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• Corinth, Mississippi • 16 pages • One section
Tractor driver injured
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Rick Miller of Miller Insurance Agency was awarded the Corinth Civitan Club’s “Hometown Hero” honor on Wednesday afternoon.
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A man inspects damage to a Kubota tractor after the wreck on County Road 640.
Collision with SUV sends one to hospital sport utility vehicle in western Alcorn County. Officials at the scene said the man, driving a Kubota LA1154 tractor, was airlifted to North
BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
The driver of a tractor was seriously injured Wednesday afternoon in a collision with a
Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo after the 4 p.m. wreck. The tractor collided with a Please see CRASH | 2
Donut shop among developments BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Several new commercial and residential developments are currently under construction in the city. A new addition to the food scene will be Daylight Donuts, which is locating at 2005 Hwy. 72 West opposite Cracker Barrel. It is a $325,000 construction job currently in progress by Roberts Builders. It is about half-way complete, estimated Building Inspector Greg Tyson. Existing locations in Booneville and Ripley are among the chain’s nearly 1,000 retail outlets in 28 states. The donut and coffee seller originated in 1954 as the Daylight Donut Flour Company. A house was demolished to make way for the Corinth location, which is owned by Brenda
Shelton. The city has issued a building permit for interior renovation and remodeling of a vacant space at Southgate on Cass Street for Sears, which is relocating from Harper Square, Tyson said. The longtime retailer will move to 1020 Cass Street in what was the original location of Goody’s on the south side of the shopping center. It is an approximately $150,000 renovation of the 15,000-square-foot store space. Also under construction at 810 South Tate Street at the intersection with Gaines Road is a second location for Corinth
Coin, a laundromat owned by Michael Pratt. Worsham Bros. holds the $300,000 construction job. In the residential sector, construction is in progress on an approximately $3.5 million housing development on Bradley Road, where lease-to-own, townhouse-style residences are being built at a former mobile home park. The road into the development will be called Fawkes Drive. The development includes 10 buildings with four units each, for a total of 40 units, as well as a clubhouse building and walking trail. It is headed towards completion around August, said Tyson. Each residence includes three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a garage. It is targeted to middle-income families.
Hometown hero
Civitans honor club member BY L.A. STORY lastory@dailycorinthian.com
There was some moments of laughter and even a standing ovation as the Corinth Civitan Club honored Rick Miller as a Hometown Hero. The club honored Miller at a luncheon and meeting held at Pizza Grocery Wednesday afternoon. The presentation was made by Zeb Taylor, vice-president of the club. Taylor provided background information about the local insurance company owner. Miller graduated from Biggersville High School in 1967, after which he joined the Navy, where he served for just under four years. He served a tour in Vietnam from July 1968 to 1969. Just before going to Vietnam, earlier that year, he married his wife, Claudette. The couple has twin boys -- Rick Jr. and Mickey Miller. After the Navy, Miller worked several different jobs, all while attending Northeast Mississippi Community College for 21/2 years of college, where he was a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. In 1973, Miller began his insurance career with Liberty National, where he worked
from 1973 to 1990. He worked for another agency for a while and in 2001 he purchased an insurance agency located at his current location and that is where he began his company — Miller Insurance Agency. He has been a Mason since 1973 and has served in many different roles within the organization and he has achieved the 32nd degree KCCH. Miller joined the Civitans in 1995 and since then he has sponsored 14 other members. “Every week, he gets our meeting ready. He has our flag and podium ready and he has served on the scholarship committee. I know there were probably a lot of other things before I came along that I don’t even know about, but I know he’s been very faithful. Any time we work an Arena event, Rick is always there ... and if he’s not, and you need him, you just have to call and he’ll be there,” said Taylor. The speaker went on to say Miller also performs another task that personally impressed him. “I think this is a big deal ... over the past seven or eight years, he has served as a van driver for the veterans — taking them to the VA hospital. I Please see HERO | 2
Magnolia Antique Car Club helps out West Clinic, community BY L.A. STORY lastory@dailycorinthian.com
The Magnolia Antique Car Club gave back to the community recently to help cancer patients. Reggie Rickman, of the Magnolia Antique Car Club, presented The West Clinic’s Site Director Martha King with a check for $2,582.95 Wednesday morning. The money will provide direct assistance to the cancer patients the clinic serves. The money was raised during
the club’s recent “Super Cruisein,” which was held on Oct. 15. The car club has been meeting at Arby’s to hod its cruisein events for about six years, said Rickman. The begin their cruise-ins each year on the fourth Sunday in March and continue on the fourth Sunday of each month through October, when the cruise-ins culminate in the charity-raising Super Cruise-in event. Founded in 1967, the club is the oldest in the
Oneal Hutson (from left) of the Magnolia Antique Car Club; Arby’s manager Linda Pace, Reggie Rickman of the Magnolia Antique Car Club, and West Clinic Site Manager Martha King were on hand when the car club presented The West Clinic with a check for $2,582.95.
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