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Delta Development
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November 2000 Issue
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Will the Delta run out of water?
Gloom and doom reports from outside sources greatly exaggerated,
experts say
Map of Water Use | Map
of Water Decline
Even though farmers have endured two years of extreme drought conditions,
the Delta will not run out of water, experts say.
"Even though there have been some declines and some farmers have sometimes
had to lower their pump intakes in the wells there's still plenty of water.
There is not a crisis," says Charlotte Bryant Byrd, environmental scientist
for the state department of environmental quality.
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Bill Luckett, actor Morgan
Freeman open restaurant in Clarksdale
 In
the beginning, Clarksdale was known as the home of cotton and blues music.
Now, it will also be known as home to one of the finest restaurants in
the South thanks to one of that town's ardent promoters, attorney Bill
Luckett.
Called Madidi, the upscale restaurant will open shortly in the old
8000 square foot Landry's building located at 164 Delta Avenue in downtown
Clarksdale.
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