| Ed
Nixon, brother of President Richard Nixon to be keynote speaker of
Delta Business Journal event, May 3th On Saturday, May 3, at The Cleveland Country Club, the Delta Business Journal's Fourth Annual Profiles In Leadership Awards will be held. This year, the honorees are: Kenneth Hood, farmer and businessman from Perthshire; Dr. Lester Newman, president of Mississippi Valley State University; and Barthell Joseph, Jr., businessman from Greenville. Begun four years ago, the Profiles In Leadership Awards recognizes Delta leaders who have contributed great leadership to the Delta in business and community service. Past honorees have been the late Roger Malkin, former CEO of Delta & Pine Land Company in Scott; Representative Charlie Capps of Cleveland; former Delta State University president, Dr. Kent Wyatt of Cleveland; former Planters Bank & Trust Company chairman, Henry Paris of Indianola; Bill Gresham, president of Gresham Petroleum in Indianola; Aven Whittington, farmer and businessman from Greenwood; Willis Connell, former president of the Delta Region of Union Planters Bank in Clarksdale; Jimmie Dick Carter, farmer and businessman from Rolling Fork; Ed Kossman, president of Kossmans, Inc. in Cleveland; and Dick Flowers, farmer and businessman from Tunica. Past keynote speakers have been Senator Thad Cochran, Senator Trent Lott, and Governor Ronnie Musgrove. The keynote speaker for this year’s event is Edward Nixon an international business consultant and brother of President Richard Nixon. The Profiles In Leadership Awards is the only event of its kind in the Mississippi Delta. Seating is limited to 375. For reservations, or for more information, please call 662-843-2700. |
BUSINESSMAN'S
GENEROSITY ALLOWS DREAM TO TAKE OFF After collecting donations from businesses, spaghetti dinners and fish fries Delta State University student Lamar Buchanan can focus on his education worry free of the costs. Nelson Wilson says he'll pay for Buchanan to complete his Commercial Aviation Degree at Delta State University. |
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| "When
I was in the fourth grade, I used to talk about what it would be like
to be a pilot," recalls Buchanan. "I was inspired by my
love for speed and an enormous fascination with how something as big
and as heavy as a plane could fly. At that time, I had never seen
a black pilotand I was determined to be one." Wilson is the President and CEO of BMW's Prosthetics & Orthotics, LLC. The company custom fabricates and fits prosthetic and orthotic rehabilitation devices. He was touched by Buchanan's drive and spirit. "I was impressed by how aggressive and knowledgeable he is, so I asked him how much he needed to finish his flight training," Wilson said. "At the time, BMW, LC, was in the process of buying a few corporate planes." |
 Delta State Commercial Aviation student Lamar Buchanan (second from left) was awarded the first BMW, Inc. Flight Operations Scholarship, which was established by Nelson Wilson (far right), President and CEO of BMW, Inc. and his daughter, Dellanie, Executive Assistant. The $25,000 scholarship will enable Lamar to complete his Flight Operations degree according to Tommy Sledge (third from left), Chair, Commercial Aviation Department. |
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| Clarksdale area UM friends, alumni invited to hear what’s new at Ole Miss |
| Clarksdale
Ole Miss Club invites area University of Mississippi friends and
alumni April 9 to hear Dean of Students Thomas “Sparky”
Reardon, Head Football Coach David Cutcliffe and Alumni Association
President Dr. W. Briggs Hopson Jr. |
Bikers
stop in Cleveland
The Christian Motorcycle Association stopped in Cleveland last week as part of their prison ministries tour. The group was headed to Parchman. The First Baptist Church generously provided room and board. |
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EVENTS Robert
Stanton was the Director of The National Park Service for the Clinton
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