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Student denies all 8 Ivy Leagues Houston’s Nelson chooses Alabama By Jennifer Pignolet pignolet@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2372

PHOTOS BY JASON R. TERRELL/THE WEEKLY

Louise (Lena Wallace) and fiance, Justin (Wesley Barnes), watch anxiously as the final putt of the match makes it’s way to the cup while Pamela (Jennifer Fizgerald), Bingham (Howard Pries), Dickie (Chris Cotten) and Muriel (Linda Corti) watch in GCT’s production of “The Fox on the Fairway.”

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Louise (Lena Wallace) hugs her fiance, Justin (Wesley Barnes) and club vice president Pamela (Jennifer Fitzgerald) in GCT’s production of “The Fox on the Fairway.” The show runs through May 31.

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Germantown Community Theatre rounded out its 2014-2015 season with a hole-in-one, comically speaking. Opening night of INSIDE “The Fox on the FairMore photos way,” by Ken Ludwig, from “The saw a packed house Fox on the Fairway.” 13 and a cast full of zany characters from Bingham (Howard Pries), president of the Quail Valley Country Club to Dickie (Chris Cotten) president of his rival club. Caught up in the rivalry are Justin (Wesley Barnes), his new iancée,

Louise (Lena Wallace), the club’s vice president, Pamela (Jennifer Fitzgerald) and Bingham’s wife,

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Elkins helps pass cardiac arrest bill

CULTURAL ICON The undisputed king of the blues inspired musicians and fans with his voice, guitar.

Mark Norris guides St. George’s senior

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Muriel (Linda Corti). The play runs through May 31. Go to gctcomeplay.org for information.

If Ronald Nelson’s popularity at Houston High increased when word spread he was accepted to all eight Ivy League colleges, his announcement of which school he’s chosen has made him famous on a national scale. Nelson, who also was accepted to Johns Hopkins, Stanford, Vanderbilt and Washington University, turned down those ofers and the Ivy League ones and picked the University of Alabama. His choice, which he’s described to national television hosts as a balance between personal and inancial considerations, has piqued the interest of MSNBC and NBC’s “The Today Show,” along with Business Insider and New York Daily News. Nelson, who said he was too busy to talk Monday, told anchors on “The Today Show” that Alabama ofered him “generous” amounts of scholarship money, and he was accepted to the school’s elite honors program. He said he wants to save money to go graduate school. “I just thought it was something I didn’t really want to pass up because I was looking toward my longterm education and not so much my short-term goals,” he said. Nelson, a Memphis resident who transferred in elementary school into what are now the Germantown Municipal Schools, said he wants to become a plastic surgeon.

A St. George’s Independent School senior who was born with a congenital heart defect and has struggled with subsequent racing heart episodes decided to advocate for awareness and reform as part of his required Senior Independent Study Project. The process led Sam Elkins on a yearlong journey that involved meetings with state legislators and personal testimony before both the Tennessee senate

and house health committees. After researching the topic of sudden cardiac arrest and learning it is the No. 1 killer of student athletes, Elkins approached Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris about the idea for a new law. Norris agreed to write and sponsor Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act and provided guidance throughout the bill’s journey into law. Elkins testiied in front of two legislative committees, joining two doctors from Vanderbilt — his surgeon, Dr. Frank Fish, and Dr. Alex Diamond, who is the team physician for

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District hires architect for schools projects Board debates timing of hire, ‘capital plan’ By Jennifer Pignolet pignolet@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2372

The Germantown Municipal School District voted Monday to hire an architectural and engineering irm to work on plans for capital projects, but as one board member pointed out, did

so without a formal vote or public discussion on whether those projects should be done. The board voted 3-1, with Mark Dely dissenting and Ken Hoover absent, to hire Lakeland-based A2H to come up with plans for a new elementary school, an expansion of Riverdale School and a multipurpose athletic facility at Houston High. “We don’t even have an overall capital plan,” Dely said before the vote. “I’m concerned that we

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haven’t received adequate feedback from the community ... I think this is an important decision we can’t make in a vacuum.” Rough estimates put the projects around a total of $23 million. But A2H’s fees for the design work are 6 percent of the inal project cost. At $23 million, that would be $1.38 million in fees. Dely said he was concerned if the board elected not to move forward with the project, or the city did not approve the funding, the district would still be

on the hook for that $1.38 million. Supt. Jason Manuel said the strategic planning committee is preparing a formal recommendation to make to the board about each project and which should be the top priority. He said he hopes to have that presentation ready in a few weeks, and with that information, the board could modify its instructions to A2H. In other business, the board voted to become the only one of the six Shelby County municipal

school systems to create its own trust to invest money for employee retirement health beneits. The board voted 4-0 to create a trust independent of any other organization. Four of the other municipal districts — Collierville, Arlington, Bartlett and Lakeland — have agreed to invest money in a trust pre-established by the Tennessee State School Board Association. Millington has not said whether it will join the trust, TSBA pastpresident David Pickler said.

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Town: Stormwater fee increase needed

■ Oicers arrested a driver for possession of drug paraphernalia at Corsica Drive and Riverdale Road at 1:55 a.m. ■ Two vehicles were entered but nothing stolen in the 7200 block of Eastern Avenue at 6:30 a.m. ■ A trailer was stolen from a yard in the 1300 block of Brookside Drive at 1:47 p.m. ■ Damage was done to an unlocked apartment in the 1300 block of Landfair Drive at 3:19 p.m. ■ Oicers arrested a driver for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia at Poplar Woods Circle South and Poplar Woods Circle East at 6:40 p.m. ■ A wallet was stolen from an unlocked vehicle in the 2300 block of Redbud Trail Lane at 7:01 p.m. ■ Two vehicles collided causing no injuries at Farmington Boulevard and Allenby Road at 12:32 p.m. MAY 11

■ A victim was swindled into providing money to a suspect in a scam in the 7600 block of Charstone Cove at 10:50 a.m. ■ A stolen identity was used to create a fraudulent account. Complaint originated from the 1500 block of Lawton Trail at 11:25 a.m. ■ Two suspects shoplifted clothing from a store in the 7600 block of Poplar Avenue at 11:45 a.m. ■ Two vehicles collided at Forest Hill Irene Road and Village Shops Drive at 8:30 p.m. MAY 12

■ A lashlight was stolen from an unlocked vehicle in the 2200 block of Cornwall Street at 6:32 a.m. ■ Oicers arrested an adult for passing a fraudulent prescription in the 7700 block of Wolf River Boulevard at 9:36 a.m. ■ A stolen identity was used in Alabama and Minnesota on fraudulent checks. The complaint originated at 10:20 a.m. ■ A victim is receiving harassing text messages in the 3000 block of Heathstone Cove at 11:25 a.m. ■ A victim is receiving harassing text messages in the 2100 block of Spring Meade Cove at 1:20 p.m. ■ A stolen identity was used to ile a fraudulent tax return at 3 p.m. The complaint originated from the 8600 block of Havenhurst Drive. ■ A vehicle collided into the median at Wolf River Boulevard and Riverdale Road at 8 a.m. ■ Two vehicles collided at Poplar Pike and Germanwood Lane at 8:10 a.m. ■ Two vehicles collided at Neshoba Road and South Germantown Road at 8:40 a.m. ■ Two vehicles collided in the 7600 block of West Farmington Boulevard at 12:38 p.m. ■ Two vehicles collided in the 9700 block of Wolf River Boulevard at 2:10 p.m. MAY 13

■ A purse was stolen from an unlocked vehicle in the 2900 block of Johnson Road at 12:24 p.m. ■ A wallet was taken from a purse in the 7800 block of Poplar Avenue at 12:52 p.m. ■ Two vehicles collided in the 7600 block of Poplar Pike at 12:20 p.m. ■ Vehicles collided at Poplar and Rowan Lane at 2:20 p.m. ■ A vehicle collided into a brick wall at Whitemarsh Drive and Kimbrough Road at 4:36 p.m.

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Brad Orrison (second from right) with The Shed barbecue cooking team cheers as his team gathers with the Grand Prize trophy at the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest at Tom Lee Park Saturday evening.

Kings of ’Cue Or ‘raining’ champs? First title at a wet fest By Jennifer Biggs

Patrick and Kathy Banks with the Auto Be Grillin’ team react to the announcement that their team got second place in the ribs competition at the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.

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ain dampened last-day gate sales at the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, but it did nothing to quash the enthusiasm of porkers and partyers who gathered at Tom Lee Park for the annual three-day festival. When the smoke cleared, The Shed Barbeque and Blues Joint of Ocean Springs, Miss. drifted from the herd to claim the trophy as the 2015 grand prize winner, taking home a purse worth $29,000 from their sow’s ear. “We knew when we opened that cooker and the pig was smiling at us,” said head cook Brad Orrison, who owns The Shed with his sister, Brooke Lewis. It was the irst grand championship for the popular team, wellliked for its fun booth and colorful characters, including customers who come to the festivals dressed in colorful leisure suits. Despite the rain that hurt gate sales Friday night and Saturday, it was a good year for barbecue overall, thanks in part to good weather on Thursday and much of Friday. “Our presales were up 24 percent this year,” said Memphis in May president and CEO Jim Holt. And for the irst time, the public was able to purchase barbecue from three competitors. Sales were irst ofered in 2013 by the late John Willingham’s River City Rooters, starting just a day after he died. This year the model was adapted for three teams, and both Holt and Karla Templeton, Willingham’s daughter, said it was a success. “Our Thursday sales were way up, probably double, what they were in 2013,” Templeton said. Holt said the sales, which are not from the competition tents

WINNERS GRAND CHAMPION The Shed Barbeque and Blues Joint, Ocean Springs, Miss.

WHOLE HOG First: The Shed Second: Salty Rinse BBQ, New York, N.Y. Third: Cotton Patch Cooking Team, Columbus, Miss.

SHOULDER First: Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q, Decatur, Ala. Second: Sweet Swine O’ Mine, Olive Branch Third: Red Hot Smokers, Olive Branch

RIBS First: Serial Grillers, Memphis Second: Auto Be Grillin’, Memphis Third: Cackle & Oink BBQ, Sherman,

Texas PATIO PORKERS (not eligible for grand prize) First: Dirty Hogs, Southaven Second: Smoke a Little Smoke, Collierville Third: 3 Stacks BBQ, Ridgeland, Miss. Fourth: Boars R Us BBQ Team,

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but in concessions set up next to them, should continue on a small scale. “I wouldn’t see it going over three or four teams, but I don’t think that very many teams would even want to do it or are set up for it,” he said. “They come here to compete.” Indeed they do. Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q of Decatur, Ala., won irst place in the shoulder

division, making this the team’s astonishing ninth time to inish irst in shoulder; it’s also the sole four-time grand champion at Memphis in May. Chris Lilly is the pitmaster. “It’s just unbelievable,” he said. “I can hardly comprehend it, and I hope I never take for granted how hard it is to win at Memphis in May.” The Alabama Tourism Department’s campaign claiming Memphis as home of the “South’s second-best barbecue” was met with scofs and eye-rolls from folks who came from all over the world to eat Memphis ’cue, but Don McLemore, who owns the restaurant founded by his grandfather in 1925, shrugged it of when asked if Alabama barbecue was better. “I wouldn’t say that,” he said. “I think the diference in Alabama and Memphis barbecue is that we have Chris Lilly.” Longtime Memphis in May volunteer John Joplin said he’s eaten at the Decatur restaurant. “They have the best Memphisstyle barbecue in Alabama,” he said. Interestingly, Big Bob Gibson, The Shed and Sweet Swine o’ Mine, the second-place winner in shoulder, cooked Duroc hogs raised by Jim Compart of Compart Family Farms in Minnesota. He was proud on Saturday. “I don’t think it’s a coincidence,” he said.

Faced with $11 million in capital drainage projects over the next ive years, required by the state to control the low and with a new federal mandate looming, town oicials say there’s only one option: raise stormwater fees. A monthly increase of 40 cents to $2.65 for residences and a lat rate of $25 for commercial properties, up from $4.25, is included in the 2015-2016 budget the Board of Mayor and Aldermen will consider before a June 22 vote. The increase will mean an additional $365,000 annually, bringing the total revenue to $800,000. The revenue won’t cover the total cost of the projects, so the diference will come from the general fund. A federal mandate, efective next April, requires new properties to absorb at least 1 inch of water. The regulation will make projects more expensive and require the town to do inspections. John Stamm G E R M A N T OW N

G’town Elementary to stay part of SCS

Shelby County Schools will continue to operate Germantown Elementary School following a discussion between representatives from the county school system and the suburb. When the six suburban school systems were formed, Germantown was the only city that did not receive all of the schools within its boundaries, with the county keeping the 3G schools: Germantown Elementary, Middle and High schools. “Both parties agreed to cooperate fully on all things related to schools and education within our community,” Germantown said in a press release, “and to do so in a manner that is in the best interest of all the students and families attending (Germantown and Shelby County schools) in Germantown.” The sides are working on details for an agreement for SCS to use city athletic ields for middle and high school activities. Clay Bailey

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BILL from 1 spring, the results of which will promote awareness on the part of coaches, parents and student-athletes related to warning signs for sudden cardiac arrest. The bill was signed into law April 28. On June 10, Elkins will enjoy a ceremonial bill signing with Governor Bill Haslam.

“This law represents the best of both worlds — public safety and citizenship. It’s a common-sense approach to a health risk which, unfortunately, is not uncommon — cardiac arrest in youth,” Norris said. “That a St. George’s student brought it to my attention is special. And the fact that, in our citizen legislature, a young person can give life to an idea through legislation, and perhaps save lives,

speaks volumes about state government and democracy at work.” A requirement for graduation at St. George’s, the Senior Independent Study Project asks that seniors take on a topic of personal interest and requires extensive research, internship-type experiences and presentation of an oral defense to a faculty committee. “I was impressed by Sam’s commitment to not only

research this topic but take concrete action that has led to important reforms and education in this area,” said Beverly Brooks, the St. George’s faculty member who oversees the Senior Independent Study process. “When I learned more about sudden cardiac arrest and what I could do to help, the project became easy to me because I was working on something I was passionate about,” El-

kins said. “It was very surreal seeing the bill, which started of as just an idea, go through the legislative process and become a law. At the end of the day, I am just glad that I will be making a diference in Tennessee.” Elkins is the son of Dr. Bryan Elkins and Emily Elkins. Sarah Cowan is the director of communications for St. George’s Independent School.

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Say Cheese! We asked members of the Germantown Symphony Orchestra:

If you could play any piece of music, what would it be? “Anything written with a great brass part.” MATT MAY

“Anything composed by Bach.” CHRISTAL MCMANUS

“I love too many works to have to pick out any one.” DIANE COONS

“Brahm’s ‘Symphony No. 4.’” DORRIS SHIFFLETTE

“Stravinski’s ‘Firebird

Suite.’”

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CLASS OF 2015 We congratulate our St.George’s seniors who have been accepted to the following colleges and universities: The University of Alabama at Birmingham The University of Alabama in Huntsville The University of Alabama Allegheny College Appalachian State University The University of Arizona University of Arkansas Auburn University Barnard College Baylor University Belmont University Berry College Birmingham-Southern College Boston University Brandeis University Case Western Reserve University University of Central Florida Chapman University College of Charleston University of Cincinnati Clark University Clemson University Coastal Carolina University University of Colorado at Boulder Colorado State University Columbia College Chicago The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art

Davidson College Emerson College Emory University Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts The Evergreen State College Florida State University Fordham University - Lincoln Center Campus/Rose Hill Campus Furman University George Mason University The George Washington University Georgia Institute of Technology The University of Georgia Goucher College Guilford College University of Hawaii at Manoa High Point University University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Kentucky Louisiana State University University of Louisville Loyola Marymount University Loyola University Chicago Loyola University New Orleans Lynchburg College Marion Military Institute Maryland Institute College of Art Marymount Manhattan College

Maryville College Maryville University The University of Memphis Miami University, Oxford University of Michigan Middle Tennessee State University Mills College Mississippi State University University of Mississippi Missouri University of Science and Technology University of Missouri Columbia University of New Orleans New York University University of North Carolina at Asheville University of North Carolina at Charlotte University of North Carolina at Wilmington University of North Carolina School of the Arts Occidental College Oglethorpe University Ohio University University of Oklahoma University of Oregon Paris College of Art Pennsylvania State University, University Park (College of the Liberal Arts) Pitzer College Pratt Institute Presbyterian College

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Learned Language tutor training May 30, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Class size is limited. Call 901-854-0288 or e-mail c.morgan@colliervilleliteracy.org. The Collierville Ballet will hold open auditions for the upcoming 2015 — 2016 season June 6 at the Collierville Arts Academy studios, located at 369 Distribution Parkway. There is no fee to audition and the audition will be given as a class followed by choreography. Dancers age 9-12 audition at 10 a.m. and dancers ages 13 and older audition at 11 a.m. Take Of Pounds Sensibly, a non-proit weight loss support group, meets at Collierville First Baptist Church, 830 New Byhalia Road, Room 1278, every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. First meeting is free. For more information, call Jeannine Blackwell at 901-581-8916 or e-mail jrpb@bellsouth.net. Bring the kids and come enjoy some of their favorites with Movie Night at Carriage Crossing, 4674 Merchants Park Circle. Movies begin at dusk in Central Park. ■ May 29: “Up” ■ June 12: “Cinderella” ■ June 26: “Muppets Most Wanted” Join the Collierville Burch Library, 501 Poplar View Parkway, for a free Personal Financial Planning series, presented by Radian Partners. All sessions will be held in the Halle Room. Registration is required. Online registration for all sessions opens is now open. Visit colliervillelibrary.org. ■ June 4: Social Security Savvy, 4-5:30 p.m. Adults ages 40 and over are invited to learn more about how Social Security its in with retirement planning. ■ June 11: Protecting Your Nest Egg , 4-5:30 p.m. Learn how to protect your investments with information on life insurance, long-term care insurance, aging care and more.

Weekly community events Collierville Pre-school Story Time is every Friday, from 10:3011 a.m., at the Morton Museum, 196 N. Main. Stories, songs and play related to Collierville History. For ages 5 and under. Event is free to attend. E-mail museum@ci.collierville.tn.us or call 901-457-2650. FedEx and Forever Young Senior Veterans have partnered to honor World War II veterans with Sentimental Journey 2 , a musical tribute to “Remember America’s Greatest Generation.” It will be held on June 6, from 4-6 p.m., at First Assembly Memphis. Each WWII veteran gets two free tickets and additional tickets are $15. Visit wwiiamerica.com or call Diane Hight at 901-299-7516 for more info. Join the ladies of “Stay Organized with Us” as they share more professional organization tips. The group meetings are: ■ June 17 — Downsizing, 12-1:30 p.m. ■ June 22 — Closets, 12-1:30 p.m. ■ June 29 — Kitchens, 12-1:30 p.m. All sessions will be held in the Halle Room. Registration is required. Online registration for all sessions opens June 1 at 10 a.m. The YMCA at Schilling Farms, 1185 Schilling Blvd., hosts its annual Healthy Living Expo today, from 9-11:30 a.m. More than 25 vendors providing information on health and wellness, inancial and volunteer opportunities. Free health screenings, including blood pressure, bone density scans, spinal checks, heel scans and more. B-12 shots available for $10. Line dance performance at 10:15 a.m. and a cake and plant walk throughout the morning. Door prizes and great giveaways. Free and open to the community. Call 901-8509622 for more information. Also coming up: ■ June 15-19: Two basketball camps with coach Jessica King. Camp for ages 5-8 will be held from 8-10 a.m. and camp for ages 9-12 will be held from 10 a.m. to noon. Cost is $70 for YMCA members, $110 nonmember. Snacks provided and participants receive T-shirt. The Carriage Crossing Farmer’s Market will be 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Friday through Sept. 25. Farmers and vendors ofer locally grown produce. Located in Central Park roundabout. In case of inclement weather, visit facebook.com/shopcarriagecrossing for updates. Collierville Sewing Guild meets at 10 a.m. on the irst Thursday of every month at Hobby Lobby, 950 Poplar. Bring your recent projects for the show-and-tell section of the meeting. Collierville Literacy Council will host an English as a

Germantown Germantown Community Theatre, 3037 Forest Hill-Irene, presents “The Fox on the Fairway, ” which runs through May 31. A modern farce set in the highbrow world of a golf and country club. Full of mistaken identities, slamming doors and over-the-top romantic shenanigans. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday through May 31. Tickets are $21, $15 for students and seniors and $10 for children 12 and under. Visit gctcomeplay.org or call 901-937-3023. The Living Landscape Series continues today with Design Principles and Practices for the Sustainable Home Landscape, from 6-8 p.m., at the Pickering Center, 7771 Poplar Pike. Strawberry Plains Audubon Center staf teach students to build home landscapes and gardens from canopy to roots with a focus on native plants and the vision for a healthier living space. Discussions highlight individual plants, site requirements and aesthetic qualities, including beneits to wildlife. Cost is $30 per class. To register, contact Joni Roberts at 901-757-7378 or jroberts@germantown-tn.go. The Germantown Democratic Club will meet Wednesday at Coletta’s Restaurant, 2850 Appling Road. Kyle Veazey, the leader of the politics and government coverage team at The Commercial Appeal, will be the guest speaker. The dinner will begin at 6 p.m. and the program at 6:45. Club meetings are

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In the News MEMPHIS IN MAY TRIATHLON

Sass captures sixth womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crown Minnesotan wins in menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s race as event returns to Millington David Harrington of Eads (above) dives into the water as the relay racers kick of the 2015 Memphis in May Olympic Triathlon at Edmund Orgill Park in Millington Sunday. The 33rd annual triathlon attracted athletes from all over the country to compete in the 1.5K swim, 40K bike and 10K run.

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Kirsten Sass ran along the levee at the edge of Orgill Parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Casper Lake, once again the inal stretch of the Memphis in May Triathlon in its 33rd renewal Sunday. Lots of good memories came back. Some from races she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even win. Sass, a 36-year-old from McKenzie, Tenn., claimed her sixth female amateur MIM Triathlon Olympicdistance victory Sunday, and fourth on the course that runs through Orgill Park and Millington. She was timed in 2:02:18.54 for the for the 1.5-kilometer swim, 40K bike ride and 10K run, eight minutes better than Alicia Allen (2:10:17) of Austin, Texas, and Sassâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sister, Robyn Winkler (2:10:25). Kirsten also won Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sprint triathlon (1:00.49) and claimed the $400 top prize in the Amateur Challenge for competitors in both events with a combined 3:03:07, topping Lesley Brainard of Collierville (3:13:16), Marda Kaiser-Rehnelt of Memphis (3:13:37). On the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side, Bennett Isabella of the Minneapolis suburb of Burnsville had a proitable irst MIM weekend. After inishing fourth in the sprint race (one-third-mile swim, 12-mile ride, 3-mile run) Saturday, the 33-year-old showed a strong inishing kick on the run and claimed both the Olympic Triathlon (1:55.43) over Josh Eaton (1:56:02) of Bonita Springs, Florida, and the Amateur Sprint Challenge (2:53:07) over Ryan Post of Fort Myers, Florida, (2:54.49), earning $400 from the $5,000 purse. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I ran my irst triathlon here in 1999. Finished last in my age group,â&#x20AC;? said Sass, whose father, Volker Winkler, got the triathlon bug irst. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yet almost every runner that passed me was waving and shouting encouragement. I thought to myself â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hey, there might be something to this.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;? Something indeed. The physicianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s assistant has won the last three MIM Triathlon overall age group titles, this year in Millington and the last two MIM races on the course surrounding the now-closed Harrahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tunica complex. She was

USA Triathlonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s age group female athlete of the year in 2013, and won a halfironman (70.3-mile) race in New Orleans earlier this year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I stopped for a while when I had kids,â&#x20AC;? said Sass, glancing at 5-year-old Alyssabella and 3-year-old Sebastian, â&#x20AC;&#x153;though I did run the year I was pregnant with my daughter (inishing fourth in 2009).â&#x20AC;? Just before the awa rd s c e re m ony Bennett the youngIsabella sters were bouncing among family members â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Volker, Robyn, Sassâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; husband Jeffery (who spent this year in his Elvis 5K jumpsuit working the paddock), and Robynâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s iancĂŠe, Fred Hatler. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my team,â&#x20AC;? Kirsten said. Best part of returning to Orgill? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Running that levee. You know itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s almost over,â&#x20AC;? Sass said. Her biggest hurdle came on the bike during a downpour Saturday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We hit standing water and some tape that runs around the rim and the tire to make it more aerodynamic came of and got tangled in the frame,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I pulled of the tape up front, got back on the bike and realized it did the same thing on the other wheel.â&#x20AC;? Isabella, who entered at the urging of Memphisbased coach and friend Dale Sanford, was happiest with his best overall time in a swim. But he was impressive in the inal 400 meters of the event, blowing past Eaton and Post. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d been running with them most of the way and igured I might as well end big,â&#x20AC;? Isabella said. Eaton was the weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard-luck story, blowing a bike tire Saturday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Had to carry it the last six miles. What are you going to do?â&#x20AC;? said Eaton, who inished the sprint 55th. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But it was a fun road trip. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d wanted to run this event for a long time.â&#x20AC;? MIM race director Pam Routh, who scrambled in the ofseason to get the race back to Millington after it was clear the Tunica site would not be available, was delighted with an event that drew 700

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David Grinde (left) hugs son Ian Hoover-Grinde, 17, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, after he was the irst to cross the inish line in his age group and third overall with a time of 1:56:57:99.

Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s winner Kirsten Sass of McKenzie, Tenn., crosses the inish line during the 33rd Memphis in May Triathlon, at Edmund Orgill Park in Millington.

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A&E SUMMER ENTERTAINMENT CHEAT SHEET

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Memphis Bottle Dancers performed at the 2014 Israeli Festival; Kenneth Dewalt of the Bar-Keys gets his trombone warmed up before performing at the 2012 Sunset Symphony; kids enjoy a ride on the Wave Swinger during the Delta Fair & Music Festival at Agricenter International.

year: Camel rides and an archeological dig for kids. Juneteenth Urban Music Festival (June 19-21, memphisjuneteenth.com):

This year’s Juneteenth observances in cities across the country will mark the 150th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Texas, where news of the Emancipation Proclamation was slow to reach. Activities at the festival, held in Robert R. Church Park on Beale Street, include live music, food trucks, a car show, vendors, kids zone, and a historical component to raise awareness of Juneteenth. Free. Great American Backyard Campout (June 27-28, shelbyfarmspark.org): The

local component of a national campaign

to get kids outdoors, this event will provide supervised overnight camping at Woodland Discovery Playground at Shelby Farms, geared toward kids ages 5-16, with families, community groups and scouting troops encouraged to participate. You have to supply your own gear, but survival skill lessons, games, hikes and other activities are on the program. Rates vary for groups, members and nonmembers. Mid-South Renaissance Faire (9 a.m.6 p.m. Aug. 22-23, 29-30; midsouthrenfaire.com): This inaugural event held

on the last two weekends of August seeks to transport visitors back to the 16th-century reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England. Guests can learn Elizabethan dances, watch a jousting tourna-

ment, and “be knighted by the Queen herself.” Food trucks and vendors will be on-site. It all takes place at the Shelby Farms Park Conservancy near the Mullins Station entrance. Admission is $13 for adults, $8 for kids 6-12, and free for 5 and younger. Free parking. Delta Fair & Music Festival (Sept. 4-13, deltafest.com): The nearly two-week

fair at Shelby Farms features carnival rides, games and food plus live music (country star John Anderson, oldies greats The Drifters) along with mechanical bull rides, laser tag and an exotic bird show. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for kids and seniors and $25 for a wristband for unlimited rides. Memphis Music & Heritage Festival

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Mulligan a hardy Victorian heroine By John Beifuss beifuss@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2394

who is the richest man in the county; and the swashbuckling soldier, Thomas Troy (Tom Sturridge), a cad in a scarlet cloak who demonstrates his prowess with his sword by swishing it about Bathsheba’s person in what qualiies, in this context, as a scene of rape or at least ravishment. Unlike Bathsheba, Sergeant Troy is no innocent: By the time he meets Miss Everdene, he already has abandoned a pregnant lover, Fanny (Juno Temple). The brutality and frankness of Hardy’s storytelling may surprise those used to more genteel period adaptations. It is likely this harshness that attracted Vinterberg, who made his name with the blistering family reunion drama “The Celebration” (1998), shot documentarystyle with handheld video cameras; in the almost two decades since, the director has concentrated on similarly conlicted portraits of people in situations of extreme psychological duress (his previous ilm, 2012’s “The Hunt,” was about a teacher falsely accused of child abuse). Unfortunately, the intensity of emotions at play in “Far from the Madding Crowd” is muled by the unimaginative music score, and, to some extent, by Mulligan’s calm presence. This intelligent actress’ signature wry, self-aware half-smile suggests all will be well with Bathsheba, even when the twists of the plot threaten otherwise.

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“Wessex” countryside in Southwest England. The best of these ilms recognize that this era was not the “simpler” time suggested by its impeccable social manners and pastoral ields of grazing sheep but was complicated with its own particular shades of darkness. The script by David Nicholls emphasizes the presentation of Bathsheba as a proto-feminist heroine. Early in the ilm, she admits to being criticized for being “far too independent,” and she is described as “too wild, always has been.” She rejects suitors with variations on the phrase “I have no need for a husband.” (“What a luxury, to have a choice,” sighs her housemaid.) “I’d hate to be some man’s property,” Bathsheba insists. Instead, she tells the workers on the large farm she unexpectedly inherits from her uncle: “I intend to astonish you all.” Bathsheba’s independence doesn’t dissuade the three men who desire her. These include manly Gabriel Oak (Matthias Schoenaerts), an honest, industrious shepherd; William Boldwood (Michael Sheen), an older neighbor

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Theater “THE FOX ON THE FAIRWAY”

club manager bingham (howard Pries) inds himself in trouble with wife Muriel (linda corti) while his rival Dickie (chris cotten) rubs it in.

Muriel (linda corti) tries to sweet talk Dickie (chris cotten) into giving up the bet that put her antique store up for grabs.

“the Fox on the Fairway” is now playing at Germantown community theatre. cast members are Jennifer Fitzgerald (front), Wesley barnes, lena Wallace, howard Pries (back), chris cotten, linda corti and director tony isbell.

Dickie (chris cotten) tries to intimidate louise (lena Wallace) while bingham (howard Pries) and Pamela (Jennifer Fitzgerald) watch. the show runs through May 31 at Germantown community theatre.

Pamela (Jennifer Fitzgerald) and bingham (howard Pries) are on edge as they watch the drama in the country club playof as it winds down in “the Fox and the Fairway” playing at Germantown community theatre.

Justin (Wesley barnes), right, demonstrates his putting prowess for boss, bingham (howard Pries) and club Vice President, Pamela (Jennifer Fitzgerald).

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Tennessee Shakespeare Co., U of M team up for ‘Tenderly’ musical reading By Dan McCleary Special to The Weekly

Ten nessee Sh a ke speare Company, in partnership with the University of Memphis’ Department of Theatre and Dance, presents its irst developing musical reading at the U of M’s Mainstage Theatre with “Tenderly, The Rosemary Clooney Musical,” by Janet Yates Vogt and Mark Freidman, Saturday at 7 p.m. Tickets for the reading are $15 or $10 for students and seniors. “Tenderly” is the irst of three developing musicals in TSC’s inaugural “Showplace Memphis: Musical Works in Progress.” Showplace Memphis has been devised as the next creative stage for three musicals en route to full productions in New York and on the regional theater circuit across the U.S. The second and third musicals in Showplace Memphis are “Midsummer Night” on June 27 and “The Oliver Experiment” on Aug. 15. TRW has selected the musicals, and the Actors’ Equity cast and directors include performers from Memphis and across the country.

“SHOWPLACE MEMPHIS” Tennessee Shakespeare Company’s creative stage for three musicals en route to full productions in New York and the regional theater circuit across the U.S. “Tenderly, The Rosemary Clooney Story” A musical based on the life of Rosemary Clooney, who was hailed as America’s favorite girl singer. When: Saturday, 7 p.m. Where: The Mainstage Theatre at the University of Memphis Tickets: $15, $10 for students and seniors Coming up: ■ June 27: “Midsummer Night” ■ Aug. 15: “The Oliver Experiment

The “Tenderly” creators and cast will have collaborated and rehearsed at the U of M for 10 days in advance of Saturday’s reading. “Tenderly” will be performed in its entirety with musical accompaniment — no other design elements will be integrated. Audiences will have an opportunity to speak with the actors and cre-

ators of “Tenderly” immediately following its reading. Audiences also will inform the production by completing an audience survey to help the creative team in future development phases. “Tenderly,” an exhilarating and inspiring new musical biography, is based on the life of Rosemary Clooney, who was hailed as America’s favorite girl singer. Her journey starts with her humble Midwest childhood and rise to Hollywood stardom, and continues beyond battles with depression to a triumphant comeback. Through it all, she topped the charts for nearly ive decades with signature songs. “Tenderly” ofers a remarkably personal and poignant picture of the woman whose unparalleled talent and unbridled personality made her a legend. The show, which received rave reviews and a double-extension of its run in its second incarnation at Cincinnati Playhouse earlier this year, features many of Clooney’s hits, including “Hey There,” “Tenderly” and “Come On-A My House.” Dan McCleary is the founder and producing artistic director for Tennessee Shakespeare Company.

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Community COLLIERVILLE ARTS

Rain holds of for annual concert and fundraiser

Bob Smith (left) and Ed Coleman enjoyed the music during the Concert in the Rose Garden.

PHOTOS BY CRAIG COLLIER/SPECIAL TO THE WEEKLY

Dr. Ron Vernon, music director and conductor of the Germantown Symphony Orchestra, leads the 55-piece ensemble through a program titled “Heavenly Music” during the annual Concert in the Rose Garden. One of the most recognizable pieces played was the main theme from the Star Wars movies.

Rhapsody in Rose By Craig Collier Special to The Weekly

The verdant gardens of Bob and Mary Jane Smith was the scene of a very special fundraiser, the Concert in the Rose Garden, that aids the Collierville Arts Council. The Smiths’ gardens are a sight to see. With a rose garden featuring nearly 800 rose bushes in a variety of color and fragrances, it is a place where the hectic pace of life can be left behind. During the concert, 55 members with the Germantown Symphony Orchestra performed on the garden’s grounds. Under the direction of GSO music director and conductor Dr. Ronald Vernon, the orchestra played a set of contemporary music. One song of that was easily recognizable was the theme song of the Star Wars movies. The Collierville Arts Council was the beneiciary of the fundrais-

er, and this was the seventh year the Smiths hosted the Concert in the Rose Garden. The Collierville Arts Council was originally formed in 1984 as a fundraising organization to inish construction on the Harrell Theatre. Arts Council president Lisa Miller said, “The Collierville Arts Council is committed to the presentation of arts and the education of art in our area’s schools. The Harrell Theatre is the most well known but we also support the Morton Museum and work to gain exposure of live theater to students. We have also recently reformed the Collierville Children’s Chorus.” While the threat of rain forced those in attendance to keep an umbrella nearby, the rain held of for most of the day and the concert was cut short by only one song because of the weather.

Katherine Terry (left), Kelly McGowan and Kimberly Bolan took their moms Lorraine Ferguson, Vee Kaiser and Gloria Thomas to the Concert in the Rose Garden for the last five years.

Terry Dean, Layla Morgan and J. Gordon Montague attended the concert to hear the music, look at the beautiful gardens and to support the Collierville Arts Council.

Johnnie Walker and his wife, Cindy, got under an umbrella as soon as it began sprinkling near the end of the program.

Dr. Ron Brown, conductor of the Germantown Symphony Orchestra, speaks with the audience at the seventh annual Concert in the Rose Garden event.

Angela and Lachido Brown were happy they brought along umbrellas when the sprinkles began to fall.

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Sports TRACK AND FIELD

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CBHS’ Pate sweeps hurdles at MUS meet

Houston captures 8-AAA soccer title By John Varlas varlas@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2350

Wins both 110 and 300meter hurdle events By John Varlas varlas@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2350

To have success at this week’s Division 2 state championship track meet at Spring Fling, you have to be as conident as Walter Pate, as mentally tough as Lauralys Shallow, and it sure doesn’t hurt if you’re as fast as Calvin Austin. Those three were among the standouts Friday as the weather — and technology — delayed the West Region track meet at MUS. A balky computer system caused a lengthy delay early and then lightning in the area sent competitors and spectators scrambling for cover after the boys 1,600-meter run was won by Pierce Rose of MUS. Owls coach Bobby Alston said the goal was to get everything completed Friday night. But there was still lots to savor early. Take Pate. The CBHS senior, who is headed to Clemson, won the 110 hurdles in 14.61 seconds and the 300 hurdles in 40.34.

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CBHS’ Walter Pate won the 110 hurdles at the Division 2 West Region track meet Friday at MUS. Pate, who’s headed to Clemson, won in 14.61 seconds.

Pate said he’s setting his sights on making Spring Fling special and settling a score with Brentwood Academy star George Patrick. “A lot of people like to rest before (state), but I’m going to keep training and keep working,” he said. “Patrick got me last year, but I’m planning to get revenge. I have a surprise I’m going to unleash.” St. Agnes junior Shallow — who won the 3,200 earlier in the meet — used a stellar inal lap to pull away from Briarcrest’s Ruth Wiggins and win the 1,600 in 5:11.27. You could almost see the switch lip in Shallow’s head as she turned it on the inal lap to overtake Wiggins and win by more than six seconds. “I do feel like I’m mentally tough,” said Shallow, who plans to concentrate on the 3,200 at state. “The training I do, the mileage ... (Coming from behind) was not the plan at all. I planned to go out in 78 (seconds), but it was 82 which is

more like my 3,200 (pace).” Austin, a sophomore at Harding, got two victories before bad weather came, winning the 100 in 11.1 and running a sensational anchor leg on the Lions’ winning 800 relay team. He added a win in the 200 (22.65) after the meet resumed. “I missed about four weeks of the season because I had a hip pointer,” he said after the 100. “It feels amazing to be back. I got of to a great start, but I have to work on my midrace. With more practice, I can get into the 10s.” Hutchison’s Jaden Davis won the girls 100 in 12.51, the 200 in 25.70 and the 400 in 58.63. Jordan Shackleford of ECS, who won the regional pentathlon earlier, took the girls 100 hurdles in 16.32 and the long jump 17-2.5. The ECS boys 1,600 relay team won the inal event of the evening. Wright Ricketts ran the inal leg as the Eagles edged Harding and CBHS for the title in a time of 3:32.38.

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When Houston got its irst goal in 3-0 victory over visiting White Station last week in the Region 8-AAA soccer inal, it was as inevitable as it was decisive. Just moments before the halftime whistle, Austin Gray lofted a ine ball in from the right wing. Peyton McKnatt ghosted in behind his defender and scored with a glancing header. It marked the end of a dominant opening 40 minutes for Houston, which spent much of its time camped out near the Spartans’ goal. “We controlled the game,” said Mustangs coach David Wolf. “In the past, we would have freaked out (if we hadn’t scored) but we’ve been in that position before this year.” Star freshmen Ben Shepherd and Sefano Della Rosa scored after the break for Houston. “They’re a tough team,” said Spartans coach Drew Sachenbacher. “They’re disciplined and they play well together. We tried to do too much individually and that’s not who we are.”

The victory was also a nice bit of revenge for Houston, which lost to the Spartans in the region semis last year. “We wanted to come out ready because they ended our season last year,” said Houston’s Josh Moss. “Our defense was very compact.” Houston advanced to the Class AAA sectional inal where the Mustangs defeated Brighton 7-0 to advance to this week’s Spring Fling state championships.

IN BASEBALL Houston (28-8) got a strong start from Jack Rude and won the Region 8-AAA title, 9-0 over Collierville. The Mustangs then defeated Arlington xx to advance to the state tournament. Collierville lost 2-1 to Bartlett in the sectionals.

IN SOFTBALL Collierville got a tworun homer from Bayleigh Wisher then used a rare 6-3-5 double play to blunt out a late Houston rally and win the Region 8-AAA title, 3-2. Kelsey Gross (12-3) got the win for the Dragons (28-5). Both the Dragons and Mustangs won sectional matchups last weekend to advance to the state tournament.

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Google cofounder Sergey Brin answers questions about Google’s self-driving car program at Google on May 13 in Mountain View, Calif.

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Jessie Lorenz of the Independent Living Resource Center in San Francisco, who is blind, touches the two-seater prototype of Google’s self-driving car at Google on May 13 in Mountain View, Calif. “Our goal is to create something safer than human drivers,” said Google co-founder Sergey Brin.

New chaufeur GOOGLE’S AUTONOMOUS CAR CRASH RECORD Google admitted this week that its selfdriving cars have been involved in 11 minor accidents on public streets in recent years, all of them the fault of humans. Chris Urmson, head of the company’s self-driving car project, said Wednesday he was “incredibly proud” of that record, given the number of miles driven. While refusing to release the full accident reports, he revealed some details about the crashes:

7 Were rear-ended by a human-driven car

2 Were side-swiped on the highway

1 Was hit in an intersection by a car rolling through a stop sign

1 Got into a fender-bender when a Google engineer was driving the car to Best Buy.

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The two-seater prototype of Google’s self-driving car is ready for demonstration at Google on May 13 in Mountain View, Calif.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — After a year of testing its bubble-shaped driverless cars on the empty roads of a shuttered military base, Google is about to deploy its fleet on the busy streets of Silicon Valley. For now, the cars must have safety drivers ready to grab the wheel or hit the brakes if something goes wrong. But self-driving software could soon move from test cars to consumer vehicles as the California Department of Motor Vehicles puts finishing touches this month on new operational rules for autonomous cars, making it the first government in the world to create a detailed handbook for robots on the road. “Our goal is to create something safer than human drivers,” said Google cofounder Sergey Brin, speaking this week as his company’s two-seater prototype zoomed around a rooftop parking lot in Mountain View. “And keep improving from there.” Citing his engineering team’s major advancements in the past six months in understanding a bicyclist’s hand signals and other real-world scenarios, Brin stood by his prediction that the technology is “still roughly on track” for consumers boarding fully autonomous cars by 2017. But a scholar advising the DMV on its new rules believes a car that can safely navigate by itself through crowded San Francisco streets is still “many decades” away. “There’s not going to be some sudden burst of new things that pop onto the market as soon as the new regulations are out there,” said Steve Shladover of the University of California, Berkeley’s Institute of Transportation Studies. “The progress will be quite gradual and incremental.” Unlike Google, most of the companies with permits to test self-driving cars in California — including Mercedes-Benz, Delphi Labs, Tesla and Audi — are aiming to advance and sell products that assist human drivers rather than fully take over. The competing predictions, and vary-

ing degrees of robot control, leave regulators with the challenge of balancing the rules that are needed now — as the technology still has unforeseen hiccups — with a future when fully autonomous vehicles become more common. “This is our very first time we’ve had to do something like this, and not many states are in our situation,” said Bernard Soriano, the DMV deputy director in charge of drafting the new rules. “There are a lot of eyes on what we’re doing.” The draft rules — due several months ago — will be released soon, Soriano said, and will be followed by a public hearing this summer. Nevada, Michigan and Florida also have established rules, but mostly for testing and none as detailed as what California is preparing. Seven companies have had permission since September to test-drive autonomous vehicles in the state. Even before those rules were in place, Google had spent years test-driving Lexus SUVs outfitted with self-driving software. But “in the next month or so,” Google will be launching its own 25 prototype cars onto Mountain View public roads for test drives. They will be restricted to neighborhood roads, with speeds capped at 25 miles per hour. The public experiment is designed to see how the cars interact with people, said Chris Urmson, who reports to Brin as the head of Google’s self-driving car project.

Those cars have already spent a year navigating over potholes and through obstacle courses, but this will be the first time they will have to respond to pedestrians who aren’t Google employees. Their movements through Mountain View will be based not only on the car’s radars, lasers and cameras, but also on a kind of memory _ the car’s software already contains a meticulously detailed map of the city’s suburban streets. Recently, Urmson’s team showcased the cars to a small group of reporters, along with Mountain View residents and people who are blind or disabled and are eager for the day when a self-driving car can get them around. To make its vehicles safe, Google has made them conservative. That means, for instance, that they are programmed to wait for a second and a half before moving through a green light. The caution can also make them jittery, causing the cars to brake for perceived dangers that a human driver would know to be harmless. That also raises another concern: What if the cute car’s cautious demeanor grates on impatient commuters in a hurry to get to their Silicon Valley jobs? “We’ve been honked at a few times,” Urmson said, speaking of the Lexus SUVs. “We’ve had people gesticulate, but overall it’s been incredibly positive. We’d had more thumbs up than fingers up.”

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Girl Scouts Troop 13650 members Madison Harper, Ella Morton, Sophia DelGreco and Alex Crowley celebrated their bridging ceremony. The group’s leader is Cathy Harper.

On May 1, Girl Scouts gathered at Collierville Christian Church to celebrate achievements at the Collierville Service Area Bridging Ceremony. The bridging ceremony marked each girls’ transition from one level to the next and honored the scouts’ growth. The event was organized under the direction of Caroline Thompson, Collierville Service Area leader. Crossing over are Annika Berry (front row), Tarah Bertrand, Katie Dawson, Claire Sholl, Mackenzie Doddridge, Georgia Grisham and Kayden Tankersley. The group leaders are Virginia Dawson (left) and Karen Bertrand.

Girl Scout kindergarten Daisy Troop 13650 members Arianna Silva, Amelia Gwatney, Libby Given, Vanessa Harley, Eva Baldwin and Carmen Cyrus sang the Star Spangled Banner at Collierville Christian Church’s Girl Scout bridging ceremony. The group is led by Lyn Harley.

The family volunteer group Little Helpers serve iced cream sundaes, danced to the 1950s music and played games with residents at Culpepper Place Assisted Living in Collierville. Germantown Plantation residents Willa McKnight (left), Georgia Mitchell, Viola Rossetti and Helen Pollard wore sombreros and enjoyed a Cinco de Mayo celebration with all the trimmings and fun.

At a recent meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Germantown, Glenda Wilkerson (third from left) was inducted into the club. Kiwanis membership chairman Steve Jackson, Kiwanis president Sylverna Ford and Wilkerson’s sponsor, Allyson Avera, welcome her to the club.

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BLUES AMBASSADOR Cultural giant, inluential guitarist, B.B. King was the music’s greatest star By Bob Mehr mehr@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2517

e was, to all who ever heard him play, the one true king of the blues. A musical giant, cultural icon and pre-eminent inluence on guitarists for more than 60 years, B.B. King was singularly synonymous with the genre he loved and helped turn into a global touchstone. The Mississippi-born legend died peacefully in his sleep May 14 at 11:40 p.m. CDT at his home in Las Vegas, his attorney, Brent Bryson, told The Associated Press. The news of Mr. King’s death was conirmed by Clark County (Nevada) coroner John Fudenberg. Mr. King was 89. Bryson said funeral arrangements were underway. The news of his passing was noted in the highest quarters of the land. In a statement, President Barack Obama said, “The blues has lost its king, and America has lost a legend.” In his adopted hometown of Memphis, Mr. King irst became a star in the 1950s, and his inluence remains deeply felt, particularly on Downtown’s Beale Street, which is anchored by a nightclub bearing his name. Memphis Mayor A C Wharton took to Twitter to say, “The King is dead.” On Monday, Wharton had declared Tuesday “B.B. King Day” in Memphis. Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant sent a release that said, “Mississippi is known the world over as the birthplace of America’s music, and B.B. King is one of its founding legends and one of our state’s most treasured gifts to the music world.” Jay Sieleman, head of the Memphisbased Blues Foundation, whose highest annual award is named for King, said the guitarist’s greatness was about more than just his music. “It was not merely his enormous talent that made him king of the blues, it was his unending drive for self-improvement, his professional demeanor and his ability to serve as the

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Blues legend B.B. King, who irst became a star in his adopted hometown of Memphis, died May 14 in Las Vegas at the age of 89.

worldwide ambassador for the blues,” said Sieleman. In a career that spanned eight decades, Mr. King’s credits were legion: Universally hailed as one of the greatest guitarists of all time, he had been given honorary doctorates from Ivy League schools, a Presidential Medal of Freedom and Kennedy Center Honors, had been enshrined in the Blues and Rock and Roll halls of fame, and won more than a dozen Grammy Awards. Mr. King was lavished with praise for more than half a century by his fellow artists. Several generations of the world’s biggest musical stars would cite his emotive singing, lyrical playing and unparalleled vibrato as the height of the blues and the foundation of their own work. One of his most slavish disciples, guitar “god” Eric Clapton, would simply describe Mr. King as “the master … the grand master.” Beyond the success and accolades, what sustained Mr. King through the years — from playing Delta juke joints to formal White House afairs — was the

dignity inherent in his music. Riley B. King was born Sept. 16, 1925, in Berclair, Miss., between Itta Bena and Indianola. The great-grandson of a slave, Mr. King’s childhood was illed with heartbreak. His younger brother died as an infant, his parents then separated and his mother died when he was 9. He was raised by his grandmother, who died during his teens. Blues music — through the records of Lonnie Johnson and Blind Lemon Jefferson and via his cousin, the slide guitar master Bukka White — had a profound efect on the young Mr. King. But the blues was not his irst calling. “I didn’t start out to be a blues singer,” Mr. King would recall of his musical journey in an interview with The Commercial Appeal in 2008. “I started out to be a gospel singer. My faith was Church of God in Christ and my pastor was a man named Archie Fair — I wanted to be like him and he played guitar.” As a teen, between his work on the local cotton plantation, Mr. King would spend Saturday afternoons picking and

playing on the street corners of Indianola. “I’d be sitting there playing gospel songs and people would see me, listen to me play, and some thought I was pretty good. They might praise me and pat me on the shoulder — but they’d never pay me,” said Mr. King. “But the people that would ask me, ‘Boy, you know (a blues song like) ‘Sitting on Top of the World?’ They would say, ‘See the boy playing? Give him something.’ Sometimes I’d make 40 or 50 dollars in one afternoon. When I drove a tractor, I only made 22 and a half dollars a week. So, what would you do?” By the late ’40s King had moved to the Bluf City, where he soaked up the hothouse atmosphere. “When I got to Memphis and got to Beale Street, I heard these guys sitting in the park playing,” Mr. King would note. “I said, ‘Oh, my God, I might as well throw my little guitar away. These guys are burning me up.’ But I learned from them. “At that time, Memphis and Beale Street was like a college. It was still segregated, and a lot of the great black artists would practice out there ’cause they wouldn’t be able to stay in the hotels. There’d be people out playing music, dancing, some would be gambling and some cheating. I got an earful and eyeful of all of it.” With the help of blues harpist Sonny Boy Williamson, Mr. King got a residency playing in West Memphis, a wide open town, known for its nightlife and backroom gambling. Before long, Mr. King went knocking on the doors of Memphis’ newly launched all-black-operated radio station WDIA. After a successful audition in the lobby of the station, he landed a daily 15-minute spot as “The Pepticon Boy” — selling the booze-illed “health tonic.” Mr. King made his name as a performer and radio personality and would always have a special fondness for his time at WDIA, the irst place where he saw a promise of something more than the penury and segregation of the Delta. “When you went [into WDIA], it was like you were somebody,” he said. “At the radio station, it was just like it is today. If I wanted some water, I didn’t have to go look for the colored fountain. I just went and got some water. It was a special place

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In Memoriam at that time.” With a newfound sense of determination, Mr. King — who picked up the moniker Blues Boy, and inally, B.B. — would rise through the regional entertainment ranks, playing both deep and urbane blues on “Lucille,” the nickname given to his Gibson guitar. He began recording at Sam Phillips’ ledgling Memphis Recording Service, releasing his irst sides for the Modern and R.P.M. labels. In 1952, he scored his irst hit record, the chart-topping R&B number “3 O’Clock Blues.” Over the next decade, Mr. King would release a steady stream of hit singles, helping him rise from the chitlin’ circuit to the pinnacle of black entertainment. His crack big band show, as captured on a 1964 album recorded in Chicago, Live at the Regal, remains one of the great blues albums. Mr. King’s work would resonate especially strongly in Britain, where a generation of budding blues guitarists — from Eric Clapton to Jef Beck to Jimmy Page — would feel his impact in the 1960s. Mr. King’s inluence on this generation of rockers would lead to his late ’60s/early ’70s crossover to the white market. He would have his biggest chart triumph with 1969’s Top 20 hit and Grammy-winning single “The Thrill Is Gone.” By the ’70s, Mr. King had become a sort of ambassador for the blues, exposing the music to its biggest audiences through his performances on Ed Sullivan and Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Show.” Mr. King continued to tour tirelessly over the next few decades, spending an average of 250 nights on the road. He opened stadium shows for the likes of the Rolling Stones and U2, made appearances in a dozen ilms, headlined festivals and released more than 80 albums. Despite his global fame, Mr. King always remained dedicated to his Delta roots. For more than 30 years, he performed an annual homecoming concert in Indianola. In 2008, he saw The B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center opened — a gleaming 20,000-square foot, $14 million facility celebrating his life and career. More recent years had found Mr. King continuing to tour even as his health and ability to play had deteriorated. Still, he could produce magical moments. During his most recent area appearance in Tunica this past May, King played some, but mostly told stories and threw

B.B. KING | 1925-2015

Memphis remembers the ‘King of the Blues’ By Bob Mehr mehr@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2517

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B.B. King performs to a standing-room-only crowd at his club on Beale Street on Oct. 2, 2005. B.B. King in a 1955 photograph. In 2011, King spoke to The Commercial Appeal: “When I irst came to Memphis, it was back in ’46. We would have a little thing down on Beale Street. At that time they called Memphis the home of the blues. Then Chicago took it, and I got mad. I been mad ever since. I’ve gone to 90 diferent countries, and I just love to say, ‘The home of the blues is not Chicago. It’s Memphis!’ I’m proud of what we do here.” COURTESY B.B. KING MUSEUM

out souvenir pins to an audience clearly thrilled to bask in his presence one last time. After canceling the remainder of what would be his last tour in October, Mr. King spent the past few months in and out of hospitals, while being the subject of reports that his manager and one of his daughters were battling over control of his care. Amid the controversy in early May, Mr. King posted a note on his website thanking his fans for their concern, and saying he

was leaving the hospital for hospice care at his home in Las Vegas. Late in life, Mr. King would look back philosophically on his journey. “I think about everything that’s happened and sometimes I want to say I was lucky,” Mr. King said. “You know, I believe in God. I believe that maybe the great one smiled down on me. But I also thought I had a little talent. I didn’t think I was the best, but I had a little talent. But mostly, I was a pretty good guy.”

B.B. King’s death last Thursday night was mourned and marked in every corner of the globe. But in the Mid-South, the heart of his royal court, the king of the blues’ passing was perhaps felt most profoundly — from the words of condolence ofered by Mayor A C Wharton to the flowers left outside the Beale Street nightclub bearing his name. Local businessman Tommy Peters helped launch B.B. King’s Blues Club on Beale in 1991. The venue would become the foundation of the street’s commercial and nightlife revival. It was Mr. King’s iconic status, observed Peters, that helped make that possible. “I think B.B. King’s willingness to work with us to open a club with his name on it is probably the tipping point that allowed Beale Street to become one of the top tourist attractions in the country,” said Peters. Mr. King was a regular visitor to his venues, which would expand to Nashville, Orlando and New York City, and performed often at the Beale club. “He always loved coming to his clubs and in particular the one in Memphis. He was very proud to represent Mississippi and Memphis as where he got his start, and where his roots were,” said Peters, who notes that Mr. King is expected to be buried in his hometown of Indianola, Mississippi, which also houses a museum dedicated to his life and career. Now in its 25th year, B.B. King’s on Beale has become a beacon for international

tourists. “We probably get more people coming from South America, Europe and the Far East than anywhere,” said Peters. “That speaks to his reach. He was truly the worldwide king of the blues.” Peters says the club on Beale is working on plans for a remembrance of Mr. King. The venue’s musical director, drummer Tony Coleman, is a three-decade veteran of Mr. King’s band. “We will be planning tributes to B.B. at each of the clubs,” said Peters. One of the most honored artists in American music, Mr. King won 15 Grammys, as well as a Lifetime Achievement award, and had multiple songs inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. “It’s a massive loss for Memphis, for Mississippi, for the blues, for the world,” said Jon Hornyak, president of the local Grammy chapter. Mr. King’s legacy — his inluence, impact and association with several generations of rock artists in particular — was heavily noted in observations of his passing. But Blues Foundation head Jay Sieleman said that focus obscures King’s most crucial contribution. “B.B.’s chief merit is not in his association with or inluence on rock stars,” Sieleman said. “His major accomplishment is his own music, his songs, his singing and his guitar playing. It is not like he invented a guitar style that went nowhere until picked up by rock musicians. I think it is important that we in Memphis, where the Beale Street Blues Boy got his start, keep the record straight and recognize the value of blues music and B.B. as its king.”

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Jack Denman Borg received his Eagle Scout rank Feb. 10 after working toward this prestigious award for seven years. He began his Scouting career in Charleston, Miss. His father, George Borg, was the scoutmaster and his older brother, Matt Borg, was the Senior Patrol Leader of Troop 4003. Jack’s greatgrandfather, Stuart Denman Sr. was an Eagle Scout in the same Troop when it was labeled as Troop 3 in the 1930s. Troop 4003 consisted of approximately 10 Scouts, but they always made their presence known at Kia Kima Scout Reservation. They attended the camp during the 2008-2010 summers winning the majority of sporting events played between the Troops and won the 2009 homemade boat race. While in Troop 4003, Jack was the troop’s quartermaster for three years and received several merit badges. His favorites received include small boat sailing and electricity. Earning these merit badges, Jack learned how to sail and work with basic principles of electricity. He went on to use his newly learned sailing skills when he sailed a small catamaran sailboat in the Gulf of Mexico while on a trip with one of his fellow scouts from Troop 4003, Tyler Brunson. “We were in the Gulf right after the BP oil spill and ended up getting our rudder snagged on a buoy designed for soaking up oil of the surface of the water,” he said. “Luckily a guy with a jet ski pulled us back to shore and neither the boat nor the buoy were damaged.” Jack’s brother, Matt, received his Eagle Scout badge in April 2010. That same year, Troop 4003 disbanded. Jack moved to Memphis and was not involved in Scouting until his friend, Kyle Ralph, invited him to join Troop 48 of Germantown in 2012. Since Jack had only made it to Tenderfoot rank in his original troop, he had a very small window to earn Eagle Scout. With determination and support from his family, friends, fellow scouts and adult leaders of Troop 48, Jack swiftly climbed through the multiple ranks to become Eagle in about two and a half years. “The eiciency and high standards of Troop 48 made it both a challenging and

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Best of the best Top educators, students recognized at celebration By Stacey Ewell Special to The Weekly

he Germantown Education Commission recently hosted the annual education celebration where students and teachers were honored for excellence. School administrators, teachers, students, parents and members of the Germantown Board of Mayor and Aldermen were in attendance. The 2015 Teacher of the Year award was presented to Diane Morales, International Baccalaureate Spanish teacher at Germantown High School. Morales was honored for her commitment to connecting her students with the Spanish culture while encouraging them to think and explore for themselves. The Teacher of the Year is selected from the Education Commission’s Teacher of the Month award winners. Houston Middle School’s Ginny Germann took the title of Germantown’s New Teacher of the Year. Germann is a special education teacher at HMS who was nominated and selected for her contagious positive attitude, commitment to inding an approach to reach every student and constant communication with parents. Nominations are made

Ginny Germann recently won the Germantown Education Commission’s New Teacher of the Year award.

TEACHER SPOTLIGHT

Germann loves the community at Houston

The 2015 Youth Excellence Scholarship was awarded to Myles Joyce.

GINNY GERMANN Houston Middle School, special education

do you like most about Q What your job and why?

Germantown High’s Diane Morales won the 2015 Teacher of the Year award.

Houston Middle’s Ginny Germann (left) won Germantown’s New Teacher of the Year award. Jennifer Sisson presented Germann with her plaque and $500 check.

by school administrators or parents of students. The New Teacher of the Year was sponsored by Leadership Germantown Alumni Association. The 2015 Youth Excellence Scholarship was awarded to Myles Joyce, a senior at Christian Brothers High School. Joyce was among the monthly 2014-15 Youth Excellence Award winners and was honored for academic excellence, his work with the

Brothers Leadership Council and his goal of improving lives through a career in biomedical engineering. The Youth Excellence Scholarship was sponsored by Landers Ford. The Education Celebration is the culmination of the education commission’s work, which includes selecting monthly teacher and student award winners and the Battle of the Brains math

and science competition. The commission is currently seeking applicants. For additional information on commission appointments, contact city clerk Dotty Johnson at djohnson@germantown-tn.gov or 901-757-7251. Information also is available online at Germantown-tn. gov/commissions. Stacey Ewell is the assistant to the City Administrator.

best part of my job is the A The community at Houston Mid-

dle. As a former HMS student, it has been incredible to return to this school, get involved and be a part of these awesome kids’ lives, just as my teachers were a part of mine. As a new teacher, I have been amazed by the willingness of the faculty to go out of their way to ensure I have the best teaching experience possible. is your personal hero and Q Who why?

hero is my dear friend and A My former boss, Emily Shuler. She

has shown me what it looks like to seek God’s direction in both good and diicult times.

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

did you want to be when Q What you grew up?

Fifth-grader Emily Nolen wants to become a child psychiatrist one day

a little girl, whenever peoA As ple asked what I wanted to

EMILY NOLEN

ite TV show is “The Walking Dead” and my favorite book is “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.”

are some of your short Q What term and long-term goals?

People would be surprised to know about me: I like to go to Emily Nolen likes social studies and learning about the history of the United States.

Several of my long-term goals involve traveling to places such as Jerusalem and Switzerland. I also want to have a family of my own one day.

If you could change one thing in the world: Help the homeless

made you want to become Q What a teacher?

and stop world hunger.

I began studying A Originally, special education as a precur-

To nominate a star student, e-mail Matt Woo at woo@commercialappeal.com.

sor to applying for speech pathology school. As I worked with students during college, I fell in love with special education and knew I wanted to teach.

Pepper, Walker are top of St. George’s 2015 class

do you think students need Q What most to succeed both academi-

Bailey Station, fifth grade

Family: Two sisters and a

brother What do you like most about your school: Seeing my friends

and learning new things. Favorite subject (and why):

Social studies, because I think it is really fun to learn about the history of the United States. Most challenging subject (and why): Math is challenging be-

accomplishments: I’m about to graduate from the ifth grade. Hobbies: Drawing, hanging out with friends, seeing family, watching TV Goals for the future: Go to college and become a child psychiatrist. Person you most admire (and why): I admire my mom, Re-

becca Nolen, because she has to take care of me and my brother and sisters, and I love her.

cause it is hard to comprehend.

Favorite movies, TV shows, books: My favorite movie is

What are some of your biggest

“The Hunger Games,” my favor-

church, and I like to sing. What would do if you were principal for a day: Make the school

be when I grew up, I always said I wanted to be a mom. long have you been a teachQ How er?

have been teaching for one A Iyear.

short-term goal of mine is to A Atravel to Kenya this summer.

day really fun. Famous person would you like to meet: Paul Wesley What would you do with $1 million: Donate money to St. Jude

and then I would go on vacation and buy my family something.

ACHIEVEMENT

By Lainie Crose Special to The Weekly

Kelsey Pepper is St. George’s valedictorian and Josh Walker is the salutatorian. Pepper graduated with a 4.92 weighted grade-point average and scored a 34 on the ACT. She completed 10 advanced placement classes, including ive this year. She is well known for her academic achievements and has gained entry into honor societies in science, math, history art and Spanish. Additionally, she is a member of both the National Honor Society and the Cum Laude Society. She will attend Georgia Tech in the fall and plans on majoring in engineering. When not busy studying AP Calculus BC or AP Physics C, Pepper helps in the tutoring center. She has served as a math tutor since 10th grade and is a former peer editor. She has also served as president of the his-

Kelsey Pepper is St. George’s valedictorian and Josh Walker is the salutatorian. Pepper will attend Georgia Tech and Walker will attend Purdue.

tory and engineering clubs and was this year’s captain of the Knowledge Bowl team. Kelsey is a four-year starter for the varsity softball team. She is the daughter of Vassy

and Randy Pepper of Germantown. Walker has a 4.89 weighted grade-point average and scored a perfect 36 on the ACT. He completed 10 advanced place-

ment classes and ive honors classes. His academic achievements have gained him entry into the honor societies for math, science, Spanish, Latin and history. He was recently named a National Merit Scholar and plans to study engineering this fall at Purdue University. Walker spends much of his free time helping others. He has served as a math, science and English tutor for the past two years and is also an active member of the recycling club. He is a two-year member of the Knowledge Bowl team and was a member of the fencing team. In addition, Walker works 20 hours per week at an area grocery store. Walker is the son of Patricia and Wade Walker of Germantown. Lainie Crose is the assistant director of marketing and communications at St. George’s Independent School.

cally and in life in general?

my opinion, students need A Inteachers and role models to

love and encourage them in order to be successful academically and in life in general.

are some things you enjoy Q What doing outside the classroom?

playing Ultimate A Painting, Frisbee, dancing and eating lots of ice cream. is the person who has inQ Who spired you the most?

person who has inspired A The me most is my younger sis-

ter, Ruthie. Growing up, I always thought about what she would think of my actions. Trying to be a good role model for her shaped me into the person I am today. is you favorite historical Q Who figure and why?

favorite historical igure is A My Corrie ten Boom because she was a Dutch Christian who helped Jews escape the Holocaust.

had to spend a year on Q Ifanyou island by yourself which five things would you take with you?

take a water puriier, A Imywould Bible, a ishing pole, a gui-

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tar and a book to teach me how to play guitar. To nominate an outstanding educator to be featured, e-mail Matt Woo at woo@commercialappeal.com.

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What’s up with the one-eyed teddy bear? St. George’s Independent School’s cast of “The Curious Savage” kept delighted audiences guessing until the end. In John Patrick’s comedy, a widow is left a fortune by her husband and she wants to use it to make the world a better place. She keeps the money safely hidden inside a teddy bear to keep her grown-up stepchildren from spending it on themselves. Farmington Elementary teacher Mario Aviles and Fatima Jaber, both members of the Falcon 5K Club, enjoy a slice of pizza at Marco’s Pizza. The restaurant teamed with Farmington Elementary and donated 10 percent of the day’s sales to the FES 5K Club. On May 4, Marco’s Pizza teamed with Farmington Elementary and donated 10 percent of their daily sales to the FES 5K Club. The FES 5k Club is raising money to buy heart monitors. Headed by Mario Aviles, the 5K running club prepares children to compete in 5K races through strengthening, proper technique, endurance training and overall education about running. Enjoying pizza during the fundraiser are Anna Claire Weske (left), Riley Luckett, Grace Clark, Holly Clark, Chef Marco and Aviles.

Students and staf at Our Lady of Perpetual Help celebrated Grizz Spirit Day by sporting Grizzlies gear and waving their growl towels.

St. George’s Independent School senior Murry Goldberg was presented with the 2015 Lifeblood Scholarship. Murry is known for his willingness to help others in the classroom, on stage and as an Eagle Scout. This scholarship is given annually to a student who is a reliable donor and is heavily engaged in community service. Lifeblood and St. George’s partner each year to hold several blood drives at the school. This year, the St. George’s community set a goal to collect 120 units of blood and succeeded. St. George’s teachers and Lifeblood sponsors, Crista Smothers (left) and Kristi Schulz congratulate Goldberg on his outstanding scholarship.

Farmington Elementary hosted it’s annual Career Day. Farmington students participated in Careers on Wheels and a career fair in the gym. The event was organized by school counselor, Jonathan Pritchett, to give students the opportunity to explore and discuss the beneits and experiences of various career ields.

Susan Zhang (left), Delaney Hagen, Anissa Pokorny-Yadav, Abby Verneuille and Elizabeth Seymour, all with Dogwood Elementary’s Destination Imagination team, hold up the trophy they won at the recent state tournament.

The ifth- and sixth-grade Briarcrest lacrosse team went undefeated this year. The season highlight was the game against Houston when the Saints came back from a four-goal deicit and won it in overtime.

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OLPH salutes Poland Students learn about Polish culture, food Special to The Weekly

For the past 10 years, Cathi DeGloma and her class at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School have participated in the Memphis in May International Festival. On May 4, OLPH was transformed into a piece of Poland with stations on geography, culture, food, sports, history and art. Almost 300 children and adults visited. With DeGloma’s guidance, the students did all the research and most of the work to prepare for the Memphis in May competition. Parents and families also came in to help set the stage for the international celebration. This year’s class learned about traditional Polish foods, including pierogis and kielbasa, and they used their math skills to bake Polish wedding cookies. They played fun games, including Polish horseshoes and ringo, they put on a puppet show about the story of how Krakow came to be. They also made mermaid and dragon shrinky-dinks, and they learned about the geography, lora and fauna of Poland. They even made PowerPoint presentations to show others what they discovered. DeGloma’s class also incorporated a service project into their salute. The students raised money with a poppy day for the Wounded Warriors Project because poppies are a sign of remembrance in Poland and throughout Europe.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help students celebrate Poland, Memphis in May’s honored country.

DeGloma and her class were named “Best Polish Classroom” in this year’s competition. Carley Kirby, Memphis in May program assistant, wrote, “We were quite impressed with your entry, especially in the level of student involvement in the projects and the uniqueness of your entry.” She also wrote that DeGloma’s use of the Memphis in May resources and some genuine creativity made the OLPH entry stand out among all the others. Through the years, DeGloma and her fourthgrade classes have won five Memphis in May International Festival awards, including Best School-wide Salute and Best Classroom. Each time they win a competition, Degloma and the fourth-grade class puts the $1,000 prize money toward new technology at OLPH. On May 12, Jef Gordon, Microsoft sales director, and John Stevenson, Memphis in May marketing coordinator, visited OLPH School to present a check to the school. Microsoft is one of the Memphis in

May corporate sponsors. Gordon was impressed by the many activities, as well as the use of technology that was part of the OLPH salute to Poland. “It is important to learn about other countries and cultures,” Gordon said. “It seems like you had fun doing it and having fun makes you a more productive person.” Stevenson commented that the Memphis in May coordinators were glad to see their curriculum used in such detail. “These materials help students engage and learn about fascinating cultures,” Stevenson said. Memphis in May is a month-long festival that pays tribute to a unique country every year. The Memphis in May International Festival has saluted 30 countries since it began. When speaking about the scope and creativity of the OLPH salute to Poland, school principal Patricia Wyckof said, “OLPH is fortunate to have a teacher like Ms. DeGloma to involve the community and devote the time necessary to create this extraordinary educational event.”

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Name: Mona Age: 2 years Breed: Domestic short hair Description: She loves other cats.

Germantown Animal Shelter is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday.

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Come to Shelby Farms on Sundays, from 3-4 p.m., for the K9 Academy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Agility for Fun. Ron Lewis with K9 Kraze Agility + Rescue introduces a course open to all levels of obedience, ofering a variety of jumps, obstacles, weave poles and stations. Course is for people and dog-friendly dogs. Visit shelbyfarms. org/dogs or contact Coral Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor at coconnor@ shelbyfarms.org or 901222-7265. Every Tuesday night, members of Memphis Pets Alive! meet from 5:30-7 p.m. at Memphis Animal Services, 2350 Appling City Cove, to take pictures of current animals in hopes of getting more exposure for adoptable pets before

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they run out of time. Visit memphispetsalive.org or call 901-636-1416. The Humane Society of Memphis & Shelby County, 935 Farm Road, will host its annual 36-Hour Mega Adoptathon starting May 29 at 9 a.m., through May 30 at 9 p.m. Featuring greatly reduced adoption fees. Kay Manley and KIX 106 Saturday, from 10 a.m. to noon. Every animal spayed or neutered, microchipped and up-to-date on vaccinations. PET ADOPTIONS

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