Wednesday Feb. 15,
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Daily Corinthian Vol. 116, No. 39
BY JEBB JOHNSTON A Rienzi man died early Tuesday when his vehicle collided with a horse in northern Prentiss County. According to the Mississippi Highway Patrol, Timothy Edward Crowe, 48, died in the single-vehicle crash at about 4 a.m. on U.S. Highway 45 near County Road 8061. He was headed southbound in a 1998 Buick when his vehicle collided with a horse. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Crowe was a contract driver for the U.S. Postal Service. Funeral services are set for 1 p.m. Thursday at McMillan Funeral
Staff photo by Steve Beavers
SGA President Dalton Johnson (right) shows Alcorn Central Principal Tim Littlejohn a type of art that will be displayed during the school’s open house art show.
After progress reports, activities include spaghetti supper, art show, door prizes GLEN — Alcorn Central High School is taking the chance to boast about its students. The school is set to host an open house for the community during the district-wide Parent Night on Monday, Feb. 20 from 5-7 p.m. “This is something the district has added at the end of the first and third nine weeks,” said assistant principal Lisa Wigginton. “The night is designed to be positive and gives us a chance to brag on our kids.” Several activities are planned for the evening with kids out of school for President’s Day. The day will be a Professional De-
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be successful without parental involvement.” Progress reports are scheduled to be handed out at 4 p.m. Parents are encouraged to attend a spaghetti dinner hosted Please see ACHS | 5A
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Lisa Wigginton ACHS assistant principal
Home Chapel in Booneville. Immediate survivors include his wife, Renea Gregory Crowe, and his parents, Vernon and Jodi Crowe of Rienzi. In another highway mishap in the region early Tuesday, a truck accident in northwest Alabama caused traffic to back up to the Mississippi state line on U.S. Highway 72, according to reports. According to the Alabama Department of Transportation, the accident on the Natchez Trace bridge in the Cherokee area required the closing of eastbound highway traffic, with traffic being detoured into the westbound lanes.
After 30-year career, school leader to retire IUKA — After working in education for 30 years in Tishomingo County, Superintendent of Education Malcolm Kuykendall has announced plans to retire at the end of the current school year. The board of trustees of the Tishomingo County School District is set to begin the search process immediately for Kuykendall’s successor to the appointed position. The retirement is effective June 30. “I have loved serving as superintendent of the Tishomingo County School District the last six years, but I feel that I owe it to my family to make this decision to retire,” he said.
“It is important for parents to know what is going in the lives of their children. Teachers see them more during the school year than parents ... the night is an opportunity for positive contact between parents and teachers.”
velopment day for teachers. “The school decided to take it (Parent Night) to the next level and build a sense of community,” said Student Government Association (SGA) and Beta Club sponsor Rebecca Lewis. “Alcorn Central will not
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New book offers pictorial history of Shiloh Park BY MARK BOEHLER editor@dailycorinthian.com
There are many books available about the Civil War Battle of Shiloh and Shiloh National Military Park. The 150th anniversary of the historic two-day battle in nearby rural Tennessee over the strategic north-south, east-west railroad crossing in Corinth is bringing about more book releases as the April 6-7 anniversary dates draw near. The soon-to-be-released “Images of America: Shiloh National Military Park” is a different historical twist, offering over 200 vintage black and white images of the national park established on Dec. 27, 1894. The two books’ authors are former rangers at the park which preserves one of the first major engagements of the Civil War. “We hope this book will pro-
“The Civil War sesquicentennial offers a critical time to rally support to complete the preserved park envisioned by the Shiloh veterans.” Woody Harrell Superintendent, Shiloh National Military Park vide Shiloh and Civil War enthusiasts with a narrative, illustrated history of the Shiloh National Military Park and its monumentation,” said co-author Dr. Timothy B. Smith, now a history professor at the University of Tennessee at Martin. The book’s other author is
Photo compliments of Arcadia Publishing
Vintage photograph shows tornado damage at Shiloh in October 1909. Brian K. McCutchen, who has served as ranger, historian and superintendent at other national parks for 20 years. The 43-year-old author conducted his graduate research on Civil War monuments, their history and preservation and has led workshops on monument and cemetery conservation. Smith is a native of Mississip-
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pi and 1996 Ole Miss grad. The 37-year-old author has published eight books and earned his PhD. from Mississippi State in 2001. He is a frequent speaker at conferences, symposiums and Civil War roundtable groups. The pictorial book is one of two books by the two historians to be released Feb. 27 by Ar-
cadia Publishing. The other is “Shiloh National Military Park: 15 Historic Postcards.” Both books are part of the two authors’ goal to share Shiloh’s history through photographs. Shiloh National Military Park Please see SHILOH | 3A
On this day in history 150 years ago Confederates at Fort Donelson leave their defensive works and break through the Union lines. An avenue of escape opens, but a Federal counter-attack closes the breach and seals the fate of the Southerners within.
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