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City seeks top-notch recruiter BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Staff photo by Bobby J. Smith
Smoke detectors available BY JEBB JOHNSTON
Assistant Costume Mistress Whitney Gooch helps CT-A volunteer Eli Rodgers with a Scarecrow costume at the Crossroads Playhouse.
CT-A opens costume collection for rentals BY BOBBY J. SMITH
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Plenty of smoke detectors remain available for eligible Alcorn County residents. People may contact Emergency Services Coordinator Ricky Gibens to request the free smoke detectors and a fire inspection through the grant-funded program. Firefighters will install the devices and offer suggestions for fire safety. “They will give you pointers on things like if your dryer vent needs cleaning, a receptacle doesn’t look right, or you need a fire extinguisher for your kitchen,” said Gibens. A 1,500-square-foot home Please see DETECTORS | 2
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With time for Halloween costumes just around the corner, some local masters of disguise are offering their services to the community. Corinth Theatre-Arts is opening its collection of costumes to the public with $20 costume rentals. The local theatre company has been accumulating costumes for 25 years and is offering a wide selection of costumes to rent for Halloween or any other occasion. “For pirates to princesses, fairy tales to funky. Storybook characters, witches, wizards, soldiers and clowns. No sure what you want? Let us make
some suggestions,” said CT-A Board Member Jan Soltz. “Want to be a southern belle? A gypsy? We specialize in ‘real clothes’ costumes from bygone eras.” Assistant Costume Mistress Whitney Gooch said even if CT-A doesn’t have the exact costume a renter is looking for, chances are they will be able to piece it together from existing costumes. “And we have tons of recognizable costumes,” said Gooch. “Pooh, Tigger, a royal prince. We can do the Scarecrow and Dorothy. Nun habits.” The collection also includes an extensive collection of eraspecific costumes, in case anyone wants to aim for the 1980s or ‘50s look, or a medieval
Courthouse museum reopens after 4 months BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com
IUKA — Thanks to funding from supervisors, the Old Courthouse Museum has reopened. Tishomingo County Board of Supervisors recently voted to fund the nonprofit museum operated by the Tishomingo County Historical & Genealogical Society. Closed since June 1 due to lack of funding, the museum will reopen two days a week starting immediately. The museum will receive $25,000 in annual funding from the county allowing the tourist attraction to reopen to
character — as well as plenty of tuxedos, suits and hats. “If they just need a hat, we have a million fedoras and a bunch of other random hats,” said Gooch. CT-A’s costume closet will be open each Saturday at the Crossroads Playhouse until Halloween from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or by appointment. All proceeds from costume rentals go towards the building fund for additional storage for costumes. For more information or to make arrangements for costume rentals call 662 2872995 and leave a message for Soltz or send a message to the Corinth Theatre-Arts Facebook page.
Corinth is putting up additional funds for economic development to boost The Alliance’s effort to land a first-rate industrial recruiter. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen on Monday voted to commit up to $60,000 in additional funding towards the salary and expenses such as travel of the next Alliance chief in order to make the salary more competitive. That will be above the $80,000 annual allocation already committed by the city. “This is a big step, but I think it’s one we need to really look at,” said Mayor Tommy Irwin. The motion was made by Alderman Ben Albarracin. “At the end of the day, we’re trying to attract a proven economic developer, and to do that, you have to have the salary for the position,” he said. The board wants to leave open the possibility of the person hired being an employee of the city or county and leased to The Alliance in order to allow the individual to participate in the Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi. The mayor has requested the city and county each be given two slots on the selection committee that will choose the next economic development leader. City Attorney Wendell Trapp said it may have been assumed in the past that the city’s funding for The Alliance is capped at $80,000 by special legislation tailored to the arrangement between the city and The Alliance. “There is also a general statute that allows the city to contribute generally to an entity such as The Alliance for ecoPlease see RECRUITER | 2
People of the Crossroads Heather Oaks, Corinth Staff photo by Bobby J. Smith
the public. The funds will also cover salaries for a part-time executive director and a parttime librarian. “We’re happy to be back open to the public on a regular schedule,” said society president Bill Gurley. “We hope to add more days and additional hours soon.” Gurley added, “we used the down time to bring out more artifacts for the public to enjoy.” Although publicly closed for the last four months, the museum has hosted visitors by appointment only. Volunteers welcomed 61 visi-
“The best thing about my job here is helping people get well,” said Heather Oaks, the pharmacy technician and office worker at Gunn Drug Co. Oaks has worked at the pharmacy on Shiloh Road since 2004. She is married to Lee Oaks, who works at Lonnie’s Sporting Goods, a short distance down the street and around the corner on Harper Road. They have two children, 11-year-old Darbie and 9-yearold M at t. Oaks at tended Northeast Mississippi Community College after graduating from Alcorn Central High School. She is a member of Oakland Baptist Church.
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