Lou Ann Nisbett admires Rusty Howell.

"That man has done a lot for this community," bringing industry to town, said Nisbett, executive director for Marshall Economic Development Corporation.

"He works more at MEDCO than at a full-time job and doesn't get paid for it," she said.

When going through the list of businesses which MEDCO lists as prizes it has brought to Marshall, Nisbett repeatedly says "Rusty did it."

One such case, she said, is Blue Cross Blue Shield and its 420 jobs, located at Marshall's mall.