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Social media marketing allows casinos to give, take

Frank Brown — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:22:26 +0000

You can be sure the casino industry knows a good bet when it sees one. And perhaps the most valuable tool to help revive a sluggish gaming industry in Mississippi is marketing through social media. “We look at social media, and there are a lot of different ways to approach it,” Brian Best, corporate president [...]

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Miller garners honor

Stephen McDill — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:39:00 +0000

Michael P. Miller, senior environmental protection specialist, Regulatory Branch, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Vicksburg District, was recently presented the Larry N. Harper Regulator of the Year Award for his outstanding service and support. The award recognizes the regulator who exemplifies the Army values of loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity, and [...]

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Vroman made chief

MBJ Staff — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 04:24:00 +0000

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District recently selected Noah Vroman as the new levee safety branch chief of the Dam and Levee Safety Modifications Production Center. Vroman began his career at the Vicksburg District as a civil engineer in the geotechnical branch in 2003. He has served as a research geotechnical engineer, dam [...]

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District chooses Foxworth

MBJ Staff — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 07:20:59 +0000

The Corps’ Vicksburg District recently selected Dana Foxworth as a civil engineer to begin working in the hydraulics branch of the Mapping, Modeling, and Consequences Production Center. She has worked as a co-op student at the Corps’ Greenwood Area Office since 2010 in the construction branch. Foxworth graduated from Mississippi State University with a bachelor [...]

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Ballard writing again

MBJ Staff — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 22:01:29 +0000

Civil War author, professor and Mississippi State University archivist Michael B. Ballard has turned the page and begun writing another chapter in his own life-retirement. Ballard, whose most recent book “The Civil War in Mississippi: Major Campaigns and Battles” was released in 2011 by University Press of Mississippi, is an MSU doctoral graduate in history, [...]

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Association recognizes Sherard

MBJ Staff — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:13:22 +0000

The Mississippi Library Association has honored Randy Sherard, an attorney and longtime associate of the Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library Advisory Board, for years of volunteer service. The Vicksburg Post reports Sherard has received the association’s 2012 Library Champion Award. The 67-year-old Sherard is an attorney and professional engineer who has been associated with the Vicksburg [...]

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Hamby enters Gallery

MBJ Staff — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 06:01:18 +0000

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Vicksburg District recently inducted one of its former team members, Clifton Charles “C.C.” Hamby III, into the prestigious Gallery of Distinguished Employees. Hamby retired chief of the design branch of Engineering Division, was the 2012 inductee. His career spanned more than 35 years, with 34 of those years spent [...]

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Sorrells selected as chief

MBJ Staff — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 06:01:49 +0000

The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Vicksburg District team member Michael Sorrells, a civil engineer with the Engineering and Construction Division, was recently selected as chief of the water control management section. He has served as a team leader in the Vicksburg District’s Modeling, Mapping and Consequences Center with responsibility for leading engineers from [...]

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Koeppel wins award

MBJ Staff — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 06:01:18 +0000

The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Vicksburg District team member Christopher Koeppel recently received the Planner of the Year Award. Koeppel was nominated for his work at the Multi-Agency Interpretive Center in Rolling Fork. His selection for the award was based upon his collaboration and consultations with the community, stakeholders, federal and state agencies [...]

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Corps promotes Carter

MBJ Staff — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 06:01:52 +0000

Michael W. Carter has been chosen as the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers’ supervisory natural resources Manager at the Vicksburg District’s Arkabutla Lake, located near Coldwater. Prior to his new appointment, Carter served as supervisory natural management specialist at the Bay Springs Lake on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway near Booneville. He began his career with [...]

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