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Germantown Weekly YOUTH SPORTS
Dulins Sports sold for $1.3M Hardaway may make it basketball courts By Marlon W. Morgan morgan@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2792
Dulins Sports Complex in Cordova has been sold to FBC LLC, a company whose president is former basketball star Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway. The indoor facility at 7790 Fischer Steel Road, owned by Kenneth Parent of MultiSports Complex LLC and leased to Tim Dulin, has more than 40,000 square feet and was used for baseball, softball, martial arts, conditioning, soccer, lacrosse and other sports. It consists of two turf ields, eight batting cages, and a pitching machine. Hardaway’s company purchased the property for $1.3 million. Dulin believes Hardaway plans to convert the complex into basketball courts. Since 2012, Hardaway, a former University of Memphis and NBA star, has hoped to break ground on Penny’s FastBreak Courts — a $20 million facility across Fischer Steel that would house seven basketball courts, a rehabilitation clinic and classrooms for his youth sports training program. The program, which serves underprivileged children, used Methodist University Hospital’s gym at Wilson Hall on Eastmoreland and Claybrook. Attempts to reach Hardaway last week were unsuccessful. No work is evident on the proposed site of Hardaway’s complex on Fischer Steel. FBC iled a $739,500 loan through First Tennessee
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Three-year-old Liam Kelleher (center) sports new reading material as kids, parents and community leaders gather to greet Tennessee first lady Crissy Haslam during a celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Books from Birth program Monday morning at the Collierville Burch Library.
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Lady of literature Crissy Haslam touts Books from Birth anniversary of the Governor’s Books from Birth Foundation, which has spent $40 million mailing more than 20 million books to children all over the state. At least 350 parents, children and local oicials attended the event sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Toddlers and infants were pushed in strollers or arrived on the hips, arms or holding the hands of their mamas and grandmas to see the irst lady and have their pictures made with her. There were llamas to pet, books to read to dogs, kiddie trains to ride and
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The governor’s wife and Memphis native Crissy Haslam addresses parents and community leaders in front of the Books from Birth bus during her visit Monday to Collierville promoting the book program.
As a young girl growing up in Midtown, Crissy Garrett loved reading her “Winnie-the-Pooh” red hardback book so much that she wore the cover of. As Tennessee’s irst lady, Crissy Haslam wants parents to instill that same kind of zeal and passion by reading at least 20 minutes a day to their young children. Haslam rolled into Collierville’s Lucius E. and Elsie C. Burch Jr. Library about 12:20 p.m. Monday in a borrowed big blue tour bus to celebrate the 10th
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Dentist brightens lives of kids in need
RIVALS CLASSIC Area girls soccer teams go head to head at Houston and Collierville high schools. SPORTS, 10
RIVER CITY CLASSIC St. Agnes defeats St. Benedict to win annual volleyball tournament; Collierville and St. George’s reach semifinals. SPORTS, 12
ACHIEVEMENT Josh Albert is 65th scout from troop 48 to earn Eagle Scout badge. COMMUNITY, 6 The Commercial Appeal © Copyright 2014
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to continue education and to promote oral health. As a way to give back to communities, they established the Smiles for Life Foundation in 1998. Since its creation, more than $1.4 million has been raised. “This year’s efort was a great success, and we want to thank everyone in the community who participated by purchasing whitening services from us during the campaign. We also appreciate Ultradent Products Inc.’s generous donation of all teeth whitening materials,” Cooley said. “While it’s rewarding to see the beautiful smile of our patients after their teeth are whitened, it is
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Dr. Christopher Cooley of Germantown has a lot of children beaming, but for more reasons than you might think. During this past spring and summer, he donated 100 percent of proceeds from whitening services to children who face disabilities, serious illness, lack of medical care or decreased educational opportunities. This is all thanks to the Crown Council’s annual Smiles for Life campaign. The Crown Council is an alliance of dedicated dentists throughout the country who are committed to excellence in their practice,
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Becky Iosue (from left), Stephanie Lawrence, Gayla Bobo, Dr. Christopher Cooley, Stacey Dilworth, Bonnie Spears and Maxine Wilson, donated more than $16,000 to the Smiles for Life campaign.
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