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- McCann Brings Home More Chicken DALLAS--McCann-Erickson Southwest has added the $2 million Popeyes Chicken and Biscuits account for the Dallas market, bringing total billings from this client to more than $8 million. Said Southwest general manager Mark Denesuk, "We've been growing dramatically with the Popeyes business based on our past media performance. It's a media-driven piece of business." The account, previously with Adamson in St. Louis, was awarded to McCann in Dallas without a review. - Huntsman Packaging Gets the Point DALLAS--The Point Group has been designated agency of record for Huntsman Packaging Corp., a division of Huntsman Corp. The Salt Lake City company manufactures film-based products for the food packaging, medical products, consumer and industrial goods industries. The Dallas-based shop will be involved in a complete rebranding of the company, including a new name and logo, Web site development, collateral and trade show support. Billings were not disclosed. - E Resources Names Regian & Wilson/Grey DALLAS--E Resources has selected Regian & Wilson/Grey Worldwide to handle public relations and marketing for its Internet services. E Resources, based in Fort Worth, Texas, invests in companies with Web-based applications. It operates two subsidiaries: Vista, a broadcaster of streaming media, and CareMart, a marketer of home healthcare supplies. Billings for the account were undisclosed. Regian & Wilson is also located in Fort Worth. - Richards Vies for Verio's $15-20 Mil. Account DALLAS--Web hosting company and Internet services provider Verio will hear presentations from seven agencies for its $15-20 million advertising account over the next two weeks. Contending shops are The Richards Group, Dallas; Campbell Mithun Esty and Martin/Williams, both Minneapolis; Cramer-Krasselt, Chicago; Valentine-Radford, Kansas City, Mo.; The Sawtooth Branding Place, Woodbridge, N.J.; and Citron Haligman Bedecarrƒ in San Francisco, according to a company representative. Ryan Drossman & Partners in New York was the incumbent. The Englewood, Co.-based company plans to make a decision by mid-June. - Maris, West & Baker Wins National Addy ATLANTA--Maris, West & Baker Advertising has won a national Addy for "Prisoner," a 60-second television spot. The Jackson, Miss., shop's work for the Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi is set in the year 2070, when tobacco executives are imprisoned for murder. It is the first anti-tobacco ad to win a national Addy. - Anti-Smoking Group Hires FDA Hands WASHINGTON, D.C.--The American Legacy Foundation hired Mitch Zeller, who directed the Food and Drug Administration's now defunct tobacco program, to replace Chuck Wolfe as head of the anti-smoking group's marketing campaign. Sharon Natanblut, who led advertising and outreach programs at the FDA, becomes the Washington, D.C.-based foundation's vice president of marketing and communications.

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