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To
Friends of the Delta Business Journal
The
DBJ’s Fourth Annual Profile In Leadership Awards to
be held May 3 in Cleveland
Ed Nixon, brother of President Richard Nixon to be keynote
speaker
On Saturday, May 3, at The Cleveland Country Club, the Delta
Business Journal’s Fourth Annual Profiles In Leadership
Awards will be held. This year, the honorees are: Kenneth
Hood, farmer and businessman from Perthshire; Dr. Lester Newman,
president of Mississippi Valley State University; and Barthell
Joseph, Jr., businessman from Greenville.
We are extremely honored that these fine Delta individuals
will be letting us salute them this year, says Delta Business
Journal publisher and owner, Scott Coopwood.
Begun four years ago, the Profiles In Leadership Awards was
created to recognize Delta leaders who contribute great leadership
to our way of life here in the Delta, says Coopwood. Past
honorees have been the late Roger Malkin, former CEO of Delta
& Pine Land Company in Scott; Representative Charlie Capps
of Cleveland; former Delta State University president, Dr.
Kent Wyatt of Cleveland; former Planters Bank & Trust
Company chairman, Henry Paris of Indianola; Bill Gresham,
president of Gresham Petroleum in Indianola; Aven Whittington,
farmer and businessman from Greenwood; Willis Connell, former
president of the Delta Region of Union Planters Bank in Clarksdale;
Jimmie Dick Carter, farmer and businessman from Rolling Fork;
Ed Kossman, president of Kossmans, Inc. in Cleveland; and
Dick Flowers, farmer and businessman from Tunica.
Past keynote speakers have been Senator Thad Cochran, Senator
Trent Lott, and Governor Ronnie Musgrove.
The keynote speaker for this year’s event is Edward
Nixon an international business consultant and brother of
President, Richard Nixon.
The Profiles In Leadership Awards is the only event of it’s
kind in the Mississippi Delta. Seating is limited to 375.
For reservations, or for more information, please contact
Scott Coopwood at 662-843-2700.
Delta Business Journal
PO Box 117 Cleveland, MS 38732
662-843-2700 Fax 662-843-0505
Integrity
Awards Winners Announced
Jackson,
Miss., March 28, 2003 - They include a family-owned appliance
store, two professional firms and a large telecommunications
company. What they have in common is that they are all winners
of the first annual Mississippi Business Integrity Awards,
handed out Thursday in Jackson.
The four companies, including Central Appliance Company
of Pascagoula, Eubank & Betts of Jackson, Neel-Schaffer
of Jackson and BellSouth of Jackson, took home flame-shaped
Integrity Award trophies, noting their companies' commitment
to ethical business practices. Approximately 160 people
attended the event at the Clarion Hotel in downtown Jackson.
The awards program was sponsored by the Better Business
Bureau (BBB) of Mississippi and the Mississippi Business
Journal. The winners will go on to compete in the national
Torch Awards for Marketplace Ethics, sponsored by the Council
of Better Business Bureaus. Those awards will be presented
in San Diego, Cal. in September.
"These companies have demonstrated their capacity for
doing business in the right way, by establishing and adhering
to a strict code of ethics in their daily business,"
said Bill Moak, President/CEO of the BBB Mississippi. "It's
time to honor companies which - just by their daily actions
- are sending a positive message about business throughout
Mississippi."
Of more than 50 companies nominated for the Integrity Awards,
21 finalists were selected and honored at Thursday's banquet.
Special guest speaker at the event was Trudy Cathy White,
daughter of Chick-Fil-A Founder Truett Cathy. Entertainment
was provided by the Jackson Academy Select Choir, under
the direction of Matt Rouse.
The finalists for the awards included the following (category
winners in bold):
Category I (1-10 Employees)
Advanced Steam Extraction, Inc. Pearl
Ballistic Agencies Group, Brandon
Central Appliance Company, Pascagoula
Essex Computer Services, Jackson
McLelland TV Company, Hattiesburg
Mr. Transmission, Jackson
Shady Deal Corp., Jackson
Southern Adoption, Inc., Philadelphia
Category II (11-99 Employees)
BMW's Prosthetics & Orthotics, LLC, Jackson
Eubank & Betts, PLLC, Jackson
Goldin Metals, Inc., Gulfport Info Services, Inc., Madison
Mississippi
Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center, PLLC, Jackson
Pat Peck Honda, Gulfport
SentryNet, Greenville
SusCom, Pearl
Category III (100-999 Employees)
The Citizens Bank, Philadelphia
Mississippi Valley Gas Company, Jackson
Neel-Schaffer, Inc., Jackson
Category IV (1,000 Employees and Above)
BellSouth Telecommunications, Jackson
Viking Range Corporation, Greenwood
For more information about the Integrity Awards, call the
BBB Mississippi at (800) 987-8280, or log on to the BBB
website at www.bbbmississippi.org.
Catfish
Institute head steps down
Mar. 21 2003 - The Wave News Network - Henry Gantz has resigned,
effective immediately, as president of The Catfish Institute.
The Catfish Institute board wants to go in a different direction,
says Gantz. I agree changes need to be made due to the direction
that The Catfish Institute has recently taken, but that
I feel its better if I pursue other opportunities at this
time. I thank the Board for its generosity.
The Catfish Institute was founded in 1986 by a group of
catfish farmers and feed manufacturers to raise consumer
awareness of the positive qualities of U.S. Farm-Raised
Catfish. Since its formation, annual live weight catfish
sales have grown from 192 million pounds to more than 630
million pounds in 2002. Per capita consumption in the United
States has grown from 0.6 pound per capita in 1990 to nearly
1.2 pounds per capita in 2001.
Henry Gantz is a talented person who has served the industry
well. Were sad to see him leave, but he wants to pursue
other things. We know hell do well wherever he goes, says
Harry Simmons of Yazoo City, who serves as chairman of The
Catfish Institutes board of directors.
Gantz served as president of The Catfish Institute for nearly
four years.
Prior to joining The Catfish Institute, Gantz was Special
Projects Manager for Farm Press-Primedia Business Magazines
and Media. His previous employment history includes a stint
as an account supervisor at a large public relations firm
and managing editor positions at two farm publications.
A native of Belzoni, Miss., Gantz received his bachelors
degree in journalism and advertising in 1973 from the University
of Mississippi.
According to Simmons, The Catfish Institutes Board of Directors
has not yet begun its search for a new leader. However,
he says, he anticipates the search for Gantzs replacement
will begin soon.
Based in Indianola, Miss., The Catfish Institute is a producer-controlled
organization that receives its funding from catfish feed
mills.
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