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25 YEARS — Old Waverly has had significant economic impact since it opened

Clay Chandler — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:41:39 +0000

What started as a dream 30 years ago has become one of Mississippi’s unique treasures. Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point will mark its 25th anniversary this year. There will be a long list of things to celebrate. Near the top will be what introduced Old Waverly to the rest of the world — [...]

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READ SPRING ISSUE OF ”COME SEE US”

MBJ Staff — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:34:24 +0000

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Delta State golf course to be redesigned for Grammy Museum

Wally Northway — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:04:11 +0000

While all the talk has been about what the Grammy Museum Mississippi will add to the City of Cleveland and Delta State University, the 20,000-plus-square-foot facility is going to cost a little real estate. To be more specific, the university’s golf course is going to have to sacrifice a couple of holes. However, plans are [...]

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Poultry company new title sponsor of PGA tournament

MBJ Staff — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:08:39 +0000

LAUREL and MADISON — Sanderson Farms Inc. is the new title sponsor of the PGA tournament held annually at Annandale Golf Club in Madison. Mississippi’s only PGA event will now be known as the Sanderson Farms Championship. The Laurel-based poultry company is holding a news conference today at 10 a.m. at the Blair E. Batson [...]

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City’s tax collections up; looking to lease golf course

Associated Press — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:18:14 +0000

GREENVILLE — Though there were some hiccups in revenue collections for some city departments during the 2011-12 fiscal year, Greenville ended up with about $122,000 more in collections than the previous year. Steve Osso, the city’s external financial consultant, tells The Delta Democrat Times Greenville brought in almost $15.8 million over the period compared to [...]

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Community college lone bidder for bankrupt country club

Associated Press — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:49:54 +0000

COLUMBUS — East Mississippi Community College is the sole bidder for the bankrupt Columbus Country Club. Deadline for bids was Sept. 14. The auction is scheduled for Oct. 5. Jason Browne, a spokesman for EMCC, tells the Commercial Dispatch the school’s administrators are not ready to comment on the bid. EMCC board members discussed purchasing [...]

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After complaints, LeFleur’s Bluff golf course getting new management

Associated Press — Mon, 21 May 2012 18:47:27 +0000

JACKSON — The golf course at LeFleur’s Bluff State Park in Jackson is undergoing a renovation and the state has ended a contract with the course’s management. Ramie Ford, parks director for the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, tells the Clarion-Ledger the golf course should reopen in June. Ebenezer Group, LLC was hired [...]

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FBI investigating Southaven mayor Greg Davis

Associated Press — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:54:14 +0000

JACKSON — The FBI has confirmed that it is investigating the mayor of Mississippi’s third largest city who was already ordered by state officials to pay more than $170,000 for travel, stress counseling and other personal expenses billed to taxpayers. >> SEE MBJ COLUMNIST NANCY ANDERSON’S COLUMN ON DAVIS Southaven Mayor Greg Davis had already [...]

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MBJ Editorial: Legislature sets flame to money with handout to zoo

MBJ Staff — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:52:22 +0000

Mississippi will be throwing good money after bad when it chucks $1.3 million at the Jackson Zoo. The state Bond Commission last week unanimously approved the sale of $354 million in tax-exempt bonds for which the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum will get $40 million together in bond funding. However, [...]

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Viking Range pulling out as PGA sponsor

Associated Press — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:45:43 +0000

MADISON and GREENWOOD — Viking Range Corp. of Greenwood is pulling out as sponsor of the PGA Tour event in Mississippi and tournament officials have until late September to find a new sponsor or sponsors, director Randy Watkins said. Just under $1 million is needed, and the tournament could lose its spot on the 2012 [...]

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