Wednesday June 19,
2013
50 cents
Home & Garden
Taste
Amazon dianthus handles the state’s hot summers.
Healthy spin on fish tacos.
Page14A
Page 1B
Daily Corinthian Vol. 117, No. 145
Partly sunny Today
Tonight
90
64
0% chance of rain
• Corinth, Mississippi • 22 pages • Two sections
Gas station demolition remains unresolved Despite executive session, no solution is the ‘status quo’ BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com
The Corinth Board of Mayor and Aldermen reached no resolution of the situation regarding the demolition of the old gas station at 600 Fillmore Street during Tuesday night’s meeting. During a closed door executive
session the board discussed efforts to resolve the situation, said City Attorney Wendell Trapp. “It’s pretty much the status quo,� said Trapp. “But no resolution has been reached.� No vote was taken. On April 13 the city halted an attempt to demolish the build-
ing because the owner, John Dodd, did not have a required demolition permit or clearance from the preservation committee. The building came down on May 23, while a construction crew worked to remove asbestos, according to attorney Nick Bain, representing the property
owner. According to attorney Bill Davis, representing the city on the matter, the demolition of the rest of the building that followed the partial collapse was not authorized by the city. On May 29 the Corinth Preservation Committee passed a mo-
tion encouraging the city to enforce the law on what it deemed a willful demolition of the old gas station property, which was listed as a contributing building in the Downtown Corinth Historic District. Penalties can include a fine and a requirement to rebuild the structure.
Spraying NTSB places blame on pilot Settlement reached in program explosion under way BY STEVE BEAVERS
BY BOBBY J. SMITH
sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com
A spraying program to keep city drainage districts clean got under way Tuesday afternoon. ChemPro Services, out of Ocean Springs, started with the Phillips Drainage District and will also be working on the Bridge and Elam Districts on the project that should take a couple of weeks, according to street commissioner Philip Verdung. “Our goal is to eliminate the growth that effects the flow of water at all three districts,� said Verdung. “We will be going back and applying herbicides to maintain the creeks and keep them clean.� Verdung said the city plans to have the spraying done one to two times a year in the future to prevent regrowth and blockages. “We don’t want to get rid of everything because that will cause erosion,� said Verdung. “Weeds and other types of undesirable growth that will cause flooding is what we want to eliminate.� The three creeks were mulched as part of cleanup efforts last month.
Georgia podiatrist Dr. James Joseph Bartley Jr. The plane was spotted by witnesses entering a storm cloud and then exiting the cloud in a vertical dive prior to the crash which
A settlement has been reached in the trial in U.S. District Court for a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from a gas explosion at an Alcorn County residence. According to Booneville attorney Casey Lott — who is representing the children of Geraldine Mullins — the defendant, Pacer-Pittman Propane LLC, offered twice its initial amount to settle and Lott’s clients accepted the settlement on Monday morning. The settlement came while the jury was deliberating the verdict, at the end of a two-week trial in Aberdeen, which finished Friday. In December 2010 a propane gas explosion at a residence on County Road 676 resulted in severe injuries to the 67-year-old Mullins, who died the following April as the result of pneumonia related to the injuries. Four of Mullins’ children sued Pacer-Pittman Propane, alleging negligence and seeking damages including medical expenses from the date of the explosion until her death, pain and suffering, funeral expenses and
Please see CRASH | 2A
Please see SETTLEMENT | 2A
Please see SPRAYING | 2A
File photo
Investigators comb through the wreckage of the small plane that crashed near New Site last July. The crash killed a Georgia doctor, his wife and daughter.
Decision to fly into severe weather resulted in fatal crash in July 2012 BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@dailycorinthian.com
NEW SITE — A final report issued by the National Transportation Safety Board concludes the decision by a Georgia pilot to fly into an area of severe weather is to blame for
the crash that claimed his life and the lives of his wife and daughter last July near New Site in Prentiss County. Severe thunderstorms were located directly in the flight path of the single-engine Piper Cherokee Lance piloted by
Grahams: One-stop shopping for live music BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com
Brian Graham and Cid Gardner are kicking open the floodgates for live music in Northeast Mississippi. That’s the plan for the two old friends’ new venture: Grahams Corner Store. “The timing is right for Corinth,� said Gardner. “It is one the cusp of busting wide open with live music.� Located a few miles east of
Corinth on Kendrick Road, Grahams Corner Store is a small, intimate performing hall that will soon host some of the best acts in blues, roots and other Americana-flavored music. A list of diverse artists are already on the lineup, including Grammy-winning bluesman Alvin Youngblood Hart, husband-wife acoustic duo Caroli-
Staff photo by Bobby J. Smith
Brian Graham and Cid Gardner are working to bring Corinth the best music in Mississippi. Please see GRAHAMS | 2A
Index Stocks......8A Classified......5B Comics......2B State......5A
On this day in history 150 years ago
Weather....10A Obituaries......6A Opinion......4A Sports....12A
There is heavy cavalry action near Middleburg, Va., as “Jeb� Stuart’s Confederate cavalry fights to maintain a screen which is blocking the Federals from observing the Southern army’s march into Maryland.
662.286.6006
2013 Nissan Rogue S
$17,573*# BUY IT NOW Z ZERO DOWN *#$278 PER MO
#304&/*44"/ $0. t )8: &"45t $03*/5) .*44*44*11* * ALL DEALS SHOWN ARE PLUS TAX, TITLE. INCLUDES 255. DEALER DOCUMENT PROCESSING FEE. ALL DEALER DISCOUNTS & ALL MANUFACTURES’ STANDARD REBATES ALREADY APPLIED, UNLESS NOTED. PRICES GOOD FOR IN-STOCK VEHICLES ONLY; NO DEALER TRANSFERS AT THESE PRICES. SPECIAL APR FINANCING THRU NMAC, W.A.C.T. ONLY, & IS IN LIEU OF REBATES. PRIOR DEALS EXCLUDED. ACTUAL VEHICLE MAY VARY FROM PICTURE. PAYMENTS FIGURED AT 72MO, 5.5 APR, TIER 1 CREDIT RATING, W.A.C.T. ONLY. DUE TO AD SUBMISSION-APPROVAL TO RMP WHICH SEEMS TO TAKE FOREVER, VEHICLE MAY BE ALREADY BE SOLD. SEE SALESPERSON FOR DETAILS. # THIS PRICE, DISCOUNT, OR PAYMENT SHOWN REQUIRES THE VEHICLE TO BE FINANCED THRU NMAC TO QUALIFY FOR THE NMAC CAPTIVE CASH REBATE. SEE SALESPERSON FOR PROGRAM DETAILS. DEALS GOOD THRU 6.22.13
SPECIAL
1 Available @This Price!
^Recent College Grads Save Another $600 STK# 2080NT DEAL# 46119