Posts Tagged ‘Lakeland Drive’

Country Squire builds legacy as state’s oldest tobacconist

by Stephen McDill Published: March 22,2013

Tags: cigar smokers, Country Squire Tobacconist, Easter Flood of 1979, Hayes Dent, JACKSON, James Eastland, Lakeland Drive, pipe smokers, The Quarter on Lakeland, tobacco, William Faulkner

Tobacco is as much a part of the Old South as bourbon and blueticks. There’s a light-hearted exchange on the leaf’s virtue in the 2003 Civil War movie “Gods and Generals.” “Colonel Stuart, do you use tobacco?” Confederate general Stonewall Jackson asks a junior officer. “No sir, not in any form,” answers Stuart. “Neither do [...] [...]

Taking it to the next level

by Lynne W. Jeter Published: August 1,2010

Tags: Blood Centers of America, David Allen, Lakeland Drive, MBS, MISSISSIPPI BLOOD SERVICES

Former drill sergeant David Allen applies ‘For-Profit’ management to drive success David Allen has mastered the science of proactive management. Allen, president and CEO of Mississippi Blood Services (MBS), learned early in life to spot troubling trends as they take shape, and to make a move to emerge in an even better position. For starters, Allen, who [...] [...]

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