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Daily Corinthian Vol. 116, No. 94
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• Corinth, Mississippi • 20 pages • 2 Sections
MLE venue adds Slugburger Festival Tourism board grants $7,000 to Main Street Corinth for July festival BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
The Corinth Area Convention & Visitors Bureau is helping Main Street Corinth take a bite of Major League Eating. The tourism board approved $7,000 for Main Street to use as part of the Slugburger Festival set for July 12-14. “This is a great opportunity to grow the festival to a regional
level,” said Main Street Director Montana Hill. “We want to have a more festival atmosphere and the MLE gives us so many opportunities to do that.” Hill told the board in March that a major eating association had inquired about having a Slugburger World Eating Competition. “It’s more entertainment than an eating contest,” added Hill.
Major League Eating is the world body that oversees all professional eating contests. The organization, which developed competitive eating and includes the sport’s governing body, the International Federation of Competitive Eating, helps sponsors to develop, publicize and execute world-class eating events in all varieties of food disciplines.
The board also approved a pair of sponsorships for the Jacinto Foundation, Inc. and a request from the Kiwanis Club. In the first Jacinto request, the board approved $262 to be used for a new sign above the store. The sign will be designed by a local Girl Scout troop with Corinth High School art instructor Lynn Haynie overseeing the project. The Jacinto
Volunteer Fire Department will install the sign for free and all labor will be donated. Up to $1,343 was approved for the foundation to purchase 10 new picnic tables. A pair of the tables will replace rotten ones by the store, two will be placed at the well with the remaining six put throughout the park. Please see MLE | 2A
Health department offers free kids’ shots BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
All county health departments will offer free routine shots to catch up children on their immunzations In recognition of National Immunization Week, shots will be offered April 23 through 27. For the 2012-2013 school year, the Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis) vaccine is required for children entering the seventh grade, bringing the state in line with
Staff photos by Bobby J. Smith
The cemetery pre-dates the Civil War, and many of its headstones and above-ground vaults are in need of repair.
Re-enactor portrays unknown soldier walking during tour For the Daily Corinthian
An Africian-American Civil War re-enactor for the National Park Service will portray the unknown Union soldier on Saturday at the Bethany Historic Cemetery. “Walking through Time”, a guided cemetery tour by Patrick Shell wills at 2 p.m. at the cemetery. Guests will learn to look beyond the stones and into the stories of the men and women
who molded the community as well as soldiers who died to preserve a way of life. Shell, who is from Vicksburg, will tell the story of a black soldier who guarded the supply wagons of the Union troops at the Battle of Brice’s Crossroads on June 10, 1864. Historians believe that a skeleton uncovered in the Tishomingo Creek bed in 1953 could have been one of the U. S. Colored troops. When the skeleton was found, his pocket
watch and weapon remained with him. His remains were buried in the Bethany Historic Cemetery. Six other local costumed figures will enchant and entertain as they bring to life the founding minister of the Bethany A.R. P. church; one of the known Confederate soldiers, Hardin Gilbert; founding families and others. Please see CEMETARY | 2A
others for adolescent immunization coverage. Forty-one other states require the vaccine, which has been a recommended vaccination for that age group since 2006. “We still strongly recommend the Tdap vaccine for all adolescents,” said Dr. Paul Byers, acting state epidemiologist. “However, it is only required for those entering seventh grade.” The Tdap vaccine normally costs $10. Please see SHOTS | 2A
Living Free Ministries celebrates eighth year BY JEFF YORK For the Daily Corinthian
A ministry which has helped thousands of people across the Crossroads area over the past eight years will celebrate its anniversary with a special Celebration Night Thursday at Oakland Baptist Church. Living Free Ministries will have their annual Celebration Night at Oakland Baptist Church Thursday to celebrate their 8th anniversary. The free meal will begin at 6 p.m. and there will be childcare for those ages 4-12 at the Living Free Building on U.S. 72 behind Magnolia Funeral
Home. “We are very excited about our celebration night,” said Living Free founder Tommy Wilson. “This night is all about saying thank you to the community for their generous support over the years. We do not hold any regular fundraisers and this night is not a fundraiser.” A favorite saying of Wilson is their goal is to “turn drug addicts into dads.” He and his wife Marea have worked hard over the past eight years to build the very successful ministry. Oakland Baptist senior pastor Dr. Randy Bostick will close Please see FREE | 2A
Habitat for Humanity takes swing at next project BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
Habitat for Humanity is taking a swing to raise funds for its next project. The Corinth-Alcorn Chapter is trading its hammer for a golf club with the 2012 Habitat for Humanity Golf Tournament scheduled April 28 at Shiloh Falls Golf Club in Pickwick, Tenn. “We would like to raise $25,000 so we can begin our next project with a partner family,” said the chapter’s Chessica Harville. “We will also accept any kind of donation.” The four-man scramble has an entry fee of $200. The fee includes 18 holes of golf, use of cart, practice range balls and lunch. Subway is providing the lunch. Organizers are shooting for 30 teams. Five teams have reg-
istered thus far. Registration begins at 8 a.m. with the scramble teeing off at 9 a.m. “We also need more sponsors and will take as many as we can get,” added Harville. The local chapter has already started the interviewing process for new partner families. Applications can be picked up at any bank in the county. Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit, Christian housing ministry that seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness. Through volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, Habitat provides affordable housing for families in need. Habitat isn’t a giveaway program. The partner family is required to put hundreds of hours into the home as well as a down payment and pay a monthly mortgage. Monthly payments
Staff photo by Steve Beavers
Corinth-Alcorn Chapter of Habitat for Humanity members Ronnie Essary (from left), Chessica Harville, Bo Butler and Zane Elliott practice their swings for the chapter’s golf tournament set for April 28 at Shiloh Falls in Pickwick, Tenn. are based on the cost of the home with the no-interest loan being for 15 years.
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For more information about the tournament or Habitat for Humanity find the chapter on
Facebook at Corinth-Alcorn Chapter of Habitat for Humanity or call 662-415-4612.
On this day in history 150 years ago April 18 — Federal mortar schooners commence a bombardment of Fort Jackson and Fort St. Phillip. Located on the Mississippi River 70 miles downstream from New Orleans, these masonry forts, along with a tiny “Mosquito Fleet,” are the only defense of the strategic port city.
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