April 10 Germantown Weekly

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Thursday, April 10, 2014

BACK OPEN Renovated National Civil Rights Museum opens its doors with latest technology to tell the story of civil rights movement. Page 12

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CHASING YOUTH WITH SURGERY Millions of cosmetic procedures are done each year, but be careful not to take treatments too far. Page 8

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Easter fun begins Friday Children to celebrate with egg hunts The Weekly

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Justin Young carries his daughter Gracie over a puddle of muck after a groundbreaking at the site where a new Crossroads Baptist Church will be built on Houston Levee Road. The Youngs were one of a handful of families that have worshipped with the church since its founding five years ago. The group now has more than 500 members, who plan to worship in a new building when construction is complete next year.

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‘A safe haven’ Crossroads Baptist building on Houston Levee

By Timberly Moore t.moore@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2445

Crossroads Baptist Church is moving to a new road — Houston Levee. The congregation broke ground on the site Sunday across the street from Briarcrest Christian School in Eads during its ive-year anniversary celebration. The new 30,000-square-foot structure, worth more than $5 million including cost of land and construction, will feature seating for 650 in its sanctuary and multiple classrooms. Pastor Rob Mullins’ congregation branched of from Germantown Baptist Church to spread the gospel throughout the county. “My wife and I were praying about what to do and realized that in this part of East Shelby County there were a lot of what we called ‘formerly churched’ and

a lot of unchurched and we just felt that there was a need for folks like that,” he said. “Rather than the big attractive programs, we wanted to really focus on really meeting and involving families, students, divorced people and widows.” The church that started with eight families now has more than 500 members and sponsors three missions in South Africa, India and Asia. Mullins said the church’s motto — Safe. Simple. Home. — plays a part in every aspect of the ministry that meets at the Cordova Community Center for Sunday and midweek services. “We wanted to be a safe haven, a refuge and a launching pad for people to come, get a sense of what God is doing in their life and go and serve back in our community and around the world,” he said. Bill Hendry, associate pastor, said the church con-

Both the City of Germantown and the Town of Collierville will hold Easter activities for youngsters and their parents. The Easter festivities begin Friday when Germantown puts on its After Dark Egg Hunt at Cameron Brown Park, 8628 Farmington Blvd., at 7:30 p.m. Participants are asked to bring their lashlights and a bag. The deadline to sign up is Friday at 5 p.m. The eggs will be illed with candy. The event is for children ages 9 to 12-years-old. For more information or to register, call 901-757-7375. Collierville also will have a night time Easter egg hunt Friday at 8 p.m. at Suggs Park. The Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt is for children sixth through eighth grade. Everyone is asked to bring a lashlight and bag. The plastic eggs will contain goodies inside. If you’re looking for a more traditional egg hunt, the City of Germantown’s annual Easter Eggstravaganza will be Saturday and will feature a free petting zoo, moon bounces, Monster Mural, door prizes and an age-divided egg hunt. Young egg hunters and their families also can meet the Easter Bunny, ind eggs and have an eggstravagant time at Cameron Brown Park, 8628 Farmington Blvd. The fun begins at 10 a.m. The free egg hunt for children through age 2 begins at 10:30 a.m., 3 to 4 year-olds at 11 a.m., 5 to 6 year-olds at 11:30 a.m., and 7 to 8 year-olds at noon. The rain date is Tuesday.

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Sharing positions among districts

Brimstone Hill is one of the best-preserved historical fortifications in the Americas.

Boundary specialist first shared hire

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By Lela Garlington garlington@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2349

HISTORY LESSONS Bailey Station students get a first-hand look at history during a visit to The National Civil Rights Museum. IN THE CLASSROOM, 14

CLASSY CHASSIS Germantown Kiwanis Club held its annual Charity Car Show. NEWS, 3 The Commercial Appeal © Copyright 2014

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Drawing school attendance maps and zoning boundaries is something every school district requires. With six new municipal districts opening in August in Shelby County, school board members already are listening to new planner Nedra Jones. This could be the irst of 20 other possible shared operational positions. Jones, a former planning specialist who worked

with legacy Shelby County Schools for ive years, is working for Arlington, Bartlett, Collierville, Germantown, Lakeland and Millington under a threeyear contract. The only diference in what she did previously, Jones said: “Now it’s more compartmentalized.” Jones will make $88,000 and work out of the municipal school oices at Bartlett High. While most school oicials like the idea of shared services, Germantown school board member Mark Deal is concerned about the concept even though he voted in favor of the shared planner. He reminded the Ger-

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Planner Nedra Jones and Bartlett City Schools Supt. David Stephens review proposals for attendance boundaries that will determine where about 8,000 students will attend school.

mantown board that the point of creating a school district was to have more local control — not to share services with others. As a lawyer, his experience is it’s not always the best iscal decision to engage in shared services. Others see it as saving administrative costs and putting more dollars into the classroom.

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