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By Trena StreetSpecial to The Weekly

The Collierville Parks, Recreation & Cultural Arts Department was the recipi-ent of a Four Star Award pre-sented by the Tennessee Rec-reation and Parks Association at the recent awards banquet at Titan Stadium in Nashville.

The award was presented for “Excellence in Parks and Recreation Marketing Cam-paign,” for the successful and well-received “Live Life Local 38017” program initiated by the Collierville Tourism Ad-visory Commission and Col-lierville Parks, Recreation & Cultural Arts Department.

The campaign focus was to highlight opportunities for Collierville residents and “to keep our citizens in Collier-ville and spend their time and discretionary income right here in their hometown,” said Sheila Moody, special events coordinator.

“‘Live Life Local’ is a win-win campaign as it not only helps our local economy and local businesses, but it is also added revenue sourc-es for the town’s newly es-tablished school system,” Moody added.

Collierville’s winning cam-paign was acknowledged as the best comprehensive and impactful marketing cam-paign. In addition to an ads tourism-styled directories, the creative strategy featured a narrative with Town photos, shopping venues and local en-tertainment. “Live Life Local” bumper stickers and T-shirts were part of the campaign.

“We are very proud of this

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The chance to enjoy some roasted marshmallows is too much to resist for Emily Rich, 13, who attended the Germantown holiday tree lighting ceremony with her dad Craig and mom Susan.

By Craig CollierSpecial to The Weekly

Thanksgiving weekend is the oicial kickof to the holiday season. For many Americans, the long week-end is a time to celebrate traditions that date back for decades as families and friends gather together. And then there’s the food and the shopping.

On Nov. 28, the City of Germantown kept alive a de-cades-long tradition by staging the annual holiday tree lighting ceremony. With Municipal Park Lake providing a splendid background, the Germantown Community Chorus sang holiday songs as families gathered around the Germantown Christmas tree.

At precisely 5:30 p.m. Mayor Sharon Goldsworthy stepped forward, with microphone in hand, thanked all those in attendance for coming out and spent a few moments reminiscing about this year’s tree lighting

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Three-year-old Emily Davis’ eyes were illed with excitement when it was her turn to sit on Santa’s lap.See HOLIDAY, 10

By Paula CowartSpecial to The Weekly

On Nov. 20, ifth-graders at the Ridge Lake campus of Evangelical Christian School pro-vided an unusual learning experience for other Spanish classes.

In order to help younger students apply their Spanish vocabulary, the ifth-graders hosted a “Supermercado,” or Spanish Market.

To purchase items in the market, students from junior kindergarten through fourth grade were required to say, in Spanish, the name of the item they wanted to purchase.

With options ranging from bananas to Hershey’s kisses, students enjoyed applying the words they have learned during regular Spanish class in this engaging new venue. The ifth-grade entrepreneurs did not make a inancial proit, but certainly gained market-place experience as they helped younger stu-dents apply learning to real world experience.

Gracie Stevenson, the ECS Spanish teach-er, spearheaded the market lesson and was thrilled to ofer such an engaging learning experience to her students.

EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

Fifth-graders host a Supermercado

Polly Marie Carpenter, an ECS Ridge Lake ifth-grader, helps kindergartner Ashlyn Bankhart make her choices during the “Supermercado” lesson recently held at the Ridge Lake campus.

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As Sam Gottlieb was head-ing home from school one af-ternoon, the traic signal at Poplar and Highland changed from yellow to red.

Gottlieb was sure he’d made it through in time. About a month later, he got a letter from the city

informing him that he hadn’t and included a picture to prove it. Thanks to that photo, the White Station High senior had to cough up $50 to pay the ine.

“I was almost all the way over the line and it turned from yel-low to red. My back tire was on the line and it issued the ticket,” Gottlieb said. “It wasn’t even the whole tire. It was the back half of the tire that was on the lane. It was kind of close.”

Gottlieb’s story is likely a common one since the city of Memphis contracted with

American Traic Solutions to install the cameras, which be-gan photographing violators in November 2009.

Since those first citations were mailed, a total of 279,407 tickets had been issued through late October, according to City Court Clerk Thomas Long’s of-ice. Of that tally, roughly 70 percent have been paid, said Jason Norton, an ATS vice presi-dent.

Some of the unpaid tickets are still being adjudicated, Norton said, while others simply haven’t

been paid. Failure to pay can lead to additional fees, but the tickets do not lead to points on a license that can lead to suspension.

Those citations have raised $10,802,386.19, according to the city court clerk, although not all of that goes to the city.

ATS installs and maintains the cameras but the city pays for them through a bank loan. The cost of the loans as well as the ATS monthly fee of $2,100 took $6,210,022.77 of the money raised.

That left the city with a

gross of $4,592,363.42, or about $900,000 per year from the cam-era program. Of that money, about $3.4 million remains in the general fund, restricted for the outlined uses, city Finance Director Brian Collins said.

“The primary purpose was to save lives and reduce accidents. The money is icing on the cake,” said City Council member My-ron Lowery, a strong advocate for the program. “(People) are much safer drivers when they know the cameras are at the in-tersections.”

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John and Deloris Clark of Bartlett prepared to board an Amtrak train at Central Station recently as they headed to Jack-son, Miss. This month, the Memphis City Council passed a resolution to support expanding Amtrak service to include a route to Carbondale, Ill.

By Linda A. [email protected]

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In 1914, Memphis’ Central Sta-tion opened on South Main Street boasting 10 train tracks and an eight-story building with an emer-

gency hospital.

The facility was “state-of-the-art” and the open-ing was as big an event as any new, modern-day airport, said Bill Strong, director of the Memphis Railroad and Trolley Museum located at the sta-tion.

“It had some modern features that previous terminals didn’t have,” Strong said. “In fact there is an underground tunnel at Central Station that enabled the baggage carts to travel from one end of the train to the other end of the train underground. Therefore, it didn’t interfere with passengers as they were walking to get on the train.”

The past century saw the surge and the decline of rail travel at the station now served by Amtrak’s City of New Orleans route. Two trains leave Mem-phis daily with a late evening departure north to Chicago and an early morning departure south to the Big Easy.

Last month the Memphis City Council approved a resolution to support the expansion of Amtrak services in Memphis, with a train to Carbondale, Illinois, that would double traic on the Memphis-Chicago section, two arrivals and two departures at Memphis.

Similar resolutions are expected from the Shelby County Commission, and along the route in New-bern, Tennessee, and Fulton, Kentucky.

With approvals required by three states as well, the resolutions are the irst steps in the process to increase rail travel from Memphis.

“What I think is that citizens need choices,” said Councilman Myron Lowery, the sponsor of the council’s resolution. “And with traic decreasing at the airport, I think anything we can do will help the transportation engine in this community.”

County Commissioner Mark Billingsley intends to sponsor a resolution for the commission in De-cember.

“I decided it would be a stronger sell if we spoke as one voice, as Memphis and Shelby County,” said

Billingsley, adding that it was the responsibility of local government to help bring in new visitors and provide opportunities for citizens, he said.

Once he started talking about the route, he was surprised at how many people travel to Carbon-dale. “It’s got all the ingredients to be successful,” Billingsley said.

Passenger numbers have been increasing.Amtrak reports that in 2011 65,769 riders boarded

in Memphis, a number that rose to 73,116 in 2012 and to 76,171 in 2013.

The local resolutions only begin the process, said Marc Magliari, Amtrak spokesman.

In 2008, Congress passed the Passenger Rail In-vestment and Improvement Act, which says states are responsible for inancing routes that are shorter than 750 miles, Magliari said. “So Congress put states in the driver’s seat.”

The states will contract with Amtrak to study ridership projections and the costs of any needed improvements, Magliari said. Once the states have a plan in place, they can then ask for federal money to cover the costs.

“The good news: The route is already good for passenger trains,” he said.

And since the Memphis Area Transit Author-ity owns and has renovated the Central Station, there is a nice waiting room in a growing part of Memphis, Magliari said.

On a recent cold morning, both irst-time and longtime train passengers were happy to learn of a possible new route.

“That’s very exciting,” said Marnicia Coleman of Whitehaven, who was traveling to New Orleans to board a cruise ship to Mexico. “We probably wouldn’t do as much lying.”

Marnita Vaughn, Coleman’s cousin and part of the group headed for Mexico, agreed. “It would be nice to experience something new and diferent,” said Vaughn, also from Whitehaven.

Both women had never ridden the train.Mike Page of Millington is a frequent rider. “I

think it sounds great, especially with the economy being so bad and the price of airline tickets going up,” said Page, who was en route to New Orleans for his parents’ 60th wedding anniversary. “It might take a bit longer (than lying), but all you’re doing is sleeping.”

Adding the new route would give the Central Station a daytime departure, just as airlines “aban-don Memphis,” Strong said. “I think it would be wonderful,” he said.

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■ someone forced entry into two vehicles in the 1800 block of exeter at 2:27 p.m. and took various items. a third vehicle had damage but no one made entry into it in the car.

■ Father and son involved in a physical altercation in the 7800 block of Cloverbrook lane at 9:54 p.m.

NOV. 24

■ Victim reported that his ex-girlfriend damaged the paint on his vehicle and has been following him in the 7500 block of poplar at 9:25 a.m.

■ oicers arrested an adult male after he shoplifted merchandise from a business in the 7700 block of Wolf river at 12:16 p.m.

■ Two subjects involved in a verbal altercation that turned physical in the 9300 block of Garner Woods Cove at 12:30 p.m.

■ subject observed shoplifting merchandise from a business in the 1300 block of s. Germantown road at 2:45 p.m.

■ Two vehicles collided causing no injuries at humphreys and riverdale at 7:45 p.m.

■ Two vehicles collided causing no injuries at Winchester and Forest hill irene at 8:45 p.m.

■ Two vehicles collided causing no injuries at Farmington and Germantown road at 8:55 p.m.

■ Vehicle struck ire hydrant causing no injuries at old pike drive and poplar pike at 4 p.m.

■ Two vehicles collided causing no injuries at poplar and W. Farmington at 4:11 p.m.

NOV. 25

■ someone entered the victim’s unlocked vehicle and took an ipad in the 7600 block of Farmington at 12:25 p.m.

■ Victim reported receiving unwanted text messages from her son’s ex-girlfriend in the 7600 W. Farmington at 1:45 p.m.

■ Two vehicles collided causing no injuries at poplar and poplar estates at noon.

■ Two vehicles collided causing no injuries in the 8000 block of Wolf river at 1:30 p.m.

NOV. 26

■ someone attempted to withdraw funds from the victim’s bank account using her personal information in the 1400 block of Germantown road at 10:20 a.m.

■ oicers arrested four adults for shoplifting merchandise from a business in the 9400 block of poplar at 10:29 p.m.

■ oicers initiated a traic stop and arrested an adult male for possession of drug paraphernalia at poplar and Germantown road at 10:35 p.m.

■ Vehicle collided with a mailbox in the 2200 block of riverdale at noon.

■ Vehicle collided with a deer at Wolf river and Farmington at 7:35 a.m.

■ Two vehicles collided causing no injuries in the 2100 block of exeter at 7:56 p.m.

NOV. 28

■ Female subject was observed to shoplift merchandise from a business in the 9100 block of poplar at 4:35 p.m.

■ Two vehicles collided causing injuries at poplar and Germantown at 7:30 p.m.

■ Two vehicles collided causing no injuries in the 9200 block of poplar at 9:50 p.m.

■ single vehicle collided with a fence causing injuries at Fairndon and Cross Country at 10:50 p.m.

NOV. 29

■ someone entered the victim’s residence and took coins, cash and a camera in the 9200 block of Forest hill irene at 9:15 a.m.

NOV. 30

■ oicers responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle and arrested a male adult for marijuana at Corsica and Broodside at 12:30 a.m.

■ someone took medication from the victim’s hotel room on Winchester at 8:42 a.m.

Germantown police report

departmental award from TRPA, the major associa-tion of the parks industry,” said Chip Petersen, Parks, Recreation and Commu-nity Services director. “It’s the perfect example of town divisions and a volunteer advisory board working diligently togeth-er to create another great image for Collierville.”

Watty Brooks, Tourism Advisory Board chairper-son added, “The success of the campaign is still evident as several local businesses have reported increased customer traf-ic in their stores and that many citizens have come in the store with a speciic request for the ‘Live Life Local’ merchandise.”

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Watty Brooks Hall (left) and Sheila Moody display the Four Star Award the Town won for the “Live Life Local-38017” marketing campaign.

By Jennifer [email protected]

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Trip Trezevant would like very much to see a man about a horse.

Speciically, he would like to see the man — or woman — responsible for the theft of his horse stat-ue, one of the 20 or so life-size pieces of equestrian artwork that are scattered around Germantown.

The statue, which was bolted to a slab of con-crete in front of Millstone Nursery, was discovered missing the morning of Nov. 22.

Trezevant is now launching a campaign to get her back. Yes, “her.”

Trezevant, who owns commercial real estate company Trezevant En-terprises, Inc., is taking advantage of his resources to spread the word.

Three of the company’s electronic billboards with the picture of the horse (her name is Phloxy) have already gone up around Memphis. Two can be seen from either direc-tion on I-240 near Per-kins, and another is on the I-40 loop. Trezevant pur-chased two of the horses at auction.

Phloxy was worth $4,250 at the time, but Trezevant said she’s been invaluable as a marketing tool and a cornerstone of the business.

The horse, with her head bent over and her back painted with large yellow daffodils, stood outside the gate at Mill-stone Nursery.

Whoever removed her in the middle of the night was unable to lift the concrete slab, and broke of part of at least one of Phloxy’s hooves in the process.

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The 99 percent are at it again.

Last week, they held a disc golf tournament to raise funds to help a class-mate who has leukemia.

Last Saturday, they marched from their school to a nearby home to help a child recovering from a rare illness cel-ebrate his irst birthday.

Who knows what other acts of kindness and com-passion they all commit-ted during Thanksgiving week — a perfect time to give thanks for the 99 percent.

That’s the percentage of young people ages 15-24 in Shelby County who are not being arrested for violent crimes in any given year.

We hear too much about youth violence, not nearly enough about youth values. The 99 per-cent are doing more than staying out of trouble. They’re doing good.

Take Jake Epperson and Jack Glosson, two seniors at St. George’s Indepen-dent School in Collierville.

Last spring, they started working on their senior in-dependent study project. They decided to plan and build a disc golf course on campus.

As the school year be-gan, the course became a cause when they found out their friend and classmate, Adam Cruthirds, had been diagnosed with leukemia.

Nov. 25, the two St. George’s Gryphons held a 16-hole “Fighting Cancer with Frisbees” tourna-ment. They raised about $500.

Adam played the irst eight holes, scoring an even 8, good enough to lead the tournament before he tired. He’d endured another round of chemotherapy the day before at St. Jude Chil-dren’s Research Hospital.

“Only 118½ weeks to go,” said his mother, Connie. “Not that we’re counting. We’ve had so much sup-port from the hospital, the church, the school. What his friends did was so lov-ing and encouraging. I get tears every time I think about it.”

Adam, who turned 17 in September, plans to gradu-ate from school on time in May 2016, and from chemo-therapy on time in January 2017. He appreciates the support.

“It is very cool that they put all that work into this to make it happen,” he said. “I am very thankful.”

While Adam’s friends were spending part of their holiday with him, mem-bers of the Central High School marching band were spending part of their holiday with little Fletcher, who turned 1 last Saturday.

Back in May, Fletcher was rushed to the hospital

in an ambulance. A few hours later, he went into septic shock. He was on a ventilator for eight days and spent nearly a month in intensive care at Le Bon-heur Children’s Hospital.

He was diagnosed and treated for a rare child-hood disease known as Kawasaki. He’s home now — happy, healthy and med-ication free.

Fletcher and his par-ents live in Midtown near

Central High. He loves to listen to Central’s Warrior Marching Band practicing. Their music makes him smile.

Last month, Fletcher’s mom sent an e-mail to Vice Principal Amy Epps “to see if the Warrior Band would play for him on his birth-day (Nov. 29.).

“Fletcher was dis-charged from Le Bonheur on June 6, which is D-Day and seemed quite appro-

priate for my little war-rior.”

Epps asked band direc-tors Ollie Liddell and Rod-erick White Jr., who asked the band.

“If it will make that little boy smile and feel better, we’re happy to do it,” said Jaylon Taylor, a senior baritone player and band president.

Last Saturday afternoon, on their holiday weekend, nearly 120 band members put on their uniforms and marched from the school to Fletcher’s home.

They played a few pep songs for the little warrior, including the Central High ight song. It’s called “War-rior Song.”

Adam doesn’t see him-self as a warrior, but he is leading an army. He calls it Adam’s Army (ind them on Facebook).

The weekend before Thanksgiving, they raised more than $5,000 in the “St. Jude Give thanks. Walk.” event. Adam partic-ipated, of course. He even ran across the inish line.

This weekend, he plans to cheer on those partici-pating in the St. Jude Mara-thon.

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After his disc flies over a fence, Adam Nelson (left) stretches to grab it as Justin Matlock stands by in case he stretches too far during the Fighting Cancer with Frisbees tournament held last week at St. George’s Independent School in honor of Adam Cruthirds.

Drum Major Carl Palmer III leads the Central High School March-ing Warriors down Melrose St. to play for little Fletcher’s first birthday. Fletcher spent a month in intensive care at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital earlier this year.

Most young people stay out of trouble

By Willie Smithspecial to the Weekly

For the second year in a row, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is uniting with Greater Memphis area choirs to present a “Nativity Fes-tival and Concert” in cel-ebration of the life of the Savior.

The event will be Fri-day, from 6-9 p.m. and Saturday, from 3-8:30 p.m. at 8150 Walnut Grove. The festival will consist of Na-tivity displays, story time for the children, Bethle-hem Theatre: “The Birth of the Savior, local choirs, family photos and live na-tivities.

The concert will in-clude musical perfor-mances by Germantown High School A Cappella Choir, Arlington’s Bell Choir, Covenant United Methodist Church, local pianist Rebecca Walker, and many other talents from the Greater Mem-phis Area.

The Nativity Festival and Concert is free, how-ever, donations of diapers for Operation: Swaddling Clothes are appreciated. Come and enjoy the Na-tivity displays and the mu-sical performances.

These two days will be an excellent way to kick of the Christmas season, give of our bounty and enjoy a special time with friends and family.

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BartlettBartlett United Methodist Church, 5676 Stage

Road, hosts the Marguerite Francis Music @ Noon con-cert series 12:10-12:40 p.m. each Wednesday through Dec. 10. Performances are free to attend, and a light lunch will be available for purchase following each show. Visit bartlettumc.org or contact Sue Griith Coleman at 901-372-8642.

Bartlett’s Christmas tree lighting will be 6 p.m. Friday at Singleton Community Center. Enjoy live entertainment while awaiting the arrival of Santa and Mrs. Claus for the tree lighting. There will be refreshments, pictures with

Santa and several areas set up for children to make Christmas crafts.

Veteran singer/songwriters Kenny Loggins, Geor-gian Middleman and Gary Burr comprise the tour de force trio Blue Sky Riders. The band will make their West Tennessee debut at the Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center on Friday and Saturday. For more information and to purchase tickets, call BPACC at 901-385-6440 or online at bpacc.org.

Bartlett will hold its annual Christmas Parade on Saturday, from 4-8 p.m. The parade will pro-ceed west on Stage Road between Elmore Park and Shelby. Parade lineup starts at 2 p.m. E-mail [email protected] or commu-

[email protected]. The parade route will close to traic at 3:30 p.m.

The Bartlett United Methodist Church’s drama team will put on “Gift of the Magi” Sunday at 6 p.m. Free admittance with one canned food item for the Bartlett United Methodist Church Food bank.

Bartlett Christian Writers will host a Children’s Christmas Party Book signing Saturday at Book Stop Plus, 2810 Bartlett Road, Suite 8, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with Mrs. Claus. The event will have refreshments, crafts and reading of

“Candy Moon.” Nick Nixon will ofer caricatures and free coloring book samples.

Thomas Kinkade Inspiration Gallery inside Wolf-chase Galleria will host an artist reception for “Gals with Knives” Saturday from 1-4 p.m. See an exhibi-tion of Memphis scenes painted with palette knives by artists Jane Croy and Lori Tooker. Event is free to attend. Visit thomaskinkadememphis.com.

Andrew Elder, a student of the Visible Music Col-lege, will perform at Bartlett Public Library, 5884 Stage Road, Dec. 8 at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments will be available at 6 p.m. Event is free to attend. For more information call 901-386-8968 or e-mail [email protected].

Bring a dish to share at Bartlett Recreation Cen-ter’s, 7700 Flaherty Place, Christmas Potluck on Dec. 9 at 11:30 a.m. Call 901-385-6470 or visit cityofbartlett.org/BRC.

Turn on your holiday lights as Bartlett City Beau-tiful selects its Christmas lighting inalists be-tween Dec. 11-17. The top three winners will be chosen Dec. 18.

The Great Cookie Sale at Grace Presbyterian Church, 6671 Yale Road, will be Dec. 13 at 9 a.m. You can purchase Christmas cookies, prepacked boxes or build your own, holiday

breads, fruitcakes and more. See actor Jeremy Webb in a one-man production of

“A Christmas Carol” at Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center at 8 p.m. Dec. 19. Tick-ets are $25. See bpacc.org or call 901-385-6440.

The Redemptive Refuge Gala: DREAMS will feature food, music and a silent auction beneiting an end to child sex traicking in the Memphis area. Hillwood at Davies Manor, 3570 Davieshire, hosts the festivi-ties Dec. 12 from 7-10 p.m. Tickets are $50. Call 901-573-5944 or e-mail [email protected].

Rivercrest Elementary School, 4825 Rivercrest Lane, will hold the irst Run Run Rudolph 5K and Dasher Dash on Dec. 13. Awards will be given in all

age groups, as well as to the person displaying the most holiday spirit. Participants are en-couraged to dress their best for the Christmas Costume Contest. All proceeds will be donated

to the technology fund at Rivercrest Elementary. Race begins at 9 a.m. and cost is $20. Visit runrun-rudolph5k.racesonline.com.

ColliervilleSanta Claus will be at the gazebo in the Collier-

ville Town Square each Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. through Dec. 20. There will be free carriage rides as well as strolling carolers. Call

Sheila Moody at 901-457-2777.The annual Collierville Christmas Parade will be

Friday from 7-10 p.m. The parade route is from Market to Frank Road, north on Byhalia. For more information, contact Sheila Moody at

901-457-2777. See “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,” a com-

edy adapted from the best-selling young adult novel, at Harrell Performing Arts Theatre, 440 W. Powell Road, Dec. 12-21. Santa will be in the lobby with hot chocolate and cookies before

each show. Children can write or draw letters to

soldiers overseas. Show times are 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, children and students. Call 901-457-2780 or visit harrelltheatre.org.

Come hear Christmas favorites at The Wolf River Singers’ Holiday Concert at Collierville Presby-terian Church, 202 West Poplar, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Dec. 13 and 3-4 p.m. Dec. 14. Tickets are $12.50. Call 901-754-1204 ext. 330 or visit wolfrivers-

ingers.org. Bricks4Kidz Night Out will be Dec. 19 from 6-9 p.m.

at 419 Johnson Park. Event intended for ages 6-12 and is limited to 20 participants. Activities include building with Legos, games, a screening of “The Lego Movie,” pizza and drinks. Kids have fun while parents inish up Christmas shopping. Register by Monday online at everysport.net/collierville or call 901-457-2770.

CordovaLearn the art of making gingerbread houses at

L’Ecole Culinaire, 1245 N. Germantown, Saturday and Dec. 13 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Designed for the amateur chef to impress guests this holiday season, the course costs $40 for parent/child and $10 for each additional child. Visit lecole.edu or call 1-888-860-7270.

Orion Starry Nights at Shelby Farms Park will run through Dec. 28, 6-9 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and 6-10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Tickets are $20 for car/truck/minivan, $50 for limos or 15-passenger vans, and $150 for buses.

Visit shelbyfarmspark.org.The Ugly Sweater Run will be at Shelby Farms Park

on Dec. 21 at 3 p.m. Don your worst holiday apparel and join fellow jingle-belled runners and walkers for the “merriest 5K” in town.

Hot chocolate, beer or hard cider at the inish line. Advance registration is $30 and $40 day of race, if available. All ages are welcome.

The Wings Gallery: Opening Reception for Cancer Survivor Show will be Dec. 11 from 5:30-7 p.m. at Wings Cancer Foundation, 100 N Humphreys Blvd. The show features ten artists who are all cancer survivors.

Two-step the night away at Covenant United Methodist Church’s Old Fashioned Christmas Dance from 7-10 p.m. Dec. 13 at 8350 Walnut Grove. Recorded ballroom DJ music, food,

chair dances and more. Price is $7 for members, $10 for nonmembers. Students with ID get half of ticket prices. Visit usadancememphis.com or call 662-349-3720 or 901-853-1413.

Santa Claus has arrived at Wolfchase Galleria. Kids are invited to share their wish lists with Santa and have their pictures taken. For Santa hours, visit simon.com/mall/wolfchase-gal-

leria.

GermantownA new adaptation of the beloved children’s novel

“The Velveteen Rabbit” comes to life at the Ger-mantown Community Theater through Dec. 21. The performance is adapted by Renee Davis Brame and directed by Brian and Rachel Ever-

son. Tickets are $21 for adults, $15 for seniors/students and $10 for children 12 and under. Visit gtcomeplay.org or call 901-937-3023.

The Tool Box Bash will be Friday from 7-10 p.m. at the Great Hall and Conference Center, 1900 S. Ger-mantown. Tickets are $50 and the event will feature live and silent auctions, entertainment, food and bev-erages to beneit Habitat for Humanity. Visit tool-boxbash.com or call Shanda Wicker at 901-322-3504.

Sweet Treats with Santa will be Saturday from 9-11 a.m. at the Pickering Center, 7771 Poplar Pike. Children 2-10 can create treats, holiday decora-tions or gifts and enjoy a visit with Santa. Go outside to make reindeer food and enjoy s’mores

around the camp ire. Cost is $20 per car (one family per car). Contact Michelle McDonnell at 901-757-7382 or [email protected].

The Germantown Community Library, 1925 Exeter Road, will host the Adventure Time Promcoming Dance for kids ages 10-12 on Monday, 4:30-6 p.m. Join other “Adventure Time” fans for games, crafts and snacks. Costumes are encouraged, but not required. Event is free to attend.

Adults are invited to gather for free screenings of a favorite winter-themed film at Germantown Commu-nity Library’s Winter Movie Night for Adults, Monday at 6:30 p.m. Snacks will be provided. Pre-registration is not required and event is free to attend. Call 901-757-7323 for titles.

The Special Recreation Themed Dance “Jingle Bell Rock” will be Dec. 12, 7-9 p.m., at the Pickering Center, 7771 Poplar Pike. Special Recreation ac-tivities are for those with intellectual or physi-

cal challenges and their friends and family. Contact Michelle McDonnell at 901-757-7382 or [email protected].

The Germantown holiday parade will be Dec. 13 at 2 p.m., starting at the corner of Kimbrough Road and Farmington Boulevard. The parade will proceed west on Farmington to Exeter, turn

north on Exeter and end at Germantown Athletic Club. Contact Natalie Ruin at 901-757-7376 or [email protected]. Rain date is Dec. 14.

LakelandThe Rural Route Holiday Studio Tour will run

through Monday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Studio of Deborah Fagan Carpenter, 4881 Canada Road. This open studio tour will feature mixed media

sculpture by Jimmy Crosthwait and contemporary landscape and abstract paintings by Deborah Fagan Carpenter. Call 901-384-9132, e-mail [email protected] or visit faganart.com.

Come gather around the Lakeland Senior Center Christmas tree with friends and enjoy a variety of teas, cofee or a cup of fresh hot chocolate dur-ing the Christmas Tea event. Festivities will be

Dec. 19, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feel free to bring a snack. Guests also will have the option to participate in a Christmas gift swap. Swap participants should bring a $10 wrapped gift to go under the Christmas tree. Gifts will be presented by a number drawing system.

The senior Christmas Dinner at the Lakeland Senior Center will be Dec. 12, from 6-8 p.m. The cost is $10 per person. The deadline to sign up is Friday. Call 901-867-2717 or e-mail kodom@lakelandtn.

org to reserve a seat.

MemphisNew Neighbors of Memphis will host its Festival of

Lights and Carols charity candlelight and home tour Sunday, from 5-8 p.m. The tour will include ive homes. Call 901-759-9794 for information.

Tickets are $15 per person or $25 for a family. Ad-dresses for the homes will be printed on the ticket.

The Memphis Zoo’s SunTrust Zoo Lights will be

open 5:30-9:30 p.m. select nights through Dec. 30. Visit memphiszoo.org for a schedule. Also at the zoo, Memphis’ only outdoor ice skating rink

is back this holiday season. Memphis Zoo on Ice is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission is $6 per person and does not include general zoo admission.

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HernandoCedar Hill Farm Cookies & Milk with Santa is open 1-5

p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Dec. 20 at 008 Love Road. Admission is $7.95 per person. Take your photos or purchase items from Santa. Call 662-429-2540 or visit gocedarhillfarm.com.

Hernando’s annual Cookies with Santa is 2-5 p.m. Sunday at Gale Community Center, 2601 Elm St. Have pictures made with Santa and enjoy cook-ies, crafts and more. $1 per child; $3 per adult. For more information, call Hernando Parks and

Recreation 662-429-2688 or e-mail [email protected].

Catfish Dinner with Santa is at 5:30 p.m. Saturday and Dec. 13 at Cedar Hill Farm, 008 Love Road. Space is limited. Reservations required. Price is $12.95 for ages 2-10 and $17.95 for ages 11 and up. Call 662-429-2540 or visit gocedarhillfarm.com for

reservations.Hernando Christmas Tree Lighting is 6-7 p.m. Sat-

urday at Courthouse Square, 2535 Hwy. 51 S. For more information, 662-429-9055 or visit hernan-doms.org.

The 57th Annual Hernando Christmas Parade is 6:30 p.m. Monday at Courthouse Square. The theme this year is “A Mississippi Christmas.” For more information, call 662-429-9055 or visithernan-

doms.org.The DeSoto County Welcome Center Holiday Open

House is 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at DeSoto Coun-ty Welcome Center, 3685 I-55 South. The public is invited to join for live entertainment and refresh-ments. For more information, contact bwilson@

mississippi.org or call 662-429-9969.

Horn LakeHorn Lake’s Annual Christmas Parade, Tree Lighting

& Fireworks is 6 p.m. on Tuesday at Latimer Lakes Park, 5633 Tulane Road. The theme this year is “Blue Christmas-Elvis Style.” For more informa-tion, call the Horn Lake Chamber of Commerce

at 662-393-9897, e-mail [email protected] or visit hornlakechamber.com.

NesbitHealing Hearts Breakfast with Santa is 8:30-11 a.m.

Saturday at Northwest Mississippi Association of Realtors, 2795 Hwy. 51. Register at nwmar.net/events. For more information, call 662-349-1555

or visit healingheartscac.org.

Olive BranchOlive Branch Christmas Tree Lighting is 7 p.m. to-

day at Olive Branch City Hall, 9200 Pigeon Roost Road. Call 662-893-0888 or visit olivebranchold-towne.org.

Christmas in Old Towne is 6-9 p.m. today at Olive Branch Old Towne Main Street, Pigeon Roost Road. Visit Old Towne, decorated in holiday splendor with strolling carolers and horse drawn carriage rides. Visit olivebrancholdtowne.org or

call 662-893-0888.Olive Branch’s 38th annual Christmas Parade is 2

p.m. Saturday and will feature the theme “The Sights & Sounds of Christmas.” Call 662-895-2600 or visit olivebranchms.com.

The Second Annual South Branch Lions Club Christ-mas Gala & Auction will be 7 p.m. to midnight Saturday

at Olive Branch Shrine Building, 9765 Goodman Road. Semi-formal attire; coat and tie required. For more information, e-mail [email protected].

The Bartlett Community Concert Band will present a Christmas concert at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, 7630 Davidson Road, at 6 p.m. Saturday.

SouthavenThe Mississippi RiverKings face the Knoxville Ice

Bears on Friday, the Pensacola Ice Flyers on Dec. 12 at the Landers Center, 4560 Venture Drive. All games begin at 7:05 p.m. For more information, visit riverk-ings.com or call 662-342-1755.

Southaven Performing Arts Academy’s annual Nutcracker Production is at 6:30 p.m. Friday at SouthPoint Church, 2010 Stateline Road W. E-mail [email protected].

Southaven will hold its Christmas Parade at 7 p.m. on Saturday. The theme this year is “Santa’s Work-shop has moved South!” For more information, call 662-890-7275 or visit southaven.org.

DeSoto Family Theatre presents “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” Fridays and Sat-urdays at 7 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. through Dec. 14 at the Landers Center Theatre, 4560 Venture Drive. Admission is $15-$30. Call 662-470-2131 or visit dftonline.org.

The Ladies of the DeSoto County alumnae chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., the Southaven alumni chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. and the Leadership Foundation host the Divas and Diamonds Holiday Soiree Saturday from 7 p.m. to

midnight. The event will be held at Holiday Inn South-aven at 280 Marathon Way. Tickets can be purchased in advance at divasanddiamondsparty.eventbrite.com for $20 or at the door for $25.

Santa at Suppertime is 6-9 p.m. Tuesday at Chick-il-A Southaven, 235 Goodman Road. Santa will make an appearance and kids eat free. Call 662-349-3587.

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HIStory XtravaganzaThe ECS band beat their drums and boldlyplayed their instruments as they welcomedForest Hill and Ridge Lake guests to the Maconcampus on Friday, October 31, for the SocialStudies Xtravaganza. “L’e’tat, c’est moi. I amthe State!” said French King Louis IV MartinLuther was there, nailing his 95 Theses to thedoor,Christopher Columbus stared throughhis telescope, and Betsy Ross busily sewedthe American lag. Also in attendance wereFlorence Nightingale, Elizabeth I, UlyssesGrant, Napoleon Bonaparte, Jane Austen, and Marie Antoinette trying to hold onto herhead. William Wallace, a.k.a. Middle School Principal Chuck Smith, amused the audience as hewalked down the aisle in a Scottish kilt, blue face paint and a giant sword to the sound of bagpipes.

At Ridge Lake, Ms. Landy’s second graders havebeen learning about the eye in science. Alongwith a partner, each student used a numberedwhite collar to measure his or her ield of visionand to understand peripheral vision. They coveredup one eye to see how it changed their depthperception while walking up stairs. The childrenused a lashlight to watch the iris change the sizeof the pupil, and they also used a magnifying classfor a closer look at the eye and for understandingthe shape of the lens in the eye. The second

graders used their prisms to see and draw the color spectrum and to chase the lightspectrums around the classroom.Looking at optical illusions, the students learned that sometimes things are not what theyseem to be to our brain. They learned the parts of the eye and how they work together sowe can see. They all agreed that two eyes are better than one eye for seeing and came tothe conclusion that our eyes were created by an amazing God!

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Betsy Spurlock has been at Hous-ton Middle for 17 years. Spurlock is with cheerleader Michala Hartzell.

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BETSY SPURLOCKPhysical education teacher at Houston Middle

Q What do you like most about your school?

A I love the students most of all. I am so blessed to teach such a

focused, smart group of students. They are excited about learn-ing and most love to be involved in school activities. I also love sponsoring the HMS cheer squad. Fourteen of the last 17 years I have sponsored the HMS cheer squad.

Q What was your favorite subject as a kid and why?

A Science was always my favor-ite subject. I loved everything

about science. I still do. I loved studying, earth science, physiology, anatomy, kinesiology and ecology. I grew up in the 1960s space age. Science was being pushed in my school. When I was in eighth grade the irst American astronaut landed and walked on the moon.

Q What was the most challenging subject for you as a kid?

A I didn’t have any subject that I found diicult as a child —

except maybe art.

Q What do you hope to accomplish as an educator?

A As an educator, I hope to make each day better for the stu-

dents I teach. I hope to make my students more physically it and in the process of that make them per-form better academically.

Q What is the most rewarding mo-ment you’ve had as a teacher?

A After being in the teaching ield for 35 years, I’ve had many

rewarding moments. Recently, while eating at Panera Bread, I saw a cheer mom that I hadn’t seen for some time. She and her twin sis-ter had both been in an aerobic class that I taught in the 1980s at the University of Memphis. They both brought up an assignment that I gave them and how they still remembered what they did in the assignment.

Q Who is your teaching inspiration and why?

A Susan Turman was my high school physical education

teacher. My experiences in her class irst made me realize how fun it would be to teach physical education.

Q Who is the person you most ad-mire?

A The person I most admire is my mom. She was president of

the many organizations including the Tennessee/Arkansas/Missis-sippi Girl Scout Council, Graves PTA, Hillcrest PTA, Maternal Wel-fare and Delta Delta Delta Sorority. She was also a Godly woman and a leader in our church. As a com-munity leader she worked hard to make a diference. Mom died of cancer when she was 49. She lived her short life to the fullest.

Q When did you know you wanted to be an educator?

A My senior year in high school was 1974. I decided that year,

that I would like to pursue a degree in education.

Q What is something people would be surprised to know about you?

A I was a member of the faculty at the University of Memphis

for 10 years. I taught aerobics, water aerobics, canoeing, kayaking and all levels of swimming classes at the University of Memphis.

Q If you weren’t a teacher, what would you be?

A If I were not a teacher, I would like to be a park ranger. I love

the outdoors!

TEACHER SPOTLIGHT

Houston’s Spurlock heads cheer squad

CHANDLER GRACE TILLMANSenior at Briarcrest

Family: Parents Kim and Chad Tillman, brother Todd Tillman and sister Taylor Till-man

What do you like most about your school: How close the stu-dent body is to each other, no matter what grade the student is in.

Favorite subject: Marketing; because I want to major in that and I ind it interesting.

Most challenging subject: Math; because it takes me lon-ger to fully understand it.

What are some of your biggest accomplishments: A 6-year Jo-seph A. Clayton Award winner, 3-year Who’s Who nominee, National Honors Society, Na-tional Champion cheerleader and All-American Cheerleader

Hobbies: Anything involved with cheer; or the school.

Goal for the future: Go to col-lege, get a degree in marketing, get married and start a family.

Person you most admire: My mom; because she’s one of the strongest, kindest and best Christian role models.

Favorite movies, TV shows, books: “Sweet Home Alabama,” “A Walk to Remember,” “Pretty

Little Liars,” “Chasing Life” the Bible, “The Help” and “Two-Way Street”

People would be surprised to know: I love to sing but I can’t carry a tune.

What would you do if you were principal for a day: Allow stu-dents to dress casual and out of uniform and have a giant ield day for all high schoolers.

Famous person you would like to meet: Justin Timberlake because he can sing and dance and we both love the Memphis Grizzlies.

What would you do with $1 million: Help make someone’s dream come true via Make-A-

Wish.If you could change one thing in

the world: To igure out all the cultural diferences so we don’t have to live in fear.

To nominate a star student, e-mail Matt

Woo at [email protected].

Chandler Grace Tillman wants to major in marketing and loves the Memphis Grizzlies.

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

Briarcrest senior Tillman admires mom, praises her as ‘best Christian role model’

By Mylissa HorrocksSpecial to The Weekly

ECS freshman and Germantown resi-dent Emma Johnson is thrilled with the

early success of the inaugural Shelby County Mayor’s Youth Council.

“This is such an exciting opportunity to help the youth voice resonate in the community,” said Johnson. “A particular goal is to raise youth awareness of the government process and to serve. I am beyond excited. It’s going to be a really productive year and I look forward to seeing our progress.”

After discovering that cities such as Boston and Houston had student groups that work with local government, John-son pitched the idea to ECS head of school Bryan Miller and high school principal Barrett Luketic.

“Emma has a passion to lead and serve.

She identiied a problem integrating young people from Memphis and Shelby County and then met with Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell to discuss possible solutions. She has since organized and led meetings with students, faculty and the mayor’s oice, discussing issues and concerns of teenagers in Shelby County,” remarked Luketic.

Last summer, Johnson worked along-side Shelby County’s director of legisla-tive afairs, Paul Young, to hammer out details and plans for the new council. The group meets on the ECS campus with Luttrell and Young to discuss is-sues facing the youth of Shelby County.

Several ECS high school students have joined the pilot group. Junior and Cordo-va resident David Boyd Jr. says he’s con-cerned that the youth of Shelby County lack a strong voice in local government.

“I’m grateful to have an opportunity to get involved at politics at a young age, and be a change maker,” said Boyd, who holds a 4.3 GPA and is a recent qualiier for the International Triathlon Union Sprint World Championships.

Now that the Council is success-fully in place at one Shelby County school, the plan is to expand into other area high schools during the 2015-2016 school year.

EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

Voices heard

ECS students celebrate the creation of the school’s Shelby County Mayor’s Youth Council with Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell and director of legislative af-fairs for Shelby County, Paul Young.

Evangelical Christian School students sit down with Paul Young and Shelby County Mark Luttrell as part of the school’s Mayor’s Youth Council.

Mayor’s Youth Council called an early success

By Katherine PerrySpecial to The Weekly

When Bailey Station Ele-mentary School teacher Cindy Schepman asked her colleagues to support her family in a wor-thy cause, she already knew how they felt about it.

For the past two years, her BSE colleagues had been shar-ing her fears, joys and concerns regarding her 17-month-old grandson, Noah, who was born with spina biida, a neural tube defect that can cause nerve damage, bladder and bowel problems and hydrocephalus.

BSE prayed with Schepman when Noah and his mother, Lacey Schepman, underwent in utero surgery at Vanderbilt Uni-versity Hospital. They rejoiced when Noah was born in 2013 and they walked with Schep-man and Noah through Overton Park on Nov. 8 in the Walk-N-Roll for Spina Biida event. The family-friendly walk is held in communities across the na-tion to raise awareness about the disease and celebrate the accomplishments of the more than 166,000 Americans living with it. This is the irst year that the walk has been held locally.

Bailey Station faculty, staf and parents joined Noah’s par-ents, Jared and Lacey Schep-man, to build a team in Noah’s name. Together, with family

and friends, Jared’s co-workers from Mid-America Apartments and Lacey’s co-workers at Fe-dEx, the team swelled to more than 30 people. More than 130 Team Noah shirts were sold.

The event raised about $41,000 and Team Noah was re-

sponsible for $5,095. “I knew I could count on the support of Bailey Station,” said Cindy Schepman. “That’s just the kind of family we have here.”

Katherine Perry teaches at Bailey Sta-

tion Elementary.

WALK-N-ROLL FOR SPINA BIFIDA

Bailey Station teachers, students team up for baby NoahFriends with Bailey Station participated in the Walk-n-Roll for Spina Bifida fundraiser. The team is in honor of Noah Schepman, the grandson of BSE teacher Cindy Schep-man.

Fundraiser nets more than $43,000


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For the irst time, the Briarcrest High School commercial ensemble, “Soundscape,” collaborates with the middle school praise band during a recent performance. “Soundscape” and the middle school praise band will perform Tuesday at the Christmas Concert, along with the high school and middle school bands and the high school praise band.

Germantown Presbyterian Church hosts Germantown High School’s International Baccalaureate Program pinning ceremony. Kevin Woods, chairman of the Shelby County School board, was the guest speaker. Students honored were: Daniel Ahn, Alexander Allison, Kelsey Alter, Erin Bigus, Meagan Bratton, Jerica Chambers, Kayla Chevis, Liam Chew, Brenna Clary, Allyson Coyle, Amoriana Davis, Jessica Doan, Gabrielle Duie, Frank Emelue, Robert Eng, Idalis French, Amairany Fuentes, Susannah Garcia, Kaif Gilani, Olivia Gregory, Aaron Grosman, Sumain Hemani, Natalie Hernandez, Madeline Hirt, Sarah Hrach, Jessica Jackson, Layla Jubrial-Jaber, Max Kight, Nicholas Laboe, Autumne Lee, Caroline Luiken, Anubhaw Mathur, Analia Mireles, Katherine Molinet, Nadir Noordin, Vanessa Nutt, Harshil Pathak, Benjamin Pekary, Johnathan Russell, Anna Emilee Saxon, Vidushi Sinha, Annalise Stewart, Benjamin Taylor, Maria Tom-bazzi, Suhaas Yerramreddy and Kaleb Young.

On Nov. 19, students at the Briarcrest Houston Levee campus partici-pated in the Scripps Howard Spelling Bee in the Sparks Chapel. After seven rounds, ifth-grader Kaylee Carlson was declared champion. Fourth-grader Lacey Duncan was named runner-up.

In honor of American Education Week, volunteers were asked to participate in the “Educa-tor for a Day” program at Germantown Elementary Optional School. Rebecca Luter, mother of students Elizabeth and Nicholas, volunteered to take over Gwin Williams’ fourth-grade Optional class. Luter worked with students on math skills such as fractions, decimals and percentages.

Devin Corbin and Ethan Simpson enjoy a few snacks during Bailey Station’s re-enactment of the irst Thanksgiving.

Bailey Station kindergarten students recently enjoyed a re-enactment of the irst Thanksgiving Day feast. Parents were invited to hear students sing songs and snack on a feast of grapes, popcorn, pretzels and Goldish crackers. Leading up to this special event, students learned about the history of the irst Thanksgiving Day and compared their own lives to those of the pilgrims and Native American Indians.

SEND US YOUR SNAPSHOTSWe’d love to see what you’re up to in your community. Send snapshots of family gatherings, community events, out-of-town adventures and more to share in The Weekly. E-mail JPEG images 1-2 MB in size to Matt Woo at [email protected]. Please include first and last names of everyone pictured and all the pertinent details.


being her last. After 20 years, Goldsworthy is retiring. Soon after, with a lip of a switch, the trees surrounding the lake were lit up with thousands of white lights.

Meanwhile, at the southern end of the lake, people gathered around ire pits that were set up for staying warm and for roast-ing marshmallows. Inside the Municipal Center, seasonal refreshments, including cookies and warm cider, were ofered to guests.

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There was quite an elaborate American Girl Fashion Show held at the Highland Church of Christ Nov. 16.

Bright lights, a red carpet runway, fun music, red and pink balloons and huge pink stars on each side of the entrance where the models appeared formed the backdrop for the event. The big production was done to grant Carson Head her Make-A-Wish dream.

Carson is a third-grader who attends St. George’s Independent School and worships at Highland Church of Christ. The St. George’s Make-A-Wish Club, the Highland Youth Group and the Highland Chil-dren’s Ministry partnered together to grant her wish to visit the American Girl Store in Chicago.

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After spending some time eating cake and tak-ing pictures with her friends, Carson and her family were escorted to the waiting limo down a sidewalk lined with people holding giant spar-

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Carson learned she had osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer, last March a day before her eighth birthday, but it has not deterred her from being the happiest, most courageous 8 year old you will ever meet. As soon as family and friends heard the news, they formed TeamCarson as a way for people to show their support. Thousands of people have visited her pages on Facebook and CaringBridge. Hundreds of people will partici-pate in this year’s St. Jude Marathon wearing their TeamCarson gear.

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The City of German-town will spend $242,052 on a landscape and signage plan to redesign the front of the municipal center.

The Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved the contract last Monday with Barnes & Brower Inc.

City Administrator Patrick Lawton said the project was on this iscal year’s list of capital im-provements, although it came in about $15,000 over what was budgeted at the beginning of the year.

The plan calls for a curved, 41-foot-long, ive-foot-tall monument sign that would say German-town City Hall — a change from the Germantown Municipal Center, as it is most frequently called. The brick and limestone-paneled sign would also list the address and show the city’s seal. Behind the structure would be lag poles.

Lawton said residents and visitors have com-plained the municipal cen-ter is hard to ind because the address is on South Germantown Road, but the main entrance is of of Farmington Boulevard. The sign will be installed at that corner.

“We’re kind of down in a hole,” Lawton said.

The landscaping will include rain gardens to help with water runof and aesthetics, he said, as rain water now “shoots down” Farmington.

The city has applied for a $30,000 state grant for stormwater projects

that would go toward the landscaping, Lawton said.

Lawton said the goal is for the city to lead the way in aesthetic designs that are also functional.

“These will be demon-stration projects for what the developments can do,” he said, later adding, “You can have the beautiful gar-dens, native plants, (and) control the drainage on site.”

In other business, the aldermen approved three variances, or exceptions, to a development plan to expand Saddle Creek with another building on the northeast corner of Poplar Avenue and West Farmington Boulevard.

One variance was for parking and two were to allow the building to be closer to the roadway than the code allows.

The vote to approve the exceptions was 3-2, with Forrest Owens and Greg Marcom dissenting. Ow-ens said he supported the growth of Saddle Creek, and the overall look of the building, but thought the developers could design a plan that worked within the code.

“My feeling was just make it work and bring it to us within compliance with the law,” Owens said after the meeting. He had previously voted against the variances as the liai-son to the Planning Com-mission.

The aldermen also ap-proved an $18,248.50 ex-penditure to purchase $50 Kroger gift cards for 377 city employees for the holi-days. The city was able to negotiate a $1.50 discount for each card.

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Of all the items in Bob Winter-rowd’s newly renovated Collier-ville home, the two most impor-tant ones survived the ire that gutted it on Nov. 25.

One was a photo of Winter-rowd’s late wife, Christie Winter-rowd, who died in 1997.

The other was a set of wedding rings he and his iancée, Tine Wil-liams, picked out for their wed-ding in less than two weeks.

The fire destroyed the 4,500-square-foot home on Halle Parkway. The cause is still under investigation, but the ire depart-ment determined the house to be a total loss.

Williams said the wedding —

along with Thanksgiving at her sister’s house — would be unaf-fected.

“We’ll keep going,” she said. “That’s Bob’s attitude. It’s about people. It’s not about things.”

The couple, along with a wom-an who was cleaning the house, were home when the ire broke out just before 4:30 p.m.

Winterrowd said he was taking a nap when he heard the security system alarm sound. He checked the kitchen and then the garage and saw thick black smoke. The three of them evacuated and watched the entire house go up in lames.

“It went so fast,” Williams said.The couple is set to get married

Dec. 13. Williams said she still has her house in Cordova, and every-thing they needed for the wedding was in that house, where they are now staying.

They had just inished renovat-ing the Collierville house within the last few days, she said, and it had sentimental value for her

soon-to-be husband and their three grown children.

“He built this house for (Chris-tie), and she died within a few months,” Williams said.

Winterrowd is a retired Fe-dEx pilot, and Williams spent 31 years in the Army Reserves. The 63-year-olds met in 2001, but didn’t start dating until they found each other again, this time online, two years ago.

Williams threw her Army boots back on last Wednesday to clear out the house and ind what was salvageable. It wasn’t much, but Williams continued smiling and saying, “We’ll be all right,” and, “There’s always hope.”

“We’ve got what we needed,” she said.

Winterrowd ran an errand while Williams and neighbors combed through the debris. Upon returning, Williams joyfully told him she had located the photo and the rings.

He smiled and joked, “I guess I’ve got to get married now.”

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Even as a freshman, Drew Richmond was thinking about what it would be like to be a Mr. Football winner. Monday, he found out.

Richmond, a senior at Memphis University School, won the Division 2-AA lineman award at cer-emonies in Murfreesboro beating out Myles Douglas of Nashville Ensworth and Jackson Pittman of Brent-

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The 6-5, 317-pounder — who has verbally commit-ted to Ole Miss — started three seasons at MUS,

leading the Owls to state runner-up finishes in 2012 and 2013 and a trip to the semifinals this past year.

Richmond was one of four local fi-nalists. MUS team-mate Colton Neal was honored in the D2-AA back catego-

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Whitehaven linebacker Josh McMillon was up for AAA lineman of the year, which was won by Mur-

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It exploded over the heads of the celebrating players, in joyous clouds of blue and white.

Confetti.When has the Memphis foot-

ball program ever had occasion for confetti? When has it ever had oc-casion for that kind of extravagant, bil-lowing happiness?

It has long been a program of tears and frustration. It has long been a program of shredded hopes and careers.

So it was almost surreal last Saturday, as the Liberty Bowl sky turned a shimmering blue, as the commemorative T-shirts were handed to player after player, as the big gleaming trophy was car-ried to the stage.

Mike Aresco, commissioner of the American Athletic Confer-ence, tried gamely to make the formal announcement.

“I want to congratulate the University of Memphis on win-ning,” he said, and the rest was drowned out by cheers.

But the commemorative T-shirts said Memphis won a cham-pionship. The trophy, the hugs, and the crying said that, too.

“We told you to wait for this year,” said Memphis linebacker Charles Harris.

New and updated Memphis football slogan: Wait until right now.

Memphis ended its 50th sea-son of football at the Liberty

Bowl by smashing the University of Connecticut, 41-10. With the vic-tory, Memphis: 1) won its irst con-ference champi-onship since 1971, 2) won nine regu-lar-season games for the irst time

since 1963, 3) won six games in a row for the irst time since 1969, and 4) proved that, yes, indeed, it really is possible for this univer-sity to have a football program that is a source of joy, satisfac-tion and pride.

Until recently, people won-dered about the last one. And not without considerable cause. From 2009-11 the Tigers were a staggering 5-31. Small wonder the calls to abandon football al-together became a sort of civic cliché.

And then head coach Justin Fuente arrived, preaching old-fashioned verities like hard work, patience, discipline and unselishness. Isn’t it remarkable how far those old-fashioned veri-ties can still carry a team?

“Just go 1-0,” said Fuente, be-fore the opener against Austin

Peay. He then said it every single week.

So the Tigers went 1-0 against Austin Peay, and 1-0 against Middle Tennessee State, and 1-0 against Cincinnati and, be-fore long, all those 1-0’s started to pile up.

Last Saturday, the players all wore bracelets that said “Com-plete the Mission,” which is what they ultimately did.

Paxton Lynch threw four touchdown passes. Lynch, you will recall, is the quarterback

Fuente refused to bench last year.

Keiwone Malone caught two of those touchdown passes. Malone, you will recall, is the receiver Fuente declined to play until he shaped up of the ield.

That is what efective coach-ing looks like, by the way. That’s how a devastated program is slowly rebuilt.

A year after ending its season by losing to UConn by 35 points, Memphis won its irst confer-ence championship in more than

four decades by beating that same UConn team by 31.

The fourth quarter was more celebration than anything, more of a countdown than a con-test. Players hugged. Coaches grinned. It seemed like every fan in the stadium was recording the event on a cellphone.

“This is incredible,” said Kenny Derryberry, in section 102, choking back tears. Kenny and his wife, Tammy, have been coming to the games since the 1980s. As it happens, they’re re-tiring to Florida after this year. So this was their last game as season-ticket holders, and they were having a hard time letting go.

But then the Derryberrys pointed out another couple, Paul and Joyce Robinson, who have been coming to the Liberty Bowl for 50 consecutive years.

“This has been the greatest thing,” said Paul Robinson, 82. “I never thought we’d see any-thing like this.”

See anything like a champion-ship, he meant. See a ceremony and a trophy and a celebration that could go on for a good long while.

“We inally have a football team,” said Robinson.

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Memphis third-year head coach Justin Fuente (right) is doused after his Tigers defeated UConn 41-10 to win the American Athletic Confer-ence champion-ship Saturday. Fuente said of his Tigers (9-3 overall and 7-1 in the league): “I don’t think I can’t say enough good things about these kids and the way they’ve worked.”

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Getting a irm grip on the American Ath-letic Conference tro-phy — tucked away

underneath the stands at Liberty Bowl Memorial Sta-dium — proved somewhat problematic for the Univer-sity of Memphis football team last Saturday.

The Tigers, attempting to clinch at least a share of a league title for the irst time in 43 years, struggled for slightly more than two quarters against downtrodden but pesky UCo-nn. The Huskies came in having lost seven of their last eight, including 41-0 last weekend at home to Cincinnati.

Then midway through the third quarter, the U of M ofense settled into an eicient, explosive rhythm and those in charge of the trophy’s upkeep must have inally felt com-fortable unpacking and polishing the hardware. The Tigers erupted for 21 fourth-quarter points — on three touchdown passes by Paxton Lynch — to pull away from the Hus-kies en route to a 41-10 victory and their irst conference championship since winning the 1971 Missouri Val-ley Conference.

The postgame celebration — com-plete with blasts of confetti and re-marks from AAC Commissioner Mi-chael Aresco and U of M President Dr. David Rudd — included players and coaches hugging one another and donning championship T-shirts.

“I kissed that trophy, I hugged that trophy,” said sixth-year senior run-ning back Brandon Hayes. “It was a

great feeling.”Lynch passed for a career-high four

touchdowns as the Tigers (9-3) won their sixth straight. The nine regular-season wins were the most by a U of M team since 1963 and the six con-secutive wins a irst since 1969.

“I don’t think I can’t say enough good things about these kids and the way they’ve worked,” third-year Ti-ger coach Justin Fuente said. “I don’t know that we’re the most talented team around, but they certainly played together and they certainly have some toughness about them.”

Memphis ended with a 7-1 league record and will await word on its bowl destination Dec. 7. The Tigers will be headed to the postseason for the irst time since 2008. A strong possibility for the U of M is the Dec. 22 Miami Beach Bowl, a game owned by the league.

Cincinnati and Central Florida, each with one league loss, could share the title with the Tigers provid-ing they win their regular-season i-nales next weekend. The conference championship was the ifth in the U of M program’s history.

“The coaching staf and the kids bought into this,” said Tiger athletic director Tom Bowen, who posed for pictures with his family during the celebration. “This is fun. It’s fun to do this.”

Lynch’s TD passes — to Keiwone Malone, Tevin Jones and Phil May-hue — came during a seven-minute stretch of the quarter that extended a 13-3 halftime advantage to 34-3. Jones’ reception was a one-handed catch on third-and-goal from the UConn 12-yard line and preceded a 21-yard toss to Mayhue by two min-utes. The scores by Malone and May-hue followed turnovers, Malone’s coming after a Martin Ifedi fumble recovery and Mayhue’s after a Fritz Etienne interception.

Freshman running back Jarvis Cooper added the U of M’s inal touchdown with a 1-yard run with 5:09 left.

“I knew it was going to be a tough, hard-fought game,” Fuente said. “I didn’t expect us to come out (and dominate). I knew we were going to have to wear them down because of the way the matchups fell. They do a great job scheme-wise, defensively. And what they do creates problems. It’s hard to move them.”

Lynch inished 22 of 41 for 194 yards. Senior running back Brandon Hayes rushed for 60 yards on 17 car-ries and Malone caught seven passes for 70 yards and two touchdowns, his irst TD catches of the season.

UConn (2-9, 1-6) was led by run-ning back Ron Johnson, who carried 22 times for 67 yards.

The Tigers, with the league’s top rushing ofense at 193 yards per game, struggled on the ground early. The U of M was limited to 8 rushing yards in the irst quarter.

But Jake Elliott ield goals from 21 and 22 yards gave the Tigers a 6-0 irst-quarter lead, and a 6-yard touch-down pass from Lynch to Malone late in the second quarter helped the U of M grab a 13-3 halftime lead. Lynch capped an 80-yard, 10-play drive by inding Malone on a fade route. It was Malone’s sixth career TD, but his irst of the season.

UConn scored in the closing sec-onds of the half on a 45-yard ield goal by Bobby Puyol.

The Tigers had 67 rushing yards at the half but inished with 178 and 372 total yards. UConn inished with 269 total yards, but only 107 rushing.

Huskies coach Bob Diaco said Memphis’ turnaround is a blueprint for what he hopes to do at UConn.

“They’re in Year Three (of a new staf) and through the adversity and their stick-to-itiveness, and the exe-cution of their model, they’ve created a champion,” Diaco said. “It’s awe-some, just awesome. And that’s what we’re going to. There’s no doubt.”

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A crowd of about 450 that packed into a ballroom last Sunday night at the University of Memphis’s on-campus Holiday Inn found itself attending more than the annual Tiger football banquet, the year-end tribute to the team’s seniors.

The banquet instead was an extended cel-ebration of what transpired a night earlier at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.

The Tigers overpowered UConn, 41-10, last Saturday to capture at least a share of the American Athletic Conference title and the irst league championship for the program in 43 years. Speeches, the team highlight ilm and the ballroom lobby all included references to the milestone for the Tigers and third-year coach Justin Fuente. The shiny league champi-onship trophy was on display in the lobby and eventually escorted into the ballroom by di-rector of football operations Jef Kupper, after some not-so-subtle prompting from banquet emcee Eli Savoie.

“The irst two years we were just trying to get to a bowl game,” senior defensive back Bobby McCain said. “We surpassed that and got a conference championship. That’s a huge deal. You can’t beat being champions.”

The Tigers completed their regular season with a 9-3 overall record and a 7-1 league mark, the irst seven-win conference season in the program’s history. They’ll learn of their bowl destination within the “next ive to six days,” according to athletic director Tom Bowen, who told the crowd Sunday night the most coveted of the ive AAC bowls is the Dec. 22 Miami Beach Bowl.

During the banquet, senior linebacker Charles Harris was awarded the team’s top honor — the True Tiger Award — for a combi-nation of his exemplary character and playing ability. Sophomore quarterback Paxton Lynch, responsible for a team-record 28 touchdowns, was voted the DeAngelo Williams Most Valu-able Player.

Senior running back Brandon Hayes was named the Isaac Bruce Ofensive Player of the Year and senior linebacker Tank Jakes was named the John Bramlett Defensive Player of the Year. Sophomore Jake Elliott was selected Special Teams Player of the Year.

Sunday’s individual awards had to yield the spotlight to the team’s accomplishment. The Ti-gers will be playing in the postseason for the irst time since 2008.

“It’s the irst time we’ve come to a banquet and it hasn’t been the end of the season,” Har-ris said. “It means a lot for it to be my senior year and for it to end this way.

“It also means a lot because it’s my birth-day. I turned 22 (Sunday). And I couldn’t have asked for a better birthday present than to win a conference championship. There’s just a lot of good things going on.”

Hayes, a former walk-on, ranks sixth in school history with 2,338 rushing yards, one behind No. 5 Joe Doss.

“We started of conference play with a bang against Cincinnati and from there we really didn’t get touched, except against Houston,” Hayes said of the Tigers’ nearly unblemished run through the AAC.

Hayes said the Tigers prospered under the leadership and direction of Fuente, in his third season as coach after coming to the U of M from TCU, where he was co-ofensive coor-dinator.

“This group of seniors serve as fantastic ex-amples that hard work does pay of,” Fuente said. “I’m proud of the way they did it.”

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Memphis’ Chris Morley (left), Latarius Brady (middle) and teammates celebrate with Tiger fans after defeating UConn 41-10 last Saturday at Liberty Bowl Me-morial Stadium to win the American Athletic Conference championship. Mem-phis ended with a 7-1 league record and will await word on its bowl destination.

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Richard Bruce Winders, Curator at the Alamo, watches over the displays. The main building at the Alamo is called the “Shrine,” in reverence for the bravery and sac-rifice by the men who died while defending the historic landmark that was once a mission.

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SAN ANTONIO — The most famous building in Texas is smaller than you expect. It was

once a mission, though these days it stands across the street from an unholy row of Ripley’s and Guin-ness tourist operations. You can cover it in about two hours.

Yes, it’s the Alamo. And yes, it’s worth remember-ing. This is where Wil-liam Travis, David “Davy” Crockett, Jim Bowie and about 200 other rebels died ighting for Texas sover-eignty against a Mexican force of perhaps 1,800 sol-diers, perhaps 6,000. Ever since that day in 1836, the Alamo has been embraced as a symbol of doomed bravery.

The story won over Fess Parker, who starred in a ‘50s Disney mini-series about Crockett, and John Wayne, who directed and starred in a movie version of the Alamo story in 1960. And it spoke to pop star Phil Collins, who grew up in England watching Parker on TV. He spent a fortune acquiring 200 artifacts of the battle and of Texas history, then last month handed them over to the state of Texas.

The Collins collection includes letters from Travis, a rile of Crock-ett’s, a knife of Bowie’s and a sword that belonged to Mexican leader Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. State oicials hope to build a museum to show it all of, but no new building will displace the Alamo’s facade as an emblem of the West.

First stop was the remnants of the old Alamo compound, much of which was gobbled up by shops and streets in San Antonio’s early decades. Nowadays, the landmark, which is free to visit, is surrounded by urban San Antonio and dwarfed by the tall, slender Emily Morgan Hotel to the north and the low, ram-bling Menger Hotel to the south.

You begin with the Alamo’s focal point, the former church with the weathered facade that’s now known as the shrine of Texas liberty. It was built by Spanish missionaries and Coahuiltecan Indians in the 18th cen-tury as the chapel of the Mission San Antonio de Valero. But the mission didn’t last, so the rooless building was pressed into service as a garri-son for Spanish troops, then Mexican troops and then, in 1836, rebels aim-ing to pry Texas from Mexico and establish a republic.

Inside the shrine, gentlemen are instructed to remove their hats. In dim light, visitors inspect a knife as-sociated with Bowie, a vest that be-longed to Crockett and a row of lags that honor the dead rebels. Many of them had recently arrived from Tennessee and elsewhere (includ-ing former Tennessee congressman Crockett); most expected to be paid for their services with big chunks of land; and many had not-so-heroic histories. But there’s no denying the extremity of their last chapter, holed up in the ruined mission compound for 13 days as enemy troops massed nearby.

Nowadays, the shrine has a solid roof over it, a gift shop next door (faux coonskin caps, $12.99) and a well-tended garden all around. But as you wander through the shrine, or linger by the neighboring long bar-rack building, it’s not hard to imagine the scene.

“This is where Texas begins,” I heard somebody say with an accent I couldn’t immediately place. It was Dennis Kozinski, who had come to town from his native Ukraine. He was sporting cowboy boots and a sil-ver belt buckle — but he was think-ing about the Ukrainian troops, out-numbered along the Russian border in recent months.

“It’s like Ukraine,” he said of the Alamo battle. “Before this moment, they were not sure. But this moment, being against 5,000 Mexicans, they were sure. Being against all that, it brings them together.”

“Victory or death,” Travis, the rebels’ commander, wrote in a let-ter seeking reinforcements during the siege. But reinforcements never came, or at least not enough to make a diference. When Santa Anna’s troops charged on March 6 — with orders to take no prisoners — the rebels did what they could with can-nons, muskets and swords, killing as many as 600 of the attackers. But it was over quickly.

By most accounts, every rebel ighter was killed that morning. But the recollections of surviving wom-en, children, slaves and Mexican sol-diers were hazy and often conlict-

ing, leaving historians to debate who died when, where and how.

This much is clear, though: Six weeks later, revenge-seeking reb-els prevailed in the Battle of San Ja-cinto, took Santa Anna prisoner and proclaimed Texas a republic. Nine years later, the U.S. annexed Texas. Twelve years later, in 1848, the U.S. won the Mexican-American War.

To see what San Antonio has been up to since then, just look around Alamo Plaza, where you’ll see state-ly buildings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, some of them now occupied or neighbored by Ri-pley’s and Guinness.

Activists at www.alamoplazapro-ject.com would like to replace these businesses with a replica of the Ala-mo’s western wall, which once stood there. Richard Bruce Winders, his-torian and curator of the Alamo, told me the block “presents a sort of problem for the Alamo.” But, he continued, “this is America. Do we drive people out of buildings just because we want the buildings? I’m not comfortable with that.”

I sidestepped the sideshow busi-nesses because I wanted more time with a San Antonio tourist attrac-tion far bigger than I expected — the River Walk.

Conceived in 1929 by architect Robert H.H. Hugman and com-pleted (or so it seemed) in 1941, the River Walk was a simple idea: Put walkways along the banks of the San Antonio River and make them a thoroughfare for tourists.

It worked. Then the system got a boost in the 1960s, when San Anto-nio hosted HemisFair ‘68. Further boosts followed, and the walkways now line 15 miles of the river. Scores of restaurants and hotels stand alongside the river, as do the city’s glittering new Tobin Center for the Performing Arts; the San Antonio Museum of Art (built in the 1980s on the site of the old Lone Star Brew-ery) and the restaurants and shops of the not-quite-completed Pearl (another brewery redevelopment project).

As many a conventioneer has discovered, you can spend three days meandering the River Walk and scarcely set foot on the grit-tier downtown streets where locals tread.

My plan was to rent a bike and pedal to the four other missions along the river within an easy ride of the Alamo — but rain came. So we drove mission to mission, walking grounds maintained by the National Park Service.

Later that night, when I doubled back downtown and found the old Alamo shrine bathed in loodlights, backed by storm clouds, surround-ed by rain puddles, it didn’t look so small after all.

Surrounded by urban clutter in San Antonio the landmark remains an icon of American bravery

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Reflected in puddles of water from a passing storm, the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, is a hallowed shrine where visitors pay tribute to the heroes who fought there.

Canons sur-round the court-yard behind the gift shop at the Alamo.

A man sitting on his bike is dwarfed by a mural in downtown San Antonio, Texas, several blocks from the Alamo.

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Eclectic Eye’s Col-lierville boutique, 3670 S. Houston Levee Road. Suite 102, will support the Page Robbins Adult Day Center for the second con-secutive year this holiday season by collecting dona-tions from the organiza-tion’s wish list.

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This special realm of all things positive is Fitness INSPIRATION! Inc., a gym owned and operated by cer-tiied personal trainer Becca Marino.

“I try to ofer a nonjudgmental, non-labeling, non-categorizing envi-ronment, said Marino, 34. “Whether you are advanced, intermediate or a beginner, it doesn’t matter. Just show up and be the best you can be.”

Marino knows all about energy vampires, like comparing oneself to the unattainable airbrushed images generated the beauty industry.

For most of her teenage years and into her early 20s, Marino sufered from an eating disorder. At age 25, she sought help at a treatment center in Arizona.

“I knew I was going to die if I con-tinued, and I needed to get help,” she said.

It was there she learned to believe in herself and found the inspiration to help others.

“I believe the itness industry is part of the reason we have eating disorders

and body image issues,” Marino said. “I knew my impact would be in the itness industry — to change the con-versation and ofer a diferent voice, a diferent environment and a diferent culture.”

After completing her treatment in 2005, Marino earned an exercise sci-ence degree, her National Strength and Conditioning Association and IDEA certiications as well as a TRX certiication.

She recently moved into her loca-tion at 7740 B Trinity Road, where close to 100 members leave their nega-tive talk at the door and participate in her BEST! Me Boot Camp surrounded by quotes like, “A little bit better every day causes phenomenally better over a lifetime.”

“There’s no negative talk, no body bashing, no scales, no comparing yourself to others,” Marino said. “Members sign a contract that states we don’t tolerate negative energy.”

For Sarah Lin, that was just what she had in mind.

“I had a personal trainer who would pinch my fat and wanted to put me on a scale, said Lin, 34, of Germantown. “I told him that goes against my beliefs and what my nutritionist and I do. We don’t go by numbers.”

Her nutritionist recommended she

visit Marino with the thought they would be a good match for each other.

“From the minute I met with her, I thought, ‘She gets it,’” said Lin, a business owner. “I eat real food and listen to my body. I don’t want to be a number.”

When Lin met with Marino just over a year ago, the two assessed Lin’s goals and began working toward them.

“I told her from the beginning that I wanted to get pregnant again and wanted to do it healthily and be it,” Lin said.

Now the mother of one son is just less than four weeks pregnant and feels great.

“I’m in a very good place physically and mentally,” Lin said. “If you’re being the best you can be — if you’re work-ing out and eating right and leading a healthy lifestyle, then you’re doing what you’re supposed to be doing.”

Jennifer Frye, 45, of Bartlett started taking Marino’s boot camp classes four years ago after inding a deal on Groupon.

She didn’t know the classes would change more than just her shape.

“I didn’t know what I was getting into,” said Frye, a stay-at-home wife and mother. “I just wanted to ind something to supplement my running and build my muscles.”

Now Frye focuses on strength and becoming the best she can be.

“I don’t fret about my body like I used to,” she said. “Now I look at what my body can do and what I can do for my body. I do the best I can every day and try to give 100 percent.”

Her experience has even spilled over into her home life.

Her husband, Kevin Frye, joins her for boot camp classes, and they prac-tice similar principles at home.

“When something negative comes up, we use a positive phrase to change the tone,” said Kevin, 38. “We spend time in Montana as a vacation spot, so when anything negative is said, we say, ‘Montana,’ and it helps reframe it.”

Marino hopes that, like the Fryes, when clients leave her doors, they don’t pick back up the negative talk they left at the door. She tries to help by ofering E-zines, video blogs and occasional workshops geared toward positive thinking.

According to statista.com, the global health and itness club industry gener-ated $75.75 billion in 2012.

“It keeps growing because people want a product or a service that will bring them happiness — being a cer-tain size, shape, breast size. That’s what sells, and that is one thing I will never be. I don’t care if I go bankrupt,” Marino said.

One promise is guaranteed to come true to for her clients.

They deinitely get puppy dogs when they come through the door.

Tank, Marino’s pit bull, greets them and usually cheers them on during the workouts.

“It’s about your spirit being ener-gized and walking out with a smile,” Marino said.

“If you don’t have your health and you don’t like who you are, life sucks,” she said. “It doesn’t matter how much money you have, you are not going to be happy.

“If we could all feel good about our-selves and be compassionate with each other, it would be a diferent world.”

Fitness INSPIRATION! Inc. is located at 7740 B

Trinity Road, Suite 117-118 in Cordova. For more

information, call 901-825-4883, or visit believ-

eitbringitachieveit.com.

FIT INSPIRED

Becca Marino (left) jokes with her clients Tues-

day morning between sets while working

out on the sus-pension trainer

at Fitness INSPIRATION

Inc. Marino was inspired to open

an airmative itness center

by her own struggles with

eating disorders. “Just show up

and be the best you can be,” she

says.

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Jennifer Frye learns a new exercise on the suspension trainer before the start of Becca Marino’s boot camp class at Fitness INSPIRATION Inc.

By Christina CheakalosAARP Media

If your nest is empty — by circum-stance or by choice — think about get-ting a dog. Known for their devotion and happy dances, dogs can take a big bite out of isolation. Just hanging out with a furry friend, studies show, has a revital-izing efect. Here, 10 beneits of later-life dog ownership:

1. Dogs Keep You FitAdopt a dog and ditch that pricey per-

sonal trainer. A study in The Journal of Physical Activity and Health found that dog owners walk approximately one hour longer per day than those without a fetching friend in their lives.

2. They Make You HealthierStudies show that dog-owning seniors

have lower blood pressure and lower cholesterol than their petless peers. Having a dog also reduces the risk of heart attack — and boosts your chances of long-term survival if you have one.

3. Dogs Are Social MediumsA natural-born icebreaker, your dog

will introduce you to everyone from next-door neighbors to perfect strangers.

It’s almost impossible to pass a dog with-out making a “pat stop,” so head for the park — Bowser will take it from there.

4. They Organize Your DayA dog may keep you sane, showered

and solvent. Studies show that dog own-ers exhibit higher degrees of self-disci-pline than those without. Makes sense: Dogs, like humans, thrive on structure; they need to be fed, walked and nurtured at regular intervals.

5. Dogs Get YouMRI scanners showed that the canine

brain reacts to voices and sounds, such as crying or laughter, in the same way the human brain does. Dogs are also the only nonhuman animals who scan the left side of a face — the process whereby people, too, “read” emotions.

6. They Boost Quality of LifeFor many older Americans, a dog

means the diference between a life lived and a life merely endured. Dogs help you stay safe and independent: They provide ears for the deaf, eyes for the blind and an early warning system at the approach of dangers (both real and imagined, of course!).

7. They Can Be an Old Friend

No need for housebreaking and train-ing when you adopt an older pooch. Stud-ies show you can teach an old dog new tricks — or simply take it for long, calm walks. For tips on bringing a “senior dog” into your home, check out susiessenior-dogs.com.

8. They Help You VolunteerWhen is a dog like a grandchild? When

you can play with it during the day and then head home! Shelters and rescue or-ganizations are desperate for volunteer help. And you’ll get a boost from that tail-wagging mood elevator.

9. Dogs Make You a Better PersonConsider this: Ozzy Osbourne, the bat-

chomping rocker not known as an SPCA poster child, once wrestled a coyote to the ground to pull his pet Pomeranian, Pipi, from its jaws. As the “bumper snicker” ex-horts us, “Be the person your dog thinks you are.”

10. They Let You Be a HeroThe Humane Society estimates that

6 to 8 million dogs and cats wind up in animal shelters every year. The majority would make loyal and loving companions, yet at least half of that number is eutha-nized annually.

Seniors can benefit from canine companions Calendar

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St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend: 8 a.m. Saturday. Five events: Marathon, Half Marathon, Marathon Relay, 5K, Family Race/Kids Marathon. Call 800-565-5112. stjudemarathon.org

Jingle Bell 5K Run/1-Mile Walk for Arthritis: 8 a.m. Dec. 13 in Audubon Park. 901-322-1517.

Run Run Rudolph 5K and Dasher Dash: 9 a.m. Dec. 13. Packet pickup/registration 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Dec. 12 at Rivercrest Elementary, 4825 Rivercrest Lane, Bartlett. Fees: $20 through Dec. 6, $25 Dec. 7-12, and $30 race day. $10 for Dasher Dash. All proceeds donated directly to the technology fund at Rivercrest Elementary. Call 901-274-2202. runrunrudolph5k.racesonline.com

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Weight Loss Surgery: 10 a.m. Dec. 13. Free informational seminar hosted by Saint Francis Center for Surgical Weight Loss. Call 901-765-1849.

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Sudoku

Bridge

Horoscope

ACROSS 1 Use for target

practice, say 8 They’re littler

than mediums 14 Mongol invaders 20 See 125-Across 21 Dine at a

restaurant 22 Lucky charm 23 BB rifles 24 One going

from station to station

26 Bohemian dance 28 Icicle sites 29 DVR giant 30 Oscar-nominated

actress in “Victor/Victoria”

36 Censored-word sound

37 “I haven’t —” (“Beats me”)

38 Very old boys’ school

39 Eye 40 Mother of Zeus 41 Rue Morgue

creator 43 Grow up and

move away from home

51 Getting the airborne matter from, perhaps

54 Sly 55 Art Deco

lithographer 56 Kind of engine

fuel 57 Opening opera

part

58 — -Cherry (Ocean Spray flavor)

59 Hulk of pro wrestling

62 Flee with a flame

64 Residents of Japan’s third-largest city

66 “Am — blame?” 67 Eight three-

letter ones are found in appropriate places in this puzzle

72 Staff sgt., e.g. 73 Small mosaic tile 75 Revved thing 76 Western flick 78 French “she” 79 Befuddles 82 City partition

planners 85 — -buster

(certain drug) 86 Track vehicle 87 One of 100 on

the Hill 91 Hit song

subtitled “To Be Loved by You”

94 — daily basis 95 High, elegant

hairstyle 96 Voguish thing 97 Polaris, e.g. 99 Weirdo 100 Arizona tribe

members 103 American slices,

e.g.

109 Budget Rent — 110 “A Bell

for —” (Hersey novel)

111 Japanese truck maker

112 1980s game show

116 Sir Walter Scott’s title

121 River dividing Nebraska

122 Munchkin 123 Document

repository 124 Placed in a

farm tower 125 With 20-Across,

epinephrine or cortisol

126 “Moby-Dick” narrator

DOWN 1 “— Na Na” 2 — polloi 3 Bruin Bobby 4 “Wow!,” in a

chat room 5 Fake locks 6 Bug 7 Edison rival 8 Reciprocal of

cosine 9 — -jongg 10 — discount 11 Solitary sort 12 LEM part 13 Comic Martin 14 Itar- — news

agency 15 — Darya (Asian

river)

16 Sweater type 17 2004 Jude Law

title role 18 Actor

Christopher 19 Barber’s leather

band 25 Film director

Wiseman 27 Heavily involved

(in) 30 Hog product 31 Repeat 32 Plethora 33 Capital of

Angola 34 Jackal’s kin 35 Hex- ender 36 Flying stinger 39 Least bold 41 Pizzeria unit 42 Slip- —

(pullovers) 44 Say yes to 45 Winery tank 46 Vanity 47 It fits into a

mortise 48 Wandering 49 Plate position 50 Tightening

muscle 52 Flinch 53 Paella pot 57 Lhasa — (little

dogs) 59 Like e-devices 60 Verdi work 61 Inch along 63 Actor Haley

Joel — 65 Hit — spot 68 Pontificated

69 Mother, in Mexicali

70 Be seepy 71 Smelted

materials 74 Ignites 77 Promise 80 “True —”

(“Indeedy”) 81 Cato’s 52 83 Flatbread of

India 84 LAX abbr. 87 Former jets to

the U.K. 88 Sword variety 89 Juice drinks 90 Booze up 92 Is no more 93 Expert finish? 98 Whispers in

stage acting 99 Place to pray 100 Lock parts 101 Eyelike windows 102 Of pontiffs 103 iPod Touch, e.g. 104 Grates on 105 Initial stage 106 Flinch 107 Persian Gulf

sheikdom 108 Old autocrats 110 Did like 113 Road no. 114 Be indebted 115 Domicile: Abbr. 117 Unit of

resistance 118 Actress Vardalos 119 12/24, e.g. 120 — Aviv

ACROSS 1 Canned food

you don’t eat 5 “Black Swan”

director Aronofsky

11 Compete in the Winter Games, say

14 Lose strength 18 Whistle

prompters 20 Become invalid 21 Org. that

prepares tables 22 Norway’s

patron saint 23 Office missive

sent out arbitrarily?

26 “Rent” character ___ Marquez

27 It borders five U.S. states

28 Yarn 29 What Gustave

Doré’s “The Confusion of Tongues” depicts

30 Stone fruit? 36 Fellow sailors 39 Gourmand’s

want 40 Tailor’s

sideline? 41 Dark horse 42 Applicability 43 Back 46 Expander

during inhalation

48 Aeronaut who’s headed for the moon?

53 Headmaster honorific

54 Earnest request 55 Suffix with land

or sea 57 “Outside

the Lines” broadcaster

61 Stickers? 62 Like audiences

for R-rated films

64 D.C. transport 65 It may be open

at a bar 66 Photographers

who stalk future lieutenants?

71 Sunset shade 72 One getting

a licking, informally?

74 The Pequod, e.g.

75 Poverty relief organization

77 Support for a proposal?

78 Animal that may carry its baby on its back

79 Wireless? 82 Subsist 84 Desktop

machine made of malleable metal?

88 Eddie ___, “Leave It to Beaver” boy

92 Like some restrictions

93 Blast furnace input

94 Thurman of “The Producers”

95 Turkey’s place, in large part

97 Snowbelt city 98 Groused 101 Provides some

idea of an object’s size?

106 Communicate with the server, perhaps

107 Oscar nominee for “Silkwood”

108 Feed supplier 112 Wind up 113 Lassie’s

affliction after failing to rescue Timmy?

118 C.P.A.’s study 119 1965 Johnny

Mathis album of Latin American music

120 Turn while seated

121 “Into the Wild” star Hirsch

122 ___ mining 123 Gender-neutral

pronoun 124 Excommun-

ication provocation

125 “It’s a pity”

DOWN 1 Age of Aquarius

hairstyle 2 Student’s

burden 3 Bad choice on

first down

4 Retirement period

5 Possessor? 6 Medieval battle

weapon 7 Dashboard

abbr. 8 Kia model 9 Go astray 10 “That’s

amazing!” 11 Moves

obliquely 12 Last name in

horror 13 Doctrine 14 George Eliot,

but not Marilyn Manson

15 Chinese company whose 2014 I.P.O. was the world’s largest in history

16 Retail clerk’s accessory

17 Glare 19 “You’ll be ___!”

24 Some Veterans Day honorees, for short

25 Pentagon Papers subject, for short

29 Babe in the woods

31 Lead one to believe

32 Plane, e.g. 33 “Cubist” Rubik 34 Dinero unit 35 Not just see 36 Hybrid animal 37 South

American capital

38 Arm of the sea 43 Was in session 44 Amenity in a

G.M. vehicle 45 What some

dreams and themes do

47 First Nations tribe

49 What doesn’t come full circle?

50 Hear again 51 “Bugsy

Malone” star Scott

52 ___ avis 56 Candy from

Austria 58 Briggs & ___

(engine maker) 59 Tinseltown

event 60 Drift off 62 Nyasaland,

today 63 Parody 64 Problem of

mistaken identity

65 Reformer from the time of D.D.E. to L.B.J.

67 Tommy Lasorda’s jersey number

68 Require balm, say

69 Reacted to a shock, maybe

70 Streak

73 Boon for an investigative journalist

76 A.C.C. school 78 Five-time

Jockey Club Gold Cup winner

79 Farm name ender

80 Unforthcoming 81 Reputation,

informally 83 Have an encore

presentation of 85 Abound 86 To be, to Balzac 87 Drops out of

the sky 88 Played along

with 89 “A poem in

our eyes,” per Emerson

90 Little pitcher’s place

91 $5 picture 96 Jessica

Simpson’s sister

98 No longer standing tall?

99 In readiness 100 Bronchial

woe 102 Singer ___

Marie 103 First of 50:

Abbr. 104 Source of the

word “galore” 105 2006 World Cup

winner 109 Work hard 110 “___ and

Basie!” (1963 jazz album)

111 Jim Beam and Wild Turkey

113 Gentle bird call 114 Palindromic

animal 115 Once-high

station? 116 “Paradise Lost”

figure 117 Media exec

MoonvesDifficulty level ★★★★★

Answer to yesterday's puzzleSudoku is a number-placing puzzle based

on a 9x9 grid with sev-eral given numbers. The

object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the

empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box con-tains the same number only once. The difficulty

level of the Conceptis Sudoku increases from

Monday to Sunday.

The average solution time for this King Features crossword is 67 minutes.

11-30-14

“If I’ve learned one thing,” a club player told me, “it’s that the people who are always giving advice are the worst to listen to. Today my partner said the silliest thing I ever heard.”

My friend displayed today’s deal.

“He opened 1NT. We use transfer responses, so I trans-ferred him into four hearts.”

I said nothing. “West led a diamond: four,

king, ace. My partner drew trumps and led a club from dummy to his jack. West won and led a spade, and partner ducked East’s ten, won the next spade, ru�ed his last spade in dummy and led a sec-ond club to his ten. West took the king and cashed his queen of diamonds. Down one.

“I thought we were un-lucky, but my partner told me — get this — that I should have raised to 3NT. We would’ve had nine top tricks.”

Bridge has plenty of self-proclaimed authorities who will gladly share their “ex-pertise,” but South’s comment was reasonable here. North’s minimum high-card values and semi-balanced pattern suggested that North-South might do well to play for nine tricks instead of 10.

Still, South booted four hearts. After he draws trumps, he leads a diamond from dummy to his nine. If West wins with the ten and shifts to a spade, South takes the ace and leads the jack of dia-monds, discarding dummy’s last spade when West covers. The idea is not to let East get in for a damaging club shift.

South ru�s West’s spade re-turn in dummy, leads a trump to his hand and ru�s his last spade. He leads a club to his ten, and when West wins, he is end-played.

Dear Harriette: I have been seeing my boyfriend for six months now, and he does not allow me to speak to any of his female friends.

I dropped him o� at his house after our date was over, and there was a woman in a car in front of his house waiting for his return. My boyfriend got out of my car and pro-ceeded to walk over to the woman’s car without introducing me. I do not know what he was think-ing, but I am concerned about his behavior. Why won’t he introduce me to his female friend? Should I be concerned, or am I paranoid because I do not have his undivided attention?

— A Committed Relationship?, Chicago

Dear Committed: You have every reason to be concerned. A six-month relationship should be considered committed on some level. It is time for you to figure out what that commitment means on his part. Ask him in a very straightforward

manner what he believes your relationship is. Is it exclusive between the two of you? Is he still dating other people? What does he want in the future?

Continue by asking about his female friends. While you do not nec-essarily need to know every woman he knows, it makes no sense that a woman would be waiting at his home and he would not say who she is or introduce you to her.

That is suspicious. If he refuses to tell you, read his silence as a warning that says, “Stop.”

Boyfriend is secretive about his female friends

HARRIETTECOLE

SENSE & SENSITIVITY

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Aries (March 21-April 19) ★★★ You might feel rather out of it despite everything you try to do. Give in to this feeling and just relax. To-night: Say little; listen a lot.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) ★★★★★ Zero in on your priorities, which could be as simple as meeting friends for a late brunch. Tonight: Not to be found!

Gemini (May 21-June 20) ★★★★ You’ll want to stay on top of a personal matter regardless of how uncomfortable it might be. Tonight: Continue whatever you are doing.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) ★★★★ Make your round of calls to those you rarely get to see. You will enjoy hear-ing about their holiday. To-night: Squeeze every mo-ment out of the weekend.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) ★★★ You’ll want to try a dif-ferent approach. You could hear some news that causes you some stress, but not for long. Tonight: Don’t take a child’s words to heart.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ★★★★ Others love com-manding the moment, and you are kind enough to al-low that to happen. Tonight: Make the first move.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) ★★★ You might want to be-come involved in physical activity. A change of pace will revive you. Tonight: Out and about.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) ★★★★ Your imagination is likely to delight a loved one. Together, you might decide

to take o� on a flight of fan-tasy. Tonight: Admit that you are tired.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) ★★★ You might want to call this a lazy day and sleep

in. You could have di�cul-ty doing this. Tonight: Act as if there is no tomor-row.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) ★★★★ Return calls and touch base with someone you

haven’t spoken to in a while. Tonight: Call it early.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) ★★★ Expenses will add up quickly, so keep a close eye on your spending. To-night: Meet several friends out for dinner.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) ★★★★ The fatigue of Thanksgiving celebrations could be getting the best of friends. Tonight: Your treat.

What the stars mean:

★★★★★Dynamic ★★★★Positive ★★★Average ★★

So-so ★Difficult

Today’s birthdayThis year you often enjoy your private time even more, as it seems to energize you. You have an unusually spontane-ous yet fun personality. Many of you will consider going back to school, traveling or taking a workshop in order to learn more. Through this experi-ence, you could meet someone who opens new doors for you. ARIES knows how to draw out your playful personality.

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Dear Annie: When my son was a teenager, he attempted suicide three times. My daughter has attempted suicide twice. Her 16-year-old son left a note, but she discovered it and took him to a hospital.

I have moments of complete sadness, but I have never tried to kill myself. Does this suicidal tendency run in families? Is there a “suicide gene”?

— Granny to Eleven

Dear Granny: We contacted the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and here is what they said:

Suicide is often mis-understood. Genetics is only a part of the story. In fact, there is no single cause for suicide. Mental health problems are also a contributor to suicide risk, and they run in fami-lies, too. Most people who have a mental illness don’t try to kill themselves, but it does put you at a higher risk: Nine out of 10 people who die by suicide have a mental illness at the time of their death. These ill-nesses are often treatable, but unfortunately, people su�ering from illnesses like depression and anxi-ety do not seek treatment; they think they have to battle these problems on their own. You would not try to fight cancer on your own, so why tackle depression alone?

Suicide attempts — or even thoughts about kill-ing yourself — are clear signs of distress, and you should consult a mental health professional as soon as possible. Since your family has a history of attempts, it is espe-cially important that you all stay on top of your mental health by regu-larly “checking in” with a mental health profes-sional or your doctor, and with each other.

You can learn more about suicide research and prevention at afsp.org. If you or your family members are in crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.

Dear Annie: This is for all of the grandpar-ents who live near their children but don’t get to spend as much time with them as they’d like. My son and daughter-in-law have three young children under the age of 5. I invite them to our home for a meal once a week and of-fer to bring a meal to their home once a week. This lightens their load and gives us time to visit. And I feel greatly appreciated and have become close to my grandchildren.

— J.

Answer to Saturday’s puzzle

by Thomas Joseph

Crossword

12/1/14

Answer to yesterday’s puzzle

Chess Quiz

Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid

with several given numbers. The object is to place the

numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3

box contains the same num-ber only once. The difficulty

level of the Conceptis Sudoku increases from Monday to

Sunday.

WHITE MATES IN 3Hint: Sacrifice and mate.

Solution: 1. Rxb7ch! Kxb7 2. Qa6ch Kb8 3. Qa8 mate!

Please email your questions to [email protected], or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

Jumble Daily Bridge Club

Some people make things happen; some people watch things happen. Un-lucky Louie wonders what happened.

When Louie was declarer at today’s four hearts, West led the ten of dia-monds, and Louie won with the queen and saw only three losers: the ace of spades and the two top trumps. He led a trump at the second trick, and East took the king and returned a diamond.

Louie won and led a second trump, and West grabbed his ace and led a spade. East won and led a third diamond, and West ru�ed for the setting trick.

“I went down at that contract?” Louie said wonderingly.

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played more deliberately. Since the de-fenders are threatening to get a diamond ru�, Louie must lead a spade at Trick Two.

When East wins and leads a second diamond, Louie wins in his hand and

discards dummy’s A-K of diamonds on his K-Q of spades. He ru�s his low dia-mond in dummy, starts the trumps and loses only two more tricks.

Questions and comments: Email Stewart at [email protected]

Aries (March 21-April 19) ★★★★ Remain optimistic that an idea you have will help move a project forward. You might have a grievance against someone who feels as if you must answer to him or her. Tonight: Beam in what you want.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) ★★★★★ You could be surprised by how people respond when they are alone with you, as opposed to being in a group. Tonight: Find out the whole story.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) ★★★★★ You’ll demonstrate your ability to identify with others. Your e�orts might not be appreciated by a close friend. Tonight: Where your friends are.

Cancer (June 21-July 22)★★★ You will shoulder more than your share of responsibilities. You might feel overworked or overtired as a result. Tonight: Till the wee hours.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) ★★★★ You’ll be more than willing to break out of the box. Tap into your creativity when the unexpected occurs. Tonight: Act like there is no tomorrow.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)★★★★ Relate directly to a partner who seems tense. This person could become quite controlling in his or her need to keep everything running as smoothly as possible. Tonight: Go with a fun surprise.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)★★★★ Defer to others, with the knowledge that they might be more invested in the outcome than you are. On the other hand, a domestic matter likely needs to be handled by you. Tonight: With a favorite person.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)★★★★ You might feel held back by certain situations and people. Be careful, as you could be accident-prone, especially around mechanical equipment. Tonight: Make sure to include some exercise.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)★★★★ You could have a lot more endurance and drive than you realize. As a result, you’ll figure out how to bypass a problem with ease. Tonight: Be spontaneous.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 1)★★★ You seem to be working at a di�erent level from those around you. An unexpected development on the homefront could toss you into limbo for a brief period. Tonight: Head home.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)★★★★ You might find yourself in a position where you’ll be able to change today’s plans and use your time in a more meaningful way. Tonight: Go with impulsiveness.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) ★★★★ You could be pushing your limits with a boss, as you might not be interested in hearing any more excuses. Tonight: Run errands first.

Horoscope

This year, others see you as a ball of fire. You are a natural risk taker, yet your instincts keep you from veering too far off the beaten path. If you are single, you are likely to meet someone of interest in the next year. Don’t worry — you will know when this person enters your life. If you are attached, your significant other could be taken aback by your spon-taneity. Unless your sweetie is con-trolling, though, he or she will enjoy some wildness. A child could keep both of you very busy this year, as he or she might be full of surprises. ARIES often shocks you with his or her words and actions.

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Grandma wonders if suicide runs in families

By Jacqueline Bigar King Features Syndicate

In 1974, TWA Flight 514, a Washington-bound Boeing 727, crashed in Virginia after being diverted from National Airport to Dulles International Airport; all 92 people on board were killed. Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231, a Boeing 727, crashed near Stony Point, New York, with the loss of its three crew members (the plane had been chartered to pick up the Baltimore Colts football team in Buffalo, New York).In 1824, the presidential election was turned over to the U.S. House of Representatives when a deadlock developed between John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William H. Crawford and Henry Clay. (Adams ended up the winner.)In 1860, the Charles Dickens novel “Great Expectations” was first published in weekly serial form.In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln sent his Second Annual Message to

Congress, in which he called for the abolition of slavery, and went on to say, “Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves.”In 1934, Soviet communist official Sergei M. Kirov, an associate of Josef Stalin, was assassinated in Leningrad, resulting in a massive purge.In 1941, Japan’s Emperor Hirohito approved waging war against the United States, Britain and the Netherlands after his government rejected U.S. demands contained in the Hull Note.In 1942, nationwide gasoline rationing went into effect in the United States.In 1955, Rosa Parks, a black seamstress, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus; the incident sparked a year-long boycott of the buses by blacks.

TODAY IN HISTORYToday is Monday, Dec. 1, the 335th day of 2014. There are 30 days left in the year.

MY ANSWER

Wife may be involved with a religious cult

Q: My wife has joined a religious group that’s really changed her. Now she says she has to divorce me because I’m not a mem-ber. What’s gotten into her? I don’t know anything about cults, but do you think this might be one?

— B.L.

A: Yes, from what you say, your wife probably has become involved with a re-ligious cult — and one that demands total and absolute obedience from its members. Not all cults are this extreme, but some are, convincing their members to take actions that are clearly contrary to God’s will. The Bible warns against false teachers who “follow deceiving spirits and.... forbid people to marry” (1 Timothy 4:1,3).

What can you do? Frankly, it may be dif-ficult to reason with your wife; cults often convince their members that they alone are right. Logic alone, therefore, may not reach her; she even may have been warned

not to listen to anyone who disagrees with the cult’s beliefs. Cults also are often led by a strong leader who insists on total obe-dience.

What you can do, however, is assure your wife of your deep love for her, and that you are praying she won’t be misled into ending your marriage. God gave mar-riage to us, and it is his will for your wife to listen to him instead of this group’s leader. Urge her to follow Jesus’ words concern-ing marriage: “Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate” (Mark 10:9).

The most important thing you can do, however, is to pray for your wife, and urge her to put her faith and trust in Jesus Christ. He alone is worthy of our commit-ment because he alone was God in human flesh, who loves us and gave his life for our salvation.

By Billy GrahamTribune Content Agency

Send your queries to “My Answer,” c/o Billy Graham, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, 1 Billy Graham Parkway, Charlotte, N.C., 28201; call 1-(877) 2-GRAHAM, or visit billygraham.org.

By Frank Stewart Tribune Media Services

TODAY’S CRYPTOQUIP: THAT CARPENTER NEVER APPLIES HEAVY LAYERS OF VENEER TO HIS PIECES. HE PREFERS A THINNISH FINISH.

By Judith MartinTribune Content Agency

Dear Miss Manners: Is it possible to discourage or redirect adult relatives away from the practice of making Christmas lists?

I have tried and failed — so far. At the tender age of 53, I am embarrassed to write out a “Dear Santa” letter, especially since my husband and I are lucky enough to be able to buy everything we need and much of what we want.

My relatives (siblings, their spouses, my mother) are in similarly good inan-cial condition. However, they exert a great deal of pressure to produce these Christmas lists, which sug-gests to me that they can’t be bothered coming up with something to wrap up and put under the tree.

It’s depressing — are we really such strangers to each other?

Gentle Reader: Like you, Miss Manners has tried and — so far — pretty much

failed to discourage people from trashing the ancient custom of exchanging pres-ents and substituting the exchange of shopping lists.

The choice of presents is supposed to produce that warm feeling of knowing that someone else has no-ticed you and considered how to please you. When that element of thoughtful-ness is eliminated, what is left?

Until we succeed in mak-ing people understand the value and meaning of giv-ing presents, Miss Manners suggests that you nudge them toward a minimal amount of thoughtfulness by listing “A book, DVD or CD that you think I might enjoy.”

Dear Miss Manners: We just moved to a very small town, away from all of our family and friends. Due to a back injury, I am unable to cook Christmas dinner.

Would it be inappropri-ate to post on Facebook a re-quest for an invite to spend Christmas with somebody

local? If that is OK to do, what would be an appro-priate manner to phrase the request?

Gentle Reader: While kindly souls may be grate-ful for the chance to take in the destitute at Christmas-time, Miss Manners has the impression that you do not qualify. And advertis-ing that you would merely like to be invited out is a bit crass.

What you could do is to see whether there are any community organizations that do serve Christmas dinners to those in need, and ask whether there is any help you can ofer that would not strain your back. At the least, you will have made overtures to local people who may invite you next year.

Send your questions to Miss

Manners at www.missmanners.

com; dearmissmannersgmail.

com; or through postal mail to

Miss Manners, Universal Uclick,

1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO

64106.

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Exchanging lists is not thoughtful giving By Jacqueline BigarKing Features Syndicate

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Read between the lines if someone seems overly con-cerned about something. You could sense some awkwardness, so make a point of inding out what is going on with this person.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH Go after what you want with a greater sense of con-idence. You also might want to indulge a family member, room-mate or loved one. Make it OK to be spontaneous. Take some time to have an important chat with a loved one.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Others might be trying to make your life easier, even though you could have a dii-cult time realizing it. It seems as if complication after complica-tion continues to be tossed in your path. You might want to be unavailable for a while.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHHH Your sense of timing seems to be right-on. You might be somewhat careless with some facet of your life, as you could be too absorbed in what you are do-ing. Be careful with your funds,

and try to stay within your bud-get.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You will want to rethink a decision that involves some-one you don’t want to upset. Make sure the tie between you is strong enough to handle any problems you foresee; otherwise, the other party might not be able to control his or her temper.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Others will look to you to present a diferent point of view. You might need to help energize loved ones, as they could be dragging. You could have a lot to do, but you’ll want to make this a priority.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You might have the urge to add a little spark to your day. You could discover that you seem to be triggered easily. Be careful, because what you dish out is likely to be returned. A loved one might be a little wild right now.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Use caution when deal-ing with people on the home-front. Be careful with how you handle any domestic or personal issue right now. Something you shrug of today could ignite an argument in the next few weeks.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You’ll convey your good intentions. Step back and take an overview of a private matter that’s close to your heart. Someone might ind your words ofensive, when that was not your intention.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH You might have some insight into a situation that you won’t want to share with others just yet. Your inances could be lashing a yellow light. Although you typically have a lot of self-discipline, you easily could go overboard if you aren’t careful.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Today Mars, the planet of energy, moves into your sign. As a result, you are likely to express more vitality and draw many people toward you. If you feel frustrated, your temper could explode. Release any ten-sion before you become angry.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Others might want to lure you into their way of think-ing. Listen to their opinions, but know that you don’t have to give immediate feedback. A friend or loved one could seem a bit touchy. Do yourself a favor and wait to discuss this matter.



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Raquel EspitiaHernando High SchoolDrama & Speech

Raquel, a senior, is a creative and resourceful student. She holds a 4.29 weighted grade pointaverage and scored 27 on the ACT. One of her greatest achievements was her advancement to theNationals in the National Forensic League Speech and Debate Competition last year. As a bright studentand eloquent speaker, she is a natural leader and problem solver. For instance, she took a mission trip toSouth Dakota where she saw a need and co-founded a youth group for Connection Church. Her outreachsparked many new relationships. When she encounters opportunities and challenges, she meets themhead on with patience, logic and strength. For an AP English novel presentation, she dressed as a colorfulcharacter from Toni Morrison’s “Song of Solomon.”

Recognized as a talented and enterprising student, Raquel was selected as a Hugh O’Brian YouthLeader. She also attended the Lott Leadership Institution at The University of Mississippi. In addition, shehas been 1st Chair in the school band and selected for the Mississippi State and DeSoto Honor Bands.She is Executive President of the Student Council and an executive member of the Mayor’s Youth Council.

Ethan KaiserTipton-Rosemark AcademyDrama & Speech

Ethan, a senior, is a creative and passionate filmmaker, who is disciplined about his academic studies.He holds a 3.8 grade point average and scored 25 on the ACT. He was accepted into the 2013 TennesseeGovernor’s School for the Arts for Filmmaking. During this month-long study, he learned differenttechniques and collaborated with other students and professionals to create a compelling short film.The film was entered in competitions where it received “Breakthrough Video of the Year” and the “ChromaCrazy Award.” In addition, he and his brother created a public service announcement about drinking anddriving that received a first place award and was aired on the season finale of “American Idol.”

With a plan to pursue filmmaking as a career, Ethan and his brother founded Gray Wolf Pictures ofMillington, a video production business that produces, films and edits corporate promotional videos andshort films. Ethan is cinematographer and editor. He recently produced a feature length documentaryaddressing the history of Rosemark, Richland and Barretville. He also produced a powerful documentary ofthe school’s mission trip to the Dominican Republic.

Jake McCutcheonCollierville High SchoolDrama & Speech

Jake, a senior, is a multi-talented student who says that he “eats, sleeps and breathes theatre.”He holds a 4.22 weighted grade point average and scored 33 on the ACT. Known throughout Memphis,Jake has been hired to perform on an Easter Sunday at a local church, asked to cast an elementary schoolmusical and hired as an assistant director for “Shrek the Musical” summer camp. He was selected for theOrpheum Theatre STAR Council, which includes students who excel in theatre, volunteerism and leadership.

An experienced performer, Jake has acted in more than 15 productions. With excellent timemanagement skills, he also has taken 16 Honors and AP courses and is ranked in the top ten percent of avery competitive senior class. He is the point secretary of the Thespian Society, sings in the Chamber Choir,and is a member of the Cum Laude Society, National Honor Society, Beta Club, Mu Alpha Theta and theyearbook staff. He volunteers by performing at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the Page RobbinsAdult Day Care Center.

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Heather LeslieBartlett High SchoolDrama & Speech

Heather, a senior, is a gifted student in the theatre arts program. She holds a 4.0769 weightedgrade point average and scored 29 on the ACT. She currently ranks in the top ten per cent of hersenior class. She was awarded the “People’s Choice Award” for her portrayal of Audrey in the school’sproduction of “Little Shop of Horrors.” She also played the lead role of Betty Meeks in “The Foreigner”and Mr. Parvicini in “Mousetrap, which required her to use a male Russian accent. She is preparing forthe role of Abby Brewster in “Arsenic and Old Lace.”

In addition to acting, Heather was the assistant director for “Suessical the Musical” withresponsibilities that included blocking scenes, costume changes, constructing and designing sets andsound checks. Heather was chosen as a stage performer for the High School Musical Awards at theOrpheum Theatre. In 2013, she helped the school earn a irst place ranking in the District ForensicsTournament and ranked 11th in the state. She is co-president of the Thespian Troupe and Theatre Club.

Lillie BurrowThe Hutchison SchoolDrama & Speech

Lillie, a senior, challenges herself daily in the classroom, taking a rigorous schedule ofcourses while participating in the school’s competitive arts program. She holds a 4.54 weightedgrade point average and scored 29 on the ACT. This year she planned to take a capstone actingclass. When a scheduling conflict prevented her from enrolling, she took the initiative to reachout to the acting teacher to arrange a non-credit independent study.

The Certificate of Arts will accompany Lillie’s diploma, indicating art training to a pre-professional level. A talented and keenly intelligent actress, Lillie offers insightful and oftensophisticated observations about the psychology of characters during class discussions. She hasexcelled in countless roles at school and other venues, including: Annie Sullivan in “The MiracleWorker;” Scout in the Harrell Theatre’s “To Kill a Mockingbird;” Little Red in “Into the Woods;”Chava in Theatre Memphis’ “Fiddler on the Roof;” Jesse in Theatre Memphis’ “Annie Get YourGun;” Helen Keller in DeSoto Theatre’s “The Miracle Worker;” and Marmee in “Little Women.”

In addition, Lillie is president of the Chinese Honor Society, secretary of the StudentCouncil and a School Ambassador.

Chyniece MatthewsCentral High SchoolDrama & Speech

Chyniece, a senior, exhibits an amazing ability and a graceful beauty as a ballet dancer. Her talent,sense of responsibility and leadership skill make her stand out among her peers. She holds a 3.5 weightedgrade point average while juggling tough academic courses with a hectic rehearsal and performance schedule.As a four-year member of the New Ballet Ensemble, Chyniece has been cast in many productions.This season she has her irst lead role as Clara in “The Nutcracker Remix.” She is particularly excited aboutthe opportunity to take the audience from one scene to another.

When asked what dance means to her, Chyniece responded, “life.” She had the opportunity to work withchoreographers in New York and was selected to attend the highly competitive Alvin Ailey Summer Sizzler lastsummer. While there she auditioned and was invited to perform in one of the ending showcases.

Although her passion for ballet occupies much of her time, she spends time as a member of theNational Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, National Spanish Honor Society and National English Honor Society.

Allie BuckmasterSt. George’s Independent SchoolDrama & Speech

Allie, a senior, is an impressive student who balances a tough academic course load with activeparticipation in the school’s music and theatre programs. She holds a 4.67 weighted grade pointaverage and score 33 on the ACT. She has played principal roles in every school musical over thepast four years as well as serving as stage manager and sound effect engineer. She played the role ofLouisa in “The Fantasticks;” and Olive Ostrovsky in “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,”which won an Outstanding Achievement Award at the Orpheum’s High School Musical Theatre Awards.Currently, she is in rehearsal for “Seussical the Musical,” where she’ll play the role of Mayzie La Bird.

As first soprano section leader for the school’s award-winning chorus, Allie is a role model amongher peers. She is the secretary of the chorus that won the title of Superior at the 2013 regional CoralFestival and the highest title of Sweepstakes in 2014. Allie is co-founder and chairperson of thecharitable club, Fleece of Faith, which creates blankets for the homeless and ill.

For more information, contact Mary Lou Brown,community relations manager for The Commercial Appeal,at 901-529-2508 or [email protected].

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Community

By Janie DeereSpecial to The Weekly

The Germantown Gar-den Club’s November meet-ing was held in the home of club member Luisa Stubbs and featured a program led by David Smith, a member and supporter of the Wolf River Conservancy.

The program covered conservation eforts along the upper Wolf River, pay-ing special attention to the public/private acquisition of the 4,000 acre Beasley Tract at LaGrange.

The “Headwaters Cam-paign” culminated in the establishment of the Wolf River WMA and Ghost River State Natural Area. Hailed as a major conser-vation success, the project

was the result of hard work by many volunteers and millions of dollars in grants and private donations.

The Wolf River rises in the Holly Springs National Forest in Benton County then travels northwest and drains into portions of Har-deman, Fayette and Shelby counties before entering the Mississippi River.

Before concerned citi-zens actively heralded conservation eforts, and brought about signiicant changes to the river, it was considered a “smelling” cesspool.

Over the course of 20 years, with the Wolf River Conservancy playing the lead role, the Wolf River corridor has become rec-ognized as a valuable

natural resource. A pri-mary goal of the WRC is to create a continuous greenway. One section, the Wolf River Greenway, is a 10-foot wide path that will eventually connect areas along the river, from Mem-phis through Germantown and Collierville.

GGC members en-courage residents to take a walk along the trails and marvel at butterly gardens, bat houses and more. It’s a jewel in the

heart of a metropolis.

Janie Deere is a member of the

Germantown Garden Club.

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Garden Club talks Wolf River conservation

David Smith with the Wolf River Conservancy spoke at the Ger-mantown Garden Club’s November meeting. Smith and Kathy Russo stand by a map of the Wolf River.

By Jeremy C. ParkSpecial to The Weekly

Nothing great is ever accomplished alone. With any success, there are al-ways family, friends and co-workers who stand beside us as our support network and team. We may momentarily try to take credit, but the truth is that life is the ultimate team sport and with each victory on the court, in the classroom, or oice, there are others who sacriice greatly, to allow us the time, resources, and guid-ance to succeed.

Indeed, I am blessed with a dedicated team at Lipscomb & Pitts, a loving family, and many mentors, coaches, business leaders

and LPBC partners who have taken a vested inter-est in shaping my future. My parents volunteered at every opportunity and encouraged me and my brother to be involved in programs centered on com-munity service, such as the Boy Scouts of America.

Now, with two boys of my own and a jam-packed schedule, I have found my saving grace in an amazing woman, my beautiful wife, Meredith Park.

Taking the time to thank someone not only ofers appreciation and encour-agement, but also helps us relect on and realize all of the many things, big and small, that we are truly thankful to have in our lives.

GIVING BACK

Be thankful for everything you have

By Trena StreetSpecial to The Weekly

If you are looking forward to trav-eling next year, be sure to check out the wonderful trips Collierville Parks and Recreation has planned for 2015.

Lisa Gaither, who coordinates the Senior Adult Leisure Travel group for the Collierville Parks and Rec-reation Department, recently took

a group from Collierville to Myrtle Beach and Charleston, S.C.

They attended four holiday shows and concerts including “Legends with the Rat Pack,” “Jersey Boys Christmas at the Palace Theatre” and the “Christmas Show” at the Carolina Opry.

For information on other planned recreational events, contact Lisa Gaither at 901-457-2775 or e-mail

[email protected]. The Town of Collierville Parks,

Recreation and Cultural Arts De-partment posts information on all coordinated events on its website. Go to colliervilleparks.org and click on recreation, senior adult activities or travel group for details.

Trena Packer Street is with the Town of Col-

lierville Public Information Oice.

TRAVEL

Collierville Parks and

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This year, 49 seniors at-

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Collierville seniors tour South Carolina

SEND US YOUR TRAVEL PHOTOSShare pictures from your latest vacation, weekend getaway, worldly travels and more in The Weekly. E-mail JPEG images 1-2 MB in size to Matt Woo at [email protected]. Please include irst and last names of everyone pictured, the city in which they live, and a few details about where you visited.

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