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AN END AND A NEW BEGINNING Chris Herrington looks at ive events from 2015 that may shape the city’s 2016. Page 2

Collierville Weekly IN MEMORIAM

U of M journalism professor dies at 74 Spielberger taught many local professionals

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

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Park construction is incomplete but visitors such as 5-year-old Joy Hunt — climbing on playground equipment as her father Sean Hunt and grandmother Jenny Hunt look on — are already using it.

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Wide open spaces Hinton Park ofers a change of scenery in Collierville

By Daniel Connolly daniel.connolly@commercialappeal.com 901-5296

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Collierville Parks employees Brian Donaldson (right) and Lereal Harville plant tulip bulbs that will provide spring color.

ounds drifted across Hinton Park in Collierville on a recent morning.

A small boy banged a big xylophone installed by the playground, producing pleasant notes. A few cars hummed past the signs that said “Speed Limit 17” — the parks director had picked the unusual number on the theory it would make people pay attention.

As workers installed a wooden pillar in the parking lot, a shovel scraped.

The town of Collierville inaugu-

rated its latest park with a ceremony in early November, but construction continues. Parks Director Chip Petersen said in mid-December crews still have a list of small tasks to inish, like putting up signs that identify features such as the “King of the Hill.”

The park covers more than 100 acres. Unlike other parks in Collierville, it doesn’t have tennis courts or other formal, designated places for playing sports. It does have a big open space conducive for ly-

Every morning before he left his house, Ron Spielberger called out to his family, “I’m of to teach the boys and the girls!”

And for nearly ive decades, Spielberger did just that. The University of Memphis journalism professor and former executive director of the College Media Association, who helped launch generations of Memphis advertising executives, died suddenly Dec. 26. He was 74.

Robin Spielberger said her father had a massive stroke and heart attack at home following surgery a week prior.

News of his death traveled quickly through the university and advertising communities.

“The outpouring for my dad has been phenomenal,” Robin Spielberger said. “I can’t keep up.”

The elder Spielberger graduated from what was then called Memphis State in 1964, returning to the university to teach in 1968. He was still teaching full-time before his death.

David Arant, chairman of the Department of Journalism at University of Memphis, said Spielberger’s institutional knowledge of the department was rivaled only by his knowledge of the advertising industry.

“He’s trained a large percentage of the advertising practitioners who have worked here,” Arant said.

“Many of them have started agencies.”

Spielberger taught classes in advertising, public relations and news, including

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Collierville is the subject of the irst installment of a new series of exhibits in the lobby of the Shelby County Administration Building at 160 N. Main in Memphis. The exhibits will feature area municipalities and will focus on the history that makes each area unique.

The irst cases in the exhibit focuses on Collierville’s history in dairy farming. Tools of the trade, such as a three-legged stool, a milk surger and

milk bottles are on display, along with pictures of Cheese Queens from the Collierville Cheese Carnivals of 1935-1940.

Three cow trophies are on display.

The second case contains several Native American tools, a Civil War era cannonball fragment and bullets and several other Civil War items.

There are relics from other chapters in Collierville’s history, as well, including a cap from the Civilian Conservation Corporation of the 1930s, a McGinnis Hardware apron and wrench and a toy rocking horse from the Wonder Horse Company.

Morton Museum director, Ashley Carver (left), and Shelby County Mayor, Mark Luttrell (right), view several items in the Collierville dairy history case.

Main Street Collierville, a non-proit organization whose purpose is to preserve the town’s history, has its own case at the exhibit. It contains items such as the 2014 Parade Magazine “Best Main Street” honor.

Ashley Carver, director of Collierville’s Morton Museum, Collierville Mayor Stan Joyner and Memphis Mayor Mark

Luttrell were at the opening of the exhibit. They were joined by Collierville’s Town Administrator James Lewellen, Assistant Town Administrator Josh Suddath and public information oicer Mark Heuberger.

The Collierville exhibit at the Shelby County Administration Building in Memphis will be on display through May.

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Oicials prepare for Mississippi River lood Expected to crest at 43.5 feet by Jan. 9

By Linda A. Moore lmoore@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2702

With the Mississippi River expected to rise to nearly 10 feet above lood stage in the next few days, emergency personnel in Shelby County are advising residents to be watchful of surging waters and be prepared to take

action if necessary.

On Dec. 29, oicials with the county’s Oice of Preparedness met with area emergency responders, representatives from the American Red Cross, the Memphis Oice of Emergency Management and the National Weather Service to plan for the high water.

“The basic message is we’re not trying to create panic. Just be prepared. We’ll be pushing out information over the next few days about the flooding

and potential impact,” said Dale Lane, director of the Oice of Preparedness.

Although many of the homes in Frayser and northern Shelby County that were looded in 2011 are gone, Lane said, oicials are advising residents who live near the river and its tributaries to be watchful.

The river was projected to rise to 37.3 feet by Sunday and crest at 43.5 feet by Jan. 9, said Gary Woodall, a meteorologist with the NWS in Memphis.

It will be the fourth-highest local crest on record, behind the 1937 all-time high of 48.7 feet, the 48.03 feet recorded in May 2011, and the 45.8-foot crest during the 1927 lood.

The water is already heading downstream and comes from the 5 to 9 inches of rain that fell up to a two weeks ago in the Middle Mississippi Valley areas around Missouri and Illinois, Woodall said.

“And again, since it’s already fallen, we know that it’s already

into the system,” he said. “The good news is it looks like those areas will have dry weather for at least a week. So it looks like we won’t see much more added to what we’re going to get, but what we will get will be substantial and we have to be aware of it.”

The river is rising slowly and will recede slowly over several days after the crest, Woodall said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Four big events from last year (clockwise, from top left): Bass Pro Pyramid opened; Justin Timberlake was inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame; Jim Strickland was elected mayor of Memphis; and Marc Gasol re-signed with the Grizzlies.

LOOKING AHEAD Five moments in 2015 could impact city’s future

By Chris Herrington herrington@commercialappeal.com 901-529-6510

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ive moments that deined Memphis culture in 2015 and established questions for 2016: Bass Pro Pyramid opens: One

of Memphis’ biggest empties was illed in April. Intended as a major tourist draw, the onetime Tomb of Doom has lured (pun intended) more than two million visitors in just eight months. But much of the surrounding Pinch District still sits dormant. That neighborhood’s future, and whether the inlux of Bass Pro visitors can actually help transform it, is up in the air. To the east, Crosstown Concourse rises as Bass Pro’s antithesis, with only local partners, serving only Memphians and with neighborhood impact at the very core of its purpose and plan. These projects establish diferent poles in terms of major Memphis development. From Mud Island to the Fairgrounds, Graceland to Central Station to Midtown Market and beyond, these diferent approaches to city building will inform how we think — and assuredly argue — about our city’s physical future in 2016.

The Charleston church shooting provokes a reconsideration of Southern history: This June tragedy

happened elsewhere, but the revulsion to it created a shock wave that

PROFESSOR from 1 feature writing and introduction to journalism classes. He met his wife of 41 years, Debbie, when she was a student in his journalism class.

“He would teach all day and then call my mom, ‘What do you want for dinner, Debbie?’ Then he would go to the grocery store,” Robin Spielberger said.

She called her father “old school,” and said he insisted on wearing a coat and tie every day he taught.

Former student Bob McLean, a 1976 graduate, called Spielberger “an inspiring mentor.”

“He was a wonderfully supportive instructor in the classroom, but I think he probably did us more good outside the classroom by helping us igure out where we it into the communications industry,” McLean said.

Spielberger set students up with industry leaders across the city just so they could network and ask questions about what it was really like to work in television, newspapers or radio.

His work with students

spread throughout the country and particularly the rest of the South. It reignited a conversation about how we appraise and present our history — and how that, in turn, might inluence our present and future.

This movement was illustrated locally and regionally by a renewal of long-simmering discord around the Nathan Bedford Forrest monument, the disapproval of the Mississippi state lag at Ole Miss and a more recent efort to document lynching sites in Shelby County.

Marc Gasol re-signs: A potential franchise-crippling disaster was averted in July, as the most soughtafter free agent in Memphis Grizzlies history renewed his commitment to the city (not just the team) without entertaining outside ofers.

This decision perhaps cements Memphis’ emergence as an NBA market and theoretically extends an already long period of competitive play for the city’s only major league franchise. But ive months later, change rather than continuity has come to deine the team, despite Gasol’s return. The Grizzlies face a repeat this summer, with Mike Conley’s free agency, for which Gasol’s deal was seen as a precursor.

But will current struggles and stylistic changes alter a long-planned Gasol and Conley future?

Jim Strickland is elected mayor of Memphis: I was a high school senior

when Willie W. Herenton became Memphis’ irst elected black mayor in 1991, and while it was a divisive election, my friends and I then thrilled at the historic, symbolic

extended to the school newspaper, the Daily Helmsman, where he served as the advertising adviser. Former coworker Ken Garland called him “a student’s professor” because “they could always ind him.”

Kelley Lash, executive director of the College Media Association — a title Spielberger held for almost 30 years — said the organization’s members refer to him as “Mr. CMA.” “He was just the epitome of what a college media adviser should be and did more for our profession than anybody would be able to recognize,” she said.

nature of it. A generation later, Jim Strickland’s October election as the city’s irst white mayor since was seen by some as a retrenchment and by some as a new kind of progress. But that will likely be deined by how Strickland fares.

Justin Timberlake salutes the city at his Memphis Music Hall of Fame induction speech: Arguably the most

celebratory Memphis moment of the year came at the Cannon Center in October with a half-hour love letter to the city by one of the world’s biggest stars. It felt symbolic of a new optimism and pride among younger Memphians. But after the excitement, related questions linger: For the Hall, it sets a bar that probably can’t be met, much less topped, underscoring just how long ago was the city’s musical golden age. And for the biggest current “Memphis” star to be a bicoastal icon who recently bought property in dread Nashville is a bittersweet emblem of Memphis as a place to be from. With other notable, contemporary Memphis-bred musicians having relocated to or spending the bulk of their time in Los Angeles (Juicy J), New York (Valerie June), Atlanta (K. Michelle) and Nashville (Cory Branan, Luther Dickinson), the city faces a challenge in both developing new musical talent and retaining it. Music is essential to Memphis’ self-identity and a new generation of organizations and community eforts such as David Porter’s Consortium MMT, Soulsville’s Memphis Slim Collaboratory and others will be working to reverse this trend.

HINTON from 1 ing kites or playing soccer, plus a wide range of other amenities, including walking trails and a man-made lake that will be stocked with ish.

The park is in south Collierville, with an entrance off Holmes Road, near Fleming Road.

Even with construction ongoing, the park is open and people are using it.

One of them is Ben Taylor, who on a recent morning jogged through the disc golf course, throwing at the basket-like metal targets as

his 11-year-old son, Liam, tagged behind, carrying a bag full of more discs. Taylor said his son is autistic, and the weight of the bag helps calm him.

Taylor, 38, likes the new park.

“It’s beautifully built,” he said, adding that Liam likes to play on the musical instruments.

The boy wandered to the top of the hill as his father spoke.

“Come back down here, bud,” his father called.

“Help me ind the rest of my discs.”

They continued to follow the course, leaving a ield and walking into the woods.

Germantown police are investigating six reports of car break-ins Dec. 27 that appear related.

The spree was mostly contained to residential neighborhoods on the southwest side of the suburb, including the 7300 block of Eastern, 7200 block of Bellview, 7300 block of Green Clover Cove and the 2200 block of Beau Ridge Cove. Another car was broken into at the Fairield Inn & Suites, 9320 Poplar Pike.

Checks were taken from a car on Beau Ridge Cove.

In the other cases, nothing was taken.

The break-ins were all reported Dec. 27, starting at 8 a.m. when a victim on Eastern reported a shattered car window. Another report followed at 8:26 a.m. and another almost 30 minutes later.

The day before, police report that a gun was stolen from a car parked in the 7100 block of Eastern.

In November, Germantown had a rash of car burglaries, although less damage was done because the burglars apparently were searching for unlocked cars.

Jane Roberts CO L L I E RV I L L E

Mark Krock named new inance director

Mark Krock is the new inance director for the Town of Collierville following a changing of the guard that occurred with the retirement of longtime director Jane Bevill.

Bevill retired this month after 25 years. Krock was hired early in the year as assistant director in anticipation of Bevill’s retirement.

Krock worked for the town as purchasing agent from 1996 to 1998.

Starting in 2003, he worked at First Horizon National Corp., with roles in the internal audit division and later in wealth management.

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SLICE OF LIFE China’s interest in family’s daily activity makes toddler a social media sensation

By Daniel Connolly daniel.connolly@commercialappeal.com, 901-529-5296

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he 2-year-old girl named Zoe didn’t want her dad to leave.

In the doorway of the garage in suburban Collierville, she clung to his neck and said, “No! No!” He said, “Honey, I have to go to work! I’m late.”

He gently pushed her away. She started to cry, then toddled back to him again, and he gave her one more hug. The girl’s mother used her iPhone to record the scene.

Then the mother, originally from China, uploaded the oneminute video to a Chinese website called Meipai.com. Then the video was picked up by another Chinese social media site, Sina Weibo, where it may have been watched by hundreds of millions of people. Soon, it was shown on Chinese television. The video story is fundamentally about connections: the intimate connection between members of a family, and how technology can bring images of those connections to people on the other side of the world.

The doorway video was just one of thousands that the girl’s mother, Lenny Barrentine, has uploaded to Chinese social media since Zoe’s birth in 2013. The videos show simple scenes of family life: one video shows Zoe riding a horse on a carousel. Another shows Zoe in a museum, watching a big mechanized dinosaur roar at her. Then she yells back.

Today, Zoe is a sort of social media star in China, the world’s most populous country. Videos of her have appeared more than once on Chinese TV and played on screens in city buses and airplanes, her father says.

Her mother runs a busy mailorder company that fulills requests from Zoe’s Chinese fans for American products such as vitamin supplements, boxes of Honey Nut Cheerios and stufed bears like the one they saw in a Zoe video.

Fans mail the family gifts, too, such as a little white rabbit-skin coat and customized T-shirts with images of the girl and her parents.

When the family members visited China in June, fans showed up at their hotels with more gifts.

“I walk into the hotel, and it’s like Led Zeppelin coming back from a concert,” Brandon Barrentine, Zoe’s father, said.

The story begins with the little girl’s mother. Before she was Lenny Barrentine, she was Guo Liming, a girl growing up in Jiangxi province in southeastern China.

She says her family was so poor that she didn’t eat an apple until she was about 13.

She managed to go to school in Beijing to study singing. Then she went to study English at a school in a city called Ningbo. There, a teacher gave her an English name: Lenny.

She went to a website called

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Video clips of the Barrentine family’s life in Collierville — posted by mom Lenny — have made 2-year-old Zoe a social media star in China. Viewers are fascinated by American fatherhood and Brandon’s interaction with his daughter, Lenny said. “It warms their heart and they think it’s really special.”

QQ to look for a foreigner with whom to practice English. After a couple of false starts, she connected with her future husband, who came from the Memphis area and visited China as part of his work with a family auto parts business.

Soon the language practice developed into a relationship, and eventually a marriage. They handled her immigration paperwork and she moved to his home country. Their house in Collierville is decorated with huge photographs of the two of them together. He’s 35, she’s 27. She’s strikingly attractive, like a movie star. But the attention in the videos focuses on Zoe, their only child.

At irst, Lenny Barrentine started ilming videos of her daughter to share with the girl’s grandparents in China. Then the videos she uploaded to Chinese social media sites began to explode in popularity.

Why? She ofered some theories. “I think a lot of people like the way Zoe looks. Like her face.”

Zoe looks diferent from most Chinese children, since her father is American. She’s inherited her dad’s pufy cheeks.

Second, some of the most pop-

ular videos feature Zoe’s father interacting with his daughter in a loving way. In China, by contrast, child care is often seen as a woman’s job, Lenny Barrentine said.

“The man goes out and makes money,” she said. “In China, it’s just like me, I don’t have a good relationship with my father.”

Most of Zoe’s fans are women or girls and they like this alternative vision of fatherhood. “It really warms their heart and they think it’s really special,” she said.

Brandon Barrentine says the videos also ofer a glimpse of American life: the scenes of uncrowded, green suburban Collierville difer sharply from China’s crammed cities.

The Zoe videos have gained a following in China, but it’s hard to say just how popular they are.

Brandon Barrentine said one video — the doorway scene — had been watched more than 1.3 billion times, at least according to a counter on a website. He thought the number seemed strangely high.

The view counts are questionable, said Ian Johnson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter based in Beijing who is writing a book on

values and faith in China. “I’m not sure I would take these numbers seriously,” he wrote in an email.

“Statistics in China are notoriously malleable and exaggerations are rampant.”

“Still, it’s not inconceivable that such videos are popular,” he wrote. “Chinese are very curious about the outside world. This is especially true of child-rearing, where Chinese are searching for diferent, ‘freer’ ways of raising children.”

He also said Chinese people are especially interested in children with mixed ancestry and believe they’re unusually smart.

Lenny Barrentine says she plans to keep ilming Zoe. “Right now, I’ve got like 300,000 fans, people pushing every day, wanting to see my videos.” She’d like to have Zoe learn singing and dancing and appear on TV talent shows in China.

Her husband said, “Yeah, we’re not so agreed on this.” He laughed. They’re hoping to have another baby, too.

Whatever the future holds for little Zoe and her parents, it’s likely that many people in China will be watching.

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New branch won’t have traditional tellers’ row Bank adding ‘techrich’ environment

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

Germantown has landed on the national radar for high-test concept stores. Witness Apple, building in hushed secret behind a black box in Saddle Creek, and Kroger, which rolled out a 100,000-square-foot store this year on Farmington Boulevard.

In a sliver of a lot on Germantown Road near Wolf River Boulevard, Regions Bank is doing the same, building the second of its “nexus-style� branches, a techrich banking environment where what’s notable — at irst glance — is what is missing.

There is no teller’s row in the 3,200-square-foot branch going up at 1284 S. Germantown Road.

Instead, perhaps taking a cue from Apple, customers will be greeted at the door and directed to a work station where one person will help them, beginning to end.

That employee may be a video teller, a dial-up stafer at the home oice in Birmingham, Ala., who can help with transactions during banking hours, after hours, on weekends — including Sunday — and holidays.

Or it may be an on-site “universal banker,� trained to help customers with any service banks ofer. “We’re constantly looking at our branches. We don’t just want to build them all the same. We stop and pause. We did that a year ago,� said David May, president of Regions operations in West Tennessee.

Regions is rolling out the fruit of that introspection. It opened the irst “nexus� outside St. Louis several weeks ago. Dallas, third in line, will open in 2016. “If you think about it, when you come into a bank and walk over to the teller, that person may say, ‘I understand what you are asking, you need to go over to that desk,’� May said. “Our cus-

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ABOVE: A contractor works on the lighting at Regions’ “Nexus� branch in Germantown on Dec. 29. Scheduled to open in March, the 3,200-squarefoot building will be missing the normal teller row; in its place will be an open-store concept with stations, or pods, for use by staf and customers.

RIGHT: An array of building supplies rest in what will be the open lobby of Regions branch in Germantown.

tomers end up moving throughout the branch.�

Now, he says, they will be able to deal with one person, if they choose. Regions hopes the seamless service helps it create a deeper and longer-lasting relationship with its customers.

It is the irst to introduce universal banking here. Nationally, other banks are rolling into the space.

“Many banks are integrating face-to-face interactions with self-serve and e-banking.

They’re cross-training employees to perform full-service — or universal — banking to best meet all of their customers’ needs,� said Jef Sigmund, vice president of the American Bankers Association in Washington.

A year ago, ABA rolled out the irst credential for univer-

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While online banking is now the most popular way to bank in the United States, lots of people still want to talk to a person, May said.

To accommodate them and extend hours, Regions has retrofitted three branches here

with video tellers (which look like large iPhones). The third, at 88 Union Ave., is expected to be completed in February.

The Germantown Road branch — expected to open in March — will have ive universal banking stations, plus three video tellers, two in drive-up lanes and one in the 24-hour vestibule.

It will have the same number of employees as a normal branch, if not more, May said, because at least initially, some employees will greet customers and help them get acquainted with the technology.

For Regions, which closed a Germantown branch near Saddle Creek in the last 18 months when its lease expired, the new branch is a strategy to shorten the gap between its oices at Trinity Commons and 7744 Poplar Ave., in the heart of Germantown.

It gained the land on Germantown Road (an out-parcel of the former Wal-Mart) when it acquired AmSouth. “When Wolf River (Boulevard) opened, it made a lot of sense to build there,� May said.

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HOLIDAY TREAT Santa Claus stops by the Memphis Oral School for Deaf

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

he truth about Santa is that some stops are simply more special than others. For Kennison Kyle, who followed his father into the big chair nearly 18 years ago, the Memphis Oral School for the Deaf is a must appearance every year.

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Kyle loves it so much, he waives his Santa fee to hear kids no one expected to be able to speak tell him what they want for Christmas.

“There’s something about these kids here,” he said, sitting in a slightly stufy room in his red-velvet, acetate-lined suit, waiting for the all-clear, his cue to start the baritone ho-ho-hoing that sets the whole school alutter.

During Santa’s visit, Jordan Johnson, 5, was on his lap in a lash.

“I want a tractor-trailer,” she told the jolly elf, 46. “And a toy computer and a ladder,” she said, pointing to pictures of her wishes she’d glued to a paper stocking.

In the front row, her parents beamed.

“She was diagnosed at birth with severe hearing loss in both ears,” said her father, Curtis Johnson, a pilot for Delta Air Lines.

She was itted with hearing aids when she was 2 and enrolled at MOSD, the nonproit,

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Juan Vazquez, 4, smiles as he gets his turn on Santa’s lap at the Memphis Oral School for the Deaf.

private school in Germantown that helps children with hearing loss learn to speak. They do not learn American Sign Language.

“The goal is to mainstream them in a traditional school by the time they are in kindergarten,” said Teresa Schwartz, executive director of the school that was started in 1959 by the late John Tayloe with the help of the Exchange Club of East Memphis.

There are 27 children enrolled, all 5, and 11 infants in “Sound Beginnings,” the school’s early intervention for babies under 3. Tuition is based on family income.

“The absolute most anyone has paid is $18,000,” said Schwartz, who’s been the lead-

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Two years after Jordan was enrolled, her parents noticed her speech was getting less clear, a sign that her hearing aids were no longer strong enough.

“With these kids, the hearing loss almost always gets worse,” Curtis Johnson said.

By the time she was 4, she had two cochlear implants, surgically implanted devices that replace the function of the damaged inner ear.

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She had some residual hearing.

It’s a risk,” said Darlene Curtis.

“We went through that whole grief cycle again — the anger, arguing. Every time there’s a change, you go through the emotional process again.”

But they noticed Jordan made the biggest gains in school that year.

“You think it’s not that much, until you sit and watch the classrooms (behind oneway glass) then you see that everything they do is geared for one purpose,” Curtis Johnson said.

Jordan is on track to start kindergarten at Lewisburg Elementary in Olive Branch next year.

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The Miss Collierville Scholarship Pageant, an oicial preliminary of the Miss America Pageant, will be Saturday at the Harrell Theatre, 440 W. Powell Road in Collierville.

Twelve area young women will be competing for the two prestigious titles, Miss Collierville 2016 and Miss Collierville’s Outstanding Teen 2016.

The event begins at 2 p.m. and will feature the miss contestant and teen contestant competitions, large production numbers and the coronation of the delightful Miss Collierville Princesses. Contestants will be judged on interview, talent, itness, evening wear and on-stage question. Admission is $15.

Tickets are available at the door prior to the performance.

“The Miss Collierville Scholarship Organization has a long history of providing scholarship and community advocacy for Collierville,” said Miranda Dyer, Miss Collierville 2015. “Each winner will receive educational scholarship, a host of prizes and the opportunity to compete at the 2016 Miss Tennessee

Miranda Dyer, Miss Collierville 2015, and Christal Williamson, Miss Collierville’s Outstanding Teen 2015, will crown the new titleholders during the Miss Collierville Scholarship Pageant, Saturday at the Harrell Theatre.

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ACADEMIC ALL-STARS

Proud Sponsor of Academic All-Stars Congratulates these Memphis-area high school students who have earned the Academic All-Stars Award.

Lawson Tyrone | Christian Brothers High School | General Scholarship

Lawson, a senior, is an outstanding student and impressive leader. Currently ranked irst in his senior class, Lawson holds a 4.988 weighted grade point average, scored 35 on the ACT (a perfect 36 on the science section of the test) and 2110 on the SAT. He has been named a National Merit Semiinalist and AP Scholar with Distinction. He is the Honor Council vice-president and Leadership Council treasurer. He attended the Notre Dame Summer College Program and received the Yale Book Award. He has been a member of the De La Salle Scholars since ninth grade.

With an internal drive and discipline, Lawson displays a unique maturity for a high school student. After arriving on campus as a freshman, he was elected president of his class.

In addition, Lawson is a proactive member of two service clubs and is a volunteer tutor for at-risk students at a local Boys and Girls Club. He is a four-year letterman of the Brothers in Arms Trap and Skeet Team, president of the Ultimate Frisbee Club, a Student Ambassador, and co-chair of the Ducks Unlimited Varsity Chapter that extends conservation efforts to the high school level.

Katarina Jankov | Houston High School | General Scholarship

Katarina, a senior, has an enthusiasm for life and a talent for leadership. She holds a 4.629 weighted grade point average and scored a perfect 36 on the ACT and a perfect 2400 on the SAT. She is planning a career in International Business. She has taken 15 Advanced Placement classes including three online to it into her schedule. She currently is taking a Dual Enrollment Calculus III course through The University of Memphis. She has been named a National Merit Semiinalist, an AP Scholar with Distinction and a National AP Scholar, earning a top score of ‘5’ on all nine of the AP exams she has taken.

Although Katarina was born in the United States her parents are from Serbia. She is tri-lingual, speaking English, Serbo-Croatian and Spanish.

Katarina has taken both Latin and Spanish classes, earning Gold Medals on the National Latin Exam twice and the National Spanish Exam three times. She is on the executive board for both the Beta Club and Mu Alpha Theta. In addition she is a member of the National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Latin Honor Society and Rho Kappa Social Studies Honor Society.

Frank Ramirez | Overton High School | General Scholarship

Frank, a senior, is a leader and excellent student. He holds a 4.48 weighted grade point average and scored 25 on the ACT. He is slated to be the 2016 Salutatorian of his senior class. He always enrolls in demanding courses including Advanced Placement, Honors and Dual Enrollment classes, and then works hard to be successful. He has received the former Memphis City Schools William H. Sweet Award for Academic Excellence. He has been inducted into the National Honor Society, Quill and Scroll Society and Mu Alpha Theta, the math honor society.

A member of the school’s Creative and Performing Arts Writing Department, Frank has been published in “The Tracker” with articles written primarily in Spanish. His desire to write in a different language is his way of ensuring that the school’s Hispanic population feels part of the school community. He also is on the yearbook staff.

In addition, Frank assists in translating for incoming students to the school. He is very reliable and the teachers and his classmates look to him for assistance. He participates in charitable 5K races for various causes. He is an altar server and a teacher’s assistant at his church’s conirmation classes.

Cassidy Benjamin | Brighton High School | General Scholarship

Cassidy, a senior, is a self-motivated, high-achieving student who enjoys learning. She holds a 4.0 grade point average and scored 30 on the ACT. She has taken a dificult schedule of classes that has included College Prep courses in English I, II and III plus Algebra II and Geometry. She has taken Dual Enrollment Pre-Calculus, U.S. History and Calculus through Dyersburg State Community College. She has been awarded the Cardinal Academic Excellence Award the past three years. She also earned the ACT All Star Honor.

Always up for a challenge, Cassidy studies Spanish and Mandarin Chinese on her own. She also learned the piano, oboe and saxophone on her own. In addition, she uses her knowledge to serve as a peer tutor. This year she is the co-chair for the Toys for Tots holiday fundraiser committee. As co-chair, she helps raise money through school events. The money is used to buy toys for needy children.

Cassidy has been inducted into the National Honor Society and the National Spanish Honor Society. She is a member of the Knowledge Bowl Team and SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions).

Ben Jones | St. Benedict High School | General Scholarship

Ben, a senior, does it all. He excels in academics, athletics and service. He holds a 4.07 weighted grade point average and scored a perfect 36 on the ACT. He has shown fortitude and perseverance while taking a rigorous course of study. His classmates and teachers respect him for his accomplishments and beliefs. He has maintained a personal integrity that led him to a position on the Student Honor Council. He also was chosen to be president of the Student Government Association, a Senior Retreat Leader and Student Ambassador. His greatest gift is his wisdom and maturity.

A highly involved student, Ben lettered for the golf team, making it to the state tournament as a junior. He has been selected for membership in the National Honor Society, National Latin Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta, the math honor society. He is a member of the Make-a-Wish Club, SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) Club, Random Acts of Kindness Club and the track team.

Ben is active in Search. This activity requires a commitment of many weekends of training and leading retreats for other teens. He enjoys tutoring both elementary and high school students.

Hannah Martin | Immaculate Conception Cathedral School | General Scholarship Hannah, a senior, is a brilliant student who has challenged herself by taking almost every Honors and Advanced Placement class the school offers. She holds a 4.7112 weighted grade point average and scored 35 on the ACT with a perfect score of 36 on the Math and Science sections of the test. She is consistently recognized as a member of the Summa Cum Laude Honor Roll.

She has been inducted into the National Honor Society, the Beta Club and Mu Alpha Theta, the math honor society.

A mature student, Hannah has a tremendous capacity for independent study. Her love for learning sets her apart from her peers. She is co-captain of the Mock Trial Team. Last year during competition, she was recognized as the “Best Witness” and the “Best Attorney.”

In addition, Hannah is involved in other aspects of school life. She is vice-president of the Art Club and a member of the French Club, Environmental Club, the Asian Appreciation Club and Campus Ministries. She has completed more than 100 hours of community services and earned the respect of her peers and teachers alike.

Carly Golding | Center Hill High School | General Scholarship

Carly, a senior, is a well-rounded student and top performer in the classroom. She holds a 4.31 weighted grade point average and scored 28 on the ACT. She has been named a National Merit Semiinalist while taking almost every Advanced Placement class the school offers. She also takes Dual Enrollment classes through Northwest Community College. She earned top scores of ‘5’ on the AP English Literature exam and the AP U.S. History exam.

In addition to academics, Carly’s interests travel the spectrum from reading and writing to leadership and community service and on to activities like white-water rafting and traveling. Although she was shy and reserved in her early high school years, Carly has blossomed and fully enveloped herself within the culture of the school. She has sought out leadership positions and made a difference by accepting those positions.

Carly is the president of the National Honor Society. In that position she is seeking to revamp a school-wide tutoring program for struggling students. Her patience and knowledge make her a valuable asset to this cause. Carly also volunteers with the community animal shelter and food pantry.

For more information, call or email Mary Lou Brown, Community Relations Manager for The Commercial Appeal at 901-529-2508 or mary.brown@commercialappeal.com

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Sports PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL

Redshirt freshman Brady Davis (left) is one of the front-runners to replace Paxton Lynch (right) as the Tigers’ starting quarterback next season.

Central takes Dragon Fire title

into the lane. Midway through the irst quarter the uncomfort zone stretched to the midcourt stripe. For much of the second half, getting a pass to midcourt was often an adventure for the Tigers.

Ariel Williams had 10 points to lead Whitehaven.

White Station (14-2), ranked sixth in the Dandy Dozen, bounced back from a loss to Whitehaven in the semiinals to take third place with a 75-37 rout of West Memphis.

Arlington (12-5), which went to the state tournament with a 26-10 mark last season, gave Central its toughest test of the week, losing a 74-69 quarterinal decision despite 29 points from Wake Forest-bound Raegyn Branch.

The Tigers came back to claim ifth place with a 6747 rout of Craigmont (134). Tori Sewell, headed to Arkansas State next year, scored 16 points and Ashley Lee 13 while Danielle Conley had 17 for Craigmont.

“We were competitive against Central and then took care of business after that,” Arlington coach Hunter Gremore said.

Collierville (11-7), led by sophomore Lauren Taylor’s 18 points, took the seventh-place game with a 57-51 decision over Bartlett (6-8), which got 14 from Jessica Jackson.

Dragons’ coach Bobby Yates, who has just one senior on his squad said he was happy with his team’s progress during the week, and extremely happy with the success of Dragon Fire 15.

“Strong tournament, really strong,” Yates said.

“This might be the best ield we’ve had in a halfdozen years.”

By Pete Wickham Special to The Weekly

They’re back ... this time with reinforcements.

Lots of reinforcements.

Central’s Lady Warriors, after a couple of years out of the spotlight, made it abundantly clear this past week they do not plan to go quietly into the March sunset.

Ranked No. 3 in the preChristmas Dandy Dozen, Central ripped through the ield for its irst Dragon Fire Invitational title, capping the week with a 67-34 blowout of District 16-AAA rival Whitehaven at Collierville.

In its last golden era, Central had three spectacular talents in Nina Davis, Danielle Ballard and Aaliyah Whiteside, and a short rotation behind.

This time around the Warriors (15-0) have just two seniors, UAB-bound point guard Miyah Barnes and 6-4 center Tijuana Griggs. After that, secondyear coach Rashad Hayes has a seemingly endless supply of interchangeable freshmen and sophomores He’s not shy about interchanging.

“This is the great equalizer,” he said, pointing to the bench. “Kids know that if they don’t do what we teach, there’s someone waiting to take their place.”

Jireh Washington, a 5-9 sophomore guard, had a breakout week, earning Most Valuable Player honors by scoring 21 points in a 60-38 semiinal win over West Memphis, then torching the Tigers (9-4) for 20 points and eight steals.

From the opening tap, the Warrior defense made things uncomfortable when Whitehaven came

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Questions on Tiger football 2. WHAT IMPACT WILL NORVELL HAVE ON RECRUITING? The former Arizona State offensive coordinator comes with a sterling reputation as a recruiter, but he’ll only have about two months from when he was hired to signing day (Feb. 3). Will the eight players who had orally committed to Fuente, including Howard and cornerback Tyrez Lindsey, still wind up here?

3. HOW WILL THE SCHEDULE SHAKE OUT? The opponents are set, and we know the dates of nonconference matchups with SEMO, Kansas, Bowling Green and Ole Miss.

The question is where Memphis’ toughest conference games will land in the course of the season.

In 2015, the Tigers had arguably their three toughest conference games — Navy, at Houston and at Temple — lined up in a row in November. Will they be more spaced out next year? The American Athletic Conference should release its full schedule next month.

By Tom Schad Tom.Schad@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2525

We’re ive days into 2016, at the beginning of what will be an interesting ofseason for the Memphis football program. Justin Fuente and Paxton Lynch are gone. Mike Norvell is in. Here’s a look at the ive most pressing questions surrounding the Tigers entering 2016.

1. WHO WILL REPLACE LYNCH? This is, and will be, the most pressing question for Memphis until it is answered. Lynch was the best player on last year’s team, and he also happened to play the most important position. There are two early front-runners to replace him: Redshirt freshman Brady Davis and incoming junior-college transfer Riley Ferguson. The outgoing coaching staf loved Davis.

Ferguson, meanwhile, was signed

by Norvell out of Cofeyville (Kansas) Community College. He originally played at Tennessee and was rated the No. 2 junior college quarterback prospect by 247Sports. com. A third quarterback, incoming freshman Keon Howard, could be in the mix if he reairms his commitment to Memphis.

4. WILL WE SEE MORE CONSISTENCY ON DEFENSE? Memphis’ defense was up and down all year, often stopping the

run efectively but struggling in coverage. There were moments of dominance, namely against Ole Miss and SMU, but little consistency. Will that change in 2016?

The Tigers will have a new defensive coordinator, as Galen Scott will join Fuente’s staf at Virginia Tech, according to FootballScoop. com. The starting lineup, however, will largely be the same. Memphis loses only ive seniors on defense.

The rest of the group will return, with one more year of experience.

5. CAN THE TIGERS MAINTAIN MOMENTUM? Memphis just completed the winningest two-year stretch in program history and reached a new level of national relevance with its victory over Ole Miss and appearance in the College Football Playof rankings. But the program is now in transition. The two key igures in that historic stretch — Fuente and Lynch — will be gone.

The team won’t enter 2016 with the same momentum as it did this year, following the Miami Beach Bowl victory and seven straight wins to end the previous season. Norvell has talked about Memphis needing to take the “next step.” In 2016, we’ll see where that next step will be.

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razorbacks shake of wildcats in 4th quarter

By Phil Stukenborg stukenborg@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2543

It unfolded as expected.

Kansas State had fought gallantly to reach the postseason, winning three straight regular-season games to end the year after enduring a draining sixgame losing streak.

So each time the University of Arkansas attempted to put some distance between itself and a Wildcats upset in Saturday’s AutoZone Liberty Bowl, KState’s resolve intervened.

With Arkansas ahead by 11 at halftime, the Wildcats took the opening kickof and scored in four plays.

When the Razorbacks responded with a lengthy touchdown drive, K-State trimmed the margin to eight points with a ield goal in the closing minutes of the third quarter.

Eventually, much like their fellow Southeastern Conference bowl teams this postseason, the Razorbacks landed a knockout punch en route to a 45-23 victory before 61,136 at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.

Quarterback Brandon Allen, All-America tight end Hunter Henry and All-SEC running back Alex Collins provided the backto-back plays that inally ended K-State’s comeback attempt.

On third-and-13 from the Arkansas 43 — with the Razorbacks ahead, 31-23 — Allen rolled left, double-clutched and connected deep down the left sideline to Henry as a defender closed. Henry’s reception at the K-State 14 was followed by game MVP Collins darting, spinning and carrying several defenders to the goal line.

Later in the quarter, Kody Walker’s 10-yard touchdown run provided

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Arkansas star running back Alex Collins (3) celebrates with the team after their win over Kansas State at the AutoZone Liberty Bowl Saturday afternoon.

the Razorbacks’ inal TD and biggest margin. “(We) closed it to four (points) and then the wheels fell of,” said K-State coach Bill Snyder.

Collins earned the postgame hardware with 185 rushing yards and a bowl-record tying three touchdowns. Allen, in his inal game as a Razorback, completed 20 of 26 passes for 315 yards and a touchdown. And Henry, a irst-team All-America, inished with 92 yards on ive catches. His 43-yard reception was the longest pass play for the Hogs.

Allen called the completion to Henry, followed by the Collins’ TD, “a huge momentum boost.”

Allen said it was a play they had put in for the bowl

game and that Henry made a good catch on an underthrown ball.

Then Collins followed with his determined 14yard run.

“We wanted to try and put the game away,” Collins said. “I knew scoring on that drive would put the game away. During that play, I just fought hard.”

Arkansas dominated KState, outgaining the Wildcats 569 yards to 242. The Razorbacks inished with 254 rushing yards and held the Wildcats to 79.

“From the time of the (bowl invitation) announcement ... the kids locked in on what we needed to do,” said Arkansas coach Bret Bielema. “I thought they championed the moment when we were

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Arkansas (8-5) ended the season with six wins in its last seven games, the only loss being a 51-50 heartbreaker to Mississippi State.

Collins, who has rushed for 1,000 or more yards three straight years, tied a Razorback record with his 10th 100-yard rushing game of the season.

Allen, a senior, made his 35th consecutive and inal start a memorable one in leading the Razorbacks to their second straight bowl victory. Arkansas beat Texas in last year’s Texas Bowl.

Kansas State, coached by the 76-year-old Snyder, for whom Bielema once worked, inished 6-7.

“Obviously, we were

very disappointed in the ballgame,” Snyder said.

“Arkansas is an extremely ine and talented football team. But, once again, it wasn’t Arkansas. It was us.

“We didn’t coach them very well today. That created some issues for us.”

Arkansas broke open a close game in the second half by scoring twice in the fourth quarter. Collins scored his third TD early in the quarter and Walker added a 10-yard run with 4:46 to go to give the Razorbacks a 45-23 advantage.

K-State had trimmed the lead to 31-23 late in the third quarter on a 32-yard ield goal by Matthew McCrane before the Razorbacks began their inal push.

The Wildcats had opened the second half

with a four-play scoring drive, getting the touchdown on a 48-yard pass from quarterback Kody Cook to a wide-open Winston Dimel on a busted coverage by Arkansas.

Arkansas answered with a lengthy drive that ended with a six-yard pass from Allen to tight end Jeremy Sprinkle to give the Razorbacks a 31-20 lead.

K-State took advantage of an early interception of Allen to take a 7-0 lead.

Allen was intercepted on the third ofensive play by Wildcat linebacker Elijah Lee at the Arkansas 27.

Four plays later, Dimel scored from 10 yards.

The Razorbacks answered with a 72-yard drive, capped by Collins’ 22-yard run to tie the score.

Kansas State’s ensuing possession began with a 35yard run by Charles Jones to the Razorback 30 and the drive ended with a 36-yard McCrane ield goal for a 10-7 Wildcat lead.

Arkansas kept the titfor-tat theme alive. Collins took the ensuring kickof and returned it 68 yards to the K-State 24. Three plays later, Jared Cornelius scampered 13 yards on an endaround to give the Hogs a 14-10 lead with 2:22 left in the opening quarter.

After the Razorbacks stopped the Wildcats on downs in the closing minute of the quarter, Arkansas put together a third straight scoring drive, this one ending on another Collins touchdown. His 13-yard run made it 21-10.

Kicker Cole Hedlund boosted Arkansas’s lead to 24-10 late in the second quarter on a 26-yard ield goal and McCrane converted from 21 yards with 21 seconds before halftime.

Hedlund’s 46-yard attempt as time expired in the irst half was blocked by Marquel Bryant.

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In the News City of memphis

strickland, other elected city oicials inaugurated

By Ryan Poe poe@commercialappeal.com 901-268-5074

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland took oice Friday, along with other elected city oicials, in what he called the “biggest shake up in Memphis city government in a quarter of a century.”

In an inaugural address punctuated by standing ovations from a crowd of roughly 600 people, Strickland called his irst day on the job a “day of renewal.”

“Over the next four years, I will do everything in my power to restore trust where it is broken and hope where it is lost,” he said.

“I will work every day to make our streets safer and our city stronger, to create jobs and increase wages, to provide better roads and transportation, and to improve the quality and service of city government to you our customers.”

Strickland — the city’s irst white mayor in 24 years — thanked predecessor and campaign opponent A C Wharton as a “credit” to his city. But the election, Strickland added, was a call for change that “has not gone unheard.”

He said his administration will have more women in leadership roles “than ever before,” has restructured city government under six “chief” oficers to save tax dollars, and brought together 150 people to review city functions and come up with policy recommendations.

Strickland acknowledged the city’s inancial and social challenges — including a growing deicit of police oicers and firefighters — but said he would meet the issues

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Mayor Jim Strickland talks with supporters after the swearing-in ceremony Friday at The Cannon Center for the Performing Arts.

Strickland referred to his taking oice as the “biggest shake up in Memphis city government in a quarter of a century.” He said his election was a call for change that “has not gone unheard.”

“head on.”

“We will focus like a laser beam on trying to recruit quality police oficers and ireighters,” he said. “We know that public safety is at the forefront of rebuilding our city.”

After the speech, in a side room at The Cannon Center for Performing Arts, Strickland compared his job to a new college coach who has to irst recruit his current team to stay, and said his immediate goal is to stop police and ireighters from quitting their jobs.

Strickland asked for citizens to take a more active role in their government, which he said was a must for him to fulill his vision of a “prosperous and strong, and socially just” Memphis.

“And while I dream of a city with bigger buildings and taller skyscrapers, my greatest dream is a city where more of our children are graduating high school, more of our homeless ind housing and more of those without a job ind

the dignity of work,” he said.

Strickland’s former law school ethics professor, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Bernice Donald, swore in him, the 13 council members and City Court Clerk Kay Robilio. The six additions to the council are the recently elected Frank Colvett Jr., Martavius Jones, Worth Morgan, Patrice Robinson, Philip Spinosa and Jamita Swearengen.

Kemp Conrad, who gave an address before Strickland’s, said Friday was a “new year — and a new day — for Memphis.”

In his remarks before oicials took their oaths, U.S. Attorney Ed Stanton challenged the oicials and the audience to “think big” about the future of Memphis, and — quoting from Martin Luther King Jr. — obey their consciences.

As he wrapped up, Stanton had the audience twice repeat these words: “Serving together for the common good. Our next days will be our best days.”

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Calendar The

Weekly community events Memphis Tree Recycling at The Yard, 1735 Thomas, will run through January. The Yard will accept your tree to be recycled into reusable materials. Mention Memphis Botanic Garden and $5 will be donated. Visit theyardmemphis.com.

Bartlett The Bartlett City Beautiful Commission hosts “Bartlett Gardening University,” a seven-part series

of garden talks open to the public. All presentations will be provided by master gardeners and held at the Bartlett Library, 5884 Stage, each Saturday at 2:30 p.m., through February, starting this week with a presentation from Master Gardener Jim Volgas titled “Soil & Composting.” Talk will cover common questions: what is healthy soil, how do we obtain it and how does composting relate to soil building. Contact Tom Rieman at 901 386-7539 or thrieman@aol.com.

Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center, 3663 Appling Road, will host Taylor Hicks on Jan. 16, from 8-10 p.m. Hicks is one of the most beloved and popular “American Idol” winners of all time. Tickets are $25. Visit bpacc.org or call 901-385-6440.

Also coming up: ■ Jan. 30: Sarah Darling, 8 p.m. Called “a sophisticated songwriter with a crisp, powerful voice” by “The New York Times,” Darling pairs her uncanny knack for songwriting with her crystal clear vocals and beautiful tone to solidify the Iowa native as one of America’s newest breakout sensations. Tickets are $25.

Collierville Collierville United Methodist Church presents the Chamber Music Series. The series, held at the historic

Sanctuary on the Square, 104 Rowlett St., will run through April 24. All concerts begin at 7 p.m. with no admission fee. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Contact Jeannie Stevens Jones at jonesw9586@bellsouth.net or 901-826-5069.

Chamber Music Series: Feb. 21: “An Evening of Opera,” presented by The University of Memphis Opera Department with Mr. Mark Ensley, director of Opera Studies March 20: “Rhodes Singers,” directed by Dr. William Skoog.

April 24: “Shakespeare in Song,” presented by Luna Nova and featuring Mr. Paul Murray, Baritone, Ms. Sabrina Laney Warren, soprano, and Mr. Perry Warren, piano.

Anne Enochs presents her art work exhibit in the

Halle Room at the Collierville Library, 501 Poplar View Parkway, through January. Enochs’ paintings have won awards in national juried shows and is a founding member of the Professional Artists League of Mississippi. Visit colliervillelibrary.org or call 901457-2600.

The Morton Museum of Collierville History, 196 Main, hosts a booksigning by John Babb Jan. 14, from 11 a.m. to noon. Author discusses and signs “Orphan Hero, a Novel of the Civil War.” Visit colliervillemuseum.org, email museum@ci.collierville.tn.us or call 901-457-2650.

Also coming up: ■ Jan. 28: Willy Bearden: “Documenting Your Life (and Mine),” 11 a.m. to noon. Writer and filmmaker Willy Bearden will talk about his experience documenting the Mid-South and the Delta, along with ideas for documenting your own life. Free to attend.

■ Ongoing: Starting Jan. 8, the Morton Museum hosts “Slaves and Slaveholders of Wessyngton Plantation,” an exhibition of personal accounts, artifacts and films from a 13,000 acre tobacco plantation that existed in Robertson County examining the institution of slavery and its impact on the state and the nation. Email acarver@ci.collierville.tn.us.

Collierville’s annual Mother/Son Bowling Night will be Jan. 15, from 5:30-8 p.m., at Fundquest Bowling Center, 440 U.S. 72. Cost is $30 per team, $15 for each additional son. Call 901-457-2770.

Cordova The Memphis Flea Market returns to Agricenter International, 7777 Walnut Grove, Jan. 16-17. Featuring indoor booths overflowing with options in home décor, jewelry vendors, collectibles and more. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $3 for adults and free for children 12 and under.

Call 901-276-3532 or visit memphisfleamarket.com.

Creative Writing for Veterans is every 21 days, from 6-9 p.m., at Southwest Tennessee Community College, 5983 Macon Cove. For U.S. Veterans and active duty military members. Meets Wednesdays during the Spring 2016 semester. Email tcockrill@southwest. tn.edu, visit southwest.tn.edu or call 901-333-5208.

Covenant United Methodist Church, 8350 Walnut Grove, hosts the Snowball Gala Jan. 9, from 7-10 p.m.

Welcome the new year with USA Dance, featuring ballroom recorded DJ music and dance mixers. Cost is $10 for members, $13 nonmembers. Visit usadancememphis.com or call 662-349-3720 or 901-853-1413.

The Spartan City Poetry Club is for adults who have a passion for poetry and writing. The group meets once per month at the Cordova Branch Library, 8457 Trinity Road. Writing tips and techniques, poetry readings, critiquing and conversation. Free to attend.

Email spartancitywriters@yahoo.com or visitlivingbreathingpoetry.com/spartan-city-poetry-club.

Also coming up: ■ Saturday: Book Self-Publishing Seminar, 3-5 p.m.

Seminar will detail the steps to self-publishing your own writing, the copyright process, how to build your “author brand,” marketing your book and finding your target audience. Free to attend.

Chuckles Comedy Club, 1770 Dexter Springs Loop, will host LOL Memphis Sketch & Improv Comedy Show the second and fourth Monday of every month, from 7-9 p.m. Featuring improv games and sketch parodies.

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Cast members perform small sets throughout the show to introduce what’s coming next. Tickets are $10. Email lolmemphis10@gmail.com, visit chucklescomedyhouse.com or call 901-654-8594.

Germantown Shelby County Republican Women’s Club will hold its first general meeting of the new year on Jan. 19, at 11 a.m. at Germantown Country Club, 1780 Kimbrough Road, featuring guest speaker John Ryder, General Counsel for the Republican National Committee. Call 901-754-6209.

Learn about “Making the Most of Storage and Space” at the Jan. 8 edition of the Brown Bag Lunch series. Amy Tuggle and Fran Cutshall, owners of Stay Organized with Us, will speak about organizing your home in the Mike Wilson Fellowship Hall at Germantown United Methodist Church, 2331 S. Germantown Road. Program starts at 11 a.m., with lunch at noon.

Free to attend. Bring a sack lunch; church will supply beverages. Call Luci Cromer at 901-755-0803 or Beverly Rhoads at 901-754-7216, ext. 107.

Germantown Performing Arts Center, 1801 Exeter, hosts PB&J presents: Mömandpöp Jan. 9 at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. Created by songwriting duo Virginia Ralph and Bobby Matthews, the mömandpöp show is a musical comedy treat combining original pop music for kids with out-of-this-world characters. Tickets are $8 per child, up to two parents may attend free. Visit gpacweb.com or call 901-751-7500.

Also coming up: ■ Jan. 9: Larry Gatlin with Jason D. Williams, 8 p.m.

Country music’s chart-topping legend Larry Gatlin performs a rare solo, acoustic set in GPAC intimate listening hall. Setting the stage for the golden-voiced singer-songwriter Gatlin is Jason D. Williams, the rockabilly sensation who has been dazzling crowds live for three decades. Tickets are $28.50-75.

■ Jan. 16: Dianne Reeves, 8 p.m. One of the foremost jazz vocalists in the world, Dianne Reeves is recognized for her virtuosity, improvisational prowess, and unique jazz and R&B stylings. Tickets are $38.50-75.

■ Jan. 23-24: IRIS Midori, 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m.

Sunday. The beloved artist Midori, a violin powerhouse since her teenage years, returns to IRIS to perform Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. Tickets are $45-65.

■ Jan. 29: Jazz in the Box presents Gerald Stephens, 7 and 8:30 p.m. Gerald Stephens has been in demand as a blues and jazz pianist in the Mid-South area since 1995, and has performed with many notable musicians of local and international fame, including Levon Helm, Hugh Masekela, The Memphis Horns, Antonio Hart, Annie Sellick, and Valerie June. While performing solo, with various groups and recording his own music, Stephens teaches at Rhodes College and the University of Memphis. Tickets are $25.

■ Jan. 30: Koresh Dance Company, 8 p.m. Known for their athleticism, diversity, and dynamic dance, the critically acclaimed Koresh Dance Company was founded by Israeli-born choreographer Ronen Koresh. Both eloquent and explosive, this dance troupe presents an exciting blend of ballet, modern and jazz choreography. Tickets are $35-75.

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BLOOMING CONFUSION Plants can handle temp fluctuations On a day-to-day basis, gardeners are some of the keenest observers of nature around.

Lately, a lot of them have been wondering what in the blooming heck is going on?

As we pondered what to wear on 80-degree December days, plants were completely perplexed about how to behave when it seemed like spring but wasn’t.

Instead of a seasonally correct cold-triggered start of winter dormancy, balmy breezes brought out busted buds followed by beautiful blooms.

It is unusual but not unprecedented for warm temperatures to hang around until Christmas or beyond.

It’s a normal cycle of abnormal luctuations we and our plants are used to in a growing zone I want to rename “Schizophrenic 7.”

But this year many more plants appear to be mixed up. Not only are dafodils sending up their leaves prematurely, but their lowers are opening, too. And they are joined, as they would be in the spring, by sporadic yellow blooms on forsythia bushes.

Ornamental cherry and pear trees broke out into pink and white blossoms in December instead of March. Some large loropetalums in my neighborhood are covered in the magenta lowers they typically produce in March.

Roses and Carolina jessamine are blooming in numerous gardens, and irises are trying to. Some folks have even had to mow their lawns for, hopefully, one last time before spring.

Germantown gardener Gail Easterwood was wishing for some stray monarch butterlies to feast on the leaves of her tropical milk-

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weeds, which were still showing bright orange and yellow lowers last week.

Charlotte Fineberg-Buchner is seeing a few white lowers on her star magnolia trees and continuing blooms on her Encore azaleas. “It’s been the best year ever for Encores,” she said.

The Boston fern on my front porch has been looking as green and healthy as it did when I bought it last April. By the time you read this, temperatures were expected to plunge below 32, so I’m bringing it in to have perhaps a few more good days from it.

I’m typically not one to protect plants with elaborate covers, etc. I usually go with nature’s low.

But I will be gently protecting the profuse buds and lowers of a camellia bush that normally blooms in February. They’re just too pretty to lose.

I’d be happy for all this visual excitement if I weren’t concerned about diminished lowers in the spring.

It could happen, said Carol Reese, ornamental specialist with the University of Tennessee Extension in Jackson.

Buds that already bloomed will not lower again in a few months, she said. “But there are usually lots more buds on the plants that will bloom at the normal time.”

These out-of-season bloomers fall into two categories: mixed-up early blooming spring plants

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A Boston fern that weathered our hot dry summer has experienced renewed vigor and health during the mild, moist days of early winter.

Hydrangeas are still blooming in urns in front of Sheield Antiques Mall in Collierville.

Though many plants are conditioned to the luctuations in temperature we’re experiencing this winter, time will tell which ones are strongest.

and fall lowering plants experiencing a prolonged bloom cycle.

The latter must be the case for the light pink hydrangeas blooming in outdoor urns at the entrance of the Sheield Antique Mall in Collierville.

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Most years, errant blooms are not harmful to plants if the subsequent cool-down is not too drastic.

“But if temperatures fall from 70 degrees to 20 in a day and stay there,” Reese said, “there could be some winter damage to twigs and branches.”

My deadline for this

column fell before nighttime temperatures were expected to drop below freezing, so this unusual lush of lowers has likely passed for now.

The fate of our plants will not be known until spring. Some marginally hardy plants such as loropetalums may sufer a bit.

But far more of our trees, shrubs, perennials and bulbs are conditioned to our normal but weird ups and downs of temperatures. I’m betting on them to stay strong.

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The rest of us beneit from some classroom learning to navigate the

vast and complicated world of horticulture.

Once again, Bartlett City Beautiful is ofering its winter “gardening university,” a series of seven garden talks from area master gardeners that begins Saturday.

All of the presentations will be held at 2:30 p.m. in at the Bartlett Library, 5884 Stage.

■ Jim Volgas will kick of the series this Saturday by discussing the attributes of healthy soil and how to build it by making and using compost.

■ John Peterson, a master gardener and longtime member of the Memphis Herb Society, will explore growing, harvesting and cooking with herbs on Jan. 16. Recipes are included.

■ Bob Hathaway will discuss construction materials, soils and additives, watering systems and winter covers for raised beds.

He will also highlight vertical gardening techniques and structures on Jan. 23.

■ Kay McAdams will reveal her successful methods for growing organic vegetables on Jan. 30.

■ Joanne Watson will share her secrets for attracting eastern bluebirds to your garden with the right birdhouse installed in the best place and plenty of mealworms on Feb. 6.

■ Not all backyard critters are welcome. Genie Ashworth will present information on dealing with undesirables as well beneicials on Feb. 13.

Getting water where you want it, when you want it is Melisa Nowag’s topic on Feb. 20. She will tell how to install a timed drip water system for containers and borders using lexible pipes.

For more information, call master gardener and Bartlett City Beautiful member Tom Rieman at 901-386-7539.

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Literature club to celebrate Sherlock Holmes’ birthday

By Jody Callahan callahan@commercialappeal.com 901-529-6531

For more than 40 years, a committed group of Memphians has gathered every January to salute the birthday of a ictional man.

They call themselves the Giant Rats of Sumatra, and they are utterly devoted to the exploits of Sherlock Holmes. According to creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the Great Detective was born on Jan. 6, so it’s around that time each year that a night is set aside for the celebratory dinner.

This year will be no exception, as the Rats — they took their name from a single line in the Holmes short story “The Sussex Vampire” — will meet to eat, drink and toast Holmes on Saturday at the University Club in Midtown.

For $50, participants will be treated to an English meal. They’ll discuss two stories from the Holmes canon — “The Norwood Builder” and “Lady Frances Carfax.”

Trivia questions will be tossed about. Some hardcore enthusiasts might even show up in costume.

They’ll also hear a talk from WKNO’s Jim Eikner about Mycroft Holmes, the detective’s older and smarter brother who holds a mysterious role in Queen Victoria’s government.

“I was just sort of fascinated with that relationship between them. That’s what I’ve built my talk on,” said Eikner, a longtime Holmes fan. “He’s just really an enigma. He’s fascinating to follow. You just never know where

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he’s going to pop up.”

While it might seem odd to some that the Rats group has managed to survive since its inception in 1972, its 68 or so members ind that perfectly normal.

After all, the Great Detective has been around since 1887 — that’s the year Holmes debuted in “A Study in Scarlet” — and shows no signs of disappearing. Clues in the stories point to a birth date for the man in the deerstalker hat of Jan. 6, 1854, but his use of logic to solve crimes remains relevant today.

“He speaks to a world that’s troubled, that’s obsessed with violence and crime,” Rats member Robert Campbell said. “He offers solutions. He’s a hero.”

In fact, Holmes seems to have never been as popular as he is now. On the heels of the two Guy Ritchie movies starring Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes, another ilm — “Mr. Holmes” starring Ian McKellen — debuted earlier this year, imagining the detective in his inal years.

There are two separate TV shows about Holmes airing now — “Elementa-

ry” on CBS and the highly lauded “Sherlock” on the BB. Holmes continues to show up in novels, comics and other aspects of pop culture.

“Sherlock has just hung in there. It’s been over a hundred years from the time of his stories, but now there are two TV shows, full-length movies,” said Tom Wheeler, a member of the Giant Rats who has written several books on the London of Holmes’ time. “It’s something that never dies.”

Pamela Poletti is the current Rats leader, which in Holmes lingo is called the “First Garrideb.” She’s been in love with the character and his world just about as long as she can remember.

“When I was in seventh or eighth grade, my parents got me a collection of the stories. As an only child, I would read Nancy Drew and Sherlock Holmes,” she said. “This goes way back with me. I would make up characters, I would write him letters as if I were presenting him with a new case. I have been in love with Sherlock Holmes most of my life.”

Although many assume that Holmes’ fandom is largely a men’s club, about a third of the Rats are women. Poletti hopes that number will grow.

“He also has fascinating female characters.

The only time he was outwitted was by a woman.

There’s a way in,” she said.

“The thought that you can somehow get order out of chaos through pure logic, whether you’re a male or female, you can get a place in the Holmes canon.”

Lifeblood, Le Bonheur and AutoZone employees pose with more than 1,000 stufed bears delivered to Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital during the holidays.

GIVING BACK

Lifeblood donors donate teddy bears to Le Bonheur children

By Jennifer Gladstone Special to The Weekly

More than 1,000 Lifeblood donors took part in the nonproit’s “Bears for Le Bonheur” campaign in December.

As part of a generous gift from AutoZone, Lifeblood and its donors were able to send holiday cheer to patients spending time at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. Lifeblood and AutoZone employees visited Le Bonheur on Dec. 16 to deliver 1,000 stufed animals to patients.

Each stufed animal represented a Lifeblood donor who gave blood or platelets the irst two weeks of December. Donors also had an opportunity to sign a holiday tag with well wishes for patients. More than 3,000 stufed bears have been donated to Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital since Lifeblood’s “Bears for Le Bonheur” program began in December 2013.

Blood donations typically decrease during the winter months due to school being out, traveling and the holidays. Lifeblood, the Mid-South’s local blood center, encouraged their donors to give blood and platelets to maintain a safe level

need for blood, and we hope that these bears will bring a smile to the kids during their stay in the hospital.”

After brief remarks from Garrick and AutoZone’s Kristen Wright, AutoZone and Lifeblood employees delivered bears to several patients and their families.

Jennifer Gladstone is the director of marketing and public relations with Lifeblood.

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