Term limits could hurt the Delta from local races all the way up to the Governor's seat, people across the Delta are making their decisions on who best to represent them with the election just a little over a month away.

BY BLAKE A. WILSON
Mississippi has a secret weapon; our people care. They care about the community.  They care about each other and they care about the companies they work for.
Most places can't say that.

• Batesville newspaper names new publisher
• Greenville real estate firm announces new lease agreement
• Available grant funds for national service programs
• Directory of Mississippi manufacturers to be available from MMA
• Mississippi Chemical Corporation announces intention to reduce dividend
• First M&F Corporation declares quarterly dividend
• College Board approves salaries for institutional executive officers at comprehensive universities

BY Julie Speed
Contributing Writer, Delta Business Journal
In the last eight years, the National Association of Development Organizations has presented the South Delta Planning and Development District with more than 20 awards for innovative programs.

BY julie speed
Contributing Writer, Delta Business Journal
Two boyhood friends with a common love of duck and turkey hunting turned a couple of part-time college jobs into a multi-million dollar business.
John Lewis and William Alias, both 26, originally from Clarksdale, learned to shoot at an early age and tagged along with their dads on duck and turkey hunts. Even when Alias moved to Atlanta, he returned often to visit his grandmother, Aline Alias of Clarksdale, and to go on duck and turkey shoots with Lewis and pals.

BY molly matthews
Contributing Writer, Delta Business Journal
In early October, the Mississippi Economic Council will host Issues Forum 2000 in Jackson. It will address problems in the state and particularly in the Mississippi Delta.

• TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES
• WORKFORCE ISSUES
• HEALTHCARE TRENDS

BY molly matthews
Contributing Writer, Delta Business Journal
In 1830, a small plot of land along the banks of the Yazoo River in the state's largest county was developed as the village of Manchester. The name didn't stick.