New Runway and Terminal Open at Tunica Airport
TUNICA, Mississippi (Sept. 2, 2003) - Senator Trent Lott and other dignitaries gathered recently at Tunica Airport to officially open its new 5,500-foot runway and terminal building, giving visitors to “The South’s Casino Capital” access to the resort via corporate and regional jet aircraft.

Senator Lott, along with Senator Thad Cochran, was instrumental in securing federal funding for the Tunica Airport. “This airport and other infrastructure initiatives are so important,” stated Senator Lott. “Like any piece of transportation infrastructure, it can help Tunica County and the Delta diversify and grow its economy.”

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Trent Lott and other dignitaries gathered to officially open the new runway and terminal building.

Business Retention and Expansion (BR&E) project
The Business Retention and Expansion project recently funded by the Delta Regional Authority took a major step forward on August 22 as volunteers with the program met in Greenville to take action on implementing this major economic development effort. The $255,500 grant, which was awarded to Delta State University's Center for Community Development, involves Bolivar, Washington and Coahoma counties in a two-year Business Retention and Expansion program to help local and industrial development corporations in the three counties implement strategies that will reduce the number of job being lost in the tri-county area while also helping to create new jobs.

Volunteers met in Greenville on Aug. 22 to begin the process of setting up the Business Retention and Expansion project.
Volunteers at the organizational meeting went over details of the program which will set in motion an action phase of the program. The BR&E project will operate through the Center for Community Development in collaboration with Delta State's Small Business Development Center and the industrial foundations in Bolivar, Washington and Coahoma county.
Opening Set for "Life in the Yazoo-
Mississippi Delta, 1865 - 1900"
CLEVELAND, MS ( August 28, 2003) -- "Life in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta, 1865 - 1900" exhibit will open at the Charles W. Capps, Jr. Archives and Museum on the campus of Delta State University.

The opening reception which is free and open to the public will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, September 7, in the Lucy Somerville Howorth Room of the Capps Building. Dr. Tom Boschert, Professor of History at Delta State, will speak about early Delta settlers and families at the reception. Boschert is the author of A Family Affair: Mississippi Politics, 1882 - 1932.



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Vicki Lawrence and Mama: A Two Woman Show
Prepare to be entertained by a redhead starlet of television and screen and a buxom gray haired widow with sharp opinions and an even sharper tongue as the Bologna Arts Center at Delta State University presents an evening with Vicki Lawrence and Mama: A Two woman Show on Thursday, September 11, 2003 at 7:30pm.

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MERIGOLD LIMO SERVICE “LIMO TO CASINO” SPECIAL
Merigold Limo Service is a fairly new business located in Merigold, Mississippi, owned by Merigold native, Matthew Junkin. Junkin is an entrepreneur who began his business six months ago. “We provide a service for people to keep them from drinking and driving, and it is a little bit safer and cheaper than DUI’s,” Junkin says. Currently, the Merigold Limo Service is offering a “Limo to Casino” special, which consists of a maximum of 8 hours to and from Tunica for $349.00 + tax. So, get your group together and give Matthew Junkin a call at (662) 719-5307 to make your reservation.
Picture of the Week:
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Property tax receipts for land owned by G.W. Arnold of Bolivar County from 1890.

Courtesy of the Bolivar County Library System.

From Reflections of Bolivar County printed by The Bolivar Commercial

Movies:
At presstime, movie information was unavaiable. Please call Cinema 4 drirectly at 843-4223

Music :

The Pickled Okra, Cleveland
9/6 Radio Theory (10pm-1am)

Ground Zero Blues Club, Clarksdale
9/5-6 Super Chickan (9pm-1am, $6 cover)

Crawdad's, Merigold, MS
No Band

Walnut Street Blues Club, Greenville
9/4-6 Little Dave Thompson

Night Moves, Cleveland
9/4 Lamfish
9/6 Whippin’ Post

One Block, Greenville
9/4 Ricky Talaffero and The Force
DJ Drop in the Bomb-Bomb Room
9/5 Labyrinth featuring Jerry Brown
DJ Dolowhyte
9/6 Labyrinth featuring Jerry Brown
DJ Too Loose

Leo's Market, Rosedale
9/6 Bill Abel and Cadillac John (8:30pm-12:30am, $5 cover

Renaissance Chicken Spaghetti Supper
September 9, 4:30-7pm
The State Room (Union)
Delta State Unviersity
Leflore County United Way Kick-Off
Alluvian Hotel, Greenwood
September 9, 5-7pm
Food, Beverages, & Music

Other:

CASINOS

Tunica
Grand Casino - Ingram Hill - 9/5/2003

Horseshoe - LeAnn Rimes - 9/6/2003

Gold Strike - Etta May - from 9/5/2003 to 9/6/2003

Gold Strike - James Gregory - from 9/5/2003 to 9/6/2003

Horseshoe - Don Williams - 9/9/2003

Sav-A-Life of Cleveland
Abstinence Education Training

Objective: To prepare and train community volunteers to provide "abstinence until marriage" instruction to students ages 10-19

Friday, September 12
@ Women's Resource & Pregnancy Test Center
1410 Hwy 8 West
(directions: Hwy 8 just past cinema 4 Theater on right - look for heart sign)

Schedule:
8:30 - 9:00 Meet & Greet
9:00 - 12:00 You Are Unique - middle school curriculum
12:00 - 1:00 Choices video series - high school curriculum (light lunch provided)
1:00 - 3:00 Changes - 6th grade curriculum
3:00 - 4:00 Round Table Discussion

Cost: NONE
Please pre-register by phone so we may have an accurate count for food.
SPACE IS LIMITED. Call the center at 843-8877 or Teresa @ 402-8346.
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