Partners in Progress - Tishomingo County Development Foundation

Tishomingo County Development Foundation
Tishomingo County Economic Development Authority
Tishomingo County Tourism Council
1001 Battleground Drive
Telephone: 662-423-9933
Toll free: 800-386-4373
www.tishomingo.org
Partners in Progress:
Aqua Yacht Harbor
Apron Museum
ATK
Barry & Ellen Ayers
BANCORPSOUTH
B&B Concrete Company, Inc.
B&G Equipment, Inc.
B&J Supermarket
Belmont Cafe
Belmont Hotel
Belmont Journal
Belmont Parts Supply
James H. Bethay
Biddle & Sons Communications
Big Star of Belmont, Inc.
Alvia Blakney
Bonds Company
Bonnie Blue Antiques
Brooks Grocery
Donnie Brown
Brown Insurance Agency
Caring Hands Rehab
Bob Carter
City of Belmont
City of Burnsville
City of Golden
City of Iuka
City of Paden
City of Tishomingo
Community Spirit Bank
Composite Building Systems
Ken Cooley
Cooper Marine & Timberlands
Corinth Coca Cola
Clayton Cummings
Peyton Cummings
Dale Curtis
D. L. Cutshall & Sons Logging
Cutshall Funeral Home
Neil Davis
Ted Day
Leroy Dean
Deaton Funeral Home
Dennen Steel
Eastport Marina & Resort
Donathan Enlow
ERSHIGS
FerrouSouth
Fidelity National Loans
First American Insurance
First American National Bank
Fisher Oil Company
Fite Building Company
G&G Steel
Gilley’s Outdoors
Harold Gist
Grace Long Real Estate
James Grisham
Don & Mary Ann Grant
Dr. Phillip Gray
Hamilton-Ryker
Hampton Inn
Harbin Heating/Air Conditioning
Harwell Parts & Supply
Wayne Helton
Hodge Antiques
Beth Hudson
Max Ray Hutcheson
Iuka, Mississippi 38852 USA
Fax: 662-423-1017
e-mail: info@tishomingo.org
www.tishomingofunhere.org
Tishomingo County Update
Job Fair.
The Northeast
Mississippi WIN JOB FAIR is
scheduled for Tuesday, September 18, 2012, at the Crossroads Arena at 2800 Harper
Road in Corinth. The job fair
will be open from 9 AM to 2 PM
and is free to job applicants.
For more information, contact Adam Todd at 601-321-6154,
e-mail atodd@mdes.ms.gov. The web site is at http://www.
jobfairs.ms.gov/. By the end of August, the web site will list
the employers who have registered to attend the job fair.
Radiant Skin Care Clinic. A ribbon cutting was held on July
23 for a new advanced skin care clinic in Iuka. The clinic offers microdermabrasion, chemical peels, permanent cosmetics, spa facials, and acne treatments. The clinic is located at
211 Eastport Street, the phone number is 662-423-5151, and
the web site is www.cherryscreativetouch.com.
NUCOR purchases Skyline
Steel. NUCOR has purchased
Skyline Steel. The $605 million purchase includes the Iuka/
Yellow Creek Port plant that
operates the largest spiral weld
machine in North America and
produces 14” to 120” OD spiral
welded pipe for markets worldwide. The Iuka plant was built
in 2006 at a cost of over $17
million plus over $2 million in infrastructure grants and loans.
Partners in Progress:
International Converter
Iuka Discount Drugs
J. C. Jourdan Lumber Company
Dr. Ben Kitchens
KX Technologies
John’s Garage
J. C. Lambert Hardware &
Building Supply
Littrell Lumber Mill
Harold Lomenick
Bob Marshall
Max Home LLC
Steve McAnally
Metal Exports LLC
Metrocast Communications
Mike McRee
Mill Creek Marina
Mike Montgomery
MILTEC Missiles & Space
Mississippi Community
Education Center
Moore’s Jewelry
Mike Nelson Construction
North MS Medical Center Iuka
Nunley Trucking Company
Charlotte Orick
Oswalt Construction Company
Paul’s Woodworks LLC
Dr. James Perkins
Piggly Wiggly
Plant Process Support
Pray Pottery
Billy Rainey
Jimmy Ramsey
Roger’s Propane Gas LLC
Roll Form Group
Judy Ryan Real Estate
Jimmie Seago
Dr. Kelly Segars
Mark Segars
Martha Segars
Dr. Scott Segars
Segar’s Clinic
Sid’s Trading Company
Silver Dollar Sales
Skyline Steel
Sonic Drive In
Sparks CPA Firm
Sun-air Products
Swans Sweet Treats
Tennessee Valley Authority
TLH Sales
Toltec Company
Truck Bodies & Equipment Int.
Tishomingo County
Board of Supervisors
Tishomingo County Electric Power Association
Tishomingo Health Services
Tishomingo Living Center
Tool Mart, Inc.
Tri-State Recycling/CSM, Inc.
Union Harbor Marina & Dev.
Mack Wadkins
Mike Webb
John R. White
Dan & Betty Young
Tishomingo County
Development Foundation
Board of Directors:
Hayden Ables
Alvia Blakney
Mayor Jackie Bryant, Iuka
Bob Carter
Greg Collier
Ken Cooley
Peyton Cummings
Dale Curtis,
Secretary-Treasurer
Neil Davis, Chairman
Ted Day, First Vice Chair
Mayor Davy Ginn, Golden
Harold Gist
Nicky McRae, President,
Board of Supervisors
Andy Hamilton
Robert Hester
Beth Hudson
Glen Hodge
Steve McAnally
Mike Montgomery
Mayor David Nixon,
Burnsville
Steve Nunley
Charlotte Orick
Mayor Pam Oswalt, Paden
Jimmy Ramsey
Mayor James Tennyson,
Tishomingo
Tommy Williams
Mayor Buddy Wiltshire,
Belmont & Vice Chairman
Dan Young
Tishomingo County
Economic Development
Authority Board of
Directors:
Daryl Chambers
Charles Emmons, VC
Max Ray Hutcheson
Mike Lee
Toney Mobley
Charlotte Orick,
Secretary-Treasurer
Wendel Phifer
Jimmy Ramsey, Chairman
Jimmie Seago
Tishomingo County
Tourism Council:
Ellen Ayers, VC
Barbara Blakney
Cornelia Emmons
J. R. Long, Sec-Treasurer
Libby Gearren
Mary Ann Grant, Chairman
Bob Marshall
Leigh Ann Robertson
Lanny Vinson
Buddy Wiltshire
Theresa Cutshall,
Administrator
From left to right, Chris McIntosh, Project Manager, ERSHIGS; Steve Macy, President, BELCO; Rod Courtney,
VP, Field Operations, ERSHIGS; Nicky McRae, Second
District Supervisor & President of the Board; Brandon
Grissom, First District Supervisor; Tom Pilcher, President,
ERSHIGS; Rich Jordan, Supervisor, ERSHIGS; & Robert
Bennett, President/CEO, DENALI, INC.
ERSHIGS WINS NEW CONTRACT. ERSHIGS recently
started building composite
tanks to be shipped to the
oil and gas industry for their
sister company BELCO,
Inc., based out of Houston,
Texas. ERSHIGS manufactures some of the largest
composite structures in the
world. Composite structures
weigh less than steel yet are
stronger. The company leases five buildings at Tri-State
Commerce Park, including
a new building with 60 foot
ceiling height. ERSHIGS will
be hiring additional workers.
For more information, contact
Richard Spears at 662-4239930.
Southern Candle & Gift
Company Opens. Jeff and
Candace Mahan have opened
Southern Candle & Gift Company in Tishomingo.
The
business offers hand made
candles and soaps, local
arts and crafts and, other gift
ideas. Formerly Tishomingo
Candle Company, the business is located at 1299 Main
Street and the phone number
is 662-784-9020.
Belmont Wrecker Service
Opens. Owners Bill and Denise Timbes expanded their
wrecker service to Belmont.
The Timbes family also has
wrecker service in Burnsville
and Iuka. The 24-hour auto
and semi-truck wrecker service is located at 449 Second
Street, telephone number 662454-9222. Belmont Wrecker
also offers unlock service for
vehicles.
Start Your Own Business. The Small Business Development Center
(SBDC) offers free individual and private counseling services to businesses and individuals who want to start a business. The Corinth office is not staffed right now so the best contacts are Charles Killebrew
at the Tupelo Renasant Center for Ideas, Tuesdays and Thursdays,
phone 662-680-6988, or James Carden at the SBDC at UM in Oxford,
Monday thru Friday, phone 800-725-7232. The SBDC web site at
www.mssbdc.org offers valuable information for individuals wanting
to start a business, existing businesses, inventors, exporters, and others. The web site has a number of online training courses free of
charge.
Cadence Bank
Cadence Bank
$90,000 Grant. Local officials gathered for a presentation of a $90,000 grant to District 4 for the acquisition of industrial property. The former Bonds Asphalt Plant site consists of approximately 43 acres on Highway 25 north of
Tishomingo. District 4 Supervisor Steve Thorne said that “we appreciate the assistance of Tombigbee River Valley
Water Management District in funding this important project. This industrial site has major utilities on site including
a high pressure natural gas line.”
Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District Executive Director stated that “the Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District (TRVWMD) and its 12 county membership benefits from an “Economic Development Trust”
established to help the Tombigbee Basin. It is not funded by any local tax but it does benefit and assist the local
economy in many ways.”
Representative Bubba Carpenter reported that “the trust funds come from private sources and no tax dollars are involved. We hope that this grant will eventually lead to job creation in District 4 of Tishomingo County.”
Kudzu Kollection Consignment Boutique Opens. Allison
Sewell has opened her second business in the Burnsville Shopping Center. The business offers top quality consigment items
such as furniture, ladies & children’s clothing, art, toys, books,
and lots of other items. Kudzu Kollection is located in the Burnsville Shopping Center next door to Bonnie Blue Antiques. The
hours are 10 AM to 5 PM Monday thru Friday, 9AM to 5 PM
Saturday, and noon to 4 PM on Sunday. For more information
call 662-701-5174.
Shop at Home Guide. The Tishomingo County
Shop at Home Guide is ready for review. The
guide will always require updates and we request
your assistance in adding businesses. The guide
will be added to the county’s web site at www.
tishomingo.org and may be printed later if the
budget allows. There is no charge for a business
listing. Print and electronic copies of the Shop at
Home Guide are free. You may request an electronic copy or printed copy by calling Ms. Tommie
Watson (shown below) at 662-423-9933 or e-mail
info@tishomingo.org.
Small business survival has
never been more difficult
nor has it been more vital
for businesses to market
aggressively. Small business survival depends on:
+Constant advertising
+Competitive pricing
+Exemplary service
Special Events. Several special events are scheduled that may bring visitors to Tishomingo County, including business and industry owners and managers.
Whether it is right or wrong and whether we like it or not, visitors to Tishomingo County
judge us by community appearance. Litter along streets and highways, junked vehicles,
and dilapidated buildings are indicative of citizens who do not care about their community.
Local scrap dealers include Columbus Scrap Materials at 662-423-5529 and, if you need
someone to pick up scrap, Sterling Hoghland at 662-279-1123.
We thank the citizens of Tishomingo County for their untiring efforts to clean up, fix up,
and beautify our county.
Some upcoming special events include:
August 25, Sept 21-22, Sept 29-30, Oct 12-13, Oct 20-21, Oct 27................................
..............................Fishing Tournaments, J. P. Coleman State Park, 662-423-6515
August 31.............Battle of Iuka Camp, Demos, Relic Shows, Living History,
Illumination of Downtown Iuka, www.battleofiuka.com
September 1.........Battle of Iuka Camp, Historic Homes Tour, Bike Ride,
Memorial Roll Call, Sesquicentennial Ball,
www.battleofiuka.com
September 1.........Heritage Festival & Car Show, Iuka, Martha Biggs, 662-423-3646
September 2.........Battle of Iuka Re-enactment, Mail Call, Church Service,
www.battleofiuka.com
September 8.........Bear Creek Festival & Car Show, Belmont,
Mayor Buddy Wiltshire, 662-454-3381
September 8.........Burnie Run, Mt. Joy Church, Iuka, Reneta Smith, 662-454-2279
September 22.......Waterway Festival, Car Show, 5K Run, Arts & Crafts, Burnsville,
Jill Lee, 662-427-9526
September 21-22..Needle Chasers’ Quilt Show, Iuka Baptist Church, Gail Stables,
662-287-7136
October 5-6...........Trash and Treasures along the Tenn-Tom,
www.tishomingofunhere.org, 1-800-FUN-HERE (386-4373)
October 6..............Bluegrass Music Festival, Belmont, Bryan Sparks,
662-454-7823
October 6..............Iuka Fly-in, Segars Field, 1-800-386-4373
October 9-13.........Tishomingo County Fair, Iuka
October 13............Belmont Motorcycle Show & Ride, Joel Harris, 662-424-2551
October 13-14.......Disc Golf Tournament, Tishomingo State Park, 662-438-6914
October 17............St. Jude Motorcycle Show & Ride, Belmont,
Steve Smith, 662-454-9535
October 18............Fall Fling for the Young at Heart, Tishomingo State Park,
662-438-6914
October 20............Dulcimer Festival, Tishomingo State Park, 662-438-6914
October 27............Mid-America Old Time National Car Show, Burnsville,
662-423-9672 or 662-286-5144