Saturday June 22,
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Daily Corinthian Vol. 117, No. 148
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• Corinth, Mississippi • 16 pages • One section
CHS class of ’73 goes high tech Group used various outlets to help plan 40-year reunion BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com
Members of the Corinth High School class of ’73 are embracing technology to make this weekend's 40th class reunion a high-tech, high-turnout success. Through technology members of the reunion commit-
tee have have been able to find and get a commitment from 51 out of 112 classmates, plus another 52 friends and spouses. “With 10 deceased, this number is a remarkable 50 percent a 40th reunion,” said committee member DeLois “Dee” Loyd Gates. Even the planning commit-
tee was formed online. Since members of the committee live in five different states — Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama and Georgia — they never held a face-to-face meeting. All of the planning was coordinated on Facebook. To research and find out where everybody was and how
to get in touch with them the committee used Facebook, Google searches, Twitter, LinkedIn, Classmates.com, Mylife.com, Reunion.com, the White Pages and People Search. While in the planning stage they utilized Facebook chat, emails and GoogleGroups.
Even the reunion itself, which culminates in a dinner at Pickwick Inn tonight, will be largely enhanced by technology. The dinner will include a slide show using a computer and a digital projector, a video conference via wifi Skype or Please see REUNION | 2
Corinth airport receives large MDOT grant Associated Press
The city of Corinth and Alcorn County have accepted a $102,069 transportation grant for improvements at the local airport. The funds came from the Mississippi Department of Transportation to the CorinthAlcorn County Airport. The city and county are each providing $516 to make up the total match amount of $1,031 for the project.
Airport attorney William Odom says the money will be used to construct a canopy for the existing fuel farm and rehabilitate the old terminal so it can be put to use by a fixed base operator for flight training, aviation electronics or other purposes. The Corinth Board of Aldermen accepted the offer earlier this week, following suit with the action by the Alcorn County Board of Supervisors.
Staff photo by Steve Beavers
Meeting Bobby Bass
Watershed Harmony stressed the importance of clean water via a puppet show at the Boys & Girls Club. Jodie Kinnison got a chance to see if she could master Bobby Bass, one of the main characters in the show performed by Ron, Cherie and Joey Schadler.
Corinth Artist Guild Gallery Staff photo by Steve Beavers
Mable Leggett tapes off a project to be painted at the E.S. Bishop Center. (see additional photos, page 2)
Urban Youth Corps paying dividends for locals, projects BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
The art of Shelia Treece will be on display at the Corinth Artist Guild Gallery beginning with an opening on Sunday and continuing until July 13. Shown here is Treece’s painting of the Bloody Pond on the Shiloh battlefield.
Treece paintings going on display Sunday BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com
A gallery display featuring the paintings of Shelia Treece, an artist, art teacher and gallery owner from Stantonville, Tenn., opens Sunday at the Corinth Artist Guild Gallery. “I’ve had a few of Shelia Treece’s paintings for a while in the gallery, and I was delighted when she said she was
able to do a show as the featured artist in the gallery,” said Sonny Boatman, Guild president and founding member. Treece’s paintings focus on outdoors scenes and area landmarks, such as the Bloody Pond at Shiloh National Military Park, the Cherry Mansion in Savannah, the north shore of Pickwick Lake and much more.
The artist is the owner of Studio 85 Fine Art Studio and Gallery on South Magnolia Street in Adamsville, Tenn. She teaches art to adults and children several days a week. Her students are encouraged to show their work in the gallery and sell their work if they wish.
Index Stocks........8 Classified......14 Comics........ 7 State........ 5
Weather........9 Obituaries........ 6 Opinion........4 Sports...... 12
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Around 10 young people are making an impression in Corinth. The Urban Youth Corps Program workers have been busy since the first week of June taking care of needed work in the city. On Friday, the mix of high school and college students were working on a big remodeling project at the E.S. Bishop Center. “They have done tremendous work,” said center supervisor Jean Murphy. “You couldn’t ask for a better group of workers … they are all so nice and do anything you ask them to do.” The workers are composed of seven males and three females. While at the Bishop Center, the group has done such things as paint new parking lines and awnings while also adding a fresh coat to an outside building along with painting outside window frames. Workers also added some fresh paint to a flag pole. “It’s a job that keeps us busy during the summer,” said Mable Leggett of the 40hour per week job that pays at or slightly above minimum wage.
“The work has been real laid-back and we have been able to get a lot accomplished,” said Davorius James, who has been doing some water pressuring at the Bishop Center and at Project Attention. “It has been fun working with this group … we all know one another and are comfortable around each other.” The City of Corinth received a $35,000 grant to hire the youngsters. The program returned this year after a few year hiatus. “The Bishop Center is our biggest project, but we will keep working until everything is done,” said Christian Stone, a 20-year-old member of the work group. “We have got done a lot faster than I thought,” added Jackson Cornelius of the work done by individuals age 16 through 25. Paint and some remodeling work is also slated for the inside of the center. “They have really brightened things up,” said Murphy while showing off the paint work inside the center. “The kids have really worked hard.” Kim Ratlif is the project coordinator of the city’s program.
On this day in history 150 years ago From his headquarters in Pontotoc, Miss., Gen. Daniel Ruggles reports on the difficulties in maintaining a strong Confederate presence in Northeast Mississippi. Most of troops have been called away to Vicksburg and he only has a small force of cavalry to counter Union activities in this area.