Don’t forget to vote today. Polls open 7-7. Tuesday June 2, 2015 T-storms Today Tonight 75 cents 78 59 Daily Corinthian 10% chance of t-storms Vol. 119, No. 128 • Corinth, Mississippi • 16 pages • One section State inmate labor plan on hold BY JEBB JOHNSTON nounced to pull the program The assurance is based on in- Alcorn, Tishomingo and several Jackson later this week for a [email protected] will not happen, Rep. Lester formation received by Sen. Rita other facilities — I don’t think it meeting on the inmate labor is- The Mississippi Department “Bubba” Carpenter of Burns- Potts Parks. can be undone without an act of sue. of Corrections’ plan to end the ville told the Alcorn County Carpenter is skeptical that legislation,” he said. Alcorn County built a facility Joint State County Work Pro- Board of Supervisors on Mon- MDOC has the authority to end At the invitation of the Mis- to house 70 inmates in the pro- gram is being put on hold, ac- day. the program. sissippi Association of Super- gram when the regional correc- cording to two local legislators. “Your inmates are safe at this “The legislation to form that visors, some members of the The Aug. 1 date that was an- time,” he said. joint state inmate program with Alcorn board are heading to Please see LABOR | 2 Police seek man in robbery, assault BY ZACK STEEN “The suspect then hit the vic- [email protected] tim in the head and pushed her An employee was robbed to the ground,” said Detective and assaulted at a business in Dell Green with the Corinth Po- a highly residential neighbor- lice Department. “He then stole hood of downtown Corinth ear- her laptop and fl ed the business ly Saturday morning. on foot.” Around 6:30 a.m., Monique Green said Rodriguez did not Rodriguez, 24, of Corinth, ar- hear or see the suspect leave in rived at her job at the Madi- a vehicle. son Laundromat on Madison Rodriguez suffered serious Street. Shortly after a black injuries from the assault and male entered the business ask- ing Rodriguez for change. Please see ROBBERY | 2 Property tax covers county garbage cost Staff photo by Steve Beavers Tyler Bryant (left) has been helping his brother, Lane, train for the 5K Rooster Run on June 20. BY JEBB JOHNSTON at a cost of $5.98 per household [email protected] monthly. With changes coming to “This is not an additional county garbage collection, su- charge, and no bill will be sent Rooster Run registration extended pervisors want to remind resi- to each household,” said Board dents they will not be getting a President Lowell Hinton. BY STEVE BEAVERS County Special Needs Kids on 90 have already registered for bill in the mail. Garbage is currently col- [email protected] June 20. the event, according to Hurley. The cost is currently included lected by the county using sev- “Roy the Rooster” is ready to “You can run, walk or pull “We want this to be big,” in residents’ property taxes, and eral county employees and in- “Run for the Dream.” your child in a wagon,” said said Hurley. “Sandy (Childs) that will continue to be the case mate labor from the Joint State The big chicken, who sits special needs group director and Keith (Jones) have re- when Waste Connections takes County Work Program. atop a sky-high perch in Gift Havis Hurley. ally worked hard to make this over collection of county house- “The current household gar- Bottom, will be a big part of The registration deadline for thing work.” hold garbage on July 1. Last bage pickup method created a the 5K Rooster Fun Run/Walk the fun run/walk was been ex- week, the county awarded a to benefi t the Corinth-Alcorn tended to June 11. Around 80- Please see RUN | 2 contract to Waste Connections Please see GARBAGE | 2 Photo compliments of Opal Lovelace Photography Tishomingo photo contest revived Four-year- old Grayson BY ZACK STEEN Rhodes, with 15 different categories not everyone is a professional son of [email protected] to choose from. The catego- photographer,” she said. “It’s James and IUKA — Tishomingo Coun- ries include people, wildlife, okay to enter this contest if a Jill Rhodes ty resident Opal Lovelace is pets, landscape, sports, Ea- person just started to shoot. of Burns- back at it again. gles, landmarks, engines (au- If a photo isn’t in focus or ville, shows The photographer is reviv- tomobiles, trains, planes), the lighting isn’t just right, it off his new ing her photo contest. After sunrise/sunsets, architec- doesn’t matter. The judges will kitten, Hal- several years dormant, it will tural, old photo (50 years fairly consider all photos.” loween, in a help raise funds for the non- or older), Civil War, Native Deadline for entry is Sep- perfect ex- profi t group, the Historians American, water (boats, fi sh- tember 1. ample of a of Tishomingo County. ing) and abstract. All entries An overall winner will be pet category With entries now being ac- must be 8x10 prints. named and will receive $100 entry for the cepted, Lovelace is encour- “Pets always seem to be and a plaque. Ribbons and Historians of Tishom- aging everyone to enter. our most popular category,” certifi cates will also be given ingo County “There are really no re- said Lovelace. “We open it for honorable mentions. photo strictions to enter this con- up to anything. The photo Lovelace said proceeds contest fun- test,” she said. “Anyone from doesn’t have to be a picture from the contest will benefi t drasier. anywhere can enter and the of a dog or cat -- whatever the newly formed historians photo could have been taken someone considers a pet is group and their plans to cre- anywhere. It’s really limit- good with us.” ate and publish a new Tisho- less. To us, participation is Lovelace said all photos mingo County family history most important.” will be judged fairly. Entry fee is $5 per photo, “We try to consider that Please see CONTEST | 2 25 years ago 10 years ago Shiloh National Military Park Superintendent Zeb V. Mckinney Corinth Theatre-Arts Artistic Director Katie Simons’ adaptation announces plans to retire. McKinney headed the military park for of the hit musical “Little Shop of Horrors” hits the state starring 14 years with a focus on preservation and renovation. Chad Dickerson, Nan Green and more. 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A bus is expected to be released staying at a Salt Lake City determine what and where None of them have been gency department; how- was brought in to trans- soon, she added. homeless shelter were they ate in the previous two shut down, and Risk said ever, people get food- port people to hospitals Those who got sick were taken to hospitals after days, agency epidemiolo- she doesn’t expect any to borne illness all the time,” for treatment, Asay said. staying at the shelter, but falling ill with suspected gist Ilene Risk said. lose its license or face any Risk said. “Our job is to Hundreds were in the the facility did not serve food poisoning, and au- Early indications point legal consequence. Coun- make sure we understand shelter at the time. Emer- any meals over the week- thorities are investigating to a food-handling error, ty health offi cials will why they got it and to pre- gency offi cials took 48 end, said Celeste Eggert, whether it stemmed from not something malicious, work with those organiza- vent from occurring.” people to hospitals, and the shelter’s development one of the nearby kitch- Risk said. tions once they determine Paramedics responded seven others went on director. Many of those ens that provide meals to Several charity and the outbreak’s cause, so to the Road Home shelter their own. Three of those staying at the shelter eat transients. nonprofi t outlets near the they can prevent it from after receiving reports of who got sick were chil- at nearby kitchens and fa- The Salt Lake County shelter provide food to happening again. multiple people vomit- dren, but Risk declined to cilities, Eggert said. Bush lauded by GOP event speakers Lowndes schools The Associated Press “Governor, I’ve been one size fi ts all solutions tucky, another Republi- NASHVILLE, Tenn. watching you,” Corker like Common Core and can presidential aspirant mull bond options — The speakers at the said. “I’ve seen a lot of Obamacare expansion,” to prevail in a closer- Tennessee Republican people changing posi- said Ben Cunningham, than-expected GOP pri- The Associated Press The money will provide Party fundraiser over tions over the course of the president of the mary against a tea par- COLUMBUS — The the school district with the weekend took turns this election — you have Nashville Tea Party.