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U.S. 80 CORRIDOR PROPONENTS HANG ONTO HOPE FOR REVIVAL AFTER MASSIVE LAND USE CHANGES

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Proclaimed a top revival candidate by Harvey Johnson in his recent Jackson mayoral term, the U.S. Highway 80 corridor stretching from the Pearl River to Clinton underwent extensive land-use changes before Johnson left office.

Johnson aimed his effort at creating a master zoning plan that would eventually upgrade the corridor’s commercial and residential mix.

Thus, the table is set. The new businesses and residential developments just need to show up, says Bennie Hopkins, Jackson's director of planning and development.

On the other hand, the head of the Highway 80 Coalition advised prospective businesses won't see any change along the nine-mile stretch of used car lots, pawn shops, check cashing stores, fast food outlets, lounges, liquor stores and auto repair shops. “It has just gone down,” said Nina Holbrook, director of the Metrocenter Area Coalition, the corridor's business association.

“There's no way that is has been enhanced that I can see. More businesses have left.”

Hopkins would not disagree with See HWY 80, Page 10

2 I Mississippi Business Journal I October 25, 2013 BANKING

Federal Reserve chief promises regulations that reflect realities of community banking » Fed report includes summary of Mississippi bankers’ town conducted by state’s chief banking regulator

By TED CARTER I STAFF WRITER ted.carter@msbusiness.com

Mississippi’s community bankers earlier this month heard a promise from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that the Fed would craft supervisory polices and regulations “appropriately scaled to banks’ size and complexity.”

That’s encouraging news for the state’s small, independent banks which since the 2010 passage of the Dodd-Frank banking reform law have operated under a vastly changed regulatory landscape designed to rein in the nation’s giant banks.

“My colleagues at the Federal Reserve and I understand these concerns,” said Bernanke, who heads the Federal Reserve System and its 12 district banks which regulate state-chartered banks that are members of the Federal Reserve System.

Bernanke’s comments came at the opening of an Oct. 2 conference in St. Louis sponsored by the Federal Reserve and the Conference of State Bank Regulators. The conference served as an introduction of a report titled “Community Banking in the 21st Century – Opportunities, Challenges and Perspectives.”

The report resulted from a realization by

Fed officials that even though community banks make up the bulk of the nation’s financial services sector, the agency has been working under a shortage of knowledge about the operating environment of community banks, typically defined as institutions with assets of $10 billion or less. The report includes a summary of comments drawn from town hall meetings with community bankers in 28 states, including Mississippi. Banking Commissioner Jerry Wilson conducted Mississippi’s town hall.

Nationwide, about 1,700 community bankers participated.

The town halls, the report said, provided a means to better gauge the future viability of the community banking model and assess how it is adapting to changes in technology, regulation, customer preferences and demographic shifts.

The Mississippi meeting had a singular goal: “How we can save the Mississippi banks,” Commissioner Wilson said. “Not too many years ago I would go to the Mississippi Bankers Association Conference and 150 community banks would be there.

It’s down into the low 80s now.”

While actual bank failures have been few in Mississippi recent years, the state has had frequent consolidation of banking

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Charter acquisition in recent years became a popular way for a small community bank limited it its growth potential to branch out into other communities, Wilson noted. “Some of these small banks

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branched into large banks,” And in the meantime, no bank start-ups have occurred, he said. His department, he said, hasn’t had an application for a new charter since at least 2007. “I don’t know of anybody who is even working on one.”

Wilson said the strain of regulations disproportionate to a bank’s size is particularly acute in Mississippi, where many of the community banks are at the $300 million level and 19 of them are under $100 million.

“The whole thing,” he noted, “is how can we come up with some community banking model that the regulators can live with and serve the community, too?”

While “scale and scope” of banking regulations topped the Mississippi portion of the Fed report, the state’s contribution also noted challenges linked to consumer regulations that encourage standardization of products.

This concern relates specifically to a new Consumer Financial Projection Bureau rule that removes “qualifying” legal protections from balloon loans, a mainstay of rural home loan lending in Mississippi and elsewhere in the county. “That’s going to be the biggest challenge – if low demand results,” Wilson said of the rule that goes into effect Jan. 1.

At The Peoples Bank in Ripley, nonstandard home loans have been largely problem-free transactions for decades, said Bobby Martin, who started at the bank 52 years ago and rose to become its current chairman & CEO. “It would be hard for an See

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October 25, 2013

FROM THE GROUND UP

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he UCLA baseball team recently learned that it may not have a place to play ball, a developer in the nation’s capital is frustrated that a new building can be no more than 130 feet in height and a Mississippi homeowner discovered that he could not burn his leaves in his backyard. In each case, the issue is about restrictions on the use of real estate.

Although many people think that a property owner can do whatever he or she chooses on their own property, nothing could be further from the truth. There is no parcel of real estate in the United States that is totally unrestricted. Restrictions on real estate are generally classified as public restrictions, such as those placed by a public agency or private restrictions, which are those placed by a previous owner.

The defending national champion UCLA Bruins baseball team is currently being affected by a private restriction placed on the land where Jackie Robinson Stadium, the Bruins’ home field, is located. It seems that the land is owned by the Veterans Administration and can only be used for the benefit of disabled veterans, according to an Oct. 21, 2013, story by Luke Mashburn titled “Defending Champ UCLA Prepares to Fight Possible Eviction,” in the online website businessofcollegesports.com. A federal judge ruled in August that the original deed for the 388 acres of land must be preserved forever.

In this case, there is also a few public restrictions that affect the land, i.e. those that relate to how land owned by the Veterans Administration must be used.

Additionally, in 2008 Congress prohibited the agency from entering into new leases on the Los Angeles land. Thus, UCLA may be in the market for a new baseball venue if it is ruled that its lease is not valid. All because of a restriction on how the land may be used.

In Washington, D.C., controversy is brewing over a public restriction that regulates the height of buildings to 130 feet or the width of the right-of-way of the street in front of commercial buildings. That came from the Height of Buildings Act of 1910 as passed by Congress. Proponents of raising the limitation on building height say that height restrictions make rents more expensive in the nation's capital, already a place where the cost of living is 44 percent above the national average. They also say that higher residential buildings will allow more people to live closer to work, thereby reducing traffic and air pollution. Opponents maintain that denser does not mean taller, that taller buildings have a negative effect on the quality of light and tree cover and that D.C. vistas and distinctiveness should not be destroyed. They say to take a look at Paris and its lower building height limitations to see how such a city can be beautiful.

Meanwhile, in Jackson, Miss., a homeowner is fuming over a local ordinance that bans the burning of leaves and trash inside the city limits. It is difficult for this relatively new resident of the urban area to understand why this is such an issue when there was no problem doing so on the land that he owned in a rural area. He will soon learn that his property is affected by many restrictions on use. His is an example of a public restriction on the use of real estate.

Some of the more common public restrictions on the use of real estate at the local level include zoning laws, building permit requirements, setbacks, public

easements and use permits. At the state level are eminent domain laws, environmental laws/regulations and more. Even the federal laws and regulations affect the use and sale of real estate. For example, federal fair housing laws apply restrictions to all aspects of the landlord-tenant relationship. A landlord may not: advertise or make any statement that indicates a limitation or preference based on

race, religion, or any other protected category; falsely Phil Hardwick deny that a rental unit is available; set more restrictive standards for selecting tenants or refuse to rent to members of certain groups; before or during the tenancy, set different terms, conditions, or privileges for rental of a dwelling unit, such as

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requiring larger deposits of some tenants or adopting an inconsistent policy of responding to late rent payments; or terminate a tenancy for a discriminatory reason.

Private restrictions on real estate may come in the form of deed restrictions, covenants, homeowner association bylaws and more. Deed restrictions are limitations on future use of a property by the current owner at the time of sale. For example, a seller who desires to maintain an area for wildlife and natural habitation may grant a deed containing a clause that no permanent structures may erected on the See HARDWICK, Page 26

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4 I Mississippi Business Journal I October 25, 2013 HEALTH CARE

Virtual medicine » MGCCC opens Healthcare Simulation Center to public

BY WALLY NORTHWAY I STAFF WRITER wally.northway@msbusiness.com

One of Mississippi’s community colleges has opened a new health care education facility on the Gulf Coast that officials hope will not only add to students’ education, but also assist in workforce development and better patient outcomes.

On Oct. 11, the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (MGCCC) cut the ribbon on its new Healthcare Simulation Center, housed in MGCCC’s Advanced Manufacturing and Technology Center in Gulfport.

While health care simulation facilities are already available on the coast, MGCCC’s center is the first that is open for public assess.

MGCCC president Dr. Mary S. Graham said, “The college has successfully and purposefully focused on innovative programs that promote student employability and on providing facilities that are flexible and creative to foster the 21st century learner.

The Healthcare Simulation Center reflects those goals.”

A little over a year in the making, the Healthcare Simulation Center Simulation Center is roughly 5,000-square-foot simulated four-bed hospital that includes an emergency department/triage area with ambulance bay, obstetric/pediatric patient room, intensive care/critical care patient

room, medical-surgical patient room, nursing station and six debriefing locations.

Those utilizing the center have access to a large 50-seat classroom, two computer classrooms and several smaller 10- to 20seat classrooms.

The Healthcare Simulation Center is available for use by MGCCC students and faculty, and is also open to community partners and the public as a wonderful venue for training and education.

The center is led by Tiffany Jasperson, who has worked in the area of simulation since 2006. She has previous experience implementing simulation programs in both the community college and university setting. Prior to becoming the director of the Healthcare Simulation Center, she was the director of the 20,000-square-foot Clinical Performance Lab at Seattle University College of Nursing and the chair of the Pacific Northwest Healthcare Simulation Collaborative.

“The center at Seattle University is bigger, but at least while I was there was focused strictly on nursing,” Jasperson. “The Healthcare Simulation center here at MGCCC is much more diversified.”

Jasperson and MGCCC has already seen this diversity. In addition to health care students and those already in the industry, the center has been utilized by funeral services for training.

“Manakins can die,” Jasperson said.

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The Healthcare Simulation Center offers technology and equipment to meet a wide range of education needs, from nursing to funeral services.

MGCCC’s commitment to further health care education on the postsecondary level has not come cheaply. Jasperson did not have a hard figure for the center’s overall cost, but said each manakin, which is essentially a robot, can cost nearly $100,000. The center houses three adult simulators, a birthing simulator and a pediatric simulator.

In addition, the center offers an automated medication dispensing system and access to equipment for training in areas such as assessment, oxygenation and respiratory care, IV insertion, catheterization, wound care, nutritional and gastrointestinal care and code care.

However, Jasperson said the cost is worth it. The spark for simulation centers across the country came in the late 1990s when an Institute of Medicine report showed too many patients were becoming ill from preventable errors in health care facilities, and set the goal of reducing those errors by at least 50 percent over the next five years.

“That is the rewarding part of my job — watching students and professionals grow in their knowledge and skills. It’s about better students and about better patient care,” Jasperson said.

State Port at Gulfport, Island View Casino sign 10-year lease

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Port of Gulfport Board of Commissioners president Jim Simpson signs the 50-year lease agreement, as other Port and Island View executives and local dignitaries gather in background.

Rick Carter and Terry Green, co-owners of Island View Casino Resort in Gulfport, have extended their lease with the Mississippi State Port Authority to expand Island View’s hotel operations and add amenities.

Carter and Green already announced a multimillion-dollar renovation of their hotel property on the south side of U.S. 90. They plan to spend $50 million to turn the property, vacated since Katrina, into a hotel with 400 rooms and a convention center.

The 10-year lease with multiple options was signed last week. Carter said in a statement that the agreement “extends the life of the original lease for up to 50 years” and that is shows how confident he and Green are about the Coast “as a dynamic and viable tourism destination.

Jonathan Daniels, the port’s executive director and

CEO, said, “The commission has secured an agreement that not only benefits the port, but the tourism industry and the Gulfport community, as well. We’re pleased that our partnership with the Island View will continue for many years.”

Also last week, Island View announced that financing for the resort’s expansion to the waterfront corridor of its 40-acre property is set to close this week. Wells Fargo Bank’s gaming division in Reno is the lead arranger.

The expansion will add 400 hotel rooms, meeting space, restaurants and a sports bar, retail space, a spa and a beachfront pool to the resort.

The casino hotel on the north side of U.S. 90 has 565 rooms along with the 80,000-square-foot gaming floor, restaurants, an entertainment venue and swimming pool.

Construction is expected to begin in late this year and be completed by summer of 2015.

October 25, 2013

MEMA executive director Robert Latham talks to students at Bell Academy in Boyle about earthquake safety and answers their questions.

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MEMA labels ‘ShakeOut’ a success

BY WALLY NORTHWAY I STAFF WRITER wally.northway@msbusiness.com

At 10:17 a.m. on Oct. 17, Mississippi Emergency Management executive director Robert Latham was at Bell Academy in the Delta town of Boyle, teaching the students there to drop, cover and hold on.

His hopes are that they not only learned a new skill, but also that the lesson might one day save their lives.

The event was part of the Great Central U.S. ShakeOut, a multi-state earthquake-preparedness initiative. Mississippi is one of 10 states to participate in the ShakeOut, which is coordinated by the Central U.S. Earthquake Consortium and its member and associate states, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Geological Survey and dozens of partners.

Here in the Magnolia State, more than 218,000 individuals signed up to participate in this year’s event that is modeled after the state of California’s earthquake education program that launched in 2008. The numbers were still being counted at press time, but MEMA reports that participation was well up from last year, and attributes it to schools.

“We targeted the schools this year because we feel like the best way to reach the adults and raise awareness is through the children,“ Latham said.

The students are also at a relatively high risk of seeing a major earthquake event centered on the New Madrid fault system in their lifetime, which could cause major damage and loss of life in Northwest Mississippi. Scientists estimate that there is a 25 to 40 percent probability of a damaging earthquake occurring in the central U.S. within a 50-year window of time.

Still, it is a tough sell. The New Madrid fault system was responsible for the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes and still has the potential to produce large earthquakes. Since 1812, frequent smaller earthquakes have been recorded in the area, including one in the Memphis area just last year.

However, there has been no major earthquake here in Mississippi in recent history, and officials fight an uphill battle in trying to alert citizens to the potential danger.

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Latham said the scenario of a major earthquake event today would make the tremors of the 1800s look tame by comparison in terms of destruction and impact on lives.

“The area was relatively undeveloped when those earthquakes hit. Today, the losses could be much, much worse,” Latham said.

For Latham, the nightmare scenario would be an event that occurred during a weekday. Many residents of Northwest Mississippi commute to Memphis to work, leaving their children behind at school. A major earthquake could devastate Memphis, which is in the crosshairs for a New Madrid-centered event, leaving many Mississippians hurt, perhaps dead, and families separated.

The earthquake risk adds layers of complexity not seen in other natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina. With earthquakes, there is no advanced warning, thus no evacuations.

Earthquakes also pose a challenge to relief efforts.

“After Katrina, we were able to get supplies and equipment into the coast because the infrastructure was left relatively in tact — all we had to do was clear the roads of trees and debris,” Latham said. “With an earthquake, we could see overpasses come down, roads completely blocked, hindering relief efforts.”

One lesson learned from Katrina, however, might help mitigate this challenge.

“In the aftermath of Katrina, we realized that the stuff we needed for recovery was in the private sector,” Latham said.

With that lesson learned, MEMA is preparing to launch the “Business Emergency Operation Center,” or BEOC. The BEOC would be a new online resource offering situation reports and other information. It would also allow businesses to post supplies and equipment available for use in recovering from a natural disaster.

MEMA is still, testing the system and working out any glitches. Officials there hope to have the system up and running by year’s end.

“The business community is absolutely essential to earthquake recovery. We need to engage the private sector, build a publicprivate partnership,” Latham said. “Our plans also call for the quick recovery of the business community as it is the economic engine of our state.”

For more on the Great Central U.S. ShakeOut, visit the Central U.S. Earthquake Consortium’s website at www.cusec.org.

Reservoir still candidate for Bassmasters, despite shooting death

By FRANK BROWN I STAFF WRITER frank.brown@msbusiness.com

Bassmaster fishing tournaments don’t often come to Ross Barnett Reservoir. Last weekend’s Central Open event was only the third time since 1978 that B.A.S.S. has visited the 33,000-acre reservoir.

But the shooting death of a Texas fisherman at a Jackson hotel will not prevent the B.A.S.S. from reconsidering the area for a future tour stop, a B.A.S.S. official said Monday.

Jimmy Johnson, 56, of Ganado, Texas, was shot to death at a Motel 6 on I-55 in Jackson on Oct. 13 when he discovered someone burglarizing his bass boat. Two days later, police arrested Shun Brown, 17, who “confessed to being responsible” for Johnson’s death. Johnson was a Mississippi native, born in Lumberton.

“Like everyone, I was shocked at first,” said Chris Bowes, senior tournament manager who travels from site to site during the season. “We have had deaths by natural causes, but this took it to a different level.”

This year’s event was the first time since 1998 that Bassmasters held an event at Ross Barnett. The tournament before that was in 1978.

“It has been a while since been back to Ross Barnett,” said Cara Clark, communications manager for B.A.S.S. “But we don’t have certain places we go every year. We might go two years in a row, but then move to another site. We already have our tournament schedule set for next year, and Ross Barnett is not on the schedule.

“It was incredibly tragic and our hearts go out to the Johnson family,” said Clark. “But this won’t have an impact on any decision to have Ridgeland host another tournament.”

Fishing tournaments do not operate like NASCAR or the PGA, which move generally tour to the same sites each year.

These are chosen by a site selection director who works hand-in-hand with tourism entities to gauge the level of interest and to determine what the community is offering, said Bowes.

About 300 participants are on the water each day, some with a few supports onshore. There are no ticket to buy if someone wants to watch, and about 50-100 people usually show up at weigh-ins and launches.

The professional winner of this year’s event at Ross Barnett took home a boat valued at more than $40,000 and about $6,000 in cash.

“Although we have not yet received an economic impact study from Ridgeland, other cities have reported around $1.6 million in economic impact for a Bassmaster Open tournament,” said Michael Mulone, B.A.S.S. director, event and tourism partnerships.

“James was having a great season,” said Bowes. “He was 11th out of 200 going into the event. If had a Top 20 See

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n the waning days of the Confederacy, when defeat was inevitable, the only remaining question for the CSA commanders and administration was whether to surrender or disperse its crippled army into hundreds of guerrilla units and fight on in an effort to wear down the U.S. Army's resolve. To their credit, they chose the former course of action. To have waged a guerrilla war, Confederate leaders realized, would have been a bloody exercise in futility, although there were a few groups of Confederate die-hards who waged war independently for months after the official surrender in April 1865.

In certain respects, we have seen something similar with the dispute in Congress over the Affordable Care Act. For close to three years, conservatives have fought implementation of the national health insurance program with every available weapon. Ultimately, when House Republicans' efforts to fight "Obamacare" by shutting down the

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government and defaulting on the national debt were defeated, for all intents and purposes, the war was over.

Like it or not, the Affordable Care Act will be implemented. The only question that remains is whether Mississippi's leaders will exercise the grace displayed by those Southern leaders of an earlier era and accept that reality or continue to wage a pointless guerrilla war that can achieve nothing and will only serve to hurt Mississippians.

A few days before the Oct. 1 ACA enrollment period began, we called the office of state insurance commissioner Mike Chaney in an effort to inform our readers about where they could go for information on the program. We were told, in an icy tone, that the ACA was a federal program and the state would offer no information or assistance in helping Mississippians understand what is required of them.

Mississippians are on their own as far as the state insurance commission, the one

entity in Mississippi that could be expected to be most knowledgeable on the subject, is concerned.

But what purpose does that serve? ...

The Affordable Care Act will succeed or fail not because of anyone's opinion of it. It will succeed or fail on its on merits after it is implemented. The people will decide. That is the way it should be.

The practical reality is that roughly 275,000 Mississippians who do not have health insurance or are not already covered

by Medicare are required to enroll in the ACA or pay a fine.

It is in the best interest of everyone that enrollment is achieved with as little confusion as possible.

If our elected leaders obstinately choose to impede that effort, they will have not struck a blow against a law they don't like. They will have done an injustice to the people they are sworn to serve.

The war is over.

Let the guerrilla war be over, too.

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October 25, 2013

Tourism awards presented

Scherlofsky joins Admissions Millsaps taps Bingham

The Mississippi Tourism Association, in cooperation with the Mississippi Development Authority’s Tourism Division, recently presented a host of awards during the 2013 Governor’s Conference on Tourism.

The award recipients are: Travel Media, Travel Writer, Suzanne Corbett; Community Volunteer of the Year, Andi Rushton Oustalet, Christmas at Beauvoir; Governmental Friend of Tourism, State Sen. Melanie Sojourner; MTA Member of the Year, Neal McCoy, executive director, Tupelo Convention and Visitors Bureau; Tourism Investment Award, Joann and Paul Adams, Yazoo City; Outstanding MDA Tourism Partner, Tom VanHyning, research program manager; and, MDA Tourism Superstar, Nina Parikh, associate manager, Mississippi Film Office.

The Office of Admissions at the University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Park campus recently hired Dr. Kimberly C. Scherlofsky as an admissions counselor to focus on university recruiting and community outreach in the business, government and industry sectors along the Gulf Coast. Scherlofsky earned her doctorate from the University of Vienna in Austria in 2013 and both her master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Southern Miss in 2006 and 2004, respectively. She previously served as recruiter and program coordinator for the university’s International Development doctoral program.

In addition to working with the Southern Miss Gulf Coast Office of Admissions, Scherlofsky teaches political science as an adjunct faculty member.

Sullins now holds RP

Firm welcomes Chisolm

Pam Sullins of Haire Wealth Management recently earned the registered paraplanner (RP) designation. Sullins is an operations manager at the Tupelo firm, a position she has held since its establishment in 2004.

Sullins brings more than 14 years in the investor relations field. Prior to her current position, she had worked at Edward Jones, where she first met and assisted Robin Haire, president Sullins of Haire Wealth Management.

Sullins holds a degree in business administration with an emphasis in economics.

Gresham, Smith and Partners has added Leah Chisolm as an administrative assistant in the firm’s Jackson office. Chisolm has 18 years of experience in computer applications instruction.

She is a graduate of Mississippi State University, where she earned a bachelor of science in business education.

Goddard pens novel In a new novel titled "Living Memories," Mississippi State University entomologist Jerome Goddard explores traumatic memories and the implications of science run amok. An extension service professor in the biochemistry, molecular biology, entomology, and plant pathology department, Goddard said he got the idea for the novel while thinking about prions — abnormal, pathogenic agents responsible for diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans and bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also known as mad cow disease. Aside from the study of the power of memory, "Living Memory" also delves into the ethics of scientific research.

His wife, Rosella, helped plot the novel and also is credited as an author.

Goddard is a former Booneville resident who holds bachelor's and master's degrees in biological science from the University of Mississippi and a medical entomology doctorate from MSU. While ecology and epidemiology of tick-borne diseases are his primary research areas, he also has written extensively on a wide range of medically important arthropods. During 20 years in Jackson as state medical entomologist, he also held appointments as a clinical assistant professor of preventive medicine and assistant professor of medicine at the UM School of Medicine. Over his professional career, Goddard has been invited to appear on Comedy Central Network's "The Colbert Report" and the Learning Channel, and has been featured in Reader's Digest. He frequently leads national and international seminars and other programs on arthropods, medicine and related topics.

Lora Bingham is the new assistant director of annual giving at Millsaps College. For the last two years, she worked as development manager, strategic planning, for the Alabama-Mississippi Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society. Before that, she was membership and development coordinator at the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in Indianola. She has served as a member of the Indi- Bingham anola Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, the Indianola Tourism Commission and the Mississippi Delta Tourism Association Board of Directors.

Bingham earned a bachelor of business administration in marketing from Mississippi State University in May 2007.

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Crandall named SVP Mike Crandall has been named senior vice president at Trustmark. He is a commercial relationship manager, who earned a bachelor of science in business administration degree from the University of Southern Mississippi and an MBA from Mississippi College. He has completed the American Bankers Association School of Commercial Lending, School of Retail Banking Management and the Stonier Gradu- Crandall ate School of Banking.

Crandall is the president of the St Joseph Catholic School Advisory Board and serves as a board member for Catholic Charities. He is a past-president and member of the City of Madison Chamber of Commerce. Crandall is a member of the Madison County Economic Foundation and the Madison County Business League, USM Alumni Association and the Madison Lions Club.

He is married to the former Susan Bates. They have two children and are members of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Madison where he is a past president of the St. Francis Parish Council.

Pickering brings in White State Auditor Stacey Pickering has hired Brad White as his new chief of staff. White, a former chairman of the state Republican Party, had handling legislative affairs and constituent services for Central District Public Service Commissioner Lynn Posey.

Posey switched to the GOP in December 2010 when White was chairman.

Bill Pope, who has been chief of staff in the auditor's office since 2008, is retiring after 22 years.

White lives in the Simpson County community of Jupiter. He also previously worked for Mississippi Transportation Commission and the Simpson County Economic Development Foundation.

Vincent Payne is the new deputy chief of fire prevention for the Biloxi Fire Department. The 18-year department veteran succeeds Mark Dronet, who recently became the assistant fire chief under new Fire Chief Joe Boney.

Payne has been with the Biloxi Fire Department since 1995. He joined the department's fire prevention bureau in 2005 just days before Hurricane Katrina struck.

Dews, Keenum elected Mississippi Power’s board of directors has elected Thomas Dews and Dr. Mark Keenum to the board.

Dews, 66, is the president of C.L. Dews & Sons Foundry & Machinery Co. Inc. and Keenum, 52, is the president of Mississippi State University.

Dews has held numerous positions with C.L. Dews & Sons before being named president in 1989. He served on the board of several area business and economic development entities while continuing his family-owned and operated company’s commitment to customer service.

Keenum became Mississippi State University’s 19th president in 2009 following a distinguished public service career.

Jumper made managing partner ABC Supply Co. Inc. has promoted Greg Jumper, manager of its branch in Memphis, to managing partner. A resident of New Albany, Jumper has managed the branch since 2010. As a managing partner, he continues to oversee the branch while taking on additional responsibilities.

Jumper has been named to ABC Supply’s National Branch Advisory Board, which advises senior management on a wide range Jumper of topics, including strategic initiatives, branch expansion, product development, technology, branch operation and company policy.

To be selected for the managing partner program, Jumper met stringent criteria in the areas of customer satisfaction, associate development, improvements in branch performance, safety compliance and excellence in overall business practices.

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Moorman replacing Hopkins at DU Tom Moorman, Ph.D., has been selected to replace the retiring Curtis Hopkins, Ph.D., as director of operations for Ducks Unlimited’s Southern Region.

Moorman will oversee DU’s conservation delivery in 13 states.

Moorman came into the public spotlight as the leader of DU’s Gulf Coast Oil Spill Response Team in 2010, but his contributions to wildlife management and conservation planning have been known in the field for some time. Utilizing his extensive experience with waterfowl and wetland research and management, Moorman has guided DU’s planning and evaluation within the 13-state Southern Region to strengthen the science underlying DU’s conservation programs.

Moorman received a bachelor of science from Ohio University, a master’s in wildlife science from Auburn and a doctorate in wildlife ecology from the State University of New York. He has received a number of awards from within and outside DU, including the national 2012 Jim McDonough Award from The Wildlife Society.

Moorman will assume his new position on Nov. 1 and will continue working out of DU’s Southern Regional Office in Ridgeland.

Kaase appointed as examiner Kristopher Kaase, Ph.D. of The Institute for Evidence-based Reform, LLC in Brandon has been appointed by Dr. Patrick Gallagher, director of the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), to the 2013 Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. As an examiner, Kaase is responsible for reviewing and evaluating applications submitted for the Baldrige Award.

Hébert interviewed, quoted Curt Hébert, a partner with the law firm of Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, PLLC, was recently interviewed and quoted in four national major media outlets concerning national energy policy. The New York Times and National Public Radio (NPR) quoted Hébert, former chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, in stories regarding strategy and preparedness of the country’s power grid against a possible cyber-attack. Hébert was also Hébert one of several participants in a mid-August Washington conference on the need to better protect the electric grid from such attacks, which most experts believe are inevitable.

Hébert contributed his knowledge and insights for the 2013 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure by the American Society of Civil Engineers and was featured in a video summary of the report.

Additionally, Fox Business Channel’s Liz Claman interviewed Hébert on the subject of news reports that the United States Department of Justice is investigating trading in energy markets by JPMorgan Chase.

Hébert is a visiting scholar with the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C., where he co-chairs the Energy Reliability Task Force. He most recently served as CEO of Lexicon Strategy Group, an energy, finance and regulatory law advisory firm with offices in Mississippi, Louisiana and Washington, D.C.

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Bahadur wins again Gulf Coast ophthalmologist Dr. Rainna Bahadur has won the Patients' Choice Award for a third consecutive year. Patients nationwide select doctors to receive the award based on quality of care and service.

Bahadur, who is a board-certified and fellowship-trained eye doctor and surgeon, is a partner in Eye Associates of the South.

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Jackson named VP David Jackson has been named vice president at Trustmark. Jackson, a commercial relationship manager and native of Richland, earned a bachelor of science in business administration degree from the University of Southern Mississippi. He is a 2013 graduate of Leadership Rankin County.

Jackson serves as a baseball and t-ball Coach with the Florence Youth Association. He is married to the former Mary McKellar, Jackson and they have two children.

Rose joins staff Dermatology-South has added Elizabeth Francis Rose, MD. Rose earned her medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans where she also completed an internship in internal medicine and residency in dermatology. She is board certified by the American Board of Dermatology.

Rose is a member of the American Society of Laser Medicine and Surgery, Louisiana Dermato- Rose logical Society, American Academy of Dermatology, Women’s Dermatologic Society, American Society for Dermatologic Surgery and Louisiana State Medical Society.

Eurocopter promotes Adcock American Eurocopter has named Samuel Adcock to the position of vice president-general manager of the company’s helicopter production plant in Columbus. He now oversees all operations at the Mississippi plant, is a member of the American Eurocopter Executive Committee and reports directly to president and chief executive Marc Paganini.

Adcock has been EADS North America’s senior vice president Adcock of strategy and business development. He previously served as senior vice president for government affairs for EADS North America.

Adcock was one of the architects of the EADS industrial strategy that led to the decision by American Eurocopter to invest in development of the Columbus helicopter production facility. He played a major role in obtaining the cooperation of federal, state and local governments.

Adcock has more than 20 years of experience in

Washington, D.C., having served in the executive and legislative branches of the U.S. government. Prior to 1997, he served as director of defense and security policy for the majority leader of the U.S. Senate and for more than five years was legislative director for Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss). He moved to the private industry in 1997 when he left Capitol Hill to work for Daimler-Benz as vice president for government and business relations. After the merger of Daimler-Benz and Chrysler, his responsibilities changed to focus on coordination of the legislative agenda for DaimlerChrysler and facilitating government-related business development projects.

In 1997, Adcock was appointed to serve on the Long Range Air Power Panel, a Congressionally-mandated review designed to assess the nation’s bomber capabilities and recommendations on future development activities. In 2002, he was appointed to serve one term on the Defense Science Board.

An alumnus of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, with a master’s degree in public administration, Adcock was selected to the Presidential Management Internship program in 1987. That led to the start of his federal government career with the U.S. Navy’s Supervisor of Shipbuilding.

Earl Walker, currently senior director and general manager in Columbus, will assume the new position of senior director, government relations and will report to Adcock. Walker joined American Eurocopter in 2006 as Manager of Human Resources for the Columbus facility and assumed the role of Senior Director and General Manager in 2010. He is a native of Mississippi and has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Mississippi State University.

HORNE makes promotions CPA and business advisory firm HORNE LLP recently promoted Amy Smith, Scott Dawkins, Paul Foster, Nikki Hults, Sara Lutz and Tim Hall.

Smith works in tax services and was promoted to tax services manager.

Dawkins, Foster, Hults and Lutz were all promoted to supervisor. Dawkins works in tax services.

Foster works in fraud, forensic and litigation services.

Hults works in business accounting services.

Lutz works in assurance services.

Hall was promoted to associate in business accounting services.

Greenleaf returns to MVSU Mississippi Valley State University announces the appointment of Maxine Greenleaf as the new director of communications and marketing. Greenleaf brings over seven years of experience to her new role.

Most recently, she was the director of public relations for the Leflore County School District. She previously served as a communications specialist at MVSU, freelance writer for Team Fenom and weekend news anchor/reporter at WXVT – Channel 15.

She is actively involved in the community. Greenleaf is a member of the Greenwood Rotary Club, where she serves as sergeant at arms and a board of directors member; president of the Greenwood Leflore Young Professionals, and board of directors member for the United Way of Leflore County.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from Mississippi Valley State University, and a master of arts degree in mass communication/journalism with a concentration in public relations from Kent State University.

Childress comes to People Lease J. Paul Childress has joined People Lease, bringing with him a wealth of knowledge of Medicare and government-regulated health benefits. He has years of experience as a corporate training manager for a national provider of enhanced Medicare benefits.

He attended the University of Mississippi and is a veteran of the United States Air Force.

Childress currently lives in Brandon where he enjoys golfing Childress and spending time with his wife, Frances, and son, Garrett.

MSU taps Davis Jeff Davis, a veteran alumni association executive at Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, Texas, is Mississippi State University's new executive director of the alumni association. Davis succeeds Jimmy Abraham, who retired earlier this year after a 38-year career in alumni affairs and student affairs. Davis served as SFA's executive director of alumni affairs since 2008. He also was chief executive of both Davis the SFA Alumni Association and the SFA Alumni Foundation.

Davis holds an MBA in management from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Business.

He is a 2002 graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University where he earned a bachelor's in business administration from the Nelson Rusche College of Business. Davis belongs to the Council of Alumni Association Executives. He is an active member of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, the Alumni Professionals of Texas, the Association of Fundraising Professionals, the Nacogdoches Jaycees, the Fredonia Rotary Club and the alumni chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity.

Joining Davis in Starkville will be his wife, Jenny, and two daughters Campbell and Collins.

Whittington replacing Ingram The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has selected Kay Whittington to serve as the director of the Office of Land and Water Resources. Whittington replaces Richard Ingram, who retired. Whittington has been with MDEQ for 16 years and has served as chief of the Basin Management Branch in MDEQ’s Surface Water Division since 2009.

She and her family reside in Jackson, and she is a native of Tuscaloosa, Ala. She earned undergraduate and master’s degrees from the University of Alabama in civil and environmental engineering with a focus on water resources. She is a licensed professional engineer and a board-certified environmental engineer.

Ingram is a 21-year veteran of MDEQ and specialized in a myriad of water-related programs. He is a registered professional geologist and is recognized statewide and nationally for his commitment and expertise in water quality issues. He has served in numerous leadership positions at the national and regional levels in forums that address Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico water quality issues including the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force and the Gulf of Mexico Alliance.

He has been instrumental in the formation and the work of the Mississippi Delta Sustainable Water Resources Task Force addressing water quantity issues in the Mississippi Delta.

Ingram held a variety of positions at the agency including MDEQ special projects administrator, statewide manager of Basin Management Program and statewide manager of Drinking Water Assessment and Protection Programs.

Gregory named SVP Fisher Brown Bottrell Insurance has named Pam Gregory as senior vice president. With more than 30 years of insurance and employee benefits consulting experience, Gregory has been with Bottrell since 2002. She is an employee benefits insurance consultant with clients throughout the Southeast and is a leading producer of the agency. She has received numerous awards and honors, including sales and pro- Gregory duction awards. In 2012, she was the first recipient of the Mississippi Association of Health Underwriters of the Year. In 1994, Gregory was the recipient of the Health Underwriter of the Year for the Jackson Chapter. She is active in the insurance community and currently Health Underwriters Political Action Committee (HUPAC). Gregory has served as past president of the Jackson Association of Health Underwriters, past president and board member of the State Association of Health Underwriters, past board member of the Ole Miss Insurance Advisory Council, member of the President’s Advisory Council for Starmount Life. She served as a member of the Mississippi Insurance Exchange Advisory Board. More recently, she has completed her PPACA certification to help assist her client with the Healthcare Reform Act. Gregory, who resides in Ridgeland, has also completed Spin & Mass Selling and has obtained the Certified Financial Paraplanner degree.

Trifone promoted at BKD BKD, LLP has promoted Linda S. Trifone, CPA to director. A member of BKD National Health Care Group, Trifone is a certified fraud examiner with 11 years of public accounting and two years of internal audit experience. She is also a BKD national training instructor, a speaker around the state on fraud and audit and accounting issues and has published an article on fraud in the newsletter of the Mississippi So- Trifone ciety of Certified Public Accountants. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, MSCPA (serving on the Health Care Services Committee), Hospital Financial Management Association and Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Trifone is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, with a B.S. degree in accounting.

Cox selected as superintendent The Brookhaven School Board has hired Dr. Ben Cox as its schools superintendent. Cox submitted his resignation to the North Pike School District, where he served as superintendent since May 2000, replac-

NEWSMAKERS ing former superintendent Dr. Jimmy Jones. Before that, Cox was North Pike High School principal for four years. Cox received a bachelor's, masters' and doctorate degrees from the University of Southern Mississippi. He also taught at USM and at public schools in Hazlehurst and Pearl River County.

Firm welcomes Wilson Wanda Wilson has joined Dale Partners Architects, P.A.’s Biloxi office. Wilson joins the firm as an administrative assistant and has over 20 years of experience.

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King voted onto committee William Carey University president Dr. Tommy King was elected to the executive committee of the Consortium for Global Education (CGE) during the organization’s 26th annual meeting hosted by Samford University in Birmingham, Ala. CGE is a non-profit organization with members and affiliate member from 43 accredited Christian universities and colleges located on campuses in 19 U.S. states and three overseas King nations.

Seigerman joins staff Memorial Physician Clinics recently welcomed Jedd Seigerman, MD, in the practice of nephrology. Seigerman graduated cum laude with his undergraduate degree from Lehigh University. He earned his medical doctorate from Temple University. Seigerman completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. He was fellowship trained in nephrology at UT Seigerman Health Science Center Lackland Air Force Base Combined Program.

Seigerman is board certified in nephrology and internal medicine.

Firm welcomes Farmer Nail McKinney Professional Association has added Charles F. "Chase" Farmer, IV, CPA. Chase, a native of Columbus, graduated from the University of Mississippi and the Mississippi University for Women with a bachelor of science in accounting. He has over five years experience in public practice.

Farmer and his wife, Shelley, reside in Tupelo with their son, Charlie, and daughter, Maggie. Farmer

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Sánchez leading CHL

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José E. Sánchez was recently promoted to the Senior Executive Service and appointed director of the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg. Sánchez served as deputy director of CHL from November 2009 to April 2013, at which time he was selected as the laboratory’s acting director. His exSånchez perience includes positions as chief of Asset Management for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Washington, D.C., and chief of CHL’s Harbors, Entrances and Structures Branch from 2005 to 2008.

Sánchez earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, in 1993 and 1995, respectively. A registered professional engineer in Mississippi, he is a member of the World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure (PIANC) and currently serves as president of the Mississippi professional chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. He has received numerous awards, including being named by Hispanic Business magazine as one of the 100 most influential Hispanics in the United States.

Sánchez and his wife, Daisy, live in Vicksburg and are the proud parents of two children.

Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann has hired DeSoto County native Doug Davis to serve as chief of staff for the agency. Davis represented DeSoto County in the Mississippi Senate for seven years, where he served as chairman for both the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Universities and Colleges Committee. After his tenure in the Senate, Gov. Phil Bryant asked Davis to serve as chairman of the Parole Board.

Davis holds a bachelor’s degree from Mississippi College.

MVSU chooses Gibson Dr. Howard O. Gibson, a Jackson native, has been selected as Mississippi Valley State University’s associate vice president for student affairs, enrollment management and diversity. Prior to MVSU, Gibson served as the executive assistant to the chancellor at Baton Rouge Community College in Baton Rouge, La. Other previous positions include business development specialist/instructor in the Title III Pro- Gibson gram at Hinds Community College-Utica Campus and interim vice president for academic affairs, associate vice president for academic affairs and dean of the School of Business at Arkansas Baptist College in Little Rock, Ark. Gibson has attended and presented at numerous conferences, seminars/symposiums and workshops.

His research is in the field of entrepreneurship and higher education. He has been a member of the American College Personnel Association, Association for Study of Higher Education, HBCU Schools of Business Deans Roundtable and the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Gibson received a bachelor of business administration in accounting from Jackson State University in May 1998. Continuing his education at Jackson State, he received an MBA in May 2000 and the doctor of philosophy in urban higher education in August 2008.

Cease joins Faces The Ridgeland-based cosmetic clinic, Faces, has named Allison Cease as its first board-certified nurse practitioner. At Faces, Cease will handle general registered nurse duties, including surgical prep and assistance, injections and wound care, in addition to noninvasive facial cosmetic procedures, which include ultrasound face and neck lifts, filler and Botox injections, laser tattoo and sun pigmentation removal as well as skin biopsies.

Cease holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Samford University and a master’s degree in nursing from the University of Alabama in Birmingham.

Baptist chooses Maples Michael Dudley Maples, MD, has joined Baptist Health Systems as vice president and chief of medical operations. Maples comes to Baptist from Medical Assurance Company of Mississippi where he has served as medical director since 2003. From 20022007, he was medical reviewer for the State of Mississippi’s Department of Disability Determination. From 1985-2002, Maples was a practicing cardiothoracic Maples surgeon with The Cardiovascular Surgical Clinic of Jackson at Baptist.

Maples attended the University of Mississippi, Vanderbilt University and graduated AOA from the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He is active in several professional associations including American College of Physician Executives, American Medical Association, Mississippi State Medical Association, American College of Healthcare Executives and has previously served on Baptist’s credentials committee.

Maples and his wife, Dan Ellen, have three grown children.

Turner wins award Jon C. Turner, CPA, of Jackson has been honored by the Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants as the 2013 Public Service Award winner for his community and statewide civic involvement.

Turner is a partner in the Jackson office of BKD, LLP-CPAs and Advisors and served as managing partner of BKD’s Mississippi practice and a predecessor CPA firmm Smith, Turner & Reeves, for a combined 20 years.

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Lefleur East Foundation, and recently the Community Foundation of Greater Jackson, where he chaired the Finance Committee. He has served as president of the Jackson Academy Board of Trustees and on the boards of directors of Christ United Methodist Church and the YMCA of Metro Jackson.

He is a graduate of MEC’s "Leadership Mississippi" program and is an active member of the Rotary Club of North Jackson where he is a past board member and a Paul Harris Fellow.

Turner is a past president of the National Ole Miss Alumni Association and is a member of the University of Mississippi Foundation Board of Directors where he chairs the audit committee. He also serves on the University’s E. H. Patterson School of Accountancy Professional Advisory Council. He has served three terms as an appointed member of the Inter-Alumni Council for Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning. He has been active as advisor and mentor to his college fraternal organization Kappa Alpha Order, and awarded the Knight Commander’s Accolade by the national organization, honored as Alumnus of the Year by the active chapter and inducted into KA’s state-wide Irwin Province Court of Honor.

Turner, a Belzoni native, is a 1978 graduate of the University of Mississippi, Oxford, with a B.B.A. degree.

Dunlap gets SEC post Charles D. "Chuck" Dunlap, a 1999 Mississippi State University communication graduate, is the new communications director for the Southeastern Conference. Associate director of media relations since 2007, Dunlap is a 13-year veteran of the SEC office in downtown Birmingham, Ala. The Louisville native joined the conference as an intern shortly after graduation.

Dunlap, who holds a 2004 Dunlap master's degree in business from the University of Alabama-Birmingham, was named assistant director of SEC media relations in 2002. He was promoted to associate director five years later.

Dunlap's wife, the former Amber Chrisman, also is a 1999 MSU communication graduate.

Tomajian joins staff Memorial Physician Clinics has added Samir Tomajian, MD, in the practice of pain management and anesthesiology.Tomajian graduated summa cum laude with his undergraduate degree from the University of Houston.

He earned his medical doctorate from the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. Tomajian completed his residency in general surgery and anesthesiology at Tulane Univer- Tomajian sity in Louisiana and his fellowship in pain medicine at Louisiana State University.

Tomajian is a candidate in the American Board of Anesthesia.

For announcements in Newsmakers; Contact: Wally Northway (601) 364-1016 • wally.northway@msbusiness.com

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Communities to feel impact of Rolls-Royce expansion

By LISA MONTI I CONTRIBUTOR mbj@msbusiness.com

STENNIS SPACE CENTER — Rolls-Royce and state officials cut the ribbon Wednesday on the second jet engine test stand the company has built at this Hancock County facility. The jet engines don’t make as much noise as the rocket engines NASA has tested here in the past, shaking buildings and rattling windows at times, but the $50 million corporate investment and 35 new jobs will nonetheless be felt in the surrounding communities.

Local and state economic development officials attended the ceremony but RollsRoyce’s NASA colleagues couldn’t join them because of the government shutdown.

Rolls-Royce officials said the effects of the shutdown on their operations at Stennis were “minimal.”

Jim Guyette, chairman, president and CEO of Rolls-Royce North America, said early in his career he never thought the company would have operations in the Magnolia State or on a NASA site. He pointed to Rolls-Royce’s other operations in Mississippi and recalled the company’s efforts to assist Coast employees after Hurricane Katrina.

Rolls-Royce North America, headquartered in Reston, Va., opened its first jet engine testing facility at Stennis in 2007 at a

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Officials cut the ribbon Wednesday on Rolls-Royce's newly expanded jet engine test facility at Stennis Space Center in Hancock County.

cost of $42 million. Current employment at Stennis is nearly 40. The company also operates the Rolls-Royce Marine Propeller and Waterjet Foundry in Pascagoula where workers manufacture, test and repair propellers for the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard.

In Meridian, Rolls-Royce operates a defense regional field office at the Naval Air Station in Meridian.

The jet engine facility performs tests on the most advanced Rolls-Royce civil aircraft engines, including the Trent 1000, which powers the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, and the Trent XWB for the Airbus 350XWB. “We are not talking about the past but ... more importantly the future,” Guyette said.

He praised the local employees and said Americans can compete when they have the

While Puckett's move takes away a significant number of workers, the corridor will gain around 200 workers when Jatran opens up its Holbrook. He emphasized that the City of Jackson put the $7-million main bus storage facility land-use designations in place and created the half dozen at U.S. 80 and Valley Street. “It will districts to which the various commercial, mixed-use be up and running soon,” Hopkins commercial, industrial and residential designations apply. said. “You can look at it as an The city is a stage-setter — not a developer, he said. investment in the corridor.”

A key achievement of what former Mayor Johnson The corridor also has been dubbed the GO-80 initiative was to give confidence to designated an Urban new businesses that they could move in and not have Redevelopment Area, thus making incompatible uses grow up around them, Hopkins said. new commercial enterprises eligible “Some people thought the city was going to go out for funding assistance from the there and develop. But that is not what we do. We lay Jackson Redevelopment Authority. the framework.”

The sweeping land-use changes He conceded, however, that the city has not put money established for U.S. 80 carry with into visual enhancements. The aesthetic improvements them a requirement for patience. that have been made came through a $1.4 million federal The changes designated a host of grant administered by Hinds County and awarded to the incompatible uses such as pawn Metrocenter Area Coalition, he said. shops, tattoo parlors, payday loan But as new development comes to the U.S. 80 stretch, it business, strip clubs and other adult must contribute to improving the looks of the corridor by entertainment establishments. adhering to new standards for architecture, landscaping, The rub is that the ones that are in lighting, sidewalks and curb cuts and signage, among other place can remain as grandfathered requirements, Hopkins noted. non-conforming uses. If they close Some new commercial development has recently for more than six months, however, arrived, according to Hopkins. they can't reopen on their current Among these, he said, are a Dollar General store, a site, Hopkins said,.

CARQUEST Auto Parts and SRS Roofing Distribution, a “It's good to get rid of them,” Holbrook of the roofing supply company that set up shop in a former Metrocenter Area Coalition said, but voiced frustration that plumbing supply building after last spring's hail storm. it could be many years before any true transformation Hopkins said the multi-acre site on which the soon-totakes place. depart Puckett Machinery is designated for mixed-use and Holbrook, who sells commercial real estate in Southwest could be redeveloped. Puckett, a dealer of Caterpillar heavy Jackson, said the slow process does not bode well for equipment, is moving into a 150,000-square-foot, $30hopes of reviving the 60-percent vacant Metrocenter Mall. million facility in Flowood in the next several months.

“Metrocenter will never do like it needs to do until that

corridor is cleaned up,” she said.

The Coalition is frustrated, she said, by the weak code enforcement along the corridor and the city's reluctance to replace damaged fixtures such as road signs. “We have signs knocked out in Katrina that are still knocked out,” Holbrook said.

For the time being, proponents of an enhanced U.S. 80 are hoping Mayor Chokwe Lumumba will put the corridor on his radar.

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proper infrastructure, education and other necessary assets. “We can make things happen,” he said. Roll-Royce has invested more than $1 billion in the last decade, he said.

“Rolls-Royce is investing in America because of our collective innovation, competitiveness and cooperative spirit, and we find the state of Mississippi is the perfect location to expand our operations.”

He said the engine testing connects Hancock County with the global economy. “This equipment flies all over the world,” he said of the jet engines. “Parts are sourced all over the world.”

Brent Christensen, executive director of the Mississippi Development Authority, said the new facility “strengthens our position in the global marketplace.” MDA assisted with infrastructure improvements, construction and workforce training. Hancock County also provided assistance for the project.

“Rolls-Royce selected the Stennis Space Center in Hancock County as the site of its first engine test stand located outside the United Kingdom, and I am proud the company has again looked to Mississippi as a prime location for the testing of their highly sophisticated jet engines.”

The day’s ceremony included the unveiling of a Trent 1000 jet engine donated to the nearby Infinity Science Center to promote Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education.

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“We'll try to hang on the best we can and hope the new mayor will come though with some ideas,” she said.

Lumumba said in a recent interview he has not decided whether to pick up where Harvey Johnson left off. He said he “feels it's an important corridor,” but went on to name others such as Mississippi Highway 18, U.S. Highway 49, Medgar Evers Boulevard and Capitol Street that he considers equally important.

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finish, he probably would moved into the Top 5 and would have qualified to move up to the Elite Series next year.”

Johnson’s death left a major impact among the participants in the tournament.

“This was a life-changing event for me and others at the tournament,” said Bowes.

“There was shock, and then maybe some initial fear, but I’ll give credit to the Jackson Police department for their swift action to crack the case and give us some small resolution by wednesday afternoon. I think everyone felt a little more security.”

Organizers may also give attention to have the approach cities.

“I think, more than just this location, we need to be more aware about things when we go around the country and to different locations,” said Bowes.

“We need to be more thorough in our research and about the environment where we stay. Maybe we don’t always need to look just for the best deal.

Even then, we need to be more aware of our surroundings.”

Bowes said the hotel where Johnson and his wife were staying was not one of the properties on the list supplied by the Ridgeland tourism office.

“I told someone that murder was aways something I‘d see only on TV, but now it’s real.

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examiner to find what would be a prime loan” in his part of rural Northeast Mississippi, Martin said.

Martin’s Mississippi colleagues selected him to represent the state at the two-day

conference in St. Louis. He also served on a three-banker panel that he described as largely a discussion “of the pros and cons of ‘too-big-to-fail’ and the value of a community bank in your community.”

“The conclusion is that community banks can’t be treated and regulated like the too-big-to-fail banks,” he said.

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TECHNOLOGY SOCIAL MEDIA

So, what’s not to like? » Buying Facebook ‘likes’ can be risky

By BECKY GILLETTE I CONTRIBUTOR mbj@msbusiness.com

If you spend much time on your business Facebook page, you most likely have seen a popup advertisement offering to sell you Facebook “likes.” One company advertises 1,000 likes from “real Facebook users” in one-to-four days for $29.99. This might seem like a good deal knowing how much attention Facebook users pay to “likes.”

But be aware that not only is faking Facebook “likes” deceptive, it is a violation of Facebook policy, and there are some serious downsides and risks to doing this, said Frank Owen, social media director for Mad Genius in Ridgeland.

“The whole point of having a legitimate Facebook page for a legitimate business is to build, through relevant content and authentic ongoing engagement, a legitimate audience with legitimate ambassadors of your brand,” Owen said. “Individuals who are paid to go ‘like’ a business Facebook page are not authentic fans of the brand and there is strong evidence that many of these people end up un-liking the page at a later point anyway. My understanding is that these services, to a large extent, go outside of the U.S. and incentivize people with prizes and/or direct money to go to a specific Facebook page to ‘like’ it.”

Facebook considers buying “likes” a policy violation, and has spam systems in place that can detect if a page is conducting this kind of activity. Owen said there are actually some horror stories of brands that have invested a lot of money in trying to buy likes only to have their Facebook page shut down.

Mad Genius won’t engage in buying likes for a brand. They experimented with that in the very early days of social media and learned its perils.

“As stated, it has become against Facebook policy, but even beyond this red flag there are some very troublesome things that can occur on a page as a result of buy-

ing unqualified likes on a page, including having one’s page hijacked by spam engines (what are called ‘spam bots’),” Owen said. “Let’s just say that some of what these spam engines can end up posting on a business page isn’t familyfriendly. In my own way of seeing all of this, it is better to have a lower number of page followers and to have them be qualified leads, legitimate brand ambassadors of your brand and truly engaged members of your community rather than have thousands of likes of people who never come back to your page.”

There are better ways to increase the number of “likes” and build a true community on a business page. Owen recommends running social media promotions and giveaways that are actually anchored to the soul of the business, brand, and products.

“Then, as we have seen at Mad Genius in our efforts on behalf of certain brands like

Primos Hunting, an authentic audience becomes activated,” Owen said.

Mad Genius did two Facebook promotions for Primos over a year. One added 72,000 “likes” and another took them up to 115,000 — all without resorting to buying likes. These fans have not only stuck around, but the snowball continues as Primos is now at 130,000 “likes.”

Some companies may see giveaways as a waste of money, but to audiences it is seen as a brand making an investment in their customers, a “giving back.”

“Promotions and giveaways are a lot more advantageous in terms of gaining likes,” Owens said. “But, like everything else in the digital space, it requires investment: Investment of time, investment of dollars, investment in the creation of content.”

Mad Genius has seen a good measure of success with Facebook ads that are used to extend the reach of social media promotions

Courtesy of Mad Genius

Frank Owen of Mad Genius says there are serious downsides and risks to faking Facebook likes.

and giveaways on behalf of its clients. Facebook ads enable a brand or business to geotarget and target interests of key audiences, even audiences that follow similar brands.

Some businesses do not pay attention to posting frequently on their Facebook page.

Social media is a conversation, and if a business is only posting once a month or even only once a week, that says that they aren’t very invested in their audience, Owen said. It depends on the brand, but he recommends a minimum of three times a week. Daily posts with relevant content are preferred.

“It used to be that people were concerned about posting too much on Facebook, but things have changed,” Owen said. “Fewer and fewer posts are actually being seen, and so posting with more frequency is a necessity. Facebook also has a fairly new feature for business pages that can assist business owners and/or social media managers with determining the best times to post for their specific audience. On the dashboard of a page, go to Page Insights, then click Posts. In a section called When Your Fans Are Online, Facebook shows a Page owner what days of the week and what times of day their current followers are on Facebook.

“Social media is not exclusively about driving sales,” Owen said.

“That’s certainly part of the mix, but it’s also about brand-spirit, community-building, and the way that happens is through a good balance of publishing, content creation, and content curation (pulling in content from other parts of the web that will be of interest to your audience). So, social media is essentially about broadcasting content, much like a digital magazine. Some brands can become rather narcissistic. They fail to remember that their brand doesn't actually belong to them. Their brand belongs to their passionate customers. So, naturally, in social media it’s about building a community of followers who care about your brand.”

TECHNOLOGY

14 I Mississippi Business Journal I October 25, 2013 VENTURE TECHNOLOGIES FAIR

Taking the cloud to you » Mobile cloud gives clients a clear view of Venture Technologies offerings

By FRANK BROWN I STAFF WRITER frank.brown@msbusiness.com

Ever wonder where your digital data goes when it instantly zips off to the cloud?

Well, Venture Technologies can take the cloud to you.

The Ridgeland-based IT solutions provider had its mobile cloud on full display last week at its annual Technology Fair at the Country Club of Jackson.

Some 24 of Venture’s technology partners participated to display and demonstrate their innovations.

Among the several hundred attendees were representatives of public school systems, colleges, city agencies and others from across the state.

The mobile cloud is a fully functional private cloud that Venture sends to organizations and road shows — and on house calls — so others can see and test the benefits of cloud computing. It incorporates all of the elements needed for

full-scale cloud deployment, including servers, storage, networking and desktop virtualization technology.

“If you were building a data center from the ground up, these are all the parts and pieces you would have in a data center,” said Joe Plunk, a technical architect with Venture. “The mobile cloud has enough computing power and storage information to run a small business.”

The cloud is used as a selling tool for firms who are interested in cloud storage at the Venture Technology data center in Jackson, or for firms who are interested buying the components for storage at their own sites. And as Plunk says, it also makes house calls to interested firms or firms who want to compare their current provider with the Venture cloud.

“At the end of the day, it is always about selling,” said Plunk. “Even if they’re looking at it to see if they like the technology, we don’t leave this behind. We want them to buy their own version of this. We want

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I want that in my data center.”

The Venture Tech data center opened in 2001, and later began offering early cloud technology under the term “application service provider.” “ASP was the cloud before the cloud was cool,” said Plunk.

And by all indications, cloud technology is here to say.

“Where is the cloud going?” Plunk said, repeating the question. “Do you post pictures to Facebook or Instagram? If the answer is yes, then you are probably already moving into the cloud — you’re moving stuff off your laptop and out into the network.

“The cloud is going much further than we can see. Visionaries are changing it on a daily basis. The cloud is about adding agility and business velocity to an environment. But now, as a business, I don’t have to worry about where my stuff lives anymore, because my service provider is taking care of things.”

And then there’s the reality of the young,

rising work force, or “Millenials” as Plunk calls them.

“They’re changing the way businesses deal with traditional architectures,” he said.

“The 21-year-olds of today know no world with out cell phones, text messages and Facebook. And they expect to be able to operate that way in their personal and business lives.

“We’re getting that influx of millenials into the employment pool who say ‘why can’t you just talk to me?’

“Some of them look at it like: ‘I’m coming to work to for you, can I access my CRM application, my business needs on my phone or pad? No? OK, I’m not going to work for you. I’m going to go work down the street. You can’t let me work the way I want to work.’

“But with cloud technology, you can say: ‘I’m going to give you a virtual desktop that you can access with you phone or pad, so If you want to work at 1 a.m. from home, you can.’ ”

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CONFERENCE ON TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION

Bunker a perfect ‘match’ for tech conference

By LYNN LOFTON I CONTRIBUTOR mbj@msbusiness.com

use any form of technology. “I constantly teach myself new skills to be relevant for new startups. Most people overestimate their ability to do something in the short run and underestimate their progress in the long run. So setting up a system of teaching yourself new things will create success in the long run.�

It’s that creative process that keeps him motivated. “I really enjoy programming. It allows me to be creative, and it’s a lot of fun to take an idea and create something using only your mind.�

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Bunker says the description of him as a serial entrepreneur is appropriate because he stays in the early startup stage of ventures. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I don't think I'll ever pursue running a large business but prefer to work at the beginning when the idea is being brought to life,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The dating site that we sold was at 70 employees. I was starting to struggle to know everyone personally, so it was time to sell and move on to the next idea.â&#x20AC;?

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ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM

‘Better data makes for better decisions’ » Waggoner’s digital mapping provides a multitude of benefits for Mississippi

By BECKY GILLETTE I CONTRIBUTOR mbj@msbusiness.com

Surveyors, geologists and engineers have been on a constant quest for a better way to represent the world we live in.

“Paper maps provided us with information about where things were located, how near they were to a highway or stream and how high above sea level they were,” said Cragin Knox, director of planning and special programs, Waggoner Engineering.

“Digital maps provide us with layer upon layer of information about our environment. There are not just lines, but real information from which we can make wise decisions.”

Over the past decade, Knox Waggoner Engineering has played a lead role in the development of Geographic Information System digital map layers for the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Office of Geology, the state agency charged with this data development program. The McDonald information includes geodetic control (to make sure everything is in its correct location), aerial imagery, topographic contours, highways and railroads, streams and rivers, property ownership, county and city limit lines, and the list goes on.

“We have assisted MDEQ in the development of this data, known as the Mississippi Digital Earth Model, or MDEM,” Knox said. “This information is routinely updated and publically available at www.gis.ms.gov. It is readily viewable at the website or the data can be downloaded by government and business entities for use in their own GIS programs and to combine with their own specialized data.”

Knox said there have been a number of significant improvements in digital mapping over the last decade. Technology has evolved. Data acquisition hardware has had a couple of generations of improvement.

“Just like on your personal digital camera, generally the higher the number of pixels and the higher quality of the lenses, the better the resolution,” Knox said. “Ten

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Information in the MDEM model (Mississippi Digital Earth Model) includes geodetic control, aerial imagery, topographic contours, highways and railroads, streams and rivers, property ownership and county and city limits.

years ago the aerial imagery standard was around two-foot pixel data. Now the standard is six-inch pixel data, and Hinds County recently acquired some three-inch imagery covering the City of Jackson. Acquisition of elevation data has followed a similar trend.

“And the price of data acquisition has also come down as processing and data storage has become cheaper. A desktop GIS computer 10 years ago was pretty powerful with a single 1.5 GHz processor and a 100-megabyte hard-drive. We now routinely use desktop and even laptop equipment that is 10, or even 100 times more powerful.”

Another development is that the GIS software has constantly been improving.

Knox said no longer does mapping software just allow them to make pretty maps; it has become an everyday decision-making tool in the workplace.

“For example, 10 years ago a digital map showing a water line was for the most part simply that – a map showing the location of a water line,” he said.

“Today, there is a wealth of digital information attached to the water line on the computer screen. We not only have location, but we have construction details, water pressure, flow direction, condition

and a wealth of other information. We know which valves to close in the event of a water main break, and which valves to open to reroute water to the affected neighborhoods. We can program routine maintenance based on this digital data.

These sophisticated tools have application in every phase of infrastructure development and operation–roads and bridges, power lines and transmission stations, sewer lines and treatment facilities, and on and on.”

Bill McDonald, vice president for special programs, Waggoner Engineering, said Mississippi was one of the first states to comply with a directive from Congress to update out-of-date paper Flood Insurance Rate Maps. The development of Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps was done through a Mississippi Emergency Management Agency/MDEQ/Federal Emergency Management Agency partnership.

“As a part of a team effort, Waggoner has been involved in FEMA’s DFIRM program for almost 10 years,” McDonald said. “In that time frame, the State of Mississippi has moved from simple lines on white paper to digital data draped over upto-date aerial imagery. This digital mapping has been completed in all 82 counties and most of the maps have been adopted

by the communities.”

These digital maps represent a one chance in a hundred-year flood risk to buildings. Waggoner Engineering combined boots-on-the-ground GPS surveying with digital terrain models and state-of-the-art hydraulic and hydrologic analysis to develop a set of digital maps that are publically available on both the FEMA and the MDEQ websites.

“We are currently updating some of the maps in high growth counties, moving them into FEMA’s RiskMAP program,” McDonald said. “This enhanced RiskMAP program will increase community and public awareness and understanding of current and future flood vulnerability. Where the DFIRM products were two-dimensional digital maps, the RiskMAP products will be much more three-dimensional, and will better assess and quantify a community’s economic risk due to flooding. This in turn should help motivate communities and individuals to engage in flood mitigation activities. Better data makes for better decisions.”

An example he gives of that is that digital mapping allows a home owner, a mortgage banker, or an insurance agent to log onto a publicly available website and look at a piece of property in relation to regulated flood hazard areas, ultimately to determine flood insurance rates. Digital mapping also allows county tax assessors to publish property ownership data on the web so that people in all types of business or public applications can look up ownership data.

“Waggoner uses high-end GIS software, combined with publically available and custom developed data layers, to provide the best digital mapping products to our clients,” McDonald said. “That can be as simple as a parking lot design, or as complex as site design for a major economic development project. In either case, the engineering and mapping data can be archived for the next step in the construction process.”

The “mega site” projects usually start with developing site location maps, street and utility layout maps, elevation modeling, and geotechnical information–all with a fast turnaround to the client. Professional packaging of this information can often put local developers in the lead in locating funds for the needed improvements, McDonald said.

ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERING

18 I Mississippi Business Journal I October 25, 2013

PROFILE: DAVID HARDY

Determination pays off with success

By LISA MONTI I CONTRIBUTOR mbj@msbusiness.com

David Hardy, the new president of the Mississippi State Board of Architecture, says his determination helped him get through the architecture program at Mississippi State University.

He chose architecture because he loved to draw and had always had an interest in construction.

“My father was a small general contractor so it grew out of a combined interest in those two things,” He enrolled in the program at MSU in the fall of 1984.

The professors, he said, were sometimes “brutally honest” in their criticism, even crushing models the students made to make a point.

“The message was to not fall in love with an idea and to keep an open mind for other ideas that have greater benefit for the project,” he said. Still, he said, “It’s a harsh message for a 19-year-old college student.” Not surprisingly, the dropout rate for architects is fairly high, he said.

But his determination served him well

and he graduated in 1990. Hardy is a principal with Eley Guild Hardy Architects, which has offices in Jackson and Biloxi. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects and is certified by the National Council of Architectural Registra- Hardy tion Boards.

The state board which he now heads regulates the professions of architecture, landscape architecture and interior design.

The board has five members appointed by the governor to serve five-year terms.

“Our mission is to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public. That is our primary charge,” he said.

Jenny Wilkinson, executive director of the state Board, called Hardy a natural leader and a focused and dedicated board member.

“As president, he is successfully leading the Board to accomplish its mission,” she said.

Board members essentially serve as volunteers, but Wilkinson said, “You

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would never know this by the tireless efforts David and the other board members put forth.”

The Mississippi board is a member of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards which manages the mandatory intern development program that all graduate architects must go through to be eligible to take the licensure exam.

“Once the applicant passes the exam, the board issues them a license to practice in the state of Mississippi,” he said.

Newly licensed architects are having a tough time finding an opening in the current job market. “Thirteen percent of all new graduates are just not finding jobs,” Hardy said.

Mississippi has always been a tough market for architects, he said, because it’s so rural. But in Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath, the state saw one of the largest building booms in history. “But about three years ago all that work just dropped off like a cliff. Many firms downsized including ours in response to the market conditions,” Hardy said.

However, the architecture board continues to see people apply for licensure in the state, mainly those practicing in other states who want to do work in Mississippi.

Doing anything without a license is a serious offense.

And there are serious fines to go along with the offense. In its fall meeting, the board reported that it issued 10 cease and desist orders to individuals not licensed in the state who had practiced architecture, used the title or offered services. Disciplinary actions include fines up to $60,000 for violations.

Still, there are repeat offenders. “We

see three or four serious cases a year,” Hardy said.

Even with all the regulations, the line between architecture and engineering gets blurry, and the boards of both professions are working to clear things up. “It’s all in the interest of doing a better job to insure people are practicing within their area of expertise. That’s number one.”

Architects and engineers also are dealing with buildings and building codes that are more complex, especially in the coastal counties since Katrina. “The bar has been raised for the practice of architecture and the practice of engineering. But the more stringent building codes are a good thing for the public,” he said.

Hardy recalled the 2005 hurricane as “by far the milestone against which my career will be measured because of the sheer volume of work that ensued in the aftermath of Katrina.” He worked on the governor’s recovery committee and was involved with the post-storm design charettes along with architects from around the country.

“You are seeing the final results of that work only now,” he said. “It was that monumental of a task.”

Hardy said he is proud of his and his firm’s work on the Mississippi Gulf Coast Coast Coliseum and Convention Center’s $60 million expansion which was interrupted midway by Katrina. The entire building had about five feet of water from Katrina.

“It is such a highly public venue. Everyone across the Coast and in the state can recognize that facility. It’s very satisfying to know you had a hand in making a great place that many people in the community can enjoy.”

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Kristi Henderson, M.D., will lead a session on Telehealth – Connecting Medicine Statewide. Bill Rayburn, Ph.D. and cofounder and CEO of FNC Inc., will lead Closing the Sale.

“Entrepreneurs and investors will get a lot out of the conference, but many other groups, such as mentors and service providers that provide work to the state’s innovation companies or who want to get in on these ground floor opportunities, will get a lot out of it as well,” Tony Jeff said.

“Our lineup this year is one of the best we have ever had.”

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Heath Hall, vice president of Innovate Mississippi, says the conference attracted about 500 people last year and is expected to draw a larger crowd this year. “We have something for everyone in the breakout sessions,” he said. “We’re hoping to attract any Mississippian who is interested in business. Every year we do a survey of people attending and it’s been consistent that good keynote speakers draw people in.”

A second major speaker and breakout sessions in health care have been added this year. “Dr. Hannah Gay will address the group. She’s outstanding and we’re proud to have her speak at the conference,” Hall said.

Gay, a pediatrician, is a University of Mississippi Medical Center HIV specialist

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20 I Mississippi Business Journal I October 25, 2013 August 2013 Incorporations This is the August 2013 list of the state’s newly incorporated businesses from the Secretary of State’s Office. Listed are towns from Abbeville to Jackson. Listings include business name, type, date formed and location. Addresses reflect legal entity for service of process, not necessarily the new business entities’ operating address.

Abbeville Handy Helper Express LLC LLC 8/26/13 40 B West Long St.

Ackerman Magnolia Mats & Environmental Services LLC LLC 8/8/13 340 Ford Road

Beaumont Circle W Investments LLC LLC 8/16/13 104 Arlington Loop Road D Herring Farms LLC LLC 8/1/13 60 Herbert Lott Cut Off Wells Rentals, LLC LLC 8/28/13 15 Ray Wells Road

Belden Craving Glaze Donuts LLC LLC 8/19/13 1693 Foresthill Cv

1529 Coffee Company BUS 8/20/13 60104 Cotton Gin Port Road Balance, LLC LLC 8/23/13 201 3Rd Ave N George Holdings, L.P. LP 8/1/13 1701 Hwy 25 North Michael’s Service Center, LLC LLC 8/1/13 100 Highway 6 N Timber Shark Attachments, LLC LLC 8/7/13 60019 Dogwood Cove

Artesia The Shepherd’s Care & Share Ministry

NP

35 Thompson Street

Steve’s Gun and Pawn, LLC LLC 8/19/13 10-B Sun Air Drive The OWENS Foundation NP 8/29/13 287 Highway 366

Belzoni Belzoni Mini Market, Inc. BUS 8/22/13 536 N Hayden St Venbrand Investments LLC LLC 8/19/13 205 Fourth Street Christy Harris Corporation BUS 8/7/13 11382 Hwy 433 S JPM, LLC LLC 8/19/13 6161 Hwy 16

Bentonia

Ashland Benton County Empowerment Association NP 8/28/13 Sixth Main Street South Live and Let Dye Salon, LLC LLC 8/2/13 122 Church St

Bailey Five Mile RV Park LLC LLC 8/7/13 9059 Highway 493 Luke’s Cleaning Services LLC LLC 8/29/13 567 Hwy 495 South

Baldwyn Anderson & Son Transport, Inc. BUS 8/20/13 204 Burton Ave BLT Logistics LLC LLC 8/26/13 120 West Main St Endville Gas & Deli, LLC LLC 8/9/13 2586 Hwy 370 Lansdell Properties LLC LLC 8/26/13 120 West Main St Markka-Bellea Gift Shop LLC LLC 8/1/13 725 Hwy 145 South Pop’s Automotive & Marine LLC LLC 8/26/13 120 West Main St

Blue Rooster Clinton, LLC LLC 8/12/13 4915 Hwy 433 W. Blue Rooster Flora, LLC LLC 8/12/13 4915 Hwy 433 W. Coach’s Country Store, LLC LLC 8/12/13 4915 Hwy 433 W. F & F Farm Services LLC LLC 8/12/13 3256 Rosehill Road

Big Creek Trades to Treasures LLC 8/29/13

LLC 126 CR 319

Biloxi

Grant Goforth Golf, LLC LLC 8/2/13 105 Public Square JK & Sons Trucking, LLC LLC 8/16/13 210 Pettit Street National Association of Promoters of the Americas Inc. BUS 8/16/13 2965 BREWER RD. Soulja Boy Tellem Music Inc BUS 8/16/13 2965 BREWER RD.

Advanced Daydreams, LLC LLC 8/15/13 282 Biglake Road Apt 53 AFK LLC LLC 8/29/13 920 Cedar Lake Road, Suite N Ameritran Insurance Agency LLC LLC 8/22/13 6904 Riviera Dr Big Black River Hunting Club, LLC LLC 8/23/13 13372 Damon CT Books by Design, LLC LLC 8/13/13 8080 Curry Road Bovalou LLC LLC 8/19/13 2550 Marshall Road, Ste. 300 Carnivale Tattoo Limited Liability Company LLC 8/23/13 1888 Beach Bouldvard., Suite B & C CD 1, LLC LLC 8/6/13 11111 Shorecrest Road CD 2, LLC LLC 8/5/13 11111 Shorecrest Road Coastal Paramed LLC LLC 8/12/13 2186 Atkinson Rd Flying Canvas Pictures LLC LLC 8/16/13 1099 Judge Sekul

Southeast Construction Transport LLC LLC

Forensic Financial Services Group LLC

8/27/13

8/15/13 638 Howard Avenue Furniture Mart DBA LLC 8/19/13 2363 Pass Rd Furniture Mart of Mississippi, LLC LLC 8/19/13 2363 Pass Rd Gulf Park Square, LLC LLC 8/5/13 700 Kennedy Lane Handy Helper Handyman LLC LLC 8/7/13 156 Travia Ave HLR Properties, LLC LLC 8/1/13 14158 Longwood Circle

Batesville

264 Good Hope Road

Bay Springs The Living Word 8/22/13

NP 34 Cr 128

Bay St. Louis 360 Custom, LLC LLC 8/5/13 5215 1St Avenue Best Lawns of B.S.L. L.L.C. LLC 8/19/13 6093 Holly Dr Brother’s Investment of Mississippi LLC LLC 8/29/13 519 Ulman Avenue Hagmyster LLC LLC 8/14/13 126 Demontluzin Ave Higgins Racing, LLC LLC 8/20/13 405 Ballentine Street

Leverett Family Dentistry PLLC PLLC 8/14/13 1621 Pass Road Suite C Mario Latorre LLC LLC 8/15/13 151 Grande View Dr Apt 23 Moss Point Skate Center LLC LLC 8/22/13 9198 Selena Drive Offshore Electrical Products LLC LLC 8/9/13 4393 Audubon Trail Reliable Resource & Materials, LLCLLC 8/22/13 145 Main Street Rough Cut Security LLC LLC 8/6/13 1002 N Country Club Lane Shelia M. Alexander DBA OTH 8/23/13 479 Channel Mark Drive Shiloh Missionary Baptist District Association NP 8/20/13 15472 Highway 67 T C B Investments, LLC LLC 8/28/13 12728 Village Avenue Thai Lotus Resturant II LLC LLC 8/27/13 12187 Bates Road The Brewer Law Office PLLC PLLC 8/28/13 1891 Pass Rd. The Essential Group Publishing, LLC

Belmont

Amory

8/14/13

Knoblock Property Management and Rentals LLC LLC 8/12/13 6210 West Desoto St OWL Enterprises, L.L.C. LLC 8/27/13 400 Skyline Drive Swoop Manor II, L.L.C. LLC 8/27/13 414 North Beach Boulevard WDJN, LLC LLC 8/8/13 34 Chantilly Terrace

LLC

Innovative Construction Services, Inc. BUS

8/1/13 2355 Pass Road Iron-Mafia LLC LLC 8/30/13 831 Cedar Lake Rd Apt.# 1711 Kwest Enterprises, LLC LLC 8/16/13 2462 West Shore Drive Leposh Coutuve LLC LLC 8/12/13 6913 Rue Mornay North

8/22/13 TrinityPlus LLC 8/19/13

LLC

1120 Beach Blvd LLC 11150 Pin Oak Dr

V2 Consulting and Investments LLC

LLC

8/2/13 1130 Beach Blvd Wash-It of Ocean Springs, LLC LLC 8/6/13 759 Vieux Marche Wiggles ‘n Giggles DBA OTH 8/23/13 479 Channel Mark Drive

Bogue Chitto Entropia Consulting DBA OTH 8/2/13 19 Katies Trail SE Johnston Consulting, LLC LLC 8/21/13 608 Bogue Chitto Rd Marquita M. Qualls DBA OTH 8/2/13 19 Katies Trail SE

Booneville Anderson Parents for Progress Inc NP 8/12/13 105 South Main Street Andrew Leon Williams DBA OTH 8/7/13 606 Cherry St Backyard BBQ DBA OTH 8/7/13 606 Cherry St C & F Food, LLC LLC 8/5/13 100 South Main Street C.L. Johnson Construction, LLC LLC 8/5/13 1909 East Church Street MDS Educational Services, LLC LLC 8/20/13 201 W. Market Street

Boyle M & W Publishing Co, LLC LLC 8/13/13 93 Oakridge Road

Brandon AllSource Automotive LLC LLC 8/14/13 107 Sandstone Dr ALW Enterprises LLC LLC 8/20/13 407 Mason Court Ambiance Home Staging LLC LLC 8/28/13 18 Ashland Avenue Arkansas Holdings of Mississippi, LLC

LLC

8/29/13 104 Colony Way Arkansas Holdings, LLC LLC 8/29/13 104 Colony Way ASLANS FC, LLC LLC 8/7/13 308 Cornerstone Drive Auction Solution, LLC LLC 8/5/13 4012 Asbury Trail Beautiful Ones Ministries, Inc. NP 8/21/13 116 Lakeside Drive Best Buy Automotive, LLC LLC 8/5/13 1370 West Government Street Bounds & Associates LLC LLC 8/1/13 424 Rolling Hills Circle Christopher L Friedley, LLC LLC 8/1/13 145 Pear Orchard Dr Cookie Dough Doctors II LLC LLC 8/15/13 111 Grants Ferry Road Crechale’s Three Generations, LLC LLC 8/5/13 1370 West Government Street CWP Properties, LLC LLC 8/20/13 300 Brentwood St Dan D’s on 18, Inc. BUS 8/28/13 6373 Highway 18 DB Germany LLC LLC 8/28/13 991 South College Street Deborah Hendrix DBA OTH 8/27/13 125 Henderson Lane Dipolmat306, LLC LLC 8/2/13 228 Avalon Circle Brandon, MS 39047 Eden Therapy LLC LLC 8/8/13 119 Bonne Vie Dr

Ellis Land Company, LLC LLC 8/14/13 2100 Spring Branch Rd ( Pickens 39146) Erudite Acres DBA OTH 8/27/13 125 Henderson Lane Floyd Construction, LLC LLC 8/9/13 1041 Lake Village Cr, Ste A Global Screen Printing LLC LLC 8/23/13 1301 Old Fannin Rd. Brandon, MS 39047 Hall-Tillman Consultants LLC LLC 8/8/13 167 Northwind Drive Hammons Customs LLC LLC 8/19/13 209 Oak Brook Drive Havana Cigars, Tobacco & Gifts II, LLC

LLC

8/16/13 98 Laurel Park Drive Hawkley LLC LLC 8/27/13 416 Gabe Holcomb Rd Indian Lake Farms, LLC LLC 8/7/13 206 W Armistead Drive JComm Realty, LLC LLC 8/14/13 20Eastgate Drive, Suite D Kwanita Farms, LLC LLC 8/7/13 206 W Armistead Drive M & R, LLC. LLC 8/14/13 1149 Old Fannin Rd., Ste. 32 Mapp Law Firm, PLLC PLLC 8/30/13 412 Belvedere Dr (Pearl 39208) McAlpin MFR, PLLC PLLC 8/5/13 275 Hebron Hill Drive Mid South Cabinets, Inc. BUS 8/30/13 20 Eastgate Drive Ste D OJD LLC LLC 8/7/13 216 Tolleson Place Onsite Wellness LLC LLC 8/27/13 509 Harbor Ridge Dr P & B Properties LLC LLC 8/8/13 154 Post Hill Rd Panda Tech LLC LLC 8/1/13 175 Woodland Glen Circle Pearl MS Landlords’ Association, Inc.

NP

Brookhaven A A U, LLC 8/19/13

Aegis HS&E Compliance and Training LLCLLC

8/1/13 3785 Hebert Trail SE Backwoods Bayou, LLC LLC 8/21/13 1575 Beeson Drive NE Daughters of Baca NP 8/26/13 309 E Enterprise Street Dunaway Trucking & Dozier Service, LLC LLC

8/21/13 687 Hwy 550 NW PKR Enterprise LLC LLC 8/28/13 1383 Mickle Smith Trail Willard’s Welding Inc BUS 8/8/13 1306 Lambert Lane SE

Bruce Desert Oasis Designs LLC LLC 8/19/13 335 N Tyson Rd

Buckatunna Cute and Sassy Dollar Jewerly Store Inc BUS

8/5/13

350 Buckatunna Mount Zion Rd

Brewer Trucking LLC 8/30/13

Bumpous Farms LLC LLC 8/26/13 5425 Myers Rd. Superior Home Services LLC LLC 8/29/13 268 Baicey Place Rd Wyannes Wholesale LLC LLC 8/12/13 3507 Cayce Rd

The Lynn Michael Foundation DBA

Calhoun City

8/14/13 124 West Pinebrook Drive The Mosley Family Corporation BUS 8/9/13 142 Dogwood Circle Tipton Bayou Properties, LLC LLC 8/5/13 105 North College Street Trolio Real Estate, L.L.C. LLC 8/20/13 136 Lady Marian Road Vangho LLC LLC 8/21/13 628 Forest View Lane Vicki Lynn Patterson-Davidson DBA

OTH

8/14/13 124 West Pinebrook Drive Warren Hill Farms LLC LLC 8/6/13 430 Warren Hill Road WQM LLC LLC 8/6/13 304 Lakeside Drive

Braxton Elite Vinyl Graphics LLC LLC 8/9/13 520 N. Oak Ave

LLC 136 Front St

Byhalia

Byram

Neicey’s Lil Angels Daycare NP 8/19/13 147 Links Drive #16h Noble Homes, Inc. BUS 8/12/13 151 W. Peace Street Nomad Logistics LLC LLC 8/22/13 389 Davis Crossing Rd Profit Point Consulting, Inc. BUS 8/19/13 495 Renfroe Road Rejuvenation Alternative Therapy LLC LLC

8/27/13 663 Miggins Road West Healthcare Consulting, LLC LLC 8/22/13 112 Fairchild Cove

Carriere Ageless Beauty Permanent Makeup LLC LLC

8/7/13 239 Joe Smith Rd JS Ventures, LLC LLC 8/21/13 478 Sones Chapel Road National Distributors LLC LLC 8/21/13 107 Peninsula Dr Sherral’s Diner LLC LLC 8/30/13 1168 Henleyfield - McNeill Rd Spiers Contracting Services, LLC LLC 8/7/13 459 McNeill Steep Hollow Road

Carthage

Burnsville

8/27/13 20 Eastgate Drive Suite D Peden Enterprises LLC LLC 8/29/13 185 Bellegrove Circle Pink Springs LLC LLC 8/9/13 94 Summit Ridge Dr Plane Fools, LLC LLC 8/16/13 200 Jetport Road Precise Points LLC 8/26/13 200 A Brendalwood Blvd Precise Points LLC LLC 8/27/13 200 A Brendalwood Blvd Prominent Home Care & Medical Staffing, LLC LLC 8/6/13 513 Eternal Court (39042) Quality Care Rehab, LLC LLC 8/15/13 809 Windlass Cove Reservoir Hawks Inc NP 8/20/13 400 Oakleigh Circle Samantha Sherrill LLC LLC 8/21/13 11 Brandy Crt S Serene Properties, LLC LLC 8/19/13 1029 Windrose Dr SF Marketing LLC LLC 8/27/13 576 Holly Bush Rd Sisu Race Timing, LLC LLC 8/8/13 215 Jacks Place Southern Management Ms LLC LLC 8/6/13 127 Buckingham Place Speed LLC LLC 8/5/13 550 Bradford Drive Square One Capital, LLC LLC 8/14/132100 Spring Branch Road ( Pickens 39146) Stinkyfeet Starkville LLC LLC 8/28/13 108 Arbor Landing Talon Racing, LLC LLC 8/22/13 1109 Fox Point TEK Group LLC LLC 8/28/13 409 Abbey Woods OTH

LLC 639 Zetus Road

BioAg International, LLC LLC 8/21/13 2112 Glennhaven Court Bonnie Martin Risler 3 LLC LLC 8/13/13 404 Riverbend Drive Cedra Tyshun Smith DBA OTH 8/28/13 332 Willowbay Drive Criterion Construction Company LLC

LLC

8/27/13 136 Byram Business Center In the Zone DBA OTH 8/8/13 1116 Bullrun Dr King’s Lawn Care, LLC LLC 8/13/13 405 Vining Court Kwik-Serve Mechanical LLC LLC 8/9/13 136 Byram Business Center May Descendant Family LLC LLC 8/1/13 4947 Brookwood Place Michael Chad Stears DBA OTH 8/8/13 1116 Bullrun Dr New China Buffet of Byram LLC LLC 8/1/13 5795 Terry Rd Signature Touch DBA OTH 8/28/13 332 Willowbay Drive Tactical Supplements LLC LLC 8/21/13 4277 Glenn Oak Cir The Cager Group LLC LLC 8/9/13 204 Trahon Cove The Foundation of Truth Church NP 8/14/13 934 Woodlee Dr The Memphis Men’s Clinic, LLC LLC 8/20/13 6767 South Siwell Road Ste B The Word Connection NP 8/20/13 904 Prisock Rd.

Caledonia Grasshopper Lawn Care LLC LLC 8/2/13 106 Whippoorwill Drive

CDL Video PTR LLC LLC 8/27/13 208 W Taylor Ave. J & T Cleaning Service LLC LLC 8/22/13 209 Hasting St Bruce Ms 38915

Canton Allure Properties, LLC LLC 8/15/13 1136 Ratliff Ferry Rd, Canton, Ms 39046 Black Ops Security & Patrol Services LLC LLC

8/20/13 1415 Hwy 16 W. #37 Brooks Freight Brokerage LLC LLC 8/8/13 147 Links Dr #25-E Business Consulting Services, LLC LLC 8/30/13 105 Addison Way Chittlins Soppin BBQ Sauce, LLC LLC 8/29/13 3390 N. Liberty Street Laketime LLC LLC 8/5/13 114 Bear Creek Circle Land of Milk & Honey Preschool & Childcare Ministry LLC LLC 8/1/13 147 Links Dr. Apt. 11l

BOCA Burns, LLC LLC 8/12/13 109 Dewitt Loop Southern Hoof Farrier Services LLCLLC 8/12/13 3900 Hwy 488 Star Bar J Trucking, LLC LLC 8/15/13 4474 Ebenezer Road

Centreville Capell Construction, LLC LLC 8/16/13 1948 Perkins Road FMCH Public Benefit Corporation NP 8/5/13 270 West Main Street Images Beauty Supply & More OTH 8/22/13 435 Camp St. J.R.’s Transport, L.L.C. LLC 8/14/13 2081 Louis Gaulden Road Sunday Sweetz, L.L.C. LLC 8/20/13 505 East Main Street

Charleston Heroman LLC LLC 8/14/13 409 West Cypress Street LL Constructions LLC LLC 8/28/13 27 Birch St

Clarksdale 312 John Lee Hooker LLC LLC 8/13/13 143 Yazoo Avenue American Green Technology Inc BUS 8/9/13 1360 Industrial Park Dr. Dixie Grading LLC LLC 8/1/13 2466 Stovall Road Gammill Consulting, LLC LLC 8/27/13 427 Elm Street Malatesta Farms Management LLCLLC 8/14/13 101 Jane Cove Malatesta, Malatesta Farms LP LP 8/14/13 101 Jane Cove Sunflower Avenue Developer LLC LLC 8/14/13 45 Yazoo Avenue Tolivars Hauling Inc BUS 8/19/13 7781 Hwy 322 E Bellview Rd

Cleveland Amazing Enterprises OTH 8/14/13 17 Hill Circle BBH Properties, LLC LLC 8/12/13 226 Westwood Drive Carey Sparks DBA OTH 8/30/13 1212 Chrisman St Compass Financial Strategies, LLC LLC 8/22/13 215 N. Pearman Avenue Cotton Row, LLC LLC 8/29/13 307 Cotton Row, Suite 1 Delta Party Rental LLC LLC 8/9/13 41 Earl Ave Kline Properties, LLC LLC 8/16/13 200 6Th Avenue LJ’s Restaurant of Cleveland LLC LLC 8/5/13 717 East Sunflower Road Longshot Hauling, LLC LLC 8/21/13 215 North Pearman Avenue Moore Power Cleaning LLC LLC 8/28/13 1101 Sixth Avenue Muddy Waters Property and Management, LLC #2 LLC 8/12/13 215 North Pearman Avenue Muddy Waters Property and Management, LLC #3 LLC 8/12/13 215 North Pearman Avenue Muddy Waters Property and Management, LLC #4 LLC 8/12/13 215 North Pearman Avenue

Muddy Waters Property and Management, LLC #5 LLC 8/12/13 215 North Pearman Avenue Muddy Waters Property and Management, LLC #6 LLC 8/12/13 215 North Pearman Avenue Muddy Waters Property and Management, LLC #7 LLC 8/12/13 215 North Pearman Avenue Muddy Waters Property and Management, LLC #8 LLC 8/12/13 215 North Pearman Avenue Risk Properties LLC LLC 8/27/13 150 North Sharpe Avenue Sparks Group Company DBA OTH 8/30/13 1212 Chrisman St The Delta Meat Market, LLC LLC 8/14/13 118 N Sharpe Ave Van Namen R & F, LLC LLC 8/15/13 215 North Pearman Avenue

Clinton Abundance of Grace Christian Church

NP

8/14/13 103 Buffalo Cv Armstrong Lawn Professionals LLCLLC 8/2/13 100 King Arthur Lane As Food Mart LLC LLC 8/1/13 805 Reserve Drive Creative Resource Agency Inc NP 8/6/13 606A Hwy 80 E CTP Travel Solutions LLC LLC 8/14/13 109 Dunton Hill Lane DOFFLIN, LLC LLC 8/5/13 109 Navajo Circle Hot Bowl Grill LLC LLC 8/13/13 322 Hwy 80 E Ste 2 INFINITI HEALTHCARE SERVICES, LLC LLC

8/16/13 801 East Northside Drive Jaybird Banjo, LLC LLC 8/7/13 202 B East Main Street JM Construction LLC LLC 8/29/13 1257 Springridge Rd Jordan’s Heating & Cooling, LLC LLC 8/20/13 213 Dahaja Circle Joseph D. Boone D.M.D., PLLC PLLC 8/6/13 1655 Linda Dr McAfee Safety Analysis, Inc BUS 8/26/13 108 Springmeade Road Medical Consultant, LLC LLC 8/6/13 709 Dunton Road Mississippi Natives Baseball LLC LLC 8/1/13 803 Dunton Rd New Age Housing LLC LLC 8/27/13 325 Hwy. 80 East #116 Parmesans LLC LLC 8/22/13 507D Springridge Rd. Pinnacle Holdings LLC LLC 8/12/13 118 Rockbridge Xing Poco Fireworks OTH 8/5/13 402 Pebble Brook Dr Southeastern Rentals LLC LLC 8/5/13 4950 Williamson Road Stay Young Entertainment, LLC LLC 8/23/13 102 East Leake Street The Court of Monte Cristo LLC LLC 8/29/13 123 Hwy 80 East Ste 132 Toups & Burkett Land Services LLCLLC 8/23/13 208 Hannah Dr

Coila Marlin Construction, LLC LLC 8/1/13 4425 CR 60 Marlin Construction, LLC 8/1/13 4425 CR 60

Coldwater Advantage Maintenance LLC LLC 8/6/13 344 Patrick Rd KaCe Trucking, LLC LLC 8/22/13 3346 Stage Rd Panduro Home Rentals, LLC LLC 8/8/13 421 Central Avenue R T Scott Plumbing L.L.C. LLC 8/5/13 488 Peyton Road

Collins Ainsworth Flooring Inc. BUS 8/19/13 1048 William Warren Road Corporate Cleaning, LLC LLC 8/7/13 94 Wheelertown Rd M & L Investments, LLC LLC 8/15/13 105 Thyer Dr M.C. Farms L.L.C. LLC 8/2/13 33 Ed Kirkley Dr RSMS LLC LLC 8/6/13 8 Grandview Drive Spring Hill Farms of MS Inc. BUS 8/22/13 1048 William Warren Road

INCORPORATIONS Ward Trucking LLC LLC 8/1/13 136 McDonald Chapel Road

Collinsville Lovenow Community Church Inc NP 8/20/13 8202 Reservoir Road Pennysons, LLC LLC 8/2/13 12619 Marshall Beeman Road Tyler Pierce Forestry Services, LLCLLC 8/23/13 9575 Collins Drive

Columbia Fresh Works, LLC LLC 8/23/13 705 Sumrall Road Pierre Michels LLC LLC 8/8/13 427 Eagle Day Ave.

Columbus 12 Bar on Fifth DBA LLC 8/19/13 410 Main Street All the Way with Jesus NP 8/9/13 114 Tabatha Lane Benchmark Memorial Life Center, Inc. BUS

8/2/13 250 Lehmberg Road Boss Man Entertainment, LLC LLC 8/12/13 3865 Military Road Brown’s Educational Consultant Firm, LLCLLC

8/19/13 179 Matilda Dr CMM Entertainment, LLC LLC 8/19/13 410 Main Street Collins Services LLC LLC 8/2/13 561 Woodridge Place Cycelia Matthews Ministries, Inc. NP 8/14/13 89 Kimberly Drive Elton S Thomas Jr LLC LLC 8/19/13 419 College Street Good Cars, LLC LLC 8/27/13 32 Chris Lane Columbus, Ms 39702 Haven Campus Communities Starkville LLC LLC 8/14/13 122 5Th Street South Haven Campus Communities LLC LLC 8/14/13 122 5Th Street South Haven Campus Communities Starkville Member LLC LLC 8/14/13 122 5Th Street South Heard Computer Services LLC LLC 8/14/13 419 College Street Materials Transportation Company

BUS

8/30/13 232 Thurston Lake Drive McAnally & Associates LLC LLC 8/9/13 486 Sagamore Circle Midstates Transportation LLC LLC 8/9/13 809 3Rd Ave N Sims & Sims LLC LLC 8/21/13 809 3Rd Avenue North Smart Fashion and Design LLC LLC 8/27/13 20 Stokes Rd Starks Law Firm, PLLC PLLC 8/15/13 301 5Th St S, Ste B The Stanzas, LLC LLC 8/13/13 214 5Th Street South Urology Center of Columbus, PLLC

PLLC

8/8/13 321 Hospital Drive We Pump Company, Inc BUS 8/8/13 4180 Hwy 373

Corinth Backdoor Properties, LLC LLC 8/7/13 404 Waldron Street Barrier Workshop, PLLC PLLC 8/12/13 118 Arbor Lane C&L Holster Co., LLC LLC 8/14/13 22 County Road 109 Harbur.com, LLC LLC 8/26/13 24 County Road 224 Irby-Justice Farm, LLC LLC 8/7/13 725 Shiloh Rd. J R & Sons Rental LLC LLC 8/13/13 3802 Mathis Road Magnolia Square LLC LLC 8/20/13 1300 Pine Rd MIRA Inc BUS 8/16/13 1407-A Harper Rd Simply Southern Boutique & Gifts, LLC LLC

8/12/13

511 Franklin Street

Southern Construction Management, LLCLLC

8/12/13 18 Coounty Road 663 SSHA LLC LLC 8/19/13 70 CR 116 Thread Rep, LLC LLC 8/13/13 1989 Hwy 72 East Annex Waterway Grill Inc BUS 8/5/13 1407-A Harper Rd West Point Texaco Inc BUS 8/16/13 1407-A Harper Rd

October 25, 2013

Courtland

Faulkner

McBride Cattle Company, LLC LLC 8/15/13 7763 Eureka Rd

Muddy Creek Grocery LLC LLC 8/6/13 80 CR 269

Crystal Springs

Flora

Circle H Ranch & Broiler Farm, LLC LLC 8/26/13 3097 Johnson Rd DSR, LLC LLC 8/21/13 403 E. Georgetown Street Hundel LLC LLC 8/19/13 207 Marion Ave

Fun5KRuns LLC LLC 8/13/13 4846 Main Street, Suite 300

D’Iberville Clean Water Marketing Services LLC

LLC

8/12/13 3515 S River Ridge Drive Coastal Ortho Group, LLC. LLC 8/13/13 10721 Limu Way Diamondhead 39525 Iron Fist, LLC. LLC 8/20/13 10317 Boney Ave, Ste A True Nails & Things LLC LLC 8/19/13 633 Cypress Dr

De Kalb Joe Rush Trucking, LLC LLC 8/21/13 415 Jackson-Stephens Rd.

Decatur WCPA Enterprises, LLC LLC 8/12/13 108 Fourth Avenue

Dennis 4W Publishing, Inc. 8/29/13

BUS 203 CR 57

Diamondhead Bayou Motors LLC LLC 8/19/13 894 Kalalau Street IMM Gold Limited LLC LLC 8/22/13 7549 Mahalo Hui Drive

Bent Wrench Industries LLC LLC 8/8/13 3383 Star Rd Crawfish Shack of Florence LLC LLC 8/28/13 2907 Hwy 49 S Hardihood Bevy LLC LLC 8/27/13 246 Ella Lane Magnolia Wood Fibers LLC LLC 8/27/13 129 Boteler Rd. Peapatch Farms LLC LLC 8/6/13 2163 Florence Byram Rd RCD, Inc BUS 8/13/13 125 E Main Street Salutations LLC LLC 8/7/13 234 Copper Ridge Way Shelby Energy LLC LLC 8/1/131538 Sagewood Lane (Brookhaven 39601) T&J Dozer & Welding Services, LLCLLC 8/15/13 118 Norwood Rd Things to Dust LLC LLC 8/6/13 373 Highway 469 N 2141 Woodland Way LLC LLC 8/7/13 2950 Layfair Drive, Suite 101 5Z-MS, LLC LLC 8/16/13 645 LAKELAND EAST DR #101 8x8, Inc BUS 8/19/13 645 LAKELAND EAST DR STE 101 ABB Optical Group dba LLC 8/7/13 232 Market Street ABB/ CON-CISE Optical Group LLC LLC 8/7/13 232 Market Street ACA Holdings LLC LLC 8/15/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Accuity Inc BUS 8/23/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Advantex Marketing International Inc. BUS

D’LO Hope Christian Academy NP 8/9/13 2114 Ste Hwy 149 S

Drew W & W Ag Supply, LLC LLC 8/30/13 508 Brew Merigold Rd

Duncan Coleman & Associates/ Farms NP 8/5/13 59 Round Lake Road Francis Landing, LLC LLC 8/15/13 1283 Highway 444

Green Lantern LLC LLC 8/27/13 140 Shawnee Street Word of Righteousness Christian Center NP

180 South Washington Street

Ecru Bibleway United House of Prayer Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, Ecru NP

8/23/13

8/15/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Agents Alliance Services Ltd. LP 8/28/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Agents Alliance Services, L.P. LP 8/28/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Ahp Knoxville Partnership OTH 8/30/13 4290 Lakeland Drive, Suite B ALG Acquisitions I, LLC LLC 8/9/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Allstate Appraisal, L.P. LP 8/19/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 American Employer Group, III Inc.BUS 8/2/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Argo Turboserve Corporation BUS 8/19/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Arrow Oil and Chemical Solutions Inc

Durant 8/27/13

Florence

1238 Old Highway 15 North

Edwards Sunyghuman LLC 8/19/13

LLC 104 Withers St

Ellisville M & S Glass Company LLC LLC 8/19/13 3169 Monroe Road Pine Belt Dirt Movers, LLC LLC 8/7/13 1080 Pittman Rd Tisdale Land and Timber LLC LLC 8/28/13 15 Valley Ridge Road (Purvis 39475)

Enterprise David Snowden Trucking, LLC LLC 8/13/13 1500 County Road 331 Partridge Creekside Floral LLC LLC 8/21/13 120 West Bridge St

Eupora Smith Land Improvements LLC LLC 8/23/13 420 Clark Avenue

Falkner Script Custom Printing, LLC LLC 8/22/13 850 County Road 400

BUS

8/8/13 130 Riverview Drive, Suite A As is Auto LLC LLC 8/6/13 645 LAKELAND EAST DR #101 Atlanta Restaurant Partners LLC LLC 8/12/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Atlanta Restaurant, LLC LLC 8/12/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Azalea Ridge Apartments, LLC LLC 8/2/13 645 LAKELAND EAST DR #101 BBMK Contracting, LLC LLC 8/29/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 BCV Holdings, LLC LLC 8/6/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Bearwood Concepts, Inc. BUS 8/19/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Benson Service Group LLC LLC 8/27/13 5007 Bay Bridge Boyd Investments LLC LLC 8/27/13 232 Market Street.

Brighter Day Professional Counseling and Consultation LLC LLC 8/1/13 2540 Flowood Dr BTMU Capital Leasing & Finance, Inc.

BUS

8/1/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Building421, Inc. BUS 8/19/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Caldwell Consulting, Inc. BUS 8/23/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Caradigm Holdings LLC LLC 8/23/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Casey Family Programs NP 8/15/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 CB&I Federal Services, LLC LLC 8/30/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 CBP Services, LLC LLC 8/9/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 CDA Investments II, LLC LLC 8/27/13 156 Daughdrill Station Choice Spine LP LP 8/20/13645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101

Christy P. Eaves, LLC 8/22/13

LLC 6350 Wirtz Rd

Church Lake Apartments (PRG), LLC

LLC

8/2/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 ClearCapital.com, Inc. BUS 8/7/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Commercial Construction Management, Inc. BUS 8/29/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Concord Finance, Inc. BUS 8/9/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Contact Network, LLC LLC 8/7/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Continental Building Products LLC LLC 8/16/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 CoolSystems, Inc BUS 8/6/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Cottonwood Residential O.P., LP LP 8/23/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 CreditBox.com LLC LLC 8/9/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Critical Alert (Northeast) DBA LLC 8/28/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Critical Alert DBA LLC 8/28/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Critical Alert Systems, LLC LLC 8/28/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Culberson Surety Bonding LLC LLC 8/26/13 499 Keywood Circle Suite B Denver Learning Institute, LLC LLC 8/16/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Dynasty Concrete Co. BUS 8/9/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Eaves Land Services LLC LLC 8/22/13 6350 Wirtz Rd ECP Incorporated BUS 8/27/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 EFG Agency, Inc. BUS 8/9/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Enterprise Integration Services, Inc.

BUS

8/19/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Essential HR, Inc BUS 8/5/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 FBH of Vista Ridge, LLC LLC 8/23/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Fisher Contracting Company BUS 8/6/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Fleet Team, Inc BUS 8/16/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Foundation for Better Housing, Inc.NP 8/23/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Frank’s Casing Crew & Rental Tools, LLC LLC

8/2/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Frontier Waterproofing, Inc. BUS 8/19/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Fulcrum Construction Of GA Inc BUS 8/8/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Fusion J & T Cuisine, Inc. BUS 8/13/13 1002 Tree Top Blvd GE Aviation Materials, Inc. BUS 8/15/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 GoPivotal, Inc. BUS 8/15/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Gulf Coast Memorials LLC LLC 8/22/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 GW Global Insurance LLC LLC 8/19/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Hancock New Markets Investor 22 LLC LLC

8/29/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Hancock New Markets Investor 24 LLC LLC

8/29/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Harbinger Processing Group LLC LLC 8/27/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 HCA Human Resources, LLC LLC 8/12/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Health Management Corporation BUS 8/5/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 HFS.com Real Estate LLC LLC 8/22/13 232 Market Street High Pointe Commercial Properties, LLC LLC

8/22/13 105 Acacia Court High Street Chimneyville, LLC LLC 8/8/13 4349 Lakeland Dr. Horn Enterprises Inc BUS 8/14/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Hotel Gulfport GP, L.L.C. LLC 8/23/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Hotel Gulfport, L.P. LP 8/19/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Human Capital Concepts LLC LLC 8/14/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Ice House America, L.L.C. LLC 8/15/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 ICL Performance Products LP LP 8/12/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 IHA Franchising, LLC LLC 8/19/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 IMM, Inc. BUS 8/20/13645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Insuractive, Inc. BUS 8/19/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101

International Traders, Inc. BUS 8/27/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 IP Realty Holdings LLC LLC 8/14/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Jackmont Hospitality, Inc. BUS 8/12/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 JDLogic, LLC LLC 8/28/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Jibe, Inc. BUS 8/12/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Johnson Mining Investments LLC LLC 8/28/13 113 Park Circle Drive K&F Restaurant #10, LLC LLC 8/6/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Kansas City Chiefs Football Club Inc.

BUS

8/9/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Keystone Utility Systems, LLC LLC 8/16/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Kinum Inc BUS 8/22/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 KTA-TATOR INC BUS 8/2/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Landstar Investments, LLC LLC 8/27/13 156 Daughdrill Station LBUBS 2006-C1 Goodman Road, LLC

LLC

8/12/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Leesland Farms, LLC LLC 8/20/13 303 Hand Drive Liberty Springs LLC LLC 8/19/13 2950 Layfair Drive Suite 101 LL Q313, LLC LLC 8/29/13645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 LOGOS Communications Systems Inc

BUS

8/9/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Mainer Enterprises, Inc. BUS 8/15/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Mainer Iron Works DBA BUS 8/15/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Mansci Inc. BUS 8/20/13645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Meadowbrook Meat Company, Inc.

BUS

8/27/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 MicroSeismic, Inc BUS 8/27/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Minco Inc BUS 8/19/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Mindsource LLC LLC 8/22/13 232 Market Street.

Miracle Recreation Equipment Company BUS 8/13/13645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 MJM CGC, LLC LLC 8/2/13 660 Katherine Drive, Suite 304 MMREM Title, LLC LLC 8/26/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Moore Electric Company Inc BUS 8/20/13645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Mosing Ventures LLC LLC 8/14/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Mulhearn Wilson Constructors, Inc.

BUS

8/9/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Murex Fuels LLC LLC 8/23/13 645 LAKELAND EAST DR #101 Murex LLC LLC 8/23/13 645 LAKELAND EAST DR #101 National Bakery Industrial Owner, LLC LLC

8/28/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 National Real Estate Holdings Opportunity Fund I, LP LP 8/16/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 NGAGE-US, LLC LLC 8/12/13 645 LAKELAND EAST DR #101 NLTI Shores Holding, LLC LLC 8/21/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Nterone Corporation BUS 8/30/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Ohio Investments, LLC BUS 8/21/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Old Creek Capital LLC LLC 8/5/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Omni Property Management Inc BUS 8/12/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 One Arbor Lane, LLC LLC 8/12/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Onslow Bay Servicing LLC LLC 8/30/13 10 Cranebrake Boulevard Suite 200 Pat Salmon & Sons, Inc. BUS 8/29/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Pendo Management LLC LLC 8/8/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 People Source Staffing Professionals LLCLLC

8/9/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 PiOn, Inc. BUS 8/12/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Plainsman Construction Group LLCLLC 8/12/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Power Systems MFG., LLC LLC 8/12/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Premier Recruiting Inc. BUS 8/27/13 142 Britton Circle

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PRG Real Estate Management Inc BUS 8/29/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Promedix Hospital Services, LLC LLC 8/2/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 RCG-Greenville MS, LLC LLC 8/22/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Reef Properties of Georgia LLC LLC 8/1/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Riverbend Tire Center I, LLC LLC 8/13/13 1414 Old Brandon Road Rock Royalty, LLC LLC 8/22/13 2606 Lakeland Dr. Suite 401 Row-Care LLC LLC 8/6/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 RREF RB SBL II-MS GMD, LLC LLC 8/12/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Salem 61, LLC LLC 8/22/13 105 Acacia Court SBA Structures LLC LLC 8/7/13 232 Market Street Schiller Stores, Inc. BUS 8/12/13645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Schlage Lock Company LLC LLC 8/23/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Scientific Games Corporation BUS 8/2/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Scott Gray and Robert Manos Construction LLC LLC 8/1/13 232 Market Street.

Select Comfort SC Corporation BUS 8/1/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Senior Housing Crime Prevention Foundation, Inc. NP 8/1/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 SM Properties Olive Branch 2, L.L.C.

LLC

8/26/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Soaring Spirit Enterprises Inc BUS 8/22/13 232 Market St Sooner Pipe, L.L.C. LLC 8/19/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Southern Retail Construction Inc BUS 8/30/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Speed Investments Inc BUS 8/2/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Sundyne LLC LLC 8/8/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Superior Solutions Inc BUS 8/1/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Taylor, Wellons, Politz & Duhe, A Professional Law Corporation PA 8/29/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Terra Dynamics Incorporated BUS 8/22/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 The Environmental Compliance Group LLC LLC

8/9/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 The Gaia Movement Living Earth Green World Action USA, Inc. NP 8/9/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 The James A. Gardner Company, Inc.

BUS

8/7/13 10 Cranebrake Boulevard Suite 200 The NeuroMatrix Group, LLC LLC 8/15/13 232 Market Street Theme Showroom, LLC LLC 8/20/13 1227 Pinoak Dr Apt G10 TJX Digital Inc BUS 8/29/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Total Clerical Services Inc BUS 8/28/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Trigon Associates, LLC LLC 8/2/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 TSJ Sales And Marketing Inc BUS 8/8/13 130 Riverview Drive, Suite A U.S. Risk, Inc. BUS 8/1/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 United Studios, LLC LLC 8/2/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Urban Lending Solutions Appraisals, LLC LLC

8/20/13645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Urgent Team Management of Mississippi LLC LLC 8/20/13645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 USA Energy Company LLC LLC 8/21/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Valero Operating Co., LLC LLC 8/15/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Valero Partners Operating Co. LLC LLC 8/15/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Viewtech Financial Services Inc BUS 8/26/13 10 Cranebrake Boulevard Suite 200 Waterstone Mortgage Corporation

BUS

8/8/13 645 LAKELAND EAST DR #101 Wilsonart LLC LLC 8/6/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 WK Industrial Services Corp.

BUS 8/2/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Woodlands Investors, LLC LLC 8/27/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Zimmerman Investments, L.L.C. LLC 8/27/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101 Zimmerman Properties Construction, LLCLLC

8/27/13 645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101

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Zimmerman Properties, LLC LLC 8/27/13645 Lakeland East Drive, Suite 101

Forest Broken Foot Enterprises, LLC LLC 8/19/13 1688 Highway 35 N Exceeding Transportation LLC LLC 8/21/13 2079 Anderson Rd Forest, MS 39074 K&W Unlimited, LLC LLC 8/12/13 1688 Highway 35 N

Foxworth Angie Lumber Co Inc. BUS 8/14/13 243 Stringer Loop LFD Trucking, LLC LLC 8/20/13 24 Ballpark Lane Omega Consulting Services, LLC LLC 8/2/13 423 Old Highway 24

Fulton Loague Enterprises, Inc BUS 8/29/13 1105 South Adams

Gautier Coastal Placement, LLC LLC 8/29/13 6220 Martin Bluff Road MI Costa Latina DBA OTH 8/1/13 2020 Ladnier Rd 16g Ritehook Promotions LLC. LLC 8/20/13 3259 Forrest Preserve Sugeiny Figuereo DBA OTH 8/1/13 2020 Ladnier Rd 16g Waste Pro Columbus Property, LLCLLC 8/26/13 4205 Beasley Road

Georgetown Magnolia Energy Solutions, LLC LLC 8/20/13 1038 Main St

Glen Limecrest, LLC 8/8/13

LLC 173 County Road 944

Glen Allan Barr’s Custom Cutters, Inc. BUS 8/1/13 24 Gage St CBD Land, LP LP 8/2/13 1191 Colony Road Tiffany and Lacy, L.P. LP 8/2/13 1191 Colony Road

Gloster Coles Sports Bar LLC LLC 8/7/13 4642 Kahnville Road Double R Trucking, LLC LLC 8/13/13 1298 Holly Street G2 Outdoors LLC LLC 8/29/13 787 East Pearl Street

Golden Banner Tire Store, LLC LLC 8/6/13 8320 Fairview Banner Rd

Goodman Goodman Missionary Baptist Church

8/26/13

NP

44 Hickory St

Greenville Big D’s Auto Sales LLC LLC 8/16/13 1130 Margaret Blvd Campbell Law Firm, P.A. PA 8/14/13 2222 Robinson Lane Collins Family Properties, LLC LLC 8/9/13 1737 Pinewood Drive Designer Photography LLC LLC 8/20/13 1651 Highway 1 South K5 GB Trucking, LLC LLC 8/20/13 1105 Groome Street Green’s Brother Trucking, LLC LLC 8/20/13 1105 Groome Street Greenhead, LLC LLC 8/20/13 1417 Trailwood Drive. Suite G-2 Les-Lane Apartments, LLC LLC 8/30/13 503 Wahington Avenue Tender Ages Learning Center LLC LLC 8/15/13 442 Fava Drive

Greenwood Bertie Plantation, LLC LLC 8/26/13 107 1/2 East Market Street Caring & Sharing for Cancer, Inc. NP 8/26/13 11178 Cr 94 CD & SR LLC LLC 8/13/13 308 Kenneth Street

INCORPORATIONS

22 I Mississippi Business Journal I October 25, 2013 Cyres Scientific, LLC LLC 8/19/13 309 Fulton Street Get-Sleep-for-Cheap, LLC LLC 8/23/13 214 Hwy. 7 N HO Farms, LLC LLC 8/13/13 1000 Poplar Avenue Leland Eye Clinic PLLC PLLC 8/14/13 814 West Park Ave. RM, LLC LLC 8/7/13 601 Nicholson Walker TCB, LLC LLC 8/27/13 3416 Highway 82 East Walker TCB, LLC 8/16/13 3416 Highway 82 East Zs Creative Learning Center NP 8/14/13 1008 Payton Ave

Grenada Fancher Timber & Investments, LLC

LLC

8/30/13 789 White Circle Greater Faith Missionary Baptist Church of Grenada, Mississippi NP 8/27/13 1034 Fox Street Grenada Discount Tobacco & Beer Inc BUS

8/9/13 1090 Fairfield Ave Grenada Family Chiropractic, Inc BUS 8/23/13 30 Sunset Loop Suite A Mid-South Medical Equipment, Inc. 8/15/13 12534 Hwy 51 North Mid-South Medical Equipment, Inc.

8/15/13

BUS

12534 Hwy 51 North

O.P.A.L. (Oceans Plants Animals Lands) NP

8/8/13

150 Green St (38901)

Gulfport 29th Avenue, LLC LLC 8/14/13 1522 29Th Avenue 53 Auto Sales LLC LLC 8/26/13 23650 Highway 53 57 Deli, LLC LLC 8/14/13 12435 Plunkett Rd, Gulfport, MS 39503 942 Highway 90, LLC LLC 8/13/13 1317 26Th Avenue, Suite 320 (39501) AK Properties, LLC LLC 8/14/13 2694 Broadwater Drive Alex Nail Spa LLC LLC 8/28/13 12230 Ashley Drive Always Clean “LLC” LLC 8/1/13 12439 Crestwood Dr Angellica Monique Stewart DBA OTH 8/5/13 14467 North Swan Rd Aramez Drywall, LLC LLC 8/20/13 18114 Bert Road Automobile Recovery Bureau LLC LLC 8/8/13 417 Caribe Pl S Avis Esthetics LLC LLC 8/16/13 13568 Wind Rose Circle Axis Education Specialists LLC LLC 8/9/13 2218 18Th Street Azalea Spa & Salon, LLC LLC 8/16/13 38 Pass Road BC Consulting LLC LLC 8/23/13 3624 Jody Nelson Drive Suite J2 Bennorr LLC LLC 8/9/13 37 31St St Bentley Medical PLLC PLLC 8/9/13 2218 18Th Street Benvenuti Properties MS, LLC LLC 8/12/13 12206 Hwy 49 BL Hauling, LLC LLC 8/2/13 2218 18Th Street Blakney Professional Security Services LLC LLC 8/26/13 636 Rosalynn Place Blue Chip 2000 Commercial Cleaning, Inc.BUS

8/9/13 17481 Orange Grove Rd. #47 Bottoms Up LLC LLC 8/27/13 17920 16Th Street Brownstone Beauty LLC LLC 8/29/13 2218 18Th Street Camper City Car & Truck Accessories of Gulfport, LLC LLC 8/16/13 218 42Nd Street Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership LP 8/14/13 12435 Plunkett Road CEB Trucking LLC LLC 8/13/13 2218 18Th Street CEH Properties, LLC LLC 8/13/13 1010 Ford Street Chandeleur Island Brewing Company LLCLLC

8/28/13 1317 26Th Avenue, Suite 320 Coast Concrete Company Inc. BUS 8/19/13 14270 Creosote Road Coastal Transportation & Logistics LLC LLC

8/23/13 2800 33Rd Street Coco & Titante Enterprises Incorporated BUS 8/14/13 18 Bayou View Dr

Construction Risk Partners LLC LLC 8/28/13 12435 Plunkett Road Cozy Creature Care, LLC LLC 8/9/13 2218 18Th Street Crossfit Portside, LLC LLC 8/13/13 11525 Briarstone Pl CRP, LLC LLC 8/28/13 12435 Plunkett Road Delta’s Nurse Practitioner Health Care, PLLC PLLC 8/30/13 2218 18Th Street Denny Sanders Construction Inc BUS 8/13/13 12435 Plunkett Road Dinged, LLC LLC 8/14/13 5309 Quincy Ave Dixiedane, LLC LLC 8/12/13 6015 Vista Circle Downs Ultimate Cleaning LLC LLC 8/22/13 2218 18Th Street Eagle South Realty LLC LLC 8/8/13 12262 Breezeway Cir Economy Storage Units LLC LLC 8/14/13 1424 Mill Road El Mexicano, LLC LLC 8/9/13 1310 25Th Avenue Elite Transporters LLC LLC 8/26/13 15741 South Fork Dr Financial Balance Group, LLC LLC 8/30/13 12435 Plunkett Road Free Run Records LLC LLC 8/13/13 2218 18Th Street Full Beaker, Inc. BUS 8/27/13 12435 Plunkett Road (39503) Gardener’s Delight & Gifts Galore LLC

LLC

8/19/13 241 C Cowan Rd GFI MISSISSIPPI LLC LLC 8/22/13 12435 Plunkett Road Glenn Hendrix DDS, PLLC PLLC 8/16/13 1310 25Th Avenue Great Grace Tees, L.L.C. LLC 8/14/13 2218 18Th Street Gulf Coast Tools LLC LLC 8/19/13 12215 Summer Place Gulfport Metals, LLC LLC 8/30/13 1311 Spring St Ste B GYT LLC LLC 8/22/13 2218 18Th Street Hair Fetish LLC LLC 8/26/1313120 Three Rivers Landing Apt 1604 Higgs Hydrographic Tek, LLC LLC 8/23/13 30 Cambridge Avenue Hillside Stables LLC LLC 8/22/13 2218 18Th Street Horizon Restoration Specialists LLC

LLC

8/12/13 2218 18Th Street J-Tel McDowell, LLC LLC 8/30/13 12287 Highway 49 Juhi LLC LLC 8/13/13 2218 18Th Street Kare-In-Home Ministries Inc NP 8/22/13 10281 Corporate Drive KBC Trucking LLC LLC 8/13/13 2218 18Th Street KJB and Lindell LLC LLC 8/20/13 2218 18Th Street L’epicier Food and Arts LLC LLC 8/9/13 2218 18Th Street LaffPortal Inc. BUS 8/22/13 12221 Ashley Drive, Suite A & B Lil Shrimps Swim Academy LLC LLC 8/16/13 17218 Doc Lizana Rd Lott Anesthesia Services PLLC PLLC 8/9/13 2218 18Th Street Love LCCC1388 CA Properties LLC LLC 8/15/13 11503 Magnolia Estate Ln LVS & LCCC GP Properties LLC LLC 8/15/13 11503 Magnolia Estate Ln Lynnwood Enterprises LLC LLC 8/9/13 2218 18Th Street MGC Leverage, LLC LLC 8/9/13 2214 34Th Street MGC State NMTC Fund, LLC LLC 8/29/13 2214 34Th Street Mississippi Combat Training Academy IncBUS

8/26/13 2218 18Th Street MS Gulf Coast Friends Meeting NP 8/12/13 2514 19Th Ave. Nievas Anesthesia P.L.L.C. PLLC 8/26/13 2421 13Th Street (39502) Open Arms Youth Development Organization LLC LLC 8/9/13 2218 18Th Street Pate Enterprise LLC LLC 8/14/13 2218 18Th Street Personalized Benefit Packages LLCLLC 8/9/13 15429 O’Neal Road PiCo Inc BUS 8/1/13 17280 Price Road Plus is Beauty Boutique LLC LLC 8/7/13 2218 18Th Street

Podiatry Group, Inc. BUS 8/22/13 12221 Ashley Drive, Suite A & B Posh Niche L.L.C. LLC 8/22/13 2218 18Th Street R&R Equipment LLC LLC 8/22/13 2218 18Th Street R&R Lawn and Landscape Service, LLC LLC

8/13/13 2218 18Th Street Rambling Auto, Inc. BUS 8/29/13 12406 Brookwood Lane RedRock Property LLC LLC 8/20/13 2218 18Th Street Resolution Company LLC LLC 8/15/13 2200 25Th Ave Rob & Ron’s Trucking LLC LLC 8/22/13 13202 Pinecrest Ave. Rock Renovations LLC LLC 8/22/13 2218 18Th Street Royalty Companies of Indiana, IncBUS 8/26/13 12221 Ashley Drive, Suite A & B Sand Fan LLC LLC 8/27/13 2218 18Th Street Seacrest Properties, LLC LLC 8/21/13 521 E. Pass Road Sebonic Financial DBA LP 8/14/13 12435 Plunkett Road Snatch’d Beat Swagg DBA OTH 8/5/13 14467 North Swan Rd Southern Home Investments, LLC LLC 8/22/13 2218 18Th Street Southern Style BBQ and More LLC LLC 8/13/13 13742 Freemont Street SSH Auto Lease Management Company MS, LLC LLC 8/1/13 707 Pass Rd Store 657 LLC LLC 8/27/13 2218 18Th Street SV&LV LLC LLC 8/13/13 2218 18Th Street Swank and Posh Associates, LLC LLC 8/5/13 201 Oakwood Drive SWC Enterprises LLC LLC 8/7/13 2218 18Th Street Taylor Next Level L.L.C. LLC 8/22/13 2218 18Th Street TCB Drywall LLC LLC 8/27/13 2218 18Th Street TDG Hattiesburg RV, LLC LLC 8/21/13 12287 Highway 49 The Angie Denney Agency LLC LLC 8/22/13 2218 18Th Street The Apparel Group, Inc. BUS 8/14/13 18 Bayou View Dr The Entertainment Cartel, LLC LLC 8/13/13 1215 Pine Street The Literacy Loft, LLC LLC 8/14/13 917 Handsboro Place Thomas-Webb LLC LLC 8/20/13 442 Victory Street Tillman Rental LLC LLC 8/13/13 2224 28Th Street Timothy Johnson Trucking LLC LLC 8/23/13 17394 South Blvd TJP Enterprise LLC LLC 8/21/13 15250 Poole St Toro III, LLC LLC 8/13/13 12206 Hwy 49 Total Fitness, LLC LLC 8/7/13 213 Pass Road Undersea Operations, LLC LLC 8/9/131317 26Th Avenue Suite 320 (39501) Urban Soul Sports Bar & Lounge, LLC

LLC

8/7/13 2218 18Th Street W-NEWEB CORPORATION BUS 8/22/13 12435 Plunkett Road W.E. Love & Associates, Inc. BUS 8/30/13 12435 Plunkett Road Willowbend Development, LLC LLC 8/12/13 1617 25Th Avenue

Guntown ALLTEMP, LLC 8/13/13 Dynasty 78, LLC 8/30/13

LLC 206 CR 2432 LLC 616 Ford Avenue

Hamilton Confederate Express, LLC LLC 8/27/13 40028 Hamilton Road J K of Mississippi Trucking Inc BUS 8/29/13 40008 Mt. Olive Dr.

Hattiesburg Advanced Hearing and Balance, LLC

LLC

8/29/13 5128 Old Hwy 11 Ste 8 Advanced Safety Solutions, LLC LLC 8/15/13 118 Lamar Avenue Amanda May LLC LLC 8/8/13 1805 Mamie St

Barton-Johnson Ventures, LLC LLC 8/12/13 12 Biltmore Turn Big Bold & Beautiful Fashion LLC LLC 8/8/13 309 N 39th Ave Big Boyz Custom Service and Accessory, LLC LLC 8/5/13 1 Belltower Turn BRAVO-Oak Grove Middle School Choral Booster Club NP 8/13/13 20 Saint Charles Ave. Bulldog Drilling Inc BUS 8/20/13 33 Woodstone Ridge Burks Energy, LLC LLC 8/15/13 211 S. 29th Ave., Ste 201 Camco Utilities, Inc. BUS 8/13/13 103 N 19th Avenue CamelliaPrimaryMD, LLC LLC 8/22/13 135 Mayfair Road Casa Blanca, LLC LLC 8/30/13 6555 Highway 98 West, Suite 3 Charter Land LLC LLC 8/23/13 5297 Old Hwy 11, Suite 1, Hattiesburg, MS 39402

Choices, PLLC PLLC 8/20/13 201 Patton Ave Clear Blue Consulting, LLC LLC 8/12/13 10 Helene Circle Client 1st Advisory Group, LLC LLC 8/7/13 104 Titus Blvd College Prep Counseling, LLC LLC 8/6/13 23 Hill Road Community Contractors, LLC LLC 8/14/13 710 Hall Avenue CYITN, LLC 8/5/13 106 Manchester Rd CYITN, LLC LLC 8/6/13 106 Manchester Rd Downtown Liquor Loft of Hattiesburg, LLCLLC

8/19/13 133 Pinehills Dr Exact Surgical Hunter, Inc. BUS 8/12/13 41 Grand Blvd Exquisitez Salon & Cutz LLC LLC 8/28/13 420 South 13th Ave Four Seasons Florist & Gifts LLC LLC 8/20/13 300 South 25th Avenue Friends of Southern Miss Student Media Center Inc NP 8/29/13 118 College Drive #5121 FTR 554 LLC LLC 8/20/13 6466 US Hwy 98 West G & J Vending LLC LLC 8/19/13 217 W Pine St Jiang’s Kitchen Inc. BUS 8/15/13 5295 Old Highway 11, Suite 7 John K. Perry M.D., PLLC PLLC 8/9/13 309 S. 40th Avenue John W. Hutto, Attorney at Law, PLLC PLLC

8/13/13 2111 Sunset Drive Keith M. Mitchell Photography LLCLLC 8/9/13 3027 Mesa Drive Kinetix Management and Marketing, LLCLLC

8/6/13 112 Beechwood Dr Kingdom Property Management NP 8/5/13 414 Hacienda Avenue Kingdom Property Management 8/5/13 414 Hacienda Avenue LJ’s Electrical & A/C Repair LLC LLC 8/7/13 261 Wyatt Ellis Rd Magnolia Medical Supply, Inc. BUS 8/27/13 22 Marine Circle Magnolia Typing and Transcription, LLC LLC

8/16/13 152 Cole Rd Magnum PM of Hattiesburg LLC LLC 8/6/13 422 Lemoyne Ave Metro Testing, LLC LLC 8/6/13 309 South 40th Avenue Mike’s Tire and Wheel, LLC LLC 8/12/13 136 Wilson Road Suite C N & SK Enterprises, LLC LLC 8/21/13 607 Walnut Street Networked Systems Group, LLC LLC 8/27/13 5489 West 4th Street New Hope New Life Center NP 8/23/13 4 Joshua Dr Oh Sew Happy, LLC LLC 8/2/13 3 Spears Drive Parker’s Motors, LLC LLC 8/23/13 1050 Frances Street PE&Dpropertygroup, LLC LLC 8/2/13 104 Fox Run Drive Purple Dragon Don Jitsu Ryu School of Martial Arts LLC LLC 8/13/13 134 Jervis Mims Road Ray’s Suvs and Trucks LLC LLC 8/14/13 831 Churchwell Rd RGR Associates LLC LLC 8/22/13 6528 US 49 RIO, LLC LLC 8/5/13 3 Chandeleur Point RJR Holdings, LLC LLC 8/13/13 309 S. 40th Ave Hattiesburg, Ms 39402

Robert Persons and Earl Conrad Sanderson LLC LLC 8/1/13 #60 Sis Hobson Road Rouse Properties, LLC LLC 8/14/13 309 South 40th Ave (39402) Shenanigans of Hattiesburg LLC LLC 8/6/13 2100 West Pine St (39401) Spanish Oaks Leon, LLC LLC 8/20/13 601 Adeline Street Strs Cigar/Tobacco/Beer, LLC LLC 8/12/13 2415 W 4th St, Ste B Surplus Parts, LLC LLC 8/16/13 2270 Old Hwy 24 T2 Corporation BUS 8/7/13 22 Marine Circle Tax World, LLC LLC 8/12/13 40 Emerald Row The E L Brown Company LLC 8/26/13 109 Tidewater Rd The Line Group Oxford, LLC LLC 8/22/13 6524 U.S. Highway 98 West The Vintage Springs Owners Association, Inc. NP 8/5/13 132 Westover Drive Tingle Law Group, PLLC PLLC 8/30/13 1507 Hardy Street Suite 204 Top Notch Embroidery & Printing, LLC

LLC

8/7/13 5687 Hwy 49 TTB Beer and Tobacco LLC LLC 8/16/13 107 Ralph Rawls Road W.D. Cameron Enterprises, LLC LLC 8/6/13 48 Dolphin Circle Walnut Group, LLC LLC 8/5/13 514 Walnut Street Winchester Logistics LLC LLC 8/22/13 #7 Professional Parkway, Suite 202 Woolwine Autoplex, LLC LLC 8/26/13 301 South 40th Avenue

Holcomb Gigabyte Beattie LLC 8/19/13 1122 Old Highway 35 S Gigabyte Beattie LLC LLC 8/20/13 1122 Old Highway 35 S New Tuscahoma African Methodist Episcopal Church NP 8/8/13 24 B Hingsbury Rd TLB Freight LLC LLC 8/9/13 533 Cascilla Road

Holly Bluff Just in Arms, LLC 8/26/13

LLC 559 Boyd Road

Holly Springs BGS Investments LLC LLC 8/8/13 126 N Spring Street

Horn Lake Kairos Foundation/ Kairos Academy Inc NP

8/30/13 7124 Brandee Dr Luther, Collier, Hodges & Cash, LLPLLP 8/12/13 6917 Wrenwood Drive M & M Services & Sales Inc BUS 8/2/13 1845 Church Rd West Mini Miracles NP 8/20/13 2675 South Bridge New Day Fellowship Church NP 8/5/13 3010 Goodman Rd W Ste A PF Northside LLC LLC 8/29/13 6917 Wrenwood Drive Reliable Refunds LLC LLC 8/23/13 5074 Fleetwood Cv.

Houlka

Hazlehurst Delgado Rentals, LLC LLC 8/23/13 322 West Gallatin Street Discount Tire & Auto Center of McComb LLC LLC 8/23/13 1065 Damascus Rd Edwards East LLC LLC 8/6/13 101 Hazlewood Dr NOLA Lending Group, LLC LLC 8/19/13 87 Caldwell Nottingham Reproductions Inc BUS 8/22/13 4056 Hwy 472 Sheltered Treasures Inc. BUS 8/26/13 336 W Gallatin Street Williamson Turbine Services, LLC LLC 8/7/13 322 West Gallatin Street

Heidelberg DWS LLC LLC 8/29/13 121 CR 35 Jones Beauty Supply LLC 8/13/13 204 Main Street

Hermanville Tiffany Harvesting, Inc. BUS 8/12/13 8082 Romola Road Tiffany Incorporated BUS 8/12/13 8082 Romola Road

Hernando

Reeves Lumber Products LLC LLC 8/13/13 2466 Hwy 15 North Two Toots Whistle Stop, LLC LLC 8/26/13 1236 County Road 20

Houston Alford Assets LLC LLC 8/9/13 705 Starkville Road ASA Naturals, LLC LLC 8/12/13 111 East Washington Street Diabetic Foot & Limb Preservation Institute, LLC LLC 8/20/13 111 East Washington Street High Ground Land & Timber, LLC LLC 8/22/13 111 East Washington Street Nugget Properties LLC LLC 8/22/13 111 East Washington Street P & P Logistics DBA OTH 8/19/13 1654 Hwy 15 N Paul Moore DBA OTH 8/19/13 1654 Hwy 15 N Sidney, PLLC PLLC 8/27/13 111 East Washington Street Tri-Hook Enterprises, LLC LLC 8/19/13 111 East Washington Street

Indianola Downs Delta Bullies DBA OTH 8/16/13 222 North Ave. Jamelle’s Beauty Salon and Fashion LLC LLC

Cleaning Crew, LLC LLC 8/8/13 275 E Commerce Street Gordon Properties LLC LLC 8/27/13 270 Country Club Drive Infinity Properties, LLC LLC 8/22/13 2540 Highway 51 South ITS Performance LLC LLC 8/2/13 1645 Oak Crest Road K & R Armory LLC LLC 8/5/13 5607 Emily Lynne Ln Mid-South Munitions L.L.C. LLC 8/13/13 2515 Odom Road Midsouth Movie Armory LLC LLC 8/5/13 5607 Emily Lynne Ln MW Property Services, LLC LLC 8/29/13 3557 Madison Ridge Old Time Studios LLC LLC 8/9/13 44 Cobblestone Ln N Painting & Beyond LLC LLC 8/23/13 650 Reed Rd Vape East, LLC LLC 8/27/13 324 West Valley St. Ste 100 Vape East, LLC 8/6/13 324 West Valley St. Ste 100 Wheelers Grill LLC LLC 8/1/13 210 E Commerce Suite 8

8/23/13 612 Sunflower Ext 14A James Otis Downs Jr DBA OTH 8/16/13 222 North Ave. LPC TN 1, LLC LLC 8/26/13 100 Barberry Lane M & H Delta Enterprises, Inc. BUS 8/2/13 306 Main Street Miss to Ms NP 8/22/13 104 Herman Johnson West Nash Transportation, L.L.C. LLC 8/26/13 110 Austin Drive Performance Executives, LLC LLC 8/26/13 307 Camellia Lane Performance Executives, LLC 8/27/13 307 Camellia Lane

Hickory

Christy & Company Catering, LLC LLC 8/7/13 26 Sanders Valley Road Davis Welding LLC LLC 8/9/13 537 County Road 956

TraxPlus LLC 8/19/13

LLC 9826 Hwy 503

Inverness Law Office of Kuykendall Murry, Inc.

8/2/13

BUS

1205 Montgomery Drive

Itta Bena Wings of Faith Temple Inc. NP 8/8/13 333 Center Street

Iuka

Skinner Boat Storage, LLC LLC 8/5/13 3520 HWY 25 / 25 CR 399

Jackson 28 Points of Service Foundation NP 8/8/13 2644 Hemingway Circle (39209) 3949 Berkley, LLC LLC 8/1/13 3810 Rebecca Court 566 Warrior, LLC LLC 8/1/13 3810 Rebecca Court A & K Consultants LLC LLC 8/6/13 5430 Meadow Oaks Park Dr A III LLC LLC 8/27/13 2419 Meadowbrook Road Abounding Grace World Healing Church NP 8/29/13 159 Fredrica Ave ACADEMI Consulting Services LLC LLC 8/5/13 506 South President Street Adam F. Thrash Law Office LLC LLC 8/2/13 129 N State St Addus Healthcare, Inc. BUS 8/14/13 506 South President Street Advanced Composting Technologies LLC LLC

8/21/13 248 East Capitol Street, Suite 840 AEI, PC PA 8/1/13 405 Briarwood Drive, Ste 103a Alerion Consulting Group, LLC LLC 8/26/13 7 Danielle Court All Veterans Needs LLC LLC 8/28/13 1485 Livingston Ln Alvin Thomas Bail Bonding, Inc. BUS 8/14/13 5898 Ridgewood Road, Suite D Amada Senior Care DBA BUS 8/5/13 1867 Crane Ridge Drive Suite 220A ARC AATPLMS001, LLC LLC 8/23/13 506 South President Street ARC FDBSFMS001, LLC LLC 8/28/13 506 South President Street ARC FDLRLMS001 LLC LLC 8/28/13 506 South President Street ARC FDRTNMS001 LLC LLC 8/28/13 506 South President Street ARC FELELMS001 LLC LLC 8/28/13 506 South President Street ARC WGJKNMS001, LLC LLC 8/23/13 506 South President Street Archway Community Properties IV LLC LLC

8/22/13 840 Trustmark Building Assetpoint Financial, LLC LLC 8/13/13 840 Trustmark Building Avery W Hall Insurance Agency Inc

BUS

8/16/13 506 South President Street Aziatikk Blakk Foundation NP 8/27/13 343 Stillwood Drive BA Investment Group OTH 8/9/13 1542 Brecon Dr Bankston Landscaping DBA OTH 8/30/13 1104 Norman Street Bella Vita Designs, LLC LLC 8/13/13 4450 Old Canton Road, Suite 200 Biloxi Convention Hotel LLC LLC 8/6/13 213 S. Lamar Jackson, MS 39201 Blue Magic Gentleman’s Club Inc BUS 8/9/13 321 Old Spanish Trail Bridgewater, LLC LLC 8/16/13 4450 Old Canton Rd Suite 200 (39211) Brothers Liqour LLC LLC 8/27/13 3541 A Medger Evers Blvd Burk-Kleinpeter-Lunsford Engineers/Architect, PLLC PLLC 8/8/13 190 East Capitol Street Burks, Reginald Consulting DBA LLC 8/16/13 1096 Autumn St C. Rhodes LLC LLC 8/7/13 1931 Ludlow Ave CBE Customer Solutions, Inc. BUS 8/15/13 506 South President Street CCI Vicksburg MOB, LLC LLC 8/23/13 248 East Capitol Street, Suite 840 Chace’s Wholesale LLC LLC 8/7/13 22B Northtown Rd. Chrismond Capital Management, LLC

LLC

8/20/13 125 S Congress St. Suite 1240 Chrismond Properties Family Limited Partnership LP 8/19/13 125 South Congress St., Suite 1240 Christ-Anointed Church NP 8/20/13 115 Westside Cove Christian Home Care Construction Inc BUS

8/6/13

320 Lynwood Lane

Cleanlinessis Godly Cleaning Service LLCLLC

8/12/13 180 Ramada Circle Coleman Security Cameras & Installation LLC LLC 8/15/13 2832 Woodside Dr CPH, Inc. BUS 8/27/13 506 South President Street Crain Sales & Marketing LLC LLC 8/19/13 5330 River Thames Road

October 25, 2013

September 2013 sales tax receipts/year to date, July 1 MISSISSIPPI STATE TAX COMMISSION Here are cities’ earnings through sales tax collections. Sales tax has a three-month cycle. Month 1 — Tax is collected by the retailer. Month 2 — Tax is reported/paid to the Tax Commission by the retailer.

Month 3 — Sales tax diversion is paid by the Tax Commission to the cities. This report is based on the month the tax is collected at the Tax Commission (Month 2).

September September Year to date YTD CITY 2013 2012 2013 2012 ABBEVILLE $3,874.39 $3,696.40 $9,410.12 15,780.50 ABERDEEN 67,021.94 72,409.00 202,133.38 210,167.03 ACKERMAN 22,279.96 25,442.31 69,245.22 70,774.86 ALCORN STATE U 641.03 751.10 1,269.84 1,692.76 ALGOMA 2,315.79 1,909.33 6,868.71 5,979.14 ALLIGATOR 682.27 672.24 2,234.18 2,182.86 AMORY 152,340.51 154,027.75 454,884.20 460,284.57 ANGUILLA 2,778.16 3,036.64 8,070.90 9,221.69 ARCOLA 1,437.50 1,519.78 4,517.78 4,974.26 ARTESIA 1,335.55 1,095.14 3,208.09 3,030.01 ASHLAND 15,007.82 12,445.51 40,411.00 35,955.86 BALDWYN 44,414.62 46,645.92 137,999.03 139,832.23 BASSFIELD 10,664.47 15,092.57 37,175.30 38,963.72 BATESVILLE 329,925.94 318,396.04 1,000,156.53 958,540.36 BAY SPRINGS 54,898.02 51,032.56 156,928.36 157,337.09 BAY ST LOUIS 105,412.24 87,399.40 336,265.34 297,637.14 BEAUMONT 7,119.35 6,000.95 19,048.61 18,561.60 BEAUREGARD 198.19 245.37 695.03 656.79 BELMONT 24,067.02 22,638.87 73,918.80 68,733.96 BELZONI 43,910.35 42,406.74 131,480.03 136,206.71 BENOIT 6,396.93 5,971.04 19,833.95 18,546.45 BENTONIA 45,775.56 15,919.77 113,990.06 45,525.39 BEULAH 418.19 420.59 1,175.93 1,168.77 BIG CREEK 309.20 354.04 970.77 1,257.06 BILOXI 919,005.06 866,200.72 2,989,908.95 2,883,631.90 BLUE MOUNTAIN 9,254.97 8,908.59 28,221.44 27,761.47 BLUE SPRINGS 2,973.37 2,839.42 8,572.22 7,687.75 BOLTON 12,784.35 11,209.20 38,519.41 34,740.17 BOONEVILLE 159,745.69 148,980.24 449,744.19 441,451.01 BOYLE 22,653.02 18,229.67 60,512.09 47,460.61 BRANDON 428,646.78 423,700.17 1,313,048.07 1,300,165.51 BRAXTON 1,225.65 1,126.87 3,990.63 2,917.29 BROOKHAVEN 556,908.43 418,392.66 1,446,653.87 1,266,187.37 BROOKSVILLE 9,837.52 9,555.16 27,323.95 26,632.10 BRUCE 40,820.17 37,794.43 122,124.48 118,725.32 BUDE 13,290.08 10,432.98 38,028.25 29,696.05 BURNSVILLE 12,917.70 12,552.22 35,061.91 36,423.71 BYHALIA 66,425.43 62,911.22 193,676.41 185,539.26 BYRAM 168,220.64 132,697.44 498,800.70 429,763.46 CALEDONIA 11,959.64 10,624.89 36,679.92 32,809.99 CALHOUN CITY 26,120.06 23,804.42 75,164.37 70,426.91 CANTON 215,010.82 218,875.44 633,092.01 611,908.67 CARROLLTON 6,074.46 5,688.31 17,317.60 16,674.74 CARTHAGE 131,105.84 129,275.41 398,089.84 388,717.11 CARY 1,020.04 1,473.55 2,700.80 4,786.52 CENTREVILLE 18,078.60 16,895.87 55,601.07 51,545.83 CHARLESTON 27,076.16 27,975.40 86,247.63 86,620.60 CHUNKY 1,055.96 507.24 3,013.94 1,776.22 CLARKSDALE 224,278.93 221,667.42 669,879.76 714,017.80 CLEVELAND 283,203.15 286,339.12 843,363.72 852,346.08 CLINTON 358,383.61 339,675.47 1,100,174.67 1,186,542.19 COAHOMA 513.96 439.93 1,606.88 1,243.30 COAHOMA COLLEGE 1,277.98 54.21 1,283.90 COFFEEVILLE 10,078.80 10,231.40 28,999.28 31,881.24 COLDWATER 17,184.69 15,801.31 52,219.23 47,594.30 COLLINS 99,622.44 102,395.98 338,411.04 334,992.37 COLUMBIA 290,047.75 267,318.92 846,928.98 798,491.66 COLUMBUS 712,570.04 724,776.51 2,108,512.45 2,124,963.87 COMO 15,617.34 13,373.01 43,875.57 42,651.72 CORINTH 458,279.58 443,926.56 1,393,145.89 1,341,906.66 COURTLAND 1,106.88 1,276.60 3,436.14 4,208.15 CRAWFORD 1,870.62 1,054.14 4,997.02 4,152.46 CRENSHAW 4,160.71 4,428.65 13,120.63 14,336.90 CROSBY 823.07 530.00 7,419.60 1,991.52 CROWDER 1,551.43 1,334.93 4,751.07 5,252.70 CRUGER 457.89 1,003.70 1,694.16 1,877.48 CRYSTAL SPRINGS 61,561.85 52,466.32 191,930.76 159,714.24 D LO 3,074.26 3,064.16 9,677.39 9,730.21 D'IBERVILLE 485,014.40 501,292.14 1,499,301.93 1,441,576.24 DECATUR 13,764.63 13,812.72 37,411.39 35,759.01 DEKALB 20,664.08 20,101.73 59,998.40 57,024.84 DERMA 5,471.85 5,114.18 17,137.76 13,621.62 DIAMONDHEAD 37,065.93 40,086.66 114,217.96 118,557.23 DODDSVILLE 853.59 224.96 1,760.28 1,852.90 DREW 9,926.49 10,964.90 29,628.59 30,234.75 DUCK HILL 4,218.86 3,922.70 12,133.59 11,531.24 DUMAS 1,085.74 1,042.73 3,336.22 2,982.86 DUNCAN 1,312.47 1,314.13 4,041.75 2,693.93 DURANT 24,370.00 23,327.00 72,413.31 72,833.99 EAST MS COLLEGE 1,344.21 1,345.88 1,447.63 1,434.87 ECRU 12,921.38 10,685.09 37,919.49 31,911.01 EDEN 58.65 54.58 192.78 144.32 EDWARDS 6,238.10 5,998.21 27,154.91 17,504.47 ELLISVILLE 84,882.04 87,066.66 251,418.69 235,818.00 ENTERPRISE 5,042.20 4,914.01 15,151.10 14,955.04 ETHEL 1,073.19 1,136.95 3,296.15 3,502.32 EUPORA 34,290.59 37,935.88 106,636.16 107,822.97 FALCON 105.82 38.85 324.31 168.02 FARMINGTON 3,852.85 5,259.65 12,664.77 13,118.30 FAULKNER 4,377.08 2,718.28 13,155.06 9,926.51 FAYETTE 17,336.38 16,878.94 51,884.99 48,403.77 FLORA 26,067.91 24,871.74 75,639.14 74,332.92 FLORENCE 63,460.70 60,639.66 206,335.33 179,638.13 FLOWOOD 815,548.63 832,661.92 2,548,020.41 2,466,473.57 FOREST 189,698.83 170,737.42 547,001.87 515,827.99 FRENCH CAMP 843.09 681.91 2,984.32 3,886.57 FRIARS POINT 2,290.13 2,589.70 6,678.52 7,525.11

FULTON GATTMAN GAUTIER GEORGETOWN GLEN GLENDORA GLOSTER GOLDEN GOODMAN GREENVILLE GREENWOOD GRENADA GULFPORT GUNNISON GUNTOWN HATLEY HATTIESBURG HAZLEHURST HEIDELBERG HERNANDO HICKORY HICKORY FLAT HINDS COMMUNITY HOLLANDALE HOLLY SPRINGS HORN LAKE HOULKA HOUSTON INDIANOLA INVERNESS ISOLA ITTA BENA IUKA JACKSON JONESTOWN JUMPERTOWN KILMICHAEL KOSCIUSKO KOSSUTH LAKE LAMBERT LAUREL LEAKESVILLE LEARNED LELAND LENA LEXINGTON LIBERTY LONG BEACH LOUIN LOUISE LOUISVILLE LUCEDALE LULA LUMBERTON LYON MABEN MACON MADISON MAGEE MAGNOLIA MANTACHIE MANTEE MARIETTA MARION MARKS MATHISTON MAYERSVILLE MCCOMB MCCOOL MCLAIN MEADVILLE MENDENHALL MERIDIAN MERIGOLD METCALFE MIZE MONTICELLO MONTROSE MOORHEAD MORGAN CITY MORTON MOSS POINT MOUND BAYOU MS GULFCOAST MS STATE UNIV MS VALLEY ST MT OLIVE MYRTLE NATCHEZ NETTLETON NEW ALBANY NEW AUGUSTA NEW HEBRON NEWTON NO. CARROLLTON NOXAPATER OAKLAND OCEAN SPRINGS OKOLONA OLIVE BRANCH OSYKA OXFORD PACE PACHUTA PADEN

123,897.94 116.37 182,317.42 3,350.84 2,610.14 379.35 12,129.86 3,717.03 3,792.53 503,076.30 373,218.13 348,954.72 1,602,543.00 457.04 15,980.25 415.31 1,792,091.00 100,677.79 29,437.40 240,947.70 4,362.61 5,355.80 789.77 13,616.22 97,227.63 325,620.81 8,133.30 80,998.88 155,448.34 5,355.11 2,938.24 11,089.52 65,276.36 2,704,131.33 3,695.99 579.01 5,063.76 167,063.54 3,666.80 6,226.57 4,862.87 817,293.63 27,544.07 480.09 50,566.09 1,594.54 40,198.70 19,152.31 114,852.78 2,369.75 883.10 148,656.36 163,070.50 3,456.68 14,764.56 4,062.97 5,287.35 50,162.05 517,433.03 166,750.10 30,750.71 17,645.99 2,245.29 4,582.59 17,219.15 20,503.07 15,399.54 630.68 433,544.44 1,182.89 6,388.76 9,580.07 71,428.06 1,275,179.16 6,915.01 1,119.43 16,260.94 39,125.04 548.56 6,947.48 993.70 40,329.27 145,291.31 4,104.22 1,372.33 13,288.81 233.10 7,222.64 4,230.95 419,561.23 24,569.83 241,248.38 15,107.30 7,299.51 86,508.49 3,222.60 7,771.67 5,076.57 374,554.26 24,943.05 647,664.12 5,022.15 629,762.10 571.10 1,849.42 200.36

113,540.05 117.29 186,565.08 3,440.87 1,761.03 327.41 10,913.76 4,563.28 3,736.72 492,956.25 360,480.91 327,683.69 1,473,043.86 810.99 15,563.64 527.54 1,660,662.94 105,048.18 35,658.79 238,636.67 3,813.99 6,024.54 866.54 14,246.31 99,878.67 311,489.55 8,326.51 83,625.77 160,888.56 6,026.88 1,742.58 11,166.28 71,891.38 2,595,412.82 3,687.66 569.43 5,429.68 161,984.13 3,580.33 6,605.37 3,336.11 725,814.71 23,488.75 496.10 47,324.11 1,519.99 36,276.75 19,116.63 109,580.32 2,211.75 1,148.76 140,911.55 160,196.97 3,428.09 14,163.38 4,773.84 6,321.86 53,834.64 473,341.79 167,261.91 32,909.29 16,655.88 2,856.60 4,627.95 16,060.75 18,497.73 14,980.91 471.94 416,545.84 452.68 5,959.44 9,196.30 57,611.59 1,190,432.96 6,767.63 1,182.71 13,537.76 37,377.47 512.79 7,986.16 631.01 37,418.86 130,771.74 3,641.43 968.11 24,960.66 407.74 7,433.23 3,736.26 444,394.56 23,586.98 220,122.58 17,312.98 6,519.80 84,545.57 2,983.15 9,011.14 5,575.61 346,847.20 23,646.84 611,557.51 5,660.93 604,318.75 573.33 1,831.66 163.91

357,822.45 349.84 579,579.67 10,535.94 6,153.25 1,237.63 36,137.59 11,982.41 10,465.65 1,513,268.66 1,078,972.90 1,041,799.84 5,005,516.10 2,200.94 47,473.58 1,330.60 5,327,081.72 305,188.09 97,037.93 732,807.98 11,963.38 16,342.30 2,813.49 43,216.61 312,285.60 1,010,511.41 23,874.84 242,474.10 492,728.89 14,899.37 5,951.69 33,599.51 206,904.43 8,099,057.06 11,598.57 1,846.08 17,062.88 498,929.43 10,905.41 20,566.84 13,629.59 2,387,882.41 82,640.80 1,425.39 150,360.79 5,332.14 120,880.34 57,843.37 351,594.57 7,165.15 2,958.80 456,686.47 488,292.73 10,072.41 45,113.76 13,932.54 16,794.01 146,242.59 1,572,040.02 497,855.80 103,094.18 52,262.73 7,139.88 14,297.15 54,351.78 60,935.91 46,793.54 2,017.65 1,354,950.46 11,171.78 18,528.93 30,081.17 181,737.58 3,777,578.82 20,837.91 3,403.62 51,158.39 115,232.36 1,699.45 22,460.74 2,012.72 122,469.84 440,586.54 12,185.84 1,544.38 40,354.27 689.68 22,564.32 13,764.88 1,323,754.31 82,202.65 718,878.15 46,100.61 23,120.35 257,197.28 10,203.88 25,799.83 16,863.22 1,120,449.34 74,944.35 1,996,943.95 16,029.86 1,738,086.82 1,696.09 5,750.07 583.50

350,823.67 344.77 556,774.20 10,834.83 5,390.47 974.59 32,809.11 12,759.55 10,478.16 1,510,535.17 1,092,201.32 984,606.85 4,793,878.87 2,230.21 45,346.43 2,146.27 4,998,932.28 311,320.24 101,707.70 693,315.13 11,585.82 17,968.58 2,625.89 43,501.87 295,589.80 975,766.55 24,612.86 251,644.36 477,123.16 16,846.28 4,676.36 36,635.87 224,128.87 7,709,952.43 11,257.11 3,216.97 16,831.44 490,633.01 10,925.24 20,244.50 9,902.01 2,199,420.24 68,739.23 1,445.29 141,612.16 4,528.77 108,077.38 56,161.88 335,906.10 6,678.57 3,352.33 431,869.51 466,205.85 9,634.47 43,924.94 16,684.76 19,559.63 147,433.23 1,416,482.23 496,104.83 100,588.30 52,263.54 8,020.14 14,012.16 49,098.15 60,327.78 46,575.50 1,552.42 1,283,954.54 1,500.02 17,800.82 28,920.82 144,605.51 3,530,125.61 21,351.31 3,370.71 35,023.92 113,480.86 1,931.86 30,798.42 1,769.48 114,977.68 404,129.59 18,552.64 1,106.68 50,770.72 859.52 25,447.88 11,293.86 1,298,537.46 72,567.44 697,333.30 50,661.23 21,104.11 249,826.09 8,627.02 27,613.45 17,614.53 1,078,279.27 72,803.90 1,865,480.35 17,580.20 1,615,231.08 1,740.10 5,511.33 459.92

PASCAGOULA PASS CHRISTIAN PAULDING PEARL PELAHATCHIE PETAL PHILADELPHIA PICAYUNE PICKENS PITTSBORO PLANTERSVILLE POLKVILLE PONTOTOC POPE POPLARVILLE PORT GIBSON POTTS CAMP PRENTISS PUCKETT PURVIS QUITMAN RALEIGH RAYMOND RENOVA RICHLAND RICHTON RIDGELAND RIENZI RIPLEY ROLLING FORK ROSEDALE ROXIE RULEVILLE SALLIS SALTILLO SANDERSVILLE SARDIS SATARTIA SCHLATER SCOOBA SEBASTAPOL SEMINARY SENATOBIA SHANNON SHAW SHELBY SHERMAN SHUBUTA SHUQUALAK SIDON SILVER CITY SILVER CREEK SLATE SPRINGS SLEDGE SMITHVILLE SNOWLAKESHORES SOSO SOUTHAVEN SOUTHWEST COMM STARKVILLE STATE LINE STONEWALL STURGIS SUMMIT SUMNER SUMRALL SUNFLOWER SYLVARENA TAYLOR TAYLORSVILLE TCHULA TERRY THAXTON TISHOMINGO TOCCOPOLA TOWN OF WALLS TREMONT TUNICA TUPELO TUTWILER TYLERTOWN UNION UNIV OF MISS UTICA VAIDEN VARDAMAN VERONA VICKSBURG WALNUT WALNUT GROVE WALTHALL WATER VALLEY WAVELAND WAYNESBORO WEBB WEIR WESSON WEST WEST POINT WIGGINS WINONA WINSTONVILLE WOODLAND WOODVILLE YAZOO CITY TOTAL

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454,793.79 92,240.08 144.67 715,066.54 34,102.85 181,992.87 317,541.49 340,519.22 6,727.01 347.06 3,710.06 351.28 185,607.19 2,186.60 60,274.83 20,292.78 6,786.29 33,524.97 8,530.72 64,740.45 45,621.68 16,249.86 16,316.00 1,836.70 415,942.82 26,757.93 1,026,825.36 3,851.68 100,982.64 34,484.22 8,914.64 1,485.45 19,361.28 1,910.87 58,633.02 46,438.44 24,763.91 376.48 823.46 6,138.46 15,797.49 11,698.93 170,100.77 12,312.73 7,342.03 9,154.97 10,102.58 3,889.84 2,175.45 795.93 361.86 2,759.79 174.38 1,527.19 5,877.38 392.02 11,492.89 1,020,015.28 173.16 585,941.73 9,557.84 6,927.57 2,780.86 35,081.35 3,642.21 39,547.54 2,183.37 256.41 2,047.95 23,763.60 6,745.75 22,340.52 4,304.40 8,435.44 541.92 4,121.62 1,785.31 45,115.21 1,484,716.30 3,836.47 54,131.64 30,578.84 9,224.71 12,706.23 7,897.66 10,098.91 16,792.84 634,714.88 15,391.67 5,225.23 1,819.18 40,970.31 181,179.67 183,197.76 7,447.35 2,238.75 15,252.19 1,607.18 183,065.17 154,285.64 84,854.26 31.86 5,562.25 26,744.32 144,838.82 $33,869,259.84

430,619.21 92,292.19 119.94 680,025.60 27,217.55 172,910.19 293,757.80 321,887.73 7,780.54 537.95 3,404.66 83.18 176,539.80 3,649.59 51,994.16 20,662.38 10,998.37 34,222.98 9,377.62 55,444.22 41,918.65 15,641.34 16,927.59 2,725.60 383,798.60 24,391.99 948,736.23 2,525.13 97,187.35 30,907.73 9,793.98 1,561.73 18,583.81 2,193.55 66,446.14 48,835.05 25,105.61 378.33 943.07 6,166.65 15,461.76 10,958.91 155,363.87 13,976.64 5,665.03 9,444.48 11,429.88 3,344.95 2,530.60 809.31 365.94 3,144.26 178.74 1,495.45 5,711.77 120.44 12,677.36 997,611.96 219.97 500,299.57 9,203.14 6,367.10 14,372.07 30,655.87 4,461.86 32,431.41 2,291.95 367.60 2,001.52 26,773.80 6,753.90 26,691.32 3,058.49 8,180.06 455.32 3,459.17 3,860.80 42,292.82 1,460,046.65 3,641.03 53,138.35 31,634.90 9,510.52 12,075.73 9,598.91 9,821.27 20,093.35 620,514.95 15,297.58 5,951.58 2,069.15 41,294.99 159,527.76 171,979.49 8,658.17 2,467.11 15,713.84 1,759.92 176,998.82 145,321.26 84,707.09 296.56 6,536.79 26,421.47 138,641.82 $32,277,573.67

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1,365,039.58 1,292,710.90 285,673.69 283,283.66 416.25 302.49 2,227,131.83 2,062,205.29 103,882.87 85,202.98 574,484.44 524,100.20 1,012,649.14 958,893.58 1,103,857.70 971,748.75 22,316.69 24,007.95 1,413.22 1,600.08 11,368.32 10,829.53 1,467.10 720.86 573,352.77 534,360.46 7,168.47 11,116.72 172,538.92 148,717.44 59,668.77 58,386.80 23,204.69 28,769.92 112,727.15 102,699.77 28,739.66 24,985.64 183,393.71 165,802.44 139,578.17 125,915.34 53,030.66 47,434.16 49,059.19 46,828.76 7,339.37 8,531.73 1,285,767.74 1,123,492.12 79,491.05 75,766.40 3,124,355.41 2,856,341.90 12,056.84 7,154.84 295,508.78 302,905.52 106,393.44 94,403.59 27,144.22 29,006.33 4,638.27 3,943.71 58,168.42 58,514.37 6,221.37 6,784.17 176,194.21 170,536.51 186,371.80 147,288.93 74,637.14 73,893.13 1,047.11 1,119.83 2,865.75 2,902.48 17,477.31 17,444.79 46,188.65 45,255.89 35,394.85 33,317.68 498,273.45 452,331.41 37,053.86 49,457.64 20,568.00 18,834.46 26,872.15 28,625.26 36,172.70 37,626.32 11,553.68 10,104.10 5,889.75 6,081.11 2,663.07 2,250.58 1,127.21 1,087.16 8,964.69 8,692.70 595.59 671.25 4,658.91 4,381.21 16,289.98 16,758.72 1,188.45 384.84 35,753.15 31,803.66 3,066,099.75 2,995,841.58 244.94 1,161.25 1,469,484.88 1,358,611.66 30,181.76 26,490.39 20,574.82 19,485.89 8,527.13 19,257.21 109,415.06 91,895.46 12,505.35 14,524.51 113,033.89 99,606.17 6,491.83 6,611.51 920.01 979.22 5,564.99 5,556.46 75,696.91 76,205.25 22,455.07 21,497.07 71,682.98 72,138.76 11,652.23 8,987.19 26,505.35 25,559.29 1,640.17 1,663.68 13,399.22 11,926.21 5,920.54 6,112.79 134,403.59 124,332.23 4,412,188.42 4,371,701.20 12,299.37 11,567.34 162,721.57 157,838.98 87,527.02 89,009.44 30,492.12 32,716.60 37,119.43 35,101.12 26,558.16 29,549.89 30,072.63 33,342.24 59,741.22 58,362.76 1,912,326.90 1,863,174.73 50,120.74 49,336.39 18,408.84 18,108.91 5,835.71 6,220.31 120,198.20 120,827.55 566,304.38 516,860.96 528,471.15 503,154.44 28,894.37 24,768.07 6,477.59 7,300.96 41,875.23 43,199.06 4,948.20 4,919.00 529,663.24 521,186.15 452,783.20 418,117.65 258,130.20 267,141.70 574.47 1,171.28 18,640.49 16,631.25 83,284.86 76,963.21 423,642.64 452,914.30 $102,017,949.45 97,387,330.38

24 I Mississippi Business Journal I October 25, 2013 MISSISSIPPI BUSINESS PROFILES

A High Energy CEO in Action Ed Holland, President/CEO of Mississippi Power when he became General Counsel for the Southern Company, a position he held until 2013, when he was appointed CEO of Mississippi Power.

Mississippi Power Alan Turner was founded in 1925, and today serves 186,000 customers directly, but more than 400,000 through providing power and services to other wholesale and co-ops. The company has over 1,300 employees, making it one of Mississippi’s larger companies. Ed sees a bright future for Mississippi Power and the state of Mississippi.

Ed is high on the Kemper project curROSS REILY / The Mississippi Business Journal rently under construction, for a number Ed Holland is a native Floridian, but says he’s never felt more at home since moving to Mississippi to take over of reasons.

“First, we haven’t added a base load plant the reins of Mississippi Power Co. in over 30 years,” he said. “Frankly, we need the capacity, and we are committed to providing safe, clean, reliable and affordable enKemper is that it will allow the company to re- plant. “That’s a real benefit and added polergy to our customers.” lution control,” he said.

Ed said that one key reason for building tire 2-3 other plants that do not produce the He mentioned that public service comclean energy that Kemper will deliver. “That’s missioners from around the country have a real benefit for the state,” he suggested.

While he was candid about the cost over- made visits to Kemper in the past year, as runs and delays that the Kemper project has well as energy ministers from countries encountered, he pointed out that Mississippi around the world.

Ed acknowledged that there have been Power is committed to a policy of not passing on any of those added costs to its customers. numerous misconceptions about Kemper, http://www.msbusiness.com AUCTIONS “We will hold the line on the rate increases and indicated his mission is to correct some Q Taylor Auction & Realty, Inc............................................................... www.taylorauction.com approved by the PSC, and we are prepared of those misconceptions.

BANKS The Sierra Club has been active in opto swallow any overages,” he said.

Q BankPlus............................................................................................................... www.bankplus.net What are some of the advantages of the posing Kemper from the beginning. From Q Regions Bank....................................................................................................... www.regions.com technology that will be employed at Kemper? Ed’s perspective, “they’re certainly entitled COMMERCIAL RELOCATORS “Well, it will definitely reduce pollution,” to their own opinions, but not to their own Q The Quality Group ....................................................................... www.qualitygroup-usa.com he said. “Kemper will have roughly the same facts.” He is confident that Kemper will decarbon footprint as a natural gas plant, but it liver the clean and reliable energy to meet INTERNET SERVICES holds the advantage of allowing us to avoid the needs of people and businesses for many Q Comcast Business Class................................................................................ www.comcast.com pricing volatility that is inevitable in the nat- years down the road.

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n a recent meeting with Ed Holland, president and CEO of Mississippi Power, we discussed Mississippi’s energy future and how it will impact people and businesses in the Magnolia State.

Ed is fairly new to the job, but he said he has “fallen in love” with Mississippi since moving here a few months ago.

“I’ve never lived any place where I was made to feel more at home,” he said.

A Florida native, he grew up working in his father’s charter boat business and learned the meaning and value of hard work. After graduating from Auburn University, he went on to law school at the University of Virginia.

He married during law school, and he and his wife are proud of their 2 daughters who are active in their careers.

Ed began his career in energy with Gulf Power, and ended up serving as General Counsel for the company from and following that, he became Vice President of Generation and Transmission, “and believe me, in that job, I learned a great deal about the energy business”, he said.

In 1997, he went to Savannah Electric as CEO and ran that operation until 2001,

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» MISSISSIPPI LEADERS by Martin Willoughby

Accounting for goals Betts leading Eubank, Betts, Hirn, Wood, PLLC

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rian Tracy in his book Goals! emphatically states, “Success is goals, all else is commentary.” He describes the ability to set and achieve goals as a master skill of success. I have found this to be true in the leaders I have interviewed over the years. For these leaders, goal setting is not a one-time event, but an ongoing habit.

The true power in goal setting is WRITING THEM DOWN! Unfortunately, too often people simply have various aspirations in their head. I am convinced that forward progress really takes place when goals are clearly written down and you know when you have “crossed the finish line” in achieving them. There is a big difference in thinking to yourself “I want to get in better shape” versus having a written goal to complete a marathon in a certain amount of time by a certain date.

J. Frank Betts, managing member of Eubank, Betts, Hirn, Wood, PLLC, has utilized goal setting to achieve significant results in his life. Betts grew up in Shreveport, La., and went on to play college baseball at Louisiana Tech where he was an accounting major.

Betts, a CPA, teamed up with Thomas Ross Jr. and William L. (Bill) Eubank in 1970 to form their accounting firm. Since then, the firm has grown and prospered, and Betts has served not only as a leader in his firm but in his profession. For example, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Up Close With ... J. Frank Betts, CPA Title: Managing member, Eubank, Betts, Hirn, Wood, PLLC Favorite Books: ”My Bible, John Grisham books, books about athletes and baseball teams” First Job: “I worked at a drive-in theater in Shreveport helping at the snack bar popping popcorn. In college I dug some ditches and other manual jobs including working in the science lab and taking care of the baseball field in Ruston, La., for the American Legion and semi-pro baseball teams.”

Proudest Moment as a Leader: “I have had so many great things happen for me and my family and our firm over the years that I cannot single out any one event as a proudest moment.”

Hobbies/Interests: ”Golf, hunting with my son and college football

(AICPA) invited him to serve on the U. S. Auditing Standards Board. While he was on the board, he co-authored a publication that is still used today by the accounting profession titled “Guide to Auditor's Reports.” He has served on the Governing Board of the Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants, and he is the immediate past international chairman of CPA Associates International Inc., a world-wide association of accounting firms.

Betts noted that many people shaped his leadership, and in particular, his long-time partner Bill Eubank, who recently passed away. Betts noted, “Bill was an outstanding community leader and a fine leader in our firm and in our church. I learned a lot from Bill.” Betts believes that a leader should lead others by their own personal example and a leader should always attempt to treat others in the same manner that he or she would want to be treated. He pointed out that

“You need to measure success with the goals...”

J. Frank Betts, CPA

everyone is different so you have to recognize how each person needs to be lead. Further, he said, “Most of all you need to do a lot of praying that you are led by God to do right when you lead other Martin Willoughby people.”

Regarding goal setting, Betts shared, “Goals need to be set after much thought and consideration including obtaining advice from others and you need to communicate those goals to those you are trying to lead.” He further explained, “You need to measure the success with the goals and be able to change when changes are necessary.” Betts raises a very good point that goals are intended to help us measure our success so they must be specific. You also need to be fluid with them and know when they need to be adjusted.

Recently, Betts’ firm announced that it will be merging soon with another long time successful accounting firm – Haddox, Reid, Burkes & Calhoun, PLLC, which was founded in 1958 to form Haddox, Reid, Eubank, Betts, PLLC. The combined firm will have over 41 CPAs and continue as a full service accounting firm. Betts has served as a principled leader in this firm, church, community, and profession for over 40 years. I believe he serves as a great example of how consistent focus and goal setting can serve a leader well over the long term.I know he will be instrumental in transitioning the firm for the next stage in its future.

Martin Willoughby is a business consultant and regular contributing columnist for the Mississippi Business Journal. He serves as Chief Operating Officer of Butler Snow Advisory Services, LLC and can be reached at martin.willoughby@ butlersnow.com.

Eubank, Betts, Hirn, Wood, PLLC

Reading literature boosts empathy and emotional intelligence

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ould you believe that reading can actually make you better at perceiving the emotional states of those around you? A recent study out of the New School for Social Research in New York City supports this notion, but interestingly, it’s not just reading any old thing that brings about these results. Specifically, those who read “literary fiction” versus popular fiction or serious nonfiction scored much better on tests designed to measure their ability to pick up on subtle emotional cues.

What do you get from Huck Finn that you just don’t get from Harry Potter? The two researchers who conducted the study believe that the nature of literary fiction causes the reader to have to draw conclusions and make connections that aren’t obvious. There are more things left unsaid. Simply put, literary fiction makes you work — sometimes a lot. While that undoubtedly slows down your reading (no speed reading of the classics as if they were beach books), it’s also building your ability to empathize with those around you. What better argument for diving into the great literary

classics of our time?

As Mississippians, we’re lucky to call many authors of those great classics our own. So if you’re looking for a reason to read or reread literary giants from the Magnolia State like William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Walker Percy, Tennessee Williams, Barry Hannah, or Larry Brown (just to name a few of my favorites), now’s the time.

Faulkner, in particular, makes you work hard for it, but the insights he provides into the human condition make every instance of furrowed brow worth it. I’m sure many of us have read As I Lay Dying and struggled through The Sound and the Fury, both exceptional. (My favorite remains Absalom, Absalom!, though.) By reading and rereading his work, we’re expanding our capacity for empathizing with our fellow man, a thought I think would delight Faulkner.

After all, in his 1950 Nobel Prize acceptance speech, he said, “I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. The poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. It is his privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past. The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail.”

— LouAnn Lofton, mbj@msbusiness.com

26 I Mississippi Business Journal I October 25, 2013 HEALTHCARE VS. INSURANCE

MARKETING

BLACK THURSDAY? Kohls joins retail parade for Thanksgiving Day

A promise not a threat: Gov. Bryant orders BCBS to reinstate 10 hospitals

Following the lead of rivals Macy’s and J.C. Penney, Kohl’s Department Stores announced it will open its doors at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, kicking off its Black Friday event earlier than ever, the trade publication Chain Store Age reports.

Will the urge to shop trample our nation’s tradition of giving thanks on Thanksgiving?

A Jackson retail leasing agent said the expectation is that Belk will join the crowd and swing its doors open Thanksgiving.

Kolh’s stores, which include locations in Flowood and Hattiesburg, will be open for 28 hours straight — from 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 28 through midnight Friday nationwide.

The retailer is also offering a digital variation on the photos with Santa tradition. Starting in November, shoppers can skip the long lines to visit Santa at the mall by taking a photo at Kohl’s Snapshots with Santa in-store photo opportunity in Kohl’s stores nationwide, Chain Store Age reports.

Customers can snap their picture against a green screen display, select a unique holiday background with Santa and share via email and social media using the Kohl’s Snapshots with Santa app.

Chain Store Age also reports that new this year, and in time for the holidays, is Kohl’s iPhone app will feature a new savings wallet, giving shoppers the ability to track Kohl’s Cash right on their phone.

BY TED CARTER I STAFF WRITER ted.carter@msbusiness.com

— Ted Carter, MBJ

OUTDOORS

Confused on food plot management for deer?

There’s an app for that Good deer hunters don’t always make for good farmers. Many find themselves needing guidance on the ins and outs of food plot management.

Now, Mississippi State University Deer Lab is offering an app for that.

Bronson Strickland, a wildlife management specialist with the MSU Extension Service, said he wanted to give people easy access to researchbased information while in the field or in the feed store looking at seed.

“We took information about seeding rates, varieties, warm-season and cool-season plants and perennials from the Supplemental Wildlife Food Planting Manual and developed an app to give people quick ideas on how to plan and what to buy for their food plots,” Strickland said.

Strickland said users can click on the type of deer food plot they want, such as a cool-season plot for the hunting season.

“When the user selects a particular forage, the seeding rate, planting date and common varieties will be displayed,” he said.

See more at www.msudeer.com.

JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant late Tuesday afternoon followed through on an earlier threat against Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mississippi by issuing an executive order requiring that the BCBS reinstate 10 Health Management Association hospitals as in-network providers.

The order demands the reinstatement for approximately 60 days until an investigation of BCBS’s actions can be done.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mississippi terminated its contracts with the 10 Mississippi hospitals, including five in metro Jackson, on Sept. 1.

The action came after Naples, Fla.-based hospital group Health Management Associates filed a lawsuit in June seeking an additional $19 million in reimbursement for care and treatment of BCBS policyholders. Bryant’s office, through a press statement, emphasized that the order does not attempt to resolve the parties’ dispute over prior payments under their contracts “I had hoped the two parties could come to some resolution, but as governor, I cannot sit back

and allow Mississippian’s access to care to be threatened in violation of state law,” Bryant said. “It is my hope that a full investigation will ensure that no law has been broken as it relates to a patient’s access to care and a provider’s responsibility under state law.”

The Department of Insurance’s investigation will address whether the hospitals’ exclusion from BCBS’s network runs afoul of the state laws pertaining to patient protection or violates any other state law.

Health Management Association has been treating BCBS policyholders as in-network since the severing of the contract, but has voiced doubts it can continue to bear the cost reimbursement losses for much longer.

Bryant’s threat last week to issue the executive order led BCBS to seek a temporary restraining order blocking Bryant’s action. BCBS said it needed the temporary halt to the order in order to seek a permanent injunction. In a filing in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, the insurer called Bryant’s action “unprecedented” and “flawed and improper on numerous levels.”

Bryant’s office said Tuesday the order demands

the 10 hospitals be returned temporarily to the network on the same terms on which they operated before their exclusion.

The governor’s order provides for the Department of Insurance to complete its investigation of the hospitals’ exclusion and, if appropriate, hold hearings on any violations of the law that are identified. If the Department of Insurance identifies no violations, the order requires it to submit a report explaining why the hospitals’ exclusion is consistent with applicable state law.

The order specifies that the investigation, as well as any required hearings or reports, should be completed within 60 days. It will then expire automatically seven days after this process concludes.

Bryant based his order primarily on the Mississippi Patient Protection Act of 1995, which requires BCBS and other insurers to provide their enrollees with “reasonable access to care with minimum inconvenience.” The press statement said the governor’s constitutional obligation is to see that the Act is “faithfully executed and enforced.”

Bryant’s office said the governor and his staff consulted extensively with Attorney General Jim Hood and his team before issuing the executive order.

ENERGY / BIOFUELS

RETAIL

KiOR secures funding to increase production

Aaron’s agrees to stop spying on its renters

COLUMBUS — A Texas-based company has secured funding to proceed with plans to double the production capacity at its biofuels production facility in Columbus.

KiOR Inc., based in Pasadena, announced in a news release it has received $100 million in committed equity financing from Khosla Ventures, an investment company based in California, and Microsoft chairman Bill Gates.

Khosla Ventures committed $85 million and Gates, through Gates Ventures, committed $15 million, according to a release from KiOR. Both commitments are contingent upon the company fully funding the second biofuel plant in Columbus.

The project is called Columbus II. Khosla has been a major financier for the company.

Columbus I, a biomass fluid catalytic cracking unit, began converting wood chips to fuel earlier this year. It is a 500-ton per day facility. KiOR’s plan is to build Columbus II — also a 500-ton per day facility — next to Columbus I. Fred Cannon, KiOR’s president and CEO, said in the news release that he expects Columbus I to maybe increase production capacity to over 600 bone dry tons of feedstock per day before the end of 2014.

Once started, construction of Columbus II will take roughly 18 months, Cannon said.

Cannon has said that second plant will help KiOR make quicker progress toward its long-term goal of 92 gallons per bone dry ton of biomass.

The announcement comes in the wake of a pending lawsuit by a group of KiOR stockholders, who have complained about the company’s inability to meet projected production targets at the facilities during the last quarter. The suit, filed by investor Michael Berry, says the potential class could have hundreds or thousands of participants, and is seeking damages for losses.

In moving ahead in Columbus, KiOR is putting off the start of construction of a larger facility in Natchez, Miss., until late 2014. The company said in August it would cost $560 million to $600 million to build the Natchez plant.

— from staff and MBJ wire services

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property. A subdivision developer will place covenants on all of the lots in a subdivision that restrict how the properties may be used, including minimum lot size and prohibited uses. Some of the more confining and prohibitive uses of property are from homeowner associations. For example, one Florida condominium association prohibits towels

Aaron’s Inc., an Atlanta-based rent-to-own retailer with dozens of store sin Mississippi, has agreed to stop using software to secretly spy on and photograph customers who rented computers, the Los Angeles Times reports.

The Federal Trade Commission had accused Aaron’s and its franchisees of using software to monitor customers’ computer keystrokes and secretly watch them in their homes through the computers’ webcams, the Times reported.

In some instances, the company captured images of customers engaged in what the FTC called “intimate activities.”

— Ted Carter, MBJ

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Another forbids any but a certain type of curtain that is visible from the outside.

Before buying, selling or renting real estate it pays to make certain that all public and private restrictions that apply are known and understood.

Phil Hardwick is coordinator of capacity development at the John C. Stennis Institute of Government.

Pease contact Hardwick at phil@philhardwick.com.

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