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Daily Corinthian Vol. 117, No. 54
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Museum takes over Green Market BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
With a committee and funds in place, the Crossroads Museum Board of Directors on Thursday voted to formally accept the Green Market as a museum event. Board member Janice Knighton is chairing the new Green Market committee, which met for the first time on Tuesday. “We are just looking forward to being a part of this,” said Knighton. “We will see some good benefits from it.”
The event, which has seven dates set for the upcoming season, will become the museum’s primary fundraiser. With the tourism office rebuilding its board and staff, the tourism board wanted to hand off management of the Green Market and Crossroads Chili Cook-Off events to other organizations. Working with committee members who have already been managing the event, the museum is looking to keep it running in much the same fashion and hopes to generate mon-
ey to support the museum. “The money will be given to the museum, but at some point in time we may decide as the Green Market committee that we would like to make a contribution to another nonprofit in our community,” said Knighton. Board President Sandy Walker said the museum board wanted to understand the logistics and operating costs of the event before accepting it. “I think we’ve got a good plan to run it like a business,” she said.
The Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau will make available $6,655.95 for marketing and promotion of the event, which will begin the season on April 6 in conjunction with the Crossroads Chili Cook-Off. Other dates for the season are May 4, June 1, July 6, Aug. 3, Sept. 7 and Oct. 5. The October event will coincide with the Heritage Festival. Market hours will be 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. except for the April event, which will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The seller fee will continue
to be $10. In addition to Knighton, museum board members Sandy Walker and Cathy Wood and Executive Director Brandy Steen are on the committee. Previous members Lisa Green, Zack Steen, Tommy Ledbetter, Melissa Carson and Susanne Cooper will continue working on the Green Market committee. Held at the depot, the event is an opportunity for farmers, gardeners, artisans and craftsmen to sell locally grown or handcrafted items.
State approves liquor sales hours
Enjoying ‘the simple life’
BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
The Mississippi Department of Revenue Alcoholic Beverage Control approved Corinth’s request for two changes in the hours for the sale of liquor. The city was recently notified by the ABC that approval has been given for package stores to have hours of 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday, rather than the state regulation of 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., and to allow restaurants that sell liquor to serve on Sundays between 1 p.m. and 10 p.m. Please see LIQUOR | 2A
Staff photo by Mark Boehler
Robert Voyles, “The Mississippi Redneck,” travels the country in his homemade camper.
Robert Voyles travels in homemade car, camper
Shiloh has $14 million impact on region BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com
BY MARK BOEHLER editor@dailycorinthian.com
Everywhere Robert Voyles travels, he draws a crowd. The reaction to his one-ofa-kind Beverly Hillbilly-style homemade vehicle with bright red camper in tow turns heads with the most asked question, “What is that?” On a recent trip into Corinth to get necessary medications, the 67-year-old retired pipeline laborer drew dozens of gawkers outside Bennett’s Apothecary and the nearby Exxon station on Shiloh Road. Voyles knows the drill — obliging to cell phone photos, answering questions and engaging in friendly conversation.
“I draw a crowd everywhere I go,” said Voyles, who has been retired about 12 years. “I enjoy it.” “I finally had to say, ‘People, I gotta go’,” said the traveler, who lives in the northwest corner of Tishomingo County less than a mile from Alcorn County, about three miles south of Hardin County, Tenn. Voyles is known as “The Mississippi Redneck,” as the side and rear of his old 12-foot camper advertises. Economic development promoters who continue to build a positive image for Mississippi need not worry. The man under the hat he got at a yard sale for 25 cents and
who won’t wear anything but bluejean overalls is an ambassador for the Magnolia State with friends not only across the United States, but all over the world. “Some people think redneck is a dirty word,” explained Voyles. “But I don’t see it that way. For me, it’s a just a simple way of life.”
The simple life Voyles is getting ready to hit the road. He put a new set of tires on his vehicle and stocked the food pantry in the camper. He checks his extensive inventory, with dozens of items hanging on his custom built trans-
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portation. The contraption began as a 1985 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser Station Wagon he bought nine years ago for $1,500. There’s a home window unit air conditioner in the passenger side door which runs off a generator. There is a bunk inside, great for a quick nap, noted Voyles, who can stay cool anywhere. He never travels at night. There are two levels to the Olds, plus plenty of rear storage area. It looks like a portable yard sale, but Voyles uses everything aboard his Dixie ship. All of the
A new report from the National Park Service explains the economic impact of Shiloh National Military Park. According to the report, 387,816 people visited the park in 2011, spending a total of $14,371,000 in communities surrounding the park and supporting 202 jobs in the local area. Corinth feels a share of that impact. With the state-of-theart Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center (administered by Shiloh) and its close proximity to the Hardin County, Tenn., park, Shiloh plays an important role in the local economy.
Please see VOYLES | 12A
Please see SHILOH | 3A
On this day in history 150 years ago Busy day for Union government. Federal Draft Act is signed into law, Idaho Territory is formed, loan of $300 million is approved, National Academy of Sciences is established, writs of habeas corpus are formally suspended, and resolution is passed condemning all offers of mediation as “foreign intervention.”
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