Sept. 22 Germantown Weekly

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Germantown Weekly COLLIERVILLE

Sign up for ‘No Knock’ registry Website will serve residents, solicitors Special to The Weekly

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Germantown Athletic Club Youth Activities coordinator Leala McLaughlin (center) checks in toddlers at the gym’s Kids Klub, which provides itness activities for children as well as drop-in child care. An expanded Kid’s Klub is part of a $1.5 million renovation of the facility at 1801 Exeter.

GERMANTOWN ATHLETIC CLUB

Getting in shape Toned, it facility pulling own weight in upgrade

Students in Tharwa Bilbeisi’s Gentle Yoga Class slowly move through a series of standing poses. Other popular instruction includes Pilates and cardio kickboxing.

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

Eileen Joe is such a devotee of the Germantown Athletic Club, she’s there 30 or 40 minutes before her irst class every day, just to take in the vibe. “The group classes are fantastic. They have lots of morning classes, lots of evening classes. I take three classes every day, yoga, Pilates, cardio kickboxing ...” she says, ticking of her favorites. “They change up the schedule, and the instructors are excellent.” Truth is, as a Silver Sneakers member, a senior citizen with gym privileges through her insurance, Joe has a choice of a half-dozen participating gyms within 5 miles

of her home, and Germantown oficials know it. To keep her and the 12,753 other members, the suburb upped its game, starting eight years ago when it rebranded its athletic facility, a hodgepodge of recreation

leagues, pottery classes and Nautilus equipment running at a deicit. “Other clubs had started to come on the scene,” says City Administrator Patrick Lawton, See CLUB, 2

The Town of Collierville launched a new website, noknock.collierville.com, devoted to the solicitation ordinance recently passed by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. Residents may visit noknock.collierville.com to add their address to the town’s “No Knock” registry, and ind valuable information including solicitation safety tips and ordinance details. Commercial solicitors may also use the site to read and print materials required to apply for a solicitation permit. The permit process, as well as the solicitation ordinance, will become efective Oct. 9. If you are a Collierville resident, and do not want commercial solicitors to conduct door-to-door sales at your home, visit noknock. collierville.com, ind the “No Knock” registry tab on the main menu, ill out the required ields and then click “Process Subscription.” This two-minute process will prohibit commercial solicitors from visiting your home; this does not include non-commercial solicitors such as religious organizations, scout troops, or charitable organizations. To prevent all forms of solicitation from engaging in door-to-door sales, homeowners must display a “No Soliciting” or “No Trespassing” sign near the entryway or door to their home. Collierville residents will receive a free “No Soliciting” sticker and ordinance fact sheet in the mail soon.

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Rhodes students, staf build Little Free Libraries

VINTAGE VROOM Collierville’s annual car and bike show draws classic cars of all makes and models. COMMUNITY, 3

By Lizzie Choy Special to The Weekly

WHAT’S HAPPENING Whether you’re looking for a date-night idea or entertainment for the kids, check out our local event listings. CALENDAR, 17 © Copyright 2015

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houses, they are located in front of people’s homes and businesses with the words “Take a book. Leave a book.” They are free and are great ways to engage a community. Simple in their design but big in their purpose, the number of Little Free Libraries is growing in Memphis, especially due to the involvement of the faculty, staf and students at Rhodes College. Prof. Victor Coonin, who teaches art history at the college says while running in the neighborhood,

This Little Free Library can be found at the neighborhood pool at Almadale Place on the Germantown and Collierville border near Houston High.

he often passed by Little Free Libraries and thought they were an interesting concept. Then when a resident of the Vollintine Evergreen Community Association contacted him last summer about building one for her, he thought it would be a good idea to get the Rhodes community

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