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2011
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Daily Corinthian Vol. 115, No. 270
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• Corinth, Mississippi • 18 pages • 2 sections
Organization honors community supporters Alliance presents annual awards for community service BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
The Alliance gave thanks to community heroes Thursday evening with presentation of the annual spirit of service awards.
■ The Lifetime Achievement Award went to James “Sonny” Boatman, who is currently president of the Corinth Artist Guild Gallery. “World traveler and war vet-
eran both describe this year’s honoree,” said Jimmy Caldwell, outgoing Community Development Council chair. “After serving in the Korean War, he studied art and culture before starting his
own design firm in New York City and serving as head of interior design at Lord & Taylor. His earlier years of experience helped him to become one of the founders of the Corinth Artist Guild Gallery.”
He is the driving force behind gallery activities by scheduling monthly exhibits, hanging the art, and promoting gallery events. Please see AWARDS | 2A
Police PARADE FOR HEROES Community celebrates Veterans Day with parade make bust
BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com
Patriotic songs filled the air and flags waved in the wind as Corinth took to the streets of downtown in honor of Veterans Day. The 2011 Veterans Day Parade was held Friday morning in Corinth’s historical central district. Beginning at First Baptist Church and ending with a ceremony in front of the Alcorn County Courthouse, the parade drew many participants and spectators to the downtown area. “It was probably the biggest parade we’ve ever had,” said parade organizer Bill Huff, himself a veteran paratrooper who served during the 1958 military action in Lebanon. “Everything absolutely turned out perfect for us.” The parade included police cars, decorated trailers from various local civic organizations, motorcycles, vintage military vehicles, fire trucks, police cars, Boy Scouts groups, church groups, marching bands from all of the area high schools and more. It made its way down Fillmore Street and ended at the courthouse, where the local VFW and American Legion groups held a ceremony that honored the area’s Gold Star Mothers — mothers of fallen soldiers — and paid tribute to the soldiers who fought in the Middle East from 1981 to the present. The veterans presented a single-stem rose to each of the Gold Star Mothers in memory of their fallen sons. Over 100 fourth grade students of Corinth Elementary performed a number of songs at the ceremony’s opening, including “What Can You Say to
Staff reports
Corinth police made a drug arrest and seized items during the search of a Scale Street residence on Tuesday. Tavarus Holland, 28, of 700 Scale St. Apt. 7, was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell and/or distribute. Bond was set at $25,000. Police Chief David Lancaster said officers executed a search warrant at the residence at Mimosa Terrace Apartments and found a large amount of narcotics and several firearms. The investigation is ongoing with additional arrests expected.
Shiloh hosts new program BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com
Staff photo by Bobby J. Smith
A large number of spectators — including this flag-waving veteran — lined Fillmore Street to watch Please see PARADE | 2A the Veterans Day Parade as it moved through town Friday morning. Staff photo by Brant Sappington
Christmas Basket receives donation John Mocny, general manager for Mississippi Remanufacturing Operations at Caterpillar Inc. in Corinth (center) presents a donation of $10,000 to Corinth Rotary Club Christmas Basket Fund Committee Chairman Ronnie Sleeper (right) and Daily Corinthian Publisher Reece Terry for the annual Corinth Rotary Club/Daily Corinthian Christmas Basket Fund. The donation represents a match of up to $10,000 in donations from the community to the effort which annually helps provide food baskets to help those in need in the community. Sleeper and Terry said they are extremely grateful for Caterpillar’s continued and generous support of the effort. Donations are currently being accepted for the effort and may be brought by the newspaper office or mailed to the fund at P.O. Box 1800, Corinth, MS 38835.
Index Stocks...... 7A Classified......4B Comics....11A Wisdom....10A
Weather......5A Obituaries......3A Opinion......4A Sports...1-3B
It is a series of programs to honor the very first Americans. Starting Thursday, Nov. 17, Shiloh National Military Park will offer several interpretive programs to observe November as Native American History Month. Shiloh Park contains one of the most important archaeological sites in the lower Tennessee River Valley — Shiloh Indian Mounds National Historic Landmark — in addition to its more well-known Civil War sites. The Shiloh Native American programs will focus on several aspects of Native American Life. The activities begin Nov. 17 with programs at Shiloh Battlefield and the Tennessee River Museum in Savannah, Tenn., and continue through Tuesday, Nov. 22 The programs are: ■ Life at the Shiloh Mound Village. This program at Shiloh Battlefield takes a look at life in the year 1100 AD in the Tennessee River Valley; the foods consumed by the local Native Americans; the level of interaction between the Shiloh moundbuilders and other villages; and the reasons behind the building of the mounds. This 90-minute program will interpret the society of these indigenous people in all its aspects. It will be offered on Thursday, Nov. 17, and Sunday, Nov. 20, at 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m.
On this day in history 150 years ago Col. George Beal of the 10th Maine Infantry wrote of the “shoddy” blankets issued to his men: “We have this day received 500 blankets from the government. H.J. Libby & Co. furnished them and they ought to suffer ...”
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