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Daily Corinthian Vol. 120, No. 285

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• Corinth, Mississippi • 16 pages • One section

Let the sales begin Retailers report strong start to shopping season Two doors down Brenda Barbour reported a strong after-lunch crowd at Lipchic Boutique. “It’s like this almost every year,” she said. “We have a slow morning, then boom people start coming.” Across the street at Shirley Dawgs, owner Brian Shirley said people were waiting outside the front door when the outfitter opened Friday morning. “It’s a great feeling to have customers waiting for you to open,” he said. “It’s really great that so many chose to shop local.” Shopping local is a big deal for Jennifer Timbes, as well. The Cottage Garden proprietor temporarily moved from her Waldron Street storefront to join forces with Purple Daisy on Fillmore Street. “We are so excited to be pairing with Purple Daisy ... all of our customers have been visiting their store to make purchases from both of us,” said Timbes. On Cruise Street, shoppers

BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

Staff photo by Bobby J. Smith

Corinth’s Karla Newcomb checks out jewelry at J.C. Penney on Black Friday.

Shoppers snag Black Friday deals BY BOBBY J. SMITH bsmith@dailycorinthian.com

Shoppers were out in force Friday morning, getting a start on Christmas shopping and taking advantage of Black Friday sales. Kristen Whitley, 22, of Michie, Tenn., pulled an all-nighter. “I’ve been shopping for 24 hours straight. It’s been crazy, but as always a lot of fun,” said the six-year veteran of Black Friday shopping. “We went to Corinth, Tupelo and Southaven and shopped at more than six different stores.” Whitley said she got everything on her list, and all of her Christmas shopping is done. “We went to Belk, Walmart, Charming Charlie, Wilson’s Leather, American Eagle, Bath & Body Works. I got a $300 leather coat for $20!” she said. “We stood in line at Belk for one hour before they opened. The first so many people in the door got a gift card. I got a $20

gift card, and I saw a woman behind me get a $100 gift card.” Corinth’s Katie Melvin did some morning shopping in downtown Corinth. “Shirley Dawg’s had an amazing sale — 15 percent off my entire purchase,” said Melvin. “Poor Brian, he helped me through a 10-minute-long woolie dilemma. The place was packed. I’m pretty sure they’re going to sell out of woolies today.” Looking for deals he saw in newspaper sales papers, Prentiss County resident William Newby made the trip to Corinth’s Walmart on Thursday night and returned early on Friday. “I couldn’t pass it up. They had such great bargains in the electronics department — I couldn’t believe what the Playstation 4’s were going for,” Newby said. “Then I had to come back this morning for some stuff I’d missed last night.

Got to thinking about it after I went home.” The shopping continued through the morning, showing signs of slowing as the clock ticked closer to noon. Corinth resident Karla Newcomb was one of the shoppers who avoided the early morning rush. “I’m having a big day shopping, just a little bit later in the day,” said Newcomb, while perusing the aisles at J.C. Penney around 11:30 a.m. “I had to work this morning, so I’m getting out and doing some local shopping now.” One Black Friday shopper, at least, was glad to be done with the post-Thanksgiving retail frenzy. “It’s a lot of fun and all, and I hit up the stores last night and this morning, but now I’m just ready to go home,” said Newby. “Can you imagine what it would be like if every day was like this? We’d all go crazy.”

As people rushed down the sidewalk, arms full Christmastime shopping bags, Melinda Bennett watched the day pass by from within the warmth of Gingers Merry Market. “It’s like a Hallmark movie,” she said with a smile. “I love this – corner shop in a small downtown, everyone waves as they go by the big front windows ... it’s amazing.” The pop-up holiday shop on the corner of Wick and Franklin Streets in downtown Corinth’s charming SoCo District was crowded with shoppers on Black Friday morning. “It’s been busy since the moment we opened the door,” said Bennett. “I think a lot of people did their big store shopping on Thursday, saving room for us local shops on Friday.” Bennett said customers at the downtown store loaded up on Christmas decor, while shoppers were clinging to door buster deals on apparel and accessories at the original Gingers location in Harper Square.

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Staff photo by Zack Steen

Gingers Merry Market’s Melinda Bennett greets Black Friday shopper Callie Fowler inside the downtown Corinth store.

Meeting seeks input on School district wants poor roads fixed former Glendale school BY ZACK STEEN

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BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

GLEN — Town officials are hoping community members can help decide the future of Glendale school. The Town of Glen will host a community meeting on Monday at 6 p.m. at town hall. Mayor John Little said the meeting will give the people of his town a chance to voice their opinion on whether the town

should agree to take over the school property from the Alcorn School District. “We have been going over it the last few months about rather it would be wise for the town to take over the property,” Little told the Daily Corinthian. “We would love to have it, but we don’t see a way that we could financially afford it.” Please see GLEN | 2

Alcorn School District officials want lawmakers to help get poor Alcorn County road conditions fixed. The board approved a proclamation request to the Mississippi Senate to recognize the importance of repairing Mississippi’s transportation infrastructure and the additional funding needed to accomplish this. Superintendent Larry B. Mitchell said now is the best time to make the request.

“With the fuel prices as low as they are, now is a good time to talk about increasing the state fuel tax to help upgrade our roads,” he said. “This is something we need to be asking our lawmakers to work on.” The superintendent added, “There are bridges in our district that I am very concerned about being safe for buses to travel across.” In other board news: • Superintendent Larry B. Mitchell reported a large sewer issue at the Biggersville band hall recently.

“We have stripped up the carpet and are in the process of cleaning,” he said. The issue has been fixed, however he said the district will file an insurance claim. “We are talking about spending in the neighborhood of $10,000,” added Mitchell. • The first phase of districtwide wireless Internet installation will begin next month at Kossuth Elementary School. “We have written a purchase order,” said Mitchell. “InstalPlease see DISTRICT | 2

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Mississippi ETV’s Mississippi Roads program visits the area to film a feature on Northeast Mississippi Museum Curator Margaret Rogers.

The Corinth Lady Warrior cross country team claims its fourth straight Class 3A state title.

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