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Zika virus case number rises to 3 BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@dailycorinthian.com
Two more Prentiss County residents have been diagnosed with the Zika virus, bringing to three the total number of cases in the county. As with the first case reported last month, the Mississippi Department of Health has said the
two new cases involve residents who had traveled to the Caribbean island of Grenada. The Zika virus is carried by mosquitoes and carries serious risks for pregnant women because it can cause sever birth defects in a developing fetus including hearing and vision loss, brain damage and impaired
growth if the mother catches it while pregnant. Symptoms of infection include mild illness with fever, joint pain, eye inflammation or a rash which can last for several days, but most who are infected have only mild or no symptoms. While the virus is being transmitted by mosquitoes in
approximately 50 countries and two areas in Florida the mosquito species that carries the virus has not been found in Mississippi since the early 1990s. The state health department is intensely monitoring for any sign of that specific mosquito, it stated in a press release. Those who have traveled to
areas where the virus is present are urged to avoid exposure to mosquitos and should also take steps to avoid transmission of the virus since it can be spread even when a person has no symptoms. (For more information on Zika visit www.healthyms. com/zika.)
Tax collections up BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Fiscal 2016 closes with a mixed month for local tax collections, but both the sales and tourism taxes collected in Corinth set new high marks for the year. The mid-September sales tax deposit of $508,980.23 was off 2.6 percent from a year earlier, in line with the statewide trend for the month. Collections among all municipalities were off 3.3 percent as the Missis-
sippi Department of Revenue returned $36.146 million to cities across the state. Seven out of a dozen area municipalities had negative growth for the month, which reflected sales activity from July. The city posted gains for the prior six months and ends the fiscal year with sales tax diversions totaling $6,313,203.87, rising 1.7 percent, or about $107,000, from the prior fiscal Please see TAXES | 2
Reenactment nixed Workers prepare cans of paint for disposal at the recent Household Hazardous Waste Day.
BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com
Waste day biggest one ever BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Thousands of pounds of chemicals, electronics and other potential hazards are getting recycled rather than heading to the landfill. The recent Household Haz-
ardous Waste Day helped residents get rid of things such as chemical cleaners, motor oil and old TVs, and it was the biggest yet. “We had 344 cars come through the event, more than twice as many as last year,”
said Keep Corinth-Alcorn Beautiful Director Andrea Rose. “We had three times the amount of electronics collected for recycling and larger amounts of other hazardous
Haunted Theatre will host open auditions BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com
Spine-tingling screams will fill the historic Coliseum Civic Center on Thursday, Sept. 29 as the Corinth Area Arts Council holds open auditions for their Haunted Theatre. Held at 6 p.m., all ghosts, goblins and ghouls are encouraged to try out for roles both in and behind the scenes. “We hope everyone will consider auditioning, particularly high schoolers and adults,” said CAAC Committee member Phyllis Rogers. “Those wishing to do so should be prepared to demonstrate their best bloodcurdling shrieks and sinister, twisted contortions.”
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FARMINGTON — For the second straight year the city of Farmington will not host a civil war reenactment. Last year the annual event was canceled when organizer Dale Fortenberry became sick – this year he’s back healthy but said the reenactment isn’t going to happen. “We had to cancel it again this year due mainly to circumstances beyond our control,”
said the Farmington mayor. “I promise It was a very tough decision the committee had to make.” Fortenberry said it’s tough putting on a successful reenactment. “Since the 150th, there’s not been many reenactments happening around the country,” he said. “We were one of the few who kept trying to host one each year.” Please see REENACTMENT | 5
People of the Crosroads Melinda Crow, Corinth
Presented from 7 to 10 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 21-Saturday, Oct. 22, Friday, Oct. 28-Saturday, Oct.29 and Halloween night on Monday, Oct. 31, the second annual Haunted Theatre is not for the faint of heart. “We recommend that children be at least 10 years old as some scenes may be too scary for little ones,” said Rogers. “In addition to actors, we will also be needing volunteers to serve as guides and to assist with hair, makeup and costumes.” Expanding on last year’s vision, the 2016 presentation will be a nightmare of epic proportions. Please see THEATRE | 2
Staff photo by Bobby J. Smith
Melinda Crow has been helping Corinthians through one of life’s most difficult chapters for many years at McPeter’s Funeral Home. “I really do enjoy my job,” she said. “We try to do everything we can to please the families and take care of them in their time of need.” Crow’s duties run the gamut from working visitations to meeting with families, helping with the cleaning of the funeral home, taking care of the catering, answering the phone — and everything in between. “I just help keep the place going,” she said. Her hobbies include working in her yard and attending music festivals — especially those which feature bluegrass gospel music. The Alcorn County native has lived in Corinth for 65 years. She is a graduate of Kossuth High School. She has one son, Barry Rogers, and is a member of Union Baptist Church.
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Anna Leah Hughes of Corinth is crowned LaPetite Little Miss Mississippi. The six-year-old is the daughter of Jim and Debbie Hughes.
The Crossroads Arena hosts the second annual Northeast Mississippi WIN Job Fair bringing employers and potential employees together to help create opportunities for success.
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Marea John & Alexis Wilson Brenda Rudd Hayes
Roger Audrey Carl Clark McNair Jones
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