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MISSISSIPPI LEADERS: Pat Lowery

Martin Willoughby — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 06:01:59 +0000

Time management guru David Allen wrote a great book titled “Getting Things Done.” I really like this title because it speaks to one of the greatest challenges in business — execution! In my book “Zoom Entrepreneur”, I noted that the ability to execute is one of the five core skills of great entrepreneurs. There are [...]

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WILLOUGHBY COLUMN: Beverly Johnston’s quest is to be the best

Martin Willoughby — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:01:09 +0000

My quest is to find leaders who have been effective in leading their organizations and learn from their success. I have found these leaders in businesses big and small, non-profit organizations, and governmental entities. They all share some similar traits, yet I always learn new and interesting ideas and best practices. I recently came across [...]

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Roberson named to Glass Doctor council

MBJ Staff — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:00:37 +0000

Brad Roberson, owner of the Glass Doctor of Brookhaven franchise, was named to the Glass Doctor Leadership Council at the company’s annual Reunion Conference in San Antonio, Texas. Roberson was selected by Glass Doctor president Mark Dawson to be an at-large representative. Just this year, Roberson received a Personal Achievement award for expanding his territory [...]

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Old Columbus Lumber Co. giving way to new owner

Associated Press — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:48:55 +0000

BROOKHAVEN — Eddie Nelson slows the big loader to a stop and steps down from its air-conditioned cab into the wet heat of high noon. Red and yellow hardhats move in and out of dark corners all around him as he walks slowly across the spongy ground, soft with mud and sawdust and woodchips that [...]

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Ark. company buys closed Brookhaven plant

Associated Press — Wed, 05 May 2010 14:26:29 +0000

BROOKHAVEN — An Arkansas-based agriculture products company has bought the former Specialty Minerals plant in Brookhaven. Holmes Morel, president of M&M Milling Inc. of Texarkana, Ark., tells The Daily Leader that the company hopes to be in operation in six months and could hire as many as 50 workers. Morel says he will spend more [...]

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DSU inducts three in Hall of Fame

MBJ Staff — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:00:36 +0000

The 2009 Delta State University Alumni Hall of Fame inductees are (from left), Billy B. Nowell of Cleveland, Donald L. Green of Clarksdale and Karen Sullivan of Brookhaven, accepting the award presented posthumously to Doug Sullivan. The three Delta State alumni were inducted Nov. 6 at the annual Delta State Alumni Service Awards Luncheon held [...]

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Miller named MAC director

MBJ Staff — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:50:13 +0000

Shirley Miller of Jackson has been named director of the Mississippi Adolescent Center in Brookhaven. Miller previously served as the director of early intervention services and the deputy director for the Bureau of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Since May 2009, she also served as the interim director of the Bureau of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. [...]

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Howell named chair of Co-Lin division

MBJ Newswires — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:33:09 +0000

Amye Howell of Brookhaven has been appointed chairperson for Copiah-Lincoln Community College’s newly established Developmental Education Division. Howell has been a member of the Co-Lin faculty since 2000 as a reading instructor. She authored and compiled the textbook used in Co-Lin’s orientation classes. Howell received her bachelor’s degree from Mississippi State University and her master’s [...]

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