. “Everyone seems to like the new setup,” said race co-coordinator Amy Smith. “We have not suffered because we aren’t having race day registration,” added race founder Kenneth Williams. “People appreciate the fact that this way eliminates problems.” Organizers decided to do away with the Saturday registration since most of its over 1,200 participants registered online last year. Those who have already registered can pick up their race packets at the Coke Package Pickup building next to the finish line from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. today or on race day from 7-8 a.m. “I am overwhelmed with the

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Guilty plea entered in fatal beating Staff and wire reports

Staff photo by Steve Beavers

Race volunteer Christie Frye gets trophies ready for Saturday’s event in downtown Corinth. number we have registered and excited so many people continue to turn out,” said Williams. “We try our best to stay up on things to make it easier for the participants ... it’s very rewarding when all your running friends come out from three states.” With forecasters calling for

an unusual warm race day, organizers are taking extra precautions regarding the temperature. ■ MRHC is providing six medical stations on the course. ■ The number of cold Kimberly-Clark wet rag stations have been increased to four stations.

■ The finish line will be kept open an additional 15 minutes for a total course time of two hours and 15 minutes. ■ A shower station and a CFD spray station will be at the finish line. ■ A Corinth Fire Department

Please see RACE | 2A

Kiwanis Club flips pancakes for good cause

IUKA — A Tishomingo County woman entered a guilty plea on a manslaughter charge in the 2009 beating death of an elderly Burnsville man. Terry Sparks, 34, entered the plea Wednesday in Tishomingo County Circuit Court. She awaits sentencing, which could be up to a maximum of 20 years in prison. Prosecutors said she is expected to testify in the trial of her mother, Linda Holt of Burnsville, which is set for next week. Holt was the daughter-inlaw of 84-year-old John Holt, whose severely beaten body was found in the recliner of his home at 319 Eastport Street in Burnsville on Dec. 23, 2009. Linda Holt and Sparks were indicted on murder charges by a grand jury after a lengthy police investigation by the Tishomingo Sheriff’s Department, Please see PLEA | 2A

City finishes drainage improvement

BY STEVE BEAVERS

JEBB JOHNSTON

sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

The Kiwanis Club of Corinth is ready for another year of flipping pancakes. All to help a group of special needs children have a memorable trip to Disney World. The club’s annual Pancake Breakfast is set for Saturday from 7-11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. The annual breakfast will be held prior to the 31st running of the Corinth Coca-Cola Classic 10K in downtown. “This is one of our older fund-raisers,” said club president Brent Avent. Tickets are $5 for the allyou-can-eat breakfast which includes pancakes, sausage, juice and coffee. Children under 10 eat free when accompanied by parents. Proceeds will benefit the Corinth/Alcorn County Special Needs Group trip to Disney World. The Kiwanis Club has four sponsors for its annual breakfast which has been a fixture

The City of Corinth is wrapping up a drainage improvement project on Alcorn Drive, and others are in the works for several flood-prone spots in the city. The street department has performed the work on the Alcorn Drive project, which is intended to alleviate some of the office flooding that has occurred south of the hospital. The work included installation of a 30inch drainage pipe to divert water to the ditch behind Medical Plaza, as well as the installation of several storm drains. Street Commissioner Jim Bynum said water in recent years has begun to flow across Alcorn Drive during heavy rains, and the project should alleviate the flooding. With its engineering firm, the city is studying several more projects, including the use of underground detention tanks in the area where Hickory Road

Staff photo by Steve Beavers

Members of the Kiwanis Club of Corinth — Jason Grisham (from left), Tina McKee, Zane Elliott and Brent Avent — will be busy making pancakes for the club’s annual pancake breakfast Saturday morning. over 36 years. Kroger, Gardner’s/Roger’s, Shiloh Market and Refreshments Inc. have all

partnered with the civic club. Tickets can be purchased from a Kiwanian or at the door.

To learn more about the Kiwanis Club log on to www. corinthkiwanis.com

Please see DRAINAGE | 2A

Christians unite in Day of Prayer Ministers lead crowd in praise and meditation BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

Christians united as one around the Alcorn County Courthouse on Thursday. The group was there as part of the 61st National Day of Prayer. “Let us put our hope in our God on behalf of our country,” said event coordinator and First Presbyterian pastor Don Elliott to begin the local prayer day. Elliott was joined by seven other area ministers in leading the midday crowd in a time of praise and meditation. A lay-

See more Day of Prayer photos on 10A ■

person from the seven other churches represented prayed for the government, military, media, business, education, church and family. “The world needs to see unity in God’s people,” said Tate Baptist pastor Mickey Trammel. “We need unity because we represent Jesus Christ in this lost and sinful world.” The local Day of Prayer — in its 20th year is part of the national movement held the first Thursday in May. More than 35,000 prayer gatherings were conducted

by around 40,000 volunteers across the United States. “We have to stay in prayer with each other,” Central Grove Missionary Baptist Church pastor Kelvin Cummings told those gathered. “Families should exist outside the walls of our homes into the community and we should all be a family that prays for one another.” “We are all connected with one another and depend on one another,” added St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church preacher Kim Ratliff as talked about the business world. This year’s theme, “One Nation Under God”, is based on Psalm 33:12 which says “blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.”

Index Stocks...... 7A Classified......6B Comics......5B Wisdom......4B

Weather......5A Obituaries......3A Opinion......4A Sports......8A

On this day in history 150 years ago Gen. John Pope’s Army of the Mississippi crosses Seven Mile Creek and goes into camp within a mile and a half of Farmington. Buell’s Army of the Ohio, on his right (north), lags behind due to heavy rains and flooded creeks.

Staff photo by Steve Beavers

Hundreds of citizens came together to pray for America during the National Day of Prayer on Thursday.


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