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Jake Armstrong (left), 3, and his sister, Alex, 5, tell Santa what they want for Christmas this year during Germantown’s annual Sweet Treats with Santa event, which was held on Dec. 6 at the Pickering Center.

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Campbell Clinic fellow Dr. Kevin McCarthy (left), foot and ankle specialist Dr. David Richardson, nurse Margaret Knack, retired Campbell Clinic physician Dr. Greer Richardson and Rhodes student Will Murphy provide free foot care during the “Our Hearts to Your Soles” event on Nov. 25.

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Volunteer Bob Marsh was Santa’s postmaster as he helps Jackson Ray post his letter to Santa. Jackson has asked for a Power Ranger and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle for Christmas.

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n Dec. 6, the City of Germantown hosted its Sweet Treats with Santa event.

Held at the Pickering Center, the morning was illed with the sounds of joy as children moved around the spacious room as they enjoyed activities with a Christmas theme.

Each of the craft stations and activities were supervised by members of the Germantown Women’s Club.

Michelle McDonnell, Germantown Park and recreation special events director, talked about the importance of the work provided by the Germantown Women’s

Every little girl dreams of being a princess, and those dreams can come true in January as the Miss Collierville Scholarship Organization presents its annual Princess Program, a non-competitive enrichment experience for young ladies ages 5-11.

“The Collierville Princess Mentoring Program allows girls to beneit from and be involved with the Miss Collierville Organization/Miss America Organization and learn from the young women who are role models in our community,” said Suzanne Jackson, Miss Collierville volunteer and coordinator of the Princess Program. Each young lady will participate in four mini-workshops the week of Jan. 4. Taught by experienced community leaders, workshops topics include etiquette, stage presence, modeling, photography and stage production.

At the end of the workshop, each young lady will be crowned as a Miss Collierville Princess during a Jan. 10 coronation ceremony at the Harrell Theatre. Each Princess will participate on stage in the Miss Collierville Outstanding Teen Pageant production on Jan. 10.

The $140 entry fee includes all workshops, photography, refreshments and participation in the pageant production. Proceeds beneit the Miss Collierville Scholarship Organization. Deadline for entry is Dec. 20.

Applications and more information can be found on the Miss Collierville site at misscollierville.org. Click on the Princess Program tab or call Jackson at 901-573-7882.

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Dozens of homeless and underserved Memphians received free foot and ankle care from Campbell Clinic physicians and volunteers during the annual “Our Heart to Your Soles” event Nov. 25 at the Memphis Union Mission’s Opportunity Center. Each participant also received new shoes and socks courtesy of Red Wing Shoes.

“Every year, we team up with like-minded organizations to provide people in need with foot care, shoes and socks,” said Dr. David Richardson of Campbell Clinic. “Espe-

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The “Our Heart to Your Soles” program was founded in 2004 by then high school student, Mat-

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Town brings library management in-house Cancels $941,315 third-party contract

By Jennifer Pignolet pignolet@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2372

Employees of the Collierville Public Library will become employees of the town after the Board of Mayor and Aldermen on Monday voted to cancel the town’s third-party contract for library management services.

The town renewed its con-

tract in April with Library Systems and Services but began a conversation about bringing its operations in-house. The town’s library board approved the change unanimously last month.

Assistant Town Administrator Josh Suddath said the employees who move from the third-party company to the town’s employment and pay scales would see raises of about 10 percent for the

eight full-time employees and 15 percent for the 17 part-timers.

The employees would be able to transfer sick and vacation days but would be considered new to the pension plans.

Suddath said the desire to bring the services of the Lucius E. and Elsie C. Burch Jr. Library inhouse has a lot to do with the new Collierville Municipal Schools.

“One of the things that was recommended was that we look into how our schools and our library could work together,” he

said.

The town has already set up a courier service that delivers books from the library to the schools for use in classrooms.

The town took over the library building in 2004 from Shelby County and put it under the management of Library Systems and Services at that time. The contract that the town renewed in April took efect July 1 and would have continued until 2017 with options for one-year renewals.

The contract will now terminate

efective July 1, 2015. Suddath said the contract will be terminated without cause, as the town has not observed any performance issues from the company.

“We’ve had a very positive history with them,” Suddath said. “Overall we’ve been very pleased with how they’ve operated the library.”

He added that the company has had a signiicant amount of turnover, with about a dozen new employees at the library in the last year.

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Memphis Light, Gas and Water plans to ofer customers a holiday break from utility disconnections.

From Dec. 15 to Jan. 14, MLGW will not cut of residential customers with an unpaid balance of $399.99 or less, the utility said in a news release.

MLGW will also keep in efect its winter moratorium on cutting of services to seniors from Dec. 1 until March 1. The utility will also not cut of services to people when the forecast wind chill is freezing or below for 24 hours.

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Perfusionist Kara Brown, a medical technician who handle specialized cardiovascular machines, wheels an ECMO machine out of an operating room at Baptist Memorial Hospital Memphis. The ECMO oxygenates and pumps the blood for a patient, temporarily taking the place of both the heart and lungs.

When organs fail

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As achy and feverish as they made him feel, the lu symptoms that seized Matt Parker last January gave no hint that something far worse was on the way.

“It wasn’t terrible,” said Parker, a 20-year-old college student from Cabot, Ark. “I took myself to the doctor, then went to Walmart to get cough medicine and soup.”

But somewhere along the way, the lu virus that infected him cleared a path for a more dangerous invader: bacterial pneumonia, which, in the words of his doctor, set about “destroying the architecture of his lungs.” Within days, Parker’s fever hit 104 degrees, and he had trouble breathing. He told his parents he thought he was dying.

His lungs failing, and the odds of his survival dipping below 50 percent, Parker was placed on an Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation system at Baptist Memorial Hospital Memphis. The machine took on the job of Parker’s lungs — putting oxygen into his blood and taking carbon dioxide out — so that his respiratory system could rest and recuperate.

Although he spent three months in the hospital, Parker is now healthy again and back at school at Williams Baptist College in Walnut Ridge, Ark. “God had a hand in everything, putting us where we needed to be,” he said of his experience.

The ECMO is among a new generation of machines Memphis hospitals are using to repair and even temporarily replace the

Hospitals’ new tools help repair patients’ hearts and lungs hearts and lungs of severely ill patients.

The equipment ofers major beneits for people sufering from heart and lung failure and chronic heart disease, improving their chances of survival and in many cases allowing them to forego open-heart surgery and other highly invasive procedures.

In addition to the ECMO, Baptist surgeons also have begun using a machine known as an AngioVac, a high-tech and high-powered system that literally sucks potentially deadly blood clots out of the heart.

Methodist University Hospital, meantime, has become one of the irst health care facilities in the nation where doctors are using the Diamondback 360 Coronary Orbital Atherectomy System, which employs a diamond-tipped catheter that acts like a high-speed drill bit or sander as it scours away the hard, calciied plaque coating the arteries of patients alicted with severe coronary artery disease.

Among the new systems, the ECMO is perhaps the most directly associated with saving lives.

“This is what I’m really excited about,” said Dr. John Craig, the cardiovascular surgeon at Baptist who treated Parker, and who also uses the AngioVac. The ECMO is used on patients who

otherwise would face at least a 50 percent chance of dying from heart or lung failure. The machine provides support for the organs.

“It’s like a heart and lung outside the body,” Craig said. The organ “doesn’t have to do all this mechanical work. It can rest.”

As for the AngioVac, it ofers a less-traumatic and less-invasive treatment option for patients such as Dieadra Pritchett, a dispatcher for the Memphis Fire Department. Pritchett, 49, was undergoing an echocardiogram for an unrelated medical issue when doctors discovered a potentially lethal blood clot in her heart.

“From that point, I was told that I would have to have heart surgery,” she recalls.

The prospect scared her. “I didn’t want to be cut all the way open like that.”

Instead, Pritchett underwent treatment lasting no more than four or ive hours from the AngioVac. The machine employs a catheter inserted into the femoral vein to take blood out and another into the neck to return it. The blood is iltered in the interim.

While many hospitals, including Methodist, have used the AngioVac to remove clots from large veins, Baptist has been employing it on clots in the heart, with 8 to 10 patients treated last year.

While open-heart surgery was a “very efective” treatment, Craig said “there was a lot of collateral damage.”

With the AngioVac, patients generally aren’t even sent to intensive care after treatment. Many go home from the hospital the next day. “They feel as good as they would four months after traditional open-heart surgery,” Craig said.

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■ Acquaintance forged ive of the victim’s checks and deposited them into his personal account in the 7700 block of Poplar at 8 a.m.

■ Someone took the victim’s driver’s license and debit card in the 2000 block of Exeter at 6:52 p.m.

■ Oicers arrested a adult male after he entered the victim’s attached garage and took a bicycle in the 1200 block

of Poplar Estates at 9:22 p.m.

DEC. 3

■ Oicers initiated a traic stop and the driver led on foot, the vehicle was later determined to be stolen from another jurisdiction in the 2800 block of Hunters Forest at 1:06 a.m.

■ Someone entered the victim’s unlocked vehicle and took money in the 7200 block of Donnington at 11:30 a.m.

■ Oicers arrested a adult male after he attempted to cash a counterfeit check in the 7500 block of North Street at 2:24 p.m.

■ Someone punctured the victim’s tires and damaged a window of his residence in the

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Youth Villages seeks Holiday Heroes

Bartlett Area Chamber and Kiwanis members hope to make it a merry Christmas for the kids at Youth Villages. The Holiday Heroes program seeks to provide 100 children with gifts this holiday season. To participate, call 901-372-9488 or e-mail ljohnson@bartlettchamber.org Budget for gifts is $100.

Youth Villages Bartlett Campus, 7410 MemphisArlington Road, will host a Christmas party and gift unwrapping Dec. 17.

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Germantown Police report ■ Someone forced entry into the victim’s vehicle and took checks, camera and computer software in the 7700 block of Wolf River Boulevard at 8:45 a.m.

Shelby County Government will operate a recycling center at Agricenter International, 7777 Walnut Grove Road, for discarded holiday decorations. Christmas trees and other greenery (free of lights and decorations) can be dropped of near Showplace Arena at 105 S. Germantown Road, from Dec. 23 through Jan. 10.

For more information, contact Lisa Williams at lisa .willia ms@shelbycountytn.gov or 901-2227770.

2100 block of Ealing Circle at 5:27 p.m.

■ Several residents that a advised delivery driver damaged the grassy area in front of their residences in the 1900 block of Rhineland Drive at 6:36 p.m.

■ Two vehicles collided causing injuries at Polar and Kirby at 4:55 p.m.

■ Single vehicle collided with a deer at Stout and Howard at 5:08 p.m.

DEC. 4

■ Oicers observed a suspicious vehicle parked in the neighborhood and made contact with the occupants, arresting two male adults or possession of marijuana and

drug paraphernalia at Cross Country and Cross Village at 12:26 a.m.

■ Someone entered the victim’s unlocked vehicle and took a pistol and a pair of sunglasses in the 7200 block of Pittsield Cove at 7:38 a.m.

■ Husband and wife involved in a physical altercation in the 1800 block of Kimbrough at 10:14 p.m.

■ Dec. 5 ■ Victim reported someone took an item of jewelry from her residence in there 7800 block of Walking Horse at 11:03 a.m.

■ Oicers arrested a adult male after he attempted to pass a counterfeit check in the 1200 block of S. Germantown at 2:28 p.m.

DEC. 6

■ Someone entered the victim’s unlocked vehicle and took electronics and identiication in the 1800 block of River Valley at 11:09 a.m.

■ Someone opened two fraudulent credit card accounts using two of the resident’s personal information in the 1700 block of Rive Park at 12:45 p.m.

■ Vehicle left the roadway and struck a bush causing no injuries at Neshoba and Germantown at 12:54 a.m.

■ Vehicle stuck a deer causing injuries at Wolf River and Kimbrough at 3:42 p.m.

■ Vehicle struck a deer causing no injuries at Wolf River and Mont Blanc at 5:40 p.m.

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Students helping design school’s Web page This <Click> gives its members an edge in technology

By Jennifer Pignolet pignolet@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2372

When Jason Lewis was in college in the early 2000s, he watched other students breeze through computer science work, crediting their high schools for their technology backgrounds.

“We didn’t even have e-mail addresses,” Lewis said of his own high school days.

When he became a teacher, he vowed to make sure his students were never left behind in the critical areas of technology that would prepare them for college and careers.

Lewis, an art teacher at Houston Middle School, now leads a class of 25 students in a club

they call <Click>, written out to look like computer coding, that teaches students the critical points of coding, web browsing and graphic design.

“I wanted to teach them forms of expression that are actually lucrative,” he said.

Last year, the 10 or so students in the club each created their own Web pages. This year, the club has grown to 25 kids. And with the creation of the Germantown Municipal School District, students’ work will become the main Houston Middle Web page on the district’s site.

Eighth-grader Cady Baltz said last year’s club activities taught her the basics, but on their own sites, there was “only so much you can do.” This year, she’s in charge of the Houston Middle home page. She said students were surprised to have such an important project.

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Houston Middle School seventh-grader Drew Randolph (left) helps John Michael McGee with his Web page at a meeting of the school’s science and design club. The club is assisting the Germantown School District in designing Web pages for each of the schools in the district.

school,” she said.

Classmate Clare Jordan said her interest in coding stemmed from playing games online, and

thought, “Why can’t I make that?”

“When I heard they were doing something at school, I just

saw an opportunity,” she said.

The students are split into three groups based on their skill levels. They meet after school every Monday, and Lewis meets with the top group of students twice a week. Their projects are not yet live online, but likely will be next semester.

Mason Grace, the district’s instructional technology coordinator, said the district hired a company to do the initial web design to get the district up and running, but students are able to clean it up and make it more user-friendly.

Cady and Clare spent an entire day just on the color scheme, they said, and Cady is now redesigning the navigation bar.

Grace said the students will eventually help teachers set up their own pages within the school’s website. The goal is to bring a similar program to Riverdale’s middle school students.

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Orchestra director Lydia Kabalen conducts a group of Riverdale sixth-graders during practice Thursday afternoon as they prepare for an upcoming concert. Germantown Municipal Schools is expanding the strings program, which was formerly only at Houston Middle School and Houston High.

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ydia Kabalen’s Riverdale Middle School orchestra class was a few bars into “Carol of the Bells” when she noticed one of her students had forgotten to bring her instrument to school.

After the girl dug through a few violin cases and came up empty, Kabalen handed over her own violin without hesitation — despite the fact that the instrument is over 350 years old.

“They miss so much when they forget their instruments,” the 26-year-old teacher said.

Until this year, Riverdale did not offer strings for its kindergarten through eighth-grade students. In the ive Germantown Municipal Schools, only Houston Middle and Houston High had orchestras. Now, Riverdale ofers strings for grades six and seven, and Farmington and Dogwood ofer it to ifth-graders.

Kabalen, who teaches all of the new programs, said the district is pushing for equal oferings at each of the Germantown schools. Her students will put on a joint concert with Houston Middle at the end of the year. But she hopes in the next year or two they can also join Houston Middle and Houston High orchestra students on their trips to Disney World.

To help with such eforts, a group of parents has started the district’s irst orchestra booster club. In addition to fundraising, the booster club is looking for donations of instruments. Cellists aren’t allowed to bring their instruments on the bus, so if they want to practice at home and at school, they need two. Having ex-

This is the first year for Riverdale to have an orchestra program. Sixth-grader Aiden Eaton plays the viola and said “Carol of the Bells” is his favorite song so far.

tras would also ensure no students missed the opportunity to play because they couldn’t aford the rental, which paired with the $60 class fee could be a couple hundred dollars per year.

For now, the Riverdale students are working toward their irst concert in two weeks.

“I think it’s really fun for them,” Kabalen said. “We’re playing a lot of holiday music.”

Viola player Aiden Eaton, one of 11 sixth-graders in the orchestra, said “Carol of the Bells” is his favorite of their songs so far.

“My sister plays the violin and I wanted to be able to play with her,” he said of his choice to join.

The class meets daily, and once in a while combines with the seventh-graders after school.

“Everyone can play together without anyone making fun of each other,” Eaton

said.

Kabalen said the class has pulled a few shy students out of their shells. “Playing in an ensemble, it instills a lot of conidence,” she said.

Emily Hathaway, president of the orchestra booster club, said her daughter, a Riverdale seventh-grader, at irst resisted the class and wanted to do physical education instead. Hathaway said she told her daughter to give it one year.

“I’m all about health and everything, but I think you need to do something else that will help stimulate your brain,” she said.

Her daughter, who transferred into the district from private school this year, has already committed to playing again next year if the program expands to eighthgraders.

“I forced her to do it,” Hathaway said.

“But it turned out really well and she really enjoys it.”

A “lex” schedule at Houston High School that would have bus riders starting at 7 a.m. and those with their own transportation at 8 may be part of the start time solution for the Germantown Municipal School District.

The school board held a work session last Wednesday to review four start time options with four diferent cost impacts from Supt. Jason Manuel and his staf.

The Germantown community has pushed hard for the district to move away from a 7 a.m. start time at the high school and Houston Middle. The lex schedule at the high school would do that for all but the 300 students who currently ride the bus, Manuel said, many of whom may elect to ind another way to school if they could sleep in an extra hour.

Manuel’s cabinet members also presented a rough outline of budget needs for the next iscal year. Some of those items included replacing more than $1 million worth of textbooks, which the district passed on this year, and additional preschool and special education teachers and programs to meet a growing need.

The district currently shares buses with Collierville Municipal Schools to save both districts money, and would have to pay Collierville a penalty if changing start times meant a bus could no longer be shared.

The irst start time option presented was for the times to remain where they are. Houston High and Houston Middle start at 7, Riverdale and Farmington Elementary start at 8 and Dogwood starts at 9.

The least expensive change would be to move the high school to a lex schedule, keep Houston Middle at 7 a.m. and move Dogwood from 9 to 8.

Manuel said that could be done for $150,000 to $230,000 of increased cost.

The third option, which Manuel called the “hybrid,” involves lex time at the high school, an 8 a.m. start time for Houston Middle and Farmington, and then Riverdale and Dogwood would share buses and could start at any time, as long as they were 45 minutes or an hour apart. That would cost at least $350,000, Manuel said, including penalties to Collierville as some buses could no longer be shared.

The most expensive option, at about $500,000 extra, gives the district the most lexibility, as it eliminates bus sharing with Collierville, and would allow for the whole district to have two start times.

Board president Lisa Parker said a single start time for all schools is not an option because parents have raised concerns about dropping their kids of at multiple schools that all start at the same time. Parker said she is in favor of changing the start times in phases over a few years to minimize the iscal impact.

The board will not vote on the issue Dec. 15 but will have additional work sessions in January.

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Community

oicials make survey available Seek input on stormwater issues

By Trena Street Special to The Weekly

PhOTOS by JIm Weber/The COmmerCIal aPPeal

Clara Yeager, 80, jokes with the competition while playing Bingo at the H.W. Cox Community Center in Collierville.

SENIORITY Collierville hears push to expand programs for older citizens

By Jennifer Pignolet pignolet@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2372

R

ose Bryan wouldn’t miss a game of Bingo for the world.

The Collierville resident is an avid player, but not just because she’s loves the game. The activity has become part of her social network with other senior citizens.

“We always have fun,” Bryan said. “It’s usually the same crowd here every time.”

The group meets twice a month in the gym at the H.W. Cox Community Center. But it’s one of only a handful of activities the town ofers for seniors. While some have found other networks through churches or the YMCA, others are questioning why the town doesn’t do more.

Recreation Program Coordinator Lisa Gaither said what she hears most from seniors is that they want a place to call their own, whether it’s a senior center or their own area of another building.

“They want a place to hang out,” she said. “It’s a place for them to go socialize, still have a connection with the community.”

Some of those who play Bingo, Gaither said, will come hours early just to spend time around other people, but have to squeeze into a small lobby of the DeSoto Athletic Club, which rents space in the community center. In addition to the athletic club and the Harrell Performing Arts Center, the rest of the building is rented out for oice space.

The town this week also renewed its lease with the athletic club to outsource those services for another 10 years.

Town Administrator James Lewellen said he is aware of the desire for more space for seniors, but isn’t sure yet what that would look like.

The committee that formed a long-range plan for the parks department identiied a need for seniors to have their own place to gather, as well as exercise and do crafts and programming.

Although the town adopted the recommendations as its master plan, Lewellen said if they did everything in the plan, it would cost $30 million, so it’s more of a wish list than a reality.

Lewellen said he plans to survey the community and form focus groups to learn what other oferings are out there for seniors, and whether residents think the town should do more for that demographic.

“If the private sector is doing it well, then maybe there’s no reason for us to ofer more than we’re already doing,” he said.

It will be up to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen to decide what to do, Lewellen said, but he believes the city should start small by adding programs that seniors say

A short survey intended to obtain citizen input on the knowledge of water quality and other environmental issues that may be afected by stormwater is now available from the Collierville engineering division.

The survey can be found at collierville.com/departments/ development/engi neeri ng / stormwater. A major responsibility of the town of Collierville engineering division is to manage the proper dispersal of stormwater. In keeping with requirements of the State of Tennessee, the town is making the survey available until the end of this year.

“We want to ind out what the public knows about stormwater so we can gauge citizens’ knowledge and understanding and how it relates to water quality,” said town senior civil engineer Emily Harrell. “We then make changes to our public education and outreach program to better serve and inform residents and businesses.” The results will be posted on the Town’s stormwater page in January.

The engineering division is primarily responsible for managing installation and remediation of public infrastructure throughout the town. The town’s Stormwater Management Program and FEMA loodplain management program also are housed in the engineering division. Town engineers frequently assist residents with drainage issues or questions regarding looding, sinkholes and erosion on property, FEMA loodplain or loodway questions and trafic complaints.

The survey also may be accessed directly at surveymonkey.com/S/RJZHGLM. Trena Street is with the town of Collierville public information oice.

Bingo games held twice each month at the H.W. Cox Community Center are popular, and some residents think Collierville should have its own senior center. Others say area churches and other groups sponsor such good programs that a senior center isn’t needed.

they want, and work up to inding or building a facility to house those programs.

Alderman Tom Allen has been vocal about the community needing a senior citizen center. In addition to a place to gather, Allen said, the space should have room for light exercise.

“Right now they’ve got to pay a big fee to join a gym or something like that, and that’s not what they want,” he said.

“Most of them don’t go anywhere because they just don’t feel comfortable.”

The town does ofer a se-

nior walking class three days a week at the DeSoto Athletic Club, and participants do not have to join the club to walk.

But if they want to come to use the space later, they may be competing with other athletic events.

Gaither stressed the importance of seniors being able to get out and about, for both their physical and emotional health.

“The longer they stay active, they don’t have to go to the assisted living facility because their health stays better,” she said.

Collierville appoints Bell as prosecutor Collierville appointed a new prosecutor for municipal court last week after the resignation of prosecutor Chris Nearn.

The town appointed Charles W. bell Jr., a retired Tennessee assistant attorney general who also served with the Shelby County Public Defender’s Oice.

Town administrator James lewellen said Nearn submitted a letter of resignation efective Dec. 5 to take a job in the private sector. Nearn served Collierville for 19 years as an assistant prosecutor and a prosecutor.

The board of mayor and aldermen approved bell’s appointment monday.

— Jennifer Pignolet

Collierville

Re-elected Aldermen, new school board oicials take Oath of Oice

By Trena Street Special to The Weekly

On Dec. 1, re-elected Collierville town and school oicials took their Oath of Oice at the Harrell Theatre.

Aldermen Tom Allen, Maureen Fraser and Billy Patton recited the oath while surrounded by friends, family and citizens.

Fraser was re-elected for Position 1 and will be serving her fourth term. Allen will serve his third term in Position 4 and Patton, representing Position 2, will serve his second term.

Collierville Mayor Stan Joyner and Town Administrator James Lewellen were part of the ceremony. Tennessee Sen. Mark Norris administrated the oicial Oath of Oice. The oath read, in part, “I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the State of Tennessee and the laws and Ordinances of

the town of Collierville, and that I will faithfully demean myself in oice, so help me God.” School Board members Wanda Chism, Position 2, and Cathy Messerly, Position 4, will begin a four-year term with Collierville Schools District. Both expressed pride in the school board and reairmed commitment to work to “prepare our students for a life of scholarship, integrity, and service.”

Collierville Schools Sup. John Aitken addressed the audience and said, “It was just about a year ago at this time that we began the journey to establish Collierville Schools. Now we have eight schools serving some 8,000 students with nearly 800 staf members and administrators.”

A reception in the theater lobby followed the induction ceremony.

Trena Packer Street is with the town of Collierville Public Information Oice.

On Dec. 1, Sen. Mark Norris, swore in Alderman Billy Patton, school board member Wanda Chism, Alderman Tom Allen, Alderman Maureen Fraser and school board member Cathy Messerly during an Oath of Oice ceremony.

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In the News LOCAL GOVERNMENT

THE PEOPLE’S MAYOR

By Jennifer Pignolet pignolet@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2372

In preparation for her impending retirement as Germantown mayor this month, Sharon Goldsworthy has been clearing out the oice she’s occupied for the last 20 years.

“I have seen the top of my desk, at least more of it, than I have seen in months,” she said.

And yet still scattered around the oice are mementos of her time in political oice.

A sturdy statue of a horse sits on a side table. Near the door is a blue heron sculpture that Goldsworthy bought. A wooden replica of a European castle, a gift from the leadership of Germantown’s sister city outside Berlin, Germany, sits near the window.

Somewhat clustered together now, but still prominently displayed, are photographs of Goldsworthy’s friends and family. And it’s to them she plans to devote her time once Mike Palazzolo takes over as mayor on Dec. 15. Goldsworthy, 71, and her husband, Jim, plan to visit their daughter and granddaughter in Nevada, start a few projects around the house and dive into new hobbies.

“Mostly I’m not going to do anything that resembles work,” she said.

After a 22-year career in politics, the permanent vacation is well-deserved, supporters say.

She is the longest-serving current mayor in Shelby County and was the irst female mayor of Germantown.

“Her ingerprints are certainly all over the city of Germantown, and they’re better for it,” said Collierville Mayor Stan Joyner.

FROM PTA TO POLITICS Goldsworthy became interested in politics when she served on the PTA for Germantown Elementary, Middle and High schools, including two years as the middle school PTA

Over 20 years in oice, Sharon Goldsworthy built a legacy of service to Germantown

JIM WEBER/THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL

Germantown Mayor Sharon Goldsworthy jokes with and Alderman Rocky Janda (right) before a ribbon cutting on a recent afternoon. Goldsworthy, the longest-standing mayor in the county after 20 years in oice, will retire Monday.

president and three years as the high school president. But she learned her goals could not be achieved at the PTA level alone.

She helped manage a campaign for alderman in 1990 and, in 1992, was searching for someone to run whom she thought would be a good it for the city.

“I came to the conclusion that if it was very important to me, I should not expect someone else to take responsibility for what I thought was important,” Goldsworthy said. “So I ran for alderman.”

After a runof, she won the seat. Two years later, the mayor’s seat opened when Charles Salvaggio ran for Congress. She

ran and won, her irst of ive successful campaigns for the mayor’s oice.

ANYTHING BUT PART-TIME When a new employee comes to Germantown, City Administrator Patrick Lawton explains to him or her the dynamics of the city’s government.

“I’ll say we have a mayor and aldermen and they are parttime,” Lawton said. “I am always embarrassed when I refer to Mayor Goldsworthy as part-time because she puts in long hours.

Evenings, weekends, times that most people aren’t aware of.”

Lawton said Goldsworthy always understood her role as

mayor, and kept politics and administration separate. But she was doing more than just cutting ribbons and shaking hands.

When she took oice in 1994, Goldsworthy said, Germantown was often referred to as a “bedroom community.”

“I don’t think there’s any question... we’re a full-service municipality,” she said.

Infrastructure also grew in Goldsworthy’s 20 years as mayor, the biggest project of which was Wolf River Boulevard. That project took 10 years.

Goldsworthy tackled the biggest challenge of her tenure in her inal term: the formation of the Germantown Municipal

School District. “Very early on, the question was always being asked when I was in PTA leadership: Why can’t we get our own schools?” she said.

The answer to that question was prohibitive state law. Goldsworthy, along with the mayors of other Memphis suburbs, successfully lobbied the General Assembly to allow municipal schools. She said they forged ahead because of a dream of local control, and for a community where schools and local governments were connected in a symbiotic way.

THE PEOPLE’S MAYOR Goldsworhty has had her critics, particularly those who believed she didn’t do enough to make sure all eight schools within Germantown’s borders became part of the municipal district.

Her administration was criticized when the city was only able to gain control of ive of the buildings, and the topic became the central campaign issue of Palazzolo’s opponent, George’s Brogdon.

Salvaggio, Goldsworthy’s predecessor who ran Brogdon’s campaign, said Goldsworthy worked hard and had the best interest of the city.

Lawton described Goldsworthy as someone who could make local government relatable to citizens, whether it was public appearances at special events or spending extra time at the end of meetings talking to Cub Scout groups.

Goldsworthy was the first female mayor of Germantown, but said she always wanted to be judged on her performance.

Gender came up occasionally, she said, especially during her irst mayoral campaign.

“It seemed that for everyone I heard say, ‘I’m not sure a woman is up to running a city as mayor,’ ” she said, “I would hear from someone who would say, ‘It’s about time. You go, girl.’ ”

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PHOTOS BY CRAIG COLLIER/SPECIAL TO THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL

Joe Love from Crepe Maker adds diced bananas on the crepe he is making for Raphael Buisseret while his mother, Louise, waits her turn.

TREATS from 1 to decorate the center.

We certainly would like to thank Women’s Club membership and president Teresa Jordan for their help.”

The “sweet treats” were available both inside as well as outside the Pickering Center. Inside, staf members of Crepe Maker were busy making crepes illed with bananas, strawberries, whipped cream and Nutella. Outside, park rangers helped families roast marshmallows in ire pits and the marshmallows could be added to a square of chocolate and placed between two graham crackers to make a s’more.

Inside was Santa Claus and his elf helper and kids sat on St. Nick’s lap as they whispered their wishes for a Merry Christmas.

As parents and grandparents watched from a distance, the smiles on the faces of the children proved this day was a success. This year, more than 200 children and adults were in attendance.

This year, Santa had a special helper, Danny Hopper, who has been with the Germantown Fire Department for 24 years.

Grace Denegri (above, left), 8, along with her cousins Reagan Denegri, 8, and Jordyn Denegri, 6, work on a craft project with Judy Guden, who is a volunteer with the Germantown Women’s Club.

For 6-month-old Weston Sloan, having his dad Robert Sloan provide such a tall perch lets him have a good look at the activity.

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The Town Square was packed with Christmas revelers as they gathered for the annual tree lighting.

Several school choirs sang Christmas tunes before Santa arrived to turn on the Christmas lights on the Town Square.

Collierville Aldermen Billy Patton (left) and John Worley serve hot chocolate to guests who came out for the annual Christmas tree lighting.

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Schools BRIARCREST GIVES BACK

Teddy Tuesday Shannon Miller teaches sixth grade at Riverdale School. Miller’s mother is her teaching inspiration.

TEACHER SPOTLIGHT

Miller wants to make learning fun, exciting SHANNON MILLER Sixth-grade teacher at Riverdale School

do you like most about Q What your school?

love the K-8 environment A Iwhere older students can demBriarcrest students recently participated in the annual Teddy Bear Tuesday, a service project beneiting the Salvation Army.

Students donate stufed animals, toys to Salvation Army

onstrate leadership skills. We also have incredible parental involvement, which creates a strong community feel within the school. was your favorite subject Q What as a kid and why?

By Beth Rooks

loved science because there A Iwere lots of opportunities for

Special to The Weekly

hands on learning.

T

was the most challengQ What ing subject for you as a kid and

eddy Bear Tuesday is a service project designed to beneit the Salvation Army and Mid-South children. Briarcrest Christian elementary and middle school students were encouraged to bring stufed animals and small toys to be distributed to under-resourced families in the Memphis area.

why?

was always challenging A Math to me because my brother was

very good at it and this was intimidating to me. I felt like if I didn’t get it as quickly as he did, then I wasn’t any good at it. is the greatest challenge Q What you face as an educator?

ongoing changes in testA The ing and evaluation. Every year

Middle and elementary classes were greeted by Santa as they brought their toys to the Salvation Army truck. Many parents came to help with this service project and school staf emphasized in 2 Corinthians 8 on encouragement to give generously.

Briarcrest Middle School has been a part of Teddy Bear and Toy Tuesday for the past 16 years. The addition of the elementary students was a blessing to both the middle school and the Salvation Army.

Teddy Bear and Toy Tuesday helps to supplement Angel Tree donations. Not all angels are selected and some people never bring in gifts. Without the donated stufed animals and toys, many children may never experience the joy of Christmas morning.

Cole Powers of Eads, Kate Basse of Somerville, Jackson Walker of Germantown and Avery Veteto of Germantown helped collect and pack the stufed animals in bags for the annual Teddy Bear Tuesday event.

Beth Rooks is the director of communications with Briarcrest.

we have diferent mandates passed down from the state level about how we should teach and assess our students, as well as how we are evaluated ourselves. There is always new paperwork and requirements. do you hope to accomplish Q What as an educator?

to make learning fun A Iandhopeexciting to students. I

want them to remember my classroom and remember that they mattered to me. is the most rewarding moQ What ment you’ve had as a teacher?

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

a student that I had inA When vested a lot of time into sat at

Hal Slade is a ‘video game expert,’ loves Dogwood teachers and superheroes

is your teaching inspiration Q Who and why?

HAL SLADE First-grader at Dogwood Elementary

What are some of your biggest accomplishments: Even

What is your most challenging subject: Reading because it’s

though I’m not the best reader, I am proud I know how to read books now.

Hobbies: I like to play golf and I like to swim. I was on the Germantown Country Club swim team this summer and I have taken lots of golf lessons.

I love it.

Person you most admire: My dad and my uncle because they teach me how to do things the right way.

new words you haven’t seen before.

Favorite TV shoes, movies, books: I love superhero mov-

Family: Parents, George and Samantha, sister, Jane Davis What do you like most about Dogwood Elementary: It has

great teachers.

Favorite subject: P.E. because

you get to take a break from working and you have fun and play.

the dinner table with my family and tried salmon for the irst time. I believe I helped him develop the conidence he needed to give his best effort and take risks in his education.

mother. She taught 11th A My grade American history. She

ies, my favorite TV show is Big Brother, my favorite book is “Oliver and the Camping Trip.”

That is a book with my mom’s name in it.

graduated from college when I was 5 years old. I went back to school to get my teaching degree and graduated when my youngest was 5 years old. She showed me that you can take control of your life and your path at any age.

People would be surprised to know: I am a video game ex-

pert.

What would you do if you were principal for a day: I would tell

the teachers to give kids extra recess.

Famous person you would like to meet: The Newsboys What would you do with $1 million: I would give money to the

poor and my church.

Hal Slade, a Dogwood irst-grader, enjoys playing golf and swimming.

His favorite subject is P.E. If you could change one thing in the world: That strangers

is the person you most adQ Who mire and why?

husband. He commits fulA My ly to everything he does and gives sacriicially for our family.

wouldn’t take little children.

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

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

took a children’s literature A Iclass one summer and loved it.

Over the next four years, I worked part-time and went to school at night, graduating in 2006 from Crichton College.

SNAPSHOTS

While studying about the culture of Japan, Germantown Elementary student Kaustubh Koya (left) created a display board for the Japanese New Year.

Student Aliyah Wilkins used the Japanese Doll Festival as the focus of her project.

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

lived in Scotland for three A Iyears while my husband was in graduate school at the University of Edinburgh. you weren’t a teacher, what Q Ifwould you be?

would be a social worker or A Iguidance counselor.

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

to read and paint. I love A Itolike watch my boys play sports.

I am also involved with the youth at my church.

Librarians (from left) Mary Green, Collierville High, Ann Petersen, Collierville Middle and Lynn Rushdi, Sycamore Elementary, were awarded grants from the Twentieth Century Club.

To nominate an outstanding educator to be featured, e-mail Matt Woo at woo@commercialappeal.com.

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PHOTO BY SARAH LACY

The Germantown Fire Department visited Germantown Presbyterian Preschool during Fire Week. Sharon Shores, Vanshika Ramakrishnan, Fletcher Malone, Sam Harter, Garrett Davis, Lia Belyeu, Anna Ferzacca, Libby Westmoreland, Aska Pietrucha, Becca Grace Van Orden, Walker Odom, Evelyn Lacy and Ana Belyeu all got to take a tour of a Germantown ire truck.

Jordan McLaughlin’s ifth-grade optional students at Germantown Elementary researched Japanese culture. Zach Marsh, Wade Braddock, Brandon Smith and Connor Dacus created projects to illustrate Children’s Day in Japan.

Bailey Station second-graders recently learned an important lesson in giving from the heart. Dressed in green, grinch attire they read the classic Dr. Seuss story, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”

Students brainstormed adjectives describing the Grinch’s behavior at the beginning and end of the story. To show their “heart,” each class adopted an angel through the Collierville Kiwanis Club’s Angel Tree Program. Students were delighted to donate and wrap gifts in class.

Bailey Station students wrap gifts for the Collierville Kiwanis Club’s Angel Tree program.

Recently, the Collierville High PTSO was looking for a talented artists to paint a mural on the cafeteria wall. The PTSO held a contest and sophomore Katie Tucker was named the winner. Her artwork includes the Collierville High initials and two dragons.

MEMPHIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL

Students’ Candy Land research published in academic journal

By Liz Copeland Special to The Weekly

Candy Land, the classic Milton Bradley game for children, was the subject of some serious research for a group of Memphis University School students — whose work was published in the Spring 2014 issue of The Journal of Undergraduate Mathematics and Applications.

“To be recognized for work in a journal to which such bright minds have contributed is an incredible honor,” said co-author Jason Stein, a junior last spring when he worked on the project. “The highlevel mathematics I saw in previous issues of the journal humbled me.”

Stein and four other coauthors, then-senior Sam Neyhart and then-juniors Kamar Mack and Azeez Shala and Jefrey Zheng of Germantown, participated in a short course ofered

by MUS math instructor Dr. Steve Gadbois that

examined Markov chains, a probability model that applies when there is a sequence of states with ixed probabilities of moving from any state to any other state. Candy Land was a itting subject for this analysis, Gadbois said, because it is purely a game of chance in which each player’s movement through the confectionlaced board is determined by the random drawing of cards, with no interaction among the players.

Using the 1984 version of the game board, the group investigated two issues: the average number of moves to inish the game from any square for one player and the average length of the game (in moves) for any number of players. Using tools and methods they had learned in class, the students worked together to compile the necessary data and then analyze it appropriately. They drew on the additional talents of

Students from Memphis University School were co-authors of the research paper “Mr. Markov Tours Candy Land,” published in The Journal of Undergraduate Mathematics and Applications.

Co-writing the article is Jefrey Zheng of Germantown, Sam Neyhart, Azeez Shala of Germantown, Yunhua Zhao of Collierville, Jason Stein, math instructor Dr. Steve Gadbois and Kamar Mack.

students Yunhua Zhao of Collierville, then a junior, and senior Garret Sullivan to complete the study.

The 11-page journal article, entitled “Mr. Markov Tours Candy Land,” is replete with four tables, a graph, complex mathematical formulas, and references, including one for Gadbois, whose investigative article “Mr.

Markov plays Chutes and Ladders” appeared in the Spring 1993 issue of The UMAP journal when he was a professor at Rhodes College. (To this day he denies ever having actually played either Chutes and Ladders or Candy Land himself.)

Gadbois said he could not be more pleased with what the students learned

and accomplished.

“The Candy Land research project was a marvelous experience for all, I believe,” he said. “Five of the six co-authors are seniors this year, and I strongly feel that this publication is signiicant enough to merit mention in their college applications.”

Mack said the most chal-

lenging and enlightening aspect of the project was the irst step, compiling more than 17,000 probabilities into a table called a transition matrix. The students were prepared to create the matrix with pencil and paper, until Neyhart said he could write a computer program to generate the data quickly.

“I saw how much more eicient it is to use a computer. It cut out many days of work,” Mack said. “As a result of this experience, I decided to take AP Computer Science this year. In this technological age, the skills we learned in this project will help us in the future.”

A framed display of the journal pages along with a photo of the authors — and, of course, a Candy Land game board — hangs near the math classrooms at MUS. Liz Copeland is the associate director of communications at Memphis University School.

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The Houston Band quintet, Fianbion, performs for “An Evening of Jazz” dinner on campus. Members are Brian Harris (left), Lucia An, Christine Chong, Hannah Liang and Ashton Drake.

Behind the scenes, Houston High parents Andrea McLeod, Julia Hunter, Cindy Hubbard, Deana Spangler and Seulah Lee helped student servers Ron Nelson, Cody White, Jessie Lee, Joshua Porter, Eden Swinney, Samantha Morrison, Katie Justis, Monica Scroggs, Bailey Oiler, Kaitlyn Hubbard, Sara Justis, William McLeod, William Lee, Jordan Holley, Zachary Spangler, Natalee Cummings, Jasmine Nguyen and Jillian Jackson with the “An Evening of Jazz” dinner.

Houston High’s jazz band performs while guests enjoyed a delicious Italian dinner.

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Weekly community events Bartlett Turn on your holiday lights as Bartlett City Beautiful selects its Christmas lighting inalists through Dec. 17. The top three winners will be chosen Dec. 18.

The Redemptive Refuge Gala: DREAMS is 7-10 p.m. Friday at Hillwood at Davies Manor, 3570 Davieshire. The event will feature food, music, and a silent auction beneiting an end to child sex traicking in the Memphis area. Tickets are $50. Call 901573-5944 or e-mail redemptiverefuge@yahoo.com.

Celebrate Christmas with Cedar Hall. Bring family and friends to Christmas at the Cedars Friday at 6 p.m. for cocktails in the Mansion of Cedar Hall, 3712 Broadway Road, followed by dinner at 6:45 p.m. in the Stables. Cocktail attire is required. Tickets are $40 and can be purchased at cedarhall.com. E-mail info@cedarhall.com or call 901-377-4099.

The Great Cookie Sale at Grace Presbyterian Church, 6671 Yale, will be 9 a.m. Saturday. You can purchase cookies (prepacked boxes or build your own), holiday breads, fruitcakes and more.

Rivercrest Elementary School, 4825 Rivercrest Lane, will hold the irst Run Run Rudolph 5K and Dasher Dash at 9 a.m. Saturday. Awards will be given in all age groups, as well as t o the person displaying the most holiday spirit. Participants are encouraged to dress their best for the Christmas Costume Contest. All proceeds will be donated to the technology fund at Rivercrest Elementary. Cost is $20. Visit runrunrudolph5k.racesonline.com.

The Bartlett Christian Writers group will host its Christmas Brunch , with special speaker Sheila Bell, from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at New Hope Christian Church, 3300 Kirby Whitten Road. Members are asked to bring a wrapped dollar-store gag gift. Contact Londa Hayden at 901-218-2412 or email bartlettwriters@gmail.com. Check upcoming events at bartlettchristianwriters.webs.com.

The Davies Manor Plantation “Holiday Open House” will be 2-4 p.m. Sunday at the Hillwood Barn, 3570 Davieshire Drive. The Manor House and other exhibits will be open for free tours. Visit daviesmanorplantation.org or call 901-386-0715.

The Bartlett Community Concert Band will perform its free Christmas Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday at Robinwood Retirement Home, 2795 Kirby Whitten Road.

See actor Jeremy Webb in a one-man production of “A Christmas Carol” at Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center at 8 p.m. Dec. 19. Tickets are $25. Visit bpacc.org or call 901-385-6440.

Bring the kids to the Bartlett Library, 5884 Stage Road, from 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 27 for READ with Tootsie. Children ages 5-11 can read to Tootsie, a registered pet therapy dog, for 15 minutes. Event is free, but registration is required. Call 901-386-8968.

Collierville Santa Claus will be at the gazebo in the Collierville Town Square each Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. through Dec. 20. There will be free carriage rides as well as strolling carolers. Call Sheila Moody at 901-457-2777.

Visit ive featured Christmas homes during the Christmas in Collierville Home Tour and Gift Gazebo

from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The Gift Gazebo will be in the Morton Museum of History in the White Church, 140 E. Mulberry St., where free entertainment and refreshments will be provided.

Deposit ticket stubs to register for a $50 door prize.

Drawing will be held at 4 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 the day of the show, and can be purchased at any Collierville chamber location.

Call 901-487-5916.

The Herdman family is at it again in Harrell Theatre’s “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.” The cast includes Nicole Bartley (front left), Kelsey Haltom, Mary Helen McCord, Kailee Sharpe (back), Lynden Lewis and Cooper Neal.

See “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,” a comedy adapted from the best-selling young adult novel, at Harrell Performing Arts Theatre, 440 W. Powell Road, Friday through Dec. 21. Santa will be in the lobby with hot chocolate and cookies before each show. Children can write or draw letters to soldiers overseas. Show times are 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, children and students. Call 901-457-2780 or visit harrelltheatre.org Come hear Christmas favorites at The Wolf River Singers’ Holiday Concert at Collierville Presbyterian Church, 202 West Poplar, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday and 3-4 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $12.50. Call 901754-1204 ext. 330 or visit wolfriversingers.org.

Ever wonder how, in the early days of print media, books and newspapers were created? Come see live demonstrations of a Gutenberg printing press in action on the Historic Town Square, 140 E. Mulberry St., from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 20.

Collierville United Methodist Church, Sanctuary on the Square, 104 Rowlett St., will conclude its 201415 Chamber Music Series Jan. 25 with performances

by Lenora Green, soprano, and Jennifer Anderson, piano. Contact Jeannie Stevens Jones at 901-8265069. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for a 7 p.m. start time.

Event is free to attend.

Mother-Son Bowling Night will be Jan. 16 at FunQuest Bowling Center, 440 U.S. 72. Cost is $30 per team and $15 for each additional son. Event begins at 5:30 p.m. with check-in, shoe pickup and lane assignments. Bowling will be from 6-8 p.m. Call 901457-2770. Registration deadline is Jan. 10 Free yoga classes are available at the Collierville Burch Library Mondays through Jan. 26 from 6-7 p.m. Pre-registration requested at colliervillelibrary. org/events. Walk-ins are welcome as space permits.

Cordova Chuckles Comedy House, 1770 Dexter Spring Loop, presents Laughter is the Best Medicine Comedy Show!!! featuring Chris Ingram, Cleatis Allen, John Wallace and Ambrose Jones. Doors open at 6:15 tonight, and the show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10. Stop by this weekend to catch Academy Award-winning actress and comedian Mo’Nique as she hits the stage for four shows, 7: 30 and 10:30 p.m.

Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $35. Visit chucklescomedyhouse.com Learn the art of making gingerbread houses at L’Ecole Culinaire, 1245 N. Germantown, Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Designed for the amateur chef to impress guests this holiday season, the course costs $40 for parent/child and $10 for each additional child. Visit lecole.edu or call 1-888-860-7270.

The Expo Center at Agricenter International, 7777 Walnut Grove Road, will host a Gun & Knife Show from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $10 for adults, $3 for children ages 6-12. Children 5 and under get in free.

For a $1 of admission coupon visit rkshows.com.

The Show Place Arena at Agricenter International, 7777 Walnut Grove Road, will host the MotoSport Jetwerx USA AxTour motocross event at 6 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $18 for adults, $12 for children ages 4-11 and free for children 3 and under.

Visit arenacrosstour.com/venues.html#memphis.

The Bartlett Community Concert Band will perform a free Holiday Concert at Highland Church of Christ, 400 N. Houston Levee Road, at 7 p.m. Dec. 19.

Visit facebook.com/bartlettcommunityband.

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

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Don your most festive holiday apparel for the Ugly Sweater Run at Shelby Farms on Dec. 21.

The Ugly Sweater Run will be at Shelby Farms Park on Dec. 21 at 3 p.m. Don your worst holiday apparel and join fellow jingle-belled runners and walkers for the “merriest 5K” in town. Hot chocolate, beer or hard cider at the inish line. Advance registration is $30 and $40 day of race, if available.

All ages are welcome.

The Wings Gallery: Opening Reception for Cancer Survivor Show will be 5:30-7 p.m. today at Wings Cancer Foundation, 100 N Humphreys Blvd. The show features 10 artists who are all cancer survivors.

Two-step the night away at Covenant United Methodist Church’s Old Fashioned Christmas Dance from 7-10 p.m. Saturday at 8350 Walnut Grove. Recorded ballroom DJ music, food, chair dances and more. Price is $7 for members, $10 for nonmembers, and students with ID get half of. Visit usadancememphis.com or call 662-349-3720 or 901-853-1413.

Santa Claus has arrived at Wolfchase Galleria.

Kids are invited to share their wish lists with Santa and have their pictures taken. For Santa hours, visit simon.com/mall/wolfchase-galleria.

Neshoba Unitarian Universalist Church, 7350 Raleigh-LaGrange Road, will host a multi generational celebration, “Each Night a Child is Born is a Holy Night,” on Dec. 24. The service begins at 6:30 p.m. and will include poems, carols and stories. E-mail Sarah Osborne at dre@neshobauu.org or call 901266-2626.

The Show Place at Agricenter International, 7777 Walnut Grove Road, will host the Auto Zone Liberty Bowl Rodeo at 7 p.m. Dec. 27. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children ages 6 and under. Visit autozonelibertybowl.org.

Shelby Farms Park at 500 North Pine Lake Drive hosts Board Game Meetup the second Thursday of every month from 2-4 p.m. Visit shelbyfarmspark. org for more information.

The Paige Robbins Winter Gala will be Feb. 7 at The Esplanade Memphis, 901 Cordova Station. Guests can enjoy cocktail hour, silent auction bidding, a delicious three course meal, spirited live auction, dancing until midnight and much more. For more information visit pagerobbins.org/upcoming-events/ or call 901-854-1200, or email Katie Kirkpatrick at katie@pagerobbins.org.

Cost is $19 for each participant. Dress for mess. Email info@artistscompass.com or call 913-330-2567.

Renowned opera singer Kallen Esperian will join the Germantown Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir in presenting a Christmas Concert at 2 p.m.

Sunday.

Lakeland Come gather around the Lakeland Senior Center Christmas tree with friends and enjoy a variety of teas, cofee, or a cup of fresh hot chocolate during the Christmas Tea from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 19. Feel free to bring a snack. Guests will also have the option of participating in a Christmas gift swap. To participate, bring a $10 wrapped gift to go under the Christmas tree.

The senior Christmas Dinner at the Lakeland Senior Center will be 6-8 p.m. Friday. The cost is $10 per person. The deadline to sign up is Friday. Call 901867-2717 or e-mail kodom@lakelandtn.org.

Memphis Watch the top high school players from Memphis and Shelby County at the AutoZone Liberty Bowl High School All-Star Game at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Memphis University School’s Stokes Stadium, 6191 Park Ave. Tickets are $10. Visit autozonelibertybowl.org.

The Memphis Zoo’s SunTrust Zoo Lights will be open 5:30-9:30 p.m. select nights through Dec. 30.

Visit memphiszoo.org for a schedule. Also at the zoo, Memphis’ only outdoor ice skating rink is back this holiday season. Memphis Zoo on Ice is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission is $6 per person and does not include general zoo admission.

Register now for the annual MAM Christmas Classic Basketball tournament, which will be Dec. 29-Jan. 3. The registration deadline is Dec. 17. Divisions are church recreation, other recreation, competitive, middle school and high school freshman teams for boys and girls. Every team is guaranteed three games, with most teams playing four or ive games.

To register, go tomamsports.org/classic. For more information, contact Kevin Windsor at 901-653-4484 or kevin@mamsports.org.

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Hernando Cedar Hill Farm Cookies & Milk with Santa is open 1-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Dec. 20 at 008 Love Road. Admission is $7.95 per person. Take your photos or purchase items from Santa. Call 662-4292540 or visit gocedarhillfarm.com.

Hernando’s annual Cookies with Santa is 2-5 p.m.

Sunday at Gale Community Center, 2601 Elm St. Have pictures made with Santa and enjoy cookies, crafts and more. $1 per child; $3 per adult. Call Hernando Parks and Recreation 662-429-2688 or e-mail hernandorecreation@cityofhernando.org.

Catfish Dinner with Santa is at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Cedar Hill Farm, 008 Love Road. Space is limited.

Reservations required. Price is $12.95 for ages 2-10 and $17.95 for ages 11 and up. Call 662-429-2540 or visit gocedarhillfarm.com for reservations.

Hernando Christmas Tree Lighting is 6-7 p.m. Saturday at Courthouse Square, 2535 Highway 51 S. Call 662-429-9055 or visit hernandoms.org.

Horn Lake Breakfast with Santa is 8-11 a.m. Saturday at M.R. Dye Public Library, 2885 Goodman Road. Your child will receive a letter and a keepsake picture from Santa to take home. Free. Contact the Horn Lake Parks & Recreation, 662-342-3469 or visit hornlakeparks.com.

Olive Branch A Frozen Spectacular Holiday on Ice is 6 p.m. Friday, 7 p.m. Saturday and 12:15 p.m. on Sunday at MidSouth Ice House, 10705 Ridgeway Industrial Dr. General admission tickets are $10; on-ice seating , $25; skate with the Frozen stars after the show for $15.

For tickets and additional information, visit www. fscmemphis.org or call 901-881-8544.

Breakfast with Santa is 8 a.m., 9 a.m. and 10 a.m.

Saturday at Mid-South Ice House, 10705 Ridgeway Industrial Dr. After breakfast, ice skate and visit with Santa. Tickets are $20, free for parents who don’t participate. Call 901-881-8544 or visit midsouthicehouse.com.

Southaven DeSoto Family Theatre presents “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Landers Center Theatre, 4560 Venture Drive. Admission is $15-$30. Call 662-470-2131 or visit dftonline.org.

Germantown A new adaptation of the beloved children’s novel “The Velveteen Rabbit” comes to life at the German-

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

The special recreation themed dance “Jingle Bell Rock” will be 7-9 p.m. Friday, at the Pickering Center, 7771 Poplar Pike. Special recreation activities are for those with intellectual or physical challenges.

Contact Michelle McDonnell at 901-757-7382 or mmcdonnell@germantown-tn.gov.

The Germantown holiday parade will be Saturday at 2 p.m., starting at the corner of Kimbrough Road and Farmington Boulevard. The parade will proceed west on Farmington to Exeter, turn north on Exeter and end at Germantown Athletic Club.

Contact Natalie Ruin at 901-757-7376 or nruin@ germantown-tn.gov. Rain date is Sunday.

Join the Artist’s Compass Art School, 2132 West St., Saturday from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for a fun-illed holiday workshop. Work with clay to create your own angel ornament, which will be ired in the school’s kiln and be ready for pickup later this month. Workshop intended for parents and children ages 5 and up.

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The Mississippi RiverKings return to the ice at 7:05 p.m.

Friday against the Pensacola Ice Flyers. Former Memphis Tiger and NFL wide receiver Isaac Bruce will appear at the RiverKings game Saturday.

The Mississippi RiverKings face the Pensacola Ice Flyers on Friday and Saturday at the Landers Center, 4560 Venture Drive. All games begin at 7:05 p.m. Visit riverkings.com or call 662-342-1755.

Good Time with the Grinch is 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at Chick-il-A, 235 Goodman Road. It’s kid night, so kids eat free with purchase of an adult meal. Call 662349-3587.

Walls Santa comes to Walls beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday at Walls Fire Department, 6085 U.S. 161 N. Bring your children to have their photo taken with Santa. For more information, call 662-781-2020.

E-mail information on upcoming community events to Matt Woo at woo@commercialappeal.com.

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Business MY LIFE/MY JOB

Shop owner Moberly says enjoy spices of life JOHN MOBERLY

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John Moberly said being a small-business owner was something he always wanted to do.

After growing tired of visiting various stores around town so he could buy ingredients and spices he prefers, Moberly and his business partner Pat Garety decided to take matters into their own hands.

On Sept. 14, 2011, Moberly and Garety opened John’s Pantry, a bakery and spice store located on Germantown Parkway in Cordova.

Moberly said he got the idea for the store while visiting the Soulard Market in St. Louis, and when he

presented the plan to his business partner, Garety told Moberly, “I can get on board with that.”

After inding the perfect location, the two opened John’s Pantry, which specializes in handmade baked goods, gluten-free products and hard-to-ind herbs and spices such as pink peppercorns and various curry powders.

Garety, who is a practicing CPA, handles the books while Moberly takes care of most of the baking and running the store.

“Being an owner gives me the freedom to be expressive,” Moberly said.

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John Moberly, co-owner of John’s Pantry, in Cordova, says owning a business gives him the freedom to be expressive.

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Most satisfying career moment: When I opened

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Career advice: Do what you want to do and do. Do what makes you happy.

Person you admire: Tesla because he was a great

thinker. Jonas Salk and Jiddu Krishnamurti.

Hobbies: Traveling. I like to see diferent parts of the country.

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DITCH WITCH MID-SOUTH The Collierville Chamber of Commerce held a ground breaking for Ditch Witch Mid-South at its new location, 175 Mann Drive. Attending the ribbon cutting are Penny Moore (front, left), First Tennessee Bank; Gary Manning, general manager of Ditch Witch; James Gilmore, president of Ditch Witch; Nita Gilmore; Becky Hammond, membership director for the Collierville Chamber of Commerce; Fran Persechini, president of the Collierville Chamber of Commerce; Bonnie Allman, American Marsh Pumps; Kevin Vaughan (back), Township Development Services; Terry Dean, Leadership Collierville; Michael Meindl, Paradigm Business Images, LLC; Matt VanCleve, chairman of the Collierville Chamber of Commerce; Mike Bryant, president Hasco, Inc General Contractors; and John Barrios, chairman-elect of the Collierville Chamber of Commerce. Visit ditchwitch.com for more information.

Over the years, Michele D’Oto’s love for food has taken him around the world.

Born in Italy, D’Oto’s culinary career started in France, and his travels have taken him to London and Madrid, eventually landing him a job with Royal Caribbean cruise lines. Soon after, D’Oto moved to Biloxi, Miss., where he opened his restaurant, Pasta Italia.

Unfortunately, Hurricane Katrina destroyed his home and restaurant in September 2005. D’Oto moved to Tennessee and reopened Pasta Italia in Collierville on the Town

Square. After his lease there ended, D’Oto moved east to Chattanooga. He returned to Michele the MemD’Oto phis area less than two years later and reopened Pasta Italia in Cordova.

Business: Pasta Italia, 8130 Macon Station in Cordova.

Family: Two daughters and partner Laura Derrick.

First job: Working in a restaurant. This is my irst and last job.

Hometown: Born in Modena, Italy, and currently lives in Collierville.

Career advice: If you like to do something, go for it, stick with it. Even if you fail, try again.

Career highlights: When we serve a person our food we want to make sure the customer goes “wow.” I believe we achieve that and when we give a customer a dish it makes them feel good. It’s something I strive for.

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Erica Murrell, manager of volunteer services, greets guests with Bamboo the Panda Bear during Zoo Lights, which runs through December.

LaSondra and Elijah Dennie came from Marion, Ark. to enjoy the holiday atmosphere at the Memphis Zoo’s Sun Trust Zoo Lights.

A winter celebration wouldn’t be complete without snow cascading down from the rooftops on either side of the entrance.

A father coaches his daughter out on the ice. Memphis Zoo on Ice is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Shane, Stephanie, Callie and Erin Henderson, along with Eli Stallings, drove from Cleveland, Miss. to enjoy an evening at the Memphis Zoo.

Eric Phillips of Memphis and Alyson Farzad of Nashville take a spin on the carousel.

Kids were amazed by the magic stylings of Magic Mr. Nick and his assistant, Natalie.

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Prep Sports ST. GEORGE’S

Green, Wertner to play college ball Special to The Weekly

Two St. George’s seniors recently signed to play collegiate sports next year.

Connor Green signed to play baseball at the University of Mississippi, and Justin Wertner signed to play basketball at the University of California, Irvine. Students, administrators and family gathered for the signing celebration on Nov. 17.

Green was named irst team All-Region in 2013 and 2014, a Pepsi Best of the Preps All-Metro Selection in 2013 and 2014 and posted a 3.84 ERA in 2014.

He also struck out 57 batters in 44 innings pitched.

“I chose Ole Miss because I have been a fan my whole life,” Green said. “I look forward to winning a couple state championships in baseball and bas-

St. George’s Independent School students Connor Green and Justin Wertner recently signed their National Letter of Intent.

Green will play baseball at the University of Mississippi and Wertner will play basketball at University of California, Irvine.

ketball in the coming year but, I’m also very excited to begin my career as a Rebel. St. George’s has prepared me for this moment. Thanks to Coach Ruin, Coach Buzz, Coach Vanderman and Coach JT

who have held me accountable and taught me to work hard.”

Wertner was named to The Commercial Appeal’s Pepsi Best of the Preps team two years in a row and to the All-

Region irst team. He has set many school records in free throw percentage at 83.1 percent, 3-pointers in a game with eight and 3-pointers in a season with 87. Wertner was also a 2013-2014 TSSAA DII-A Mr. Basketball Finalist.

“I chose UC-Irvine because it is a great school academically. Also the basketball program is on the rise, every year they keep getting better and now they are recognized as one of the top Mid-Major programs in the country. The coaching staf also fully supported my decision to go on a two-year mission.

I will oicially play ball in 2017,” said Wertner.

“I feel well prepared for college academically and physically. The coaching staf at St. George’s is top notch and they have put me in a position to succeed.”

SISTERS SIGN Briarcrest basketball players Brynn and Elise Holden recently signed National Letters of Intent to play basketball at the University of North Alabama. They are the daughters of Cody and Robin Holden.

LETTERS OF INTENT

WRESTLING

Hutchison track star Jaden Davis signs with TCU

Arlington, CBHS stand out at tourney

By Hunter Field Special to The Commercial Appeal

By Cathy Barber Special to The Weekly

Hutchison senior and champion track athlete Jaden Davis of Collierville signed a letter of intent to run for Texas Christian University.

Davis will receive a scholarship, worth more than $250,000, to run for the Horned Frogs’ track and ield program. She plans to enter the TCU Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences to study physical therapy.

Davis is an exceptional track athlete who has claimed four state championship titles and eight top ive inishes since her freshman year. She currently holds the TSSAA D-2 West Region and school records in the 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash and 400-meter dash.

She won the 200-meter dash in 25 seconds and the 400-meter dash in 55.56 and also set both her personal and school record in the 100 with a time of 12.17 at the 2014 TSSAA State Track and Field Championships. She served as the anchor leg for the 4x400 relay team that qualiied for the state meet in the 2014 season.

Davis was accepted to compete at the prestigious Arcadia Invitational Track Meet in Los Angeles in 2014.

Davis has been honored by The Commercial Appeal Pepsi Best of the Preps numerous times includ-

Hutchison senior Jaden Davis signs her National Letter of Intent to run track for Texas Christian University.

ing being a track and ield inalists in 2013 and 2014.

Davis also runs with the Memphis Mustangs. Most recently, Davis inished second in the 400 at the AAU Junior Olympic Games in July, with a time of 53.85, which was a new personal record. Davis set another personal record in the 2014 season in the 200 with a time of 24.94 at the AAU Southeastern District Championships.

At Hutchison, Davis is the president of the athletic council, a member of the National Honor Society, the Spanish Honor Society and Wilson Society. She also volunteers in a number of community service projects including the Methodist University Hospital VolunTeen program, Girls Inc. and Hunters for the Hungry. She is the daughter of Rhonda Davis.

Cathy Barber is the public relations director for Hutchison School.

For the 20th straight year, Houston High School welcomed 22 wrestling teams from across the Mid-South to compete in its annual Stewart Schay Blackhorse Invitational last Saturday afternoon.

Aside from Christian Brothers and Arlington, who inished third and sixth, Memphis-area teams struggled, but CBHS coach, Chris Lewis, said the tournament gave local teams some valuable experience.

“We’re so young,” Lewis said after the tournament.

“We’ve got a lot of work to do, but this gave our young guys some good experience, and put us in some good situations we can learn from.”

Brother Martin, out of New Orleans, racked up 324 points.

Hendersonville Beech Senior, which placed second, notched 201 points, and the Purple Wave rounded out the top three with 193 points.

Arlington inished sixth, and Bartlett and Houston placed ninth and 10th. Collierville scrapped to an 11th-place inished, and St. George’s came in 13th. Bolton and Kingsbury inished 15th and 16th, followed

by Germantown and Cordova in 17th and 18th. MUS, Briarcrest and Brighton rounded out the ield.

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BLACKHORSE INVITATIONAL RESULTS TEAM RESULTS

1. Brother Martin 324. 2. Beech 201. 3. Christian Brothers 193. 4.

Montgomery Bell Academy 179.5. 5.

West Creek 164.5. 6. Arlington 142.5.

7. Blackman 137.5. 8. Brother Martin 132. 9. Bartlett 78. 10. Houston 76.

11. Collierville 75. 12. Jonesboro 73.

13. St. George’s 66. 14. Grissom 59.

15. Bolton 55. 16. Kingsbury 51. 17.

Germantown 50. 18. Cordova 39. 19. (tie) East Literature and MUS 37. 21.

Briarcrest 33.

CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

106: Luke Cotton (Brother Martin) beat Caleb Morgan (Arlington), 15-4 113: Steven Shields (Bro. Martin) beat Gabriel Elkin (MBA), 7-2 120: Michael Elkin (MBA) beat Stephen Rumney (Bro. Martin), 5-4 126: Tanner Tidswell (CBHS) beat Taylor Gambill (Brother Martin), 9-7

bring a lot of excitement and competition. You get to see different styles of wrestling that prepare you for something you may see later in the year, and you see what you have to do to be a good team.”

The 126-pound irst-place match was the afternoon’s most exciting duel, featuring CBHS’ Tanner Tidswell and Taylor Gambill from Brother Martin. After going through three regulation periods and two overtimes with no decision, Tidswell slammed Gambill onto the mat for the 9-7 victory.

132: Paul Klein (Brother Martin) beat Luke DiPietro (Grissom), 18-3 138: Josh Feuerbacher (Blackman) pinned Blaine Elsensohn (Brother Martin), 1:02 145: Mason Williams (Bro. Martin) beat Tommy Brackett (CBHS), 5-3 152: Matthew Sells (Blackman) pinned Mark Floyd (MBA), 2:54 160: Tyler Garrison (Blackman) beat Michael King (Beech), 2-0 170: Dallas Broughton (CBHS) beat Nathan Enzor (Arlington), 12-3 182: Kaleb Rippy (Beech) pinned Jacob Kuhns (West Creek), 2:20 195: Travis Viener (Brother Martin) pinned Ahmad Mawlawi (Kingsbury), 5:47 220: Nicholas Raines (West Creek) beat Jodeci Booker (Jonesboro), 13-11 285: Devol Whitfield (Beech) 14-0, pinned Austin Coburn (Jonesboro), 1:43

CBHS led local teams with four medalists. Dallas Broughton won the 170-pound class, joining Tidswell with gold.

Tommy Bracket placed second at 145 pounds, and Trevor Brown took third at 132 pounds.

Caleb Morgan and Nathan Enzor won silver at 106 and 170 pounds, for Arlington and Andrew Flick fought his way to a bronze medal in the 113-pound class.

Drew Ruin, who wrestled at 182 pounds, gave St. George’s its only medal with a thirdplace efort.

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College Sports BOWL PREVIEW

A fantastic day for Mid-South football fans Ole Miss is ranked in the Top 10 and headed to the Peach Bowl.

Mississippi State is ranked in the Top 10 and headed to the Orange Bowl.

Arkansas fans are so thrilled about playing old foe Texas in the Texas Bowl that they crashed the bowl’s website.

Tennessee is back in a bowl game for the irst time since 2010.

Oh, and Memphis is headed to Miami Beach to play BYU in the Miami Beach Bowl, and may even now be updating its résumé to send to the Big 12 expansion committee.

Could last Sunday have possibly worked out better for everyone?

OK, except for Baylor, TCU, Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby and (alas) our friends at the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, who got Texas A&M instead of Tennessee as the SEC representative to play West Virginia, which is not exactly what they had in mind.

But that’s a minor quibble in the wake of last Sun-

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day’s dramatic announcements, which began with the historic unveiling of the four national playof teams.

No. 1 Alabama will play No. 4 Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl. No. 2 Oregon will play No. 3 Florida State in the Rose Bowl.

“It was decisive,” said Jeff Long, chairman of the playoff committee, because “It was the easy way out” wouldn’t have sounded nearly as good.

But it was the easy way out. Never mind that Ohio State had a lesser overall résumé than Baylor or TCU. Ohio State is a bigger name, from a more powerful conference, with more TV sets at its command.

Better yet, the Big 12 doesn’t have a conference championship game. And

it simply declined to identify whether it considered Baylor or TCU to be the true champion.

So the playof committee said, ine, we’ll just take Ohio State, which we’d rather do anyway, because who would ever pick Baylor or TCU over a glamour team like that?

“That’s the last thing we were thinking about,” said Long, keenly aware that he couldn’t very well say, “no question, we were all doing a happy dance.”

Then the rest of the bowls unveiled their various matchups. So “Hotty Toddy!” and “Hail State!”

Mississippi State deserved a major bowl game and it got one, in the Orange Bowl on New Year’s Eve against Georgia Tech.

Ole Miss deserved a major bowl game and it got one, too, in the Peach Bowl on New Year’s Eve against TCU. Historical note: The Ole Miss-TCU Peach Bowl will be a rematch of the 1948 Delta Bowl which, as George Lapides could

surely tell you, was played in our very own Crump Stadium.

Which brings us to Memphis. What a day of promise for the home team.

“I’ll be spending Dec. 22 in Miami,” tweeted David Rudd, who has now been to a bowl game every single year he has been president of the university. But if Rudd wants to do something really impressive, he’ll wrangle Memphis an invitation to join the Big 12.

It’s not news that Memphis would be thrilled to be invited to join that conference. Oklahoma State booster T. Boone Pickens said so earlier this fall.

Late last week, a Nashville talk radio host caused a stir when said he had it on good authority that Memphis and Cincinnati would be getting invitations.

Message boards went wild.

But last Sunday’s developments made it all seem more realistic, or at least more urgent. The playof committee’s decision to take Ohio State over TCU and Baylor sent a very clear

MEMPHIS FOOTBALL

TIME TO GO BOWLING The college football bowl destinations were unveiled last Sunday and if you’re a fan of a Mid-South area team it’s time to start making travel plans: University of Memphis: Miami Beach Bowl vs. BYU, Dec. 22, Miami Arkansas: Texas Bowl vs. Texas, Dec. 29, Houston Ole Miss: Peach Bowl vs. TCU, Dec. 31, Atlanta Mississippi State: Orange Bowl vs. Georgia Tech, Dec. 31, Miami Tennessee: TaxSlayer Bowl vs. Iowa, Jan. 2, Jacksonville Arkansas State: GoDaddy Bowl vs. Toledo, Jan. 4, Birmingham AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Texas A&M vs. West Va., Dec. 29

message that the Big 12 would improve its chances by having a conference championship game. Current NCAA rules provide that a conference must have 12 members to have a championship game. When asked if this might inspire quick expansion, Bowlsby irst pointed out that the conference has already asked the NCAA to change its rules. But he went on to say the events of the day “will be a catalyst” for a discussion about whether to add more teams.

By happy coincidence, Memphis now has a foot-

ball program that isn’t an embarrassment. Justin Fuente, just in time. In BYU, Memphis will be facing an opponent that also aspires to Big 12 membership. Not that the storied Miami Beach Bowl needs even higher stakes.

But it’s fun to dream about, isn’t it? Memphis to a bowl game and then to the Big 12? So congratulations, Tigers, and get to work on that résumé. You should probably send it FedEx. To reach Geof Calkins call 901529-2364, or email calkins@ commercialappeal.com.

AUTOZONE LIBERTY BOWL

Tigers, BYU will battle in the first Miami Beach Bowl

By Phil Stukenborg stukenborg@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2543

The University of Memphis football team will play BYU in the inaugural Miami Beach Bowl Dec. 22 at Marlins Park in Miami, a dream postseason assignment for several Tiger players and a coveted destination for Tiger athletic oicials.

After sharing in their irst league championship in 43 years, the Tigers, who inished 9-3 overall and 7-1 in the American Athletic Conference, earned a spot in the league’s marquee bowl, which is owned and operated by the AAC. BYU (8-4) is making its 10th straight bowl appearance.

“We are excited to represent the league, this community and the athletic department and this university by playing in a bowl game,” Tiger coach Justin Fuente said last Sunday after the team’s late afternoon practice. “We have a fantastic, traditionrich opponent (to oppose). “(BYU) coach (Bronco) Mendenhall has done a fantastic job there for many years and I know they’ll be ready to play.

We have a lot of work to do to get ready to play somebody like that.”

Two weeks ago, the Tigers inished their best regular season since 1963 by defeating UConn, 41-10, in an AAC game at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.

Then the U of M had to wait until last Sunday to learn of their bowl destination, which was announced while the Tigers were at practice.

When the workout ended, the U of M players were excited, but several from Florida seemed to enjoy news of the Miami trip most.

“There were a couple of whispers on the sideline during practice (it was Miami),” said Tiger safety Fritz Etienne, a Miami native. “When we got it, everyone was happy to go to somewhere with good weather. We didn’t want to be anywhere cold, so this is a good environment.

“I didn’t want to seem selish, but I really wanted to go to Miami. It’s just a great feeling for all us right now.”

Tiger quarterback Paxton Lynch said with his hometown of Deltona, Florida, being a four-hour drive from Miami, he won’t ield as many ticket requests as Etienne. But

MIAMI BEACH BOWL Who: Memphis (9-3) vs.

BYU (8-4) When, where: Dec. 22, 1 p.m. CST, Marlins Park, Miami TV, radio: ESPN, WRECAM 600 Tickets: $60 each at www.marlins.com/ events or by calling 1-877-MARLINS.

there will be an abundance of family, friends and high school coaches interested in making the trip.

“Everyone was excited when they heard it was Miami,” Lynch said. “Around Christmas time, it’s going to be warm and sunny and we’re going to be by the beach too.”

Lynch said the team’s other Floridians, including defensive backs Chris Morley and Dion Witty, are excited about the bowl assignment because the Tigers didn’t play league games at either Central Florida or South Florida this season.

Etienne, a senior, said BYU will be a challenge.

The Cougars enter on a four-game win streak.

“I know they are huge and competitive,” Etienne said.

The Tigers will be playing in a bowl game for the irst time since 2008 when they lost to South Florida (now a fellow AAC member) in the St. Petersburg Bowl. The U of M enters the postseason on a sixgame winning streak, the program’s longest since 1969.

Behind Lynch, a 6-7 sophomore, the Tiger offense averaged 422.7 yards per game, the most since 2007. The U of M’s 34.7 scoring average was its best since 2004, when it posted 35.8 points per game.

BYU, also proliic ofensively, has gotten a boost from senior backup quarterback Christian Stewart.

Stewart has thrown for 2,262 yards and 22 touchdowns in relief of injured started Tayson Hill.

“They get talked about because of their (ofensive) tradition,” Fuente said. “But in the last 10 to 15 years, they’ve played really good defense. They are physical and big and very well-coached. The games we had against them (when Fuente was at TCU) were dogights.

Hopefully, we can ind a way to make this one a (dogight).”

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Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin and his Aggies football team will be looking to win their fourth straight bowl game when the play West Virginia at 1 p.m. on Dec. 29 in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl.

Aggies, West Va. to meet in Memphis

Liberty Bowl First-time foes veterans of bowl

By Phil Stukenborg stukenborg@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2543

The AutoZone Liberty Bowl, in the irst year of a six-year deal to pair opponents from the Southeastern Conference and the Big 12, got its matchup last Sunday.

And while neither Tennessee nor Arkansas — regional teams expected to ill the SEC’s slot — were chosen, Liberty Bowl executive director Steve Ehrhart said he was delighted with the pairing of tradition-rich programs Texas A&M and West Virginia and their connections to the bowl.

The Aggies, who joined the SEC in 2012, will be appearing in their sixth straight bowl. They inished 7-5 and had wins during the regular season over South Carolina and Auburn.

The Mountaineers inished 7-5 and upended fourth-ranked Baylor, 41-27, in mid-October, holding the high-powered Bears ofense to 318 total yards, its lowest output of the season.

Kickof for the 56th Liberty Bowl will be at 1 p.m. Dec. 29.

ESPN will carry the game.

Texas A&M and West Virginia, who have never played one another, will be making their second Liberty Bowl appearances. For West Virginia, it will be their irst since 1964 when the game was played indoors at Atlantic City, N.J. For Texas A&M,

56TH AUTOZONE LIBERTY BOWL Who: Texas A&M (7-5) vs. West Virginia (7-5) When, where: Dec. 29, 1 p.m., Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium TV: ESPN

it will be their irst Liberty Bowl since 1975.

“We’re just very, very proud to be able to pull these two great universities together,” Ehrhart said. “And we’re just so proud to have two of the most historic universities in the country play each other. We have an intersectional matchup that has never occurred before.”

As for the institutions’ Liberty Bowl past, Ehrhart said the storylines are intriguing.

“West Virginia has played in our bowl one time and that was the historic occasion in 1964,” Ehrhart said. “The Liberty Bowl was moved into the Atlantic City Convention Center and was the irst indoor bowl game ever.”

The game moved to Memphis in 1965 and A&M made its lone appearance 10 years later playing Southern California. USC won, 20-0.

Aggies coach Kevin Sumlin, who had West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen on his staf at Houston in 2008 and ’09, will attempt to lead the program to its fourth straight bowl win for the irst time in the school’s history.

“It’s something we’ve never done in 119 seasons of football at Texas A&M,” Sumlin said.

A&M, which got of to a 5-0 start, was paced by sophomore

quarterback Kenny Hill. Hill has thrown for 2,649 yards and 23 touchdowns.

West Virginia was led by quarterback Clint Trickett, son of former University of Memphis assistant Rick Trickett, who passed for 3,285 yards and 18 touchdowns. Trickett’s favorite target was receiver Kevin White, who had 102 catches for 1,318 yards.

West Virginia, in its fourth season under Holgorsen, inished sixth in the Big 12 Conference.

“We faced a very challenging schedule this season and playing a tough opponent like Texas A&M will be yet another challenge,” he said. “We had a good season and getting to play in a bowl game is a great way to reward our players.”

A&M athletic director Eric Hyman said the Aggie fans should travel in huge numbers to Memphis. West Virginia athletic director Oliver Luck said since Memphis is within driving distance for Mountaineer fans, he also expects a healthy turnout for the Dec. 29 game.

“Historically we have traveled pretty well,” Luck said. “I don’t think we’ll re-create the number we had when we opened up our season in Atlanta against Alabama. I think we sold our full 25,000-ticket allotment for that game.

“I think Memphis is a probably a bit closer. Again, I don’t think we are going to hit that number, but I do think we’ll drive a good bit of Mountaineer traic through Tennessee over to Memphis.”

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PHOTOS BY BRAD VEST/THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL

Bryan Baddorf (from left), Max Paquette, Jonathan Autrey, Adam Sommers and Graham Farnsworth make their way down Third Street as they begin the St. Jude Memphis Marathon or the half marathon. Paquette and Autrey ran the full, with Paquette finishing 15th and Autrey third. Baddorf (5th), Sommers (6th) and Farnsworth (9th) all finished in the top 10 in the half.

Personal records set After canceled 2013 event, this year’s marathon raises $7.5 million for St. Jude

By Pete Wickham Special to The Commercial Appeal

You could call Erik Orberg and Alyssa Bloomquist “The Reluctant Marathoners.” After last Saturday, you can add “St. Jude Memphis Marathon” champions to their budding resumes.

Orberg, a 29-year-old Austrian getting his Ph.D. in Cancer Immunology at Johns Hopkins, and former Clemson All-American steeplechase runner Alyssa Bloomquist, 24, set personal standards on the way to impressive victories on a blustery, but dry Saturday.

Orberg, who didn’t take up running until he started his doctoral studies in Baltimore, used a steady 5:54-per-mile pace to inish his 15th marathon in 2:33:40, a minute better than his personal record set last year at a marathon in his hometown of Vienna.

“I never ran competitively in school. I got to Hopkins, was looking for ways to connect with people when I was invited to join the Hopkins Marathon Team,” Orberg said. “I’d never run more than ive miles. The irst training run I went on was scheduled for 10. We got lost on the trails and wound up doing 12. I had trouble climbing stairs for two weeks. ... but I enjoyed the group, kept at it, and as you get better at this you’re always challenging yourself.

He steadily pulled away from Scott McNeil of Germantown (2:38.16), the 2011 SJMM runner-up, and Jonathan Autrey of Memphis (2:40:53), who got his irst podium inish in a 26.2-mile race.

“I wanted to go out and run steady splits all day. They came up to challenge me about mile 12, but the last six miles I was

Men’s champion Erik Orberg (left), from Vienna, Austria, celebrates his victory in the St. Jude Memphis Marathon men’s race. He ran a personal best time of 2:33.40. Alyssa Bloomquist, former Clemson All-American steeplechase runner, pushes her way toward the finish line on the way to victory in the women’s marathon. Bloomquist, a 24-year-old speech pathologist from Columbia, S.C., running in her second marathon, picked up her second win, in 2:52:14, though she admitted she fought the wind and fatigue the final six miles.

pretty much solo so I accomplished my goal,” he said. “And I think it’s great that someone here I am, studying at one large research institute, wins a marathon sponsored by another large research institute.”

He’s also glad to have a couple of extra days to sample the barbecue and other food oferings. “You don’t know how tough it is to train for a marathon in the week after Thanksgiving dinner,” he said with a laugh.

Bloomquist, a 24-year-old speech pathologist from Columbia, S.C., got her second marathon — and second win — in 2:52:14, though she admitted she fought the wind and fatigue the inal six miles.

Coming of a win last year at Savannah, Ga., she used this

event to train for her irst Boston Marathon next spring. She inished 12 ½ minutes better than Laura Anderson of Rochester, N.Y. (3:04:42).

“I still think I’m better running shorter distances. I ran the irst marathon as a ‘bucket list’ type of thing, and ran this to see if I could shave my time down and prep for Boston,” said Bloomquist, who was shivering in the wind after the race.

“I know I hit the wall at mile 20, and seeing the kids (when the course passed through the St. Jude campus a second time) gave me a needed boost.”

ALSAC executive director Richard Shadyac Jr. was equally happy with his time in the half-marathon (2:14:33) and the fact that more than 18,000 runners raised an estimated $7.5

million, a year after the event was KO’d by an ice storm.

“This is an outstanding event that doesn’t need rebuilding,” he said, “but today gives us new pictures and stories to send out.”

Cameron Thomas of Collierville (1:12:26) won the men’s half-marathon while former West Virginia steeplechaser Jordan Hamric (1:18:40), a student at Southern College of Optometry, was the women’s winner. John Payne of Germantown, president of the Memphis Runners Track Club, won his second SJMM wheelchair event (3:42) while Houston High track and cross country coach Aaron Martens won the men’s 5K (16:38), just nosing out women’s winner Lauren Paquette of Memphis (16:38).

“All along the course my kids are yelling at me ‘Don’t lose to the girl!’” Martens said. “If I were cheering on my coach, I’d probably be saying the same thing.”

TOP FINISHERS St. Jude Memphis Marathon winners in each division are as follows: Men’s winner: Erik Orberg, Vienna, Austria, 2:33.40.

Women’s winner: Alyssa Bloomquist, Columbia, S.C., 2:52.14.

Half-marathon men’s: Cameron Thomas, Collierville, 1:12:26.

Half-marathon women’s:

Jordan Hamric, Memphis, 1:18:40.

For a full list of results, visit stjudemarathon.org.

Kids are inspiration to runners, volunteers

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The camouflage-clad teenagers cheered, clapped and high-ived runners as they made the inal turn of the St. Jude Memphis Marathon last Saturday along Fourth Street into AutoZone Park.

“Finish strong!” shouted 18-year-old Tyler Rogers as runners pushed toward the inish line inside the baseball stadium. “Hard work and dedication! Push through! Hard work! Hard work!”

The group of 46 high school students from the Marine Corps Junior ROTC program in DeSoto County volunteered at the marathon. They handed

out water, kept spectators out of the runners’ path and assisted anyone who needed medical attention at the end of the races.

The event beneiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital drew nearly 19,000 competitors. The hospital’s largest single fundraising event was expected to raise more than $8 million.

Sharon Rivers, 53, drove to Memphis from Knoxville to run her 20th marathon. The irst was in Dublin, Ireland for the Arthritis Foundation. Her company, Mortgage Investors Group, which has an office in Memphis, chose St. Jude as its charity this year.

She said commitment is an important part of marathon running.

“Get the right training program and go have fun,” she said.

Maggie Ledbetter, 31, of Chesterield, Mo., ran for the ifth year and was joined by about 20 of her co-workers from a St. Louis consulting irm. She ran the marathon relay and the family run.

“I look at my healthy girls every time, and that’s what keeps me going,” she said. “That there are kids out there that aren’t as fortunate.”

Before the races, the volunteers from Horn Lake High School and Lake Cormorant High School took roll call. Destiny Green, 17, and Jessie Dickson, 15, arrived at 5:30 a.m.

They set up the medals and during the race, they

held ropes for the corrals that organize runners into groups to start at diferent times.

Jacob Beckmann, 15, helped people to the inirmary and handed out medals to inishers. Dwight Jackson, 17, gave people water and Jason Church, 17, was on the sidelines shouting encouragement.

“It felt great to see people’s motivation and how they just wouldn’t quit and how at the end they felt a sense of accomplishment,” Church said.

Rogers worked on “fall duty,” looking to catch runners near the inish line who were at risk for falling down.

“I know how hard it can be running these long runs,” Rogers said. “It can

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get painful. It can get tiring.

You want to quit so bad, but no matter what you just gotta keep on pushing and keep on ighting through.”

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“Helping out the community.”

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Kiwanis Club of Germantown president-elect Tom Tompkins (left) and selection chairman David Jackson (right) congratulate Billy Brown on being named Lay Person of the Year.

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Elena Popoli (front row, from left), Natalia Benatti, (back row, from left) Priscila Lins, Natalia Restrepo, Andrea Gonzalez, Lidian Bombarde, area au pairs with Au Pair Care, shopped, wrapped and packed shoeboxes for children all over the world by participating in Operation Christmas Child. Everyone had a great time and the ladies are excited to see where their individual boxes will be delivered.

The Germantown Women’s Club is pleased to support the annual Arts Alliance Gala Fundraiser with a donation of a gift basket for its silent auction. Proceeds will assist Germantown area arts programs. Presenting the gift basket to Ruby Fenton, of the Arts Alliance, are club members Teresa Jordan (left) and June Boswell.

Billy Brown named 2014 Lay Person of the Year

By Bill Austin Special to The Weekly

The Kiwanis Club of Germantown has recognized Billy Brown as the club’s Lay Person of the Year for 2014.

Brown is an active member of Germantown Baptist Church, Sunday school teacher and coach of youth sports for more than 40 years. Brown also has served on the Neighborhood Preservation Dr. Michael Miles (center), executive director of the Germantown Community Theatre, spoke to the members of the Rotary Club of Germantown. Miles is also a member of the Rotary Club.

GCT was established in 1972 and moved to its current facility in 1981. Their mission is to entertain, educate, engage and enrich the community through theatrical programming. During the meeting, Miles spoke with Rotarian Bob Mills (left) and club president Bill White.

Phil Sinclair (third from left) director of West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery and Commander of Air Force ROTC Mark London (second from left) spoke to members of the Rotary Club of Germantown.

Sinclair also showed pictures of the facility and reviewed future upgrades. London talked about the ROTC program at the University of Memphis. After the meeting, London and Sinclair spoke with Rotarians Casey Lawhead and Bob Mills.

Commission, has been past president, treasurer and board member of the Poplar Estates Home Owners Association and Leadership Germantown graduate.

Brown’s awards include Senior Hero, Jo Reed Volunteer of the Year, Neighbor of the Year by NCP and DAR Community Service medal.

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“Load me up!” he’s not kidding. Equipped with a powerful electric motor and sturdy plastic chain, Max hauls up to 200 pounds. As to what this feat might look like, a 5-year-old tester ofered, “I love that Max can tow me and my dad on a skateboard!” toysrus.com Hot Wheels RC Street

Hawk, Mattel, $59.99 2. Hot Wheels RC Street Hawk, Mattel, $59.99, ages 8 and up: Two words say it all: lying car.

This remote-controlled dragster kisses land goodbye and soars up to 200 feet in the air. Light yet resilient, it goes from doughnuts on the driveway to aerial loop-the-loops — and back again. amazon.com

Record & Learn KidiStudio, VTech, $29.99 10. Record & Learn KidiStudio, VTech, $39.99, ages 3 to 10: Imagine a hip-hop “Three Little Kittens” or

3. DigiBirds, Spin Master, $29.99, ages 5 and up: These three interac-

DigiBirds, Spin Master, $29.99.

4. Gyrobot, Thames & Kosmos, $49.95, ages 8 and up: Put a spin on

the science of gyroscopes by constructing this kit’s seven cool motorized models. Tester favorite: a robot who rolls across a tightrope. thamesandkosmos.com Gyrobot, Thames & Kosmos, $49.95

tive birds with cheerful songs are a pick worth tweeting about. Controlled by a whistle ring that doubles as a perch, the chirpers come programmed with 20 melodies and can be set to sing solo or as a choir.

“I’ve heard my girls humming the tunes the birds play,” reported one mom. digibirds.com

a techno “The Wheels on the Bus.” Now throw in a record for scratching, a whammy bar, a pop-up mic with voice-changer, and you’ll see why this interactive music studio was a tester favorite. Aspiring DJs can compose and record their own songs in free-play mode, or choose from 20 melodies and a variety of sound efects — including cheers. vtechkids.com Lego Juniors, Lego, $9.99 to $49.99

Alicia Potter, Krista Hojnowski, Beth Honeyman, Lisa Stowe, and Ellen Harter Wall contributed to this story. Photos courtesy Family Fun Magazine..

7. Lego Juniors, Lego, $9.99 to $49.99, ages 4 to 8:

You might call this line of new Legos the missing link — or brick — between little-kid Duplos and more advanced sets. Each themed pack, such as Construction, contains regular-size bricks alongside larger preassembled pieces, meaning easier and faster builds. Next on the tester wish list for Lego: “Pairing the sets with a small handheld broom and dustpan!” shop.lego.com 8. Splish Splash Sink & Stove, Little Tikes, $19.99, ages 3 to 8: After cook-

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Teaching kids an attitude of gratitude

By Gracie Bonds Staples The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (TNS)

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Buying kids too many holiday gifts can obscure the true meaning of the season.

Enough already!

Parents: Rethink motives, and budget, when buying kids’ holiday gifts Chicago Tribune (MCT)

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old up your hands and wave the white lag.

Any argument about the holidays being too commercial is over, considering that lighted trees are in some store windows even before summer is oicially over.

Still, the trend toward Hallothanksmas doesn’t have to cross the threshold to your home and afect your kids.

Speciically, parents don’t have to let three months of marketing bombs force them into guilt and buying their kids mountains of presents.

“I have seen many parents over the years who struggle with guilt about what they don’t give their child, and they overdo the holiday presents in some less than conscious attempt to battle back their guilt,” says Gail Saltz, author and professor of psychiatry at the New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill-Cornell School of Medicine.

“Along the same lines are parents who feel that success for them means showering their kids with toys to reassure themselves they can aford it, or do something their own parents could not do, or to feel they are great parents,” she adds.

Saltz says because many of these behaviors aren’t conscious, parents have trouble stepping back to see they aren’t doing their children any favors.

To combat this subliminal urge, set your limit ahead of time, says Katie Herrick Bugbee, global parenting expert at Care.com and a mother of three. One example: Two presents from Santa, one big one from mom and dad. Then, she says,

divvy up your child’s wish list among relatives. This will all help keep impulse shopping in check.

Bugbee adds “enough is enough” when kids “start looking at the holidays as a chance to just accumulate stuf.” At that point, the underlying symbolism of a holiday — both spiritual and secular — has been lost.

The best gifts, agrees Wendy Middlemiss, associate professor, department of education at the University of North Texas in Denton, are those that retain that connection to the underlying meaning of any holiday: compassion for others.

“Talking to our children about gifts and the meaning of them provides the opportunity to sit and think,” she says.

“Can you give a grandparent coupons for ice cream and then make times to go together?

“When we encourage children to think about gifts such as these, that are very special to the receiver and help build a sense of caring and togetherness, we give the gift of thoughtfulness. You can’t easily ind that boxed in the local toy store.”

But it’s not necessarily parents who overbuy. For grandparents who think their role is a competitive sport, the holidays ofer a prime opportunity to show who’s uber by showering the kids with gifts, says Ruth Nemzof, author and resident scholar at the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass.

Although parents “Can make suggestions and express their philosophy, they cannot dictate what the grandparents give,” Nemzof says. “Grandparents, on the other hand, are wise to follow the parents’ suggestions.”

If the grandparents feel strongly about giving extra generously, however, Nemzof says they can have it both ways by contributing to a college fund — which in turn can lead to conversations between the generations about inancial budgeting.

Seana Turner, a professional organizer from Darien, Conn., can ofer eyewitness

testimony on what holiday gift-giving gone mad can do.

“I’m often called into spaces that are (inundated) with children’s toys,” Turner says. “Children are often overwhelmed by their own toys. They only access those that are their favorites or ‘in front.’ When asked if they want to give something away, they say no, but when a parent does the shedding on their behalf, they seldom miss the items that have been given away.

“Toys and gifts are meant to bring joy, but they seem to bring stress and selfrecrimination (in the parents), which is a shame.”

CURB THE SPENDING FRENZY The Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood, a nonproit organization based in Boston, has a downloadable guide to help adults curb the gift-giving appetite: Go to commercialfreechildhood.org and type “CCFC Guide to Commercial-Free Holidays” in the search ield. It ofers sections such as putting others’ needs above our own wants; gifts that show you care (homemade); and a blank check to be illed out by each child to a charity of his or her choice. One parent also provided an example of homemade coupons — such as one that let the kids skip their vegetables at a dinner and still get dessert. More advice, much of it adapted from the CCCF: 1. Limit exposure to commercial media.

2. Have talks well in advance to shift children’s focus away from getting gifts to other aspects of the holidays — decorating the tree, attending seasonal concerts, spending time with relatives.

3. Read stories about the origins of the holidays you celebrate.

4. Emphasize the non-gift giving portions of the holidays. Homemade cookies, anyone?

5. Instead of giving your children only toys, give some gifts that are experiential, including the promise of spending time together on a project.

6. Emphasize the importance of helping others.

So many of us enjoy unwrapping gifts so much that we often forget the true spirit of the holiday season. And so with the holiday season fast approaching, we asked parenting and child development expert Denise Daniels for some simple effective ways parents can teach young children an “attitude of gratitude,” while still instilling the emotional intelligence skills they’ll need to thrive in our ever-changing world.

Here’s what she said: 1. Teach the spirit of giving by taking advantage of teachable moments during the holidays. It’s important to show children that the holidays are not only about receiving, but also about giving. We can teach kids compassion and empathy skills by helping others in need.

Visit a toy store and have your child choose a toy to donate for a child of the same age.

Prepare a meal together and deliver it together to a homeless shelter or food bank.

Coat drives are a great way to provide warm clothing for those less fortunate during the winter months.

A holiday card has special meaning to men and women in the Armed Forces who are thousands of miles away from their families during the holiday season. Make handmade cards and mail them together at the Post Oice. Giving as a family not only teaches children the value of giving, but that giving can be just as fun as getting.

2. Lead by example. You can teach children empathy and compassion by modeling those behaviors. Bake cookies together to share with an elderly neighbor.

Tell people what makes them special and why they mean so much to you.

Hold a family meeting to choose a charity they would like to support Teach young children to say “please” and “thank-you.” For older children, writing thankyou notes shows children how to demonstrate their gratitude to the gift-giver.

3. Give your children face time. Talk to them about the importance of giving and sharing in a meaningful way.

Share your personal stories about giving over the years.

Read positive stories about giving that appear on the news or in magazines during the holiday season.

Family activities such as playing board games, baking cookies together and decorating your home for the holidays are all fun activities that showcase the spirit of the season and the importance of family.

Invite a neighbor who is alone to join your family for a meal or for some eggnog and cookies.

Dealing with college student’s irst holiday break back home can be diicult to handle

By William Hageman Chicago Tribune (TNS)

We’re coming up on one of the watershed moments of a college student’s freshman year — worse than the realization that the “freshman 15” is not an urban myth (except it’s more like the “freshman 3”) and more cringe-inducing than seeing a roommate in their underwear.

It’s that first holiday break.

The student is returning home to ... well, they’re not exactly sure what they’ll ind or how they’ll be welcomed. They left home a few weeks before still basically a high school kid.

They are returning home as an emerging adult, someone entering the real world. “(Students) are straddling two lives at that point,” says Vicki Nelson,

founder of College Parent Central, a go-to site for anyone with a kid in college.

“They’ve had some weeks of being at school, being independent, making their own decisions, coming and going as they want. Then they come home.

“They’re a diferent person than when they left, but they want to it back in.

It’s partially the student’s problem and partially the parents’. The students are in between, there’s a certain nostalgia going home after being away, but at the same time they like the independence. Parents have that same idea: I want to welcome that student back into the family, but I don’t necessarily know that student anymore because my student has changed.”

Maggie Lynch is a sophomore at DePaul University. Last year she returned home for a long break,

Nov. 25 to Jan. 7, and was a little hesitant.

“Yeah, sure,” she says.

“Because I was living on my own and I was used to a certain type of freedom, I worried I couldn’t live the way I wanted to. ... I was very concerned going home to my conservative parents because I had developed some liberal ideas.”

Bring home any tattoos?

“No. I wish I did.”

In the end, she says, there were no problems.

She attributes that to the fact that she and her parents had a history of openness and free discussion. Some other relatives raised concerns (“Your hair is black!”), but they were minor issues.

Open lines of communication are the key, before the visit and during.

“I encourage parents and children to talk before

the break or when they irst come home,” Nelson says. “‘What do you want to do?’ ‘Here are the family obligations I really want you to do.’”

There are also the hotbutton issues — curfew, chores, drinking, having a signiicant other spend the night. The best way to approach them is to anticipate them and discuss them before things get uncomfortable.

Javaune Adams-Gaston, vice president for student life at Ohio State University, suggests that parents also not overschedule the returning student. Ofer opportunities — ‘Uncle Leo has invited everyone to come over and watch football Sunday, want to go?’ — but don’t insist. A parent will be disappointed if the kid balks, but they often have their own plans.

Again, these are topics

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A college student’s first holiday break can be awkward and difficult for the student and parents to handle.

that can be brought up even before the visit begins. Nelson suggests setting up a meeting as soon as the student gets home, discussing the expectations of all parties. Parents need to decide the bottom line of their comfort level.

It is still their home, after all. But discussing, not dictating, rules is the wisest path.

Adams-Gaston says that as part of the changing family dynamic, parents need to move into more of a consultant role rather

than be someone simply laying down the law.

That’s where the family sit-down comes in. The trip home doesn’t have to be solely about what’s happening in those few weeks, but helping your child navigate this brand new world.

“Parents are not always good at listening. We’re better at giving advice,” Nelson says. “So sometimes the solution may be to talk less and listen more. Or just be a sounding board.

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Olivia, a senior, is recognized as an academic leader and accomplished pianist. She holds a 4.6 weighted grade point average and scored 35 on the ACT. She has taken 13 International Baccalaureate classes, two AP classes and nine Honors classes in pursuit of her IB Diploma. She is president of the senior class and is the voice of Bolton every morning as she greets the school community by making the announcements to start the day. She has been through the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Training Program and has completed the Bartlett Youth Leadership Program.

A four-year member of the Knowledge Bowl Team, Olivia also has been inducted into the National Honor Society, the Spanish National Honor Society and the 30+ Club. She spent two weeks in Spain last summer as part of an enrichment experience, where she immersed herself in the Spanish culture and polished her speaking and translation skills.

Because of her rich musical background and her dedication to 12 years of piano lessons, Olivia is often called on to be the pianist for school events. She has been rated Superior in GMMTA Piano Competition since 2004.

Mariatu Okonofua Ridgeway High School General Scholarship

Mariatu, a senior, consistently displays her diversity, compassion, intellect and talent as she works toward the International Baccalaureate Diploma. She holds a 4.9 weighted grade point average and scored 30 on the ACT. She was handpicked by her principal to serve as a student representative on the Principal’s Academic Leadership Team. This role requires her to work collaboratively with the administration and faculty members on ways to improve academics at the school.

A well-rounded student, Mariatu has earned the Memphis City Schools William H. Sweet Award, the Wellesley and Sewanee 2014 Book Awards, and the schools’ True Roadrunner Award. She was selected as the 2013 Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership representative for the school. A four-year member of the Student Council, she served as president in the ninth grade. She is an active member of the Beta Club, National Honor Society, Best Buddies Club and the Chick-il-A Leadership Academy. Mariatu has been very involved with the Theatre Department, serving as the assistant director for “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”

Mariatu has made a lifetime commitment to volunteering at the First Presbyterian Soup Kitchen and closet.

Cody Layne Lewisburg High School General Scholarship

Cody, a senior, is an academically gifted student who has challenged himself by taking a rigorous course load illed with AP and Honors classes. He holds a 4.54 weighted grade point average and scored 32 on the ACT. A National Merit Semi-inalist, Cody is ranked third in a class of 200 seniors. He also has been named a National AP Scholar and inducted into the National Honor Society. He has taken on several leadership roles including serving as president of the National English Honor Society. He is a board member for the Interact Club and treasurer of Mu Alpha Theta where he serves as lead tutor after school on Thursdays.

Earlier this school year, Cody spearheaded an International Literacy Day Campaign.

The money raised was sent to Latin America to purchase books and reading materials for underprivileged children. He enjoys sharing his passion for helping people in other countries and wants to minor in international studies.

Cody is active in Maples Memorial UMC Youth Group and young adult ministries.

He volunteers annually with Camp BOLD, a summer camp for children with learning disorders.

Sam Daniel Covington High School General Scholarship

Sam, a senior, is the ideal student and scholar. He holds a 4.0 unweighted grade point average and scored 32 on the ACT. Ranked at the top of his senior class, Sam has taken every higher level academic class the school offers. He currently is enrolled in Dual Enrollment English and Math classes at Dyersburg State Community College.

He is the senior class secretary and the producer of the school’s television network that broadcasts each Friday.

A very involved student, Sam is the 2014-2015 Chapter President of FFA (Future Farmers of America).

He also is serving as this year’s West Tennessee Regional Reporter. He has been on the FFA Land Judging Team the last four years. In addition, Sam is an active member of HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America).

He has qualiied for nationals in parliamentary procedure and community service. He has been inducted into the National Honor Society and is involved in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

A dedicated volunteer, Sam helps with the Carl Perkins Christmas Carnival each year and volunteers with the Bread of Life Food Pantry.

Nick Bufalino Christian Brothers High School General Scholarship

Nick, a senior, is an exceptional academic student and outstanding leader. He holds a 4.843 weighted grade point average and score 34 on the ACT. Ranked third in a competitive senior class, Nick is a De La Salle Scholar, having taken the highest Honors and AP courses each year and maintaining a 4.0 or higher GPA. He is a member of the Math Team and founded the school’s ACT Prep Club, which brings students and teachers together for ACT prep sessions. A member of the National Spanish Honor Society, Nick tutors struggling Spanish students, and serves as a peer tutor in math and science.

A natural leader, Nick is president of the Key Club, where he gets volunteers for events at the Ronald McDonald House. He is a Leadership Member of the Honor Council and volunteer for the Memphis Union Mission. In addition, Nick is a talented cheerleader. He has pursued tumbling since he was three years old. He won irst place at UCA Nationals in Orlando and received a package worth $25,000 to represent the WSF Corporation at the Cheerleading Worlds where he placed 11th.

Anna Raheem Collierville High School General Scholarship

Anna, a senior, is a self-described “knowledge junkie” who constantly pursues academic opportunities.

She holds a 4.61 weighted grade point average and scored 35 on the ACT. As a sophomore, Anna worked with her teacher to develop the school’s irst STEM class.The class’s purpose is to develop students interested in careers in science, technology, engineering or mathematics into problem-solvers, innovators, inventors, and logical thinkers while making them self-reliant and technologically literate. Anna’s persistence paid off when Collierville offered the irst Honors STEM class in Tennessee. Last summer, Anna attended the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Sciences and Engineering and the Computational Thinking Camp at The University of Memphis.

In addition, Anna is one of only 13 students accepted into the College Research Experience for High School Students (CRESH) at the U of M. Her groundbreaking research was featured in a newsletter. She is a four-year member of the Science Olympiad Team, co-founder of the National Science Honor Society, vice-president of the Technology Student Association (TSA), team captain of the Junior Engineering Technical Society Club (JETS) and president of the Model UN Club.

Jamie Skjoldager Central High School General Scholarship

Jamie, a senior, is a top student and dedicated community volunteer. She holds a 4.67 weighted grade point average and scored 27 on the ACT. She is a natural leader who has been selected for the school’s awardwinning Student Council’s executive board. In this role, she coordinates and organizes the Student Council’s efforts to better serve the school administration, teachers and students. Jamie challenges herself in the classroom by taking a rigorous course load illed with AP and Honors classes across a broad curriculum. She has taken AP Government, AP Calculus AB, AP French, AP European History, AP English and AP U.S. History.

Active in the community, Jamie volunteers at Bridges, an organization that brings together high schools students from different socio-economic backgrounds to discuss relevant issues in the community. She had an internship with Bridges, USA the past two years. She also trained at the Highlander Center, where she learned about nonviolent social change. She was recommended for and received one of four high school Americorps positions in Tennessee. She is a member of the National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta.

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Home & Garden

BRANCHING OUT

Designers share ideas for decorating with Christmas trees

greenness of an artiicial tree, making it a little softer,â&#x20AC;? he says.

He has created lat, abstract trees out of plywood, covering them with festive fabric secured with brass nail heads. And he has two â&#x20AC;&#x153;treesâ&#x20AC;? made from reclaimed shipping pallets. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To make them,â&#x20AC;? he says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;the pallets were dismantled, painted dark green, then assembled with screws.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a more sculptural approach, and it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t require any decorating whatsoever.â&#x20AC;?

By Melissa Rayworth Associated Press

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or generations, the choice was simple: 1. Strap a live Christmas tree to the roof of your car, wrestle it into a tree stand at home, and hope it wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fall over. Or, 2. Put up an artiicial tree that was unmistakably fake.

Fortunately, the options have expanded dramatically, from realistic fake trees pre-lit with softly glowing LED lights to environmentally friendly abstract â&#x20AC;&#x153;treesâ&#x20AC;? made from reclaimed shipping pallets.

Options for a real live tree include â&#x20AC;&#x153;white gloveâ&#x20AC;? service that includes delivery and professional set-up.

REALLY EASY Beginning this year, Home Depot is making it simpler to bring home a fullsize real tree with â&#x20AC;&#x153;white gloveâ&#x20AC;? delivery service, says Fishburne. Choose a tree online, and the company will bring it to your home and set it up in the stand for you.

Another way to make real trees more manageable is to buy several small potted trees in varying sizes, rather than one large one. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Groupings of trees really make an impact in any space,â&#x20AC;? Flynn says.

SIMPLE AND SAFE Pre-lit LED trees save you the time and efort of stringing lights. Some models also resolve any arguments over whether to use white lights or colored ones, says Fishburne; you can buy LED-lit trees that let you switch between them.

LED lights also donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t burn as hot as traditional bulbs, so they may be a safer option, especially for rooms where children play and might try to touch the tree.

Here, three interior designers help sort out some options and share advice on stylishly decorating with holiday trees and branches, even in households where Christmas isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t celebrated.

EXQUISITELY ARTIFICIAL Designer Brian Patrick Flynn, founder of Flynnside Out Productions, loves the look and scent of real trees. But he is â&#x20AC;&#x153;hands down, 100 percent on Team Artiicial,â&#x20AC;? thanks to the convenience and range of todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fake trees.

White trees are â&#x20AC;&#x153;excellent for more elegant, sophisticated spaces,â&#x20AC;? Flynn says.

He layers on ornaments in shades of white and metallics â&#x20AC;&#x153;for a less-is-more, toneon-tone look.â&#x20AC;?

Designer Lee Kleinhelter, founder of the Pieces home dĂŠcor store in Atlanta, agrees. She uses a high-quality fake white tree in her home because â&#x20AC;&#x153;it feels a little modern, and is a clean slate where I can use interesting objects to accessorize.â&#x20AC;?

If you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite imagine your handmade or hand-me-down ornaments on a sleek white tree, consider getting a real

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Multiple trees provide impact and when theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not laden with ornaments, they bring a bit of outdoors into the house all winter long. Two bare, rustic artificial trees add interesting texture to a dining room.

tree for keepsake ornaments and putting a white tree in another location, perhaps near the front door, decked out in monochromatic ornaments. Sarah Fishburne, director of trend and design for The Home Depot, says many Americans now use one fake tree and one real one.

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If white isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t your style, Flynn recommends realistic fake green trees with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;woodsy, rusticâ&#x20AC;? look, or fake green trees coated with fake white snow, which are called â&#x20AC;&#x153;lockedâ&#x20AC;? trees. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Flocked trees add amazing texture and can really tone down the overall

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