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By Lela [email protected]

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Had they not signed up for the alternative spring break trip, Uni-versity of North Texas students could have been on the beaches of Padre Island and participating in the decades-old pastime of drunken de-bauchery.

Instead a half-dozen students and a staf member are walking puppies, cleaning cages, organizing a storage area and learning more about animal behavior at the Collierville Animal Shelter. Another UNT group is vol-unteering at the Mid-South Food Bank.

The weeklong volunteer work is through UNT’s Center for Leader-ship and Service.

“We want to make them more

aware of social issues. We have a lot of students who just want to make a diference,” said UNT’s leadership coordinator, Patrice Abner.

“I wish I had known about this sooner. This is my last semester,” said biology major John Gines, 23, of Fort Worth.

All the students paid $250 for the trip that ends Friday when they drive nine hours back to Denton, which is north of the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The students are staying at First Congregational Church’s Pilgrim House in Midtown.

In addition to working from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day, the group will go to Beale Street, the Mem-phis Zoo and the National Civil Rights Museum and sample such local culinary delights as Gus’s fried chicken and Corky’s barbe-cue.

This is the third year that college students have volunteered at the

Team helps out at animal shelter over spring break

COLLIERVILLE

North Texas students ready to serve

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University of North Texas student Rhode Ontiveros cuddles Fanta during her spring break at the Collierville Animal Shelter.

More portable classrooms on tap

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Rainy race day

Runner Kristin Preuett (above) tries to stay dry under an umbrella Sunday before the start of the 16th annual Germantown Half Marathon.

More than 1,800 runners braved rainy weather for the half-marathon and the 29th annual

Mayor’s Cup 5K, which ran simultaneously. The races beneit the Special Olympics, and race

oicials anticipated raising around $3,000 for the organization. Runners, including Koko Ab-dusalan (right, center) line up at the start line.

Despite drizzle, almost 2,000 run in

G’town Half Marathon, Mayor’s Cup 5K


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If all of Collierville’s public school students sign up to at-tend the town’s new munici-pal school district this fall, oicials say they will have to add more portable classrooms and require some teachers to loat between classrooms at Collierville High and Schil-ling Middle.

“It’s going to tax the schools,” Supt. John Aitken said during this week’s school board meeting.

But he stressed that the numbers do not take into ac-count a potential agreement between Collierville and Ger-mantown that could help ease overcrowding.

Currently about 1,100 Collierville students attend schools in Germantown. An inter-local agreement could guarantee Collierville stu-dents who are already in Germantown schools places until their exit grade from elementary, middle or high school. If such an agreement isn’t reached, Collierville High could have as many as 2,869

COLLIERVILLE

Schools may exceed capacity

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PepsiCo Inc. shut down pro-duction at its Collierville bot-tling plant last Thursday, idling about 60 workers as the soft drink giant grapples with a long national slump in cola sales.

The employees were sent home

after they arrived for work Thurs-day morning at the plant at 150 S. Byhalia Road, said Terry Lovan, president and business manager of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 984.

About 100 employees on the distribution and sales side of the facility aren’t afected.

PepsiCo’s closure follows the shutdown of facilities an-nounced this year at Abilene, Texas; Dayton, Ohio; Roanoke, Va., and Salem, Ore.

Despite the national contrac-

tion, Lovan said the shutdown came out of the blue.

“The people reported to work this morning. They told them they were closing the produc-tion side,” Lovan said. “That’s the American way any more. Wake up in the morning, and you’re liable to not have a job.”

Lovan said he received a formal notiication later last Thursday and scheduled a meeting with the company to ind out more.

Collierville city oicials re-ceived a letter from Pepsi saying

the layofs include 12 salaried workers and 43 hourly work-ers. Mayor Stan Joyner said the letter indicated the closure was due to increased cost pressures and excess capacity.

“We hate to see them go,” Joyner said. “They’ve been a great corporate citizen for the years that they’ve been here.”

Pepsi spokeswoman Gina An-derson said, “We plan to close down production operations at our Collierville beverage facil-ity efective immediately. Asso-

ciated work will move to other facilities within our system. This diicult decision was made with careful consideration and we’re committed to providing support to afected employees by ofering outplacement services. A major-ity of employees will remain at the Collierville facility.”

It’s unclear where products sold in Greater Memphis would be made.

Staf writer Lela Garlington of The Com-

mercial Appeal contributed to this story.

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As part of the $109.3 million Interstate 40-240 interchange improvement project, Sam Cooper Boulevard was shut down to one lane eastbound last weekend. Westbound traic also is scheduled to be reduced to one lane this weekend.

inteRstate 40-240 inteRChange

By Tom [email protected]

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Jason Rasmussen all but said goodbye to Sam Cooper Boulevard last Saturday.

On the irst day of a scheduled 18-month period of lane closures along the heavily traveled route in East Memphis, Rasmus-sen, 46, experienced few problems as east-bound traic was reduced to only one lane. But with heavier weekday traic expected to cause more congestion, and with west-bound traic also set to be reduced to one lane this weekend, he plans to avoid Sam Cooper for quite a while.

“I can drive around it,” Rasmussen said. “I wouldn’t want to try it on a Monday morning, that’s for sure.”

The lane closures are needed to accom-modate the renovation of the critical Inter-state 40-240 interchange, which includes the widening and reconstruction of Sam Cooper just west of I-40. The interchange work also includes the construction of a 75-foot-high lyover ramp connecting east-bound I-40 with the north loop of the inter-state, the completion of a westbound ramp to the north loop, and the replacement of the I-40 bridge over the Wolf River with a

wider, seismically sound span.The $109.3 million contract for the proj-

ect is the largest ever awarded by the Ten-nessee Department of Transportation.

Last weekend, only the eastbound lane closures were in efect, as workers spent much of Saturday installing the concrete Jersey barriers used to separate traic. The closure extends more than a half-mile from near the White Station bridge over Sam Cooper to the Wolf River bridge on I-40.

Although traic was relatively light, by early afternoon a queue of vehicles stretch-ing west almost to Perkins had formed. Cars were moving steadily through the work zone, but some motorists chose to cross the median to make U-turns and avoid it.

Sam Cooper, which carried an average of 73,000 vehicles daily in 2012, is an im-portant commuting route connecting sub-urban areas with Midtown and Downtown Memphis.

TDOT spokeswoman Nichole Lawrence said the state will use its electronic Dy-namic Message Boards to give motorists advance notice of the construction zone so they can seek alternative routes.

“I think local people will igure it out — that they can go around it,” Lawrence said.

Traic engineers for Memphis and Bartlett say they’re concerned that the construction will prompt so many motor-ists onto other roads that the timing of traf-ic lights might need to be reset. Streets such as Summer and Walnut Grove are likely to absorb most of the extra traic, they say.

TDOT oicials say the contractor, De-ment Construction Co. of Jackson, Tenn., has incentives in its contract to complete the irst-phase work early to allow the re-opening of Sam Cooper lanes before the scheduled 18-month period is up.

The entire interchange project is ex-pected to be inished in about three and a half years.

The interchange work got under way as another major project, the widening of I-240 between Poplar and Walnut Grove, was winding down. That project, which is a year behind schedule, now is expected to be completed by midsummer.

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Collierville Animal Shelter. “I wish other shelters would take advantage of this,” said shelter director Nina Wingield.

“We do reward them. I have lots of chocolate and cookies. We’re also buying them pizza,” she said.

Wingield learned about the UNT program when another local private nonproit shelter turned a similar group down because it didn’t allow un-trained volunteers near their animals.

“I love it. We plan on proj-ects that take a lot of time like cleaning out the shed and re-organizing it, or cleaning out the feral cat habitat,” Wing-ield said.

Site leader Taylor Jones, who wants to be a veterinarian, as-sisted with surgery this week by doing the prep work.

“When they operate on puppies, they sometimes hold their breath. I had to make sure they weren’t. It was very nerve wracking to me,” said Jones, 18.

“You can’t replace the ield experience,” said sophomore Morgan Silva, who wants to be an animal behavior researcher.

“This is much better than just reading about it.”

BREAK from 1

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major delays to come

MARCH 9

■ Business in the 1200 block of S. Germantown road reported that money was missing from the register at 6:33 a.m.

MARCH 10

■ Someone took the license plate of the victim’s vehicle in the 2800 block of mikeyair at 1:30 p.m.

■ oicers initiated a traic stop and arrested two male adults for possession of marijuana at Kirby parkway at poplar Avenue at 3:58 p.m.

■ oicers initiated a traic stop and arrested a male juvenile in possession of a handgun at poplar pike and hacks Cross at 11:10 p.m.

■ Victim reported that his adult son stole a pistol from his vehicle that he had borrowed in the 8300 block of Green Downs Cove at 1 p.m.

■ oicers obtained a warrant on an adult male after he violated his order granting bail after he was arrested previously for aggravated assault in the block of 8400 Creek Bridge Cove at 8:22 p.m.

MARCH 11

■ oicers initiated a traic stop and arrested a male adult found in possession of marijuana at Germantown road and hospital Drive at 10:10 p.m.

MARCH 12

■ Someone passed a counterfeit check at a business in the 2100 block of exeter at 2:50 p.m.

■ Someone passed a counterfeit check

at a business in the 2000 block of exeter at 2:50 p.m.

■ Someone found a bicycle in the 3200 block of oak manor Drive at 2:57 p.m.

■ oicers initiated a traic stop and arrested a male adult found in possession of marijuana and prescription medication at poplar and poplar Woods Circle east at 4:19 p.m.

■ Someone took victim’s wallet and its contents from her purse in the 7800 block of poplar at 4:37 p.m.

■ Someone opened two new cellphone lines to the victim’s existing account in the 1300 block of Corsica Cove at 5:08 p.m.

MARCH 13

■ Victim reported that her boyfriend threw a glass igurine at her during an argument in the 1900 block of Vienna Way at 12:01 a.m.

■ Someone iled a fraudulent tax return using the victim’s personal information in the 3000 block of honey Tree Drive at 8:45 a.m.

■ Someone iled a fraudulent tax return using the victim’s personal information in the 8100 block of eingham at 10:25 a.m.

■ Someone obtained the victim’s debit account number and made several fraudulent charges in the 7200 block of mimosa Drive at 5:55 p.m.

■ Two vehicles collided causing injuries at Kimbrough and Farmingdale at 8:41 a.m.

■ Two vehicles collided causing no injuries at hacks Cross and Cross Village

Drive at 2:36 p.m. ■ Two vehicles collided causing no

injuries at West Street and poplar at 2:40 p.m.

MARCH 14

■ Business reported money missing from the register in the 1200 block of S. Germantown road at 6:54 p.m.

■ Someone took the wrought iron horse head from the entrance of the subdivision in the 7700 block of hunters run Drive at 11:44 a.m.

■ Two female subjects took merchandise from the business without paying in the 1900 block of exeter at 3:38 p.m.

■ Two vehicles collided causing no injuries at Brierbrook road and Germantown road at 2:55 p.m.

MARCH 15

■ Victim reported that someone took his cellphone and ipad in the 7600 block of poplar at 11:08 a.m.

■ Someone iled a fraudulent tax return using the victim’s personal information in the 9300 block of Williams Glen Cove at 2:18 p.m.

■ Someone scratched the victim’s vehicle in the 8700 block of Farmington at 3:08 p.m.

■ Female victim reported that she was involved in a physical altercation with her ex-roommate’s cousin in the 7600 block of Southern Avenue at 10:32 p.m.

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students. With that many students, oicials say, they would need between 10 and 15 portable classrooms. .

With its current 1,947 students, Collierville High is using 97 percent of its building space — not counting its two existing portable classrooms.

Schilling Farms Middle now has 988 students. That number could jump to 1,141 students in August.

The middle school cam-pus is at about 98.8 percent capacity now — not count-ing the school’s existing eight portable classrooms. With 1,100 or so students, it could be at 114 percent building capacity by Au-gust.

The 40 people in the au-dience at the board meet-ing in Town Hall audibly groaned as they watched a PowerPoint presentation on two large video screens that showed projections for the high school numbers.

Collierville parents will sign up their children dur-ing March 24, 25 and 27 early enrollment dates.

“The early enrollment numbers will help us gauge what we can expect in August,” Aitken said.

School oicials outlined how the eight schools could adapt in the event all the town’s children stay in the district.

In addition to portable buildings and floating teachers, other sugges-tions that school consul-tant Mike Simpson men-tioned included split shifts, reconiguring grade struc-tures and leasing tempo-rary space.

Simpson said the dis-trict could expect to get a maximum of four portable buildings by Aug. 1. Previ-ously, CHS has enrolled as many as 2,400 students by employing loating teach-ers, who transfer among classrooms not in use, and by using the existing two portable classrooms.

School board member Kevin Vaughan said the school system will consid-er building another school within the next few years.

School board chairman Mark Hansen said: “With good data, it will let the Board of Mayor and Alder-men know we’ve done our homework.”

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By Jennifer [email protected]

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Germantown will spend $929,000 to replace two aeration towers at one of its water treatment plants after a seismic study showed they would likely collapse during an earth-quake.

The project is the bigger of two public services proj-ects the Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved last week, in addition to a $300,000 sewer repair.

The two concrete aera-tion towers at the South-ern Avenue facility stand 35 feet tall, 25 feet wide and

88 feet long and add oxy-gen to the water after it is pumped out of the aqui-fer. One of the towers is 35 years old and the other is 38 years old.

Germantown public services director Bo Mills said aerating the water is what makes it smell and taste less like well water.

If there were to be a ma-jor earthquake, he said, the ire department could still get water by bypassing the aeration step. But for long-term residential, it’s one of a few important features, along with adding chlorine and luoride.

“Our water is that pure,” Mills said. “We’re very

blessed. We have to do very little treatment.”

The seismic study was

done four years ago, but Mills said his department was in the middle of a $2.4

million project to renovate the main building of the water treatment plant and didn’t have the extra fund-ing for the aeration towers.

Last year, the city sought bids for the project, but the numbers came back high-er than estimated and the city scratched the project.

According to city docu-ments, the lowest bid was 31 percent more than the city’s budget for the proj-ect, which at the time was proposed as a renovation instead of a reconstruc-tion.

“We redesigned a lit-tle bit,” Mills said. “We changed some of our thought processes.”

The Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved the funding for the new designs March 10.

The money will come out of reserve funds gen-erated by customers’ water bills.

Mills said work on the project will not begin un-til October.

The two existing tow-ers will be replaced with one, more eicient tower. One tower will need to stay in service while the main one is under con-struction. That will de-crease the plant’s produc-tion level by half, from 12 million gallons a day to six million.

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By Marlon W. [email protected]

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Citing declining en-rollment over the last five years, Central Day School in Collierville has announced it will close at the end of the school year.

Five years ago, the school, which is housed at Central Church, 2005 Winchester, had 355 stu-dents enrolled in kinder-garten through eighth grade. During the current school year, that number dipped to 228, said Central Church director of opera-tions David Darnell.

“Basically, we’re proud of the rich history that the school has had over the years,” Darnell said. “It’s a testament to our great, dedicated and gifted teach-ers. But unfortunately, the

elders have been faced with about ive years of declining enrollment and inancial issues.

“Now with the munici-pal school systems coming in, the numbers made it such that the elders had to make the decision to close the school.” Darnell said the elders reached their decision early last week. The announcement was made to the faculty last Friday, and a letter was sent to parents.

Lelita Jefers, a parent of two Central Day School children, said she was shocked when she received her letter in the mail. Her oldest son, Richmond, is an eighth-grader who has attended the school since kindergarten. He will go to Harding Academy next year. But she now must ind a school for her youngest,

Ryan, a second-grader. “I told my 9-year-old

that his school was closing and he cried,” Jefers said. “He cried big tears because of his friends, his teachers. It was just heart-sickening for him. He’s thriving there. He’s doing so well in that school because the teachers care so much about their kids. They go above and beyond.”

Jeffers said parents were given no indication the school was in inancial trouble. She said that some parents requested to meet with elders, but were sent a letter from the church attorney saying no such meeting would take place.

Central Day School opened in August 1995 when Central Church was located in Hickory Hill. It employs 32 faculty and ad-ministrators, Darnell said.

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Mike Sorensen (left), superintendent of water services, talks with public services director Bo Mills at one of the city’s two water treatment plants slated for a renovation.

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SARA PACERSchilling Farms Middle School, seventh grade

Age: 12Best thing about being a kid: The

best thing about being a kid is that it’s OK to make mistakes. You don’t have to be perfect like adults try to be.

Favorite subject: MathFavorite movies, songs, TV show:

Movies: The Book Thief and Pink Panther; songs: “Wanted” and “I Want Crazy” by Hunter Hayes “Roar” by Katy Perry and “Blown Away” by Carrie Underwood; TV show: The Voice

What do you do for fun: Running through cross country or track, drawing, tennis, gymnastics, vio-lin, spending time with friends and family, going to Auburn football games.

What is the best part of your school: My teachers. The way they make it fun to learn and inspire me to fulill my dreams just amazes me.

If you could meet a famous person, who would it be? Gabby Douglass. Not only did she win the gymnas-tics all-around gold medal at the 2012 Olympics, she inspired kids everywhere, including me, by showing them that through hard work, faith and dedication, any-thing is possible.

If you were principal for the day, what would you do? I would give kids the freedom to sit wherever they want in the cafeteria.

Plans/goals for the future: I hope to remain a straight-A student and keep my studies at a high priority. I plan to graduate high school and go on to college where I hope to study to become a pediatrician.

Do you know an outstanding student you’d

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Sara Pacer says her teachers inspire her

By Marsha NallSpecial to The Weekly

Schilling Farms Middle School stu-dents competed in the annual Junior Beta Club Convention in Nashville March 2-4.

Students from about 140 Junior Beta clubs all across the state competed in various academic, performance, music, art and craft competitions. Schilling stu-dents won awards in 10 of the 21 catego-ries in which they competed.

Team competitions included awards for second place in Battle of the Books and ifth in Tower of Power. Individual awards went to Jessy Olatt for campaign speech, Natalie Estes for language arts, Ben May for math, Alice Zakharenko for acrylic painting and pencil sketch, Dani Cagna for color photography and Grace Capooth for pastels. Harrison Powell,

the state secretary from SFMS, presided over the third session of the convention, ending his year of duties and leadership training.

Club sponsors, Barbara Toberman, Dr. Carol Brawner, Catelyn Maxwell, myself and ESL teacher Shelly Misenheimer ac-companied the 68 students and 30 parent chaperones to the convention. Parents Trina Blankenship, Anjelica Merkle and Laura Capooth worked for months pre-paring the team competitions for Tower of Power, Living Literature and Battle of the Books.

Approximately 30 students under the supervision of Merkle and Max-well prepared a scene from Tarzan of the Apes while students painted canvas backgrounds and the boat which aban-doned Tarzan’s parents on the African coast with costumed students posing like wax igures frozen in the scene. Tober-man prepared 40 students to compete in Songfest with lyrics written by Emma Stopher. Toberman also organized stu-dents, backdrops and costumes in Jessy Olatt’s campaign skit for state president. This was Schilling’s seventh year to com-

pete.Olatt ran for state president with the

theme “Jessy O is the way to go” based on a Wizard of Oz theme.

In the Tower of Power competi-tion, students had to build the tallest tower that can hold a tennis ball using 150 straws, a roll of masking tape and scissors. The coach was Trina Blan-kenship and the group members were Tyler Blankenship, Nicolas Brockman, Claire Thomas, Brianna Barrentine, Josh Thompson; alternates: Divya Dwaram-pudi, Sahithi Kundavajjala.

In the Battle of the Books, students had to answer any questions regarding 12 as-signed books in a knowledge bowl set-ting. The coach was Laura Capooth and team members were Grace Capooth, Sara Pacer, Shreya Varrier, Anjali Padiyar.

The Quiz Bowl team coach was Carol Brawner and team members were Adu Menon, Mohammed Hyder, Isha Sahas-rabudhe, Aby Binu, Sri Choudannavar and Ziven Noorani.

Marsha Nall is an eighth-grade teacher at Schilling

Farms Middle School.

IN THE CLASSROOM

Junior Beta Club

Memphis University School celebrated 25 new inductees and 10 current Cum Laude Society members during a reception. Among the 35 students honored were German-town residents Alec Carro, Hayden Combs, Andy Sorensen, Matthew Gayoso, Jack Gray, Salman Haque, Ashish Kumar, Nick Schwartz, Aditya Shah, Azeez Shala, Hamid Shirwany and Zain Virk. Modeled on Phi Beta Kappa at the collegiate level, the Cum Laude Society is the highest academic honor students in a secondary school can achieve.

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Schilling students participate in convention

SHANNON DORRISSchilling Farms Middle School, seventh-grade enriched mathematics

Q What do you like most about your school?

A What a wonderful faculty to work with — teachers and

administrators both are so help-ful and supportive.

Q When did you know you wanted to be a teacher?

A I had already acquired my degree in education, done

the student teaching and obser-vations, but until I worked as a long-term substitute at a junior high school, that is when I re-

ally knew that teaching was “my thing.”

Q Do you have any teaching in-spirations?

A The students inspire me — I love being able to explain

something they do not under-stand and seeing the “light bulb” go of!

Q What are some challenges you face as an educator?

A There is just never enough time to teach, plan, organize

... everything that I want to do!

Q If you hadn’t become a teacher, what do you think

you would you be doing?

A I can’t really imagine do-ing anything else! I really

enjoy challenging students and making them think beyond the answer.

Q What is the last book you read?

A Not everyone is a Stephen King fan (I am!) but I highly

recommend to even the non-King fans “Under the Dome” and “11/22/63.”

Q What is your favorite vaca-tion spot?

A I love going on cruises — I even got married on a

cruise — but as long as there is a beach and sun I am there!

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Job as long-term sub helped Shannon Dorris discover teaching was ‘my thing’

Shannon Dorris teaches seventh-grade enriched mathematics at Schilling Farms Middle School.

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Mathcounts team members from Memphis University School put on their game faces as they headed to the regional middle school math tournament at the Herf College of Engineering at University of Memphis. Team members are (from left) Ethan Hurst of Germantown, Loyal Murphy, Jet Tan, Jackson Howell, Ja-cob Webb, Rick Reinhard, Akaash Padmanabha, Jackson Moody and Chang Yu of Collierville. The team of Ethan Hurst of German-town and Jacob Webb and Chang Yu of Collierville inished irst in both rounds that day. They will join with three team members from White Station Middle School and one mathlete from Laus-anne Collegiate School to form the Memphis Mathcounts Team and compete in Nashville Saturday for the state title.


Schools

DeAnte Spencer is one of 30

members of Houston High’s

drum line per-forming “It’s Hip to be Square” at the school’s an-

nual Colorfest competition.

By Monty CrosbySpecial to The Weekly

Houston High A Drum-line performed “It’s Hip to be Square” at the school’s Colorfest competition, an indoor band competi-tion hosted annually by the Houston Band Indoor Drumlines and Color Guards. The competition was attended by schools in the Memphis area.

The Houston High School Indoor Drumline participates in local, re-gional and national com-petitions as a member of Winter Guard Interna-tional. They have twice been a World Champi-onship inalist. The au-ditioned group has 30 members made up of the marching band drum line. The group travels exten-sively in the spring and is under the direction of

Isaiah Rowser. Houston drum line will conclude its 2014 competitive sea-son with performances at Arlington on Saturday and University of Memphis on March 29.

This year’s irst place winners at Colorfest were Class A Percussion, Desoto Central High School; Concert Percus-sion, Northpoint Chris-tian School, Germantown Middle School and St. George’s Elementary Gry-phon Brigade; and Class A Winterguard, Desoto Central High School and Houston Middle School.

Led by director Jim Smith and assistant di-rector, Spencer Nesvick, the Houston Band leads the state with the most student musicians chosen for any All-District clinic in Tennessee. Addition-ally, the Houston Band

Wind Ensemble was se-lected through audition to perform at the upcoming Tennessee Music Educa-tors’ Conference at the Cannon Center in April. The top two concert en-sembles at Houston High School, Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band, will perform on stage in Carnegie Hall, New York City’s most prestigious venue April 13.

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HOUSTON HIGH

Drum line performs ‘It’s Hip to be Square’ at Colorfest

By Mylissa HorrocksSpecial to The Weekly

Five ECS seniors were recognized by the Nation-al Merit Scholarship Or-ganization, and of those ive, two students enter the inal round.

ECS has a long-standing history of Merit scholars. Since 2008, nine ECS se-niors have been awarded National Merit Finalist status. Another 18 students have been recognized as Achievement or Com-mended Scholars.

Alexander Spanopou-los of Germantown and Daniel Shute have been recognized as 2013-2014 National Merit Finalists in the program, which awards more than $35 mil-lion in funds for higher ed-ucation. Commended stu-dents are Bryson Beaver and Bethany Beckham of Germantown and Reagan Arnwine of Memphis.

Both Spanopoulos and Shute have attended ECS since kindergarten. ECS Ridgelake first grade teacher, Susan Robinson,

taught both boys in the 2002-2003 school year.

“It has been such a joy to watch Alexander and Daniel grow into wise young

leaders,” Robinson says. “I consider it a privilege to have had them in my class-room as youngsters and to watch their achievements as they have moved through their years at ECS.”

The 2013-2014 school year is the 59th year of the program which honors academically talented high school seniors and enters them in a challenge to win one of 8,000 National Mer-it Scholarship awards.

This year’s Merit Schol-arship winners will be an-nounced between April and July. They will join more than 300,000 other stu-dents who have earned the National Merit Scholar title.

Mylissa Horrocks is the ECS com-

munications writer.

EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

Students honored by National Merit Organization

By Sharon MastersonSpecial to The Weekly

St. Benedict at Auburn-dale High School principal Sondra Morris was recent-ly notiied that the school was one of ive recipients in the nation receiving the annual Charity & Social Service Honor presented by the Basilica of the Na-tional Shrine of the Im-maculate Conception in Washington, D.C.

The school submitted a student-produced video to the Memphis Diocese describing the many ways and programs they provide service to the greater community. The video presented to the local diocese for submis-sion was chosen to be the Memphis representative in the competition. From there, the Basilica selected the Memphis video as one of the ive to be honored. Senior Chris Schuhlein of Germantown, who played an integral part in the pro-duction of the video, will represent the school and Diocese at the March 29 ceremonies in Washing-ton at the National Shrine.

St. Benedict based the video on the school’s Bene-dictine charism of “pray and work.”

The students were con-gratulated by Memphis Catholic Diocese Bishop J. Terry Steib by video, wherein he praised all the SBA Eagles in “The Nest,” for their service and this recent accomplishment. The Bishop granted the students a day of from school on Easter.

Superintendent of Cath-olic Schools Janet Donato thanked the students for their hundreds of hours service each year and for taking the time to produce the video to bring recogni-tion to the Diocese and the school.

St. Benedict’s video may be found on the Na-tional Shrine’s website at nationalshrine.com. Click on “News & Events” and then “Honors Program” for a list of honorees and a link to the videos on You-Tube.

Sharon Masterson is the director

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Most designers are introverts, says Russian-born wedding gown creator Olia Zavozina. They’d rather sketch and let the sales folks

deal with customers.So some brides-to-be have

been surprised to ind them-selves sitting down with Zavozina herself at her store in Nashville as she sketched out a design inspired by the bride’s own personality and desires.

Brides can have a dress created for them or choose an existing design, the new spring ones to be shown as part of Memphis Fashion Week, two days of runway shows March 28-29 at Annes-dale Mansion and General DeWitt Spain Airport as well as surrounding events.

Zavozina’s collection will be well showcased March 28 at the renovat-ed Midtown mansion, now a popular wedding venue, along with the col-lections of Byron Lars, Waverly Gray and former Memphian Annie Griin.

New York designer Hilton Hollis will return for his second Memphis Fashion Week appearance March 29 at DeWitt Spain. Also showing will be former Memphian Ellis Dixon with her new line Fluid Sunwear, and 15 winners of the Emerging Memphis Designer Project.

This year’s event expands with an indie ilm series, fashion-related doc-umentaries shown on three nights this month, as well as a Memphis Fashion Fund Party to support programs such as Emerging Memphis Designer Proj-ect, which cultivates local designers and artists in the fashion industry. Last year’s irst- and second-place project winners, Tara Skelley and Star Hawks, will be back with new fashions.

Dixon, who now lives in Lisbon, Portugal, will bring the line she start-ed last year of mostly 1950s-inspired made-to-measure swimwear. The globe-trotting Dixon said by email that Portugal was “a great place to be inspired by the weather, the sea and the sights.” Plus it lets her stay close to European fashion trends. Dixon’s swimsuits, available in a choice of fab-rics, are made in Los Angeles and sold online at luidsunwear.com.

Freeze models will show the work of two locally designed jewelry lines, Becca Belz and Brave Design, as well as eyewear from Eclectic Eye.

VIP tickets for Memphis Fashion Week are almost sold out, said direc-tor Abby Phillips, but there are plenty of general admission seats. Last year about 350 people attended both nights, and she expects the same this year.

One of the headliners is Zavozina, whose gowns are sold in boutiques nationwide and at select Nordstrom Wedding Suites, and whose work has

been featured in People Magazine, on “Good Morning America,” in “Mar-tha Stewart Weddings.” The line got a little star-power boost in the March issue of Southern Living magazine. A bonus section featured Hayden Panettiere, star of ABC’s hit series “Nashville,” wearing a blush-toned, high-low hemmed gown by Zavozina.

The designer came to America in 2003 by way of Tyumen in Siberia, where she was studying to be a trans-lator in the area of world economy and inance, she said. She was visiting the South to perfect her English, but end-ed up inishing her degree at what is now Welch College in Nashville and marrying a Nashville native.

Sewing and designing since she was a child, she launched her design career in this country through the Nashville Fashion Group, starting with custom jackets and later cocktail

dresses sold in Nashville stores, and moved on to wedding gowns in 2008. She now creates about 500 designs a year sold at stores all over, including Maggie Louise Bridal in Collierville.

Brides-to-be may work with one of her stylists, choose from the entire line at the Nashville store at Edgehill Village, and receive a dress that is made for their measurements. Modii-cations including fabric choice, neck-line and hem, are free she said. The cost generally runs $2,000 to $4,000.

But Zavozina enjoys designing for individual brides whenever she isn’t away traveling with her line. “I like to get to know the bride, and I know it makes a diference,” she said. “It’s so creative, and I grow as a designer.”

So often have the brides inspired her designs that many dresses in her collection are named after them.

Women often come in with pictures

of gowns they like, said Zavozina. But she gets more help by simply asking them: “How do you want to feel like on your wedding day?” They may say they want to feel sexy, elegant, com-fortable, etc. Then she knows a lot, she said.

Zavozina said stark white is out as a wedding gown trend, with women favoring instead an often more lat-tering ivory or blush (closer to a taupe than to pink), light blue or platinum gray.

Southern brides from Memphis as well as Nashville gravitate toward traditional lace gowns, she said, but favor itted styles over the Southern belle ballgown.

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Olia Zavozina’s collection, such as her Emma design, will be showcased during Memphis Fashion Week. The Russia native designer has a store in Nashville and creates made-to-measure bridal gowns.

Olia Zavozina, who moved to Nashville from Russia to attend college, married and established her bridal gown design busi-ness there, is on the road frequently with her line but likes to have personal contact with the brides-to-be as her staf creates made-to-measure bridal gowns.

Former Memphian Ellis Dixon will show her line of Fluid Sunwear swimsuits at Memphis Fashion Week.

Fluid Sunwear made-to-mea-sure swimsuits by former Memphian Ellis Dixon, who will show her line at Memphis Fashion Week

Custom-designed bridal gowns, new ilm series add to Memphis Fashion Week glamour

MEMPHIS FASHION WEEKMemphis Fashion Week returns with three days of events featuring six spring and summer designer collections and appearances by designers olia Zavozina and hilton hollis.

■ Collections by Zavozina, byron lars, Annie Griin and Waverly Grey will be shown, along with brave Design jewelry and eyewear from eclectic eye, at 8 p.m. March 28 at the Annesdale Mansion, 1325 lamar.

■ hollis, Fluid Sunwear by ellis Dixon, and the work of the emerging Memphis Designer Project winners, along with becca belz jewelry, will be shown starting at 8 p.m. March 29 at Gen. DeWitt Spain Airport.

■ other events include Gossett ViP Preview Party on March 26 at Wiseacre brewing Co. for ViP ticket-holders; Memphis Fashion Fund Party, 6-9 p.m. March 27 at Madewell in Saddle Creek; Shop the Designs at local boutiques, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. March 29; and a fashion ilm series at 7 p.m. March 18 and March 25 at Malco Studio on the Square.

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By Nicole BrodeurSeattle Times

SEATTLE — She’s tiny. Can barely inish a plate of ber-ries.

She’s left-handed. Says things like “No. Way.” And to every person who approached her at the downtown Nordstrom shoe department earlier this month, she extended a hand.

“I’m Sarah Jessica,” she said. “Very nice to meet you.”

“Sex and the City” went of the air 10 years ago, but it doesn’t matter to fans of the show and its star, Sarah Jessica Parker. They still watch it in syn-dication and have locked to two big-screen ilms.

And they lined up for hours March 5 to spend an average of $300 on a pair of shoes designed

by Parker and Manolo Blahnik CEO George Malkemus III.

“It was all about the

single sole, and no plat-form, no heavy shoe,” said Malkemus, who is accompanying Parker on a tour of Nordstrom stores, the only retailer to carry the SJP Collection.

Parker has been ap-proached by many de-signers about a shoe line over the years, but she al-ways dreamed of working with Malkemus. Friends urged her to call him one afternoon last year.

“She was my dream,” Malkemus said of Park-er’s request that he col-laborate. “It was a perfect dream.”

After a year, the line was inished: 25 styles, all made in Italy, which start at $195 for the Billie suede lat and go to $485 for the

Alison bootie. The line in-cludes three handbags that sell for $245 to $375 and a “Manhattan” grosgrain-trim skirted trenchcoat in blue or beige, which sells for $495.

Each shoe has a gros-grain ribbon up the back, a remembrance of the ribbons Parker used to wear in her hair — and iron — as a child.

Parker named all the shoes for fashion icons, family members and friends.

Perhaps the most icon-ic is a T-strap heel called Carrie, which comes in black, but also purple and green — choices Parker has called “subversive.”

“We always thought that it was always going

to be the shoe I loved the most,” Parker said.

And is it?“I don’t know if that’s

the truth. I can’t com-pare them to my children (James Wilkie, 11; and twins Marion and Tabitha, 4). They would wring my neck if I compared the shoes to my children.

“It’s that feminine, la-dylike thing, but there’s something kind of naugh-ty and irrepressible and inappropriate.”

As for the legacy of the character it’s named for, and “Sex and the City”?

“I don’t know what the legacy is. I think I am ill-equipped to answer that. That is one of the ques-tions that I feel other people should answer.”

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“Sex and the City” star Sarah Jessica Parker talks about her new line of shoes at a Nordstrom store in Seattle.

GERMANTOWN HALF

MARATHON RESULTS

MEN

OVERALL

1. Patrick Cheptoek, 1:06:49.27.2. Daniel Kirwa, 1:08:22.03.3. Joseph Chebet, 1:10:58.43.

MASTERS

1. Scott McNeil, 1:15:00.64.2. Michael Kelly, 1:26:53.01.3. David Haskins, 1:26:58.25.

GRANDMASTERS

1. Terry Wyatt, 1:21:46.84.2. Walt Rider, 1:31:18.27.3. Kevin Jenkins, 1:31:43.67.

AGE GROUP WINNERS

15-19: Christopher Rayder, 1:30:17.46.20-24: Brian Barnett, 1:18:10.44.25-29: Juan Hernandez, 1:12:46.31.30-34: Adbudalam Ko, 1:11:44.68.35-39: Kevin Lashley, 1:20:54.84.40-44: James Murphy, 1:34:36.41.45-49: James Doan, 1:29:16.75.50-54: Philip Brewer, 1:36:36.66.55-59: Kent Harrison, 1:32:47.24.60-64: Dennis Meeks, 1:58:57.67.65-69: Johnny Goode, 1:39:12.95.70-74: Carlos Cobos, 1:58:56.79.75-OVER: Larry Marett, 2:32:13.31.

WOMEN

OVERALL

1. Marion Kandie, 1:19:19.22.2. Bonita Paul, 1:19:39.97.3. Tia Stone, 1:26:42.61.

MASTERS

1. Kris Huf, 1:33:40.31.2. Colleen Shallow, 1:33:53.17.3. Sarah Harris, 1:35:45.29.

GRANDMASTERS

1. Brenda Walton, 1:46:36.57.2. Barbara Zoccola, 1:14:31.35.3. Jeanine Watts, 1:45:32.00.

AGE GROUP WINNERS

15-19: Emma Sisson,

2:06:03.05.20-24: Rachel Jackson, 1:34:31.60.25-29: Rita Jorgensen, 1:28:00.13.30-34: Meredith Edwards, 1:37:15.64.35-39: Leslie McMillan, 1:32:19.13. 40-44: Katie Cofman, 1:48:58.73.45-49: Nancy Delaney, 1:45:48.92.50-54: Kimberly Lombardi, 1:56:05.83.55-59: Gerry Wartenberg, 2:05:16.20. 60-64: Kay Ryan, 2:17:30.46.65-69: Kay DiBianca, 2:38:42.33. 70-74: Sylvia Poll, 3:02:20.16.75-OVER: Jane Cox, 2:43:09.30.

MAYOR’S CUP 5K

RESULTS

MEN

OVERALL

1. Graham Farnsworth, 16:49.78.2. Ben Knoernschild, 17:56.08.3. Derek Morgan, 17:57.07.

MASTERS

1. David Zucker, 18:38.61.2. William Flaherty, 19:25.50.3. Robert Wilson, 19:45.03.

GRANDMASTERS

1. Johnny Pitts, 21:54.40.2. Jim Sammons, 23:06.18.3. Dave Howry, 24:51.66.

AGE GROUP WINNERS

9-UNDER: Connor Weaks, 22:11.22.10-14: Reagan Ballard, 18:58.43.15-19: Christopher Walls, 20:29.79.20-24: Andrew Hahn, 18:57.12.25-29: Seth King, 21:43.89.30-34: Dale Sanford, 19:31.70.35-39: Brian Reese, 18:27.54.40-44: Frank Alvarado, 20:59.19.45-49: Bruce Keisling, 19:56.82.50-54: Clyde Nelson, 25:09.92.55-59: Robert Riesenbeck,

27:43.81.60-64: Bob Leopold, 25:35.28.65-69: Bob Teutsch, 26:47.29. 70-74: Jon Enemark, 1:06:29.73.

75-OVER: George Allen, 42:03.21.

WOMEN

OVERALL

1. Caroline Blatti, 19:51.37.2. Emily Farnsworth, 20:40.25.3. Aida Wiese, 21:53.12.

MASTERS

1. Joelle Goan, 26:39.04.2. Suzanne Ward, 26:53. 43.3. Chanel Alnasan, 27:44.49.

GRANDMASTERS

1. Becky Cates, 28:15.64.

2. Barbara Low, 28:49.06.3. Patricia Denowski, 29:32.21.

AGE GROUP WINNERS

9-UNDER: Emma Adair, 24:50.18.10-14: Lindsey Dismuke, 25:09.33.15-19: Aoife Whiteacre, 30:47.40.20-24: Dalaina Hawkins, 23:54.96.25-29: Dawn Owens, 24:47.95.30-34: Michele Kisel, 22:57.58.

35-39: Suneetha Irigireddy, 30:29.37.40-44: Pam Trainum, 30:19.00.45-49: Jennifer Scallions, 28:03.66.50-54: Demetris Graham, 38:10.94.55-59: Cindy Pendergrast, 34:23.00.60-64: Sandra Rowell, 35:53.14.65-69: Emily Smith, 34:21.34.70-OVER: Marsha Ewart, 38:12.89.

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Runners head out from the start line for both the 29th annual Mayor’s Cup 5k and the 16th annual Germantown Half Marathon. More than 1,800 runners braved rainy weather to participate in the two races which benefit the Special Olympics. Organizers antici-pate raising around $3,000 for the Special Olympics.

Bonita Paul of Bowling Green,

Ky., was second female overall

finisher in the half marathon.

She ran the 13.1 miles in

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seconds behind race winner

Marion Kandie.

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Patrick Cheptoek won the half marathon in 1:06:49.27.

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Ben Knoernschild (right) and Derek Morgan placed second and third overall in the Mayor’s Cup 5k.

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TODAY’S CRYPTOQUIP: WHEN PEOPLE’S COMMENTS PROMPTED WRITER AUSTEN TO LAUNCH A REJOINDER, I’D SAY THEY STARTED A JANE REACTION.

ACROSS 1 St. Patrick’s

Day marchers

6 Office notes 11 Former

capital of India

12 Sports venue 13 Dropped

tomato sound

14 St. Patrick’s Day color

15 Bearing 17 Chiding

sound 18 Gets going 22 Dorothy’s

dog 23 Ashtray user 27 Put up

29 Barrel piece 30 Secretly

eye 32 Bread

spread 33 Employees 35 Feeling down 38 Math course 39 County north

of Limerick 41 Swore 45 Playful

mammal 46 Gladden 47 Frogs’ kin 48 More

peculiar

DOWN 1 Check-

cashing needs

2 Dem.’s foe 3 Sick 4 St. Patrick’s

Day symbols 5 Words to the

maestro 6 Champagne

bottles 7 Mess up 8 Convene 9 Small bills 10 Went

under 16 Twisty turn

18 Dance move

19 Ripped 20 Suit to — 21 Lepre-

chaun’s treasure

24 Hardy cabbage

25 At any time

26 Old autos 28 Rags 31 Black gunk

34 The cops, in slang

35 Glasgow native

36 Singing voice

37 Poll numbers

40 Wine choice 42 Bankroll 43 Summer in

Paris 44 German

article

Sudoku

■ The former national chairwoman of the NAACP, Myrlie Evers-Williams, is 81.

■ Former NASA astronaut Ken Mattingly is 78.

■ Rock musician Harold Brown (War; Lowrider Band) is 68.

■ Actor Patrick Duffy is 65.

■ Actor Kurt Russell is 63.

■ Actor Rob Lowe is 50.

■ Rock singer Billy Corgan is 47.

■ Rock musician Van Conner (Screaming Trees) is 47.

■ Actor Mathew St. Patrick is 46.

■ Soccer player Mia Hamm is 42.

Dear Annie: After 35 years of marriage, my abusive husband asked for a divorce. I had stayed for the children’s sake, but now know that was a mis-take. Children grow up thinking abuse is normal.

Since the divorce, I have fallen in love with “Derek.” Derek and his ex-wife both engaged in a�airs when the going got rough. Derek has been totally honest with me about this.

He’s in counseling and is committed to being a better man.

The problem is, I can’t kick the feeling that I can’t trust him. Early in our relationship, Derek attended a reunion, drank too much and ended up having sex with an ex-classmate who came to his room. He was forth-right about it and very re-gretful. He swore it would never happen again. We were not having a “rough time” in our relationship, so I don’t know why this happened. Do you think he’s a sex addict? Does he just like the challenge of a conquest? Does he need the excitement of a new partner? Is it to boost his ego?

It’s been four years, and he’s been faithful since. He has talked about mar-riage, but I’m not sure. I do love him. But the pain of being rejected by my husband was bad enough. It took a lot of counseling to regain my self-esteem. An a�air in a second mar-riage would devastate me.

How can I trust Derek so that I am secure when he’s not with me? Is this relationship too great a risk? We’ve had counsel-ing together and sepa-rately and discussed this issue, but I’m still con-fused.

— Want to Make the Right Decision

Dear Want: One epi-sode of cheating in four years does not constitute a sex addiction. We think it’s more a behavior pat-tern, and counseling plus motivation can change that.

However, no marriage comes with a guarantee of fidelity. Derek is trying hard to prove himself trustworthy, but that doesn’t ensure he won’t cheat if your relationship takes a dive.

All relationships require a leap of faith, although you do not need to commit to marriage if you aren’t ready.

Annie’s Snippet for St. Patrick’s Day (author unknown): A best friend is like a four-leaf clover: hard to find and lucky to have.

Answer to Saturday’s puzzle

by Thomas Joseph

Crossword

3/17/14

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 FORCES MATEHint: Promote a pawn.

Solution: 1. Bg7ch! Kxg7 2. f8=Q mate! [adapted from, Spraggett-Ab-

dumalik ’14].

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

An article cited statistics showing that the rate of teen pregnancy drops o� sharply after age 25. What useful infor-mation those statisticians come up with!

Math has its place in dummy play. When a good declarer has a choice of plays, simple calculations may show which play will work most often.

At today’s four spades. South has nine tricks; a winning club finesse with the queen would see him home.

But if East takes the king, he will shift to a heart, and South will have no chance.

HIGH CLUB Dummy can take the ace of clubs and

lead a low diamond. East wins, cashes a club and leads a heart. South takes the ace, leads a diamond to the ace and ru�s a diamond high. He leads a trump to the jack, ru�s a diamond high, draws trumps with the A-K and scores the good diamond.

The club finesse o�ers a 50 percent chance (maybe less if South’s instincts tell him that East has the king). The

second play wins about 75 percent of the time.

This week: percentage play.

By Frank Stewart Tribune Content Agency

Questions and comments: Email Stewart at [email protected]

Aries (March 21-April 19) ★★★★ Your instincts will help you under-stand a partner’s needs. Be sensitive with this person. Understand that you are capable of expressing unusual sensitivity. Tonight: Get into the St. Paddy’s Day mood.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) ★★★★ Speak your mind. You’ll sense a change in someone’s demeanor that could concern you. Your e�orts count more than you realize. Tonight: Paint the town green.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) ★★★★★ You might not be in the right shape to do what is necessary. You could find that relating to a child tests your need to control a situation. Tonight: Enjoy the moment.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) ★★★ Pressure builds, and there are many options. You have a strong intuitive sense today that you’ll put to good use. Tonight: At home.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) ★★★★ Make yourself available for calls and others’ inquiries. You will receive a sponta-neous invitation that you would like to say yes to. Tonight: Whatever makes you happy.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ★★★★ You could go overboard when cele-brating. You might feel uncomfortable when someone brings up your tendency to over-indulge. A loved one might try to encourage this conversation.Tonight: Try to relax.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)★★★★★ You might have made plans with someone, only to have a last-minute change occur. Be gracious, because you could have an even better time opting to be spontane-ous. Tonight: Party away.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)★★ If you want to let go of a tradition or de-cide not join in with the shamrocks and the green-themed parties, make it OK. Tonight: Not to be found.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) ★★★★★ You’ll want to network rather than be stuck in a meeting. You will feel 100 percent Irish today. Nothing makes you as happy as being the party animal you natu-rally are. Tonight: With friends.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)★★★ You naturally take the lead, whether you’re at work or out socializing. Take charge — be it at home or at a St. Paddy’s Day party. Tonight: A must appearance.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) ★★★★★ Your mind wanders today to distant places or people far away You might need to carefully rethink a decision involv-ing a personal matter. Tonight: Try a new spot.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) ★★★★★ One-on-one relating could take a new twist, as long as you remain open-mind-ed. Perhaps a discussion needs to happen. Tonight: Go with the flow.

Horoscope

This year you have to handle more than your share of demands, espe-cially those that revolve around a special relationship. You often might not see eye-to-eye with this person, but you learn from each other, as you both present different perceptions that are valid. If you are single, you probably will date a lot and grow as you come to understand the various personalities you will encounter. If you are attached, the two of you benefit from a healthy dose of nos-talgia and romance. You often won-der how much to give and when to say “enough.” LIBRA is as romantic as you are.

What the stars Mean

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Jacqueline Bigar is at www.jacquelinebigar.com.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

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For the kids

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 number only once.

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By Frank StewartTribune Content Agency

Sudoku

Bridge

Horoscope

ACROSS 1 Army vehicle 5 Outlines of

plans 13 Peyote-

producing cacti 20 Climax 21 Makes a call

to a radio talk show, e.g.

22 “No, really!” 23 Start of a riddle 25 Tanning booth

fixture 26 “Help!,” asea 27 — sci (college

maj.) 28 “— be silly!” 30 Latin jazz great

Puente 31 Riddle, part 2 38 Prescription

specification 40 “— Whoopee”

(1929 hit) 41 Three R’s org. 42 “When all —

fails ...” 43 Feeling of vague

illness 47 Stimpy’s TV pal 48 Env. notice 49 Muckraker Jacob 50 Riddle, part 3 54 Busy little

insect 55 Note hastily 56 Relative of a

gazetteer 57 Submission encl. 58 Elaine on

“Seinfeld”

60 Blood type, briefly

62 Mount, as a jewel

63 Full of a certain grain

65 The “sum” of Descartes

66 Total change 67 Riddle, part 4 71 “Do I need to

draw you —?” 75 Future man 77 Sanctioned 78 Pointy tool 79 1958’s Best

Picture and Best Song

80 Nun’s garb 83 Totally fulfill 85 Pumps, e.g. 87 Coll. senior’s

test 88 Rock’s Rose 89 Riddle, part 5 94 Don of talk radio 96 Short slumbers 97 Balloon filler 98 More thickset 99 Richard of

“Moonraker” 100 Thurman of

“Jennifer 8” 101 Shore of “Up in

Arms” 103 The Big Board:

Abbr. 104 End of the riddle 110 Bic Round

— (pen brand) 111 Actresses West

and Clarke

112 How-to part 113 Operate 116 Chile’s — Desert 118 Riddle’s answer 123 Russian ruler

before Anna 124 Ship overseas

again 125 Downhill gear 126 Market before

officially launching

127 Poet — Rich 128 Regarding

DOWN 1 Spielberg film 2 Tunnel effect 3 Deprived of

strength 4 Home animal 5 Tape holder 6 — Vista,

California 7 “Not just the

physical” medical philosophy

8 Cut off 9 Intersected 10 Blond shade 11 Linked (with) 12 “Did — that

make sense?” 13 Plant to kiss

under 14 Tall bird 15 Actress Berger 16 Gun barrel

statistic 17 Eastern Turkey

native

18 VIP vehicle 19 Motor oil

additive 24 Sgt.’s inferior 29 Thirds of

thirds 32 Lab gelatin 33 Sagan and

Sandburg 34 Swedish retail

giant 35 Happen on 36 — -pedi 37 Tryouts 38 Key with two

sharps 39 Dee Dee or

Joey of punk 44 Nest egg fund,

briefly 45 Acts indifferently 46 Lamprey hunter 48 Quite — off

(far) 51 Information 52 Swedish port on

the Baltic 53 Start-up loan

org. 59 Net ’zine 61 Asian desert 63 In tune 64 Veneration 65 Most inactive 68 Wee bits 69 Hilary of the

violin 70 “Star Wars”

critters 72 Anaheim’s NHL

team, formerly 73 Concurs

74 Canada’s Trudeau

76 Giants great Mel

80 Japanese poem 81 Colorful carpet

with a cut pile

82 Part of a U.S. election map

83 Cyber-junk 84 Llama kin 85 Politico Palin 86 — Canals 90 “Movin’ —”

(old sitcom theme song)

91 Agony 92 Nuptial band 93 Ex-senator Sam 95 Floodgates 101 — the dirt

(gossiped) 102 Actress Anjelica 105 Terrify 106 Neon — 107 Strict 108 Entertainer

Midler 109 Mo. in spring 114 “MADtv” bit 115 Non-U.S. gas

brand 116 iPad extra 117 Plastic film

thickness unit 119 Suffix with

rocket 120 Nero’s 1,011 121 Lemur’s kin 122 “When — good

time?”

ACROSS 1 Top off, as

someone’s drink

8 Isolated hill surrounded by lava

15 Shine 20 Lubrication

point 21 Snapping

things 22 Avoiding the

rush, say 23 She “speaks

things in doubt, / That carry but half sense”

24 They’re not accented in music

25 Unimaginative 26 One unsatisfied

with a “She loves me, she loves me not” result?

28 Picky little dog?

30 Faint trace 31 A lot 33 Neglect 34 Detests 38 Game

equipment 40 Haitian couple 41 Bandleader’s

cry 42 Called off 43 Lay atop 47 “L’Arlésienne”

composer 48 It’s not much 49 Lake ___

(Australia’s lowest point)

50 Audition winner’s part, maybe

51 Peep 52 Business

transactions free from government regulation?

57 Spanish bear 58 Vanquish 61 Narrow land

projections into the sea

62 Floors 64 Billet-doux

recipient 66 Hands,

informally

67 Orbit rival 69 Coat style 70 Bank run 71 Change

structurally 72 It’s nothing at

all 73 Carefree dairy

product? 77 “Really!” 80 Radiohead

head Yorke 82 Modest

response to a compliment

83 French 101 pronoun

84 It covers Hector’s death

86 Continental free trade group

88 Block, as a stream

91 Likes lots 92 F.S.U. player,

for short 93 Bright red 94 One spinning

one’s wheels? 95 Optimally 98 It’s often heard

at a ballpark 99 Reconstruction-

era cartoonist 101 Optimistic

theater audience?

103 Marvel from Idaho’s largest city?

109 Soot 110 Kind of seat 112 Straight-

shooting 113 It’s bigger than

a family 114 Slalom, for one 115 Winston’s

home in “1984” 116 Snapchat

demographic 117 Nuts 118 In words

DOWN 1 Kind of pyramid 2 TV’s Kelly 3 Educ. book

category 4 “___ Like the

Wind” (song from “Dirty Dancing”)

5 Sunday reading

6 Supporter of the 1%, say

7 Advances on 8 Missile name 9 Got to the

point? 10 Eagerly adopt 11 Polish leader? 12 Developers’

expanses 13 Profanities 14 Canadian

business often connected to a Tim Hortons

15 Makes bail, e.g. 16 Talking points? 17 “Un Ballo in

Maschera” aria 18 Some chorus

members 19 “Like hell!” 27 Mollify 29 “Hold your

horses” 32 Boosted, as an

ego

34 Heat alerts, for short?

35 Tiny indicator 36 Barely

remembered seaman?

37 “Listen up, Lucia!”

39 Hoosier capital, informally

40 Detective writer Earl ___ Biggers

43 Some loaves 44 Sports score

most likely to be on the highlight reel?

45 Actress Elizabeth with older twins

46 Fagin’s end 48 Pulled tight 49 Defib team 52 Post office

workers, for short?

53 CBS series that, oddly, was filmed in L.A.

54 Lens 55 Sen. McConnell 56 “Downton

Abbey” maid 59 Museum

decoration 60 “Sherlock”

channel, affectionately, with “the”

63 Bread box? 64 “De Monarchia”

writer 65 He discusses

divine providence in Job

66 Labyrinthine 67 An Arnaz 68 Busy travel day,

maybe 70 Cheeky 71 Goes back into

business

74 Venice’s oldest bridge

75 “Fûmes” is a form of it

76 Birds with inflatable neck sacs

78 “I ___ Hamlet” (Paul Rudnick play)

79 Fumes may produce one

81 Financiers 84 Brand of gloves

and slippers 85 Blitzed 87 Concertgoers

who are into the hits?

88 Rice paper?: Abbr.

89 Desert steed 90 One of the

Balearic Islands 91 County seat

of Suffolk, England

93 Stupid sort 95 Specialized

talk 96 2014 Baseball

Hall of Fame inductee

97 The Beatles’ “P.S. I Love You,” e.g.

98 Honshu port 100 “The Two Pots”

storyteller 102 College up

the coast from L.A.

104 March time 105 Certain tourney

overseer 106 TV spots 107 City near

Presque Isle State Park

108 Like some tea leaves

111 Sports ___ Difficulty level ★★★★★

Answer to yesterday's puzzle

Sudoku 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 66 minutes.

3-16-14

Cy the Cynic says that anyone who doesn’t think ev-ery argument has two sides is probably in the middle of having one.

Today’s East doubled four spades as a sure bet. He had two trump tricks and a near certainty of scoring a ru� with his low trump.

West led the jack of hearts, and South won with the ace and led a trump. West dis-carded the nine of diamonds, and East won and shifted to the deuce of diamonds. But when West took the ace, he returned a diamond, thinking East might have had a single-ton in that suit.

South pitched a heart on dummy’s king and led another trump, and East took the ace and led the jack of clubs. South played low, ru�ed in dummy and drew East’s last trump.

On that trick, West couldn’t find a winning discard. If he threw another diamond, South could ru� a diamond in his hand, setting up dummy’s fourth diamond. If West bared his ace of clubs, South could ru� a club in dummy to set up his king. If West threw a heart, declarer would win four heart tricks.

So South wound up making four spades doubled. It was a painful loss for East-West, es-pecially since only good de-fense would have beaten East at five clubs, and the argument was heated.

What, in your opinion, was the worst defensive play?

Every argument has two sides, but I sympathize with West. Perhaps East should have led a club when he took the king of trumps. When he got back in with the ace of trumps and led a diamond, West might draw the subtle inference that East wanted to ru� a heart, not a diamond.

Dear Harriette: I have been so sad lately, and I can’t seem to snap out of it. Everything seems to be falling apart. My bills are way behind. I’m afraid to answer the phone for fear of another creditor threatening me. My husband just left me. I lost my job six months ago. I’m not kidding. All these things have hap-pened. On the positive side, some friends have helped me out. I stayed on one friend’s sofa for a month, since my husband put me out when he broke up with me. I’ve been in a shelter for a few weeks, but it’s horrible. I don’t feel like my life is worth much anymore. I don’t see how it could possibly get better, and I have no-where to turn. I feel like giving up for real. Can you help me?

— Lost, Chicago

Answer: Thank you so much for writing to me. It shows that you haven’t totally given up yet.

With the list of bad things that have hap-pened to you, it’s under-

standable that you would feel depressed. It is normal to sink into mel-ancholy when so many negative things encroach upon your life.

That said, you do not have to give up. You do not need to be alone. In fact, I recommend that you not be alone right now. You can call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK. You can also touch base with any friends you have who are available to lend an ear, a sofa or some love. Your life can get better. Get help now. Your life is worth it!

Depressed woman should share concerns with friends

HARRIETTECOLE

SENSE & SENSITIVITY

Send questions to [email protected] or c/o Universal Uclick, 1130 Wal-nut St., Kansas City, MO 64106.

Aries (March 21-April 19) ★★★ The Full Moon tugs at others’ emotions. You will be smart enough to not get involved in one of these dra-matic situations. Tonight: Ready for some fun!

Taurus (April 20-May 20) ★★★★ You might feel as if you are being pulled like saltwater ta�y as you listen to both sides of a story. To-night: Make it early.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) ★★★ You might want to stay away from crowds and duck someone’s moodiness. Tonight: Add some mischief and fun to a relationship.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) ★★★★★ The Full Moon to-day a�ects you more than it does any other sign. Go for what you want. Tonight: Speak your mind.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) ★★★★ You will be coming from a very secure spot with a loved one. You could be questioning what you want. Tonight: Your treat.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ★★★★ You could not be better, as you reach out to a loved one. Make special plans together. Tonight: In-dulge a loved one.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) ★★★★ You might feel a bit out of sorts. You could de-cide to stay close to home and relax. Tonight: Out for dinner.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) ★★★ You could be con-cerned that you will say the wrong thing around a room-mate or loved one. Try to re-lax. Tonight: Head home.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) ★★★★ Make time for a friend. You might be more irritated than you think about a personal matter. To-night: A meeting could turn into a fun happening.

C a p r i -corn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) ★★★★ Keep reaching out to someone. This person could be more demanding than you had anticipated. Tonight: Out late.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) ★★★★ Others clamor for your time. Allow greater give-and-take between you and a key loved one. Tonight: Where there is great music.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) ★★★★ The Full Moon emphasizes your friend-ships and major ties in gen-eral. You’ll have an oppor-tunity to iron out a problem. Tonight: Ease up and relax.

What the stars mean:

★★★★★

Dynamic ★★★★

Positive ★★★

Average ★★

So-so ★

Difficult

Today’s birthdayThis year you often focus on relationships. If you are single, you will want your potential sweetie to reveal more of him- or herself. Don’t rush the development of this bond. If you are attached, the two of you often see situations differ-ently. Use the many opinions you can come up with as a couple to add to the strength of your decisions. VIRGO can test your patience!

The New York Times Sunday Crossword | Nosy Nonsense

By Brendan Emmett Quigley / Edited By Will Shortz

3-16-14

Today’s Cryptoquip Chess Quiz

WHITE GAINS A PAWNHint: Key is a “skewer.”

Solution: 1. Nxd6ch. If … Kxd6, 2. Qb4ch! (the skewer) Kc7 3. Qxf8.

J D F P Z F N Z A F ’ E H N L L F P R E Z Q N L Z R F V

J Q B R F Q K M E R F P R N A K M P H D

K Q F U N B P V F Q , B ’ V E K G

R D F G E R K Q R F V K U K P F Q F K H R B N P .

3-16 Today’s Cryptoquip Clue: Z equals P

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Sudoku

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76 Giants great Mel


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someone’s drink



point 21 Snapping














51 Peep 52 Business





recipient 66 Hands,

informally
















theater audience?










5 Sunday reading










ego



remembered seaman?








workers, for short?











business












of Suffolk, England







the coast from L.A.












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“Seinfeld”















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76 Giants great Mel


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point 21 Snapping














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recipient 66 Hands,

informally
















theater audience?










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ego



remembered seaman?








workers, for short?











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with a cut pile










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someone’s drink



point 21 Snapping














51 Peep 52 Business





recipient 66 Hands,

informally
















theater audience?










5 Sunday reading










ego



remembered seaman?








workers, for short?











business












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By Judith Martin and Jacobina MartinUniversal Uclick

Dear Miss Manners: It seems that the chefs of the nicer restaurants these days are attempting to outdo themselves when it comes to the presentation of our food.

While beautiful to ad-mire, it is often impossible to eat. Salads in particular pose a great challenge. I was served a salad where-in entire leaves of bibb lettuce were arranged on a plate to form a bowl of sorts. In the center, three or four cherry tomatoes were diced, along with perhaps one slice of bacon, and then drizzled with blue cheese dressing.

Should I just eat the to-matoes? Cut the lettuce leaves individually to eat them also? Take my knife and cut everything into bite-size pieces all at once after an appropriate mo-

ment of admiration?I don’t go to restaurants

to merely gaze at the food; I would like to eat it and to do so properly.

Gentle Reader: No one — particularly not a chef — could fault you for eating the food that is served to you. A moment of admira-tion is polite, but then Miss Manners permits you to get to work putting the edible artwork where it belongs.

If no salad knife has been provided you must use the tools at hand. Cut each piece of food as nec-essary before eating it and consume whatever appeals to you. Then, if you like, you may artfully arrange your utensils on the plate when you are done.

Dear Miss Manners: I have been in a good relationship with a man for nine years. He has been divorced for 12 years and has three adult children. I get along with his kids for the most part.

His youngest daughter is

having a baby soon. I have not been invited to her baby shower for whatever rea-son, and that’s OK with me. I was just wondering what the etiquette is on inviting the father’s girlfriend to the daughter’s baby shower?

Gentle Reader: Etiquette demands that guests at a social occasion act civ-illy toward one another. If your gentleman friend’s daughter (or more likely ex-wife) felt that this might be unattainable with your presence, then it was prob-ably best not to invite you.

All things being equal, it is gracious to include the father’s longtime partner at a family gathering. How-ever, all things might not be equal in your particular situation, and Miss Man-ners suspects that some-one might well have been doing you a favor with the oversight.

Submit your questions online at

missmanners.com.

MISS MANNERS

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH Use your intuition with an important situation involving a loved one. A conversation is a must. In the afternoon, you will discover that there is a good low between you and this per-son.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH Handle any im-portant matter in the morning; otherwise, you might not gain the results you want. You could ind others unusually diicult later today, which is likely to af-fect your opinion of them.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH You will want to handle an important matter on your own. The inancial beneits of a situation outweigh the nega-tives. Avoid being extravagant. You will join in and have a good time, no matter where you are.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Dig into your bag of cre-ative ideas in the morning. You might be surprised by what evolves as a result. Think twice before you deal with a problem. Honor what is happening with a child irst, as he or she needs

some special time with you. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

HHH You’ll react instinctively to a perception or to a change in tone, and will wonder when you can say “enough is enough.” Your ability to take in the big pic-ture could help you gain a new insight. Deal with someone di-rectly about a inancial matter.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Be willing to express your deeper feelings about a personal matter, as you seem to be more than serious about a long-term investment. Your creativity is likely to surge, which will allow you to visualize being in someone else’s shoes.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH Pressure builds involving a work matter and your inances. Additional demands from a fam-ily member could add to your dis-comfort. Know that this person is not on your team right now.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Your resourcefulness draws strong results in the morn-ing. A family member, though well-meaning, could add to the pressure of the moment. Reach out to a friend or neighbor who has been very uppity for a while.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-

Dec. 21) HHHH You could be more easily confused than you realize. Ask questions to clarify, but phrase them carefully r to get an appropriate response. You will see changes in how you handle your funds because of what you are hearing.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Use the morning to the max, when others are more responsive to your inqui-ries. Look at a personal matter through someone else’s eyes. Once you see this person’s per-ceptions, your instinctive re-sponse could be right-on.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH Pace yourself, as you have a lot to get done. You have a smile that helps draw others closer to you. Remain sensitive to the possibilities. Allow more lightness and spontaneity into your day. Read between the lines with a close loved one.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH You could be in a situation that touches many people. Understand what is happening by reaching out and getting more information. Your questions might help someone else gain some insight. Delay a discussion until the afternoon.


ACADEMIC

ALL-STARS

CONGRATULATIONS TO THESEMEMPHIS-AREA

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSWHOHAVE EARNED

THEACADEMICALL-STARSAWARD.

Maxwell Cherry

Munford High School

Career-TechnicalMaxwell, a senior, is a disciplined student and leader. He holds a 3.82 grade point average and scored 35 on the ACT.

He is committed to both the FFA (Future Farmers of America) and FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America). He is the

FFA chapter treasurer and Chairman of the State Runner-up Parliamentary Procedure Team. In FBLA, he is the chapter vice-

president and regularly competes in competitions at the regional and state levels. His commitment to excellence and his

leadership motivate his classmates to get involved and to participate in school organizations.

A member of the National Honor Society, Maxwell has earned the Academic Achievement Award all four years of high

school. He received the Outstanding ACT Award, TSSAA Student-Athlete Award of Merit and TSSAA Distinguished Scholastic

Achievement Award. He also is team captain for the varsity soccer team.

Maxwell makes a difference in the community through his volunteer work with his church. He is a youth group

memberand volunteer. He also volunteers with the Mid-South Food Bank and with World Changers, a part of the Tennessee

Restoration Service Project.

Demayah Killebrew

Central High School

Career-TechnicalDemayah, a senior, is a talented and hard-working student who is pursuing the university and career-technical paths

to graduation. She currently is completing her third year of cosmetology and will meet the requirements to sit for Tennessee’s

Cosmetologist Licensing Exam. To achieve this goal, she has enrolled in online classes outside of the regular school day, adding

one more challenge to a hectic senior year schedule.

One of Demayah’s proudest accomplishments was being chosen by a prestigious dance academy in Canada to attend an

intensive two-week residential ballet program. At the camp, she had the opportunity to refine her craft by working with some of

the best teachers in the business. Despite a busy academic and dance schedule, Demayah has made time for the Bridge Builders

program, which helped her build “self-confidence” and “character.”

Demayah also is active in the community. She has volunteered at the Children’s Museum and for Her Faith Ministry, where

she helped prepare lunches. She also volunteers with Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church.

Justin Lynch

Briarcrest Christian SchoolCareer-Technical

Justin, a senior, is an outstanding student, leader and technical producer. He holds a 4.31 weighted grade point average

and scored 33 on the ACT with a near-perfect 35 on the Science portion of the test. He was part of the Development Team for

the Briarcrest Broadcast Network (BBN). He now is the Technical Director and Producer for BBN. More than 32,000 people

watched Briarcrest sporting events online last year. Justin has been involved in all aspects of audio and visual production in the

theatre department. He runs the video camera at basketball games and runs the live computer feed for football games.

A natural leader, Justin has a calm, yet assertive demeanor. He has received the Joseph A. Clayton Award twice and the

Great Works of the Heart Award twice. He is a member of the National Honor Society, Latin Club, Key Club and the National

Thespian Society.

An Eagle Scout, Justin built and installed mileage markers for the school’s Cross Country team for his Eagle project.

He was selected as crew leader on a 70 mile hike at the Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico last summer.

AboutAcademicAll-Stars

Now in its 8th year, the Academic All-Stars program identiies and recognizes high school students in the Memphis metro area for their excellence in academics,

leadership and community service.

Each week during the school year, six to seven Academic All-Stars are proiled in The Commercial Appeal. Winners are selected by geographic areas that include

Bartlett, Cordova, Fayette County, Germantown, Collierville, DeSoto County, Millington, Tipton County, Whitehaven, South Memphis, East Memphis, Midtown and

Downtown Memphis. There are 10 categories of achievement: Art, Drama & Speech, English & Literature, Foreign Language, General Scholarship, Mathematics,

Music, Science, Social Sciences & History, and Career-Technical.

The Commercial Appeal compiles the nominations submitted by schools. Representatives from area universities judge the student resumes and select the award recipients.

For more information, call or email Mary Lou Brown, Community Relations Manager for The Commercial Appeal at 901-529-2508 or [email protected]

Mallory McAlister

Lewisburg High SchoolCareer-Technical

Mallory, a senior, is an honor student who loves science and children. She holds a 3.9 weighted grade point average while

pursuing her dream to become a neonatal nurse. She has committed herself to the DeSoto Career and Technical Center’s special

two-year health sciences program. As a second year student, she attends practicals at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto where

she observes and assists with medical duties. She rotates between charting, surgeries, ICU and Labor & Delivery.

In addition, Mallory has a love of art and won a Gold Key at the Mid-South Scholastic Art Contest. She also won “Best

Drawing” at the Mid-South Fair. She took AP Studio Drawing last year. She is involved in the Interact Club and Beta Club. As a

leader, she sets a positive example by displaying good character and a positive attitude.

Mallory is very involved with her church youth group. She teaches Vacation Bible School and occasionally conducts worship

services at nursing homes. She bakes for the elderly at her church. She also participates in the walk to end Alzheimer’s each year.

Matthew Johnson

Lausanne Collegiate SchoolCareer-Technical

Matthew, a senior, is an accomplished student who has a passion for all things “mechanical.” He holds a 4.14 weighted

grade point average and scored 33 on the ACT with a perfect 36 on the English portion of the test. He has been named a National

Merit Commended Student. As a youngster, he enjoyed dismantling electric toys and components just to see how they worked and

how they were designed. His interests evolved until he found himself learning about the inner workings of automobiles, sound

components, robotics and demolition.

An Eagle Scout, Matthew built two subwoofer loudspeakers for his church as his Eagle project.

He also started his own yard and landscaping company called “The Motivated Teen.” He used money from this business to fund

numerous modifications to his 2006 Subaru Forester. He was the co-head of engineering on the Robotics Team this year. He also

was a videographer for the school’s broadcast network, “Lynx Live.”

In addition, Matthew has been a school Ambassador/Diplomat since freshman year. He is a member of the National Honor

Society and Tri-M Music Honor Society. He volunteers for MIFA and teachers leadership skills with the Bridge Builders program.

Jacob Elliott

Bartlett High SchoolCareer-Technical

Jacob, a senior, is a top student who is taking courses to prepare for a career in pharmacology. He currently ranks seventh

in a class of 325 seniors and hold a 4.31 weighted grade point average. He is active with HOSA (Health Occupations Students of

America) and plans to compete in its competition this spring with a project focusing on pharmacology.

He is a strong health science student, having taken challenging Honors and AP courses throughout high school.

In addition, Jacob is a member of the National Honor Society, Beta Club, National Spanish Honor Society, ACT 30+ Club

and Honor Roll. He is a four-year member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and four-year member of the baseball team. He

participated in the Infinity Club, where he assisted students with special needs. As a member of the Pep Club,

he led pep rallies during football season.

Jacob gives of his time to the community by volunteering for the Bartlett baseball camp and for his church’s Vacation Bible

School. He also assists with the Bellamy Basket project for the needy and does yard work for the elderly.

Madeleine Murphy

Brighton High School

Career-TechnicalMadeleine, a senior, is a top agricultural student who plans to pursue a career in Veterinary Health Technology. She

holds a 3.745 grade point average and scored 25 on the ACT. She has earned an ‘A’ average in all of her agricultural classes

including Principles of Agricultural Science, Leadership Communications, Dual Enrollment Horse Science and Dual Enrollment

Veterinary Science. As a senior, Madeleine is enrolled in Advanced Principles of Agriculture, Forestry Management and Livestock

Management and holds a 98 average or above. She was selected for the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Agricultural

Sciences.

A determined student, Madeleine has received the Cardinal Academic Excellence Award the past two years. She has been

honored as “Underclassman of the Month.” She is president of FFA (Future Farmers of America), where she earned a FFA Green

Hand Degree and Chapter Degree. She was a breeding sheep exhibitor and participated on the Parliamentary Procedure Team.

Within the community, Madeleine is a member of the Tipton County Junior Livestock Association. She volunteers at a

Memphis soup kitchen, Mid-South Food Bank and her church’s Vacation Bible School.

Sports


By Pete WickhamSpecial to The Weekly

Collierville brought home its irst state AAA baseball championship last May, a year after Ar-lington did the same thing.

As good as the baseball is in Shelby County, know how rare that is? One has to back nearly 20 years for back-to-back area state AAA champions — Ger-mantown (1995) and Hous-ton (1996).

So 2014 could be a wa-tershed year. The chance exists for the area to have its irst AAA three-peat, and Collierville coach Jef Hopkins knows there’s no shortage of candidates.

“Bartlett might have its best team in 3-4 years. Houston’s outstanding. Ar-lington is strong,” Hopkins said, “and Dyer County (which also went to state last year) has four arms al-ready signed by colleges for next year. The deal is, we could be really, really good this year … and stay home.”

A year ago, the pitching of Brandon Hicks (now at Murray St.) and Peyton Sanderlin (CBU) carried the Dragons to a 34-12 re-cord. This year, the ace will be last year’s closer, senior righty Bradley Crain (3-1, 4 saves). Peyton Culbertson, 6-1 as a sopho-more will be back as will junior Alex Hicks.

The lineup is filled with veterans like three-year starting SS Brandon Montgomery (.299, 19 steals), headed to UMem-phis, junior irst baseman Parker Phillips, who made the All-State team with six homers last year, power-hitting CF Grayson Moye, also a three-year stater, and catcher Cody Young (.346) and 2B-P Kyle Dai-ley (.304).

“The key to our success is if our pitching devel-ops,” said Hopkins, whose team got of to a 3-3 start, “but if they develop like I think they will, we could be outstanding when May rolls around.”

Houston (30-15) was denied a trip to Murfrees-boro by a 1-0 defeat against Dyer County in the sec-tional.

The Mustangs return some veterans with se-nior OF Logan Blackfan (a Southern Illinois signee), 1B-P Jake Greer (Samford), OF-turned-SS Wes Rober-

son (Gulf Coast CC), lead-of man Walker Lamberth and catcher Cullen Lynd.

Sophomore CF Ayrton Schaefer (.400) impressed at the plate as a freshman starter while 3B Jack Ken-ley held his own with the glove as a rookie.

“You can tell the difer-ence this year by the way they walk around,” Mc-Carter said. “They feel like they belong now.”

Pitching will tell a lot of the tale with senior Bryan Waldrop and juniors Wal-ter Rook, Connor Hayman and Jack Rude (7-0 as a sophomore) in the rota-tion. Junior Niko Warmus and senior Joey Reed will come out of the bullpen.

McCartrer, whose team got of to a 5-1 start, agrees with Hopkins that “you get out of the area you have a real shot at winning state … the hardest part is get-ting there.”

Casey Callaway’s Ger-mantown squad went 19-17 last year, fell in the districts and have some big holes to ill, notably at catcher where junior Cul-len Ray replaces longtime team leader Ridge Smith, now at Austin Peay.

“Cullen got bigger and stronger over the ofsea-son and should be a stron-ger hitter this year,” said Callaway, whose Red Dev-ils have started the season 3-3.

Senior Joseph Rodgers could play three inield spots during the season, and Callaway said, “you’ll see that with several play-ers on the roster.”

Chris Little will be back in RF, while sophomore Dacoda Stone moves to center as a replacement for Doug Collins, an Air Force Academy signee who will miss the season

after shoulder surgery.Junior RHP Chris How-

ell (6-3) will anchor the rotation. Preston Collins, a sophomore lefty, is one to watch.

Briarcrest coach Kevin Sneathern’s team went 10-21 last year. He sees better days ahead with a group of seven seniors, a promising JV squad in the wings and the return of junior OF Bond Watson, who played last year at Marshall Acad-emy.

“Bond has a big time arm, and adds a big bat to our lineup,” Sneathern said.

Matt Cunningham will be the staf ace this year. Second-baseman Paxton Pearson has signed with Illinois-Springfield, and Cort Satterield is back at third.

A pair of juniors, SS Ben Ellis and 1B David Foster draw raves from their coach. “I expect big things from them … and I hear from several colleges a day asking about those the juniors.”

For this year, however, he admits “were just hop-ing to close the gap.”

St. George’s returns only three starters, led by junior P-IF Connor Green, the ace of the rotation, se-nior OF William Brown and junior Davis Baty, who will split the catching du-ties with sophomore Jud-son Scott.

“So far the young guys are doing what they’re supposed to do,” coach Buzz Walthall said. “The pitching has been a big surprise, and Connor’s a real front-line type of arm. Our defense has been good, but we’re not a pow-er team at the plate. We’re going to have to manufac-ture runs.”

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Collierville High’s softball team took second place at the Brentwood Classic by going 5-2 overall. The Dragons were led with strong hitting by lead-of batter Hannah Oliver and by Bayleigh Wisher. Against Brentwood, Wisher hit a “walk-of” grand slam against the tournament host Brentwood. Wisher and Kelsey Gross led the Dragons to the champion-ship game with their pitching.

The St. Louis sixth-grade girls basketball team won the PAA champion for the second consecutive year. Winning team members are Lily Manuel (front, left), Britt Andreini, Sarah Moran of Germantown, Amelia Hinton of Germantown, Mary Helen Weirich, Sarah Grace Wingield; coach Danny Andreini (back), Lucia Garafa of Germantown, Laney Skinner of Collierville, Kailtyn Broughton, Sarah Reno, Jenni Grace Wolbrecht of Germantown and coach Jim Broughton.

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By Jason [email protected]

901-529-5804

When University of Memphis coach Josh Pastner saw American Athletic Conference tournament champion Louisville on the No. 4 line during last Sunday’s NCAA tournament Selection Show, he knew the Tigers wouldn’t be seed-ed as highly as he hoped.

Louisville, Pastner said, had looked like a No. 1 seed in steam-rolling to the AAC tournament title at FedExForum last week. Mem-phis, meanwhile, had been ousted in the quarterinals by Connecti-cut, its third loss in ive games.

Still, Pastner said “the mood was good” when the Tigers (23-9) learned they were the No. 8 seed in the East Region and will play No. 9 George Washington (24-8) at 5:55 p.m. CDT Friday in Raleigh, N.C., in the tourney’s second round.

“Guys were excited. We know that it’s a fresh new start. We’ll be ready to play,” said Pastner, who had expected Memphis to be a six or seven seed.

Memphis, one of four AAC teams to make the tournament, will be facing a George Wash-ington team Pastner admitted he hasn’t seen much this season. The Colonials finished the regular season tied for third with Saint Jo-seph’s in the Atlantic 10 standings behind Saint Louis and VCU. The Colonials lost 74-55 to VCU in the semiinals of the A10 tournament.

The Memphis-George Washing-ton winner will face the winner of

the game between No. 1-seeded Virginia and No. 16 Coastal Caro-lina in the third round Sunday.

Memphis, which is making its fourth straight NCAA tourna-ment appearance under Pastner, advanced to the third round last year as a No. 6 seed, beating Saint Mary’s in the second round to earn Pastner’s irst NCAA tournament win before falling by 22 points to a more physical Michigan State team.

“We know we’re gonna be judged on what we do this week. There’s no ducking that. We’re not trying to hide from it,” Past-ner said. “We know what we gotta do. We can’t just show up and talk about it.”

Asked about the team’s mood, senior guard Michael Dixon Jr. said the Tigers haven’t dwelled on the loss to Connecticut. Memphis watched the Selection Show from behind closed doors, away from local media. Pastner said he did

a “private viewing” this year be-cause the team had “a celebration” during the show the last three sea-sons and hadn’t advanced past the irst weekend.

“We didn’t play well our last game, but that’s out of our control now. The only thing we can con-trol is preparing for George Wash-ington. It’s just as simple as that,” Dixon said.

“I told (senior teammate) Chris (Crawford) we’re literally playing for our life.”

After the loss to Connecticut, senior guard Geron Johnson guar-anteed the Tigers would win both games this week.

Crawford backed Johnson’s guarantee.

“You know I’m rolling with Geron,” Crawford said. “Whatever he said, I’m going to roll with him. He guaranteed two wins and that’s what we gotta do. We gotta get the job done.”

Tigers

By Zack [email protected]

901-300-9225

If the top four seeds in the NCAA tournament’s South Re-gion advance in this week’s sec-ond- and third-round games, it will be tough for any Sweet 16 site to match the ield that would be headed to Memphis’ FedExFo-rum March 27, at least in terms of name recognition and past tournament achievement.

And if those top four seeds — No. 1 Florida (31-2), No. 2 Kansas (24-9), No. 3 Syracuse (27-5) and No. 4 UCLA (26-8) — do falter, the most likely “upsets” would come from No. 5 VCU (26-7) or No. 6 Ohio State (25-9), teams with big tournament success in the recent past.

Over the last 11 years, all six of those teams have made a Final Four, ive have made the cham-pionship game and three have won the title.

During this regular season, two of those teams held the No. 1 ranking for consecutive weeks (Florida and Syracuse), another

(Kansas) rose as high as No. 2 and another (Ohio State) held the No. 3 ranking for several weeks.

Florida earned the tourna-ment’s overall No. 1 ranking af-ter going 18-0 in the Southeast-ern Conference regular season and winning the SEC tourna-ment on Sunday. The Gators, who won back-to-back titles in 2006-07, start four seniors and have ive players averaging be-tween nine and 14 points, led by senior swingman Casey Prather and senior point guard Scottie Wilbekin.

Kansas, of course, won that 2008 national title game at Mem-

phis’ expense, and also features former Memphis Tiger big man Tarik Black, pressed into the starting rotation because of a back injury to Joel Embiid. Kan-sas is led by likely NBA lottery pick Andrew Wiggins, who aver-ages 17 points.

Syracuse, which made the Fi-nal Four last year and won the 2003 title (beating Kansas), was the nation’s top team after start-ing 25-0 but lost ive of its inal seven games. Four players aver-age 12 or more points for Hall of Fame coach Jim Boeheim, with C.J. Fair leading the way with 16.7 points and 6.2 rebounds per

game. UCLA, under irst-year coach Steve Alford (who won a national title as a player at Indi-ana), just defeated Arizona for the Pac-12 tournament title in Las Vegas, behind 21 points and 15 rebounds from Kyle Anderson.

UCLA’s irst opponent? Tulsa, whose coach, Danny Manning, won the tournament’s Most Out-standing Player award in 1988 at Kansas, the year after Alford was MOP for Indiana.

The South Region semiinals will be March 27 and the inal will be March 29. For tickets call (800) 745-3000 or visit NCAA.com/mbbtickets.

Memphis’ NCAA South Region is loaded

Judgment time

Memphis senior guards Michael Dixon (left) and Chris Crawford know the Tigers’ season will be judged on how they do in this year’s NCAA tournament..

PHOTOS BY MARK WEBER/THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL

Memphis head men’s basketball coach Josh Pastner is excited to lead his Tigers into Friday’s NCAA second-round tournament game against George Washington. The Tigers will play the Colonials at 5:55 p.m. CDT in Raleigh, N.C.

By Michael [email protected]

901-529-2525

By now you know Mem-phis received a No. 8 seed in the East Region, and you’re probably aware that the Tigers will take on ninth-seeded George Washington in Raleigh, N.C., on Friday at 5:55 p.m.

But what you may not know is Memphis, a team hungry for its next game following a 19-point loss to Connecticut during the quarterinals of the Ameri-can Athletic Conference tournament, has a built-in

cheat sheet when it comes to the Colonials. His name is David Pellom.

Pellom, a ifth-year se-nior and graduate student, transferred to Memphis from George Washington. He played three seasons and redshirted a fourth in our nation’s capital, and you better believe he knows the tendencies and skill sets of each of his for-mer teammates. That Josh Pastner and his assistants will tap into their unique resource is unquestioned, and it probably happened just minutes after the se-lection show ended.

But what should Tiger fans make of the Colonials outside of the Pellom con-nection? First, you ought to know GW, a team that went 24-8 overall with an 11-5 record in the Atlantic 10 conference, has five wins over teams in this year’s NCAA tournament ield: Creighton, VCU, St. Joseph’s, UMass and Man-hattan.

So GW is no slouch. Next you should know

the Colonials, much like Memphis, pride themselves on having a balanced ofen-sive attack. George Wash-ington has ive players that

average double igures in scoring this season, with Maurice Creek topping the list at 14.6 points per game and Kethan Savage coming of the bench to chip in 13.4. Six diferent players have scored at least 20 points in a game this season for coach Mike Lonergan’s team.

George Washington is also a team built on trans-fers. Creek, the leading scorer, and Isaiah Arm-wood, the leading re-bounder, both arrived in Washington after stints at Indiana and Villanova, respectively.

Pellom to provide intel on his former GW team

Top name teams could be at Forum

2014 NCAA TOURNAMENT

By Jason [email protected]

901-529-5804

University of Memphis coach Josh Pastner and se-nior guard Geron Johnson were headed to the locker room after their 19-point loss to Connecticut last week in the quarterinals of the American Athletic Conference tournament when Johnson turned to Pastner and apologized.

“He told me, ‘I was in a daze in the irst half.’ He told me that,” Pastner said. “I’m like, ‘How did that happen? How are we in a daze?’ and he says, ‘Coach, we were just in a daze.’ ”

While teams like UCLA, Louisville and Michigan State enter this week’s NCAA tournament as trendy picks to advance due in part to their impres-sive runs to conference tournament titles, No. 8-seeded Memphis (23-9), which plays No. 9-seeded George Washington (24-8) in Friday’s second round in Raleigh, N.C., is trying to snap out of a “daze” that’s seen it lose three of its last ive games.

Though Johnson hasn’t played particularly well over that stretch, few of the Tigers have.

But it’s two players in particular — senior guard Joe Jackson and sophomore forward Shaq Goodwin, the team’s top perimeter and interior threats — that Memphis needs to get going if it’s go-ing to win two games this week in the tournament as Johnson guaranteed.

Jackson has shot just 36 percent from the ield (18 of 50) over Memphis’ last ive games, and hasn’t been the spark plug ofen-sively or defensively of late that the Tigers need him to be. He’s registered three or fewer assists in four of the last ive games (he aver-ages 4.5) and has just three steals over that stretch.

Goodwin, meanwhile, hasn’t scored in double figures in four straight games, having been plagued by foul trouble of late. While he’s otherwise played with good efort, he’s shooting just 26.3 percent from the ield over Memphis’ last four games (5 of 19) and 54.2 percent from the free-throw line, and has nearly three times as many turnovers (14) as he does made ield goals.

Memphis has gone 16-1 in games in which both Jackson and Goodwin have scored in double igures and just 7-8 in the games in which one or both scored fewer than 10 points.

“I don’t think it’s lip-ping a switch to turn it

on. They just gotta play to their abilities.

“Shaq’s playing very hard. He’s gotta make free throws. He’s gotta inish those short shots. He’s got-ta catch the ball. He can’t turn it over. But he plays hard. There’s no issue with his efort. It’s a focus thing.

“Joe was really good in practice Friday, on Satur-day and (Monday). I really like where Joe’s at (mental-ly). The last three days he’s been a chatterbox. When he’s talking and got some ire in him, you can just see it. To me, that’s healthy.”

Pastner said he doesn’t subscribe to the theory that teams can’t advance deep into the tourna-ment having not played their best basketball in the games leading up to it. The 1996-97 national champion Arizona team that he was a part of lost two straight games and three of its last six before winning six straight in the NCAA tournament.

“We went into the tour-nament on a two-game losing streak and we won six in a row,” Pastner said. “VCU went to the Final Four (in 2011) and didn’t think they were getting in (the tournament). Xavier a couple of years ago (in 2012) where we beat ’em and they went to the Sweet 16 coming off a couple losses.

“I think at this point of the year it just kind of reju-venates you, re-energizes you and everybody starts fresh and clean,” he said. “We’re more than capable. Now we just gotta step up and do it on the loor.”

Jackson, Goodwin keys to tourney

PHOTOS BY MARK WEBER/THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL

Memphis forward Shaq Goodwin (middle) has failed to score in double figures in the Tigers’ last four games, a trend that will have to end if the U of M is going to advance in the tournament.

U of M guard Joe Jackson av-erages 4.2 assists a game but has had three or fewer in four of the Tigers’ last five games.

Pastner knows year will be measured by tournament success

TIGERS IN THE TOURNEYWho: No. 8 seed Memphis vs. No. 9 George Washington in second round of NCAA tournament.When, where: 5:55 p.m. CDT Friday, PNC Arena, Raleigh, N.C.TV, radio: TBS; WREC-AM 600, WKBQ-FM 93.5


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CRAPPIE MASTERS TOURNAMENT ON GRENADA LAKEWhen, where: Pre-tournament seminar and registration will be held Thursday at Holmes Community College. Registration begins at 5 p.m. with seminar set for 6:30. Competition will take place Friday and Saturday from 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m. with anglers required to be in the weigh-in line at Grenada Landing by 4:30 p.m.Entry fee: $300.Kids Rodeo: During Saturday’s competition, a special fishing rodeo will be held for anglers ages 15 and under at the North end of Grenada Dam. Registration will be held from 8-9 a.m. with fishing to follow from 9-10:30.More information: Visit crappiemasters.net or call Mike Vallentine at 660-351-6960.

By Bryan [email protected]

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They aren’t as dramatic as the ones that caused such a stir among Missis-sippi crappie anglers last year, but several new regu-lations will go into efect for the state’s lakes and rivers March 26.

Anglers on Lake Wash-ington in Washington County will no longer be allowed to use limb lines or set hooks to catch ish. But

sport-ishing trotlines and free-floating fishing de-vices like jugs and noodles will still be allowed, along with traditional yo-yos.

Creel limits for the ponds at the Charles Ray Nix Wildlife Management Area in Panola County will now be the same as the statewide limits for all species, and skiers visiting state ishing lakes will be allowed to ski on Memori-al Day, Independence Day and Labor Day from noon until sunset. The nearest

Mississippi state ishing lake to the Memphis area is Tippah County Lake in Ripley.

“We had a lot of com-plaints about limb lines on Lake Washington,” said Dennis Riecke, a isheries biologist with the Missis-sippi Department of Wild-life, Fisheries and Parks. “People were leaving ish hanging on them and leav-ing the lines hanging in the way. There had gotten to be so many of them that it was hard for people to ish

in some areas.”With the weather im-

proving and the crappie starting to bite, some of the old regulations on Mis-sissippi reservoirs are also worthy of a reminder.

The regulations for crappie fishing are the same for Arkabutla and Enid lakes.

The daily creel limit for crappie is 20 per per-son, and all crappie must be over 12 inches. Anglers may use no more than ive poles per person with no

more than two hooks or lures per pole. There is a limit of 50 crappie for boats with three or more anglers.

The same regulations apply on Grenada Lake ex-cept for the rod restriction. Anglers on Grenada may use no more than three poles per person with no more than two hooks or lures per pole.

The regulations difer drastically on Sardis Lake where the daily creel limit for crappie is 15 per person and the minimum length

limit is 11 inches. Anglers ishing Sardis may use no more than three poles per person with no more than two hooks or lures per pole, and there is a limit of 40 crappie per boat for boats with three or more anglers.

“It’s important to know the regulations for what-ever lake you’re ishing,” Riecke said. “Even if you need to check before every trip.”

Visit mdwfp.com or call 601-432-2212 for more in-formation.

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New ishing regulations go into efect March 26


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During a recent team tournament on Grenada Lake, a relatively small ield of 25 boats brought 18 crappie to the scales that weighed 3 pounds or more.

Coming from any other lake, such numbers might be met with skepticism. But on Grenada, they’ve become a spring tradition.

Perhaps no lake in the country is better known for producing the much-sought-after 3-pound trophy — and early-season reports say this could be a special year even for a lake with special standards.

“Reports of big ish from Grenada are nothing new, but it’s just been amazing so far this year,” said Mike Vallentine, owner of the popular Crappie Masters Tournament Trail. “The best ishing is still before us, and we’ve already seen so many 3-pound crappie. I think we may hit it just right for our tournament down there.”

The Crappie Masters will visit Gre-nada on Friday and Saturday for an an-nual tournament known as the Missis-sippi State Championship. Last year, the tournament drew 117 boats — and with a smaller tournament having already pro-duced so many 3-pounders earlier this year, many are excited to see what will be brought to the scales during a larger event with a purse that’s likely to draw some of the best crappie anglers in the country.

“The ish are just now coming out of the deeper water onto the shallow lats,” Vallentine said. “Big females are starting to stage, and that’s just going to give an-glers more and more chances to get that 3-pounder. It could happen on any cast.”

Warren Cotton and Jeremy Davis won last year’s Mississippi State Champion-ship with a two-day total of 14 crappie that weighed 33.96 pounds. Vallentine believes it could take 35 or 36 pounds to win this year — and the battle for big-ish honors will likely be ierce.

Missouri residents Deb Sosinski and Joe Meyer have been ishing to prepare for the Crappie Masters event for several weeks. On one trip, two weeks ago, they each topped the 3-pound mark — Sosinski with a ish that weighed 3.25 and Meyer with one that weighed 3.10.

“We live on Mark Twain Lake in Stoutsville, Mo., but we do a lot of ish-ing on Grenada because the ish are so much bigger there,” Sosinski said. “Last spring, we stayed down here in a travel trailer. But since we liked it so much, we got a cabin for this year.”

Studies have shown that 3-pound crap-pie are caught about as often as 13-pound largemouth bass. Not only have most an-glers never caught one, many have never even seen one outside of a picture.

Because of that rarity, stories of sup-posed 3-pounders are often exaggerated. But both Vallentine and Sosinski say ex-aggeration isn’t necessary on Grenada —

especially this year.“A lot of people don’t really know what

a 3-pound crappie looks like,” Sosin-ski said. “When you hear people talking about a 3-pounder caught from anywhere else, you always have to wonder. But on Grenada, it’s a real possibility every time you go. The ish that weigh 2 or 2½ pounds here — the ish that people con-sider big on most lakes — are just normal ish on Grenada.”

Vallentine agreed.“Grenada Lake has become famous —

period,” Vallentine said. “The lake has gone from drawing 250,000 visitors a year to 1.2 million visitors a year. That’s how popular Grenada has come — and it’s all because the lake is known as the home of the 3-pound crappie.

“I think it could be one of the more enjoyable tournaments we’ve ever had.”

crappie Masters tourNaMeNt trail

IT’S NO FISH TALE

PHOTO PROVIDED BY CRAPPIE MASTERS

Missouri anglers Debbie Sosinski, pictured, and fishing partner Joe Meyer have been fishing Grenada Lake to prepare for the Crappie Masters event scheduled for Friday and Saturday. Two weeks ago, they landed these two giant crappie that weighed 3.25 pounds and 3.10 pounds. Grenada has become nationally known as one of the top lakes for producing 3-pound crappie.

Grenada lake event could produce tidal wave of 3-pounders


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During its irst 20 years, the annual Ducks Unlim-ited Wolf River sponsor dinner raised $1,109,467 for wetlands conservation.

This year’s dinner raised more than a third of that total — some $400,000 — in three hours.

The Feb. 15 event served both as a fundraiser and a tribute to recently re-tired DU chief adminis-

trative and inancial of-icer Randy Graves. In a show of thanks to Graves, members gave like never before.

“It was a bigger event than usual due to the trib-ute to Randy,” said Adam Webster of DU. “People who attended the dinner really gave, and we had some folks who couldn’t make it donate money as well.”

The event, which has grown annually since 1994, has become known for consistently raising

more than $100,000 with live and silent auctions that feature one-of-a-kind items. Landowners and hunting plantations from all over the country — and some from other countries — donate hunting and ish-ing trips, and the bidding is often heated.

This year’s live auction featured several hunts, in-cluding a one-day trip to Irby Woods Hunting Club in Lambert, Miss., a one-day green timber hunt to Pin Oak Duck Club near Roe, Ark., and a four-night

trip for two to General Belgrano, Argentina. But the biggest earner was a duck-hunting trip for up to 12 hunters on the 7,000-acre Mississippi property owned by Duncan and Abby Williams.

“The Duncan Williams hunt sold for $8,000,” Webster said. “That’s nothing new. It’s always one of the biggest draws we have.”

DU studies have shown that it costs about $250 to conserve one acre of wet-lands. That means 1,600

acres will be conserved with funds raised this year for a total of more than 6,000 acres conserved by funds raised from the event since 1994.

Webster said the num-bers could shift a little in either direction with money still lowing in and some expenses needing to be covered. But the total will still stand as the clear record for the dinner.

“It was just a great night all the way around,” Web-ster said. “It was a very it-ting tribute to Randy.”

FuNdraiser

Ducks Unlimited dinner raises $400,000 for conservation

BANQUETS

National Wild Turkey Federation Ghost River Gobblers Chapter Banquet: Saturday at the Moose Lodge, 950 Moose Lodge Road, Somerville, Tenn. Contact: Vivian England at 901-465-2621.National Wild Turkey Federation Northeast Miss., Long Beards Chapter Banquet: March 29 at the American Legion in Corinth, Miss. Contact: Billy Miller at 662-286-9174.

EDUCATIONAL

Live Fish Feedings: Every Saturday and Sunday at 1 and 4 p.m. at Bass Pro Shops in Memphis. Learn about fish kept in the aquarium at Bass Pro. Contact: 901-213-5800.

MEETINGS

Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission: March 27 at 9 a.m. at the TWRA Ray Bell Region 2 Building in Nashville. Visit tnwildlife.org.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Turkey Hunting Seminar: March 27, Bellevue Baptist Church Turkey Hunting Seminar featuring Brodie Swisher; co-sponsored by Bellevue Sportsmen and Bass Pro Shops; free; prizes and refreshments; 7-9 p.m.; contact Brent Marcum at [email protected] (901-490-8299) or Cade Rogers at [email protected] (901-262-1143).

FISHING TOURNAMENTS

Bassmaster Elite Series on Lake Seminole: Through Sunday in Bainbridge, Ga. Weigh-ins will be broadcast online at bassmaster.com.Bass Pro Shops Crappie Masters Mississippi State Championship on Grenada Lake: Friday-Saturday in Grenada, Miss. Entry fee is $300 per boat. Visit crappiemasters.net.Kids First Adult/Child Team Bass Tournament on Pickwick Lake: Saturday at Pickwick Landing State Park. Entry fee is $25. Visit kidsfirstfishing.com.FLW Tour on Sam Rayburn Reservoir: March 27-30 in Lufkin, Texas. Daily weigh-ins on flwlive.com.Crappie USA Super Event on Pickwick and Wilson Lakes: March 28-29 from 6:30 a.m.-3 p.m. at McFarland Park in Florence, Ala. Entry fee is $125 in the amateur division, $250 in the semipro division.Fishers of Men Tennessee-West Legacy Division Team Bass Tournament on Pickwick Lake: March 29 from Pickwick Landing State Park in Counce, Tenn. Entry fee is $75 per boat. Additional membership fees may apply. Contact: Billy Cooper at 731-926-6919.EverStart Series Central Division Bass Tournament on Grand Lake: April 3-5 in Grove, Okla. Daily weigh-ins on flwlive.com. Bass Pro Shops Big Cat Quest Catfish Tournament on the Tennessee River: April 5 in Iuka, Miss. Entry fee is $200 per team. A third team member can fish for $50 as long as person is between 12-17 or 65 and over. Visit bigcatquest.com. FLW Tour on Beaver Lake: April 10-13 in Rogers, Ark. Daily weigh-ins on flwlive.com. Bass Pro Shops Big Cat Quest Catfish Tournament on the Mississippi River: April 19 in Memphis. Entry fee is $200 per team. A third team member can fish for $50 as long as person is between 12-17 or 65 and over. Visit bigcatquest.com. Bass Pro Shops Big Cat Quest Catfish Tournament: April 26 in Clarksville, Tenn. Entry fee is $200 per team. A third team member can fish for $50 as long as person is between 12-17 or 65 and over. Visit bigcatquest.com.

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Pets

By Katie PembertonSpecial to The Weekly

The Humane Society of Memphis & Shelby County was recently ac-cepted as a contestant in the 2014 ASPCA Rachael Ray $100K Challenge.

HSMSC is competing with 50 other shelters na-tionwide for a chance at more than $600,000 in grant funding, including a grand prize of $100,000. The 2014 ASPCA Rachael Ray $100K Challenge is a nationwide competition for animal shelters (and their communities) aimed at getting more animals ad-opted or returned to their owners than ever before. The contest period is June 1 through Aug. 31, and in or-der to qualify, each shelter must adopt out 300 more animals in the three-month period than in the previous year.

“The ASPCA Rachael Ray $100K Challenge really gives us an opportunity to engage the Memphis com-munity in helping us save lives,” said Alexis Amo-rose, HSMSC executive director. “We have a major challenge ahead of us — completing almost double the number of adoptions we did in 2013 — and we absolutely cannot do it without the community’s support.”

HSMSC will host a community brainstorm on Monday at 6:30 p.m. in the community room at the 935 Farm Road facility. The brainstorm is open to the public; supporters are asked to bring ideas and strategies for increasing adoptions.

For more information about the 2013 ASPCA Rachael Ray $100K Chal-lenge, please visit aspca.org/100K.

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Humane Society joins Rachael Ray challenge

By Linda A. [email protected]

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In the 11 years that Donna Velez has operated Hearts of Gold Pit Rescue, she’s never had a problem.

With hundreds of pit bulldogs in and out of her home over the years, not once, she said, have her neighbors reported her to Memphis Animal Services or have any of her dogs run loose.

“If I can live with 300 or 400 pit bulls and I’ve nev-er had an incident, surely someone that’s half respon-sible can live with one or two,” Velez said.

It’s good news to her and for the breed that commu-nities across the country are backing away from or-dinances that ban pit bulls, and states are making those bans illegal.

Attitudes have softened considerably as animal ac-tivists and television shows like Animal Planet’s “Pit Bulls and Parolees” cast

the dogs in a more positive light.

“Lawmakers are real-izing that targeting dogs based on their breed or what they look like is not a solution to dealing with dangerous dogs,” said Lisa Peterson, a spokeswoman for the American Kennel Club.

Seventeen states now have laws that prohibit communities from adopt-ing breed-speciic bans.

A 2013 bill in Tennessee was proposed and later withdrawn that would have required owners of vicious dogs to obtain $25,000 in liability insurance. It was amended to include pit bulls.

The changing attitudes, Velez believes, also come in part from the kinds of people who own pit bulls: doctors, lawyers, teachers and grandmothers like Judy Sutton, who adopted A.C. from Velez four years ago.

“He’s my irst pit,” said Sutton, 70. “If I’d known what wonderful dogs they

were, I’d have had them all along. He’s just a jewel.”

Memphis does not ban pit bulls, although in 2010 a mandatory spay/neu-ter ordinance for pits was considered. That discus-sion resulted in the city’s spay/neuter ordinance for all dogs.

Memphis Animal Ser-vices requires criminal background checks and fence inspections before pit bulls can be adopted from the shelter, said James Rog-ers, MAS director.

And, while breed restric-tions are a “hot button is-sue,” Rogers said, “It’s not the animal that’s a problem, it’s the person that owns the animal.”

Nevertheless, the dogs’ foes complain that their message is being drowned out by a well-funded, well-organized lobbying efort in state capitols. The de-bate puts millions of pit bull owners up against a relatively small number of people who have been vic-timized by the dogs.

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The Germantown Animal Shelter, 7700 Southern, is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The Collierville Animal Shelter, 603 E. South St., is open 1-4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. The Humane Society, 935 Farm Road, is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday.

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Name: WendellAge: 1 yearBreed: Black lab mixDescription: Loves to play, spend time with dogs, people.

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By Jeremy C. ParkSpecial to The Weekly

For nearly 160 years, the YMCA has been focused on strengthening commu-nities by making sure that everyone, regardless of age, income or background has the opportunity to learn, grow and thrive.

The YMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South has nine fully equipped wellness centers and three program branches that serve all ages and segments of our community. These well-ness centers ofer a variety of state-of-the-art exercise equipment and classes, sports programs, swim-ming pools, basketball gyms, racquetball courts and more. As a nonproit organization focused on healthy living, the Y makes it fun and easy to bring our families and community together while encourag-ing an active lifestyle.

Focused on Youth De-velopment, the YMCA ofers before- and after-school care, summer camps, youth sports, swim lessons and specialized programs, like Y-Cap, an early intervention pro-gram for at-risk youth.

Last year, they taught

swimming lessons to more than 2,500 youth. Because it is such an important l i fesaving skill, many of these les-sons were

fully or in part subsidized by the Y’s outreach eforts. The Y’s focus on social re-sponsibility extends into its holistic programs for those undergoing treat-ment for cancer, arthritis and diabetes prevention.

There are many ways to enjoy the YMCA and help its eforts. Become a member. No contract is re-quired, and fee assistance is available. Corporate mem-berships ofer an incentive to promote workplace well-ness. Memberships under-write the Y’s community eforts, like swim lessons.

If you have children, look into youth sports or summer camp. Then, team up with co-workers to compete in the Cor-porate Games, held each September. Learn more at ymcamemphis.org.

Jeremy C. Park is president of the

Lipscomb Pitts Breakfast Club.

GIVING BACK

YMCA is more than just a wellness center

Jeremy C. Park

SNAPSHOTS

Paragon National Bank in Ger-mantown held its ninth an-

nual reception for the opening of the St. Agnes Academy

senior art exhibit March 4. The reception at the bank’s Foun-

tain Place location showcased the art of 12 students in Janis

McCarty’s (front center) art class. Paragon will continue

to display the art throughout the month of March. Art-

ists at the reception include Dori Green (back, left), Katie

Ayres, Lauren Forsythe, Maya McCullough, Katie Crutcher,

Adele Lemm, Alex Sander, Caroline Cook, Mary Kate

Dockery, Ellen Nikbakht, Ellen Flettrich and Grace John.

At a recent meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Germantown, Emily Shade (third from left) with the Germantown Library was in-ducted into the club. Inducting Shade is Kiwanis president Steve Green (left), Kiwanis Lt. Governor Dianne Polly, and membership chairman Steve Jackson.

The Germantown Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Royal Panda Pacific Cafe & Sushi Bar to celebrate its new location at 1250 N. Germantown Pkwy. in Cordova. They have a full-service bar with a huge selection of wines, beers, sakes, cocktails and mixed drinks. Happy hour is 4-7 p.m.

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In brief

A R O U N D CO L L I E RV I L L E

Spring book saleThe Collierville Burch

Library’s spring book sale will be April 4-5, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The preview sale is 5-7 p.m. April 3 for Friends of the Collierville Burch Library members or those who purchased a $5 shopping pass.

YMCA Easter Eggstravaganza

Get ready to get wet at the Easter Eggstravaganza at the YMCA at Schilling Farms on April 19. Chil-dren collect loating plas-tic eggs in the indoor pool. Children ages 3 to 5 years old swim at 1:30 p.m. with a parent/guardian in the water with the child. Kids ages 6 to 7 years old begin at 1:45 p.m. Children ages 8 to 9 years old start at 2 p.m. and children 10 to 14 years old begin at 2:15 p.m. Bring a basket and lotation de-vice. Space is limited. Re-serve your spot by April 17. Walk-ins are not allowed. Cost is $3 for YMCA mem-bers and $5 for nonmem-ber. Call 901-850-9622 for more information.

Fashion show

The United Methodist Women of CrossRoads lo-cated at 9315 E. Shelby Dr. will hold its annual Fash-ion Show and Luncheon Saturday. Along with the fashions, there will be door prizes and a silent auction. Doors open at 10:30 a.m. with lunch being served at 11 a.m. Tickets are $15. Call 901-737-3776 to reserve tickets.

Take library survey

The Collierville Burch Library is conducting an online survey until March 28 to ind out how patrons use the library’s computers and Internet. The information will help the library improve its technology services. The study is anonymous and will take 10-15 minutes. Find the survey at collier-villelibrary.org.

A R O U N D G E R M A N T OW N

Drawing classes at Hobby Lobby

Artist Anne Enochs is ofering drawing classes March 24 and 25 at the Germantown Hobby Lobby. The classes are 10 sessions. Monday classes will be 9:30 a.m. to noon and Tuesday classes will be 5:30-8 p.m. To register, call 901-383-9339 or visit anneenochs.com/teach-ingschedule.

Young professionals meeting at chamber

Young professional be-tween 22 to 40 years old can take part in the Ger-mantown Area Chamber of Commerce’s Young Professionals Group on Wednesday, from noon to 1 p.m. at the Chamber oice, 2195 Germantown Road South. The deadline to register is Friday. Save a seat by e-mailing [email protected].

Southern Junkers Spring Market

The Southern Junkers Spring Market will be April 11, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and April 12, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The market will be set up in front of the Top Dog Trade Center, 11625 Highway 64.

Brown Bag lunch

Germantown United Methodist Church’s next Brown Bag luncheon will be April 4. The guest speaker will be Jim Eikner with WKNO TV&FM and the topic will be “A Mem-phis Man with a Mission: Public Broadcasting and the Arts.” The program starts at 11 a.m. and lunch is at noon. Guests are en-couraged to bring their own lunch and the church will provide beverages. There is no cost to attend. You do not have to be a member of the church to participate but you must be over 55 years old.

E-mail information about upcom-

ing community events to Matt Woo

at [email protected].

GERMANTOWN CHARITY HORSE SHOW SNAPSHOTS

JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT BOWL-A-THON

Bowlin’ on the river

By Trish DianettiSpecial to The Weekly

Ethan Cohen, a senior at St. George’s Indepen-dent School, was recently named “Volunteer of the Year” at the Lifeblood an-nual awards luncheon.

Ethan’s story is more than just that of a teenager who donates several pints of blood. This young man is devoted to the cause and his story began when he was just 5 years old. His fear of needles would have him running in terror. He had a debilitating fear hat would make his heart race and his stomach churn.

When St. George’s would host one of its three annual blood drives, Ethan would run the other way. One spring day his chemistry teacher was talking about blood do-

nation and an upcoming school blood drive. She explained that the dis-comfort that Ethan might feel from donating blood would pale in comparison to the all of the beneits his blood would provide to others in need. At that moment he decided it wasn’t all about him and that he could make a dif-ference in other people’s lives.

Since that day, Ethan has become thoroughly committed and involved with Lifeblood. For the past year and a half, he has donated countless hours of community service to Lifeblood and the promo-tion of blood donation. Ethan is so passionate about this that he volun-teers at the donation cen-ter just about every day of the week, year-round.

He is in charge of do-nor comfort and care and it gives him an incred-ible sense of giving. Sev-eral times throughout the year, he dresses up as the blood center mascot, “Phil A. Pint” at local events, and travels around the city doing promotional work. He ofers support on mobile blood units when additional help is needed.

During the summer, Lifeblood hosts a week-long event called Donor-fest where he promotes the need for blood dona-tion and assists with do-nor special needs. In ad-dition, he has generously donated over four gallons of blood and platelets himself, no doubt saving countless lives.

St. George’s hosts three blood drives throughout the year and Ethan takes

charge of scheduling, organizing, advertising, and recruiting for these drives. He sets up guest speakers from around the community to speak at the school and tell a personal

story of how blood dona-tion has touched their lives.

Trish Dianetti is the assistant

director of communications for St.

George’s Independent School.

LIFEBLOOD

Ethan Cohen overcomes fear, wins volunteer award

Ethan Cohen recently won Lifebloods’ “Volunteer of the Year” award for his hours of service and dedication. Congratulating him are Lifeblood vice president of donor relations Jennifer Balink (left) and his parents Marcie and James Cohen.

By Ron RobersonSpecial to The Weekly

At an awards dinner on March 6, the Germantown Lions Club presented An-drew Pouncey with the “Richard F. Benson” Citi-zen of the Year Award for 2013.

Pouncey’s name has been added to the Citizen of the Year plaque which hangs outside the Mayor’s oice at the Germantown City Hall. Germantown Lions Club President Ron Foster presented An-drew Pouncey with the Edwin Dalstrom Distin-guished Service Award. This award is named in honor of the irst presi-dent of Mid-South Lions Sight and Hearing Ser-vice, which works with Lions Clubs throughout the Mid-South to provide care for indigent persons who have sight or hearing impairments.

In order to present the Dalstrom Award to Pounc-ey the Germantown Lions Club made a $1,000 dona-tion to Mid-South Lions on his behalf. Pouncey not only received the award but also helped supply sight and hearing services to indigent persons who live in the Mid-South.

Pouncey also was pre-sented with certificates and/or proclamations from U.S. Representative Stephen Fincher, Ger-mantown Mayor Sharon Goldsworthy and repre-sentatives from the oices of U.S. Senator Lamar Al-exander, U.S. Senator Bob Corker, U.S. Representa-tive Steve Cohen, State Senator Brian Kelsey, State Representative Steve Mc-Manus and Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell.

Ron Roberson is with the German-

town Lions Club.

LIONS CLUB

Pouncey named Citizen of the Year

Audrey Haniso, (third from right) was presented at the Royal Ball. Her escort was Griin Jett (third from left). With them are (from left) Nick Gardner III and Kathryn Morris and Summer Jansen and Ryan Hanisco.

Chandler Grace Michael, one of the prin-cesses at the Germantown Charity Horse Show Royal Ball, was escorted by University of Memphis football player Alex Huggins (left). Her brother, Evan Michael (right) also is a U of M Tiger football player.

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Alex Livesay is queen of the 2014 Germantown Charity Horse Show. She was presented at the Royal Ball. Her escort was Christian Guzman.

Cheryl Rollins (front row, left), Jeannie Sommer, Chandra Towler, Cynthia Godby, Dale Sommer (back row, left), Donna Apollonio, Dave Apollonio, Deano Orr and Rick Oullette were among the teams from International Paper to participate in Junior Achievement’s 29th annual Bowlin’ on the River Bowl-A-Thon.

By Jamie ElkingtonSpecial to The Weekly

Junior Achievement of Mem-phis and the Mid-South held its 29th annual Bowlin’ on the River Bowl-A-Thon on Feb. 22-23 and March 1-2 at bowling cen-ters across the region including Billy Hardwick’s All-Star Lanes, Winchester Bowling Center, FunQuest Family Entertainment Center in Collierville and Strike Zone Bowling Lanes in South-aven.

Its largest fundraiser of the year, Junior Achievement’s bowl-ing event drew more than 100 lo-cal corporations and organiza-tions and thousands of bowlers to build team morale and have a good time, all while supporting the community’s youth who par-ticipate in JA programs. This year, Junior Achievement looks to meet its goal of collecting more than $300,000 thanks in large part to the participating teams, whose fundraising eforts will be rec-ognized at an awards ceremony

in April.“Every dollar raised dur-

ing Bowl-A-Thon helps Junior Achievement train the Mid-South’s next generation of lead-ers and goes a long way to boost each child’s chance for success in life,” said Larry Colbert, Junior Achievement president and CEO.

“We are grateful for our event partners, participating corpora-tions and individuals who stepped up this year to make a major im-pact in our community.”

Jamie Elkington is the communications

specialist for ABO Marketing & Communi-

cations.

JA fundraiser draws a thousand bowlers

Grace Genzer, Caton Brooks, Jackie Haas and Jon Steele from Smith & Nephew bowled in support of Junior Achievement.


Faith

By Chris PeppleSpecial to The Weekly

It is rummage sale time again in Collierville. The annual Youth in Missions Rummage Sale at Collier-ville United Methodist, 454 W. Poplar Ave., will be Sat-urday, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Thanks to generous local donors, this year’s sale will be the largest in church history. Bargain

hunters can shop in a gym full of glassware, house-wares, clothes, books, toys and much more. Then shoppers can stop by the giant tents full of furni-ture, lawn equipment and bikes. This year’s bargains include more furniture than ever. The sale ofers countless wonderful items for all ages.

Community support of this project allows lo-

cal youth to participate in mission trips throughout the summer.

More than 2,500 vol-unteer hours are put into the week of the rummage sale. Other volunteers pick up the rummage through-out the year. Doors open at 8 a.m. No large bags or purses allowed in.

Chris Pepple is with Collierville

United Methodist Church.

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Rummage sale to be church’s biggest

KyungOk Song and her hus-band, Wan Ho Song. Mr. Song died March 4. He was a founder of the Korean Baptist Church in Collierville and owner of S & I Cleaners.

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Wan Ho Song was some-one you might regret not meeting.

During Friday night’s memorial service at the Korean Baptist Church in Collierville, 200 to 300 friends and family each took a single lower from the loral arrangements and paid their respect by gently placing them on his cremation box.

Almost all of Mr. Song’s service was in Korean, but visitors couldn’t mistake the well-known Christian hymn “Blessed Assur-ance” as the congregation sang in Mr. Song’s native language.

Mr. Song, one of the founders of the Korean Baptist Church and the owner of S & I Clean-ers, died of colon cancer March 4. He was 71.

For 20 years, Mr. Song served as an unpaid lay pastor. Every Sunday after the services ended in Col-lierville, Mr. Song drove 100 miles to minister to a

small Korean congregation in the tiny town of Gosnell, Ark., near the closed Bly-theville/Eaker Air Force Base. After dinner with one of the families, Mr. Song would drive back to his Germantown home late Sunday night so he could open his business the next day.

“He’s the most amaz-ing father,” said his only daughter, Judy Song-Mar-shall of Arlington, Va.

Orphaned at age 9, her father grew up on the streets of Seoul. He chased his would-be wife, Kyun-gOk Song, for 10 years be-fore she agreed to marry him. “He was a street kid. Mom was not,” she said.

He never missed a chance to share God’s love. Once, she said, when two teens robbed him at gun-point, Mr. Song gave them the $86 in the cash regis-ter but then asked, “Do you know Christ loves you? The next day the mom came in with the boys. They apologized and gave the money back,” Song-Marshall said.

Mr. Song was the kind

of father who wore white socks with everything, loved a well-done T-bone steak drenched in A-1 sauce, and styled his daughter’s hair in pigtails with the perfect part when she was in elementary school.

“He prayed by my bed for 15 years. He only stopped because I kicked him out of my room,” re-called Song-Marshall.

One of his longtime customers was Dr. George Flinn. “I miss him,” Flinn said. “We had the best time getting to know each other.”

Collierville homemaker Helen Chi said Mr. Song treated her like a daugh-ter. “He was a father igure to me and to my kids. He knew what I needed with-out me asking.”

Song-Marshall said her father worked until two weeks ago.

“He was at peace,” she said. “He actually died with a smile on his face. He had such a great faith. I know he ran to Jesus. It was just a joy to be around him.”

IN MEMORIAM

Mr. Song was a founder of the Korean Baptist Church

Thousands of books, clothing,

household items and more will be

for sale at Col-lierville United

Methodist Church’s annual

rummage sale on Saturday.

Doors open at 8 a.m.

By Kit DeckerSpecial to The Weekly

The Saturday Lenten luncheon series at St. George’s Episcopal Church got of to a good start with Dr. Earle Donelson speak-ing on the series theme “Body, Mind and Spirit: The Path to Make Us Whole.” Sessions continue each Saturday in Lent.

Parish members serve as “celebrity chefs” who pre-pare and serve the lunches. Speakers for the remaining four sessions are:

Saturday: Dr. Jay Ear-heart-Brown from Mem-phis Theological Seminary

March 29: David Waters from The Commercial Ap-peal

April 5: Dr. Scott Morris and Antony Sheehan from the Church Health Center

April 12: Brad Thompson

from St. Columba Confer-ence and Retreat Center.

Gather in the Parish Hall at St. George’s Episcopal Church, 2425 S. German-town Road, at 11 a.m. Lunch is served at 11:30 a.m. and speakers begin at noon. Tickets are $10 for each luncheon. To buy tickets call Erika Ewen at 901-481-3810 or the church oice at 901-754-7282.

On Sunday Pat Morgan, author of “The Concrete Killing Fields: One Wom-an’s Battle to Break the Cy-cle of Homelessness,” will be at St. George’s Church’s Bookshoppe. The book signing will be from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Bookshoppe. The books will be available for pur-chase in the store that day. The Bookshoppe will spon-sor a book talk with the au-thor in the church library

from 12:30-1 p.m. In her book, Morgan

describes her work at the church sponsored Street Ministry which served homeless people in Mem-phis. From her work in this ministry, Morgan talks about the two main causes she identiies of homeless-ness — substance abuse and mental health issues — and her struggles with the systems she found underfunded and under-stafed. She also worked in Washington, D.C. in policy and program areas advo-cating for services for the homeless before returning to Memphis. This will be an opportunity to meet the author and learn about her experiences.

Kit Decker is the publication writer

and editor for St. George’s Episco-

pal Church.

ST. GEORGE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Lenten lunch series continues with speakers, book signing

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