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ENTERGY'S
BRIGHT LIGHTS : Celebrating its 90th Anniversary, Entergy
Mississippi is positioned for continued success led by executives
like VP of Customer Relationas, Haley Fisackerly, left, and
President and CEO, Carolyn Shanks. |
CURRENT
ISSUE - NOVEMBER 03
The
leadership of Entergy Mississippi
Executives
are committed to the economic improvement of state
It
was 1998, and things were not going well for Entergy Mississippi.
After the historic 1992 Energy Policy Act and 1996 Telecommunications
Act, utility companies were allowed to branch out into other
businesses, such as the purchase of foreign investments.
Entergy Mississippi began taking what executives thought
was advantage of these new opportunities, venturing into
such concerns as home security and the buying and selling
of worldwide power plants. The results were not good, recalls
Haley Fisackerly, Vice President of Customer Operations.
FULL
STORY
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Kansas
congressman visits the Delta
Delta
Council hosts Rep. David Moran
by David Lush
DBJ Contributing
Writer
The
Mississippi Delta came in for some up-close
and personal attention recently as Congressman
Jerry Moran, R-Kan., of the 69-county
First District took in southern hospitality
Delta-style.
Moran, chairman of the Sub-Committee on
General Commodities and Risk Management
on the House Committee on Agriculture,
was the guest of the Delta Council as
he toured various Delta agricultural sites.
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THE DELTA : Pictured, from
left, are Hollandale farmer Gibb Steele,
Dan Branton, president of Delta Council
and owner of the catfish farm Mississippi
Congressman Chip Pickering and Jerry
Moran, Kansas congressman from the state's
First District. Moran spent two days
in the Mississippi Delta touring Delta
farm operations. |
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Along
with Moran, Mississippi’s Third District
Republican Congressman Chip Pickering, shared
tour duties since both men serve on the same agriculture
committee.
“I thought it would be a great opportunity
for Congressman Moran to see first hand what we
do in the Mississippi Delta,” said Pickering.
“This is his first time to the Delta and
he came at my request.”
FULL
STORY
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Valley
State enrollment soars to record
by
David Lush
DBJ Contributing Writer
A
coordinated enrollment management plan,
along with an effective marketing strategy,
helped set a record enrollment this fall
at Mississippi Valley State University.
Preliminary figures sent to the Institutions
of Higher Learning board on September 9
by university officials, reported a student
enrollment of 14.5 percent over fall semester
2002.
A record 507 new students have registered
this fall bringing a university-wide student
enrollment up to 4,008 students over 3,051
recorded for fall semester 2002. FULL
STORY
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