McNairy County Ramer commissioners hire city manager.
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Tippah County Power Association hosts annual meeting.
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we hope to accomplish as a result of this is we want to create some new learning experiences, particularly for our students that have been identified as low-achieving or lowperforming, and look at how we can reduce the achievement gaps.” With the new calendar would come a different approach to remediation for students who are falling behind and another opportunity for students to take college courses while enrolled in high school. The district is also looking at providing its own vocational programs and dif-
BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
The spirit of giving this holiday season is alive and well in the Alcorn County area. Donations are beginning to pour in for the 20th Annual Corinth Rotary Club / Daily Corinthian Christmas Basket Fund. A $25,000 fund raising goal was set so 1,000 food baskets can be given to local families on Saturday, Dec. 5. Baskets will be given away based upon faith the goal will be reached. So far, $500 has been raised. Recent donations include $50 from Nelson Rickman in memory of Ann Rickman; and $50 from Lynn Bingham in memory of Jimmy Bingham. Contributions to the Christmas Basket Fund can be made “in honor of” or “in memory of” a special person or persons. The tribute will be published daily in the Daily Corinthian. Donations can be brought by the newspaper office 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday or mailed to: Daily Corinthian, Attn.:Christmas Basket Fund, P.O. Box 1800, Corinth, MS 38835.
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CSD eyes shakeup to school calendar Basket fund goes to $500
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The Corinth School District is again looking at a shakeup of the school year calendar along with a move to a nineweek grading period. It is one of several proposals in the district’s application for the District of Innovation program, which encourages schools to break from the conventional. “It allows us to do things in which we can waive state law, and we can waive accreditation standards that presently are in place,” said Superintendent Lee Childress. “What
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ferentiated diplomas. While the current school calendar moved the start of the school year later by a week, the proposed start for next year is Aug. 1, a few days earlier than what had been the normal start date. The last day of school would be June 15. The calendar would have an extended fall break from Oct. 3 to Oct. 21 and a spring break from March 13 through March 31. Christmas break would be the usual length, while the week of Thanksgiv-
RAMER, Tenn. — A 32-yearold Alabama man died early Monday in a deer hunting accident in Ramer. The emergency personnel responding to the scene could not determine why the hunter fell out of his deer stand. Adam Matthew Bennett, of Hartselle, Ala., was hunting with his father and brother on 1666 Hubb Gilchrist Rd. near Antioch Church of Christ off Tennessee Highway 57 in Ramer. McNairy County Sheriff’s
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Lowe’s helps park playground get facelift BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com
A much-needed upgrade was recently completed on the Crossroads Regional Park Fun Station. A grant from Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse of Corinth provided funds, while local Lowe’s employees helped make the improvements to the megaplayground. “Lowe’s stepped up to the plate in our time of need and got the job done,” said park director Ray Holloway. “They were really a gift from God.” Holloway said the playground’s poor shape had been on his radar since he first took over management of the park more than a year ago. “I actually spent several days out there my first few weeks trying to make it a little safer,” he said. “But with the budget we have, there was only so much we could do.” As part of the grant, Lowe’s manager Keith Cox and other employees received work Please see PLAYGROUND | 2
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Three-year-old Corinth youngster Atticus Anderson plays at the Crossroads Regional Park Fun Station megaplayground, which was recently renovated thanks to a Lowe’s Community Grant and local Lowe’s employees.
Holiday tradition returns to historic home
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FARMINGTON — A generous spirit of giving. Farmington Baptist Church is thanking the community for the many gift-filled shoeboxes they received from organizations in Alcorn, Tishomingo and Tippah counties. The church held its annual drop-off week recently for the Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child. Organizations, individuals
With lanterns on the porch and greenery at every turn, the makings of a candlelight tour were afoot Wednesday at the Verandah-Curlee House. The four-day event is today, Friday and Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. Visitors will be treated to music and a glimpse of how the historic home might have looked during the Christmases of another era. Guides will wear period clothing. “All four rooms, the central hall, kitchen and cottage are being decorated,” said Barbara Trapp, a member of the Little Garden Club, which is working with the Friends of the Verandah House
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Little Garden Club members (from left) Faye McAlpin, Jennie Hibbard, Melanie Brose and Katie Purvis were decorating the VerandahCurlee House on Wednesday for the candlelight tour. The event is today through Sunday.
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School districts report big numbers of absentees as parents keep kids home on the date of a predicted earthquake on the New Madrid Fault that created a panic but did not happen.
U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Shumpert of Rienz is recognized with the Meritorious Service Medal while serving in Iraq. Shumpert was honored for his service as a gunner.
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