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For the week of Sunday, June 28 - Sunday, July 4.

"Today" in any of these announcements means Sunday, July 4.

Family reunion
The Wilbanks family reunion is planned for Saturday, July 11 at Oak Grove
Methodist Church, (off Hwy. 57 on Pocahontas Road). All Wilbanks welcome --
bring a dish for lunch. There will be someone at the church by 10 a.m.
For more information, call 662-286-5418.

Fish fry
To mark the end of the Rienzi Little League ball season, Rienzi Elementary
School¹s Parent Teacher Committee will host a Fish Fry on Saturday, July 18
from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Rienzi Elementary gym. Tony Palmer will be
serving a choice of fish or chicken, hushpuppies, coleslaw, french fries,
drink and dessert. Adult plates are $8 and child¹s plates are $6.
Advance tickets on sale now. Please contact Christy Stacy at 662-279-5100 or
662-664-0713 to purchase or for more information.

Niagara Falls trip
Selmer Senior Center is sponsoring a seven day, six night trip, Oct. 17-23
to Niagara Falls, Canada. Tour highlights include transportation, lodging,
12 meals, guided tour of the Niagara Falls and Toronto areas, Toronto harbor
cruise, scenic train ride from Toronto to Niagara Falls, admission to the
Football Hall of Fame and a visit to the Corning Revere Factory Store. A
passport or passport card is required for this trip. Cost of the trip is
$859 per double occupancy. A $100 deposit is due by July 15, balance due by
Sept. 8.
For more information, contact Hollie Knight at 731-645-7843.

Cookbook planned
Rienzi Elementary School¹s Parent Teacher Committee will be publishing a
cookbook featuring favorite meals and memories of former or current Rienzi
School students and families. Collection points for recipes and memories
are Smith Drugs, Benjamin¹s Grocery and Rienzi City Hall/Water Department.
Dedications/memorials can also be purchased for $1/line and will be included
in the cook book.
Fill out recipe form, dedication form and include correct change for
dedication in envelope. Forms are available at Smith Drugs, Benjamin¹s
Grocery and Rienzi City Hall. Submission deadline is July 24.
For more information, please contact Allison Turner 662-462-8054.

Class reunion
The Kossuth High School Class of 1964 will celebrate its 45th class reunion
at Chapman¹s restaurant, Saturday, Aug. 1 at 6 p.m. Anyone who graduated or
would have graduated with this class, is asked to call Mary Rowsey at
662-287-6460 or email: sammyrowsey@bellsouth.net. Also, if anyone has
information regarding addresses or phone numbers of classmates, contact
Mary.

Blood drives
? The American Red Cross wants you to roll up your sleeves and donate blood
this summer. All those coming to donate at an ³And the Beat Goes On²-themed
blood drive will receive a music-inspired T-shirt as a thanks for donating.
A local blood drive is being held Monday from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at
Acton Church of Christ Ministry Building located at 9389 Highway 22 South in
Michie, Tenn.
? United Blood Services is holding a local blood drive Monday, July 6 from
10 a.m. - 3 p.m. in the Bloodmobile at Wal-Mart in Corinth.

Photo exhibit
The current photo exhibit in the Corinth Library¹s main hall is Bill Avery¹s
and Lisa Wilbanks¹ of the Corinth Camera Club, ³Clowns, Frowns & Faces.² It
will be displayed throughout the month of June. A disguised photo of one of
Corinth¹s public officials is shown in the exhibit and visitors are
challenged to identify the person on their registration book. Avery¹s and
Wilbanks¹ prior exhibit, ³Boards, Barns & Stables,² is now being shown at
Cross City Medical Clinic.
The new theme being displayed for the July and August exhibit is ³Trains,
Planes & Things² revealing interesting local photos.

ACARES
The Alcorn County Amateur Radio Emergency Services or ACARES will continue
to hold its annual Field Day event today at the small pavilion located at
the Crossroads Regional Park (city park). Operating activities will continue
until 1 p.m.
Field Day is an annual nationwide event designed to test an amateur or ham
radio operator¹s skills and abilities in the case there was a large scale
event or disaster. The operators involved try to log as many different
contacts as they can from all over the US within the 24 hour period.
The public is invited to stop by and see how ham radio still plays a vital
part in communications. Also, any licensed amateur radio operator is invited
to attend and help out. For more information, contact the ACARES at
acares_05@yahoo.com, or by calling Fred Reiselt at 662-287-6521 or Dustin
Brumfield at 662-223-4508.

Cruise-In
Magnolia Antique Car Club is hosting a Cruise-In at the Dairy Queen in
Corinth today from 1-4 p.m. This is a ³Car Guy² fellowship and there will be
lots of music. Bring lawn chairs. There will also be a drawing for free
food.
Registration fee is $5. Money received will be given back as door prizes to
participants. For more information, call Rick Kelley at 662-284-7110.

Continuing education
? NEMCC Community College¹s Division of Continuing Education will offer an
one day Mobile Learning Workshop July 6 or July 7. Apple Computer Inc.
professionals will be instructing on how to create, edit and distribute a
podcast. Cost for the mobile learning workshop is $65 and lunch is included.
? NEMCC Division of Continuing Education will offer a Microsoft Excel course
at the Northeast at Corinth Center on Harper Road on Mondays, July 6-27 from
5:30-8:30 and cost is $40.
? NEMCC Division of Continuing Education will offer a beginning cake
decorating class on Thursdays, July 9-30 from 6-8:30 p.m. in Waller Hall on
the Booneville campus. Cost for the beginning cake decorating class is $50.
Pre-registration is required for all Northeast continuing education courses
and applications should be turned in one week prior to the selected class
starting so officials can see how many students will be attending.
For more information about Northeast¹s continuing education classes, contact
Phyllis Colson at 662-720-7277 or Emily Johnson at 662-720- 7249; by fax at
662-720-7464 or 662-720-7896 or email pgcolson@nemcc.edu.

Cheerleading tryouts
Alcorn Central High School is having cheerleading tryouts on Tuesday.
Tryouts will be at 10 a.m. in the high school gym. There will be a mandatory
clinic on Monday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The cost of the clinic and tryouts
will be $25. Registration for tryouts will be on the morning of the clinic
with a parent meeting that night at 6 p.m. in the high school auditorium.
All girls must have proof of insurance to participate in the clinic and
tryouts. For more information, contact the school office.

Activity center
The Bishop Activity Center is having the following activities this week:
Monday -- Birthday celebration with entertainment by Gerald and Betty Curry;
Tuesday -- Sportsplex; Wednesday -- Bible study with Robert Ross of New
Covenant Baptist Church; Thursday -- grocery shopping at Rogers; and Friday
-- 4th of July holiday, center closed.
Daily activities include crafts, jigsaw puzzles, quilting, table games
(Dominoes and Rook) and decoupage lessons.

Barbecue festival
This year, the Booneville Area Chamber of Commerce and Booneville Main
Street Association are hosting the inaugural Booneville Red, White and Blue
Barbecue Festival Friday and Saturday at the Westside City Park in
Booneville. There will be a Kansas City Barbecue Association licensed
barbecue cooking competition. This will competition will begin with the
arrival of cooking teams Thursday and Friday with judging on Saturday. There
will be musical entertainment for the whole family with a stage in the older
part of the park south of the old pavilion from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., as well
as bluegrass in the Westside Community Center beginning at 11 a.m. There
will be arts, crafts and various vendors beginning 8 a.m. Saturday morning
selling and exhibiting throughout the day.
There will also be a Coach-Pitch baseball tournament starting on Friday
evening and wrapping up Saturday and a Home Run Derby for children eight and
under. Traditional games will be hosted such as washer pitch, horse shoes
and a watermelon seed spitting contest. There will opportunities to buy
barbecue, nachos, sausages, funnel cakes, corn dogs, hot dogs and more
summer treats.
For vendor registration, barbecue competition entry or more information,
call the Booneville Area Chamber of Commerce or the Main Street Association
at 662-728-4130 or go to www.BoonevilleMississippi.com.

NAACP Reunion/Homecoming
The Alcorn County Branch NAACP is hosting its annual Reunion/Homecoming
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July 5. Registration will be held Friday from
1-5 p.m. at the Johns Street Community Center. The Homecoming Easom High
Play will be presented Friday at 7 p.m. at the Crossroads Playhouse, 303
Fulton Drive, Corinth. The ³Fiesta² is being held Friday at the Crossroads
Arena Convention Center, 2800 S. Harper Rd., Corinth from 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.
Michael ³Doctor Disco² Spears will be the D.J. Attire casual. Also,
registration will continue at the Fiesta from 9-11 p.m.
On Saturday, a parade with the Part & Low Drummers Band, begins at 9 a.m.,
and a picnic at the Crossroads Regional Park (city park) will be held
immediately following the parade until 3 p.m. Registration will be held
Saturday from 12:30-2:30 p.m. at the city park pavilion, next to the
playgrounds, for the Black & Gold Ball Saturday night from 10 p.m. - 2 p.m.
at the Crossroads Arena. Attire semiformal. On Sunday, July 5 at 2:30 p.m. a
memorial service will be held with speaker Charlie Betts Jr. at Macedonia
Baptist Church, 715 Martin Luther King Drive.
Tickets for the play are $10, adults and $5, children. Tickets may be
purchased at the registration sites or contact Mary Dilworth, 662-284-0684.
Contact Dee Dee or Rickie Brown, 662-286-2433; and J.C. Hill, 662-287-8878
or 662-293-0290.

Slugburger Festival
The Slug Idol Contest returns to the 22nd Annual Slugburger Festival this
year. And this time Elvis will be in the house. McNairy County native and
10-year award-winning Elvis impersonator Tommy Browder will host the contest
this year from 7-9 p.m. on Thursday, July 9. After the competition, the
entertainer hits the stage to perform from 9-10 p.m.
The Slug Idol Competition is patterned after television¹s highly rated
American Idol Contest and is open to singers between the ages of 13-29. The
contest is for amateurs and a $25 entry fee is required. The application and
fee must be submitted to The Alliance office by 3 p.m. Thursday. Entry forms
are available at The Alliance office, Dixieland Music in Corinth, 95.3 The
Bee and Fun 91 offices in downtown Iuka or log on to
corinth.ms/mainstreet/slugidol09.pdf. Cash prizes of $200, $100 and $50 will
be awarded to the top three finishers. The top performer goes back to the
stage at 7 p.m. Friday, July 10 as opening act to the festival¹s second
night of entertainment.
Motown music hits the stage 8:30-11:30 July 10 with the Soul Searchers.
Saturday¹s entertainment lineup includes Indestructible, Rocket 88 and
headliners Crossin¹ Dixon, a rock/country band. Gates open nightly at 6 p.m.
Admission is $5 Thursday, $6 Friday and $7 Saturday. Proceeds support
efforts of Main Street Corinth.
The festival is held in the clock parking lot in historic downtown Corinth
just off Cruise and Fillmore streets, while a related carnival will be
around courtsquare. For more information about the Slug Idol Contest,
contact Kelly Rinehart at 662-287-1550 or mainstreet@corinth.ms.

Fireworks sale
Greater Life United Pentecostal Church in Biggersville, across from 45 Truck
Stop, is selling fireworks as a church fundraiser, now through July 4.
Everything is ³Buy One-Get One Free² (of equal or lesser value).
The fireworks trailer will be closed Wednesdays at 7 p.m. for church
services and also all day on Sundays.

Swearing-In
Rienzi¹s newly-elected mayor and board of aldermen will be sworn in office
Monday at the Rienzi Town Hall by Alcorn County Circuit Clerk Joe Caldwell
at 10 a.m. The public is invited.

Gallery exhibit
Jesse Ables¹ work is being featured at the Corinth Artist Guild Gallery
during June. He does many pencil portraits and also enjoys painting
watercolors. His typical subjects are children, pets, homes and buildings. A
series of drawings of historic buildings around Corinth and some of his
local commissioned pieces will be displayed at the gallery.
Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday at
507 Cruise.

Summer school
Registration for the second term of summer school day and evening classes at
NEMCC is Wednesday and Thursday with classes beginning Monday, July 6. The
college will be closed Friday in observance of the Independence Day holiday.
The last day to register for regular day and evening classes is Wednesday,
July 8. The final exam for day and evening classes is set for Friday, July
31.
The last day to withdraw from a distance learning class is Friday, July 10.
A complete listing of Northeast¹s summer classes can be found of the
college¹s web site on www.nemcc.edu . Students may also pick up a 2009
Summer and Fall Schedule Booklet at the Office of Admissions in Estes Hall
on the Booneville campus. For more information call the Office of Admissions
at 662-720-7239, 1-800-555-2154 or visit the Northeast web site at
www.nemcc.edu.

July 4th
The Hardin County Convention & Visitors Bureau is hosting the 2009 4th of
July Fireworks Show at Pickwick Landing State Resort Park, Saturday, July 4
beginning at 9 p.m. The annual event is supported solely through donations
from individuals, businesses and organizations. There is no admission
charge. The $20,000 fireworks show is shot from Sandy Beach at Pickwick
Landing State Resort Park and are visible anywhere on or around the park.
WKWX 93.5 will broadcast live beginning around 5 p.m. and the fireworks show
will be set to music. All sponsors donating $250 or more will be recognized
during the show.
Area vendors are also being sought for arts & crafts and concessions for the
event. Contact the Hardin County CVB for more information. Donations may be
made at the Tennessee River Museum, 495 Main St., Savannah, TN 38372 or
mailed to the same address to :HCCVB, Fireworks Donation.

Blue Jeans 4 Jesus
A ³Blue Jeans 4 Jesus² yard sale is being held Saturday at the Rayco parking
lot on U.S. Hwy. 72 E. There are hundreds of pairs of men/women jeans.
Proceeds will buy jeans for local area kids. Bring donations day of sale or
call 665-1294.

Teacher workshop
Keep Corinth-Alcorn Beautiful partnered with Keep America Beautiful, Keep
Mississippi Beautiful and the Mississippi Department of Transportation is
presenting the Waste in Place (WIP) workshop for elementary teachers from 9
a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, July 15 at the Weaver Center at Refreshments.
Participating teachers will receive 0.5 Continuing Education Units (CEU)
credit given through NEMCC.
The WIP program aids teachers in developing a hands-on approach to inform
children about the management of municipal solid waste.
The registration deadline is Friday, July 10 and is open to the first 25
contacts. For more information, contact Andrea Rose at 287-5269 or
arose@corinth.ms.

Green Market
The Green Market at the Corinth Depot offers an opportunity for local
farmers, gardeners, artisans, craftsman, etc. to sell their wares in an
open-air, grassroots setting. The Green Market hopes to encourage buying
locally and stimulating our economy, while providing a place for residents
and visitors to gather and share their goods.
This year¹s season dates are July 11, Aug. 8, Sept. 12 and Oct. 10. The
Market will take place from 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. in the C.A.R.E. Garden in front
of the Corinth Depot in downtown Corinth.
For more information, contact Karen Beth Martin at 662-287-8300 or by e-mail
at karenbeth@corinth.net.

OHitmakers & Harleys¹
Country music star Darryl Worley is set to host his second songwriter event
this year, ³Hitmakers & Harleys,² to benefit his Darryl Worley Foundation.
Joining Darryl at the Bumpus Harley-Davidson dealership, 2250 Broad Street
in Murfreesboro, Tenn. on Monday, July 13 will be hit songwriters Walt
Aldridge, Jim ³Moose² Brown and Steve Leslie. Those attending will have a
chance to see songwriters perform their hits and hear the stories behind the
songs as they are performed as originally written.
Tickets for the event are very limited. Tables in the Golden Circle Seating
area are $1,500 and include dinner, drinks and a meet and greet with the
songwriters. Corporate Tables include dinner and drinks are $900 and
individual seating for dinner only is $75 per person. Reservations must be
made by calling 615-849-8025 or www.darrylworley.com.
Doors for the event open at 6:30 p.m., and the show begins at 7 p.m. A live
auction will include such items as a Les Paul Guitar signed by all of the
songwriters, a football autographed by Tennessee Titans quarterback Kerry
Collins and limited-edition Harley-Davidson items.