Page A2 — The Brownsville States-Graphic, Thursday, February 3, 2011
Hibbett Sporting Goods, Inc. opens in Brownsville National sporting goods retailer Hibbett Sporting Goods, Inc., operating as Hibbett Sports, has opened its newest store in Brownsville. The new store opened at 240 East Main Street in Brownsville on Saturday, Jan. 29, and will employ approximately eight full and part-time team members. Announcing the opening, Mickey Newsome, Chief Executive Officer of Hibbett Sporting Goods, Inc. noted, “This convenient new location is a winwin for our company and the Brownsville community. We are very excited to be serving the customers in this area.” Hibbett Sports stocks a large selection of athletic footwear, athletic apparel and team athletic equipment. “With the buying power of a national company, we offer our customers the convenience of buying the best in sports,
right in their own neighborhoods,” said Newsome, “and we extensively train our employees to make sure they can provide superior service to our customers.” “We research the markets we enter to learn what the customers of that area want from a sporting goods store,” added Newsome. “We constantly update our merchandise assortment to offer the latest in product technology, performance and fashion so that we can meet the diverse needs of our customer’s active lifestyles.” Tennessee has been a target of the companies’ expansion for several years now. With the addition of the Brownsville location, the company has 57 stores open in Tennessee. Of those stores, Jackson was the first to open in 1981. The Brownsville location joins a growing number of Hibbett
The Hibbett Store, now open for business, is currently looking for employees in Retail Manager, Assistant Retail Manager, Retail Sales. You can send your resume to Jason.jenkins@hibbett.com. It is also Hibbett Sports tradition to give $10 gift cards to the first 50 customers at the Grand Opening Event. More information regarding the grand opening will be released in the spring. Sports stores in West Tennessee, including stores in Covington, Milan and three Jackson locations. In business since 1945, Hibbett
Sporting Goods, Inc. operates over 750 sporting goods stores in small to mid-sized markets, predominantly in the Sunbelt, Mid-
Atlantic and the Lower Midwest. The company’s primary store format is a 5,000 squarefoot store located in dominant strip
centers and enclosed malls. Each store typically lies within 150 miles of another store location.
Book signing to be held at Elma Ross Library Brownsville author John J. Mask has returned again with his follow-up to his first book, “One Man’s Mind.” His second book, with artwork from family members Floyd and Dana Mask, “Revealing the Mask,” was recently released. Although the book was planned to have immediately followed his first book, there were a few hitches that delayed its release. “It basically took six months to get everything together,” Mask said. Mask, the son of Floyd Mask Sr. and Darlene Nelson, kept himself busy before the publishing of his second book, speaking around the West Tennessee area, participating in mentorship programs and book signings of his first work. “One thing you’ve got to realize is that when you’ve got that door open, you’ve got to try to take advantage of any opportunities because you never know when it might close,” he said. Mask described his book as a piece that
gives more insight and in-depth to a number of subjects, from our nation growing apart to even racism, which perhaps differs from Mask’s first book of poems, which was perhaps more interpersonal. Most of Mask’s inspiration came from his wife, Marie Mask, and his mother who passed away last year. “Most of my inspirations came through my mom,” he said. She said ‘I want you to continue doing this because I’m so proud of you.” Mask has remained grateful for the people of Brownsville being very supportive of his work and will hope that support continues, as they read, listen or tell others about his work, he said.
Mask will hold a book signing at the Elma Ross Library March 5 from 1 to 4 p.m. In the meantime, people can pick up “Revealing the Mask” at the Brownsville Religious Center or at www. feelmepublishing. com.
Mask with his first book, One Man’s Mind. M
You could pay more, but why?
Mask’s latest book, Revealing The Mask.
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