BROWNING ON BUSINESS Inside, See page 4A ESTABLISHED 1879 | COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI CDISPATCH.COM FREE! THURSDAY | JUNE 11, 2015 Golden FOUND A QUIET SPOT SSD to bring Triangle county airport has sixth-graders record month to AMS Airport had more District to lease travelers in May than any classroom trailer to month in last decade house electives BY ISABELLE ALTMAN BY ZACK PLAIR [email protected] [email protected] The Golden Triangle Starkville School Regional Airport had District is tweaking part more passengers travel of its consolidation plan in May than in any oth- less than a month be- er month in the last de- fore its state-mandated cade. merger with Oktibbeha Approximately 3,974 County schools takes passengers boarded effect. flights at GTRAA air- Hainsey On Tuesday, SSD’s Holloway port, according to a board gave Superinten- GTRAA press release. That is a 2.5 dent Lewis Holloway permission to percent increase from the same month lease a two-classroom trailer for up last year. Most May flights were more to $1,100 per month to bring to Arm- than 90 percent full. strong Middle School that will allow Mike Hainsey, the airport’s exec- county sixth-graders to attend classes utive director, credited the uptick in there starting this August. Holloway travelers to an increase in business said the mobile classrooms, along traffic, from Golden Triangle indus- with two new permanent classrooms tries like PACCAR, Steel Dynamics in the AMS sixth-grade building, will and Yokohama. help the campus accommodate the 57 Yokohama travelers, in particular, county students. He said the district have been using GTRA as they travel would also bring two teachers from in preparation for beginning produc- the county elementary schools over to tion at the new West Point facility in AMS. October, according to Hainsey. “I think we’ve got a pretty good Faculty, staff and students from handle on this,” Holloway told The Mississippi State University are also Dispatch after Tuesday’s school board using the airport more, Hainsey said, meeting. and more people are coming to the Originally, county sixth-graders Golden Triangle area from western Al- would attend either East or West Ok- abama and Tupelo than in the past. tibbeha County Elementary, depend- “People are seeing they can travel ing on what part of the county they from here through Atlanta to just about lived, and attend AMS starting in sev- anywhere for competitive prices and enth grade. The district also plans to good connections,” Hainsey told The partner with Mississippi State Univer- Dispatch in an email on Wednesday. sity to build a demonstration school at More travelers were catching flights the MSU campus that would one day out of GTRA than into it, Hainsey said. house all sixth- and seventh-graders Based on June numbers so far, many in th consolidated district. See AIRPORT, 8A The federal Department of Jus- tice, however, balked at the idea that 2015 Passenger Totals county sixth-graders would be housed separately and have fewer educational January 2,850 opportunities. DOJ also filed other ob- February 2,659 Birney Imes/Dispatch Staff jections to the district’s desegregation Alayna Andrews, 6, entertains herself with a Leap Frog, an electronic learning plan in federal court. March 3,385 device, Wednesday at the Rosenzweig Arts Center. Alayna’s mother, Maria Holloway said he hopes bringing April 3,590 Andrews, is a Columbus Arts Council volunteer, and was readying the RAC basement for upcoming arts camps that will go through June and most of July. the county sixth-graders to AMS May 3,974 Alayna’s father is Johnathon Andrews. See SSD, 8A MUW library renovation continues Phase III includes work on The project’s architect is MORNING Burris/Wagnon Architects, WALK: Clara interior, new storage systems P.A. out of Jackson. Kuntz, of The architects are finaliz- Columbus walks her BY ISABELLE ALTMAN ing specs to use for the Auto- [email protected] dog, Soffie, mated Storage and Retrieval around Azalea System, a computer system Circle Thurs- Architects renovating the John Clayton Miller day morning. Fant Memorial Library on Mississippi Uni- that will store less frequently sought after materials and re- “I have three versity for Women’s campus have begun dogs and like Phase III of the renovations. trieve those materials when patrons request to walk them Phase III includes electrical upgrades and them online, according to Nora Miller, chief all separately the installation of a heating and cooling sys- financial officer and senior vice president every day so I tem, as well as finishing work on the library’s for administration at MUW. can get more exercise,” first floor and working on the existing interi- The architects are also in the process of says Kuntz. or, according to a MUW media release. See LIBRARY, 8A Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff WEATHER FIVE QUESTIONS CALENDAR LOCAL FOLKS PUBLIC MEETINGS 1 Who has received the most Acad- June 12: Lowndes County Today School District board meet- emy Awards nominations (18) for an ■ A Conversation with the actress who has only won three? ing, district offices, 11 a.m. Kinseys: The MSU Libraries hosts 2 In 1620, after one failed attempt, June 15: Lowndes Supervi- “A Conversation with the Kinseys” what famous ship finally departed on sors, Courthouse, 9 a.m. its journey to America from the English at 7 p.m. in the John Grisham port, Plymouth? Room of Mitchell Memorial Library June 16: Columbus City Council, Municipal Complex, Madison White 3 There are 206 bones in the human on campus. The Kinsey family will body. What bone is the longest? 5 p.m. Kindergarten, Vernon discuss African American art from 4 What does the acronym “EKG” June 18: Columbus City stand for? The Kinsey Collection displayed at Light and Water, CLW board- High Low 5 Who introduced the eight-hour, five- the library through June 20. Free to 90 69 day work week to Americans? the public. room, noon Chance of t-storms July 7: Columbus City Full forecast on Answers, 8B Council, Municipal Complex, page 2A. Today and Saturday ■ Library book sale: The Friends 5 p.m. of the Columbus-Lowndes Public Li- July 16: Columbus City Light brary host a book sale June 11 from and Water, CLW boardroom, INSIDE 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., and June noon 13 from 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Beth Thompson lives in July 21: Columbus City Classifieds7B Obituaries 5A library, 314 Seventh St. N. Call 662- Starkville and works as a Council, Municipal Complex, Comics 6B Opinions 6A 329-5300, for more information. mentor. 5 p.m. DISPATCH CUSTOMER SERVICE 328-2424 | NEWSROOM 328-2471 2A THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 THE DISPATCH • www.cdispatch.com DID YOU HEAR? 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