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1. 1. Natchez braces for Ip paper mill shutdown

   www.thepineywoods.com/natchez. - [Cached]

   Published on: 10/10/2004   Last Visited: 10/9/2006

   Representative of International paper, union officials, Natchez Mayor F.L. "Hank" Smith, and others placed their needs before Republican Senators Trent Lott and Thad Cochran of Mississippi and Rep.

2. 2. www.natchezdemocrat.com

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   Last Visited: 11/23/2007

   Where is former Natchez Mayor Hank Smith when we need him?Smith was often criticized during his term for things he couldn't do, but one thing is certain: Smith and his team knew how to "play ball" with others.
   
   Often criticized for being the antithesis of his predecessor Larry L. "Butch" Brown, Smith may have struggled at times under the enormity of running the City of Natchez.
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   But Smith and then-city attorney Walter Brown did something that neither Brown nor current Mayor Phillip West accomplished: Getting city, county and school district officials to agree recreation needs.
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   Just ask Coach Smith.
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   "Where is former Natchez Mayor Hank Smith when we need him?"
   
   --> I'll tell you where he is.He is sitting back in his easy chair thanking the good lord that he does not have to contend with the likes of our moronic city government.

3. 3. www.natchezdemocrat.com

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   Published on: 7/29/2007   Last Visited: 7/29/2007

   F.L. "Hank" Smith served as mayor at the time.Just before the bond issue was to be put on the ballot, Johns-Mansville and International Paper closed their plants.Hundreds left town, and priorities shifted, Smith said.
   
   "Basically, I think everybody was in agreement that the timing was bad," Smith said.
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   Combined with industries leaving town, the required archeological survey of the land turned up results that frustrated the plans, Smith said.
   
   "They found some things," Smith said."They set aside a couple areas that they did not want disturbed.It pretty much made those areas off limits to recreation."
   
   On top of that, a pool would mean deeper excavation, something the park service disallowed, Smith said.