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Germantown Weekly IN MEMORIAM

Radio personality Billingsley, 53, dies ‘Memphis Mark’ a big Tiger fan

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

PHOTOS BY CRAIG COLLIER/SPECIAL TO THE WEEKLY

Starry Nights, with its 1.5 million lights illuminating Shelby Farms Park, drew people from all over the Mid-South during December. The display ended Sunday.

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Star-filled Nights Annual light shows draws thousands to Shelby Farms

By Craig Collier Special to The Weekly

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ne of the true treasures Memphis has to ofer is Shelby Farms Park.

With its 4,500 acres, walking paths and biking areas and paddle boats, it is one of the largest public parks located within a major city in the United States.

In order to pay for the cost of the park’s operation, an annual fundraiser at the park has become one of the great seasonal destinations — Starry Nights, which ended Sunday.

This year, more than 1.5 million lights illuminated the park. The theme was iconic places of Memphis, as well as traditional light displays from years past.

The entry to the Starry Night display at Shelby Farms Park was all aglow.

“The tradition of Starry Nights has gotten to be bigger and better with each year,” said Natalie Wilson, senior manager of events and programs for Shelby Farms. “Each year we have seen a growth in the distance people travel to take part in Starry Nights. We expect to see over 140,000 visitors to this year’s ive-week event.”

As John Morrisson, the park’s

grounds supervisor turned on the displays, he noted the pride the park’s staf takes in this event.

“We started working on repair and maintenance of existing displays as well as design and construction the newest displays the irst week in July.” Morrisson also noted the value of the volunteers who take part in every phase of the annual fundraiser.

Mark Billingsley, a longtime on-air personality with country radio station WGKX KIX 106, died last Tuesday afternoon following several weeks of illness, the radio station announced.

“He was an extraordinary Memphis Tigers fan,” said Alan Kirshbom, spokesman for the station’s ownership group.

“Just a gregarious, fun, outgoing guy.

Everyone who came across Mark him felt he Billingsley was their best friend and they had known him for years.”

Billingsley, nicknamed “Memphis Mark,” was on the air with the station for more than 20 years, Kirshbom said.

He suffered a medical emergency while doing his afternoon show at the station Nov. 23 and was taken to the hospital, where he underwent brain surgery, Kirshbom said.

He never regained consciousness and died at Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis at age 53.

Billingsley is not to be confused with the Shelby County commissioner with the same name.

The station’s program director Duane Shannon said Billingsley died surrounded by family and friends. ShanSee RADIO, 2

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ACHIEVEMENT

UP, UP AND AWAY

Memphian is 2nd black PBA champ

Le Bonheur plans $55M expansion, expects busy 2016 in children’s emergency room. NEWS, 2

Faulkner Jr. takes title in Reno tourney

was free. I didn’t watch the other guys. I don’t show a lot of emotions. My goal is always to win; I didn’t come here to lose.”

The PBA World Championship was the culmination of 66 games of qualifying and match play contested on ive lanes. The inals aired live on ESPN. Faulkner, a 25-year-old third-year PBA member, qualified third for the World Championship inals and won three straight matches to join George Branham III of Indianapolis as the PBA’s only African-American champions.

Faulkner won $60,000.

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In the News CITY SERVICES

G’town threatens to tap contractor’s bond City cracking down on trash pickup

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

Germantown is so weary of bailing out garbage contractor Inland Waste Solutions, the city has put it on notice that it intends to ile claims against the company’s performance bond if it doesn’t shape up.

Through Nov. 30, the city had spent $396,400 picking up behind Inland, including hiring temps to help answer the complaint calls looding into the city.

Germantown required a $3.06 million bond to cover its losses in the event Inland defaulted or could not do the work. The annual contract is worth $3.2 million.

The city also has the right to reduce its payments to Inland to cover the amount of the losses.

In the event the deductions are not allowed or uncollectable, Ger-

mantown’s city attorney notiied Inland’s insurer, Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., that it may have a claim on its performance bond.

The letter is dated Dec. 10.

“We have kept meticulous records,” Mayor Mike Palazzolo said. “We send reports three or four times a day. Our staf has worked tirelessly; we’ve contracted with contractors to work the phones just to keep up on the call volume. We are working very hard to let people know we are trying to make our contractor do

their work.”

Jerry Church, Inland’s vice president for operations, refused to comment last Tuesday, but said he would call back when he had more information.

Inland, based in Austin, Texas, assumed the contract Germantown had with BFI Services in October 2014. Problems began almost immediately and had lared up again last summer when city oicials asked Inland leaders to spend a week listening to complaints and riding the routes.

Inland retooled some processes, including giving crews tools to ix or replace broken bins.

When leaf season rolled around this fall, complaints escalated again. A couple weeks ago, the Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted to spend up to $70,000 to hire two contractors to pick up behind Inland.

“They’ve been out in force this week,” Palazzolo said.

Inland’s contract expires June 30. The city’s request for new proposals will be out in early January.

In brief

HEALTH AND MEDICINE

NASHVILLE

Tenn. majority leader honored

Tennessee Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris has been honored for his service to the states.

The Collierville Republican received the Distinguished Service to the States medal from The Council of State Governments at the close of its national conference in Nashville last week.

The medal is the highest honor awarded by CSG for outstanding and sustained leadership on behalf of the states.

CSG executive director David Adkins said the CSG executive committee presented the award to Norris for his “transformative leadership” during his tenure as CSG national chair.

Norris, whose chairmanship ended last year, was the irst Tennessean to serve as CSG national chair.

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Growth at the 5-year-old Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital has led oicials to plan a $55 million expansion that would add about three dozen beds.

Growing stronger Le Bonheur unveils $55M expansion plan

By Kevin McKenzie mckenzie@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2348

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e Bonheur Children’s Hospital is planning a $55 million expansion, the latest sign of growth at the facility, which anticipates its pediatric emergency room could be the busiest in the country in 2016.

Le Bonheur’s 12-story, $340 million hospital celebrated its ifth birthday on Dec. 5, but already needs 34 to 36 more beds to bolster the 255 it has, oicials said Dec. 21.

With an average occupancy rate surpassing 80 percent, outpatient surgeries up 25 percent in ive years and 90,000 emergency department visits expected this year, the hospital has had “a remarkable trajectory over the last ive years,” said Meri Armour, CEO of Le Bonheur.

Armour said Le Bonheur expects 100,000 emergency room visits next year. That could surpass the number at the children’s hospital in Dallas, Texas, which Armour says is the country’s busiest.

But Le Bonheur, part of the Memphis-based Methodist Le Bonheur

FAULKNER from 1 Branham, now retired, won ive times, including the 1986 Brunswick Memorial World Open and the 1993 Firestone Tournament of Champions.

Faulkner, who threw two bad shots in three games, threw six strikes on his irst eight attempts. Tackett, the only right-hander in the inals, left three splits in his irst ive frames to fall behind by 49 pins, and Faulkner never gave him an opening.

“Over the past year, I felt it coming,” Faulkner said.

“I was making small mistakes, but I’d go home and check my stats and ix my mistakes. Those small pins add up over time. I knew I could do it. I visualized it.

I had maybe a half-hour of nervousness, but I took a nap and came over here to bowl, and that was it.”

Faulkner said he never

... Those small pins add up over time. I knew I could do it. I visualized it.

I had maybe a half-hour of nervousness ... and that was it.”

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saw Branham bowl, but he was aware he had a chance to become the second African-American champ.

“That’s definitely one thing I tried not to think about, but it’s amazing. To be honest, what I did think about is I wanted to shoot 300 on TV.” Faulkner, who anchored Webber International University in Babson Park, Florida, to the 2012 Inter-

Healthcare system, isn’t seeing double-digit patient growth only because of new facilities, she said in a recent interview.

“It really is about the ‘who’ we’ve recruited in terms of physicians.

It’s about the programs we’ve put together and started so they really provide new and diferentiated opportunities for families,” Armour said. “What’s happened is we’ve really sort of realized our dream, which was to really be a resource for the region in terms of taking care of kids for all problems.”

Signs of growth range from bricks and mortar to services stretching through the region.

■ In the past two years, Le Bonheur has recruited about 80 doctors. There are about 185 physicians in the hospital’s practice with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and about 60 more in other practices. That doesn’t include about 2,300 hospital employees.

■ A new 275-oice faculty building opened in November, accompanying a new parking garage and outpatient center renovations that represent a $68 million investment.

The former hospital is now the Children’s Foundation Research Center and outpatient dialysis center.

■ Some clinics are operating at the Le Bonheur Outpatient Center East Memphis, a project of about $26 million that will add pediatric

collegiate Team Championship, won his way into the title match with a 247-237 victory over Ryan Ciminelli of Cheektowaga, New York.

Faulkner started his second game with 10 strikes on his irst 11 shots, running away to a 262-218 win over Scott Norton of Mission Viejo, California, who left single pins four times that prevented him from the strikes he needed to keep up. Faulkner started the semiinal with a spare and four strikes; Ciminelli struck only once in the irst ive frames to fall into a 31pin deicit he couldn’t overcome. Faulkner clinched the win by converting a seven-pin in the 10th frame.

In the irst match, Norton bowled an error-free game in defeating Rhino Page of Orlando, Florida, 215-202.

Page left a 7-10 split in the fourth frame and a 3-6-7 split in the sixth, failing to convert both, and he couldn’t recover from the open frames.

clinics, outpatient rehabilitation and imaging services in the former West Clinic on Humphreys Boulevard.

■ Le Bonheur staf on Jan. 4 will begin running the pediatric emergency department at Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital.

That will ease demand on the Memphis hospital, Armour said.

■ Le Bonheur is building a large clinic to replace a smaller one in Jackson, Tennessee.

■ Le Bonheur is the regional pediatric trauma hospital. Its programs to handle complex pediatric health care problems have grown to include neuroscience, heart and epilepsy.

The plan announced Dec. 21 would add 34 to 36 cardiovascular intensive care unit beds with a two-story expansion on the Dunlap side of the hospital, between Poplar and Washington. The Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare board also gave the green light last week to a $275 million expansion for Methodist University Hospital.

Le Bonheur plans to seek state approval for the children’s expansion by mid-2016. With construction beginning in 2017, the expansion could be completed by 2018.

“We really are adding to the economy in a big way,” Armour said. “I still say that outside of FedEx, the biggest business in Memphis is health care.”

RADIO from 1 non said his colleague had a big personality and left a big impression.

When he did broadcasts at live events, a crowd would gather around him.

“I felt like a girl compared to this guy. He had this big, deep, resonating voice, man,” Shannon said. He said Billingsley liked to pepper his radio delivery with catchphras-

es.

Callers were greeted with “Hellooooooooo Ba rtlett!” or “Well hel loooooooo Hol ly Springs!”

W hen Bi l l i n g sley signed of at the end of the day, he’d say something like, “I’m headed to my little piece of America in Fayette County.”

By early last Tuesday evening, more than 100 people had left comments honoring Billingsley on the station’s Facebook page.

REGION

Temps reach record high for Dec. 26

The mercury in Memphis was in record territory at 74 degrees by 10 a.m.

Saturday, a high temperature for Dec. 26 not experienced here since 1889.

By around 1 p.m., it had climbed to 80 degrees, coming within one degree of the highest temperature ever recorded in December in Memphis, and making weather more than just a topic of passing conversation.

The Weather Service has been keeping track of temperatures since 1875.

Memphis hit 81 degrees on Dec. 2, 1982.

The warm air is more likely caused by El Niño than the planet heating up, said National Weather Service forecaster Jonathan Howell, pointing to the unusually warm water along the eastern coast of South America that, besides causing looding in Paraguay, Uruguay and Ecuador, has altered the jet stream, bringing springlike temperatures.

Jane Roberts

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In the News Achievement

Moreland moving on up at Rhodes named vP of academic afairs, dean of faculty

By Ken Woodmansee Special to The Weekly

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A MATA driver boards a Main Street Trolley stopped on South Main outside Central Station. A 99year lease has been signed with MATA for the redevelopment of Central Station and the property surrounding it that will provide a dedicated funding source for the transportation agency.

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redevelopment a start, but won’t ill mAtA’s cofers

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

The redevelopment of Central Station, which will include a movie theater, hotel, apartments, retail space and transit hub, will absolve the Memphis Area Transit Authority from its obligation to maintain its 101 year-old Main Street train station through a 99year ground lease.

MATA will also turn over about $1.4 million in deferred maintenance to development partners Henry Turley Co. and Community Capital, said Ron Garrison, president and general manager.

And it will no longer lose $80,000 to $100,000 annually in facilities costs for security, staing and other expenses, making it “a really good private/ public partnership,� Garrison said.

But while MATA will

receive 50 percent of the revenues from the project, an amount that’s expected to start at between $120,000 and $160,000 a year and could rise to as much as $1 million a year, it still won’t be enough to relieve the transit authority of its inancial troubles. “This is a drop in the bucket that might allow someone to tread water a little longer,� Garrison said.

He speculates that revenues from the Central Station deal could grow by another $200,000 or $300,000 over the next six or eight years. Oicials with Turley and Community Capital projected this spring that Central Station will generate a net operating income for MATA of nearly $1 million by 2026. “It will be some lag time between now and when leases are actually signed before MATA begins to receive their portion of revenues,� said Archie Willis

After a national search, Dr. Milton Moreland has been named vice president for academic afairs and dean of the faculty at Rhodes College. “Dr. Moreland has served as interim dean for the last eighteen months, working closely with our trustees, administrative

respect among his staff, departmencolleagues on camtal chairs and facpus and beyond for ulty committees, his student-cenand students to tered approach to ensure the college teaching, research, is achieving the and service. In Rhodes Vision in 2012, he received every way,� said the college’s JamesPresident William Milton Moreland on M. Jones Award E. Troutt. for Faculty Service.

A professor of “I thank Dr. Moreland religious studies, Moreland served as chair of for his willingness to the Archaeology Program, serve as our academic director of the Memphis leader,� said President Center, and coordinator Troutt. of the Institute for Regional Studies at Rhodes. Ken Woodmansee is the director Since arriving at Rhodes of communications with Rhodes in 2003, he has garnered College.

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The apartments and movie theater are slated to begin construction irst, he said.

MATA will be paid annually, he said, based on a year’s worth of results.

Even so, the new revenue stream won’t go far enough.

MATA has an operating budget of about $58 million with about 40 percent coming from the city. Federal funds make up between 20-22 percent and fares account for 15-20 percent. It receives about 15 percent from the state and 2-5 percent from other sources, like advertising.

City funds have not increased since 2009, but federal dollars have been cut by $1.6 million, a result of declines in the city’s population and riders, which the federal government uses to determine funding, Garrison said.

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In the News BUSINESS

Orgill Inc. gets $2M grant for new corporate headquarters

By Richard Locker locker@commercialappeal.com

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NASHVILLE — The State Funding Board on Dec. 21 approved economic development grants for the Orgill Inc. corporate headquarters in Collierville.

The Funding Board must approve the taxpayer-funded state incentives before deals reached between the state and business enterprises moving to or expanding inside Tennessee are inal. The board approved state grants totaling nearly $18 million for eight separate projects across Tennessee on Dec. 28.

The largest was the $6,050,000 in state funding toward the new $553 million Advanced Muni-

tions International facility in Blount County. Gov. Bill Haslam and AMI executives announced Oct. 20 that the Payson, Ariz., based company will build its headquarters and a munitions manufacturing, distribution, and research and development facility in Alcoa’s Partnership Park, ultimately creating 605 new jobs. The company expects to start construction next spring and open in late 2018.

The Orgill Inc. project in Shelby County is a new 100,000-square-foot headquarters building in Collierville, replacing leased space in Germantown.

The state’s $2 million incentive is based on the company’s plans to create 115 new jobs, ECD Assistant Commissioner Allen

Borden said, in addition to the 265 existing jobs at its current facility.

Orgill, a hardware wholesaler, considered moving its new offices to northern Mississippi where it already has an operation in Olive Branch.

The company expects to start construction in 2016 and open in 2017.

State Treasurer David Lillard said Orgill “is one of the oldest companies in Memphis and Shelby County and I believe it’s the largest independently owned distributor of hard line products, that is hardware and other things sold in various supply houses throughout the United States. They are a signiicant economic driver of Memphis and Shelby County.”

DEVELOPMENT

Plan for two-story restaurant on Town Square moving forward

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

A proposal to build a two-story restaurant on Collierville’s historic town square took another step toward completion on Dec. 14 when the Board of Mayor and Aldermen unanimously approved a preliminary site plan.

A final development plan for the restaurant is now expected to go back to the board, possibly by its Feb. 22 meeting.

The Dec. 14 vote means the architects and other professionals working on the project can inalize engineering plans, said Nancy Boatwright, assistant town planner. She said developers must also reach an understanding with the Norfolk Southern railroad company. The plans call for the developers to make improvements in the railroad’s right of way, including a sidewalk.

The restaurant would be built on a now-vacant lot near the tracks at the southeastern corner of

the town square. The land belongs to John Green and his family. Jim Gannaway is leading the construction project on their behalf.

Gannaway said the project will cost about $1.3 million and the Greens would then lease the building to a restaurant tenant. He would not reveal the tenant’s name, saying that the tenant requested it be kept quiet for now.

A hotel had stood on the site until it was destroyed by ire in 1986, planning documents say.

Jane Bevill, who is in her 25th year as Collierville finance director, is retiring after seeing many changes.

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COLLIERVILLE

Finance director says ‘it’s time’ to retire Bevill sees change during 25 years

By John Stamm Special to The Commercial Appeal

Even in retirement, Jane Bevill knows it will be dificult escaping her work as Collierville’s Finance Director. Traveling around town, she sees reminders and dollar signs.

She comes to a traic light and recalls the cost.

There’s this road and how much was spent or borrowed. How costly was the sewer plant or the iretrucks.

“You’re always kind of thinking in that mode,” she said.

Saying you know when it’s time, Bevill, 67, announced months ago she’d be retiring in late December after 25 years.

Last Wednesday was her last day.

Leaders and co-workers praise her professionalism, trustworthiness and compassion.

“It will take years for us to really appreciate what she did for us,” said Town Administrator James

Lewellen.

Said Mayor Stan Joyner: “The only thing I asked her to do was not change her telephone number. So if we need her, we can call her.”

Insisting she’ll answer the call, Bevill looks back fondly at her time at Town Hall that was marked by dramatic changes.

From her irst day in 1990 to now, the town’s population tripled to an estimated 48,517. In the same span, the operating budget increased from $5.1 million to $48.5 million.

She started with a staf of ive and left managing 41 in three departments.

Lewellen said she put in place the town’s procedures and internal controls.

“We’ve done nothing but change for 25 years,” said a laughing Bevill, who has lived in Bartlett for 31 years. “There was just a lot going on all the time, but it was fun.”

Bevill will be replaced

by Assistant Finance Director Mark Krock, who was a purchasing agent 20 years ago and returned in April to ease the transition.

Also retiring is Assistant

Finance Director Sharon Skinner, who teamed with Bevill for 20 years.

In what Lewellen regards as Bevill’s toughest task and greatest accomplishment, she spearheaded eforts this year resulting in bonds totaling $111.8 million, including $93.5 million for construction of the new high school. The school bond required a 25cent property tax increase to help fund the average annual debt payment of $5.4 million.

But most importantly, say Joyner and Lewellen, the town’s coveted AAA bond rating, the highest given by Moody’s Investors Service, was preserved.

“I think our bond rating is a relection of how much credibility they put in Jane’s inancial leadership,” Lewellen said.

Joyner commended her patient guidance working with the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.“I don’t recall ever being in a situation where anyone argued with Jane,” said Lewellen.

“When she said we can’t afford it or we don’t have the money to do it, that’s as far as it went.”

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group of young boys and girls gathered at a playground in Shelby Farms Park the morning of Dec. 19 to spend the day riding new bikes for the irst time.

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Bike Recycle is a program ofered in partnership with the Shelby Farms Park Conservancy, Oasis of Hope, Renasant Bank, YMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South and Girls Inc. The program provides children across Shelby County with new bikes and teaches them how to ride and maintain them safely.

YMCA and Girls Inc. referred the children, looking for those without bikes or the opportunity to purchase one on their own, said Natalie Wilson, senior manager of events and programs for the conservancy.

“Here we are in a park space that sits in the middle of our city but the citizens, the kids and families, we have a responsibility of serving them, too,” Wilson said. “Part of what we look at is how can we transform the city through children and their families by providing education.”

This year the program gave bikes and helmets to 28 5- to 12-year-olds. Before they could take anything home, each child took three bike safety courses that taught them the rules of the road, as well as maintenance tips like how to remove a chain or tire, Wilson said.

After the inal safety course, the riders took of on a “graduation ride” in the park with an adult “bike buddy” before returning to the parking lot where they could pedal around a bufalo in a park ranger hat.

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Derrani Bowen, 7, gets some help donning her bike helmet over an ear-warming headband during the annual bike recycle program at Shelby Farms.

ber of the Shelby Farms Park Conservancy Board and a senior oicer at Blue Cross Blue Shield. He spent the morning biking alongside the girls and boys who were applying what they learned in the workshops to the real world.

“This is an opportunity to not only put bikes in the hands of kids, but to promote and encourage physical itness and outdoor activity,” he said. “This sort of teaches the kids not only safe riding but also how to care for the bikes that they have.”

Parent Anastasia Davis said the program gave her the opportunity for one-onone time with her 6-year-old daughter Jada Alexander, who spent the morning with her mother atop a tiny purple Schwinn.

She said the courses were very helpful and educational.

“It’s more than just a bike,” Davis said.

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Blue Cross Blue Shield donated money to the program, and Oasis of Hope collected donated bikes to be ixed up and matched to the children based on their size and height, Wilson said.

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Kenneth Gillespie | Overton High School | Music

Kenneth, a senior, is talented academically and is dedicated to his music. He currently ranks third in his class and holds a 4.41 weighted grade point average while taking a rigorous course load of Advanced Placement, Honors and Dual Enrollment classes. He received the former Memphis City Schools William H. Sweet Award for Academic Excellence, the Distinguished Honor Roll and the Good Citizenship Award. He is an important member of the school orchestra.

Recently, Kenneth was named one of three students from Overton High School to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York next February, where he will play the viola. While there, he will have the opportunity to work with and learn from renowned conductors. He’ll then be part of a special performance for New York concert-going patrons, educators and family. Kenneth also was named the Assistant Principal for the viola section in the All-State High School Strings in West Tennessee.

Kenneth is a member of the Memphis Repertory Orchestra, Corinth Symphony Orchestra, Bellevue Baptist Church Orchestra, and Memphis Youth Symphony Orchestra. He attended the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts, where he performed in its orchestra.

Performing in these groups has encouraged him to not only play music but also to teach others.

Sophie Bougeois | St. Benedict High School | Music

Sophie, a senior, is an exceptional vocalist and talented actress. She ranks in the top ten of her class of 214 seniors, holds a 4.3 weighted grade point average and scored 29 on the ACT. She has appeared in many concerts on the school stage as well as in the community. She performed in the John Angotti “Come Home for Christmas” Concert at the Cannon Center. She was a member of the Chamber Choir as a freshman and has been a member of the school Show Choir the last three years. Both choirs won either irst place or superior awards at national competitions.

A gifted musician, Sophie aspires toward a double major in vocal performance and music education. She auditioned for and was accepted into the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts. She recently participated in the National Association of Teachers of Singing Competition at The University of Memphis, placing second for musical theatre and third for classical. She advances to state competition. She received the Outstanding Lead Actress Award for a performance at another school Sophie is vice president of the National Spanish Honor Society and a member of the National Honor Society, National Thespian Society, Mu Alpha Theta, and National Science Honor Society.

Paige Chisholm | Hernando High School | Music

Paige, a senior, is a top student and outstanding musician. She holds a 4.33 weighted grade point average and scored 29 on the ACT. She has been part of Hernando bands for seven years and plans to continue playing the lute in college. She currently is irst chair in the Symphonic Band, the top band for concert season. The band was asked to play as the “feature band” at the Mississippi Bandmasters State Clinic in Natchez this month. In the fall Marching Band Competition, Paige had a beautiful solo and the band won irst place in the 6A Division.

A disciplined student, Paige practices her lute and piccolo with dedication, improving her musical skills consistently. She is the lute section leader, helping her section with marching skills. This winter she has agreed to be part of the pit orchestra for Kudzu Playhouse’s production of “Hairspray.” She has been selected for the Mississippi State Honor Band, Delta State Honor Band, Hernando DeSoto Honor Band and The University of Memphis Honor Band.

In addition, Paige has been inducted into the National Honor Society and works in small group projects with handicapped students. She uses her musical talents to serve in her church.

Kathryn Miesse | St. Mary’s Episcopal School | Music

Kathryn, a senior, has amazing natural talent as a vocalist and wants to become a theatre professional. A National Merit Commended Student, she holds a 3.89 weighted grade point average. As her theatre load increased, she worked to maintain top grades. As a result, she was inducted into the Mu Alpha Theta, the National Thespian Honor Society and the Tri-M Music Honor Society.

With all of her academic and stage commitments, Kathryn still inds time to be involved in school life. She is president of the Debate Club and vice-president of the Drama Club. This is her third year to work on the Belles Melodies staff, where a student can produce a CD showcasing his or her musical and dramatic accomplishments. This is Kathryn’s second year as a tutor for The Write Place, a student-run program committed to assisting students with major writing assignments.

Following her passion for music, Kathryn has volunteered during “30 Days of Opera” at Opera Memphis. She attended St. John’s College Summer Academy for voice two years ago and the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts: Voice last summer.

In non-performer roles for plays, she typically spends 50 hours learning, conducting and teaching the players in the cast.

Carl Palmer | Central High School | Music

Carl, a senior, is a star saxophone player in four distinct, award-winning bands. He holds a 4.51 weighted grade point average and scored 30 on the ACT. He has chosen a challenging course of study in the school’s Optional Program and is ranked in the top ten of his class. He plays saxophone in the Marching Band, Jazz Band, Symphonic Band and the Wind Ensemble, while serving as the Drum Major for the Marching Band two times. He also is the section leader in the Symphonic Band. He does all this…rehearsals, marches and parades, while maintaining his class standing and excellent grades.

In addition, Carl has been inducted into the National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta, the math honor society. He earned All-West Tennessee Honors Band in 2013, the APSU Honors Band in 2014, and The University of Memphis Honors Band. He also was named to the All-West Jazz Band for tenor saxophone. He received an award as part of the Best Saxophone Section at Savannah Swing Central.

Carl is involved with the Student Council and the French Club. He participates in Race to Erase Racism, Children’s Museum of Memphis and Reach Memphis.

Blake Glass | Covington High School | Music

Blake, a senior, is a well-rounded student, a gifted singer and an exceptional pianist. He holds a 3.89 grade point average and scored 27 on the ACT. He is the Tenor 2 Section Leader of the school’s Charger Voices Chamber and Advanced Choirs. He competed in The University of Memphis’ National Association of Teachers of Singing voice competition and placed irst in his category. Last year, he attended the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts—Chorus.

In addition to his choir leadership, Blake has made the All Northwest Tennessee Honor Choir for ive years. He made the Tennessee All State Choir all three years of eligibility and also made the 2014 Quad State Chorus at Murray State University. This year, he was chosen as a guest soloist for Mozart’s “Sparrow Mass” at the 2015 Quad State Choral Festival.

Known as the “singing bag boy” at a local grocery story, Blake is very involved in school activities. He is president of the Student Council and was class president as a sophomore. He is a member of HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America), National Honor Society, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, National Spanish Honor Society and TOTAL Youth Leadership.

Cameron Bertram | Collierville High School | Music

Cameron, a senior, is a motivated student who thrives when challenged. Ranked seventh out of 467 seniors, he holds a 4.52 weighted grade point average and scored 34 on the ACT. He is President of the Tri-M Music Honor Society, a member of the Cum Laude Society and captain of the soccer team. He has been selected for the All-West Orchestra for the past two years and seated irst chair. He was selected as the principal violist and section leader for the high school orchestra and is a member of the prestigious Memphis Youth Symphony Orchestra. With a great passion and responsibility, Cameron leads the orchestra in learning new music, performing and conducting professional recitals.

In addition, Cameron attended the Tennessee Governor’s School for Business and IT Leadership. He was appointed CEO and his team was rewarded with “Best Business Plan 2014,” the top award among all competing teams. This past summer Cameron was accepted into the Gen-Cyber Camp at Marymount University in Virginia. Sponsored by the National Security Council, the camp exposed Cameron to extensive cyber-curriculum.

Cameron has learned life lessons of composure and discipline by playing music. He recently was selected to the school’s “Hall of Fame,” which is the top 20 students as voted by teachers and staff.

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The Morton Museum of Collierville History, 196 Main, hosts a book signing 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 ilmmaker 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.

■ Starting Jan. 8, the Morton Museum hosts “Slaves and Slaveholders of Wessyngton Plantation,”

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 Bartlett Lights will run through Thursday at 4064 Sunny Meadows. Tune your radio to FM 101.7 while viewing. Donations beneit local charities. Visit bartlettlights.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 Burch Library, 501 Poplar View Pkwy., 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 901-457-2600.

an exhibition of personal accounts, artifacts and ilms 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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Also coming up: Actor and comedian, Scruncho, for two shows, tonight and Wednesday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $17.50.

Comedian, Karlous Miller for seven shows, Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 and 10 p.m. and Sunday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $17.50.

Germantown Shelby County Republican Women’s Club will hold its irst 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.

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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. 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.

The Germantown 50+ Group ofers opportunities to meet people, socialize with friends, eat, dance or take a trip. Events include: ■ ACBL sanctioned duplicate bridge Wednesdays at 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Pickering Center, 7771 Poplar Pike. Cost is $5. Bring a lunch and a partner.

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Sports U OF M FOOTBALL

Norvell’s life now moving at high speed

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

Mike Norvell sat at a conference table in the Billy J. Murphy Athletic Complex early last week, his ever-buzzing cellphone in front of him.

What’s life been like since he became the head football coach at the University of Memphis?

“I guess the way to describe it — most people have said it to me and I never truly understood it until I went through it — is it’s kind of like you’re trying to take a sip out of a ire hydrant,” Norvell said with a laugh. “Everything is extremely fast.”

Norvell, 34, has been a head coach for a little more than three weeks. He’s

made the media rounds, met high-school coaches in the area and been introduced at a Tiger basketball game. He’s observed a handful of practices and met individually with Memphis players. He’s recruited four junior-college transfers and hired assistant coaches.

He has not had much time to catch his breath, or explore the city he will now call home.

“I’m really good at being able to go from the Holiday Inn to my oice,” Norvell said. “And that’s about it.”

Norvell has been preparing for this job for nine years. One of his closest mentors, Arizona State coach Todd Graham, taught him long ago to approach every day as if he were the head coach.

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New Tigers coach Mike Norvell has been busy lately.

Norvell took that lesson to heart, even during his days as a graduate assistant at Tulsa. So when his head coaching opportunity came, he was ready.

When Norvell was hired as Justin Fuente’s replacement, he had all

of the usual responsibilities — assembling a staf, for example — with the added pressure of the live recruiting period. NCAA rules permitted coaches to visit recruits at their homes until Dec. 14, which is the beginning of a dead period. As an incoming head coach, Norvell had to make good use of that time.

“We’re going to be ask-

ing a lot of people in this irst year to really take a leap of faith almost,” Norvell said. “You can look at the success that we’ve been able to have as a program — people understand there’s a culture of winning here — but I’m going to sit down and I’m going to talk to people about relationships. I’m going to talk to them about family.”

In the meantime, Memphis also has one more game to play. The Tigers will face Auburn in the Birmingham Bowl on Wednesday, with Darrell Dickey serving as interim head coach.

Norvell has observed practices in recent weeks and will be in Birmingham to watch the game, but he has not had a role in the preparations and will

leave it up to the current staf on game day.

After the Birmingham Bowl, Norvell will turn his attention to another important matter: the move itself. Norvell’s wife, Maria, has sent him links to information about houses and neighborhoods that he, admittedly, has not had much time to read.

“It’s something that we’ve kind of been up against the clock there, especially with signing day, and trying to make sure we get everything done on the road that we need to get done,” Norvell said. “After the bowl game, I’m going to come up and my wife and I are going to be able to do a little bit of house hunting.

So I’m sure I’ll be able to ind out all the turns and places I need to be at.”

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Coach Bielema still leans on Coach Snyder for wisdom

By Dave Skretta Associated Press

MANHATTAN, Kan. — The University of Arkansas followed a season-opening victory with three straight losses and was spiraling down the drain when Bret Bielema picked up the phone and dialed a familiar number.

A familiar voice answered.

It wasn’t the irst time the Razorbacks’ coach had called Kansas State counterpart Bill Snyder when things were rough, nor will it be the last. And while Snyder is quick to downplay how much help he gave his old protégé, there is no disputing his wisdom from ive decades

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in the game.

“I just asked about, you know, when he hadn’t won one in a while, how he would turn the corner,” Bielema recalled of that September conversation.

“I’m always leaning on him for stuf like that.

“Obviously, it’s some stuf I leaned on and took some notes and it worked.”

It worked so well that Arkansas won six of its last eight games, earned a bid to the AutoZone Liberty Bowl and will face Snyder and his Wildcats on Saturday at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.

“I don’t want this to be about me and Coach Snyder by any means,” Bielema said. “I want the bowl game to be about our players and our fans, but for me it’s just going to be really cool ... to be around him. There’s so many people I’m close with on their staf. It will be really, really unique.”

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Eventually, Snyder took over Kansas State and rebuilt one of the worst programs in Division 1 football. But that success came with a price: Many of his assistants got head jobs elsewhere.

So, in 2002, it was Snyder who picked up the phone and gave Bielema a call.

“I thought for me to grow, I had to get out of my comfort zone,” said Bielema, who was encouraged by Wisconsin’s Barry Alvarez and others to take the job. “They kind

of said to me, ‘No matter what you’ve heard or what you do, if you’re at Kansas State for six days or six weeks or six years, you’re going to be a better coach in the end,’ and they were exactly right.”

It wound up being two years. Bielema’s phone rang again; Alvarez wanted him for defensive coordinator. The catch? Someday soon, Bielema could take over the Badgers.

His departure irked Snyder at the time, but it never threatened to dissolve their friendship.

“I was not enamored by it when that happened,” Snyder acknowledged, “but by the same token, it turned out to be a good move. That was part of the

package, so to speak, that there was that opportunity for him when Barry stepped down for him to step into that role.”

Bielema had plenty of success leading Wisconsin before jumping to Arkansas three years ago, and has the Razorbacks (7-5) in their second consecutive bowl game.

It just happens to be against the coach who helped him igure things out.

“We have a decent amount of dialogue,” Snyder said.

“Bret calls when he has issues and we talk about what those are — not that I have answers, but I appreciate the fact that he asks.”

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Farmington Elementary hosted a “Cop Stop� and “Thank You� breakfast for the Germantown Police Department.

The teachers and staf provided all of the food and drinks. Several classes stopped by to thank the oicers, some brought them cards and gave them hugs.

Assistant principal Ashley Brasield coordinated the event and principal Zac Percoski worked the griddle making pancakes while the PTA assisted with set up and clean up.

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

Dogwood Elementary hosted its irst father daughter dance called the Dolphin Tale Ball. The school hosted more than 500 guests. Dogwood music teacher Peter Simons was the dance DJ for the event and the girls and their “dates� enjoyed a photo booth, snacks and dance lessons.

Recently, more than 60 Collierville High School retirees gathered at the CHS library for a reunion of retired teachers. Retirees included James Hayslip, former CHS principal. The event was hosted by Kathryn Tebbe, Mary Alice Brock and Mattie Hampton.

Farmington Elementary teachers Brianna Gould (front) and Caryn Daugherty show their school pride while marching in the Germantown Holiday Parade. FES opened in 1975 and is celebrating its 40th this year.

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Collierville officials are considering redrawing school district lines to relieve crowding at Schilling Farms Middle School by shifting students to Collierville Middle, the town’s other school for students in grades 6, 7 and 8.

The new zoning lines would go into efect for the 2016-2017 school year.

Education oicials won’t make any decision without a series of public meetings and a vote by the school board, said Russell Dyer, chief of staf for Collierville schools. “My thinking is we would have to get it to the board by late spring,� he said.

Any redrawing of the district lines will likely bring attention and concern from parents because it might mean students have to switch schools. “Rezoning is never an easy process to go through,� Dyer said.

A committee of education and local oicials is meeting to come up with possible rezoning plans, he said.

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Other members of the committee include Supt.

John S. Aitken and Nedra Jones, a planning specialist who uses powerful software to calculate the impact of moving district lines on school enrollment.

Jones works for Bartlett schools but is helping Collierville through an agreement among the recently created municipal school systems, Dyer said.

The rezoning committee is expected to inish its work in the next few months and present some recommended options to the public.

Students wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily have to switch schools. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Traditionally, we have allowed a student who started at that school to inish at the school, but you might not have bus transportation there,â&#x20AC;? Dyer said.

He cautioned that he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t promise that in this case.

Schilling Farms has a capacity of 976 students but has an enrollment of about 1,090, Dyer said. The school uses portables to accommodate the overlow.

Collierville Middle has an enrollment of about 870 students, just short of its capacity of 914. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to have one school thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s way over capacity,â&#x20AC;? said Mark Hansen, school board chairman.

He said the rezoning is only a temporary solution to the crowding. The town plans to build a new high school that would open in 2018, and the school system would turn the current high school into the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s third middle school.

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Home & Garden

Subtle colors stand out in lackluster fall S

ince winter oicially began a week ago, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to look back on the autumn of 2015. It was a season of surprises â&#x20AC;&#x201D; some good and some not so good.

It was not a great year for observing brilliant fall color in our naturally forested areas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I always notice the color on black gums because they are usually the irst to turn and usually have some of the brightest orange red foliage in the forest,â&#x20AC;? said Dr. Mark Follis, a certiied arborist and owner of Follis Tree Preservation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This year, most of them had lost their leaves by the end of summer.â&#x20AC;?

Chestnut oaks, whose leaves turn a more subtle orange, were also disappointing, he said.

Carol Reese was also unimpressed with fall color she found in the rural areas around Jackson where she is an ornamental horticulture specialist with University of Tennessee Extension. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it was too hot and dry for great color,â&#x20AC;? Reese said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But once the rain came in November, fall lowers like goldenrods, native asters, swamp sunlowers and liatris were wonderful.â&#x20AC;?

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been enjoying the deep pink lowers on a sasanqua camellia in my yard but wonder why the light pink lowers lingering on some Encore azaleas strike me as less appropriate for the season?

In recent weeks, Reese and Follis noticed the subtle tawny orange-yellow tones on the leaves of oaks that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t typically catch their attention.

But in driving around neighborhoods, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen some spectacular and long-lasting foliage on ginkgos, Japanese maples, sweet gums and even the muchmaligned Bradford pears, which had gorgeous orange-red leaves this year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For 15 years, Bradford pears are great trees,â&#x20AC;? said Follis, leaving unsaid their widely known tendency to break apart during storms as they mature.

When back- or top-lit by the sun, the pears and other ornamental trees glowed so much I felt compelled to slow down or

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even stop to seal their splendor in my mind.

By now, trees in the forests are mostly bare of leaves, notes certiied arborist Wes Hopper. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the urban and suburban heat island, some are still hanging on to their leaves and looking good,â&#x20AC;? Hopper said.

I love fall, even a lackluster one, although it always means my least favorite season is on the way. I recently happened upon a brief essay on the appeal of autumn called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mellowness,â&#x20AC;? by the late Lin Yutang: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like spring, but it is too young. I like summer, but it is too proud. So I like best of all autumn, because its leaves are a little yellow, its tone mellower, it colors richer and it is tinged a

Giant leopard plants in front of the Visitors Center at the Memphis Botanic Garden bloom from late summer to December, depending on when a killing frost occurs.

little with sorrow. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Its golden richness speaks not of the innocence of spring, nor of the power of summer, but

of the mellowness and kindly wisdom of approaching age. It knows the limitation of life and is content.â&#x20AC;?

LATE BLOOMER Farfugiums are more than a plant with a funny name. Their tough, sometimes spotted or blotched foliage is a great addition to the shaded or partly shaded areas that typify most of our residential landscapes.

And they can be used as voleresistant companion for hostas, ferns and other shade plants. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They have bold leaves like hostas, and they bloom at a time of the year when almost nothing else does,â&#x20AC;? said garden designer Tom Pellett. The blooms may last from late August to midDecember, depending on the weather.

Less than three weeks ago, tall stems with clusters of daisy-like yellow lowers were rising from the large shiny leaves of farfugiums planted in front of the Visitors Center at the Memphis Botanic Garden.

The leaves of Farfugium â&#x20AC;&#x153;Giganteumâ&#x20AC;? can reach 15 inches across and the clump spreads to 30 inches in width. Flower spikes can be 4 feet tall.

They like conditions similar to those suited to hostas and hydrangeas, said Chris Cosby, senior manager of gardens at the botanic garden. Morning sun and afternoon shade are ideal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They will lag in the hot afternoon sun,â&#x20AC;? he added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And they must have evenly moist soil at all times.â&#x20AC;?

Pellett is more familiar with a smaller farfugium variety commonly called leopard plant because of the yellow spots on the leaves. The foliage stays about 8 to 10 inches above the ground while the airy lower spikes rise as much as 24 inches.

Leopard plant is easier to ind at local nurseries than the giant ones seen at the botanic garden.

Even rarer but worth seeking out are the crested type with ruled leaves and argenteum, which has white blotches on dark green leaves.

Farfugiums, especially the giant type, Cosby said, provide bold texture for shady gardens that often rely solely on hostas and elephant ears.

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The Memphis University School math team achieved a perfect score on the national Team Scramble math contest, marking the irst time any team entered has scored 100 out of 100 since the competition began in 2003. This year, teams from 106 schools (including a half-dozen internationally) participated in the test, administered

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The Owl team comprised of about 100 students, including a few from St. Agnes Academy, gathered in the MUS Dining Hall after school Nov. 4 and got to work. The 100-question exam encompassed math problems ranging from simple subtraction to basic calculus, all of which had to be completed within 30 minutes.

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They have all served at the soup kitchen and know the importance of the meals that are served there every day of the year.

The class decided to raise funds to assist the organization in their effort to repair 20 broken windows.

A plea was made to families of OLPH school and there was tremendous outpouring of generosity.

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OLPH School was able to give $2,153 to Deacon Bill Herbers, who is a member of the SVDP board.

Patricia Wyckof, school principal said, “We are blessed to be a part such a loving community. I am very proud of our eighth graders for reaching out to make such a big difference for the people of Memphis.”

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Chamber of Commerce December General Membership Luncheon

The December general membership luncheon was held December 9 at Ridgeway Country Club. Pastor Rick Gering delivered a special Christmas message. Guests were treated to beautiful holiday music performed by the Central Church Ensemble Choir.

Gene Sauls, Adult Pastor, delivered the Invocation.

The Collierville Chamber of Commerce hosted a Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting for Get Air Trampoline Park. Pictured cutting the ribbon are Leon Yarbrough, General Manager; Nate Smith with SI International; Ben Eden with Trampoline Parks, LLC; Mayor Stan Joyner, Town of Collierville Aldermen, Chamber Board Members and Staff and Chamber ambassadors. Get Air Trampoline Park is located at 952 W. Poplar Ave in Collierville.

Visit their website at http://getairmemphis.com/ for more information.

The luncheon was generously sponsored by Central Church.

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The Collierville Chamber of Commerce held a food drive to supplement the Collierville Food Pantry. There was an overwhelming response by the Collierville community!

Pictured left to right Becky Hammond, Collierville Chamber; Liz Deely, Tastefully Simple; Kanette Keough-Rodgers, Collierville Chamber and Terry Dean, Leadership Collierville.

Liz and Terry (pictured) are both members of a local networking group, The Collierville Connection, who contributed a large donation to the food pantry. Thank you to all who supported this great cause!

UPCOMING CHAMBER EVENTS:

The Collierville Chamber Women’s Leadership Network Luncheon was held Thursday, December 17 at Ridgeway Country Club. Our Guest Speaker was Angela Hamblen of the Kemmons Wilson Family Center for Good Grief. Angela Hamblen, children’s author, licensed clinical social worker, and healthcare professional, shared her story. The Kemmons Wilson Family Center for Good Grief is a comprehensive bereavement center, located adjacent to the Hospice House.

Its mission is to provide a safe environment for children, teens, and adults to explore and express their feelings related to the death of a loved one and learn to thrive in a world without that special person.Services include grief counseling, grief support groups and grief camp programs for children, teens and adults .Bereavement services are free of charge and are made possible through individual donations and grants funded by the Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation, The Kemmons Wilson Family, and various organizations and individuals.

The WLN is a new group that will help our members develop valuable business relationships, sharpen their leadership skills, grow professionally and personally and give them the opportunity to participate in activities that support local charitable, civic and cultural organizations. For more information about this exciting new program designed just for women visit www.colliervillechamber.com

January 13 - The Collierville Chamber of Commerce General Membership Meeting will be co-hosted by the Collierville Burch Library and will feature a very special guest speaker. Can you guess the name of our mystery speaker? Here are a few hints:He graduated from Harvard, but dropped out of Columbia Law School; His mother and his irst wife both died on the same day.He was a New York City police commissioner at one time.He went skinny-dipping in the Potomac River.He won the Nobel Peace Prize.A boxing accident left him virtually blind in one eye. He once scaled the Matterhorn.Join us for the 1st Chamber luncheon of 2016! We promise you’ll be inspired and entertained!

Start 2016 off with a bang by joining us for our 1st luncheon of the year! 11:30 AM-1:00 PM at Ridgeway Country Club. Reservations required. Register online at colliervillechamber.com.

Look for new and exciting programs offered by the Collierville Chamber for the upcoming year at www.colliervillechamber.com Please visit the Collierville Chamber website @ www.colliervillechamber.com for additional community and member events.

www.ColliervilleChamber.com Mission Statement: The mission of the Collierville Chamber of Commerce is to provide quality services and programs to its membership and to provide business leadership for the entire community in the vital areas of economic prosperity, education, and quality of life.