Publisher's Commentary
Current Delta thoughts and observations
Sometimes there is just so much going on that it is impossible to focus on a single topic for this column. Spring is just around the corner, the fish will start to rise and, well, you get the picture. Always with the spring comes change and change is never in a short supply here in the Delta in regard to most anything. We learned a long time ago that in order to survive and prosper here, we have to adapt to changeÑsocially, politically, economically and in other ways.
Like the proverbial bad penny, Bill Clinton just keeps turning up. I want him to go away and let us alone for awhile. But the combination of his unfailing ability to walk a tightrope between legal and illegal activities and his monumental ego need for the spotlight seems to make this an impossiBILLity.
One of the Delta's greatest ambassadors
Clifton Taulbert spreads messages learned during his Glen Allen boyhood
"I don't think I could have been born at a better time or in a better place than the Delta in order to provide valuable life lessons for the 21st Century." So says Clifton Taulbert, best-selling author, businessman, and speaker, who, through his Tulsa, OK-based Building Community Institute, is exporting the Mississippi Delta to the world.
Delta Council report details growth despite ag downturn
Economic gains still evident
The recently published Delta Council Economic Progress Report paints a picture of the Mississippi Delta region making steady gains in key economic indicators while weathering a depressed farm income picture. "I think this edition of the Economic Progress Report clearly indicates that the Delta is achieving progress by balancing our historical strengths in agriculture with an emerging manufacturing, service, and tourism economy," says Griffin Norquist of Yazoo City, chairman of Delta Council's Development Department.
"I don't think I could have been born at a better time or in a better place than the Delta in order to provide valuable life lessons for the 21st Century." So says Clifton Taulbert, best-selling author, businessman, and speaker, who, through his Tulsa, OK-based Building Community Institute, is exporting the Mississippi Delta to the world.
The recently published Delta Council Economic Progress Report paints a picture of the Mississippi Delta region making steady gains in key economic indicators while weathering a depressed farm income picture. "I think this edition of the Economic Progress Report clearly indicates that the Delta is achieving progress by balancing our historical strengths in agriculture with an emerging manufacturing, service, and tourism economy," says Griffin Norquist of Yazoo City, chairman of Delta Council's Development Department.