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Blues Awards will be May 5 Nominations include several local artists

By Bob Mehr mehr@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2517

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In addition to the school, the center also has a training center for adults with developmental disabilities. Members of the center’s work-based learning group participate in the show.

HOLIDAYS

A JOYFUL NOISE Hearts and seating at Madonna overflow

Students from Madonna Learning Center perform in the school’s annual play at Germantown Performing Arts Center.

The play raises funds for the faith-based school for children and adults with learning disabilities.

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

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n better than an hour, students at Madonna Learning Center underlined, reharmonized and generally re-proclaimed the meaning of Christmas in the annual play that has come to be a holiday tradition.

“I tell people, ‘Go in the bathroom and get a Kleenex; you’re going to need it. Get two,’ ” said Debbie Lovelace, settling into her front-row seat. “I remember the

very first time I saw the black light show. It makes the hair on your arms stand up.”

In this year’s edition, the black light illuminates the baby, the cloak

around his mother, a paper crown and the white-gloved hands and arms of the children signing “What

Memphis-based blues artists John Németh, Victor Wainwright and Brandon Santini will be among those competing for top prizes at the 37th annual Blues Music Awards. The nominees for the blues world’s biggest honors were announced Dec. 15 by the Memphis-based Blues Foundation. The ceremony will take place May 5 at the Memphis Cook Convention Center.

Veteran Alabama musician James Harman is the year’s top nominee, up for five awards — including best song and best album. Also nominated in multiple categories are piano man Anthony Geraci and singer Sugaray Rayford, who will vie for four trophies each. Shemekia Copeland, Doug MacLeod, The Cash Box Kings, and Wee Willie Walker are all up for three awards.

Local and regional acts once again had a strong showing with Memphis transplant Victor Wainwright getting the nod in three categories, including the Pinetop Perkins Piano Player award. Local harmonica favorite Brandon Santini is up for two awards, including Contemporary Blues Artist.

North Mississippian Cedric Burnside received a trio of nominations for his work on the “Descendants of Hill Country” album. McComb, Mississippi, native Mr. Sipp is up for Best New Artist album for his debut “The

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Fire dept. sponsors poster contest

Cornelia Swain’s East Memphis home is filled with more than 1,650 nativity sets.

Seven state-level winners from C’ville

lierville Fire Department where town personnel and Collierville Schools administration participated in a blind judging.

The local winning posters were then sent to the State Fire Marshal’s Office in Nashville for the final state-wide judging.

This year, more than 200 poster entries were submitted from across Tennessee. The state winners were selected by Michael Cooper with Murals & More, Shaun Giles of the First Center for the Visual Arts and Dani Brown of the Tennessee Arts Commission.

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Starting in August, students from across the state in kindergarten through 12th grade began creating posters to illustrate this year’s poster theme “Hear the Beep Where You Sleep: Every Bedroom Needs a Working Smoke Alarm.”

The Collierville Fire Department sponsored the contest for the town, which was open to all Collierville students. Each school selected its own grade level winners and then submitted the posters to the Col-

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‘Rewards’ discussed for schools in G’town Teachers, staf could get bonuses

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

Germantown Municipal Schools, lush with its standing as one 12 exemplary districts in Tennessee and more recently as one of 60 top workplaces in The Commercial Appeal employee

poll, is considering a bonus for school staf.

Based on calculations Assistant Supt. Dan Haddow presented to the board Dec. 16, teachers would receive $500 and school-based staf would get $300, for a total cost of $270,000. They could see the bonus by the middle of February.

The school board is waiting to see a budget amendment at its January meeting. But based on the uptick in sales tax in Shelby County, which has netted the dis-

trict $800,000 more than budgetmakers projected last year, the discussion was largely positive.

A second round of rewards for teachers is also in the works. The school board will be asked to look at how to identify the tier of teachers across all grades that contribute most to making Germantown a destination district. It already is among the top seven or eight districts in the state for teacher pay.

The discussions come partly as district leaders think of ways to separate Germantown from the

pack of suburban districts that now ind themselves competing for talent and enrollment based on facilities and teacher pay. Pay could also help address what Haddow says are loyalty issues for employees, particularly teachers with 18 years’ experience who have topped out of the pay scale, some as many as 11 years ago.

“It’s great to reward longstanding great teachers,” said board member Mark Dely, while wondering, on the other end, if the district would reward low-

performing teachers at the same level.

Germantown gave most teachers about $1,100 in “step” increases this year, including those with less than ive years’ experience and not yet in the state tenure system. It did not apply to the most senior stafers.

In other action, the board unanimously elected Linda Fisher chairwoman and Lisa Parker vice chairwoman. Parker, outgoing chairwoman, took oice in December 2013.

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City oices, library closed for holidays

City of Germantown ofices will be closed Christmas Eve and Christmas, Germantown Community Library will close at 5 p.m. on Wednesday and will be closed all day Christmas Eve and Christmas. Germantown Athletic Club will close at 6 p.m. Christmas Eve and will be closed all day Friday. GAC will reopen at 8 a.m. on Saturday.

Germantown Athletic Club and the Germantown Community Library will close at 5 p.m. Dec. 31. City oices, athletic club and library will be closed Jan. 1.

Collection services will be delayed by one day.

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Tourists — relected in the windows at the King’s Palace Cafe — wander Beale Street, even on an overcast day. The Downtown district’s merchants say they’re having a good year and the resurgence of Overton Square is not an issue because they appeal to a diferent clientele.

No reason for blues Beale Street has nary a complaint about success of overton Square

MADONNA from 1 Child Is This?” to recorded music sweeping across the stage and loating to the rafters.

“We did the black light last year. It got such an ‘ahhh’ from the crowd, we decided to bring that part back,” said Jo Gilbert, executive director of Madonna, the private, faithbased school for students with mental and physical disabilities. Most have several speaking, dancing and singing parts in the program, Madonna’s secondlargest fundraiser.

This year, Gilbert anticipates clearing $25,000 from the play, a multilayered story of the meaning of Christmas that revolves around a Christmas tree, an enormous, unopened red package and the worry that GPS in the North Pole has been lost, leaving Santa stranded in a technological age.

By Wayne Risher risher@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2874

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eale Street merchants say Overton Square’s resurgence isn’t hurting the cityowned Downtown entertainment district, where sales are up nearly 6 percent over last year.

Beale Street caters primarily to tourists drawn to the iconic name and bar and club scene, while Overton Square serves locals with restaurants, movies and live music and theater.

Silky O’Sullivan’s owner Joellyn Sullivan made the point during a recent meeting of the Beale Street Tourism Development Authority, of which she is a member. “Overton Square hasn’t hurt Beale Street.

They’re not doing what we’re doing,” she said.

Overton Square’s popularity has gained momentum over the past ive years after more than a decade of declining fortunes. The growth

The script, augmented with a dozen songs, was written by staffer Amy Ruggaber and choreographed and executed by Erin D.H. Williams, creative movement teacher, play director, yoga specialist and physical education instructor, all rolled in one.

“In school, we are working on building and refining literature arts, P.E. (physical education) and O.T. (occupational therapy), learning right and left, spatial patterns, movements and repetition,” Williams said.

On the stage, the play is the embodiment of a year’s worth of lessons. In the audience, it’s a whirlwind of emotion.

“It just moves me to tears,” said Mary Angela McCleary, a Madonna volunteer for eight years.

“There’s so many stories. I see one child up there and remember that he didn’t want to come to school; now he’s tooting the horn in the morning, ready to go.”

has stirred questions about whether areas like Overton Square, Beale Street, Cooper-Young and South Main are ighting over the same customers.

Beale Street inancials bear out Sullivan’s comment.

For nightclubs that pay rent based on a percentage of sales, revenue is up 5.9 percent year to date through Oct. 31, to $588,259, said Paul Morris, the Downtown Memphis Commission’s point person on Beale for the past two years.

For businesses that pay base rents not tied to sales, revenues are up 4.6 percent in 2015.

The Downtown Memphis Commission has been tracking Beale Street inances since it took over as interim manager at the start of 2013, replacing the private manager Performa Entertainment Real Estate.

Tommy Peters, who runs clubs in both places, said business is brisk all around. Peters is president of B.B. King’s Blues Club on Beale and elsewhere, and he reopened Lafayette’s Music Room in Overton Square in October 2014.

“We’re having the best year we’ve ever had at B.B. King’s, and we’re having a great year at Lafayette’s,” Peters said.

“I don’t see Overton Square

The school dedicated a $7.25 million expansion to what once was the Germantown Church of Christ at 7007 Poplar Ave. this fall.

Madonna bought it for its permanent space, and held the pageant there for years, until it had to set up a simulcast in the lunchroom four years ago.

“The chapel would hold 400,” Gilbert says, shuddering a little at the possible ire code violation.

The group approached GPAC executive director Paul Chandler. “(Student) Da niel (Wray) is in a wheelchair and was not able to perform on the church stage. It got me,” Chandler said. “Every time I see him go out on the stage, I know it was the right thing for us to do.”

The play is part of the GPAC’s “community series of concerts,” which features local groups, “such as the Germantown Symphony Orchestra,” Chandler said.

The last performance at 7 tonight is sold out.

competing with Beale Street at all.

Maybe it’s competing with Downtown of Beale Street, maybe with Cooper-Young,” Peters said.

Ty Agee, owner of Miss Polly’s Soul Food Cafe on Beale, agreed.

“I just don’t see Overton Square as competition for us because we’re going to do what we’re going to do and it’s always been that way,” said Agee, who leads the Beale Street Merchants Association and is on the tourism authority board.

“Most of our sales are up down here, so that’s not really an issue.

We’re just lucky in Memphis to have so many avenues: CooperYoung, Overton Square, Broad Avenue, South Main. There’s just a lot to do in Memphis,” Agee added.

Sullivan and Peters said they believe the opening of Bass Pro Shops at The Pyramid last April helped make 2015 a banner year on Beale by bringing more tourists to Downtown.

Sullivan also said increased docking of overnight cruise boats at Beale Street Landing has helped, and should bring even more visitors next year when the number of dockings increases.

Peters doesn’t think the dining and entertainment districts are in danger of cannibalizing each other.

CONTEST from 1 dle, and Melissa Pugh, a senior at Collierville High School.

State winners will be honored at an awards event on Jan. 30 in Bell Buckle, Tenn. and each was awarded a $50 prize and certiicated of achievement signed by Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam.

The State Fire Marshal’s

Office holds the annual poster contest to highlight and promote fire safety awareness throughout Tennessee Schools.

“We look forward to this contest every year,” said Tennessee Commerce and Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Julie Mix McPeak. “It’s a fun outlet for students to express their creativity, but also an efective way to teach them about crucial ire prevention messages.”

Collierville Town Beautiful Commission and the Town of Collierville Parks Department named the winners for the “Holidays Are Brighter in Collierville” holiday lighting contest. Entries were judged by members of the Town Beautiful Commission.

The winners are: 3340 Shea, Holiday Spirit Award; 1312 Conser, Creative Award; 521 Hunters Mill Cove, Reason for the Season Award and 472 Tuscumbia Cove West, Griswold Award. Home at 245 Windy Ridge, 472 Riding Brook Way, 806 Lancelot Circle and 1364 Creek Valley Drive won honorable mention awards.

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Garbage, recycle pickup schedule

Garbage and recyclable pickup will run as regularly as scheduled this week and next. Commercial pick up will be on Thursday and Dec. 31.

There will be no appliance pick up on Friday and no appliance pickup on Jan. 1. The next available appliance pick up will be Jan. 8.

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BLUES from 1 Mississippi Blues Child,” alongside fellow nominee, Clinton, Mississippi, guitarist Eddie Cotton.

“It’s a great group, a very good mix with lot of younger people in it,” says new Blues Foundation president and CEO Barbara Newman, who is overseeing her irst BMA event.

“We love seeing Bran-

don and some of the local guys, and young people like Eddie (Cotton) getting up and going — right alongside some great established names,” says Newman, mentioning veterans such as Jackson, Mississippi’s Dorothy Moore and Memphis legacy artist Vaneese Thomas, who are both up for best Soul Blues Artist.

The complete list of nominees can be found at blues.org.

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In the News FIRST TENNESSEE

Bank to move 200 jobs Downtown Completing Madison Avenue renovation

By Thomas Bailey Jr. tom.bailey@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2388

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The FedEx Memphis World Hub in Memphis is a busy place thanks to all the gifts people are ordering online. The Dec. 14 volume of 26 million packages picked up exceeds 2014’s peak day by 15 percent. The company expects to move a total of 317 million packages for the holiday season.

BUSINESS

E-commerce nudges FedEx over last year’s busiest day Picked up record 26M packages

By Wayne Risher risher@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2874

FedEx said surging demand for e-commerce shipments, particularly in the Northeast, has helped push the 2015 holiday shipping season to record highs, including 26 million packages picked up on Dec. 14.

FedEx officials announced adjusted quarterly earnings of $2.58 a share for the SeptemberNovember quarter on Wednesday and said the next quarter is of to a strong start.

Frederick W. Smith, president, chairman and chief executive of the Memphis-based company, said earnings were up 19 percent over last year,

excluding one-time costs for legal settlements of independent contractor litigation and the pending acquisition of Dutch company TNT Express next year.

Oicials said they expect a go-ahead from European Union regulators in the irst two weeks of January for the $4.8 billion deal that would vault FedEx to Europe’s secondlargest parcel handler, behind DHL. Dec. 14’s volume was 15 percent higher than a 2014 peak day forecast of 22.6 million on Dec. 15, 2014.

The company expects to move 317 million shipments between Black Friday and Christmas Eve, a 12.4 percent increase from last year. “A record number of holiday shipments — fueled largely by the steady rise of e-commerce — are lowing through the FedEx global networks,�

First Tennessee Bank will bring 200 workers into its Downtown tower as it completes a $3.5 million renovation.

The bank obtained four recent building permits for the renovations planned inside its highrise headquarters in Memphis.

Plans call for moving

lier this year in the best buildings. “It’s just a fabulous building we are in,� said Livesay, who oversees technology and operations for the bank. “We are absolutely committed to Downtown. We want to see Downtown thrive and be successful.�

The renovation, designed by the Askew Nixon Ferguson architecture irm of Memphis, is part of the bank’s statewide, $22 million project to optimize its use of buildings across the state. The work started last year.

200 employees into the 25-story tower at 165 Madison Ave. after the work is completed. They’ll join the 530 workers currently in the head oices, said Bruce Livesay, the bank’s chief information oicer.

The bank, which has been consolidating offices for several years, would bring workers to the center city at a time when Downtown agencies are striving to increase the number of people employed in the area. Ofice vacancy rates in the central business district reached 21 percent ear-

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Smith said. “Monday we picked up over 26 million packages globally.

We greatly appreciate the dedication of more than 340,000 FedEx team members who are delivering the holidays to our customers around the world.� “Express service levels in particular have been outstanding,� Smith added. “While we have experienced extremely heavy (FedEx) Ground volumes in the Northeast, our team members have risen to the challenge and the Ground system is running as scheduled.�

Dec. 14 was the third of three successive Mondays that FedEx in October projected would be its busiest days of peak season. The company exceeded estimates on each of those days, executive vice president Mike Glenn said. “We’re of to a strong start in our peak season.�

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HOLIDAYS

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The event, called Carols and Candlelight, was sponsored by Peace Tree Church, a newly formed congregation that provided those in attendance with hot cocoa to stave of the chilly evening.

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Campbell Clinic hosts ‘Our Hearts to Your Soles’ event

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More than 200 members of the Memphis community received free foot and nail care from Campbell Clinic physicians and Campbell Foundation volunteers as part of the orthopedic center’s annual Our Hearts to Your Soles event held at the Memphis Union Mission’s Opportunity Center on Nov. 24. “We partner each year with Hanger Clinic, Red Wing Shoes and Dignity U Wear around Thanksgiving to provide those in need with foot care, new socks and shoes through the national Our Hearts to Your Soles program,� said Karen Watson, executive director of development for the Campbell Foundation. “As health care providers, it’s our physicians’ responsibility to serve the public, and the response from those we served today keeps our team coming back year after year.�

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ALL ABOARD Historic depot dedicated to train lovers

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

The 900-square-foot Germantown depot that was so central to getting soldiers to war and crops to market, including bundles of lowers that ended up in bouquets at The Peabody, stood in its own quiet elegance Dec. 11 as crowds of admirers and the nucleus of women who saved it basked in a kind of redemptive glory at its dedication.

With $30,000 from the city of Germantown, the depot is now a train museum and saw its irst oicial guests last weekend with the model train show put on by local enthusiasts.

If the guests look up in the baggage room (where it’s still easy to imagine bales of cotton going out the door), they’ll see (and hear before that) the G-Scale model train (so large, they are often used outdoors) chugging around the overhead tracks.

“It’s functioning, but not inished,” said Dale Hicks, one of a handful of Germantown matriarchs who’ve championed the depot through the years, including getting the Board of Mayor and Aldermen to the table with Southern Railway to work out the lease in 1984.

“You have to give these ladies credit. They could have torn this station down or moved it,” said Andy Pouncey, historian for the city of Germantown and a train lover.

“The (Heritage) Woman’s Club kept the interest up and

PHOTOS BY MARK WEBER/THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL

Lee Millar, (middle right) former chairman of the Shelby County Historical Commission, dedicates a Confederate 4th Tennessee Infantry marker during a ceremony for Germantown’s historic train depot the morning of Dec. 11.

An old train set is part of the newly refurnished Germantown train depot.

The depot is now a permanent train museum, furnished as if it were in the mid-1940s when the depot was rebuilt after fire decimated the original structure.

the BMA followed suit.”

The original 1858 depot burned in 1947 and was rebuilt

the next year in the same spot with salvaged timbers, visible in the baggage room. It’s served

a number of roles, including housing the Chamber of Commerce oice and, for a short spell, being rented to the Tennessee Shakespeare Co. Its lease was terminated in 2013 when city leaders, at the urging of depot purists, said it should be used for city purposes.

It is now run by the city’s volunteer Historic Commission, a 10-member group that, after painting the interior, adding more memorabilia and overseeing more than $20,000 in improvements for people with handicaps (mandated because the depot is a city entity), is now planning its future.

“We’ll begin by having it open one Saturday a month through the spring and summer, and then we’ll take stock,”

Hicks said.

“Germantown will celebrate 175 years in 2016. We hope we will have some functions at this location. We’re also working on a walking tour of Old Germantown. The depot will be the center of all that.”

The depot is a touchstone of Germantown’s past. It has two waiting rooms, a nod to segregation days. The baggage room is big enough to accommodate cotton bales, and markers in the front commemorate the Confederate soldiers who left from the depot in 1861 bound for war.

“Back when I was a child, the depot was the center of the universe,” said Alderman John Barzizza, who remembers the mail bag waiting on a giant hook beside the track.

“A lot of people used the train, especially during the Depression and war years when automobiles and gas were in short supply.”

The rooms have been restored to tell the story of the region and railroading in that era.

President Harry S. Truman’s portrait hangs in the second waiting room, along with what will someday be a 48-star lag.

“I hung the 48-star lag I found,” Pouncey says. “It went from the ceiling to the loor and kept going. So I’ll keep looking for another.”

The middle room is a tutorial in railroad operations. Besides an antique bench and tables, it includes a 1948 Motorola scanner (donated by John Focht) where guests can hear current day Norfolk Southern engineers and a list of the depot agents who served in Germantown.

“You get to a point where you have to open whether you are completely through or not,” said Jacque Clift, head of the historic commission. “It’s like a garden; there is always something to do.”

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Schools ACHIEVEMENT

St. George’s Independent School receives SPARK award

By Lainie Crose Special to The Weekly

Recognizing its distinctive educational model and long-standing commitment to transformative diversity, St. George’s Independent School has been selected as the 2015 recipient of the SPARK award for education.

Produced in partnership with WKNO-TV, the Lipscomb Pitts Breakfast Club and The Rotary Club of Memphis, the SPARK awards celebrate and recognize the eforts of individuals, nonproits, corporations and schools who are igniting change and making a positive impact in the Greater Memphis community.

“We couldn’t be more honored to receive the 2015 SPARK award for education,” said head of school Ross Peters.

“When we established our unique three-campus model to prepare our students for a globalized economy, no one could have imagined all of the ways in which our students’ lives would be changed and enriched through a community that celebrates diference and recognizes commonality.

Great things are happening at St. George’s and it’s exciting to be recognized for making such a positive impact in Memphis,” Peters said.

TRY IT. Jeremy Park (left), president of the Lipscomb Pitts Breakfast Club and host of the SPARK Awards, presents Ross Peters, Head of School at St. George’s Independent School, with the award.

In keeping with the award criteria, volunteerism and leadership opportunities permeate the St. George’s experience.

From student-led service initiatives such as raising money and granting wishes for the Make-a-Wish Foundation and collecting 4,500 pairs of shoes to sup-

port communities in need, to the Institute for Citizenship, a two-year course of study in civic engagement, St. George’s encourages students make connections with the greater Memphis community and the world.

Lainie Crose is with St. George’s Independent School.

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Community GERMANTOWN

City signs firms to collect missed trash

The billiards room was a delight for young and old with life-size stufed critters who were posed to look like they are playing a game of cards or pool.

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

HOLIDAYS

O Christmas Tea Suburban Garden Club decorates for event

By Emily Adams Keplinger Special to The Weekly

The Suburban Garden Club held its annual Christmas Tea at the home of Lisa Bobango on Dec. 9.

The theme for this year’s event was “A Woodland Christmas.” To accomplish the feat of decorating the stately Bobango home, 100 club members were divided into nine teams, and each interpreted the woodland theme in nine spaces throughout the home. The front yard was decorated with wrapped packages tumbling from a sleigh, nestled into a trio of silver trees with a pair of deer made from greenery boughs keeping watch. In the backyard, a carriage was decorated with greenery and looked ready to take celebrants for a ride.

Throughout the house, the woodland theme was carried through with natural materials accented with metallic and crystal decorations. Magnolia leaves festooned the sweeping staircase, with silver pinecones and nandina branches punctuated with white hydrangea blossoms. Tabletop displays incorporated dusty miller, pheasant feathers and resin antlers. Bobango’s collection of Herend igurines were accented with live greenery and

Hostess Lisa Bobango and Lynda Smith, president of the Suburban Garden Club, welcomed guests to the organization’s annual Christmas Tea.

showcased on glass shelves in the entry hall.

An arrangement crafted with pine boughs, fur, feathers, twigs, reindeer moss, white roses, baby’s breath and white hydrangeas created a centerpiece for a cofee table in the keeping room. Another tabletop display, in the music room, shimmered with miniature bouquets of white tulips in silver julep cups accented with packages wrapped in silver paper with gold ribbon. A collection of crystal trees was added to more silver julep cups holding white tulips and mixed among leather books in

the formal library.

The Billiards Room was a delight for young and old, with life-size stufed critters posed to participate in a card game or partake in a game of pool. Racking up more holiday décor, Christmas ornaments had been substituted for billiard balls.

In the dining room, Suburban Club members provided an assortment of tea tasties, both savory and sweet. The room’s crystal chandelier was decorated with greenery and the ireplace mantle was laden with greenery accentuated with pinecones, metallic ribbon, a pair of deer igurines. That arrangement was anchored on both ends by large, silver trumpet vases holding more greenery, white lowers and crystalline tree branches. A hot chocolate station was presented on the kitchen bar, with ingredients showcased in glass containers on wooden chargers made from cross-sections of logs. Even the back staircase was tied into the woodland theme with birdhouses perched on the newel posts and clusters of moss-covered branches intertwined in the rails.

The event’s theme chairman was Melinda Angel Rothenberg. Tea table chairmen were Maggie CobbBoyd and Nancy Cowen. Design chairmen were Dianne Callahan, Elizabeth Ferguson, Pam Key, Nancy Klepper, Anne Piper, Jo Lawson, Kitty Stimpson, Priscilla Thompson and Donna Worley.

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Germantown, annoyed that its trash hauler can’t keep ahead of the complaints and worried that the high season for yard waste will generate more gripes, voted to spend as much as $70,000 for on-call help through April.

Waste Pro of Tennessee and Michael’s Tree & Loader LLC will be on call, picking up the load Inland Waste Solutions LLC can’t cover, both household garbage and yard debris.

The additional money will come from penalties Inland is paying for missing homes.

“I’ve gotten quite a few calls in the last several weeks,” said Alderman John Barzizza. “People in my cove (in Oakleigh III) are having issues.”

Besides backup support, Michael’s will inspect Inland’s work at $65 an hour. When it sees loads of yard waste, it will be dispatched to pick it up at $250 an hour.

City oicials say the contracts are precautions against piles of garbage, particularly yard waste and discarded Christmas trees, piling up. Last year, Inland hired Michael’s to help cover the load.

Germantown is taking the step now because complaints are up. This is the second time in six months Germantown has sent unmistakable messages to Inland brass.

In July, city oicials gave the company 60 days to ix chronic misses.

Company executives spent a week on the

ground in Aug ust, responding to customer complaints, replacing staf and retooling operations.

Complaints dropped significantly the next week.

But they are back up again, said Alderman Mary Anne Gibson.

“There is a level of expectation we have in Germantown,” she said. “When we put our garbage out in the proper way, we expect it will be collected in an eicient and professional way.

We shouldn’t have three garbage trucks coming down the same street in a day.”

Inland took over the city’s $3.2 million contract last fall when it gained the suburb in a territory shift. Under its contract, it has until noon the next day to respond to service complaints for household garbage collection. If it fails, the city will dispatch Waste Pro. Its minimumday payment for 10 homes is $840. Each additional customer will cost $50.

The city contracted with Waste Pro this summer when Inland was struggling to keep ahead.

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“We hope we don’t have to this time,” said Patrick Lawton, city administrator. “But we have to have a backup plan.”

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Community HOLIDAY DECORATIONS

The Nativity lady Vast collection of creches shows ‘true spirit of Christmas’

By Michael Donahue donahue@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2797

Mary and Joseph found no room at the inn in Bethlehem.

Cornelia Swain is running out of room for the collection of 1,650 Nativity sets in her home in East Memphis.

With Nativity scenes from 110 countries, her collection covers walls, tables, the top of her grand piano and shelves on walls and in bookcases and curio cabinets in her 1,750-squarefoot home. Even the night light in her bathroom is a small porcelain Nativity.

“No cats or dogs in my house,” said Swain, 82.

The collection, with creches ranging from Cameroon to Cracker Barrel, includes igures made of clay, fabric, glass, metal, paper, wood and beeswax. She also owns Nativities made of palm leaves (Colombia), Coke and Sprite bottle caps (Kenya), shell casings (Liberia), rolled up newspapers (Philippines), strips of Coke cans (Zimbabwe), banana leaves (Kenya), guava leaves (Colombia) and steel auto parts (Mexico).

Other unusual Nativity sets include Santa with Baby Jesus and a set with a rare igure of Jesus lying on his stomach in the crib.

Bears, cats, dogs and vinyl ducks depict the Holy Family in some of Swain’s creches.

“Some people really frown on that,” Swain said. “But I said I was a collector and I was going to collect whatever was out there.”

Storing the collection sounds like a nightmare. Many Nativities include Wise Men, shepherds, angels and animals as

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Among the interesting and diverse scenes in Cornelia Swain’s collection of 1,650 Nativities are (clockwise from upper left) a Native American scene, one made from car parts, a foldable paper Nativity made to look like a snow globe, and one made from spent shell casings.

Cornelia Swain has collected Nativity scenes from 110 countries since the 1960s and maintains several books of records to keep track of them. Swain has most of her collection on display year-round, but friends like to visit around the holidays to help them get in the Christmas spirit.

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well as Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus. “I leave them all out all the time,” Swain said. “I don’t have any way to store them. It would take me six months to store them and six months to take them out of storage.”

Swain opens her house on selected dates in early November so invited guests can view her collection. DoAnne Stanford recently made her fourth trip over the years to see the Nativities. “It kind of jump-starts the holidays for me,” Stanford said.

Women are asked to leave their purses on the sofa, but not because Swain thinks they might steal a Nativity igure.

“It’d take her a couple of years to miss it,” Stanford joked.

Swain doesn’t allow purses because of an accident that occurred one year. A woman slung

her purse around and knocked of an opalescent glass Wise Man from Marshall Field’s. “It just broke all to pieces,” Swain said. “The woman was so embarrassed and upset.”

Swain purchased her irst creche in the 1960s. “I started, I guess, when I irst started housekeeping,” she said. “I bought my irst Nativity up here when Lowenstein’s was on the corner of Poplar and Highland. It’s a very simple scene.

Very traditional. I bought it just before Christmas one year.

I didn’t have a Nativity of my own. We had some little cardboard ones at home when I was growing up. I’ve always loved Christmas and everything related. I really never did have any idea that I’d have any kind of collection.”

She still has her irst Nativity set as well as the cardboard set from her childhood that belonged to her aunt and a 1933 copy of a book, “The Boy Jesus,” with an illustration of the Nativity on the cover. “I grew up in a rural area of Middle Tennessee, and we didn’t have much. We strung popcorn for our Christmas tree decorations and things like that.”

The collecting took of when she was director of women’s ministry and coordinator of lay ministries for Cumberland Presbyterian Church and made many trips to Florida for a convention of church directors. “We always stayed in this hotel that had a Third World gift shop. Primarily religious groups would come in there.”

The shop sold creches from around the world. “I would buy a few along the way. The manager found out I was really interested in Nativities, so she started looking for some for me. I got home with several every time I went. Then I thought it would be kind of neat to see how many countries I could come up with.”

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Sports TIGER FOOTBALL

A BIG DEAL Norvell gets 5-year deal, coach in line for $1.8M first year CHRIS DESMOND/SPECIAL TO THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL

Former Houston High football coach Tim Haney, who has spent the last two seasons as the defensive coordinator at Bartlett High, has been named the Panthers’ new head coach.

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Former Houston coach Haney takes over at Bartlett

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

Tim Haney is the new football coach at Bartlett High.

Haney, who replaces Jef McFerran, has spent the last two seasons as the Panthers’ defensive coordinator.

Before arriving at Bartlett, Haney spent 17 seasons as Houston High’s coach, compiling a record of 114-76 and taking the Mustangs to the playofs 10 times. The Mustangs advanced to the state semiinals twice under Haney, in 1998 when they set a schoolrecord with 11 victories and in 2001, losing to Hendersonville on both occasions.

The Panthers went 14-21 in McFerran’s three seasons. Haney inherits a team that inished 3-8 this past season and went winless in its irst year in Region 4-6A.

BRAMLETT AWARD FINALISTS NAMED Four inalists have been named for the 12th annual John “Bull” Bramlett award, which will be presented at the Fellowship of Christian Athletes/ AutoZone Liberty Bowl prayer breakfast, which takes place on Dec. 30.

The inalists are Southwind running back Tyler Brewer, Whitehaven defensive back Rodney Saulsberry Jr., FACS receiver Jeremiah Shipley and White Station quarterback Burk Williams.

The award is presented annually to the high school football player who best exempliies excellence on the ield, as well as high character, integrity and godliness of the ield. It is named for the former star linebacker at the University of Memphis who went on to a standout NFL career.

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

New football coach Mike Norvell’s contract with the University of Memphis is a ive-year deal that will pay him $1.8 million in his irst year, according to a memo of understanding released by the university on Dec. 15.

The contract, which includes a $500,000 buyout, escalates by $60,000 annually. It will pay him $1.86 million in 2017, $1.92 million in 2018 and $1.98 million in 2019.

Portions of the contract will be renegotiated in the ifth and inal year, according to the memo.

In total, the contract will pay Norvell at least $9.54 million through Dec. 31, 2020.

“We believe these are consistent and equitable terms with every other coach in our conference, especially the coaches that were coming into the conference,” athletic director Tom Bowen said Tuesday. “In the market, we felt that we were very competitive with our ofer.”

Justin Fuente, who departed for Virginia Tech late last month, made $1.4 million in 2015. He was ofered a raise to $2.5 million in October, a source told The Commercial Appeal last month.

Norvell’s total basic pay in 2016 is structured similarly to Fuente’s in 2015, with an additional payment of $400,000 “in consideration of eforts toward the capital campaign and fundraising activities.”

Norvell’s contract also includes a salary pool of $2.51 million for assistant coaches, a strength coach and two administrative football staf members. Last year, Memphis’ nine assistant coaches made a combined $2.11 million, which ranked second among the seven public schools in the American

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New University of Memphis coach Mike Norvell’s five-year contract will pay him at least $9.54 million, according to a memo of understanding released Dec. 15.

Athletic Conference, according to data compiled by USA Today Sports.

Norvell’s annual basic compensation is believed to be in the upper half of coaching salaries in the AAC. Central Florida’s Scott Frost, who also was hired earlier this month, will make $1.7 million annually.

Norvell will be eligible to receive to-be-announced annual

performance incentives for win totals, academic progress rate benchmarks and individual coaching honors, among others. If he is ired without cause, he will receive 70 percent of the remaining balance of his total compensation, according to the memo.

Norvell, 34, made $950,000 as Arizona State’s ofensive coordinator last season before Memphis made him the youngest head coach in the Football Bowl Subdivision.

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Schools SNAPSHOTS On Nov. 21, more than 400 middle and high school students gathered at the All Southwest Tennessee Honor Choir Concert to perform several choral pieces of music. St. George’s seniors Duncan Daniel and John Kutteh and eighth grader Elisabeth Squillacioti were selected to participate after a competitive and rigorous audition process.

Farmington Elementary students learned all about Native Americans and pilgrims. Parent volunteer, Amy Rainer, helped students make their costumes and even brought in the teepee she made to help teach them about Thanksgiving.

The children at Farmington Presbyterian Church in Germantown ofered their annual Christmas Pageant Dec. 9. The choir and program were directed by church members Patricia Sherman and Laurinda Ingram. The program included a wide variety of songs with solos performed by several of the youngsters.

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On Dec. 9, Briarcrest Christian School seniors came to school in their pajamas to have “Breakfast with Santa.”

The Collierville Twentieth Century Club met at Tamah Halfacre’s (right) house for a Christmas lunch and ornament exchange.

New member Sandra Banham (left) was inducted. Anyone interested in learning more about the club or in joining it should attend the next Jan. 21 meeting at 4 p.m. at the Collierville Burch Library. Also pictured is Anne Smith.

Charlotte Crowder’s irst grade students at Bailey Station Elementary enjoyed preparing their gifts for their assigned Angel Tree child.

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Community DEVELOPMENT

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TraVure Drive a test for G’town growth City seeking compromise on development

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

If all goes well, Gill Properties will start building TraVure Drive in February.

Two months later, or as soon as spring rains subside, the beginnings of the two hotels, ivestory oice building and 467-space parking garage could become visible on 10 acres of Poplar just west of Kirby Parkway in Germantown.

While there are still some uncertainties and approvals left, the project received Planning Commission approval last week, sending the project to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen next month.

No one knows the thrill of victory more than Ray Gill, who for months dealt with neighbors on both sides of his $90 million development digging in to alter the scope of his design.

They were successful in many cases. Gill twice changed the lighting in the parking garage, including the angle and placement of the internal ixtures on the bottom two loors and height and placement of light poles on the top loor.

He added 25 feet of landscaping on the back of the garage to separate it from neighbors in Nottoway.

To mitigate any light from the garage shining into the homes, late last week he replaced the partial walls on the east side of the ga-

rage with a solid wall.

“It did increase our costs, primarily by doubling the scope of the ventilation,” Gill said.

“We planned to ventilate the two underground loors. Now, we’ve had to increase it to the two top loors.

“The eastern wall, to me, is less attractive because it’s solid,” Gill said Wednesday, the day after the Germantown Planning Commission spent nearly four hours — adjourning shortly after 10 p.m. — discussing the project, hearing out irked neighbors and ultimately approving Phases 1, 2 and 3 and giving preliminary approval to Phase 4, the retail portion of the development.

Gill says he is receiving so many calls from retailers who want to be in TraVure, he’s hoping to build it at the same time as the rest of the project.

TraVure is becoming the litmus test for Germantown’s Smart Growth code, a series of zoning changes approved in 2007 by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen after extensive public review, and its ability to forge compromises.

In the 68 acres that include TraVure — on the south side of Poplar — the code allows developers to build up to ive stories instead of two. It also requires them to move buildings to the street and place parking behind to promote pedestrian access.

Landlocked Germantown has decided to do everything it can to foster denser growth to provide residents the same level of government service, including its own public school system.

Neighbors in Nottoway, where homes start at $500,000, have hired an attorney to represent their points of contention, starting with what they say is an inadequate amount of landscaping to shield their properties from the garage. They are also unhappy that light from the south side of the garage will be visible, that a road behind the garage initially for emergency vehicles only is now a primary access for traic and the wall Gill added to separate the development from the residential property is less than they would like.

“We believe it is an inappropriate boundary,” homeowner Gene Henson told the commission. “We believe it is not unreasonable to ask for a more substantial boundary.”

From Gill’s point of view, code didn’t require him to build any wall at all.

The inal test will come in early January when the Board of Mayor and Aldermen will review the inal outline plan, including all the roads and parcels.

The potential conlict was foreshadowed in the planning vote. Two members of the commission who also serve on the Board of Mayor and Aldermen — Mayor Mike Palazzolo and Alderman Forrest Owens — voted against the outline plan.

Owens says it’s a question of if, “with a capital I and F,” the board approves the site outline. “I hope to talk to the Gill team prior to them coming to us. We have a long tradition in our city of protecting neighbors, especially close to dense, urban development as this is,” he said.

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The families that will be spending the holidays away from home this year will have a little holiday cheer, thanks to the FedEx Pilots’ Wives Association.

Each year they decorate FedEx Family house with Christmas trees, a Hanukkah tree and wreaths on the doors of each family’s room. There is also a sleigh full of donated toys for the children to choose from.

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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.

Asia Mitchell | Overton High School | Social Sciences & History

Asia, a senior, is a top student who has a special interest in historical igures and events from the past. She holds a 3.76 unweighted grade point average while taking a course load that has included Advanced Placement and other college preparatory classes. She is ranked fourth in a graduating class of 295 seniors. She has been named an AP Scholar for her scores on AP exams. Currently, she is taking AP World History and AP Studio Art-2D Design.

In addition to her interest in history, Asia is extremely artistic, creative and intuitive. She was a inalist in the Memphis International Airport Painting Competition and a 2014-2015 QuestBridge inalist for the Junior College Prep Scholarship program. She is an active member of the Interact Club and Spanish Club. She is an oficer of the Key Club.

Asia volunteers in the community by helping with cleanup projects at local parks and neighborhoods. She contributes to national and local causes including breast cancer awareness, UNICEF and Lifeblood. She also dedicates time through her church and traveled to Costa Rica on a mission trip.

Jackson Huffstetler | Bartlett High School | Social Sciences & History

Jackson, a senior, is dedicated to his career goals. One goal is attending a military academy. He holds a 4.2386 weighted grade point average, and he scored 31 on the ACT, including a perfect 36 on the science portion of the test. He currently ranks in the top ive percent of his senior class. He was selected for the 2014 Tennessee Governor’s School for International Studies, where he earned college credit in courses on foreign language, cultures and politics. During the school, he and 14 other students published “The Collapse of the Soviet Union” in the Governor’s School journal.

A serious student, Jackson is an AP Scholar, a member of the National Honor Society and captain of the Debate Team. He was named a inalist in the 2014 and 2015 regional debate competition for extemporaneous speaking. Jackson is also a member of the CANstruction Team, a group of high achieving math and science (STEM) students who collect canned goods and build structures out of them during competitions.

Jackson earned his Eagle Scout Award after serving as Senior Patrol Leader. He was chosen for Youth Leadership Bartlett, a group of students who learn about the government and politics of the city.

Brandi Holland | Brighton High School | Social Sciences & History Brandi, a senior, is an outstanding history student who challenges herself to be the best. She holds a 4.0 unweighted grade point average and scored 30 on the ACT. She has maintained an ‘A’ average in every history class she has taken. She completed World History as a freshman with a 99 average. As a junior she took U.S. History through a Dual Enrollment program with Dyersburg State Community College and had a 99 average. This year, she is taking AP U.S. Government.

Recognized for her academics, Brandi received the Cardinal Academic Excellence Award and the ACT All Star Award. She also earned the Academic Achievement Award for FFA (Future Farmers of America) for the past three years and the FFA’s Camp Clements outstanding leader award. With FFA, she served on the livestock and horse judging team.

Brandi is a member of the National Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society and Youth Alive. She is an important part of the Lady Cardinal Soccer Team, where she serves as captain. She volunteers at the Tipton County Animal Shelter.

Dominic Keilty | Christian Brothers High School | Social Sciences & History

Dominic, a senior, is an exceptional student, who is passionate about academics, athletics and community service. He holds a 4.16 weighted grade point average and scored 33 on the ACT. He is a four-year member of the De La Salle Scholars program and has been named an AP Scholar with Distinction. Dominic represented CBHS at the Rotary Youth Leadership Conference. As a junior, he attended the Notre Dame Summer Scholars Program and he attended the U.S. Naval Academic Summer Seminar this past summer. He also participated in the Stanford University Camp of Champions.

As president of the Key Club, Dominic supervises over 3000 hours of service for more than 90 student members. As a junior, he was awarded the Fredrick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony Awards in Humanities and Social Sciences. Dominic is an Eagle Scout and earned all ive Catholic Scouting Awards. He is an active member in La Sallian Youth, the Science Club and the Chess Club.

An avid volunteer, Dominic worked alongside a local Girl Scout Troop to co-found KK’s Kozy Korner, a special area at Ave Maria Nursing Home, where young children can interact and play with their grandparents. He also is a volunteer with Shelby County Books from Birth.

Alishan Valiani | Germantown High School | Social Sciences & History

Alishan, a senior, is an excellent student and member of the school’s International Baccalaureate Program. He holds a 4.56 weighted grade point average and scored 33 on the ACT. He has an unique understanding and involvement in global issues. He founded a school in Pakistan for children who work during the day to support their families. The students come to the school for an hour after their work days and study English or Urdu. He established the Children’s Educational Assistance Program (CEAP) to support the school. During his research on the education system in Pakistan, he discovered a horrible cycle of poverty and child labor. He realized that literacy was a key to these children’s future.

As president of the Mock Trial Team and president of the Habitat for Humanity Club, Alishan encourages others to get involved. He also is a four-year member of Model UN, the International Club and the Junior Classical League. He is a charismatic leader with great time management and organizational skills.

In addition to founding CEAP, Alishan is heavily involved in the Aga Khan Foundation and the Ismaili Muslim Community Education Center. He is thoughtful and has an insight into world issues that shows maturity beyond his years.

Morgan Steffey | Collierville High School | Social Sciences & History Morgan, a senior, is diligent in her pursuit of academic excellence. She has a special interest in social studies and in service to her country. She holds a 4.52 weighted grade point average and scored 35 on the ACT. She has taken AP U.S. History, AP Macroeconomics, AP Psychology and AP World History. She currently is enrolled in AP Human Geography and will take AP U.S. Government and Politics next semester. She has been a member of the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps, advancing to the rank of Petty Oficer Second Class. She has participated in a Master of Arms course and has visited the Naval Academy for a STEM summer program.

With an amazing drive and determination to excel, Morgan has been named a National Merit Semiinalist, an AP Scholar with Distinction and a member of the Cum Laude Society. She ranks eighth in a competitive class of 468 seniors. She is captain of the swim team and an executive in the Habitat for Humanity Club. She has been inducted into the National Science Honor Society and National Spanish Honor Society. She received a Letter of Assurance from the U.S. Naval Academy, where she plans to attend in the fall.

Samuel Warren | Central High School | Social Sciences & History

Sam, a senior, is committed to excellence inside and outside the classroom. He exhibits a passion for learning that goes beyond the traditional classroom and a passion for the community that surpasses all expectations. He holds a 4.7692 weighted grade point average and scored 35 on the ACT. He has participated two summers in Duke University’s TIP program where he earned college credit in Microeconomics and Macroeconomics.

As a leader in Model UN and Youth in Government, Samuel has been able to gain irsthand knowledge of ways to ight social injustices. He has a quick wit and exceptional intelligence that serves him well. He has been named a National Merit Semiinalist, an AP Scholar with Distinction, “Outstanding Statesman” in Youth in Government, “Outstanding Lawyer” for Mock Trial and member of the National Honor Society.

An Eagle Scout, Sam, planned and executed the repainting of a homeless shelter for his Eagle project. He is a volunteer for First Presbyterian Church Soup Kitchen and for the Overton Park Conservancy. He is captain of the soccer and swim teams. He also is Green Club president, where he is working to reinstate the recycling program.

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Weekly community events Bartlett Bartlett Lights will run through Dec. 31 at 4064 Sunny Meadows. Tune your radio to FM 101.7 while viewing. Donations beneit local charities. Visit bartlettlights.com.

The Magic of the Holidays Light Show will run through Dec. 27, starting at 5:30 p.m., in the Easthill Subdivision at Kirby Whitten and St. Elmo. Residential light show, weather permitting. Visit themagicoftheholidays.com.

The Bartlett Community Concert Band will perform its Christmas Concert 3 p.m. Sunday at Buckman Arts Center, 60 Perkins Ext. 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. Since then he secured a long-term residency in Las Vegas and appeared in “Grease” on Broadway. 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.

The Bartlett World War II Club meets at 9 a.m. the second Tuesday of every month at Singleton Community Center, 7266 Third Road. Visitors are welcome.

Call Henry Boyd Sr. at 901-388-3514.

Bartlett United Methodist Church, 5676 Stage, hosts choreographed ballroom dance lessons Saturdays, from 7-8 p.m. Ballroom dancing to cues, twostep lessons. Cost is $4 per couple. Visit bartlettumc. org or call 901-373-4497.

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.

Matthew Lee presents his art work exhibit in the Halle Room at the Collierville Library, 501 Poplar View Parkway, through December. Visit colliervillelibrary.org or call 901-457-2600.

Also coming up: ■ Today: Ugly Sweater Party, 2-3 p.m. It’s the holidays — so it’s time to make your ugliest sweater yet.

Bring a plain sweater or sweatshirt and get ready to decorate. Decorating materials and snacks will be provided, as well as some holiday games.

■ Today: Santa’s Reindeer Puppet Show, 10:30 a.m.

The Burch Library Players present Santa’s Reindeer, a holiday themed puppet show, followed by a craft activity. All ages are welcome. No pre-registration required.

■ Wednesday: Two time Parents Choice Award winner, Roger Day, will perform a lively holiday show for all ages on starting at 10:30 a.m. No pre-registration required. Click on “Continue Reading” for a preview of Roger Day’s show.

■ January: The bold, vivid colors of Anne Enochs’ pastel and oil paintings will be on display throughout the month of January. Enochs’ paintings have won awards in national juried shows and is a founding member of the Professional Artists League of Mississippi. Visit anneenochs.com.

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.

The Collierville Sewing Guild meets on the irst Thursday of every month at 10 a.m. at the Collierville Hobby Lobby, 950 W Poplar Ave. For more information, email qltr10ac@aol.com.

New Neighbors is a nonproit organization of neighbors meeting neighbors through social activities and community service. The group holds a luncheon the third Wednesday of each month and welcome cofee the second Thursday. For more information about becoming a member of New Neighbors, contact Julia Williams at 901-626-3649 or Carolyn Steiner at CarolynSteiner51@yahoo.com.

Cordova The Mid-South’s most beloved holiday tradition comes back bigger and brighter during Orion Starry Nights at Shelby Farms Park. Experience more 2 million LED lights illuminating the Park by car or carriage ride. Take pictures with Santa or ride a camel in the Mistletoe Village. Starry Nights opens Friday and will run through Dec. 27. Cost is $20 for car, truck or minivan, $50 for limo or 15 passenger van or $150 for charter or school bus. Visit shelbyfarmspark.org/ starrynights.

Also coming up: ■ Monday: Ready, Set, Glow! at 6 p.m. See Orion Starry Nights at the Starry 4K Fun Run/Walk. Cost is $25.

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.

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: ■ Dec. 26-27: Actor and comedian, DL Hughley for ive shows. Performances are 7, 9:30 and 11:45 p.m. Saturday and 7:30 and 10 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $37.50.

Shelby Farms Park, 500 N. Pine Lake Drive, hosts Board Game Meetup from 2-4 p.m. the second Thursday of every month. This social event can be for both board game champs as well as anyone interested in learning a new hobby. Visit shelbyfarmspark.org

Germantown St. George’s Episcopal Church, 2425 S. Germantown Road, ofers three Christmas Eve Services Thursday, including Children’s Christmas Pageant, Blessing of the Crèche and Holy Communion at 4 p.m.; Christmas Eve Eucharist with Carols at 7:30 p.m., with instrumental music by Sanctiica Wind Ensemble; and Christmas Eve Festival Choral Eucharist at 10:30 p.m., with special music by the Coventry Choir with Brass.

One service of Holy Eucharist with Carols will be ofered on Friday at 10:30 a.m.

Also coming up: ■ Sunday: A service of Christmas Lessons and Carols with Holy Communion, 10:30 a.m.

■ Jan. 3: Holy Eucharist with the Procession of the Magi, 10:30 a.m.

■ Jan. 6: Evensong for the Day of Epiphany, 7 p.m.

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.

The Uncommon Threads Quilt Guild meets the fourth Tuesday of every month at 6:15 p.m. at Germantown United Methodist Church, 2331 Germantown Road.

First two meetings are free to prospective members and a yearly membership is $25. Email utquiltguild@ gmail.com or call 901-853-6921.

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Collierville’s Richard Bodine foiled the dark Inventor and co-founder of The Bodine School

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Richard Bodine, a classic tinkerer and inventor, created what is still the gold standard in emergency lighting. The company he started with his late wife, Virginia, is now Philips Emergency Lighting in Collierville.

Mr. Bodine, 91, died Dec. 16 after a long illness.

The pair also started The Bodine School, a small campus in a shaded cove of Dogwood Road in Germantown, for children with dyslexia.

They opened it on a shoestring in 1972 after their only child, Rick, drowned in Florida while studying at the Mills School.

At the time, Mills was the closest choice for students with dyslexia. “We did not start it as a memorial. We started it because so many children from this area had the same kind of problems he had,�

Mr. Bodine told The Commercial Appeal in 2012

when the school celebrated its 40th anniversary. “We decided we would start something that would give them a place to go.�

The school today Richard has 90 students. Bodine They stay an average of two or three years before returning — able to read — to their home schools. “Dick’s entire story is powerful, but what has always stood out the most to me is that so many of us see a need in the community, something that should be addressed, and think, ‘someone should really do something,’ and then we move on,� said Josh Clark, head of the school.

Mr. Bodine wasn’t that way, Clark said, and persevered with the school, which more than once nearly closed in the early years.

Mr. Bodine was born in Memphis in 1924. He attended Georgia Tech briefly before he was called to serve in World War II. He earned a degree in electrical engineering after the war, and initially joined his father’s lumber and cotton business in Memphis.

In 1961, the Bodines

started The Bodine Company in a chicken coop in their Germantown backyard, initially selling high-end home security systems that Mr. Bodine designed using intercom and hi-i stereo components. “Some of those systems are still working,� said Al Lyons, a longtime employee.

In the 1970s, Mr. Bodine invented a way power luorescent bulbs by battery instead of alternating current. “Dick basically came up with emergency lighting.

The circuit he designed, with a rechargeable nickel cadmium battery, is still the best,� Lyons said.

The electrical code later written for emergency lights said they had to provide a minimum of 90 minutes of light, based on Mr. Bodine’s achievement.

Mr. Bodine leaves his wife, Peggy Boyce Jemison Bodine; two other stepchildren, Dr. David Jemison of Chattanooga and Marguerite Bailey Jemison Bartlett of Como, Mississippi; eight stepgrandchildren; one step great-grandchild and numerous cousins.

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