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Elvis (David Lee) was backed up by the Garry Goin Group as they sang some of the King’s most famous songs at Collierville’s annual July 4 celebration.
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In the Memphis area, two of the best examples of communities that know how to celebrate Independence Day are Germantown and Collierville. Collierville’s Independence Day celebration was July 3 at H.W. Cox Park and Germantown’s was July 4 INSIDE at Municipal Park. For more photos In Collierville, the of Collierville’s Garry Goin Group celebration. 10 had the open space at H.W. Cox Park rocking from the moment they took the stage. G3 also played backup to Elvis impersonator David Lee. This year’s celebration saw the ireworks set of nearly an hour earlier because of weather considerations.
In Germantown, the evening began with live music provided by John Paul Keith. As the spacious lawn continued to ill up, many found the food court to be an excellent source of food and drink. For others, coolers full of food and drink provided the needed amount of sustenance. After John Paul Keith and his band completed their set, it was time for the Memphis Wind Symphony to paly and keep the crowd entertained with show tunes and patriotic music. As time came ever closer for the ireworks display to begin the symphony orchestra inished up their set with “Old Man River.” Once the music ended, the ireworks began.
Germantown’s waste management company has 60 days to improve service after a slew of complaints from residents in the last two months. The contract with Inland Waste Solutions allows for up to 100 complaints per month. In the month of May, the city ielded 755 calls about trash, recycling or yard waste that had not been picked up. While June numbers haven’t been tallied, City Administrator Patrick Lawton said it was over 700 again. Residents have also taken to social media to express frustration with trash not being collected consistently. The contract, worth $3,138,800 a year, allows for the city to terminate the agreement if the company does not fulill its obligations, but Lawton said they are giving Inland 60 days to improve. The clock started July 1. “It’s frustrating,” Lawton said. “We just want them to fulill the contract.” Jerry Church, vice president of operations for Inland’s headquarters in Austin, Texas, said a recent rerouting of drivers caused the hiccups, although he would not say why the rerouting was necessary. The company took over the contract from Republic Services in October, which caused a spike in complaints as drivSee TRASH, 2
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Animal Tales, an educational company that “brings the zoo to you,” visited the Germantown Community Library. This summer’s show “Animal Avengers: Heroes of the Wild” featured creatures with amazing powers, including a Von der Deckens hornbill, an African crested porcupine, an Egyptian fruit bat, a hog island boa constrictor and a baby red kangaroo. The hornbill caught worms in midair as they were tossed by volun-
teers from the audience. Children learned that the African crested porcupine makes a rattling sound with its tail but doesn’t actually shoot its quills. They learned that the Egyptian fruit bat uses INSIDE echolocation More photos to ind its way from Animal in the dark Tales. 2 and that the hog island boa constrictor smells with its tongue. The star of the show was Sydney, a baby red kangaroo. Sydney delighted children at the show as she bounced along on her strong legs and balanced herself with her tail while drinking from her bottle.
The star of the “Animal Avengers: Heroes of the Wild” show was Sydney, a baby red kangaroo.
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