Elections may be scary but
non-participation is scarier
At this time of year, if there's anything scarier than
Halloween, it's political elections.
I've often maintained that one of the biggest problems
facing the Delta, andMississippi as a whole, is a glut
of unqualified politicians. Of course, in a democracy,
anyone has the freedom and the right to run for office.
That's the way it should be.
Today, however, we're seeing several new types of office-seeking
animals: the career politician, who has made politics
and fundraising a job; the third-party frivolous candidate,
who knows they have no chance but just wants to stir up
controversy; the race-baiting candidate who runs solely
on a black vs. white or vice-versa platform, and many,
many other similartypes.
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Finally saying goodbye
to Pop
BY Jack Criss
Executive Editor
It was four years ago this month that my father, the
man I’m named after, died. Ralph Jackson Criss,
Sr. was 80 years old and in very poor health. So, while
it was not totally unexpected, death is always a shock,
no matter how you think you’re prepared for it.
Especially the death of a parent.
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Delta Development
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December
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Tim Timbs, III of Indianola
Bringing a taste of the Delta to the whole country
 BY
ALLEN ROARK
DBJ Contributing Writer
Wheeler (Tim) Timbs, III is Delta through and through. He’s
proud of it, too.
From a small, family-operated business founded in 1979 to a major
retail and distribution outlet known throughout the country, Tim
Timbs has guided the Indianola Pecan House in becoming one of
the Delta’s most recognized businesses. The Indianola native
wouldn’t have it any other way.
“I love the Delta and wouldn’t want to live or work
any place else,” Timbs says, and you can tell he means it.
One can’t have a discussion with the young entrepreneur
without positive references to his native region sprinkled throughout.
He’s not only a shrewd, smart businessman—as evidenced
by the incredible success of Indianola Pecan House—he’s
also one of the best ambassadors the Delta has.
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Greenville
ceremony heralds awarding of deed
Ownership of Mat Casting
Field, lands transferred to MS Levee Board from Corps
BY JACK CRISS
DBJ Executive Editor
A special ceremony held in Greenville, MS, Tuesday, October
15, marked the transferal of land and property from the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers to the Mississippi Levee Board. Included
in the transferal was ownership of the Greenville Mat Casting
Field and Loading Unit Lands. Dignitaries and leaders on hand
heralded the event as positive economic news, not only for the
Greenville/Washington County area, but the entire Delta. These
leaders included Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran and Second
District Congressman, Bennie Thompson.
The granting of the land deed will make up for jobs lost in
the recent closing of the Corps casting field in Greenville
and the relocation of its area grading unit to Memphis. As Mississippi
Levee Board President, Fred Ballard, told the assembled group,
the Corps had expressed a desire to replace those lost jobs.
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