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Rodeo highlights ‘Cowboy Week’ BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Staff photos by Steve Beavers
Corinth-Alcorn Chapter of Habitat for Humanity volunteer Sandy Williams (left) and chapter president Ronnie Essary (right) hand over the keys of a renovated home to James “Sonny” Johnson. Johnson’s home on Frazier Drive was recently renovated by Habitat for Humanity.
Golf tourney raises funds for Habitat for Humanity BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
The Corinth-Alcorn Chapter of Habitat for Humanity is teeing off to keep its ministry going. The Habitat for Humanity Golf Tournament is set for April 28 at Shiloh Falls Golf Course
in Pickwick, Tn. “It takes about $25,000 for each project,” said Habitat for Humanity volunteer Chessica Harville. “To get the next one started, we need to have this tournament.” Cost is $200 a team for the four-team scramble. Includ-
ed in the entry fee is 18 holes of golf, cart, T-shirt, practice range balls and lunch. The field is limited to the first 35 teams. A putting contest will be held for $5. Hole sponsorships and volunteers are also needed for Please see HABITAT | 2
A week of rodeo and related events is coming up at Crossroads Arena. A series of activities will culminate with the Lone Star Rodeo on March 23 and 24. The city and county are getting involved, declaring it “Cowboy and Rodeo Week in Corinth.” All of the events will be free to the public except for the rodeo. “What we are trying to do is educate the general public about horse and horse-related activities,” said Bill Strickland, chairman of the arena board of directors. The Lone Star Rodeo has brought successful shows to the arena in the past, even selling out on occasion. “It’s a good family show,” said Strickland. Mayor Tommy Irwin will join the festivities at 7:30 p.m.
March 22 for horse rides with the mayor inside the arena. Children can get a free horse ride sponsored by the 4-H Horse Club and others. The week of events kicks off Saturday, March 17, at 9 a.m. with the United States Team Penning Association Regional Qualifying and Show produced by David Rainey. Team penner Hannah Rainey, a recent Mississippi State graduate, will be participating in cowboy and rodeo week. She recently participated in the National Western Stock Show in Denver, making the finals both nights. Following the penning event at 10:30 a.m. will be the Northeast Mississippi Cutting Horse Association Practice and Show in the big barn arena with Terry Cartwright and Danny Turner. March 20 brings the 4-H Horse Club Barrel Racing & Please see RODEO | 2
Corinth woman competes in Maurices Model Search BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com
A Corinth woman is competing with girls from all over the country in the Maurices Main Street Model Search 2012. Chelsey Beavers, a 22-yearold nurse at Cornerstone Health & Rehab, is vying to become one of 12 Maurices Main Street Models. A regular shopper at Maurices in Corinth, Beavers learned about the contest while shopping on the clothing retail chain’s website during the holiday season. “I shop at Maurices all the time. I am constantly in the store. Around the holidays I was shopping online and saw the contest,” Beavers explained. “I uploaded my pic and then got the email saying I had to set up my website.” Since entering the contest, Beavers has been drumming
up support online through her Facebook site. In the current stage of the contest, voters help narrow the search to 100 contestants by voting online on the contest’s website. After the March 19 end of the voting period, contest organizers will reveal the top 100 contestants on March 20. “If I get into the top 100 I have to submit a video explaining why I should be the next Main Street Model,” Beavers said. On April 2 a judging panel will reveal the top 20 contestants, who will be brought to Minneapolis, Minn., for a casting call with a panel of judges that includes Christopher Straub from Season Six of Lifetime’s “Project Runway.” On April 23, the 12 winners of Maurices Main Street Model Search will be announced. Each of the 12 winners will
receive a photo shoot in one of three iconic destinations in the U.S. and national exposure at Maurices locations, the company’s website, mailers and social media; a $1,500 Maurices gift card; and $7,500 for a charitable organization. If Beavers wins the Main Street Model Search, she said the $7,500 will go to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. As a nurse, she has seen all the different types of sickness families must endure, and the children’s hospital is especially close to her heart. “Being a child when diagnosed with an illness, I understand how scary it is as a child to experience life-changing experiences, and being worried about finding a diagnosis, or if the treatment is going to work, or if the pain is ever going to go away,” she said. “St. Jude hits
home with me, and I would love to know that I was helping them in some way.” Another part of the contest is about connecting with “Main Street” — the contestant’s home town. While many people complain about living in a small town like Corinth, Beavers said, it will always be her home and dear to her heart. “My hometown doesn’t have all the most hip things to do, but it’s where I was raised and where my family and friends are,” Beavers said. “Corinth has made me appreciative of the simple things in life and made me appreciate my raising from my parents. I love Corinth being so small and knowing everyone by their first name.” She is the daughter of Danny Beavers and Becky Lattanvio. Vote for Chelsey Beavers in the Maurices Main Street Mod-
Visit w w w.mauricesmain streetmodel.com to vote for Corinth native Chelsey Beavers in the Main Street Model Search 2012. el Search by going to www. mauricesmainstreetmodel. com.
Rock-A-Billy Hall of Fame inducts Churchwell into ranks BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
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Reggie Churchwell (right) brought Lucille Ball to Nashville in 1978 and packaged, promoted and produced the first Prime Time Network Television Special ever produced by a Nashville-based company. Churchwell will be inducted into the Rock-A-Billy Hall of Fame on April 14 in Jackson, Tenn.
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Reggie Churchwell has worked with the best in the music industry. The Milledgeville, Tenn., native will soon join the elite in the business when he is inducted into the Rock-A-Billy Hall of Fame in Jackson, Tenn. Churchwell, a 1959 graduate of Adamsville High School, is set for induction on April 14. He will become the first agent-managerpromoter to make the hall. “It was a surprise,” said the former Crossroads Arena manager. “I feel like there are people who deserve it more than I do.” Churchwell — manager of the Crossroads Arena from 2002 through 2009 — has run with the top performers in music and entertainment through the years. He has been a business partner with a pair of Rock-A-Billy leg-
ends in Carl Perkins and Elvis’ guitarist, Scotty Moore. “I have always tried to treat my line of work as a business,” said Churchwell. “Everyone has a role to play and mine was to get the stage ready and promote the show.” The McNairy County native, who played high school football with legendary sheriff Buford Pusser, first ventured into show business in 1962 when he managed magician Marquis the Great. It was from the magician that the promoter learned the valuable show business phrase, “The Flash Gets The Cash”, the title of his forthcoming book. “Contrary to what most believe, I have found the stars of the business to be regular people when you get down to it,” said the native McNairy Countian. Please see CHURCHWELL | 2
On this day in history 150 years ago March 13 — Major General Charles F. Smith, in command of the expeditionary force on the Tennessee River, arrives at Savannah, TN. Union gunboats Tyler and Lexington trades artillery fire with Confederates near Eastport, Miss.