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Vol. 121, No. 216
Corinth symphony concert will feature rising opera star BY L.A. STORY lastory@dailycorinthian.com
Ripley native Daland Jones, a rising star in the world of opera, will be a featured performer with the Corinth Symphony Orchestra. Jones will perform with the Corinth Symphony Orchestra during its Mississippi Bicentennial Celebration concert to be held Saturday, Sept. 16, at the Corinth Coliseum Civic Center, located at 404 Taylor Street, beginning at 7 p.m., under the direction of CSO Maestro Maurice Weatherall. The CSO board has said this concert will serve as Corinth’s birthday party for Mississippi, which became a state in 1817. The musical lineup is designed to showcase six genres of music to honor those who wrote and/or performed to give Mississippi the recognition as “The Birthplace of America’s Music.” The music tributes will honor retired or deceased performers who made significant contributions to the state, such as Jane Redding Marerro, the late Ruby Elzey, Leontyne Price, Faith Hill, the late Tammy Wynette, Charlie Pride, the late Elvis Presley and more to be named. The music selections will include vocals and orchestral music made popular by Presley; country music hits will be sung by local vocalists Allen Woodhouse and Bonnie Crum; there is gospel music to be performed by Corinth’s First Baptist Church’s Men’s Quartet; spirituals and musical selections by the Lane Chapel Quintet and selections of Mississippi blues music. Jones will represent the opera vocalists, paying homage to Price from Laurel, who became well-known worldwide and, at the age of 90, now lives in New York City; Marerro from Biggersville and Corinth, who is retired and a resident of Georgia; and Elzey of Pontotoc
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Shooting goes to grand jury BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Photo courtesy of the Corinth Symphony Orchestra
Daland Jones, a Ripley native and rising opera star, will be a featured performer with the Corinth Symphony Orchestra in its upcoming concert on Saturday, Sept. 16. and Corinth. “Those legendary artists will not be performing, but Daland is a young and up and coming opera star who will represent them well during this concert,” said Weatherall. Jones, a baritone, made his professional debut in Mississippi Opera‘s 2005 production of Verdi’s La Traviata as ‘Gastone.’ Other appearances with Mississippi Opera include the role of ‘El Dancairo’ in Carmen, ‘Sem’ in Benjamin Britten’s Noyes Fludde, ‘Parpignol’ in La Bohème as well as gala concerts with Mississippi Opera. The singer made his Carnegie Hall debut singing the tenor soli in Schubert’s Mass in G with the Southern Chorale and the University of Southern Mississippi Symphony. In December 2005, he toured Spain performing in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Zaragoza as a member and soloist of the Triumph Chorale. Jones was the youngest singer to win the William T. Gower Concerto Competition at the University of Southern Mississippi. He is an alumnus of the Daniel Ferro summer opera program in Greve de
Chianti, Italy, as well as the Aspen Festival of Music Opera program, where he performed in numerous recitals, as well as in Rossini’s La Cenerentola. He also appeared in their opera scenes program with orchestra as ‘Marcello’ in La Bohème, under the baton of Maestro Patrick Summers of Houston Grand Opera. He has also collaborated with Opera Memphis in an all American recital and performed with the Corinth Symphony as soloist for the Martin Luther King Tribute concert. In 2011, he performed in Festival South’s production of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte as ‘Monostatos’. Jones holds a bachelor of music in voice from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and a master of music in vocal performance from the Manhattan School of Music. He currently performs in West Palm Beach, Florida, with the Robert Sharon Choral performing as soloist in Vivildi’s Magnificat as well as Andrew Lloyd Webber’s medley from the Phantom of the Opera. He is currently on a rePlease see JONES | 2
A dispute between neighbors that led to a shooting will be presented to the grand jury to determine if charges will be filed. Corinth Police Department Capt. Dell Green identified the man who was shot as Trevor Michael, 22, of 814 Third Street. He is in stable condition at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo after being shot around 5:30 p.m. Thursday. The shooter was Nicholas
Mincy, 23, also of Third Street. He was pending release from custody Friday afternoon without charges. Mincy was in a vehicle in the area where the two are neighbors. “Apparently, he was attempting to leave the scene when the confrontation began,” said Green, “and Michael was striking him through the window of the vehicle, preventing him from leaving the scene. That’s when Mincy produced a firearm, striking Trevor Michael in the abdomen.”
Crossroads working to aid storm victims BY L.A. STORY lastory@dailycorinthian.com
Donations for hurricane relief can now be tracked showing the area response to pleas for financial assistance to help victims of Hurricane Harvey. Thus far, people in the Crossroads Area have donated $5,598.00 to the cause, which will help families affected by the flooding and devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey. “I am just overjoyed. It’s really been a blessing to see the response. We’re getting calls and people asking, ‘Is this where I donate?’ We just say, ‘Come on,’” said Wheeler Grove Baptist Church Missions Director Ed Settle. Wheeler Grove Baptist Church is serving as the coordinator for local efforts by the Alcorn County Baptist Association. Previously, Wheeler Grove Pastor Kara Blackard stressed that, while they are coordinating the efforts, it is multi-de-
nominational and all churches are invited to help. Wheeler Grove Baptist Church has set up a disaster relief account at a local bank to make financial donations easier for Crossroads area residents. Wheeler Grove Baptist Church Missions Director Ed Settle said an account has been set up at Renasant Bank. Those interested in providing financial donations can make those donations at any branch with the designation: Wheeler Grove Baptist Church/Disaster Relief (Harvey). In addition, Settles wanted to remind area residents that all local Baptist churches are encouraged to set aside this Sunday to take up a special offering for the victims of the catastrophic flooding caused by the hurricane. “That will be our focus day for the churches, but we’re accepting donations all the way Please see AID | 2
Federal judge sentences former Tennessee legislator BY STEVE BEAVERS The Independent-Appeal
A federal judge has sentenced a former Tennessee legislator to over 21 years in prison for mail/ wire fraud and conspiracy. Larry Bates received a sentence of 21 years and eight months for running a $20 million Ponzi scheme in the buying and selling of gold and silver coins. Bates — convicted on 46 counts — was also ordered to pay just over $21 million in restitution to 360 people defrauded in the scheme. He also
received three years supervised release to begin after incarceration. U.S. District Judge Sheryl Lipman sentenced Bates and his son, Chuck, in separate hearings Tuesday. Chuck Bates was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison and three years supervised release. Chuck Bates was also ordered to pay $19.6 million in restitution after being found guilty on 16 counts. Victims lost more than $21 million due to the defendants’ illegal scheme, which lasted from as early as 2002 through
October 2013. Larry Bates; his two sons, Chuck and Robert Bates; and Kinsey Bates, the wife of Robert Bates were all found guilty in federal court for running the decade-long Ponzi scheme. Robert Bates and his wife, Kinsey Brown Bates, were sentenced Wednesday in Memphis. Robert Bates was convicted on one count of conspiracy and eight counts of mail and wire fraud. He received a sentence of 151 months which he will serve consecutively to another criminal sentence, as well as three
years supervised release. He was ordered to pay $19.6 million in restitution, along with a mandatory special assessment of $900. Kinsey Brown Bates was sentenced to just over a year in prison and ordered to pay over $9.6 million in restitution. She got three years supervised release and a $300 mandatory special assessment. The four are scheduled to be sentenced on Aug.3, but sentencing was delayed due to numerous legal motions. Lipman ruled Larry Bates
was responsible for the total amount of loss in her September order. Larry Bates, a self-proclaimed doctor in economics, held conferences across the United States, predicting an economic collapse and emphasizing the need to invest in precious metals. Between 2007 and 2013, customers gave more than $87 million to First American Monetary Consultants for the purpose of buying precious metals. Please see BATES | 2
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Tourists aboard a nine-day Civil War riverboat cruise visit Corinth to learn about the area’s history.
Longtime Tippah County Chancery Clerk Dan Shackelford announces his retirement.