July 17 Collierville Weekly

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Four college students are cycling across the U.S.A. to raise awareness about human traicking. Page 3

Marine sufering from PTSD gets a boost with the gift of a therapy dog. Page 7

Collierville Weekly IN MEMORIAM

Iconic football coach dies

All-time wins leaders in Tennessee By John Varlas varlas@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2350

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“I wanted to be sure we were in a Germantown school,” said Suzanne Thomas (right) — at home with son John (left), 9, and daughter Lauren, 14 — of the family’s homebuying decision as they recently moved to the Memphis area from Atlanta.

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SOLD ON SCHOOLS Housing sales up 16.9% in June may be linked to municipal schools

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June, a development that some attribute, at least in part, to schools. Strong suburban The number of home sales in home sales lead Germantown jumped 16.9 percent recovery as in June, after the market got of to Memphis loses a weak start in January and logged population, tax year-over-year declines in March base. 3 and April. June sales were also up 18.8 percent in Collierville, 25 percent in Cordova and 9.5 percent in Bartlett. “I haven’t had this happen in years over here, but we’ve had folks go into a neighborhood and knock on doors,” said real estate agent Mary Anne Gibson, who is also running for Aldermen in Germantown. Now that the zoning lines have been established, she said, people are feeling more conident about moving. They know where they need to live based on which school they want to attend, and those who

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When Suzanne Thomas’ husband found a job in Memphis last summer, the then-Atlanta resident did her homework on where her family should live. Schools, she said, were the driving factor. She visited schools in Memphis, Collierville and Germantown. She liked most of them, but fell in love with Farmington Elementary in Germantown. “There was a lot of uncertainty about where they were going to draw the lines and how they were going to handle the zoning,” Thomas said. “That absolutely made me decide to buy in Germantown because I wanted to be sure we were in a Germantown school.” Suburbs like Germantown and nearby Cordova and Collierville were among the leaders in sales growth in the Greater Memphis housing market in

It was one of the easiest — and best — decisions that Troy Baker has ever made. The athletic director at Lausanne had read reports that Ken Net herla nd was stepping down from his coaching job at St. George’s. The Lynx were in the process Ken of trying to get Netherland their program of the ground, so Baker decided to give it a shot. “I asked him, ‘Are you done with football or just done at St. George’s?” said Baker. “And he said he wasn’t done. I asked him ‘What are you doing tomorrow?’ And he said, ‘I’ll be in your oice.’ “If coach Netherland doesn’t come to Lausanne when he does, if he doesn’t buy in to our vision, teach the game and relate and inspire our kids, I don’t think we’re in the position we are today. Our program and our school owe him a lot.” The same could be said for the Memphis high school football community as a whole. Netherland, the winningest football coach in Tennessee history, died Saturday at age 74. He had been hospitalized in intensive care since late May after undergoing heart surgery. He won 368 games in his head football coaching career that began at Hillcrest in

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GCT kids to present ‘Treasure Island’

BATTLE OF BANDS

By Renee Davis Brame

Pair of Briarcrest students help School of Rock band reach inals in national contest. NEWS, 2

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Germantown Community Theatre’s All Children’s Theatre program presents “Treasure Island” July 25-27. Come aboard the dreaded Hispaniola ship on a journey of this classic coming-of-age-tale that takes young Jim Hawkins on the adventure of a lifetime alongside the infamous one-legged pirate, Long John Silver. Adapted from the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, this all-children’s version of “Treasure Island” will appeal to kids of all ages as well as the young at heart. Show times are Fridays at 7 p.m., Saturdays at 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Tickets

HOUSING MARKET Suburban home sales are leading the recovery, a sign urban renewal may be stalling. BUSINESS, 3

SMILES GALORE Each year special needs kids ind fun, joy at Collierville camp. COMMUNITY, 16 The Commercial Appeal © Copyright 2014

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