Delta council held its mid-year board meeting 11-06-2009

DELTA COUNCIL HELD ITS 75TH ANNUAL MID-YEAR BOARD OF DIRECTOR'S MEETING FRIDAY IN STONEVILLE. DELTA COUNCIL BOARD DIRECTORS AND SUPPORTERS MET FOR THIS ANNUAL MID-YEAR MEETING TO COME TOGETHER AND DISCUSS DELTA AGRICULTURE AND OTHER MAJOR ISSUES ESPECIALLY EDUCATION. "THIS IS THE MIDYEAR BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING FOR THE DELTA COUNCIL, WHERE POLICIES ARE REVIEWED AND ADOPTED BY THE FOREIGN POLICY COMMITTEE EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE, AND THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF THE DELTA COUNCIL," SAID CHIP MORGAN, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT FOR DELTA COUNCIL. "FOR THIS MEETING, WE HAVE HAD A 600% AVERAGE RAIN FALL SINCE AUGUST 16TH, WHICH ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. THE MAIN CONCERN THIS YEAR IS ADDRESSING PROBLEMS CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. OCTOBER, NORMALLY, THE DRIEST MONTH OF THE YEAR, RECEIVES LESS THAN FOUR INCHES OF RAIN. BUT OCTOBER 2009, HAS BEEN ANYTHING BUT NORMAL. BETWEEN 10 AND 15 INCHES FELL THROUGHOUT THE DELTA, RESULTING IN, WHAT'S NOW BEING CALLED, A MAJOR DISASTER. "THE ISSUE HERE IS MEASURING THE DISASTER THAT IS GONNA EFFECT THE ECONOMY OF THE DELTA, AS AN OUTPUT OF AGRICULTURE, AND CERTAINLY WE KNOW FROM THE BANKERS AND OTHER LENDERS THAT ARE HERE IN THE ROOM, THAT WE ARE STANDING UNDER THE THRESHOLD OF A MAJOR DISASTER, HERE IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA," MORGAN SAID. FORTUNATELY, THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER HAS BEEN DRY, PROVIDING SOME RELIEF.