| Coopwood
Communications wins big at the 2002 Mississippi Delta Advertising
Federation Awards Firm wins awards for Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, Delta State, Eley Engineering, The Warehouse, Bill Lester, The Lunchroom |
 Employees of Coopwood Communications and their spouses. |
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The three and half year old Cleveland-based advertising agency, Coopwood Communications, won 38 ADDYs at the Mississippi Delta Advertising Federation Awards ceremony held on Saturday, February 22, at The Greenville Country Club. Coopwood also received the top awards “Graphic Designer of the Year” and “Best of Show - Broadcast”. This latter award was for tv commercials the firm produced for Delta Regional Medical Center in Greenville. The annual awards ceremony recognizes excellence in advertising and marketing work in the Delta region. “We are extremely honored by this recognition,” says Coopwood Communications owner and founder, Scott Coopwood. “Like many other businesses here in the Delta, we too at Coopwood are often faced with the challenge of businesses that think they must look beyond our region for professional services. The awards our firm received this week are proof that a Delta-based advertising agency can produce outstanding work on the scale of a firm located in Memphis, Jackson, Atlanta or just about anywhere else.”
Locally, Coopwood won Gold Addy Awards in the "Collateral
Material" category for the firm's design work for The Lunchroom
letterhead package. Designer, Sarah Benson won the top award "Graphic
Designer of the Year" for this work. In the same category,
Coopwood won an ADDY for Cleveland-Bolivar County Chamber of Commerce
Annual Report, and DSU's Recruitment Brochure. In the "Direct
Marketing" category, Coopwood won an award for Eley Engineering's
direct mail brochure and again for DSU's Recruitment Mailer and
Recruitment Campaign. Under the "Trade Publication"
category, Coopwood won an award for the Chamber's Tour Guide Ad.
In the "Consumer Magazine" category, Coopwood won an
award for the Chamber's Holiday Open House Ad. In the "Newspaper"
ad Founded in the Fall of 1999, Coopwood Communications is a full-service advertising, marketing, and public relations firm representing some of the Delta’s largest corporations. Last year, Coopwood started a sister company, Cypress Web Design, that specializes in web site design and hosting. Coopwood Communications is also in the process of opening offices in Jackson and Oxford. Coopwood Communications was created out of the Delta Business Journal, also founded by Scott Coopwood. “When I started the DBJ, I had no intention whatsoever in starting an advertising agency,” says Coopwood. “After the first year of the DBJ, we found ourselves writing copy and designing ads for many of the advertisers in the publication," he continues, "from redesigning and resizing those ads for other newspapers, to developing those same ad concepts into brochures and then into marketing plans, we soon realized that there was a need for a full-service ad agency here in the Delta, thus Coopwood Communications was created.” Visit the Coopwood web site at: www.coopwood.net. |
| Tyler's Big Star: Dedicated to hometown service |
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 James Woods, produce manager(left) and Dennis Bullock, stock clerk at Tyler's Big Star |
While corporate America is quickly being over run with grocery superstores that promise savings using cards and gimmicks, there are still those grocery stores that stick to the fundamentals of competitive pricing, quality products, and hometown service. Here in Bolivar County, one such store is Tyler's Big Star located at 1013 Yale Street in Cleveland. Under the ownership of Cleveland native Kip Tyler, Tyler's Big Star is the only locally owned and operated grocery store in the Cleveland area. "I purchased the store in 1993," says Tyler, who has an extensive background in the retail food industry. "We have many advantages over larger supermarkets," says Tyler. "One such advantage is that Tyler's is a full service store where the groceries are both bagged and carried to the customer's car." As if this were not enough, Tyler says groceries can be delivered to the customer's home for a modest fee of $5.00. It is these "personal touches" that truly helps seperate Tyler's from other stores. While Tyler is very pleased with being the only home owned and run grocery provider in Cleveland, he is quick to point out that it takes a team effort. "The employees make this store what it is," he says. Tyler says he has employees who have been with the store over 20 years and are very experienced in their roles. "We currently employ around 21 people both full and part time, and they all contribute a great deal to make this store the best it can be," says Tyler. In addition to its comfortable hometown feel, friendly staff, and many services geared towards customer satisfaction, Tyler's Big Star is probably best known for its meat department. "We have had people drive from out of town to buy steaks," says Tyler. Tyler also says the butcher will cut a selection any way the customer wishes. "We can also get any type of seafood our patrons might want," says Tyler. "We carry everything the larger stores carry, plus many specialty items that no one else has," he says. In addition Tyler says that if you take away the "gimmicks" and compare the regular retail price of goods, Tyler's is more than competitive. Tyler's big Star is open Monday-Saturday from 8:00 am to 6:30 pm. |
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Q & A with new DSU Athletic Director Dr. Bradley Teague |
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The Bolivar Bullet recently caught up with Delta State University alumnus Dr. Bradley B. Teague, Associate Director of the Ole Miss Loyalty Foundation. Teague was recently named the new Athletic Director for Delta State University. Teague left Delta State in June 1996 to assume Assistant Athletic Director duties at Ole Miss before moving to his current position as Associate Director of the Ole Miss Loyalty Foundation in July 1998. Teague holds both a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and a Masters of Education degree in administration from DSU. He also earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree in University Leadership from the University of Mississippi in 2000. |
 Dr. Bradley Teague |
Bolivar Bullet: Dr. Teague, how do you feel about returning to Delta State University? Dr.
Teague: I am very excited to be returning to DSU;
it's a kind of homecoming. I actually met my wife at Delta State,
and we are both thrilled to be returning to Cleveland. I still have
many friends in Cleveland and could not be more honored and excited
about this opportunity. Bolivar Bullet: Having been born and raised in Jackson, what is your perception of the Delta? Dr.
Teague: The Delta is a cultural center for South.
I have no reservations about returning to the Delta region, and
I am very honored by the opportunity to return to Cleveland and
Delta State University. |
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| Delta Business Journal website updated and expanded | |
| The Delta Business Journal, which is the first and only business journal in the history on the Mississippi Delta, has recently finished major rennovations to its webiste. The new web presence includes weekly columns, interactive polls, and up to the minute stock quotes. For more information click the link below to see the new and improved DBJ site. |
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| Picture of the Week: | Click
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| An early bridge near Gunnison. Circa 1900's. Courtesy of the Walters-Boyd Family Papers at the Delta State University Archives- from Refelctions of Bolivar County printed by the Bolivar Commercial. |  |
Cemetery Near Beulah where Civil War General Charles Clark is buried
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| Movies:
Biker
Boys Cradle
2 the Grave Daredevil
Other: Charles
W. Capps Archives Museum Schedule: |
Music: Sat 8th Adolf's One
Bock East (Greenville) |
North
Delta Evnts: (Tunica/Robinsonville)
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