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BABY’S 1ST CHRISTMAS

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Tony nominee coming to GPAC Luker to headline Valentine’s Day gala

By Dan McCleary Special to The Weekly

PHOTOS BY CRAIG COLLIER/SPECIAL TO THE WEEKLY

There was no shortage of holiday spirit with nearly 1,350 runners preregistered for the Ugly Sweater Run at Shelby Farms. Runners turned out in their most festive outits, from Christmas sweaters to hot dog costumes, to enjoy the untimed fun run.

SHELBY FARMS

Ugly Sweater Run Runners don festive apparel, jingle bells, antlers and even hot dog suits

By Craig Collier Special to The Weekly

Shelby Farms was full of Christmas spirit on Sunday, with nearly 1,350 pre-registered racers turning out in their loudest holiday outits for the Ugly Sweater Run. INSIDE Participants were outitted in everything from normal running gear More photos to hot dog costumes. There was a sea from the Ugly of cable-knit Christmas sweaters — Sweater Run at Shelby Farms. 2 whether “ugly” or merely “festive,” we’re not to judge — heavy socks, knit hats, elf hats, jingle bells and more.

Such 5K fun runs have been staged nationwide for the past ive years, using the Ugly Sweater theme as a rallying point. The races beneit Save the Children, an organization dedicated to helping kids by providing food, assistance with health care and helping meet educational needs.

After last year’s event at Shelby Farms was canceled due to an ice storm, the 2014 edition went of without a hitch. Nearly 1,350 runners preregistered, far surpassing the expected 900 racers. There’s

The race winner was Matthew Billings, with a time of 16:32 — and a dazzling Christmas vest.

nothing like a good cause to bring out a big crowd.

For more information or to make a donation, go to secure.savethechildren.org.

Inside the Edition

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HOLIDAY HABITS

Logan Gulef knows way around kitchen

Traditions cooked up in the kitchen are sweet when shared with family or friends.

Memphis kid wins ‘MasterChef Junior’

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Logan Guleff walked into a full house of friends and fans gathered to watch the inale of “MasterChef Junior” with him at Strano in Cooper-Young. Though he was among a handful of folks who knew how the season would end — immediate family only — he still was nervous.

“You never know how they’re going to edit it,” he said. “I don’t know how it’s going to look on TV until I see it.”

When it was over, the local kid had nothing to complain about. He’s $100,000 richer and carries the title “MasterChef Junior.”

The crowd erupted in applause and cheers, champagne sprayed and streamers and confetti lew.

“I don’t really think it was one thing that did it,” he said of his win after the show. “I think it was the whole season.”

Logan was among thousands of children ages 8-13 who auditioned for the second season of the show.

He went to an open call in Dallas, but heard nothing until a week before it was time to travel to Los Angeles for ilming. The family

Three-time Tony Award nominee Rebecca Luker will headline Tennessee Shakespeare Company’s sixth-annual Valentine’s Gala, which will be held at Germantown Performing Arts Center on Feb. 14.

Luker’s intimate hourlong show will beneit TSC’s education program and will feature her Broadway and Jerome Kern Rebecca songbooks, as Luker well as stories from her 30-year career.

Rebecca Luker’s soaring voice has thrilled Broadway audiences for many years.

She has been nominated for Tony Awards for originating the role of Winifred in “Mary Poppins” and for revivals of “The Music Man” and “Showboat.” Luker originated the role of Lily in “The Secret Garden,” starred opposite Antonio Banderas in “Nine,” and has sparkled in numerous hit Broadway productions with portrayals of the Fairy Godmother in “Cinderella,” Maria in “The Sound of Music” and Christine in “The Phantom of the Opera.”

Recently, Luker garnered glowing reviews for her work in the “The Little Dancer,” directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman.

For more information, please call 901-759-0620 or visit tnshakespeare.org.

Dan McCleary is the founder and producing artistic director for Tennessee Shakespeare Company.

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Logan Gulef, 12, is lifted into the air after being named winner of “MasterChef Junior” during a watch party Dec. 16 at Strano in Cooper-Young. Logan won the $100,000 grand prize.

was told to prepare to be there up to eight weeks.

“Well, we were there the whole time,” said his mother, Kim Gulef. “This is incredibly intense. It’s just unreal.”

Being chosen for the show was a big deal for the tween (he’s 12 now and

was 11 during the ilming), but wasn’t his irst brush with culinary recognition.

When he was 9, he lew to New York to compete as a semiinalist in a Jif peanut butter contest. At 10, he won a state contest that See CHEF, 2

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In the News SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOLS

Teachers’ pay to be based on performance District unveils new compensation model

By Jane Roberts robertsj@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2512

After several years of tinkering with teacher evaluation systems, Shelby County Schools is now ready to pay teachers on the results.

The district unveiled Dec. 16 the irst phase of a teacher compensation system based en-

tirely on performance. Among other things, it means a irst-year teacher who performs at the top of the scale will get the same raise as a longtime veteran.

“The new system will reward teachers based on performance not just years of service,” human resources chief Trinette Small said before the school board meeting. “We’ve also been deliberate in making sure we create something that is inancially sustainable and competitive as it relates to attracting and retaining top-teacher talent.”

The highest-performing teachers, those who earn a 5 on their annual evaluation, are slated to get a $1,200 raise. Level 4 teachers would receive a $1,000 raise; Level 3 would receive $800. Teachers with less than a 3 will not get a raise, a signiicant change. Under the old pay model, all teachers earned roughly $1,000 more per year for every year they were in the profession, plus additional pay for advanced degrees.

It has not been determined when teachers would receive the raises, but the new compensation

model will go into efect July 1.

A teacher at the top of the pay scale now makes about $73,000.

Under the changes, teacher pay will max out at $63,000, says Keith Williams, head of the Memphis Shelby County Teachers Association, assuming the base pay stays static at about $42,000.

Teachers and many researchers say it is not fair to use test scores in evaluating teacher quality because they are calculated through a proprietary — and secret — algorithm that holds the teacher responsible for

gains or losses students make, based on a historical look at how fast they are progressing.

The old compensation plan allowed “step” increases up to 21 years in the profession. Under the new plan, teachers will max out after 18 years. That’s signiicant, Williams says, because it means the most senior teachers in the district no longer qualify for raises.

SCS teachers have not had raises for three years. Last spring, Supt. Dorsey Hopson offered one-time bonuses.

In brief

SHELBY FARMS

A R O U N D G E R M A N T OW N

Self-publishing seminar at library

The Germantown Community Library, 1925 Exeter Road, will host Dr. Carolyn P. Schriber, a former professor at Rhodes College who has won national acclaim as the author of many successful historical iction novels, to speak in a seminar entitled “Self-Publishing: Getting Started and Avoiding Pitfalls” on Jan. 27 at 6:30 p.m.

Pre-registration is required and begins Jan. 6. To register, call 901757-7323 or germantownlibrary.org.

A R O U N D CO L L I E RV I L L E

Tea time at the Morton Museum

PHOTOS By CRAIG COllIeR/SPeCIAl TO THe WeeKly

Runners don their most festive holiday gear for the Ugly Sweater Run at Shelby Farms last Sunday. The untimed fun run is one of many held nationwide to beneit the Save the Children program.

Run ‘Ugly’ in name only

On Jan. 8 at noon, the Morton Museum of Collierville History will host a seminar detailing the cultural history of Britain during the time period depicted on the popular television series “Downton Abbey.”

The guest speaker will be Dr. Lynn Zastoupil, professor of history at Rhodes College. Guests are asked to bring their favorite tea cup, saucer and spoon.

Tickets are $10 per person and available for purchase at the Morton Museum, 196 Main St., through Tuesday For more information call 901-457-2650.

Saturday adoptions at Hollywood Feed

■ Mid-South Greyhound Adoption will be at Hollywood Feed, 2648 Broad Ave., from 12-2 p.m.

■ Tails of Hope will be at the Collierville Hollywood Feed, 3615 Houston Levee, from 12-4 p.m.

■ Real Good Dog Rescue will be at Hollywood Feed, 4864 Poplar, from 12-3 p.m.

■ The Olive Branch Hollywood Feed, 5070 Goodman, will host Save1Pet from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Ugly Sweater Run spreads holiday cheer, aids Save the Children

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The irst female to cross the inish line in Sunday’s fun run was Michelle Myers.

Michelle, Dave and Katrina Myers participated in the annual Ugly Sweater Run at Shelby Farms.

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Germantown Police Reports

from 1 landed him a lunch at the White House, where he shook hands with President Barack Obama. He has his own line of seasoning, Logan’s Rub, and writes dining reviews on his blog at orderupwithlogan.blogspot.com.

He had a lot of encouragement along the way from local chefs, who have allowed him in their kitchens. One of his favorites is Ben Smith, chef/owner of Tsunami. “About six or seven months ago, I got this call from his mother, Kim,” Smith said. “She said he was going to try out for a television show and he felt like he needed help with ish cookery.”

Kim, who home schools Logan, is very allergic to ish and could take no part in helping him learn how to handle it. But Smith was happy to step in.

“We spent about two hours or so in the kitchen,” said Smith, who wore a bow tie with his chef whites for the party (it’s Logan’s trademark).

DEC. 14

■ Oicers initiated a traic stop, arresting one adult male with marijuana and crack cocaine at Poplar and Kirby at 5:06 p.m.

■ Someone entered the victim’s unlocked vehicle and took assorted gift cards in the 2000 block of Hocking Cove at 8:38 p.m.

■ Oicers initiated a traic stop, arresting one adult male with marijuana at Germantown and Wolf Trail Cove at 8:58 p.m.

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Friends and family clap and cheer after one of Logan Gulef’s dishes was judged on the inale of “MasterChef Junior” during a watch party at Strano. Gulef was awarded the $100,000 grand prize after he was named the best chef.

It turned out to be two hours well spent, as the challenge that landed him on the inale involved breaking down and preparing salmon. And for his inal competitive meal, he went seafood all the way: grilled spot prawn with a smoked safron aioli and olive tapenade for his appetizer, and a salt crusted branzino with a chimichurri sauce for his entrée. Host Gordon Ramsay said it was one of the most

unusual dishes he’d ever seen on the show. Logan’s response: “Go big or go home.”

Of course, he did both.

And he has plans for some of that big check he won.

“We’ll probably go to a tropical island somewhere pretty soon,” he said. “Of course, most of it is going in the bank, but I’m going to go to Japan for sure, go to Jiro’s Sushi Shop, and eat sushi and ramen and everything.”

DEC. 15

■ Oicers arrested an adult after he was involved in a physical altercation with another male in the 7600 block of Farmington at 12:34 a.m.

■ Someone forced entry in to the victim’s vehicle, taking her purse and its contents in the 7700 block of Poplar at 12:59 p.m.

■ Two vehicles collided causing no injuries at Poplar and Johnson at 7:35 a.m.

■ Two vehicles collided causing injuries in the 7800 block of Wolf River at 7:39 a.m.

■ Two vehicles collided causing no injuries at Poplar and Miller Farms at 7:58 a.m.

■ Two vehicles collided causing no injuries at West and

Poplar at 9:45 a.m.

DEC. 16

■ Oicers arrested one adult female for ingesting inhalants at Germantown and Riverbend at 10:20 a.m.

■ Two vehicles collided causing no injuries at Winchester and Forest Hill Irene at 9:15 a.m.

■ Two vehicles collided causing no injuries at West and Poplar at 10:25 a.m.

■ Two vehicles collided causing injuries in the 8000 block of Kimridge at 10:38 a.m.

■ Two vehicles collided causing no injuries in the 9100 block of Forest Hill at 1:39 p.m.

■ Two vehicles collided causing no injuries at Kirby and Poplar at 4:32 p.m.

■ Two vehicles collided causing no injuries at Poplar and Willey at 6 p.m.

DEC. 17

■ A vehicle was vandalized in the 2000 block of North Bridge Drive at 1:52 a.m.

■ A victim received a package from her ex-boyfriend in violation of a court order in the 1900 block of Allenby Road at 4:29 p.m.

■ Two vehicles collided at West Farmington at 7:55 a.m.

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Wu puts ‘food quality over cost’ SAN WU Owner, Royal Panda

Location: 3120 Village Shops Drive, Suite 23 in Germantown. Call 901756-9697 or visit royalpandarestaurant.com Hometown: Tainan, Taiwan Family: Two boys and a dog Civic involvement: Donations to several community organizations First job: I worked in a bakery.

Most recent job: Owner of Royal Panda restaurant

Exceed Hormone Specialists, PLLC, located at 7512 Second St. in Germantown, and the Germantown Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting. Exceed Hormone Specialists strives to meet clients’ needs related to hormone imbalance, sexual diiculties and personalized gynecology and urology care. They seek to individualize therapy and provide genuine hospitality in every realm. For more information, visit exceedhs.com. Attending the ribbon cutting are (front row, from left) Reid and Claire Chauhan, (middle row) Janie Day, Chamber executive director, Lisa Williams, RN, Dena Boscaccy, LPN, Dr. Heather Chauhan, co-owner, Freida Pearson, practice administrator and Dr. Richard Pearson, co-owner.

Valpak of Memphis & the Mid South held a ribbon cutting event at the Germantown Area Chamber of Commerce.

Christi Eason, owner, cuts the ribbon. Valpak provides businesses with tools to engage, inluence and attract new customers with optimized direct advertising. For more information about Valpak of Memphis & the Mid South, visit valpak.com/advertise/ memphis.

The Germantown Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Phillip Ashley Chocolates, located at 798 South Cooper St., in the Historic Cooper Young District. Each chocolate is handcrafted in small batches using the inest fair-trade chocolate and superior ingredients. Chocolatier, Chef Phillip Ashley Rix, cut the ribbon. For more information, visit phillipashleychocolates. com.

Most satisfying career moment: When customers

tell me that eating at Royal Panda feels like home and

that it is their favorite restaurant. Also, I like to see my loyal customers whose families have been coming for generations.

Career

others in need.

Hobbies: Fishing, watching movies and jogging Last book you read: Book about

maintaining health.

advice:

Favorite film or TV show: All John

Always be patient San with customers. For Wu restaurant entrepreneurs, always put food quality over cost.

Alaska and Taiwan

Person you most admire (and why): My father, be-

People would be surprised to know about me: Some-

cause he continuously worked hard during diicult times, such as World War II, to support his eight children. He was always happy, honest and humble.

Living until 96 years old, he was a long-time leader in his home village, helping

times I can have a bad temper.

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If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be: I wish there

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Weekly community events Bartlett Bring the kids to the Bartlett Library, 5884 Stage Road, from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday for READ with Tootsie. Children ages 5-11 can read to Tootsie, a registered pet therapy dog, for 15 minutes. Event is free, but registration is required. Call 901-386-8968.

Galley Ten Ninety One at the WKNO Digital Media Center, 7151 Cherry Farms Road, will showcase works of art by members of the Bartlett Art Association through Tuesday. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 901-458-2521.

Bartlett City Beautiful presents Bartlett Gardening University at the Bartlett Library, 5884 Stage Road, Jan. 10 from 2-4 p.m. Event is free to attend. Call 901-386-8968.

Join The Boufants on Jan. 17 for a hair-raising performance. They’re known for their big hair, bigger attitudes, bold voices and choreography. The performance begins at 8 p.m. at the Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center. Tickets are $25. Visit bpacc.org or call 901-385-6440.

Cordova Orion Starry Nights at Shelby Farms Park will run through Sunday, 6-9 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and 6-10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Tickets are $20 for car/truck/minivan, $50 for limos or 15-passenger vans, and $150 for buses. Visit shelbyfarmspark.org.

Get your bike on every Saturday with Shelby Farms BMX. Trophies and medals are awarded to irst-, second- and third-place riders. Entry is $10. Register from 3:30-4:30 p.m. on the south side of the park at 6435 Walnut Grove. Race begins at 4:30 p.m. $5 practice runs available from 2-4 p.m. Sundays through May 4. Visit shelbyfarmsbmx.com.

The Show Place at Agricenter International, 7777 Walnut Grove Road, will host the Auto Zone Liberty Bowl Rodeo at 7 p.m. Dec. 27. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children ages 6 and under. Visit autozonelibertybowl.org.

Love Japanese anime and manga? Join the Collierville Burch Library’s, 501 Poplar View Parkway, Anime Club the last Wednesday of every month. Share your favorite manga series, watch anime episodes, discuss Japanese culture and eat snacks from 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Event is free to attend and intended for ages 12-18.

Visit colliervillelibrary.org or call 901-457-2600.

The Collierville Burch Library, 501 Poplar View Parkway, invites guests to its Ugly Sweater Party.

Wear your ugliest sweater or come as you are for games, treats and other ugly sweater-related fun Dec. 30, from 6-8 p.m. Event is free to attend and intended for ages 12-18. Visit colliervillelibrary.org or call 901-457-2600.

The second-annual Herb Parsons Trail Marathon and Half-marathon is Jan. 4 at Herb Parsons Lake, 1295 Fisherville Road. The marathon will start at 8 a.m., and the half-marathon will start at 8:30 a.m.

Online registration closes at 9 p.m. Jan. 2. Entrance fee is $50 for the half and $65 for the marathon. Register at ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=29629.

Mother-Son Bowling Night will be Jan. 16 at FunQuest Bowling Center, 440 U.S. 72. Cost is $30 per team and $15 for each additional son. Event begins at 5:30 p.m. with check-in, shoe pickup and lane assignments. Bowling will be from 6-8 p.m. Call 901457-2770. Registration deadline is Jan. 10.

Germantown Come celebrate the release of identical-jazz-twins Carl & Alan Maguire’s irst CD, “The Sound of Music,” 2-4 p.m. Saturday at Lane Music, 9309 Poplar, Suite 101. Free live Performance by Carl Maguire (drums), Alan Maguire (bass), Reginald White (sax) and Keith Brown (piano). Call 901-825-8127 or e-mail info@ carlalanmaguire.com.

Registration for Challenger Basketball closes Jan. 2. Speciically designed for boys and girls with special needs, ages 6 to 16, the focus of this interactive league is fun. Space is limited to the irst 12 participants. Program meets on Mondays, Jan. 5 to Feb. 23, 6-7 p.m. at Dogwood Elementary, 8945 Dogwood Road. There will be no meetings Jan. 19 or Feb. 16.

Contact Craig Melton at cmelton@germantown-tn. gov or 901-757-7389. Cost is $30.

The Germantown Performing Arts Center, 1801 Exeter, presents “Ramshackle Wilderness,” an exhibition of work by local artists Michelle Duckworth and Erica McCarrens. The exhibit is free to attend and runs through Jan. 4.

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Chuckles Comedy House, 1770 Dexter Springs Loop, presents comedian Don D.C. Curry, winner of the Bay Area Black Comedy Competition, for ive shows Jan 9-11. Tickets are $30 and shows start at 7:30 and 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 8 p.m.

Sunday. Visit chucklescomedyhouse.com or call 901-421-5905.

Snowy Nights in My Big Backyard runs from 5:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. daily through Tuesday at the Memphis Botanic Garden.

Register through Jan. 29 for irst-time participants in the KidsTown Children’s Consignment Event. Buy or sell clothing and toys at Agricenter International, 7700 Walnut Grove, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Feb. 5, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Feb. 6 and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb 7. Event is free to attend. Visit consignkidstown.com.

Chuckles Comedy House, 1770 Dexter Springs Loop, hosts a New Year’s Eve Comedy Showcase featuring comedian Steve Brown. Show starts at 10 p.m. and single tickets are $30. Couples special is $50.

Brown will continue the Comedy Showcase through the new year with shows at 8. p.m. Jan. 1, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 2, 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. Jan. 3 and 8 p.m. Jan. 4.

Shelby Farms Park at 500 North Pine Lake Drive hosts Board Game Meetup the second Thursday of every month from 2-4 p.m. Visit shelbyfarmspark. org for more information.

Come to the Cordova Library, 8457 Trinity Road, Jan. 3 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to share the cultures of places around the world. Kids of all ages can discover the music and food of Great Britain as well as folk tales, fairy tales and stories. Learn and have fun traveling the globe through International Storytimes celebrating a diferent country each program. Call 901-415-2764.

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The Memphis Zoo’s SunTrust Zoo Lights will be open 5:30-9:30 p.m. select nights through Tuesday.

Visit memphiszoo.org for a schedule. Also at the zoo, Memphis’ only outdoor ice skating rink is back this holiday season. Memphis Zoo on Ice is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission is $6 per person and does not include general zoo admission.

Bring the family to celebrate the holiday season with Snowy Nights in My Big Backyard at Memphis Botanic Garden, 750 Cherry Road, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. through Tuesday. Play in the “snow,” sip hot cocoa or spiced tea, create a winter craft and enjoy fun, games and a musical light show. $7 for members, $10 for nonmembers. Visit memphisbotanicgarden. com or call 901-636-4100.

The annual MAM Christmas Classic Basketball tournament will be Dec. 29-Jan. 3. Divisions are church recreation, other recreation, competitive, middle school and high school freshman teams for boys and girls. Every team is guaranteed three games, with most teams playing four or ive games.

Come out and support your favorite team. Contact Kevin Windsor at 901-653-4484 or kevin@mamsports.org.

Memphis Horticultural Society Program: Dale Skaggs “The Winter Garden” will be Jan. 6 at 7 p.m. at Memphis Botanic Garden, 750 Cherry Road. Guests $5, free for society members. Call 901-636-4128 or visit memphishorticulture.org.

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Community “HOLIDAYS ARE BRIGHTER IN COLLIERVILLE” MERRY CHRISTMAS

Spirit is bright Collierville oicials announce Christmas light contest winners

Special to The Weekly

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Entries were judged by members of the Town Beautiful Commission and winners were named in four categories. Signs placed in yards indicate those who won in their category.

The Dowdy family at 385 Laura Ann won the “Reason for the Season” Award.

The “Creative Award” winner went to the Toombs family at 823 Lancelot Circle.

The “Clark Griswold” award went to the Brown family, whose lights can be seen at 478 Tuscumbia Cove West.

The Scallions family, 1515 Wolf Ridge Drive, won the “Holiday Spirit Award.”

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Nursing around Maureen Bagwell teaches science at Collierville High School.

TEACHER SPOTLIGHT

Collierville staf like a ‘family’ says Bagwell MAUREEN BAGWELL Collierville High School, various sciences, ninth through 12th grades

do you like most about Q What your school?

are more than a commuA We nity of professionals. We are a Ashley Garrett (left), Katie Parker and Miki Grisham are graduates of Briarcrest Christian School. All three now are nurses at St. Jude. Briarcrest graduate, Lauren Davis, (not pictured) also is a St. Jude nurse.

family that cares for and helps each other in and outside of the school environment.

Former Briarcrest students now nurses at St. Jude

was your favorite subject Q What as a kid and why?

I feel the values Special to The Weekly Briarcrest instilled he mission of Briarcrest in me ... prepared me to take the best care of my Christian School is to challenge and inspire patients every day.”

By Beth Rooks

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college-bound students to know and honor Jesus Christ, seek God’s truth and wisdom in all disciplines and pursue excellence and integrity in their academic, creative and athletic endeavors so that they may “grow in stature with God and men.”

Briarcrest alumnae Katie Parker, Miki Grisham, Lauren Davis and Ashley Garrett are continuing the mission of BCS as they pursue the goal of “Finding Cures.

Ashley Garrett, nurse at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and former Briarcrest student

Saving Children.” as nurses at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Although they all attended diferent colleges and arrived at St. Jude by diferent paths, their story is a consistent one — each felt called to become a nurse, specializing in caring for patients in the pediatric hematology and oncology programs.

And they believe their time at Briarcrest left them well prepared for this line of work.

Grisham said, “The academic foundation laid at BCS allowed me to do well in

nursing school.” While Davis added, “My faith in Jesus Christ, which Briarcrest helped grow and develop in me, is my great source of comfort, strength and hope when I come to my job each day.”

Garrett, a cancer survivor and former St. Jude patient, said, “BCS not only encourages academic excellence, but also challenges students to pursue being Christlike in all areas of our lives.”

These four young women are an example of how Briarcrest achieves its mission while students are within its walls and how these same ideals are carried in their hearts the rest of their lives.

Parker added, “I feel the values Briarcrest instilled in me, values of academic excellence, compassion towards others, following your calling and developing a deep faith prepared me to take the best care of my patients every day.”

Beth Rooks is the director of communications with Briarcrest Christian School.

is a smidgen ahead of A Science math. Science because I grew

up near the ocean and was fascinated by, and curious about, the strange life forms I found there. was the most challenging Q What subject for you as a kid and why?

It was not alive and acA History. tive enough to me in my youth.

It interests me very much now — With age has come appreciation. is the greatest challenge Q What you face as an educator?

students to invest A Motivating time now so they can make choices in their future. do you hope to accomplish Q What as an educator?

help young people realize A To how special they each are and to help them become responsible and happy adults who love America and respect Earth and all life. is the most rewarding moQ What ment you’ve had as a teacher?

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

with a discouraged A Working student for whom it suddenly

Fifth-grader Maddie Ward wants to be veterinarian, admires her grandmother

is your teaching inspiration Q Who and why?

MADDIE WARD

What are some of your biggest accomplishments: Learning to

Fifth-grader at Dogwood Elementary

What is your favorite subject:

walk on my hands.

Hobbies: Gymnastics, tennis, drawing, music Goals for the future: I want to become a veterinarian.

Person you most admire: My grandmother because she had breast cancer and she is a ighter.

Science because my teacher is awesome.

Favorite movies, TV shows or books: “My Girl,” “Cupcake

What is your most challenging subject: Math because it is

Wars” and “Mockingjay”

Family: Parents, Caleb and

Grace, a dog and a cat What do you like most about your school: My teachers, Mrs.

Denton, Mrs. Fredrick and Mrs. Betts.

boring.

People would be surprised to know about me: I make babies

“clicks” and he or she is so excitedly pleased with him or herself. I love watching students walk across the stage at graduation with so much hope and joy.

eighth-grade teacher, A My Lauretta Timothy, who was a

strong personality with a gentle side and who taught me to love music.

out of water balloons.

What would you do if you were principal for a day: Give every-

body Chick-il-A for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

is the person you most adQ Who mire?

What famous person would you like to meet: Justin Timber-

really admire my maternal A Igrandmother.

lake because I like his music.

What would you do with $1 million: Buy a small house full of

Maddie Ward is a fifth-grader at Dogwood Elementary, wants to meet Justin Timberlake.

dogs and cats and animal treats and toys so no animals have to be put asleep.

have a home and a family that loves them.

If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be:

Make all the homeless people

To nominate a star student, e-mail Matt Woo at woo@commercialappeal.com.

SNAPSHOTS

is something people would Q What be surprised to know about you?

years ago I’d have said A Thirty a veterinarian, but now I’d say an environmental engineer.

Little Obie teaches students about railroad crossing safety Kindergarten, irst- and second-graders learned about railroad safety and enjoyed a train ride when Little Obie, the miniature Canadian National locomotive, visited Collierville Elementary on Dec. 8.

Along with personnel from the Canadian Na-

coached soccer, I taught drug awareness classes to parents and educators, I taught Sunday school, so I naturally turned to this as a profession when I needed a career later in life.

you weren’t a teacher, what Q Ifwould you be?

COLLIERVILLE ELEMENTARY

Special to The Weekly

it was just my nature.

A II think taught swimming, I have

born in New York City A Iandwasown a tractor.

Collierville Elementary students catch a ride on Little Obie while learning a valuable lesson about railroad safety.

By Sheree Perez

did you know you wanted Q When to be an educator?

tional Railroad, Little Obie brought awareness about railroad-crossing safety through the “Operation Lifesaver” program.

Students were delighted to see the bubbles emitted through Little Obie’s smoke stack and enjoyed hearing the siren blare.

Sheree Perez is the assistant principal at Collierville Elementary.

Secondgraders at Dogwood Elementary listen to a speaker at the Pink Palace Museum.

are some things you enjoy Q What doing outside of the classroom?

life and the outdoors, A Country horseback riding, canoeing, birding, landscaping and raising sheep, chickens, dogs, cats and parrots. would you do with $1 milQ What lion?

Native American IndiA Support an schools and environmental organizations and help my children have a more secure future.

Dogwood Elementary students show their excitement as they prepare for a field trip to the Pink Palace Museum.

could change one thing in Q Iftheyouworld what would it be?

future lies in our chilA Our dren, so I would change what

is available for children to view as entertainment in our media.

To nominate an outstanding educator to be featured, e-mail Matt Woo at woo@commercialappeal.com.

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Tara Oaks Elementary has much to celebrate this holiday season. The school raised more than $3,000 to beneit three charity organizations. Contributions from the “Deck the Halls” winter donation drive went to the Collierville Angel Tree program, Page Robbins Adult Day Center and Collierville Food Pantry. Tara Oaks faculty, members from the Student Leadership Team, Collierville Schools Supt. John Aitken and Angel Tree representatives Kevin Baltier and Polly Shipley gather in the school’s lobby for a special presentation.

Jack McDowell, Will Votsmier and John Holt have their hands full as they help load up new toys for Briarcrest’s annual toy drive.

The Houston Middle School marching band, led by Spencer Nesvick, recently participated in the Germantown holiday parade. This is the irst time HMS has had a marching band in ive years.

Germantown Elementary School celebrated its international studies program with a “Festival of Trees.” Each grade was responsible for decorating a tree with ornaments that represent a country.

First grade chose to adorn their tree with sombreros, poinsettias and lags to represent Mexico. Students spend the school year learning about geography, culture, government and economics of selected countries while participating in French language courses three times per week. Germantown Elementary’s countries of study were Mexico, France, Australia, Egypt and Japan.

Briarcrest students (from left) Alexis Bonnano, Becks Ruscitto, Lily Williamson and Grace Turner helped gather toys to beneit the Big Brothers Big Sisters program.

Briarcrest Christian Houston Levee Elementary and Briarcrest Christian High participated in the Mid-South Food Bank canned food drive this year. Key Club students, including Alyssa Neuberger and Emily Okins, brought in cans, made posters and advertised in their homerooms while elementary teachers encouraged students to bring in ive cans of food each. This year, Briarcrest collected 13,185 pounds of canned and dry foods.

RiverKings player Justin Gvora and fred’s Super Dollar director Lesley Butler surprised Schilling Farms Middle School students and faculty Dec. 17 with a special gift for a special teacher. Schilling Farms Middle School student Christian Flynn won a creative writing contest sponsored by fred’s Super Dollar in conjunction with the RiverKings’ “Face Of Field Trip” event in November. Flynn wrote about his favorite teacher, LaChanda Davis. He received a RiverKings prize pack and Davis received a $300 fred’s SmartBucks gift card.

St. George’s Independent School recently was named the 2013-2014 BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Division IIA Championship School. The BlueCross Championship Series recognizes Tennessee high schools with the highest performing athletic programs. As a way of honoring sportsmanship among Tennessee high schools, only schools with no reported incidents of unsportsmanlike behavior are eligible to win the BlueCross Championship Series in its competitive class. St. George’s athletic director Tom Densford proudly accepts the 2013-2014 BCBS Championship Trophy from Chuck West, principal and athletic director at Dresden High School.

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Germantown students tackle 3D technology Seventh-graders create holiday ornaments

By Jennifer Pignolet pignolet@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2372

Writing of the idea of printing three-dimensional objects as beyond the scope of middle-schoolers is not unreasonable.

Sure, the doctors on television’s “Grey’s Anatomy” successfully grew a heart valve with a 3D printer. But middle school students in the Germantown Municipal School District are proving they too can harness the advanced technology and create something tangible.

Seventh-graders in the two schools, Houston Middle and Riverdale, competed recently to see who can create the best holiday-themed, 3D-printed ornament.

The students created their own digital designs in their STEM classes — short for science, technology, engineering and mathematics — and one winner from each class will have their design printed on one of the district’s three 3D printers.

The district office will choose one winner overall.

“It’s unique because it’s an art form that’s out of technology,” Houston Middle teacher Joye Phipps said.

The digital creations are uploaded to the printer, small enough to sit on a computer cart, and take three to four hours to create a igurine 3 inches long, wide or tall. The printer uses melted plastic to build the igurines one tiny layer

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Houston Middle seventh-grader Samuel Cai, 12, checks out a 3D printer as it creates a Christmas ornament. Students in STEM classes created holiday-themed, 3D-printed ornaments and competing against fellow classmates for the best ones.

at a time. The printers have become more common in the medical ield, especially with prosthetics, and could be used in any industry for product development.

The printers cost about $3,000 each and were bought using state money through the career and technology service the six municipal districts share.

Each district received printers, and Germantown administrators say they hope to have friendly inter-district printing competitions in the spring.

Curriculum Technology trainer Chris Cooper said the project forces students to take an idea and igure out how to make it work within the parameters of the technology.

“As teachers we try to ind things that support problem solving and critical thinking,” Cooper said, adding that the technology was new to the teachers too. “We had to learn along with them ... .”

Phipps said some of the students ind it frustrating, but usually are able

to push through it with amusement.

“It’s almost like a game to them,” Phipps said.

For seventh-grader Caydie Lent, the project was fun but also a precursor to a possible future career. “I just want to do something with computers,” she said.

Caydie said she was happily surprised the program was made available to middle school students.

“It’s a new technology that not a lot of people know how to work, and I ind it fun that we’re going to learn how 3D printing works,” she said.

Caydie won her Houston Middle’s classroom contest and had her ornament printed. She designed a tiered pile of presents stacked on top of one another. Her original idea was to create a cup of hot chocolate. But, as so often happens with creativity, her idea evolved into the stack of gifts.

“Whenever I get to take it home I’m going to put it on the tree,” she said.

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Romulo, a senior, has an avid interest in studying the history and culture of different countries. Among his 13 International Baccalaureate classes were two years of History of the Americas. In addition, he has taken two AP classes in the social sciences and AP U.S. Government and AP U.S. History. He holds a 4.6 weighted grade point average, scored 30 on the ACT and is ranked second in a class of 504 seniors.

During the summer, Romulo worked as a summer law intern. The internship opened his eyes to the real work of the law such as case briefing, court requirements and preparation for court cases. He also traveled to Spain, where he was able to immerse himself in the culture. He particularly noted how different the European Spanish culture is from his El Salvador Spanish culture.

Romulo is president of the Student Government Association, president of the National Spanish Honor Society and a member of the Knowledge Bowl Team and National Honor Society. He was chosen for the Bartlett Youth Leadership Program, where he raised funds for Habitat for Hope.

Hallie Gillam St. George’s Independent School Social Sciences & History Hallie, a senior, is able to balance a challenging academic schedule while serving as student body president, a Prefect, a Writing Center tutor, a varsity cheerleader, a state champion pole vaulter and more.

She holds a 4.41 weighted grade point average and scored 30 on the ACT. She was selected for the highly competitive Trent Lott Leadership Institute program at The University of Mississippi last summer. While there, she developed leadership skills and earned college credit in political science and public speaking. She is a member of six honor societies including the National History Honor Society.

In her AP World History and AP Psychology courses, Hallie stands out as an independent thinker. She asks thoughtful questions and elevates the class discussion. She is a member of the school’s Citizenship Institute, a group of selected students who have shown interest in globalization, the world economy and the future of the world. In addition, Hallie impacts the community by volunteering for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Ronald McDonald House, and the Make-a-Wish Foundation.

Anna Johnson The Hutchison School Social Sciences & History Anna, a senior, is an outstanding scholar who balances remarkable academic achievements with varsity sports and community involvement. She holds a 5.08 weighted grade point average and scored 30 on the ACT. A National Merit Commended Student, Anna has taken eight Advanced Honors and nine AP classes and has been inducted into ive national honor societies. She is active in Model United Nations, Youth in Government, Global Ambassadors and Amnesty International. She envisions a future career in public policy and civil service, bringing together her interest in national and global events with her empathetic nature and desire to improve the lives of others.

With a willingness to learn, Anna attended the Tennessee Governor’s School for International Studies and the St. Albans School for Public Policy in Washington D. C. She also attended a summer soccer program at Vanderbilt University and completed a 40-hour internship with Justine Magazine. She is president of the Junior Classical League and vice president of the Rogers Scholars program, an organization dedicated to educating its members about the city and means of civic engagement.

Erin Aulinger Central High School Social Sciences & History Erin, a senior, has a passion for social studies and travel. She holds a 4.59 weighted grade point average and scored 30 on the ACT. She is ranked sixth in a class of 385 seniors. She has taken AP Psychology and earned a perfect score on the AP exam. She has taken three years of Russian and received near perfect scores, earning the Student of the Year Russian award the past two years. She currently is taking AP U.S. History and Honor Practical Law. She has traveled to England, Germany, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, France, Spain and Canada. Of German descent, Erin enjoys the study of her heritage.

Since discovering that she has epilepsy, Erin has become a spokesperson for the disease and for Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. She decided that she would not allow her diagnosis to deine who she is or keep her from meeting her goals. Instead, she uses it to strengthen her and to bring awareness to those around her.

Erin is a member of Team Max, a group devoted to serving the underprivileged of Memphis. She also serves as a peer tutor/mentor.

William Merriman Memphis University School Social Sciences & History William, a senior, has a particular interest and connection with history. He holds a 4.64 weighted grade point average, scored a 32 on the ACT and has earned the top mark of ‘5’ on the AP U.S. History and AP European History exams. He says that it is important to study history to understand where we come from and how past events inluence the present. He is currently taking AP U.S. Government and Politics, AP Art History and AP Calculus AB. He notes that visiting places where great events took place brings context to history as well as perspective to daily life.

As vice president of the school’s Honor Council, William is charged with upholding the Honor Code and dealing with infractions. He is a member of the Latin Club and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He is a two-year starter at goalie on the varsity soccer team and team captain. He leads this program with pride, integrity and a contagious enthusiasm for the game. He volunteers with Service over Self, Christ Feeds, Carpenter Art Garden and the Binghampton Urban Farm.

Brett Armour Brighton High School Social Sciences & History Brett, a senior, is an avid student of history, maintaining an ‘A’ average in every history course he has taken. He holds a 3.93 grade point average and scored 27 on the ACT. As a junior he took Dual Enrollment U.S. History, where he inished the college-level class with a 100 average. He also completed World History with a 99 average. This year he is enrolled in AP U.S. Government and Economics, holding ‘A’ averages in both subjects. He was honored with the highest average award for the dual enrollment U.S. History class.

During every year of high school, Brett has received the Cardinal Academic Excellence Award. He was chosen by the faculty to be the school’s representative to Tennessee Boys State. He uses his leadership skills as the vice president of the Student Council, and he has been inducted into the National Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta. He is a member of Youth Alive and a member of the football and tennis teams. He is a conservationist, hunter and isherman. Brett also enjoys landscaping.

Rob Brown Hernando High School Social Sciences & History Rob, a senior, has a keen fascination for history and politics. He holds a 4.29 weighted grade point average and scored 30 on the ACT. His interest in government began in middle school when he was selected by the faculty to attend a conference in Washington called Junior National Young Leaders. He says this was an “eye-opening” experience and advanced his curiosity. In 2013, Rob served as a page for the Mississippi State Senate. He also attended the Rotary Youth Leadership Academy and Mississippi Boys State. While there, he and other boys created a mythical 51st state complete with laws.

Historian for the Mayor’s Youth Council, Rob is constantly thinking about history. He earned college credit for his score on the AP U.S. History exam last spring and is a member of the Isaac Morgan Chapter of the Children of the American Revolution. He is vice president of the National Honor Society and serves in various leadership positions where he often helps diverse groups ind common ground. He volunteers for the Mid-South Food Drive and tutors for the Youth Advisory Council.

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Germantown Community Theatre recently wrapped up its version of “The Velveteen Rabbit.” The cast and crew pose for group photo.

iPod, played by Grace Stehle, shares her views about her role in the life of her owner.

Toy fairies Cree Morgan (left) and Eliza True Marshall watch the action of the Velveteen Rabbit with the audience at Germantown Community Theatre.

Toy Fairy, played by Cree Morgan, strategically places the Velveteen Rabbit where young Alex’s mother can find it.

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by Kristen Vandervont, consoles a sick Alex, played by Abby Stehle in a scene from Germantown Community Theatre’s production of “The Velveteen Rabbit.”

Determined to go together, all the toys join in on a group hug. Meanwhile, Toy Fairy, played by Cree Morgan, pulls out Rabbit, played by Faith Tidwell, for a special purpose.

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Slocum named to Southwind coaching position Replaces Cedric Miller as Jaguars head coach

By John Varlas varlas@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2350

Southwind High was looking for an experienced leader with a track record of success to ill its vacant head coaching position.

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already on staf.

Southwind principal Terrance Brown announced Dec. 19 that Rahnmann Slocum, who spent the 2014 season as the Jaguars’ defensive coordinator, will be the team’s new coach. He replaces Cedric Miller, who stepped down after a 4-6 season.

Slocum will be the second coach in the program’s history. Before joining the Southwind staf, he spent 17 years at Fairley, 15 as head coach.

“It’s an honor to follow

behind my good these young men friend Cedric Millbecome stronger er,” Slocum said. mentally, physically “It’s a great feeling and spiritually. We because I feel just are also determined like I felt at Fairley. to reach out to the “I grew up in the Southwind commuFairley community and build that nity and graduated Rahnmann great community from Fairley, but Slocum support and pride. with Southwind I “It’s very imporactually live in this com- tant to get the parents and munity. When I go to the the community to help restaurants, movies or the reach the goals that Dr. grocery store, I see my stu- Brown and the coaching dents. staf are trying to reach “Our goal right now as academically, athletically a coaching staf is to help and socially.”

Slocum had considerable success at Fairley, reaching the playofs 12 times. The Bulldogs’ best year came in 2006, when they advanced to the quarterinals and inished 10-3.

And the pieces are already in place to replicate that at Southwind; last season’s losing record marked the irst time since 2010 the Jaguars missed the postseason.

“I can’t do it by myself, but thank God I have a staf that is ready to work,” he said, before paraphras-

ing his favorite wrestler, Ric Flair. “I’m looking forward to Southwind High School football being the best thing going today.”

In addition to Slocum, Southwind also named Chris Jones to ill Miller’s spot as track and field coach. Jones will also assist with the football team.

In other coaching news, Tom Moore, who spent the past four years as an assistant at CBHS, is returning to his midstate roots, taking the head coaching job at Warren County High.

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COLLIERVILLE ALL STARS Collierville football coach Mike O’Neill (second from left) and his players Carson White, Austin Hall and Cameron Doyle participated in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl All-Star football game Dec. 13 at Memphis University School.

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The four finalists are Jonathan Bowlan of Bartlett High School, Nick Pope of Briarcrest Christian School, Logan Stewart of Tipton-Rosemark Academy and Drew White of Germantown High School.

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St. George’s Roxanna Wood signs with Elon

National honor for Houston senior

By Sarah Acuf Special to The Weekly

St. George’s Independent School senior Roxanna Wood celebrated her intent to play volleyball for Elon University next year.

Wood was joined on her signing day by family and friends.

St. George’s volleyball coach Emmy McClain described Wood as a humble leader not only at St. George’s but throughout the community.

“Roxanna is a role model to all the younger play-

ers and has an amazing ability to unite her teammates around a common goal,” McClain said. “I am inspired by Roxanna’s dedication and the way she sets goals for herself, her team, and her program and then commits herself to doing what it takes to reach those goals every single day on and of the court. Furthermore, Roxanna’s support for other athletes at St. George’s and fellow volleyball players from other schools around the city have made her a standout player and per-

son to many in the area.

She truly uses her passion and gift for volleyball to spread her light and I am so proud of her.”

Wood said she’s excited to play collegiate volleyball.

“I’m ready for the next chapter in life and at the same time appreciate the one I am in now. I’m ready to do and see new things at college, but St. George’s will always be home,” said Wood. “St. George’s has helped me grow athletically, academically, and socially, allowing me to mature and gain conidence

St. George’s Roxanna Wood proudly signed her National Letter of Intent to play volleyball at Elon University while surrounded by her parents Brian and Rebecca Wood.

in my abilities. My teachers have been so supportive and pushed me to be the best I can be in all that I do as well as encouraged me to be a well rounded person. The school is such a nurturing and positive environment.”

Wood has set many records and won several awards during her career.

This year she is a ifth-year starter for the Gryphons.

She holds the St. George’s records for kills in a match (27), kills in a season (594), career kills (1,691), career digs (1,553) and assists in a match (53). She has also been named the 2014 Region tournament MVP, and was recently named a 2014 Best of Preps inalist.

OUTDOORS

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Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission will consider raising fees for hunting and fishing licenses when it meets in January.

Up in the AiR

By Larry Rea Special to The Commercial Appeal

In his second tenure as a member of the Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission, Bill Cox of Collierville has irsthand experience of the controversy that goes with raising license fees for hunting and ishing.

“Been there, done that,” said Cox, who was a member of what was then known as the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission in 2005 when fees were last raised.

This time, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is seeking to adjust the way hunting and ishing licenses and fees are structured. When the TFWC meets in late January at Union City’s Discovery Park of America the proposals will include, among other things, incremental fee increases and the inclusion of new user groups.

“No one wants to raise fees,” Cox said.

“But we’re at a crossroads in the agency in that we’ve got to do something. We started talking about this a year ago April, and it’s time to act.”

TWRA executive director Ed Carter agrees.

“The reality is that managing our wildlife and isheries has never been more expensive than it is today,” he said. “Our objective with this proposal is to spread the cost of these programs across more user groups who utilize Tennessee’s public lands and waters.”

But there’s more to it than that, accord-

Increases proposed for hunting and fishing licenses ing to Cox. He said the agency, which is funded almost exclusively by hunting and ishing licenses, is operating with obsolete equipment (in particular, it needs a new multimillion dollar radio system), along with mechanical and other extensive and expensive repairs at its Nashville headquarters.

The new proposal ofers across-theboard changes, including new fees for professional hunting and ishing guides, annual and permanent senior licenses, $30 increase in resident sportsman ($166), incremental increases for resident hunting and ishing licenses; elimination of certain short-term nonresident licenses; and fees related to the use of TWRA iring ranges, as well as for ofhighway vehicles, mountain bike and horseback riders whose activities have a maintenance impact on state wildlife management areas.

If approved, the new fee structure would go into efect on July 1, 2015. Tennessee hunting and ishing licenses expire on Feb. 28, and new licenses will be on sale at the current prices from midFebruary through the end of June. The

price increase will not afect those who buy licenses before July 1, giving them 15 months before the 2016 license year.

The TWRA manages more than 250 public boat access points, oversees more than 1.5 million acres of publicly accessible land and has planted more than 3 million trees in the past decade. Sportsman license igures for 2014 were 62,520, up slightly from 2013 (61,815).

Carter said the new fee structure will allow the TWRA to “continue doing the good work we do every day for Tennessee’s wildlife and isheries into the foreseeable future ... without having further cuts to programs.”

The new fee proposals have generated a lot of conversation, especially on social media and at deer camps and duck blinds, since the news broke early last week through an agency press release.

Dr. Allan Houston, a University of Tennessee professor based at Ames Plantation near Grand Junction, said, “Everything goes up eventually. (The) TWRA has done some painful internal management to keep costs low.

“We are blessed to have the extraordinary circumstance of having trained biologists managing our wildlife resources as opposed to political interests.

We need to invest in keeping that always the case.”

Got an outdoors item of note? E-mail Larry Rea at lroutdoors@att.net or go to his website at lroutdoors.com; listen to Larry Rea on Outdoors on Saturday mornings from 6-7:30 on ESPN 790-AM.

SNAPSHOTS

Briarcrest soccer players Ashton Pugh, Brooklyn Scheidt, Lauren Cummings, Alyssa Neuberger, Alainee Miller, Peyton Moore, Allison Samisch and Holland Heinz volunteered for two days to be bell ringers for the Salvation Army at the Collierville Kroger.

Robbie Cummings of Germantown was recently awarded team captain for the seventh and eighth-grade Woodland Warriors.

Cummings is pictured with coach Drew Hinote and coach Clay Presley.

By John Varlas varlas@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2350

Robyn Pennella was at a loss for words when she learned she had been picked to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-American team.

Well, she did come up with one word. “ C r a z y.

It’s just crazy,” said the Houston seRobyn nior. “ W h e n Pennella (Mustangs coach David) Wolf told me, I just did not expect it at all.”

Pennella had a decorated career for the Mustangs. She was named to The Commercial Appeal All-Metro team three times and is a two-time player of the year inalist, including this season.

In 2014, she scored 18 goals and assisted on 11 others as Houston inished the year with a 20-1-2 record, losing to Clarksville in the championship game of the state tournament.

“It’s a huge award but I don’t think of myself that way,” she said. “I don’t think of myself as a Kelsey Pearce or an Olivia Harrison (former Houston stars who were also named AllAmerican). It’s crazy.

“I probably would have wanted to win another title but stuf happens. Wolf pushed me so much to be a better player and my teammates helped me so much as well.”

Two of those teammates, junior Gabby Little and sophomore Paola Ellis, joined Pennella on the NCSAA’s all-south region team, along with the Briarcrest duo of senior Megan Henry and junior Alyssa Neuberger.

BRIARCREST

Joe Rowell named athletic director

By Beth Rooks Special to The Weekly

Earlier this month, Briarcrest Christian School appointed Joe Rowell to the position of high school athletic director.

Rowell has been serving as interim high school athletic director since August.

Rowell is a graduate of the University of Memphis and enjoyed a successful career in business after starting a software and consulting business in 1981.

He has been retired since 2003 but has remained very involved in leadership and committee responsibilities at Bellevue Baptist Church, where he serves as a deacon and Spring Creek Ranch where he serves on the Board of Governors.

His involvement with Briarcrest over the past years has been very signiicant. Rowell has served in numerous leadership capacities on the Briarcrest Board of Trustees, including as a member of the Board’s Athletic Committee. He also serves as Briarcrest’s assistant golf coach.

“Mr. Rowell brings a wealth of management expertise and a deep knowledge of Briarcrest to this position,” says Mark Merrill, BCS President.

“We are excited about the leadership he will bring to athletic program here at Briarcrest.

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Holidays RICHARD J. ALLEY BECAUSE I SAID SO

Slow down, see season through kids’ eyes The Ghost of Christmas Past recently visited upon me memories from the 1970s. There was a G.I. Joe action igure that stood a foot high and an Evel Knievel motorcycle that sped across the hardwood loors of our Midtown home. There was the “A Charlie Brown Christmas” special that aired one night and one night only. If you missed it, too bad: It would be another 365 days until you had another chance.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. What I’m wondering is whether the holidays of my youth were a simpler time.

As a father of four, I’m besieged now with lists and commercials and expectations that may be unrealistic. I’m afraid that I’ve become a curmudgeon in my 40s. I worry that these are my preScrooge days and that it won’t be long before there is nothing wonderful at all for me this time of year.

Traic is worse, stores are packed, children are demanding, and money is tight. There is an elf on our shelf requiring constant attention.

It was with this grounddown, bitter attitude that I fell into conversation with a friend the other day. She and her husband have a 2-year-old, and she spoke about his view of the holiday with her very own childlike wonder. It was as if she were a Dickensian ghost taking my hand to help me recall my own kids’ irst hints that something special was afoot. How exciting it must be for that toddler, newly aware of his surroundings, to ind a tree inside his house. And with lights on it!

The magic of this season is easy to forget with the drudgery of school and work, basic needs and responsibilities. That stress can carry right into the holidays when the demands of kids become actual numbered lists.

The greatest gift we’re given as parents is the opportunity to see the world through our children’s eyes.

We all need to try and experience the time as they do. Like Rankin and Bass’ television special “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” we need to stop-motion. Slow down, take a step back, and ind the time to appreciate the decorations, the good deeds, the genuine sense of goodwill that comes gift-wrapped each year at this time.

We were able to slow time down the other night. I watched as the kids decorated the tree with their mother and told the stories behind homemade ornaments.

Afterward, in the glow of the tree’s lights, we sat around and watched that modern-day classic, “Elf.” In the movie, Santa Claus says to Buddy the Elf, “Listen, some people, they just lose sight of what’s important in life. That doesn’t mean they can’t ind their way again. Maybe all they need is just a little Christmas spirit.”

Those are words we all could take to heart. So slow down and take a look around this season, and try to remember how it all looked when you were a child.

Merry Christmas, from my family to yours!

Read more from Richard J. Alley at richardalley.com. Become a fan of “Because I Said So” on Facebook: facebook.com/alleygreenberg.

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Sheila Climer lights a candle at the dinner table during the celebration of the 30th year candy swap at her home last Friday. “I just enjoy the holidays so much and I love spending time with my friends. So, since we’ve started the candy swap, we’ve just continued to have it through the years,” says Climer.

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Tasia Vergos makes spanakopita in the kitchen at the Rendezvous, her family’s business. The Vergos family is making spanakopita under Tasia’s direction for the wedding of her granddaughter, Katherine Vergos.

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ome families gather on Christmas Day, others on Christmas Eve. Some do Secret Santa; some play Dirty Santa (it’s just a gift-switching game, nothing naughty). Some come together to make ravioli; others make tamales. For the Vergoses, it’s spanakopita. For the Do family, it’s egg rolls.

“I might spend over $500 on ingredients — jumbo shrimp only — but my egg rolls are really good,” Do said. “Really, really good.”

The Vietnamese immigrant makes them for friends and for customers of her Cordova beauty shop, Hot Heads.

“I bring them up here sometimes; sometimes people come to my house to get them,” she said. “If I don’t make them, everybody is mad.”

At Thanksgiving, which she usually spends in Memphis with friends, Do makes her egg rolls, and others contribute traditional holiday fare to the meal.

But this year, she went to visit her father in Seattle and didn’t make them.

“Everyone was like ‘What? No egg rolls?’” said her daughter, Annie Do. But they’ll make up for it at Christmas, preparing 400 to 500 eggs rolls one night and frying them the following morning.

“You can’t make them very far ahead of time, because the wrapper will get soggy,” Annie said. “So we work all night.

Last year she was still rolling up the last of them at 7 a.m., and then they have to be fried.”

Every Christmas and Easter, Tasia Vergos pulls out her mother’s recipe for spanakopita and prepares it for her large family — though she doesn’t actually need the recipe, of course.

“My mother never measured anything, and neither did I,” she said. “But I had to measure everything for the cookbook, so I did and wrote it all down.”

(She’s referring to “It’s Greek to Me,”

SPANAKOPITA Makes 40 servings.

INGREDIENTS

3 pounds fresh spinach — Salt to taste 3 bunches green onions, chopped 2 tablespoons dried dill 1 bunch chopped parsley 1 tablespoon Cream of Wheat ½ pound crumbled feta ¼ cup grated Parmesan ¼ cup olive oil 7-8 well-beaten eggs 3 sticks butter, melted 1 pound phyllo dough DIRECTIONS

1 Wash spinach and drain well.

(Already cleaned bagged spinach is the best way to go.) Sprinkle with salt and cut. Combine with onions, dill, parsley, Cream of Wheat, cheeses, oil and eggs.

2 line pan with 8 phyllo leaves, brushing each with melted

the cookbook irst published in 1981 by the Philoptochos Society of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church.)

“Now that’s the recipe I use and the one I give to people when they ask,” she said.

She uses a roasting pan to prepare the spinach dish for the holidays and can make it ahead and freeze. For her granddaughter’s wedding this fall, she and many of the women in her family gathered in one of the kitchens at the Rendezvous, the family business, and prepared eight full sheet pans of spanakopita, more than 600 pieces when cut.

While that sounds daunting — and it was quite a production — they knew what they were doing, and 600 really wasn’t such a big deal for Vergos.

“I used to be in charge of the spanakopita at the church for years, and we would make thousands, thousands (for the annual Greek festival),” she said.

Working with phyllo dough can be intimidating because the paper-thin pastry dries quickly and tears easily. Most cooks keep the stack of sheets covered with a damp cloth.

Vergos uses fresh spinach, not frozen.

But by adding Cream of Wheat, water released during cooking is absorbed.

“Of course, you have to make sure the spinach isn’t wet when you start, and I put the eggs in at the end,” she said. “I don’t know if that makes a diference.”

Don’t chance it.

And she brushes each sheet of phyllo with butter before the next one goes on.

butter between layers. Pour in spinach mixture. Cover with 8 more phyllo leaves, brushing each with butter. Brush top with butter and sprinkle lightly with water.

3 Bake in preheated 450-degree oven for 15 to 20 minutes, until phyllo begins to turn a light golden color and pufs in the center. Reduce oven to 350 and bake 30 minutes longer until golden brown. let stand 15 to 20 minutes before cutting.

Makes 40 squares.

Source: “It’s Greek to Me, ” submitted by Mrs. Charles J. Vergos (tasia)

VIETNAMESE EGG ROLLS Makes 50 large or 100 small.

INGREDIENTS

4 ounces dried wood ear mushrooms 8 ounces dried bean thread noodles

Not all traditions have to involve family, and when friends stay together for 30 years, they’re like family, anyway. That’s how long Gail Banks and her friends have held their annual candy exchange.

“I went to Sheila Climer, a friend at work, and told her I’d just read about a cookie swap in Southern Living and I wanted to start one,” Banks said. “She said ‘That’s great, but I think I’d like to do candy,’ and that was ine with me.”

So they gathered other friends — there have been around 20 the whole time — and started their candy group. Every year they pick a diferent theme for the party, which is relected in decorations and often even in their attire.

At cookie swaps, participants typically prepare four or ive dozen cookies and pack them by the dozen; everyone exchanges cookies, and they leave with the same number, but not some of everything. The candy swap is diferent.

“We do four pieces of candy to a bag, and everyone brings 19 or 20 bags, depending on how many people are there, and a bag of 10 that we’ll put out on trays for people to try,” Banks said.

They have dinner together, and every year but one the party has been held at Climer’s house.

Some candies come back: trules, for instance, peanut brittle or fudge.

“We always, always have fudge,” Banks said. “Sometimes we have chocolate, but I’ve made sweet potato fudge, and I think this year it was cream cheese.”

1 pound ground pork ½ pound shrimp, peeled and minced 1 medium yellow onion, inely chopped 1 large carrot, inely chopped 3 cloves garlic, minced 2 shallots, inely chopped ¹/³ cup ish sauce 2 large eggs — Freshly ground black pepper 100 (5 x 5-inch) Filipino egg roll wrappers (see note) 1 egg, beaten — Peanut or canola oil DIRECTIONS

1 Soak the mushrooms and noodles in hot water for 5 to 10 minutes or until tender, then inely chop.

2 In a large bowl, combine the pork, shrimp, onion, carrot, mushrooms, noodles, garlic, shallots, ish sauce, and eggs and season with pepper to taste. Mix well. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

3 Place a wrapper in front of you

with 1 point facing you. Place 1 tablespoon of the illing on the center bottom third of the wrapper, depending on its size.

Fold the bottom corner up over the illing, pinching the skin tightly around the illing to get rid of air pockets. Fold the left corner over the illing, followed by the right. dab a little beaten egg on the top and roll the egg roll away from you and seal it. note: When shopping for the egg roll skins, try to buy the Filipino wrappers and not the Chinese ones, which are too thick and will produce a bubbly skin after frying.

4 Pour 2 inches of oil into a heavy-bottom saucepan. heat the oil to 350 degrees and deep-fry the egg rolls in batches until golden brown and crisp, turning occasionally, making sure not to overcrowd the pan so that they don’t stick together.

Source: foodbeast.com

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Sleepover solutions Make your home a guest-friendly place of holiday comfort and joy

By Kim Cook Associated Press

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ne of the nicest things about the holidays can be the chance to see friends and family from far away. In some cases, that means inding sleepover space in your home.

Even those short on space can make guests feel welcome and comfortable, says New York interior designer Elaine Griin.

“I’m a native of the Deep South, so hospitality — and its cousin, sociability — are never far from my mind, especially during the holidays,” Griin says. “The more the merrier! I live in Manhattan, land of the notoriously cramped and tiny apartment, where one can’t let a minor detail like the absence of a dedicated guest room derail the pleasure of hosting overnight guests.”

First, she says, consider your guest’s age. “Asking seniors to sleep on air mattresses, for example, is cruel and unusual punishment. If you don’t have a pull out sofa bed, hotel-style folding cots are inexpensive and are sold in the mattress department.”

If you can aford it, consider investing in a chair bed — a smaller version of a sofa bed that can pull double duty in an apartment or home oice.

Crate & Barrel’s new Karnes chair has classic midcentury lines, including high tapered legs and a tufted back, upholstered in a tight menswear

woven fabric. The mattress is covered in stain-, odor- and microbe-resistant Crypton. (crate&barrel.com) The Sharkfin Armchair from J.C. Penney is available in many upholstery choices. (jcp.com) And IKEA’s Solsta is a slimproile, under-$200 sofa bed covered in a smart gray cotton, and is available online. (ikea.com) There’s also the hip Color Block futon sofa at Walmart that comes in fun lannel colors like pink, chocolate, orange and blue on a black base for under $200. (walmart.com) High-density foam covered in sleek white leather on a steel base make a comfortable and stylish contemporary option from Abbyson Living, at Overstock.com. And Castro Convertibles ofers a clever option: an oversize ottoman that converts into a single or twin bed. You can choose from a wide range of slipcovers. (castroconvertibles.com) Hertel Klarhoefer’s cleverly designed stacking bed is available at Suiteny.com. Two twin beds stack on top of each other without the need for any hardware; when night comes, just lift the top one of and position it to make a nice big bed for one or more guests. The bed, which can be used as a sofa during the day, is available in a variety of solid wood frames.

For regular 84-inch sofas that don’t pull out, provide nice crisp sheets; Griffin makes sure hers are starched

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Walmart’s armless lannel-upholstered futon sofa comes in a variety of colors including pink, chocolate, blue and orange in a black base. It’s a great contemporary option that combines smart styling in an everyday sofa with a comfortable sleep solution for overnight guests.

This Aerobed has a raised proile and headboard that give an air mattress much more of a “real bed” feel, and may be more suited for guests who would have diiculty getting on and of a lower air bed.

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A nice loor basket can corral essentials. Include a few toiletries and some bottled water.

And prepare a binder with instructions on how to work the tech appliances in your home in case you’re out or asleep; include Wi-Fi passwords, too.

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Ditch Witch breaks ground for ne facilit in Fa ette Count he Collierville Chamber of Commerce held a groundbreaking ceremony for Ditch Witch MidSouth at their new location @ 175 Mann Drive. Pictured front row from left: Penny Moore, First Tennessee Bank; Gary Manning, General Manager Ditch Witch; James Gilmore, President Ditch Witch and wife Nita; Becky Hammond, Membership Director Collierville Chamber of Commerce; Fran Persechini, President Collierville Chamber of Commerce; Bonnie Allman, American Marsh Pumps. Back row from left is Kevin Vaughan, Township Development Services; Terry Dean, Leadership Collierville; Michael Meindl, Paradigm Business Images, LLC; Matt VanCleve, Chairman Collierville Chamber of Commerce; Mike Bryant, President Hasco, Inc General Contractors and John Barrios, Chairman-elect Collierville Chamber of Commerce.

Please visit www.ditchwitch.com for more information.

Becky Hammond, Membership Director ; Matt VanCleve, Chairman of the Board; Fran Persechini, President

General Membership Luncheon It was a magical time… What a joy it was for us be recipients of this wonderful Christmas tradition with Central Church as our host and sponsor each December.

We extended a special welcome and appreciation to Ministries Pastor Key and his wife, Christy Faciane, and the Central Church Ensemble and volunteers who delivered their special Christmas Message to us. Our audience was also treated to beautiful Christmas music by the Central Church Ensemble. In today’s world of hustle and bustle it is so important to pause and re-center ourselves on the things that really count in our lives! Please visit www.centralchurch. Ky Faciane, Ministries Pastor Central Church. Photo submitted by DavidAlbert. org for information on Central Church.

Becky Hammond, Membership Director Collierville Chamber, Taylor Stamps, Parade Grand Marshal, Fran Persechini, President Collierville Chamber. Photo submitted by Michael Ward

Chamber Holida Open House To show appreciation to our membership, the Collierville Chamber of Commerce hosted their Christmas Open House on Friday December 5. he Chamber board and staf welcomed chamber members, dignitaries and visitors to the event that evening. Our Collierville Christmas Parade had to be cancelled the second year in a row because of weather conditions. Despite the weather, we celebrated with special guest Grand Marshal, Taylor Stamps, and his family – Taylor will keep this designation as Parade Grand Marshal in 2015…a most deserving designee! We enjoyed hundreds of visitors and were treated by our local area restaurants who donated delicious soups. he Chamber also collected toys for the Collierville Kiwanis Club Angel Tree program.

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Paula D’Amore of Greenacres, Fla., started Liquid Gold Soaps to make use of mothers’ unused breast milk.

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Paula D’Amore molds a batch of breast milk soap for a Broward County client at her home in Greenacres, Fla. She started Liquid Gold Soaps to make use of mothers’ unused breast milk.

Mother makes soap from breast milk as ‘liquid gold’ for healing

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ORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Convinced of breast milk’s healing powers, one South Florida mom isn’t just feeding her baby with it. She’s been using this so-called “liquid gold” to make organic soap for the whole family.

Now, Paula D’Amore is selling the bars, custom-made from each customer’s own expressed milk.

Launched in January from the kitchen of her Greenacres, Fla., home, Liquid Gold Soaps is a labor of love, D’Amore said _ born from a desire to give other breast-feeding moms natural solutions to everything from cradle cap in infants to acne in adults.

“Breast milk has many, many healing properties: (It) softens the skin, helps control oil, reduces redness, helps to treat acne, rashes. I mean the list goes on and on,” D’Amore, 29, says on her Liquid Gold Soaps Facebook page. “So (by) putting it in (an) organic soap base, I am creating a soothing soap that the entire family can use.”

Cooked up on low-to-medium heat and mixed with ingredients like coconut oil, therapeutic-grade essential oils, glycerin, puriied water, organic honey, soybean protein and — for the exfoliate variety — oatmeal, each bar of soap lasts for up to 34 uses, D’Amore said. With 5 ounces of breast milk, she makes three bars that sell for $15. Likewise, 10 ounces can produce six bars for $30.

“I think it’s great,” said Vanessa Hernandez, a Lake Worth, Fla., mom of four who has used Liquid Gold Soaps on the “really bad eczema” plaguing her 8-month-old daughter. “It’s the only thing that helps her. I used all of the creams the doctor recommended, and I didn’t see much of a relief.”

Hernandez was so impressed that she’s now using the soap on her face for the occasional breakout.

“It’s not a cure-all,” she said. “I do see blackheads, but I don’t break out as badly, and I don’t feel like it dries my skin out like other soaps.”

Though obstetricians and dermatolo-

The soap D’Amore makes from clients’ own breast milk contains the milk, essential oils, organic honey, oatmeal as an exfoliant, and a coconut oil soap base.

gists contacted by the Sun Sentinel had never heard of soap made from breast milk _ and could not vouch for its safety or efectiveness _ it’s not an entirely new concept. The Internet is rife with mommy blogs touting the beneits of topically applied breast milk and YouTube videos ofering tips and recipes for making soaps and lotions with the precious resource.

A similar practice stirred controversy earlier this year in China, where some entrepreneurial moms used their breast milk to make soaps, then sold them over the Internet to strangers. That is a dangerous phenomenon, experts said, because consumers could not be sure the milk was free of bacteria and disease.

D’Amore uses customers’ own breast milk. The stay-at-home mother of two said she’s never experienced negative side efects, either from the soap or from putting her own breast milk directly on herself or her baby.

“I’ve had other clients reorder because they loved it so much, and I’ve had one client in Broward in the past say that she didn’t see a diference but still liked it because she knew she was using an organic soap instead of ones that have chemicals,” D’Amore said.

Area doctors question whether breast milk truly has beneits when applied topically or made into a soap.

“Obviously, all the beneits we know of are if it’s ingested,” said Dr. Audry Castellanos-Vidaurre, an OB-GYN and member of the Memorial Healthcare System’s breast-feeding task force. “I have to say, I really haven’t heard much as far as beneits from an absorption standpoint.”

And there isn’t enough scientiic research to suggest that breast milk soaps, lotions or other topical products help, or whether they may be harmful, especially when there are no safety controls or oversight on D’Amore’s kitchen-based operation, Castellanos-Vidaurre said.

“I always worry about cross-contamination,” the doctor said. “People think that because something is topical, there’s minimal harm, but that’s not necessarily true. People’s bodies absorb things diferently.”

Miami dermatologist Dr. Leslie Baumann called the concept “a far-out idea

but interesting,” saying it makes some sense.

“Breast milk contains all kinds of antibodies and lipids [fats] and proteins,” said Baumann, chief executive of the Baumann Cosmetic & Research Institute. Those nutrients, however, “are likely broken down in the soap-making process.”

Christine Thompson, a leader with the La Leche League of Broward County, didn’t know much about breast-milk soaps, either, but said she couldn’t see the harm in it.

“People make soaps out of goat’s milk and cow’s milk,” she said. “It’s the same concept. It’s just milk from another animal.”

D’Amore got the idea for Liquid Gold Soaps during her last pregnancy, when she got “super-itchy” all over her body.

When none of the doctor-prescribed creams and soaps worked, and she became bothered by the thought of “harsh chemicals” in most products, she had a brainstorm.

“I thought, what’s more natural than my own breast milk?” D’Amore said.

“Whenever my [2-year-old] son got a rash, I’d put a little bit of breast milk on it, and it went away.”

She began making soaps, using recipes she found on the Internet, and her itch went away _ along with her blackheads, her son’s diaper rash and her 2-monthold’s cradle cap, she said.

D’Amore said she knew she was on to something when she posted a comment on her personal Facebook page, asking whether anyone would be interested in buying soaps custom-made from their own milk, and got an “overwhelming response” from more than 70 people.

So far, without advertising and largely by word-of-mouth, hers is a ledgling business. Most of those interested have excess supplies of breast milk from pumping, she said. Since the milk eventually expires, Liquid Gold Soaps gives moms another option to donating it, she said.

“You don’t want to throw it out. It’s precious,” D’Amore said, estimating that it costs about $30 to $50 to ill the orders of ive clients. “I’m not making too much of a proit. I do it because I’ve been there.”

Showers celebrate sweetest science

I’ve been a part of it four times, and I still have to say that the most impressive magic trick the human race has up its collective sleeve is making more people.

It is also one of the oldest.

Ever since Eve tossed that apple over to Adam, our population has been on the rise. And in all that time, little has changed with this natural process.

Science has involved itself. This was inevitable: Scientists are some of the best magicians around.

Their sleight-of-hand has given the world in vitro fertilization, 3D ultrasound, octuplets and diaper genies. Despite these leaps, the basic elements are still there. The newest car of the assembly line may be far faster and sleeker than Mr. Ford’s Model T, but that’s still a combustion engine under the hood.

The most radical change in childbirth in my lifetime, though, isn’t from any laboratory or hall of medicine.

It’s the “couples baby shower.”

Ever since Eve threw herself a little party with blue crepe paper and white-on-white sheet cake, the baby shower has been a solely feminine afair. At some point along the timeline, though, women felt bad for the fathers-to-be left at home all alone.

And because that future father was eventually invited, we all were. An entire gender was put on the guest list.

I’ll let you in on a secret of the brotherhood, ladies: We’re ine at home alone for a few hours.

I was recently invited to one of these baby showers and decided to go. We’ll call it research. There was good food and plenty of adult beverages. There were other guys who looked as out of place as I was. There were women fawning over the mother-to-be. There was a cake in the shape of a baby (I did not eat that baby). And I have to admit I had a great time. It was a night out without the kids, and that’s always special, regardless of the circumstance.

Baby showers, my research showed, are simply a forum for sharing experiences, anecdotes and advice on all things childbirth.

My irst advice is not to throw a shower on a night when the Grizzlies play; I was out of the room when all of this sharing happened. But as the elder statesman with four children, my advice for these future parents would have been to remember every precious moment of the magic show they are about to be a part of. The unconditional love between parent and child is as spontaneous and awe-inspiring as a rabbit up my sleeve, and that is no illusion.

And I would have told them that when they get the chance, they should get away.

Go against all instinct and leave that baby with grandparents or an aunt, and have an evening out together.

Reconnect. Go to a movie, have a meal in a restaurant, attend a get-together with friends (even if it is a baby shower).

The disappearing act — it’s the second best trick in the book.

Richard J. Alley is the father of two boys and two girls. Read more at richardalley.com. Become a fan at facebook.com/alleygreenberg.

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We asked participants in the Ugly Sweater Run:

“Celebrating the eight nights of Hanukkah with my three sons.”

What is your favorite holiday memory?

ALLISON GIBSON

“When I was 6 or 7 years old, Santa brought me two siamese cats.”

VICTORIA WARREN

“When I was around 10, I got a bike from Santa Claus.”

KATRINA MYERS

“Celebrating Christmas with my family in Connecticut and waking up to snow on the ground.”

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“Spending time with my family.”

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Garden Club holds final 2014 meeting Relect on year illed with giving

By Janie Deere Special to The Weekly

The Germantown Garden Club enjoyed a Christmas luncheon, which was their last meeting of the year.

Club president Kathy Russo commended the club members for their continuing support of the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s many ongoing proj-

ects. Among those mentioned were participation in activities at Page Robbins Adult Day Center in Collierville, aiding Gardens of Germantown Memory Care by raising funds for Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s patients and helping children with learning disabilities at Madonna Learning Center.

Throughout 2014, club members collected books for children at Le Bonheur Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital, designed loral arrangements for the Germantown Performing Arts Center and the Germantown Community Theatre, contributed

books for environmental education at the Germantown Community Library and supported National Garden Week.

Each year GGC sponsors an elementary class to participate in the national Smokey Bear/ Woodsy Owl poster contest, an activity which encourages children to learn the importance of ire prevention. Members also maintain Germantownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Blue Star Markers, which have been erected all over the nation to honor men and women in the armed forces.

Members of the Germantown Garden Club meet for the inal time in 2014. To close out the year, the group had a Christmas luncheon.

GGC members encourage everyone to do a little gardening. Francis Bacon once said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gardening is the purest of hu-

man pleasures.â&#x20AC;?

Janie Deere is a member of the Germantown Garden Club.

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Clark loves to teach, preach and serve TORREY CLARK Collierville Church of Christ

Family: Wife, Alexandra and two dogs, Tally and Lucy Title: Christian who has been given the opportunity to teach, preach and serve.

How long have you been at your church: One year What makes Sundays special:

Being able to com memorate , Torrey contemplate and Clark celebrate the Lord Jesus Christ with His people.

When/how did you receive your calling: Almost ive years ago I Collierville High School Students with special needs spend time each week at Cox Community Center for skill training from Collierville Parks, Recreation and Community Afairs staf such as David Burks (right). Students and teachers, including Jillian, Shaylee, Jessica, Zachary, Kay Fields, David and his dog Weasley, Russell, Kellie Prine, Jon, CJ, Ashley, Buck and Sam work on their skills on a recent afternoon.

Program teaches skill training for special needs students

By Trena Street Special to The Weekly

When the Collierville Parks, Recreation and Community Afairs Department stepped up to partner with Collierville Schools to help provide skill training for students with special needs, it quickly became a labor of love for all involved.

Last year, the department hosted a luncheon for the special needs students to spend time with senior adults involved with the community center events. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That contact gave us a wonderful opportunity to become a part of Collierville Schools skill training for these students,â&#x20AC;? said Greg Clark, assistant to the director with the Collierville Parks, Recreation and Community Afairs. Each Wednesday, the students spend an hour working with Town of Collierville employees

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and are taught the basic ability of work needed in the gym or lobby of the Cox Community Center. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They help us sweep or mop loors and sometimes dust, empty trash cans, fold towels or learn how to use a dust pan,â&#x20AC;? said Kellie Mitchell-Prine, Collierville High School special education resource teacher.

Clark agrees there are many beneits to both employees and the students with this cooperative program that makes the community center available as a training environment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is one of the programs that help our students learn the necessary social and vocational skills that will assist in their independence and transition into the workplace or post-secondary training. We appreciate the department for being so welcoming and supportive of our community-based instruction part-

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was (and still am) able to say along with Jeremiah the prophet, â&#x20AC;&#x153;His word was in my heart like a burning ire, shut up in my bones; I was weary of holding it back, And I could not (Jeremiah 20:9).â&#x20AC;? The good news of Jesus and His kingdom is just too good not to tell the world about.

Favorite Bible verse(s): Jesusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7), especially the Beatitudes (5:3-12).

Favorite hymn(s): â&#x20AC;&#x153;In Christ Aloneâ&#x20AC;?

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