McNairy County Prentiss County Education District names Six charged in ACHS names teachers of the year Booneville assault honor roll Page 3A Page 3A Page 3A Friday Jan. 27, 2017 Sunny Today Tonight 75 cents 46 28 Daily Corinthian 0% chance of rain Vol. 121, No. 23 • Corinth, Mississippi • 18 pages • Two sections Park walking tracks to get upgrades BY JEBB JOHNSTON the focus will be accessibil- funding combined with support ropathy — with pushing for the Braille text at Crossroads Re- [email protected] ity improvements for the track, from others. project. gional Park. Plans are beginning for im- which would be widened and Park Director Ray Holloway “My goal was to make it low- Holloway is also seeking to provements to the walking reconfi gured. The Bishop Park particularly credits Lions Club vision accessible,” said Little, a add a resting and stretching tracks at Crossroads Regional track would be reconfi gured member Steve Little, who has justice court judge. area, about 10 benches to be sit- Park and Bishop Park. and surfaced. The plans are in a genetic vision disorder — A planned site map and mile At Crossroads Regional Park, anticipation of Lions Club grant Leber’s hereditary optic neu- markers would all include Please see PARK | 2A Corks for a cause New funding plan Wine tasting supports friends of the park could boost districts BY ZACK STEEN BY KIMBERLY SHELTON [email protected] The current [email protected] City and county formula, called Attendees will pop corks for schools could see public edu- a cause as the take part in the cation funding increases in the Mississippi 6th Annual Friends of Pickwick 2018 if the recent EdBuild Adequate Landing State Park Wine Tast- proposal is put into place by ing. lawmakers. Education Held at the State Park Inn, The Associated Press re- Program, was from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Satur- leased a look at how dis- day, Feb. 18, the “Wine & Jazz” tricts might fare in a scenario put into law 20 event will feature a great selec- breakdown of the proposal. years ago but tion of wines, live music and a The numbers show statewide taste of the “Big Easy.” funding would increase has been fully Dishes on the New Or- by $195 million. funded only leans-inspired menu will in- While the Alcorn School clude muff aletta dip, Jamba- District might only see an ad- twice. laya-stuff ed peppers, Crawfi sh ditional $718,011 or $224 per Monica, corn maque choux and student, it’s the Corinth School contributions — to pay more New Orleans barbeque shrimp. District who might come out to fund education than the Fruit, cheese, veggies, dips, ol- in better shape. state. ives and antipasto skewers will According to AP numbers, House Speaker Philip Gunn also be served. Corinth would receive an ad- and Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves have Decadent desserts will in- ditional $1.2 million or $471 both promised to make chang- clude bread pudding, King cake per student. es to the state’s archaic educa- squares and banana pudding. Lawmakers fi rst saw the tion funding system during The cost to attend is a $40 per proposal to change the state’s the current session. person or $80 per couple dona- outdated education funding To reach the EdBuild sce- tion to benefi t the Friends. As formula last week. EBuild, a nario conclusions, AP took an added incentive, the Inn is research company hired by the base student cost, or also off ering a $20 discount on the state, presented those rec- amount allocated to educate rooms for those who attend the ommendations. a student with no special re- wine tasting making their stay Staff photo by Kimberly Shelton The current formula, called quirements, and then added only $80 for the night as op- Committee member Jetta Conway offered a sampling of Cali- the Mississippi Adequate Ed- extra per-student amounts posed to the normal $100 rate. fornia wines during “Inn Love With Napa Valley” – the Friends of ucation Program, was put into proposed for special edu- Live musical entertainment Pickwick Landing State Park’s 5th Annual Wine Tasting. law 20 years ago but has been cation students, gifted stu- will be provided by the “Har- fully funded only twice. dents, high school students vey Thompson Jazz Trio” who wine tasting and somewhere eryone as enjoy a night out in In 2017, the underfunding of and those learning English. has performed with such acts in the neighborhood of 200 support of the Friends of Pick- MAEP will cost Alcorn County Extremely rural districts re- as Lyle Lovett, Bob Segar, El- people in attendance, the 2015 wick Landing State Park,” said schools $1.2 million. Corinth ceived a extra bump. ton John, Buddy Guy, BB King, event proved to be a smashing Event Chair Sheri Rinks. “The city schools will also see a loss EdBuild proposes increas- Levon Helm, Greg Allman and success. wine tasting is our largest fun- of just under $950,000. ing amounts of extra funding James Brown. “We are expecting just as draiser of the year and a great Some lawmakers are unhap- for special education students With approximately $6,500 many, if not more this time py the new EdBuild proposal raised during the groups last and look forward to seeing ev- Please see TASTING | 2A will force locals — through tax Please see FUNDING | 2A Easom foundation hosts People of the Crossroads annual gospel concert Sal Garcia, Corinth BY KIMBERLY SHELTON ria Carswell of Olive Branch; When he turned 17, Sal Garcia started work- [email protected] “4-Christ Gospel Singers” of ing for his dad, Tony, at Mi Toro Mexican Angelic voices will be lifted Corinth; The “New Prospect Restaurant. “I was running chips, working in in praise as the Easom Out- Gospel Group” of Nettleton; the kitchen ... doing whatever needed to be reach Foundation presents The “Mount Olive Male Cho- done,” said Garcia. “I started from the bot- their 4th Annual Gospel Fest. rus” of Baldwyn; The “Oak tom.” Now 33-years-old, the Los Angeles na- Slated for 2:30 p.m. on Sun- Grove Male Chorus” and “Oak tive acts as the main manager at the Mi Toro day, March 12, the doors of Grove Junior Chorus,” both of empire’s flagship restaurant at U.S. 72 and Fulton Drive. “I’ve always loved meeting new the Easom Community Cen- Rienzi; “The Spiritual Travel- people who come into the restaurant,” said ter will open promptly at 1:30 ers Gospel Group” and “Spiri- Garcia, who never meets a stranger. “We’ve p.m. tual Travelers Junior Choir,” got people who have been eating here ev- As in past years, the 2017 both of Ripley; The “Terry ery week since we first opened ... they’re concert will feature local and Street Male Gospel Group” like family.” Garcia said he likes to take at regional talents. This year’s of Ripley and others. Sisters least one trip a year back home to L.A. and performers include: The “Al- Annie Agnew and Catherine to Mexico to visit extended family. Married corn Baptist Church Junior Patterson of Corinth are also to Beatriz, the couple has three children, Choir” of Kossuth; The “Boon- expected to perform. 11-year-old Anthony, 6-year-old Henasie and eville Association Mass Choir” 2-year-old Alizae. of Booneville; Lee and Glo- Please see CONCERT | 2A Staff photo by Zack Steen 25 years ago 10 years ago New Alcorn School District Superintendent Mike Wamsley be- Legendary McNairy County Sheriff Cliff ord Coleman, who gins serving on the Northeast Mississippi Community College served fi ve terms, dies at the age of 88. Board of Trustees. Now Reserving for Spring Break! Call for complete details and rates! RENTAL 286.6006 HWY 72 E • Corinth MS BROSE www.brosenissan.com Local/Region 2A • Daily Corinthian Friday, January 27, 2017 Astrophysicist joins board FUNDING CONTINUED FROM 1A changes are almost cer- area with possible gains tain . include: of physical review letters according to three in- Topping the list would North Tippah - $660 creasing tiers of disabil- be DeSoto County, with per student, $888,242 as OXFORD — Emanuele ics and astronomy. “As society’s “Outstanding ity. Because those fi gures the state’s largest school district Berti has had several re- a friend of mine put it, Referee Award” in 2011, aren’t readily available, district gaining almost Booneville - $538 per search articles accepted quoting from a famous takes over for Eric Pois- AP’s estimate instead $18 million in state aid. student, $732,606 as dis- for Physical Review Let- movie: ‘This was an off er son, whose term as DAE doubles the amount of Around 30 districts trict ters, the respected journal I could not refuse.’” expires at the end of Jan- money for each special would receive a decrease South Tippah - $517 published by the Ameri- The main responsibil- uary. Following sugges- education student. in funding, according to per student, $1,436,434 can Physical Society. Like ity of a DAE is to hear tions and strong encour- EdBuild Executive Di- the AP. as district many of his colleagues, appeals from authors of agement from the APS rector Rebecca Sibilia The biggest loser might Tishomingo Coun- he also has anonymously rejected papers. DAEs Division of Gravitational reviewed AP’s calcula- be Pascagoula-Gautier, ty - $448 per student, reviewed articles submit- get a copy of the full fi le Physics, journal editors tions and said they are where state aid would $1,414,608 as district ted by other researchers for the paper, with ref- extended the invitation.