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March 25-31, 2016, Vol. 9, Issue 13
CULTURE
CHANGE
DE-ANNEXATION
DIVIDE
Urban Child
Institute board
chairwoman
Jill Crocker is
garnering good reviews early in her tenure
as she works to revive the mission – and the
reputation – of the embattled nonprofit. P. 6
The de-annexation
bill pending in the
Tennessee Legislature
split into two vastly
different versions this
week, but it's still on the
path to passage. P. 7
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SHELBY
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FAYETTE
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TIPTON
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MADISON
Cleaning House
City gains the tools, personnel to mount unprecedented attack on blight P. 18
Paul Young, new director of Memphis’ Division of Housing and Community Development, blight-fighting attorney Steve Barlow and Patrick Dandridge, new director of
the city Department of Neighborhood Improvement, are leading Memphis’ next chapter in the fight against neglected properties. (Memphis News/Andrew J. Breig)
CURB MARKET:
SELLING LOCAL
NEW WAY IS
NORVELL’S WAY
Now open, Midtown
market aims to boost
local growers. P. 11
Tigers football coach
focused on building
relationships. P. 20
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DIGEST: PAGES 2-5
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RECAP: PAGE 10
| SMALL BUSINESS: PAGE 17 |
SPORTS: PAGE 20
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EDITORIAL: PAGE 34
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Crye-Leike Sales Near
Pre-Recession Volume
Tennessee-based Crye-Leike saw $5.7
billion in sales for 2015, marking the secondhighest sales performance in the company’s
39-year history.
The real estate brokerage firm hit its high
water mark in 2006 with $6.1 billion in sales.
The 2015 sales volume marked a 7.3
percent increase over the previous year’s
volume of $5.4 billion. 2015 saw 31,826
closings, which is an increase of 3.9 percent
over 2014.
In a report from Crye-Leike, leadership attributed the company’s growth to
increased investment in web and mobilebased brokerage services.
Crye-Leike’s West Tennessee region reported year-end sales volume of $1.4 billion,
up 8.6 percent from 2014 figures. Year-end
closings came in at 7,114 and increased 2.2
percent over 2014.
– Madeline Faber
Hooks Donation Benefits
Institute for Social Change
The estate of civil rights leaders Benjamin L. Hooks and Frances Hooks has
donated $273,000 to the Benjamin L. Hooks
Institute for Social Change at the University
of Memphis.
The donation was announced Friday,
March 18, and follows the January death
of Frances Hooks. Benjamin Hooks died
in 2010.
The institute was created in 1996 by
Benjamin Hooks – an attorney, Criminal
Court judge, national NAACP executive
director and Federal Communications Commissioner – along with the political science
department and College of Arts and Sciences
at the University of Memphis..
With federal and state funding as well
as private donations, the institute teaches,
studies and promotes civil rights and social
change.
– Bill Dries
Midtown Market Project
Moving Forward
The mixed-use Midtown Market project
being planned at the southwest corner of
McLean Boulevard and Union Avenue is
moving forward.
In a March 11 warranty deed, Nevadabased Tennvada Holdings sold the Artisan
Hotel, at 1837 Union Ave., for $1.3 million,
and the Towery Office Building, at 1835
Union Ave., for $870,000.
Georgia-based HRP Union-McLean
LLC purchased both of the abandoned
properties.
Marietta, Ga.-based Harbor Retail Partners and Memphis-based Belz Enterprises
have plans to raze the buildings and construct a $43 million apartment complex anchored by a national gourmet grocery store.
Since Belz announced the project last
October, it has garnered a 15-year property
tax freeze from the Downtown Memphis
Commission and a $4 million Section 108
28th Annual
Student Research Forum
guaranteed loan through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
– Madeline Faber
Nike Starts Building Out
New Warehouse on Lamar
Nike Inc. has a new home on Lamar
Avenue.
A $1.5 million building permit application recently filed with the Memphis-Shelby
County Office of Construction Code Enforcement lists “install industrial storage
racks” for a warehouse at 5155 Lamar Ave.
This is a new facility for sports shoes and
apparel giant Nike, which also has a distribution center on Winchester and a factory
in Frayser. According to the Shelby County
Assessor of Property, the Class A warehouse
was built in 2002 and bears 706,802 square
feet.
– Madeline Faber
Methodist Germantown
Program Wins Certification
Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown
Hospital has received certification for its
cardiovascular rehabilitation program by
the American Association of Cardiovascular
and Pulmonary Rehabilitation.
The association is a multidisciplinary organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for patients with cardiovascular
problems including heart attack, coronary
artery bypass graft surgery and congestive
heart failure.
AACVPR-certified programs are recognized as leaders in the field of cardiovascular
and pulmonary rehabilitation because they
offer the most advanced practices available.
Methodist Germantown was recognized
for its commitment to improving the quality
of life by enhancing standards of care. To
earn certification, Methodist Germantown’s
cardiovascular rehabilitation program
participated in an application process that
requires extensive documentation of the
program’s practices.
– Andy Meek
Tennessee Unemployment
Dips To 4.9 Pct. in February
MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2016
Poster Presentations 10 – 11:30a.m.
University of Memphis
University Center Ballroom (Room 320)
Hosted by the Largest Graduate School in the Mid-South
and the Largest Honors Program in Tennessee.
For more information, visit memphis.edu/srf.
Saint Francis-Memphis CEO
David Archer to Retire
Tennessee’s unemployment rate edged
down to 4.9 percent in February, according
to preliminary figures from the state Department of Labor & Workforce Development.
The February rate marks a five-tenths of a
percentage point decrease from the January
revised rate of 5.4 percent.
The U.S. preliminary rate for February
was 4.9 percent, unchanged from the previous month.
Over the past year, Tennessee's unemployment rate has decreased from 6.0
percent to 4.9 percent, while the national
rate declined from 5.5 percent to 4.9 percent.
Total nonfarm employment in Tennessee decreased 1,600 jobs from January to
February, with the largest decreases being
reported in professional/business services,
arts/entertainment/recreation and government.
Over the year, however, nonfarm employment increased 89,300 jobs, with the
largest increases occurring in trade/transportation/utilities, professional/business
services and education/health services.
– Daily News staff
Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis CEO
David Archer is preparing to leave the hospital in May after 19 years, a departure that will
also cap a 30-year career with Saint Francis’
owner, Tenet Healthcare Corp.
Tenet has already launched a nationwide
search for a successor for Archer, who’s been
the CEO at Saint Francis-Memphis since
1997 and CEO of the hospital’s Memphis
market since February 2006.
During his tenure, the health care system
has grown to include Saint Francis HospitalBartlett, an ambulatory surgery center, heart
and vascular center and the physician practice entity, Saint Francis Medical Partners.
“It’s been a privilege to serve an organization that leads the way in healthcare and
it has meant so much to work for a hospital
that provides the highest quality of care for
my community,” Archer said in a statement
about his departure. “After three decades
with Tenet and 19 years as Saint Francis
Hospital-Memphis’ CEO, it’s time to transfer
the reins to a new generation of leadership.”
Tenet Southern Region CEO Garry Gause
said Archer has been a key member of the
hospital’s administrative team as a result of
his commitment to things like “exceptional
care for patients” as well as a collaborative
relationship with doctors, staff, patients and
the community.
Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis is a
519-bed, full-service hospital located at
5959 Park Ave.
– Andy Meek
Delta Medical Center
Shortens ER Hours
Delta Medical Center’s emergency department will be moving away from 24-hour
service next month.
Starting April 18, the new hours of operation will be from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The facility,
which has 243 beds, estimates that about 80
percent of patients admitted to the department aren’t presenting with emergency
needs and could otherwise be served at
urgent care centers or clinics.
Behavioral health admissions through
the emergency room have continued to
increase, according to Delta officials. Because of that, Delta says it will continue
around-the-clock admission services for
those presenting with mental health or addiction issues.
– Andy Meek
Former City Attorney
Founds Hagler Law Group
Monice Hagler, a longtime Memphis
lawyer who served as city attorney during
the administrations of Mayors Dick Hackett
and Willie Herenton, has founded a new law
practice.
The Hagler Law Group PLLC is focused
on real estate-related economic development as well as small- and minority-business development.
Hagler, a native Memphian, also has
served during her career as lead counsel on
the development of the city’s first major tax
increment financing district and as counsel
for redevelopment of major mixed-use
developments, overseeing acquisition,
redevelopment, multifamily financing and
ultimately homeownership sales for such
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projects including Uptown Memphis, University Place, Legends Park and McKinley
Park.
and providing design consultations to augment designers’ talents upon request.
– Andy Meek
– Andy Meek
New Design Studio
Opens Downtown
Ami Austin, principal designer and
president of Ami Austin Interior Design,
has opened a new design studio Downtown.
P & B Design Source, her new design, furniture and accessory studio, is at 667 Union
Ave. It will provide a resource of commercial
and residential interior products for the interior design trade and the general consumer
public. Austin also will be providing interior
design consultations and planning at the
studio for her clientele.
P & B Design Source is an independent
business and subsidiary under the auspices
of Ami Austin Interior Design and is located
in the Kerns-Wilcheck building.
P & B Design Source will offer access
to a range of furnishings, lighting, tile, area
rugs, fabric, fine linen, artwork, architectural
elements, flooring and accessories from
the nation’s top-branded product lines and
collections. The studio also will showcase a
new bespoke line of merchandise personally
designed by Austin under the brand name
Parker Lauren by Ami Austin.
Support services will be offered to designers for a fee, upon request. The studio’s
staff will be available to assist designers with
selecting finishes from granite to marble;
procuring all or select products for interiors;
FedEx Relaunches
CrossBorder Division
Memphis-based FedEx Corp. announced Tuesday, March 22, the relaunch
of its e-commerce services division FedEx
CrossBorder.
CrossBorder, formerly known as Bongo
International, is a subsidiary of FedEx Trade
Networks, the freight forwarding arm of the
corporation.
The company works with retailers on
such online parts of the sale process as payment processing, multicurrency pricing and
credit card fraud protection.
CrossBorder vice president Chip Hull
said only a third of U.S.-based global ecommerce sites accept foreign currency.
The CrossBorder services offer a checkout system that accepts 80 currencies with
15 payment options and includes multiple
delivery options on the same platform.
– Bill Dries Major Violent Crime Spikes
24.5 Percent Countywide
Shelby County’s major violent crime rate
over the first two months of 2016 was up 24.5
percent compared to the first two months of
2015, while Memphis’ rate rose 22.2 percent
over the same period.
The Memphis-Shelby Crime Com-
mission statistics for major violent crime
released Tuesday, March 22, cover the categories of murder, rape, aggravated assault
and robbery.
The countywide homicide rate of 2.7 per
100,000 population led the violent crime
spike, representing a 47.1 percent increase
in that category alone compared to the first
two months of 2015.
The city homicide rate of 3.8 per 100,000
population was also a 47.1 percent increase
compared to homicides in Memphis for the
first two months of 2015.
Interim Memphis Police Director Michael Rallings termed the violent crime
increase “unacceptable.”
“Deploying officers into areas that have
been deemed ‘high crime’ areas might help
defuse some situations,” he said in a written statement. “But that will not solve the
problem entirely.
"We can even hire more officers to help
with the call load, but without community
involvement we cannot change the direction
we are going,” Rallings continued.
The countywide domestic violence
crime rate was up 1.7 percent from the first
two months of 2015 and down 1.1 percent
in the city from a year ago.
The major property crime rate as measured by the crime commission for the first
two months of 2016 was down 4 percent
countywide compared to January and
February of 2015 and was down 1.8 percent
in Memphis compared to the same period
last year.
The crime statistics are a part of Opera-
weekly digest
tion: Safe Community, a coalition of leaders
in the criminal justice system who began
pursuing a common strategy in fighting
crime in 2006. Operation: Safe Community
included the Blue CRUSH method of massing police response by statistical hot spots
in different parts of the city.
With 2006 as the first year baseline of
countywide and citywide crime statistics,
the major violent crime rate for January and
February is down 7.4 percent countywide
and down 4.1 percent in Memphis. The
major property crime rate compared to 2006
is down 40.7 percent countywide and down
37.8 percent in the city.
– Bill Dries
Election Commission
Certifies March Results
Shelby County Election commissioners
certified Monday, March 21, the results of
the March 1 presidential primaries and the
countywide primaries for General Sessions
Court Clerk in Shelby County.
In the Republican presidential primary,
Donald Trump carried Shelby County with
rival Ted Cruz a close second, followed by
Marco Rubio. Trump carried the state by a
wider margin.
In the Democratic presidential primary,
Hillary Clinton carried Shelby County by a
wide margin over rival Bernie Sanders and
took the state as well.
In the Democratic primary for clerk,
incumbent Ed Stanton beat challenger
William Stovall. Stanton meets Republican
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challenger Richard Morton on the August
county general election ballot.
Morton ran unopposed in the March
Republican primary for clerk.
Meanwhile, Linda Phillips, a finalist
for the position of Shelby County Elections Administrator, was in Memphis on
Monday, March 21, to talk with the five
election commissioners.
Phillips is a former county clerk in
Tippecanoe County, Indiana. The clerk’s
position in Indiana including the duties
of an elections administrator and is an
elected position.
The Shelby County Elections Administrator’s position is appointed by
the election commission, which also is
considering former Shelby County Commissioner Chris Thomas for the job but
has set no date for selecting someone for
the position.
– Bill Dries
Fred’s Reports Q4 Loss,
Chairman to Step Down
Memphis-based Fred’s Inc. announced
Wednesday, March 23, that Michael J.
Hayes will step down as chairman of its
board of directors on April 15.
The news came the same day Fred’s
reported a fiscal fourth-quarter loss of $3.9
million, or 11 cents per share, falling short
of Wall Street forecasts.
The board appointed Thomas H.
Tashjian, age 61 and a director of the
company since 2001, as the company's
new chairman. Hayes will remain on the
board as chairman emeritus.
“The past 18 to 24 months have been
the most challenging of my career, as the
company and its board of directors recognized the need to refocus the company,
rebuild its management structure, rework
our bank agreements, and execute our
largest acquisition to date: Reeves-Sain
Drugs and EntrustRx,” Hayes, 74, said in a
statement. “Because of the tireless work of
(CEO) Jerry Shore and the board of directors, we now have in place a successful,
experienced and energetic management
team, focused on driving deeper into
health care, and also stronger general
merchandising departments.
“What is now needed is an energetic
chairman that has both the vision and skill
set to keep this momentum going, and I
believe Tom Tashjian is the right person to
do this, and now is the right time.”
Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring
costs, came to 7 cents per share for the
fiscal fourth quarter, ended Jan. 30.
The average of four analysts surveyed
by Zacks Investment Research was earnings of 9 cents per share. A year ago, earnings were 2 cents per share.
Quarterly revenue totaled $554.6 million, a 10 percent increase from the $504.4
million in the year-ago period.
The company reported its loss for the
year narrowed for $7.4 million, or 20 cents
per share, compared to a loss of $28.9 million, or 80 cents per share, for fiscal 2014.
– Kate Simone
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
United Way of the Mid-South
United Way seeks a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to manage strategic
and tactical matters of Finance, Human Resources, Information
Technology and Facilities Management
The CFO works with the President/CEO on United Way’s strategic
vision, including fostering/cultivating stakeholder relationships. The
position provides leadership for maintaining, managing, safeguarding
and protecting the organization’s resources in a comprehensive, accurate
and timely manner. The CFO must communicate information clearly and
effectively at staff, committee, and Board levels.
The CFO manages major expenditures such as grants, salaries, benefits
and occupancy costs in accordance with all regulations and budget
requirements. The position maintains investments with recommendations of
professional advisors and consistent with policies and objectives approved
by the Board. The CFO provides oversight and responsibility for recording
and accounting for workplace campaign pledges, revenue and restrictions
in approved and prescribed manners. The position also provides oversight
and responsibility for United Way’s human resources work, information
technology, and upkeep/management of our headquarters building.
Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting is required, and a Certified
Public Accountant license is preferred. Previous experience as a Controller
or Chief Financial Officer-level position is required, with a minimum of ten
(10) years of financial/management experience with day-to-day operations
of an organization employing 50+ staff. Public accounting experience is
preferred. For-profit and not-for-profit experience will be weighed equally.
Competitive salary and excellent benefits.
Send resume and cover letter in pdf format to
[email protected]. United Way is
an equal opportunity employer.
Memphis Retailer Oak Hall
Expands Into Nashville
Memphis-based family-owned retail
clothier Oak Hall has opened the first phase
of its expansion to Nashville in the Green
Hills’ Hill Center development.
The business’ 2,000-square-foot space
features men’s clothing, furnishings, sportswear and women’s ready-to-wear collections. In the fall of 2017, Oak Hall will start
construction on the next phase, expanding
the store to 10,000 square feet.
Current in-store brands include Ermenegildo Zegna, Canali, Samuelsohn, Peter Millar, Hiltl, Eton, Barbour, Faherty, AG,
Rag and Bone, Rebecca Taylor and Vince.
Oak Hall was founded in 1859 as one of
the first ready-to-wear menswear stores in
the country. It’s currently run by fifth-generation Bill and Bob Levy and sixth-generation
Will Levy.
– Andy Meek
Memphis Gets Fourth
Satellite Dialysis Center
Satellite Healthcare is preparing to open
its fourth Memphis dialysis center, Satellite
Healthcare Chickasaw Gardens, at 2980
Poplar Ave.
The new center – built in partnership
with University Clinical Health, a not-forprofit provider of kidney diagnostic and
treatment services – joins the company’s
other Memphis locations: Satellite Healthcare Pace Road, Satellite Healthcare South
Germantown and Satellite Healthcare Poplar Avenue.
Satellite, a not-for-profit and the sixthlargest provider of patient-centered dialysis
and kidney disease services, joined forces
with University Clinical Health to help address a growing need for dialysis services in
Memphis because of its predominately African-American population, a demographic
disproportionately affected by chronic
kidney disease.
Satellite Healthcare Chickasaw Gardens
will celebrate with a grand opening and
kidney health resource fair Thursday, March
24, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The community is
invited to tour the center, check their blood
pressure, and learn more about the various
kidney health services available to them
and their loved ones. For more information
about the grand opening, call 901-531-8850
or email [email protected].
– Daily News staff
Another Broken Egg
Preparing Second Location
Another Broken Egg is opening a second
location at 65 S. Highland St. A permit application recently filed with the city-county
Office of Construction Code Enforcement
lists “existing restaurant renovation” with
Another Broken Egg as tenant. The building
currently houses El Porton.
Dan Walker & Associates is the contractor for the $369,000 project.
The brunch restaurant opened its first
Memphis location at 6063 Park Ave. in the
spring of 2015.
– Madeline Faber
New Mobile Stroke Unit
Introduced in Memphis
The University of Tennessee Health Sci-
ence Center College of Medicine this week
introduced a mobile stroke unit.
The device can conduct and produce
advance quality imaging for stroke diagnosis and noninvasive CT-angiography with a
Siemens SOMATOM Scope CT scanner. The
college said it’s the first time CT capabilities
of this magnitude have been available in a
mobile setting, and that it creates the ability
to diagnose and launch treatment, including
tissue plasminogen activator treatment and
the potent blood pressure drug nicardipine,
within the critical first-hour timeframe.
The sophistication of the college’s new
mobile stroke unit – weighing in at more
than 14 tons – also means a patient will be
prepped to go straight to the catheterization
laboratory, Neuro Intensive Care Unit or
Hospital Stroke Unit, bypassing the stop in
the emergency department entirely.
The UT Mobile Stroke Unit will be operated by University Clinical Health, a subsidiary of the UT College of Medicine’s faculty
practice plan. The unit is funded through a
public-private collaboration for which more
than $3 million has been raised, which will
enable operation for up to three years.
The unit will operate 12 hours a day,
one week on and one week off, beginning
in late April.
– Andy Meek
ALSAC Buys Warehouse
Built in 1965 For $6 Million
ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness
arm of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital,
has purchased a North Memphis warehouse
for $6 million.
Michael Nussbaum and Joyce Nussbaum sold the property at 483 N. Manasses
St. to ALSAC in a March 17 warranty deed.
According to the Shelby County Assessor
of Property, the warehouse bears 175,625
square feet across 11.5 acres and was built
in 1965. It was most recently appraised at
$1.4 million.
– Madeline Faber
Miss. River Commission
To Dock in Memphis
The Mississippi River Commission will
conduct its annual high-water inspection
trip along the Mississippi River between
April 11 and 15.
The MRC will dock at Beale Street Landing on April 12 to host a public input meeting
with Memphis stakeholders, partners and
residents.
At the meeting, the MRC will review
Mississippi River projects and seek input
on matters affecting water resources, infrastructure needs in the valley, environmental
issues, navigation and flood control.
– Madeline Faber
Memphis Bar Opens
Summer Law Internships
The Memphis Bar Association is taking
applications through Friday, April 1, for its
Summer Law Intern Program for minority
high school students.
Those selected will shadow attorneys in
their workplace from court to depositions
for a 60-hour internship from June 6 to July
1. The time will also include group activities
among the interns to compare experiences.
Applicants must be minority high school
students in good standing and beginning
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their junior or senior year in August. They
must live and attend school in Shelby
County. Those who have been interns in the
program before are not eligible.
Applications are available for download
on the MBA website at memphisbar.org or
by contacting the bar association at 901-5273573, ext. 116.
The deadline to apply is April 1 at 5 p.m.
– Bill Dries
First Tennessee Offers New
Business Tech Solutions
First Tennessee Bank is now offering a
technology suite of hardware and software
offerings to small businesses, aiming to help
those businesses capture customer data
from sales transactions rather than having
to rely on intuition.
The bank is offering Clover hardware and
its intelligence software and apps through a
new alliance with First Data, a global leader
in commerce-enabling technology and
solutions. With Clover comes the Clover
App Market, one of the fastest-growing
point-of-sale app markets, with more than
125 apps designed to help business owners
with daily tasks.
First Tennessee West Tennessee president Bruce Hopkins says Clover is essentially
like a smartphone for small businesses. That
hardware would also replace clunky credit
card swipe machines that many businesses
use today.
Products in the Clover family First Tennessee will offer include Clover Station,
a countertop point-of-sale and business
management solution; Clover Mobile, a
portable system that enables transactions
on the go, whether a business owner is accepting payments tableside or in a register
line; Clover Mini, an all-in-one solution to
streamline operations; and Clover Go, an
EMV card reader for businesses with mobile
workforces or entrepreneurs.
– Andy Meek
Boys & Girls Clubs to Host
45th Steak n’ Burger Dinner
The Boys & Girls Clubs Steak n’ Burger
Dinner – a tradition that brings Memphis
leaders and Boys & Girls Clubs members
together for a meal, conversation and inspiration – is returning for its 45th year.
This year’s guest speaker is former NBA
star and Memphis Tigers standout Penny
Hardaway, who himself is an alumnus of
the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis.
Hardaway attended the Ira Samelson Jr.
Club, where, the club points out, “people still
remember seeing a sixth-grader in the gym
who could dunk on a 10-foot goal.”
The May 3 event begins with VIP reception at 6 p.m. followed by the Steak n’ Burger
Dinner at 7 p.m. at Minglewood Hall, 1555
Madison Ave.
Tickets and sponsorship opportunities
are available at bgcm.org.
– Kate Simone
Commercial Drone Expo
At University of Memphis
The University of Memphis and the
FedEx Institute of Technology will present
a Commercial Drone Expo to be held at the
U of M campus on April 9. The event will
highlight the commercial applications of
drone technology, showcase the uses for
the general public and facilitate a dialogue
on the positive applications of this emerging
technology.
The FedEx Institute of Technology, as a
national leader in innovative research and
the commercialization of technologies,
seeks the best in the industry to participate
in the 2016 Drone Expo in an effort to foster
the community of UAV commercialization.
The Expo is open to the public and to
anyone regardless of their background in
the technology.
The event begins at 8:30 a.m. and includes lunch and a keynote address from Dr.
Peter Fuhr, Distinguished Scientist of Energy
& Environmental Sciences, and Technology
Director for the Unmanned Aerial Systems
Research Center at Oak Ridge National
Laboratory.
Registration for the Commercial Drone
Expo is $50; students are free. Visit memphis.
edu/fedex/droneexpo for more information,
including details on becoming a sponsor.
– Don Wade
Southaven Chamber Buys
New Headquarters
The Southaven Chamber of Commerce
is moving to a new property at 500 Stateline
Road.
The Chamber has co-located with the
city of Southaven for nearly 20 years and
now will own and operate its own building
less than a mile away.
Carmen Kyle, executive director for the
Southaven Chamber, said that an increase
in membership led to a need for larger, more
versatile space.
The 3,600-square-foot building will
house a renovated conference room, business center and patio.
Jim Brown with Brown Properties represented the chamber in the purchase, and
Arthur Malkin of Malkin Management &
Investment Co. represented the seller.
F&F Construction is contracted for the
building renovations.
The Chamber expects to move by May
23.
– Madeline Faber
New State Process Targets
Unemployment Fraud
The Tennessee Department of Labor &
Workforce Development believes a recently
implemented measure to prevent unemployment-benefits fraud could save the state
millions of dollars in the first few months.
The department began using LexisNexis
InstantID in its unemployment insurance
claims process on Dec. 15. The program uses
identity analytics that combine billions of
public records and advanced linking technology to generate a knowledge-based quiz,
designed so only the true applicant would be
able to answer the questions.
In the past three months, more than
75,000 people have gone through the verification process, with 80 percent passing. Of
the 20 percent who failed, fewer than half
actually made contact with the department
to correct any issues.
There’s a possibility, the department
asserts, that those failing the verification
process but not making contact could could
have been attempting to file fraudulent
claims.
If that is the case, the potential cost savings for Tennessee’s trust fund could be as
high as $48.6 million in the first few months
of operation.
Unemployment insurance fraud is when
individuals knowingly collect benefits based
on false information. This may occur when
an individual continues to work, but reports
they are unemployed, or when someone files
a claim using a different identity.
– Kate Simone
UT-Martin Defeats Lady
Tigers in WNIT First Round
The University of Memphis women’s
basketball team did what the men’s team
could not do this year: reach the postseason.
But their time there was short-lived as
they lost 79-73 to UT Martin in a first-round
WNIT game on Thursday, March 17, at the
Elma Roane Fieldhouse.
The Tigers rallied from a 20-point firsthalf deficit to take the lead midway through
the fourth period, but was unable to hang on.
Memphis completes its 2015-16 season
with an 18-13 overall record. The Tigers
placed fourth in the American Athletic
Conference regular-season standings with
a 12-6 league mark.
UT Martin improved to 22-9 overall and
advances to play Western Kentucky in the
WNIT second round.
Asianna Fuqua-Bey led three Tigers in
double figures with a game-high tying 19
points. She added a game-best 13 rebounds
for her 10th career double-double. Brianna Wright and Ariel Hearn each added 17
points. Hearn also grabbed eight rebounds
weekly digest
and handed out four assists.
Fuqua-Bey finishes her career as one of
seven players in program history with 900
points (987) and 800 rebounds (823). Hearn's
total numbers wrap up at 1,945 points, 538
rebounds and 441 assists.
– Don Wade
Redbirds Begin 2016
Single-Ticket Sales
The Memphis Redbirds have begun
selling tickets for individual games in the
2016 season.
Fans can purchase tickets via the team’s
online purchase system atmemphisredbirds.com/tickets, over the phone at 901721-6000, or in person at the AutoZone Park
box office, 200 Union Ave.
Opening Night is Tuesday, April 7. Each
Tuesday is a King Cotton $1 Hot Dog Night,
Thursdays are College Nights, Saturday’s
are fireworks, and Prairie Farms Ice Cream
is featured on Sundays. Gildan Triple-A
National Championship tickets are also
available to purchase.
The Redbirds also offer two discounted
tickets to each active or retired military personnel that purchase tickets at the AutoZone
Park box office with a valid ID.
Box office hours for the 2016 season are
Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6
p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
For a complete 2016 schedule, visit
memphisredbirds.com/promotions or stop
by the Redbirds box office.
– Don Wade
Resource Development Manager
United Way of the Mid-South (Memphis, TN) seeks a Resource
Development/Fundraising/Relationship Manager (RDM) to help
us meet & achieve our mission and strategic focus. RDM should
be an energetic team player who can coordinate & implement
comprehensive relationship management/fundraising strategies
with individuals & priority companies. RDM has financial
targets centered around the annual campaign, special initiative
fundraising, Campaign Representative recruitment, sponsorship
fundraising, & response to custom giving interests that align
with United Way’s mission.
Required: A Bachelor’s degree in related field & minimum
2 years of successful & credible experience in a fundraising,
development, sales, communication &/or public relations
capacity with proven ability to create, grow and retain strong
customer relationships. Strong written/verbal communication
skills, including public speaking & presentation. A reputation for
teamwork and a can-do, solutions-oriented attitude. Advanced
computer skills incl. Google office tools (specifically email &
calendar), & Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
RDM spends over 50% of time out-of-office so reliable personal
transportation is required & essential. United Way of the MidSouth is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
To apply, please send a cover letter
and resume as a .pdf document to
[email protected]
6 March 25-31, 2016
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As a vice president for Bank of America,
Jill Crocker has witnessed the upheaval that
can occur when one financial institution takes
over another.
In her role as the chairman of the Urban
Child Institute (UCI) – she was elected to the
post in January – Crocker is involved personally in changing the culture of an organization
that recently came under heavy criticism for
issuing fewer grants while sitting on more
than $140 million in assets.
When she was installed as chairman,
Crocker pledged things would be different
sooner rather than later. This included the
UCI board approving a 5 percent annual
granting strategy that this year equates to
giving about $8 million to local organizations
to support children’s needs.
But Crocker also discovered there was
internal work to be done as UCI staff weren’t
sure what to expect next, especially when
there had been so much public criticism
aimed at former UCI president and CEO
Eugene Cashman, who announced his retirement in December, and at Dr. Hershel “Pat”
Wall, who subsequently resigned his position
as chairman.
“I knew one or two of the staff,” Crocker
said, “but I didn’t know all the people that are
the heart of Urban Child Institute. A transition, and you see it all the time in banking,
can be unsettling.
“But they were very open and excited to
share,” Crocker said, adding that they initially
met over coffee and doughnuts. “They’re a
committed staff, passionate. I think they just
wanted reassurance that we are committed to
what our goals are.”
In that way, UCI staff was no different from
the Memphis community at large or returning
board members such Meri Armour, who is
president and CEO of Le Bonheur Children’s
Hospital.
Armour says the way UCI operates cannot
be changed overnight, adding, “It has a long
way to go. But what Jill has done is create a lot
of clarity. It’s no longer a tight group of two or
three people who are making all the decisions.
At least what we’re doing now is creating a
transparent process.”
Dr. Henry Herrod, who already was part of
the hierarchy, followed Cashman as president
and CEO of Urban Child Institute.
Back in January, Crocker promised that
by the end of the first quarter they would
have identified many recipients of the approximate $8 million to be distributed. That
has happened.
The Urban Child Institute is a Section
509(a)(3) organization that carries out its exempt purposes by supporting other exempt
organizations; UCI was formed through its
charter to specifically support three entities:
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and
the University of Memphis. The charter also
allows support of other 501(c)(3) organiza-
JILL CROCKER
tions.
The three core organizations that UCI
supports each will receive approximately $2
million in funding this year; Crocker says her
own research revealed that none of those
organizations had received any funding in
several years.
“We do have that means to help the community,” she said. “We’ll have half of (the $8
million) going out to the community by April
15th.”
Armour says the money Le Bonheur is
receiving will support community programs,
including Nurse Family Partners and CHAMP
– an outreach effort for children with high-risk
asthma.
The funding for the University of Memphis
will include support for the Adverse Childhood (ACE) Prevention Project and early
childhood ACE awareness and a nursing ACE
initiative.
The money going to UTHSC will go toward
health disparities research in pediatric obesity
and newborn follow-up support and other
targeted projects.
Also, Crocker said, the Neighborhood
Christian Center will receive a grant for
$403,000; PeopleFirst, which is geared toward the “cradle-to-career pipeline,” will get
$155,000; and Books from Birth will receive
$50,000. There are also a variety of smaller
gifts of $25,000 or less that total $121,000.
Porter-Leath has not received funding
in recent years, but there is now a chance of
that changing.
“We’re certainly enthusiastic about even
getting the opportunity to engage with them,”
said Porter-Leath president Sean Lee. “We
don’t have anything committed to, but we’re
having productive conversations. I think what
we do aligns well with Urban Child Institute.”
Another criticism of UCI in recent years
has been that research did not always lead
to implementation and real-world help for
Memphis children. The CANDLE study, which
UCI started with UTHSC years ago, is a “rich
treasure trove of information,” Armour said,
adding, “The study needs to be expanded
to follow children a longer period of time –
kindergarten readiness, third-grade reading
level …”
Crocker likes the idea of following children, who entered the study while still in the
womb, all the way out to age 18.
Dr. Mary McDonald, a new UCI board
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March 25-31, 2016 7
L E G I S L AT U R E
De-Annexation Bill Amended But
Still Moving in State Legislature
Bill Dries
[email protected]
At week’s end in Nashville,
a bill to allow de-annexation by
referendum was still on the tracks
to passage. But there were significant differences in the Senate and
House versions as the Tennessee
Legislature heads for adjournment
for the year in early April.
A Senate committee considering amendments to the de-annexation bill amended it Wednesday,
March 23, to allow for de-annexation by referendum anywhere in
the state.
The amendment undoes a
primary tenet of the House version
that not all annexations are equal.
The five cities the House version applies to, including Memphis, are described as having
“egregious” annexations – a designation House sponsor Mike Carter
of Hamilton County defended
throughout most of the March 14
floor debate before the House approved the bill.
Cities written out of the House
version are back in the Senate
version, a move favored by Sen.
Ken Yager, R-Kingston, chairman
of the state and local government
committee.
The Wednesday committee
session in Nashville featured testimony from Memphis Mayor Jim
Strickland and the mayors of Knoxville and Chattanooga as well as
Sen. Bo Watson, R-Hixson, left, debates his de-annexation bill during
a session of the Tennessee Senate Monday, March 21, in Nashville.
At right is Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville. The Senate voted to send
the bill back to committee for review, delaying a Senate floor vote
at least until Thursday. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
AutoZone founder J.R. “Pitt” Hyde
and executives of First Tennessee
Bank – all opposed to the proposal.
The business leaders' appearance was organized by the Greater
Memphis Chamber, whose leaders
were in Nashville all week lobbying
against the de-annexation bill.
“Memphis is impacted by this
bill far greater than any other city,”
Strickland told the senators as he
talked of the city’s move to right
its financial condition. “Please
do not turn back the clock on our
progress.”
The criticism from Strickland,
Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero
and Chattanooga Mayor Andy
Berke appeared to do little to derail
passage of the bill in some form.
Senate Republican leader Mark
Norris of Collierville said he was
“troubled” by Strickland’s assumption that every annexed area eligible to hold a referendum would
vote to de-annex.
“Why do you jump to the conclusion … that everyone would
de-annex if given the right to vote?”
he asked.
“Frankly, it’s from experience,”
Strickland replied. “They would
jump at the chance for lower
taxes.”
Sen. Mark Green, R-Clarksville,
continually brought the discussion
back to the point that those annexed were never able to vote on
the annexation.
“When you think of a city just
going out and just on its own taking land from someone else – that’s
like Russia going in and taking
Poland and making it part of the
Soviet Union,” he said to Rogero.
“It was legal,” Rogero replied.
“The Legislature at that time considered that to be legal.”
“This body now finds it very
offensive,” Green answered.
He also likened the mayors'
position to Marie Antoinette's
purported statement “let them
eat cake.”
“It’s a statement that’s often
used when government demonstrates a complete disregard for
the will of the people,” Green said.
But Strickland argued that populations in some of the areas have
changed dramatically and that
sewer service extended in advance
of annexations made new development possible in those areas.
“There was a long period of
time that people saw it coming,”
he said. “The sewers were extended
to those areas with the idea that
they would be annexed. It was not
a surprise to anyone.”
“They never wanted to be annexed in the first place,” Green
replied.
First Tennessee president and
chief operating officer David Popwell said the bank opposes the bill
because it believes de-annexation
will “have a negative effect for
some time on the economy and
the growth in the economy via new
investment.”
“This bill is essentially a bill to
raise taxes on everybody in Shelby
County,” he said, meaning the loss
of revenues for the city of Memphis
will lead to a needed increase in
revenues by Shelby County government to provide services to
newly de-annexed areas.
The committee also approved
an amendment that makes those
de-annexed still on the hook for
bond debt from improvements the
city made in those areas while they
were annexed.
Senate sponsor Bo Watson
indicated an amendment might be
considered at the Tuesday, March
29, session that would deal with the
debt from city employee benefits
other than pensions that has been
a major issue with Strickland.
And the committee included
an amendment that would allow
the city of Millington to voluntarily de-annex an area within its
city limits without having to go
through a referendum. The lack of
voluntary de-annexation language
was a factor Monday on the Senate floor in Norris supporting the
move back to committee.
If the Senate approves an
amended bill, it would have to go
back to the House to reconcile the
two different versions.
H E A LT H CA R E
St. Jude, Expedia Team Up for Virtual Reality Experience
Andy Meek
[email protected]
The ad opens on a wide view
of horses charging across a sweeping vista. As a camera pans over
the scene, the voiceover from a
child is eventually heard. “I love
horses.”
The camera switches to a hospital room at St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital occupied by Kiara, who’s shown with toy horses
and coloring a picture of a horse.
She was being filmed as part of
a campaign launched by online
travel site Expedia, in partnership
with St. Jude.
She was about to go on a journey – virtually.
As part of its support for the
Memphis hospital for several
years running now, Expedia recently sent a team of employees
armed with a 360-degree camera and live-streaming technology around the world. The team
fanned out to Argentina, Miami
and Playa del Carmen in Mexico
to capture footage in real time –
footage that was projected live
onto the floor, walls and ceiling
of a four-wall, temporary virtual
reality installation at St. Jude.
Sara, an Expedia employee,
is shown with her backpack and
camera in Argentina as part of a
video Expedia prepared about the
project. This experience, she tells
viewers, allows her to bring Kiara’s
dream to her from thousands of
miles away. And that “hopefully,
she’ll feel as if she’s here in Argentina, on this adventure with
wild horses.”
Kiara can be seen eventually
being helped out of her wheelchair, tottering to one of the walls
and “petting” a horse on one of the
walls in front of her.
The immersive “Dream Adventures” experiences Expedia
put together also included a dinosaur dig and a voyage underwater, where schools of fish
and the sounds of bubbles and
underwater life made the patient
surrounded by it all feel, at least
for a moment, as if they weren’t
inside a hospital.
The nature of the campaign’s
technology certainly fit in with the
cutting-edge nature of the technology and facilities at St. Jude.
And because of the live nature of
the footage, each child was able
to talk to and interact with the
on-site trekkers beaming footage
to them.
Rick Shadyac, president and
CEO of St. Jude’s sister fundraising and awareness organization
ALSAC, said the hospital also is in
talks about possibly making the
temporary installation that was
built a more longer-term part of
the hospital.
“Expedia has been a dedicated, longstanding partner of
ours for more than five years,”
Shadyac told The Daily News.
“They’ve done some really incredible creative work for us already,
and when they presented this option to us, we were all blown away.
“This was a great intersection
of their business and our mission,
the way they brought these expe-
riences to life for these kids – to
allow them to be a kid, to explore,
to forget that they’re sick. It warms
my heart tremendously.”
Expedia has posted videos of
the different St. Jude experiences
at https://www.expedia.com/
dreamadventures. The travel
company also has links at that site
where Expedia users can donate
their accumulated points to the
hospital.
The Expedia+ rewards program gives points to travelers
based on each flight, hotel, car
or activity they book across Expedia channels. The points can
be redeemed for travel as well as
converted to a monetary value,
and as part of the campaign users
are encouraged to donate theirs
to St. Jude.
8 March 25-31, 2016
H E A LT H CA R E
Methodist Makes ‘Great Commitment’
to Memphis With Expansion
Andy Meek
[email protected]
Methodist University Hospital CEO Jeff Liebman sees the
$275 million that Methodist
Healthcare is investing into the
system’s flagship hospital as a
“great commitment” to Memphis.
“Planning for this been going
on for a year,” Liebman told The
Daily News, as the expansive
project Methodist announced
in December for his campus
– including the teardown of a
physician parking facility to make
room for a new parking garage – is
now well under way. “Other than
possibly St. Jude’s expansion,
over the next three to four years
we’re pouring more money into
the city than anyone else I know.
And whatever we eke out in terms
of bottom line, we pour that back
into the community.”
That new parking garage,
for example, which Methodist is
building at the hospital at 1265
Union Ave. will expand its total
parking by 100 spaces. Work on
that project is expected to be
completed by late fall.
The new garage also is part of
a larger master plan for the hospital that includes application for a
certificate of need to modernize
the facility. The additions and
changes include creating room
to bring services that are now
scattered throughout the hospital
into one centralized area to promote efficiency for medical staff,
patients and visitors.
Methodist’s board in December approved the filing of a
certificate of need for the master
campus plan. The hearing for
that approval from state officials
is expected to take place in May.
“Some of our buildings go
back to the 1950s, so we’re going
to build more modern rooms,”
Liebman said. “The campus itself
and the way to navigate it will also
be simpler.
“Right now we have seven
towers where we have clinical
activities, and we have outpatient
activities spread among them.
This plan creates one freestanding building and has almost
Work has begun to clear the way for a new parking structure at Methodist University Hospital. The renovated campus, when complete, will
make it easier to navigate the campus, officials say. (Memphis News/Andrew J. Breig)
all outpatient activities in one
building. It also allows us to bring
outpatient cancer activities closer
to our inpatient campus.”
The Memphis office of Turner
Construction was tapped to work
on the project at Methodist’s
campus. Turner is working with
HKS Architects Inc. and SelfTucker Architects on the project.
“We brought in a lot of out-
side people and also our own
internal people who know about
these things,” Liebman. “We
brought in architects to assess
the buildings and the useful life
of the buildings going forward.
We put that all together, and it’s
not that different when looking
at something like a house, where
you ask what’s worth sustaining,
is it worth keeping this kitchen
or not. …
“We asked, what makes sense
economically over the next few
decades and what are things that
would cost too much to maintain
the upkeep of building.”
Methodist’s expansion of its
campus, meanwhile, also comes
at a time of significant redevelopment happening elsewhere in the
surrounding Memphis Medical
Center.
The newly formed Medical
District Collaborative, which
held its inaugural board meeting
Feb. 1, is working on a sweeping,
unified plan for the area. Part of
that process involves generating
input from the district’s major
anchors, such as Regional One
Health, Methodist, the Memphis
Bioworks Foundation and others.
Medical District Collaborative
president Tommy Pacello told
The Daily News that Methodist is a key partner in that effort
on a number of fronts and that
participation from stakeholders
will help amplify the investments
they’re making in their own campuses and properties.
H E A LT H CA R E
Insure Tennessee Proponents Enlist
Billboards in Legislative Fight
Lance Wiedower
Special to The Memphis News
An effort to put pressure on
the Tennessee General Assembly
to consider Insure Tennessee
has made its way to billboards
across the state, including three
in Shelby County.
The billboards are meant to
pressure Tennessee Speaker Beth
Harwell, R-Nashville, to use her
“political clout” to send Gov. Bill
Haslam’s proposal through the
House.
“It’s a bipartisan issue that became partisan,” said Sally Smallwood, a co-founder of Citizens for
Insure TN. “We’re trying to take it
to its bipartisan start.”
The billboards began appearing across the state Monday,
March 21, including in Nashville,
Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Jackson, Clarksville, Cookeville, Murfreesboro, Tullahoma,
Billboard campaign launched in support of Insure Tennessee encourages House speaker to take action. (Submitted)
Elizabethton, Johnson City, Bristol and Kingsport.
Harwell didn’t immediately
respond to a request for comment from The Daily News, but
in a statement to The Tennessean
newspaper on Tuesday she said
Haslam decided against pursuing the implementation of Insure
Tennessee.
“As speaker, I cannot unilaterally bring it to a vote,” Harwell’s statement said. “All bills go
through the committee process,
and this has failed to receive the
support needed to advance.”
Citizens for Insure TN responded with a statement of its
own, stressing that “the leadership skills and influence of
Speaker Beth Harwell are essential to finding a solution on Insure
Tennessee.”
Insure Tennessee is a twoyear pilot program to provide
health care to Tennesseans who
don’t have access to insurance or
have limited options. Proposed
by Haslam to provide new health
care options to the state’s uninsured, the program would reward
healthy behaviors and incentivize
preventative care.
Insure Tennessee would use
federal Medicaid funding to expand coverage to an estimated
more than 200,000 uninsured
Tennesseans earning less than
138 percent of the federal poverty level. A January 2015 report
from the University of Tennessee
Center for Business & Economic
Research shows 400,000 Tennesseans are in the health care coverage gap, meaning they are not
eligible for TennCare and make
too little to qualify for coverage
under the Affordable Care Act.
The billboards are addressed
to Harwell, with four themes: a
construction worker, restaurant
server, veteran and a musician
that is displayed in Memphis and
Nashville. Those images aren’t
an accident; Citizens for Insure
TN say the typical workers in the
health care gap are in the hospitality, health care, food services
and construction industries.
All billboards include Harwell’s phone number.
“This is not to embarrass the
speaker but to get behind her,”
said Renee Frazier, retired CEO
insure tn continued on P32
March 25-31, 2016 9
HISTORY
‘Massacre in Memphis’ Author Says
1866 Riot Led to Radical Reconstruction
the city’s Irish working class, including the
police force which made up most of the mob
at the outset of the violence.
Black Memphians were “powerless to
resist,” Ash said, adding that no rioters were
ever prosecuted.
A confrontation just outside the city limits between four police officers and several
dozen black soldiers recently mustered out
of the service was the spark. The soldiers had
been disarmed when they mustered out of
the U.S. Army, but some of them had other
guns. When one of the soldiers fired a pistol
in the air, the police fired into the crowd of
soldiers igniting tensions that were already
present.
“It reminds us of something that we
often forget which is … the central role of
racism and racial violence in shaping our
nation’s history,” Ash said. “It brings to
light the experience of common people in
history.”
Ash said the witnesses whose accounts
were transcribed talked about more than
the events of three days in May 1866. They
also talked about their lives in slavery and
their newfound freedom. White citizens
interviewed also talked of their reaction to
that freedom.
“These witnesses – hundreds of them –
came from all walks of life,” Ash said. “Many
of these witnesses were poor and illiterate,
the kind of people whose voices are rarely
heard in the surviving documents we have
of the 19th century.”
The attention that followed the violence,
including the federal investigations, ended
one phase of Reconstruction and began
another. And another wave of violence that
followed ushered out Radical Reconstruction for an era of white supremacy and new
Jim Crow racial restrictions.
Bill Dries
[email protected]
When historian Stephen V. Ash went
looking for source material on that most
difficult of events to piece back together –
three days of mob violence in a 19th century
Southern city – he expected a challenge.
The May 1-3 Memphis massacre of 1866
is an event historians have always been
aware of. But outside of historians, it is not
a well-known story even in the city that will
mark its 150th anniversary in May.
But in the aftermath of the violence in
which 46 people died, many more were
injured and every black school and church
in the city was burned to the ground, there
were three federal investigations.
And it was in those reports that Ash, a
professor emeritus of history at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, found an
abundance of detail that fueled the research
at the heart of his book, “A Massacre in
Memphis.”
“The sources are so extraordinarily rich,”
Ash said. “It is, in fact, one of the best documented episodes of the entire century. …
Hundreds of witnesses, many of them testified at great length and in great detail. And
their testimony was recorded verbatim.”
Ash spoke last week at Rhodes College to
a standing-room-only crowd at the Bryant
Life Center, one in a series of events being
organized by Rhodes, the University of
Memphis and the Memphis Branch NAACP
commemorating the anniversary of the
massacre.
Rhodes College history professor Tim
Huebner speaks Tuesday, March 22, at the
Memphis and Shelby County Room of the
Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 3030
Poplar Ave. The program starts at 5:30 p.m.
The Harper’s Weekly illustrations in the wake of the 1866 Memphis massacre are the
only images of the three days of violence in which 46 people died and every black
church and school in the city was burned to the ground. (Harper’s Weekly; 26 May 1866)
Ash said historians have long understood that the massacre brought about
“Radical Reconstruction” – a heightened
federal oversight of the Confederate states
of the Civil War in which Congress took
control of the oversight from President
Andrew Johnson.
Ash’s book was published in October
and is garnering more attention as the anniversary nears.
The state historical marker to be unveiled in South Memphis on the May anniversary became an issue when the state
panel decided to use the phrase “race riot”
as well as “massacre” on the marker.
Ash is aware of the controversy and says
both terms are accurate.
“To me, it's a
dictionary definition
of a massacre.”
Stephen V. Ash,
Historian/Author
When asked about the two terms at
Rhodes, Ash directed the questioner to the
title of his book.
“To me, it’s a dictionary definition of a
massacre,” he added.
Ash also left no doubt that the rioters,
those who roamed the streets of the city
for three days shooting and clubbing black
citizens on sight, were almost exclusively
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R E A L E S TAT E R E C A P
Over $20M in Construction
Headed to Brewery District
Madeline Faber
[email protected]
Tennessee Brewery
Map data ©2016 Google
495 TENNESSEE ST.
MEMPHIS, TN 38103
PERMIT AMOUNT: $18.8 MILLION
OWNER: 495 Tennessee LLC
TENANT: Brewery Master Tenant
CONTRACTOR: Montgomery Martin
Contractors
DETAILS: More than $20 million in construction is headed to the Brewery District.
Montgomery Martin Contractors
has filed a pair of multifamily building
permit applications totaling $20.6 million for the renovation of the Tennessee
Brewery and the ground-up construction
of the nearby Wash House building.
Of the total, $18.8 million will go toward renovation of the historic Tennessee Brewery and construction of a new
six-story metal frame, according to one
of the applications. Located at 495 Tennessee St., the renovated structure will
have 58 units.
The other $1.8 million will go toward
the construction of the four-story wood
frame Wash House building. Located at
500 Tennessee St., the Wash House building will have 90 units.
Last month, Montgomery Martin
filed a $4.5 million construction permit
for a four-story parking garage.
According to the latest plans, the Bottle Shop garage, at 502 Tennessee St., will
have 358 spaces and will serve the public
as well as residents of the Brewery District’s four residential buildings.
2130 EXETER ROAD
GERMANTOWN, TN 38138
OWNER: CAP Germantown
TENANT: Shops related to Trader Joe’s
DETAILS: A $3.5 million building permit
application has been filed for the future
Germantown home of Trader Joe’s at 2130
Exeter Road.
The recent permit, which lists “shell
space for general retail,” is one of many
moving pieces at the northeast corner of
Poplar Avenue and Exeter Road.
According to earlier reports, the
Kroger at 2130 Exeter Road will be split
into three retail bays for a total of 46,500
square feet.
Trader Joe’s will be built as an outparcel on the site of the Kroger parking lot.
The to-be-constructed building will be
19,500 square feet, with Trader Joe's leasing 12,500 square feet of the space. While the recent building permit only
lists “Shops” as the tenant, it could be intended for Trader Joe’s construction because of its 12,500-square-foot size. CAP
Germantown is listed as the owner.
431 HIGHLAND STREET
MEMPHIS, TN 38111
OWNER: JHS Holdings LLC
TENANT: Char
ARCHITECT: Ledford Engineering
CONTRACTOR: Metro Construction
DETAILS: Steakhouse restaurant Char
is on track for its July opening with a $1.2
million building permit application recently filed with the city-county Office of
Construction Code Enforcement.
In December, the Daily News reported that the restaurateurs behind long-
standing Italian restaurant Amerigo were
bringing Char to Highland Row. The first
Char opened in Jackson, Miss., in 2001.
The space at 431 S. Highland St., at the
corner of Midland Avenue, will be 7,000
square feet.
JHS Holdings LLC is listed as the
owner with Metro Construction LLC as
contractor. Ledford Engineering is overseeing architecture, interior design and
engineering.
Memphis-based Poag & McEwan
Lifestyle Centers and Indiana-based Milhaus Development are behind the greater
$61 million Highland Row project.
1837 UNION AVE.
MEMPHIS, TN 38104
SALE AMOUNT: $1.3 MILLION
SALE DATE: March 11, 2016
BUYER: HRP Union-McLean LLC
SELLER: Tennvada Holdings
DETAILS: The mixed-use Midtown Market project at the southwest corner of
McLean Boulevard and Union Avenue is
moving forward.
In a March 11 warranty deed, Nevada-based Tennvada Holdings sold the
Artisan Hotel, at 1837 Union Ave., for $1.3
million, and the Towery Office Building,
at 1835 Union Ave., for $870,000.
Georgia-based HRP Union-McLean
LLC purchased both of the abandoned
properties.
Marietta, Ga.-based Harbor Retail
Partners and Memphis-based Belz Enterprises have plans to raze the buildings
and construct a $43 million apartment
complex anchored by a national gourmet
grocery store.
Since Belz announced the project
last October, it has garnered a 15-year
property tax freeze from the Downtown
Memphis Commission and a $4 million
Section 108 guaranteed loan through the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development.
R E A L E S TAT E
Elephant in South End Room Plans to Stay
Madeline Faber
[email protected]
In operation since 1969, Sugar
Services is one of the last vestiges
of the South End’s legacy as a
heavy industrial area. While the
factory has continued to process
bulk sugar into liquid sugar from
its site at 15 W. G E Patterson, at
the southeast corner of Tennessee
Street, developers attracted to
the South Main Arts District have
built condos and apartments on
either side.
The residential boom came
with the area’s designation as a
Bluff View Residential District,
under the umbrella South Central
Business Improvement District.
Because of Sugar Services’ longevity, it doesn’t have to abide by
the Unified Development Code’s
current zoning requirements for
the area, but does need to seek
approval for any changes to the
original property.
On March 23, Sugar Services
returned to the city-county Office
of Planning and Development to
ask for a variance from that zoning. The Board of Adjustment
approved the request, allowing
Sugar Services to demolish one
of its original buildings, which
is out-of-date and unused, and
construct a 13,000-square-foot
building to be used for storage
and processing.
Bulk sugar comes in to the
factory on railroad tracks that
surround the property, and the
product leaves on trucks.
Company president Dan Barton said he wants to renovate
the facility to pace with trends in
logistics.
“We're increasingly finding
we need trucks to come in and
deliver pallets of sugar, instead
of rail where it comes in on a bulk
basis,” he said. “Last year, we saw
300 trucks, a sign our business
was changing as far as how we
receive sugar, and we anticipate
that continuing in the future.”
The increase in truck traffic
was a touchy subject in public
opposition.
Sugar Services takes up 6 acres
in the South End and is bordered
by G E Patterson Avenue, Georgia, South Front and Tennessee
streets. Near the property are
residential developments like
the South Junction Apartments,
the Lofts at South Bluffs and the
Tennessee Brewery.
There are hundreds of living
units recently completed and
hundreds more still in the construction or planning process.
Decades ago, these developments were warehouses and rail
yards.
“We have a good feeling they'll
work with us on issues. It's hard
to summarize them, but it's ev-
erything that comes with having
a manufacturing and distribution
use in a neighborhood – truck
traffic, train traffic, noise, lighting,” said Alex Turley, vice president of Henry Turley Co., a real
estate company that developed
the southern part of Downtown
into the residential hotspot it is
today. Turley didn’t speak in favor
of or opposition to the project,
but instead called attention to
the complexities of allowing an
industrial user to continue operating in perpetuity while the
surrounding neighborhood goes
through immense change.
“It seems we have an opportunity as a community and
as a city to think of ways we can
cohabitate, coexist with an industrial manufacturing user that's
located in the middle of the fastest growing neighborhood in the
city,” he said.
Don Hudson, president of the
South Bluffs Homeowners Association, spoke against the project.
“We cannot deny that they
were there first, but they cannot
deny that they are now in a dense,
rapidly growing residential neighborhood,” he said.
He specifically drew attention
to the “inappropriate” truck traffic, citing an incident in recent
years when a Sugar Services
trucker driver lost control of a vehicle and hit a brick wall at South
Bluffs.
Barton agreed that he’s had
problems with his truck drivers
and said that he will add more
education about safety and courtesy for his employees.
The variance proposal passed
unanimously. Sugar Services
will complete the demolition
and construction this year with
Traditional Construction Co. as
contractor and Bray-Davis Firm
as surveyor on the project.
March 25-31, 2016 11
R E TA I L
Midtown’s Curb Market Opens Friday
Andy Meek
[email protected]
Several times a day for the
last two weeks, people have been
showing up at The Curb Market –
Midtown’s new market for locally
sourced meat, produce and dairy
products – and had to be turned
away.
That’s because the business,
which has replaced the former
Easy-Way at 596 S. Cooper St.,
doesn’t open until Friday, March
25. But that interest is reflective of
anticipation in the surrounding
community, says store manager
Pamela Rains, for a new grocery
option where shoppers can support local growers and vendors in
addition to buying quality, healthy
products – some of which they
can’t get elsewhere.
The store will carry things like
wild-caught shrimp from the Mississippi Gulf Coast; fresh, local produce from area growers; more than
a dozen cheeses from Tennessee
and Kentucky; fresh pasta from
Porcellino’s; and grab-and-go
wraps and homemade soups from
The Curb Market’s own kitchen.
Memphis businessman Peter
Schutt, owner of The Daily News
Publishing Co., owns the store
and said he chose Midtown partly
Owner Peter Schutt arranges produce in the wet rack at The Curb Market, which opens Friday. The
market is located on the old Easy-Way site and will offer locally grown, fresh and healthy food items.
because of its natural fit within
the concentration of local, healthy
food and restaurant options in the
immediate area. He also wants the
business to provide a boost for local farmers and growers looking
for an outlet through which they
can get some of their wares to the
public.
Signage throughout the interior helps make that point. “Supporting Agriculture - not Agribusiness,” reads one. “Be a Part of the
Local Memphis Food System,”
encourages another.
“The whole genesis was, for
local farmers, it’s hard to go to
individual restaurants and sell
your stuff,” Schutt said earlier this
week, as final preparations for the
March 25 opening were ongoing
and shelves were getting stocked.
“You may go to a farmers’ market
one day a week, but you can’t scale
up not having a retail buyer.”
The Curb Market name harkens back to the old Curb Market
that once thrived around Cleveland Street. That’s to help preserve
a sense of history at what had been
a Cooper-Young retail fixture for
decades.
Among the store’s other products, it will carry pastured beef
and pork from Winchester Farm,
Schutt’s 1,600-acre sustainable,
chemical-free farm on the outskirts of Dancyville, Tenn. There
will also be some vegan and gluten-free products.
Already this week, the store’s
shelves were filled with other products like local popcorn, soaps and
locally roasted coffee. It will also
carry healthy bologna, hot dogs
and four other sausages made
from Winchester Farm beef and
pork, all grass-finished and made
in the kitchen of Sweet Grass restaurant.
Lori Roper of Enlighten Lighting Design said the store will
include energy efficient LEDs, but
plenty of natural daylight to give
the space a kind of open, European
market feel.
Starting out, Rains said the
store will be open from 8 a.m. to
7 p.m. six days a week, closed on
Sundays. As the year progresses
and there’s a better sense of customer traffic, those hours could
expand slightly.
R E TA I L
Bella Vita Retail Store Opens ‘The Back Room’
Andy Meek
[email protected]
Stephanie Singley’s Collierville-based home interior and
design accessories shop Bella Vita
is celebrating its 15th year in business with a good problem to have.
The enterprise is busting at the
seams – maxed out on space with
a growing e-commerce presence
– and is preparing to expand. To
do that, Bella Vita is relocating the
warehouse, which has been the
go-to location for merchandise
that wouldn’t have had a home
in the retail store, and carving out
space within it for a new concept
called The Back Room.
The relocated warehouse is
moving from Chaney Drive in
Collierville to 7846 Trinity Road,
where it will occupy more than
10,000 square feet of space. Of
that, some 6,000 square feet will
be dedicated to The Back Room – a
home-styling concept from Bella
Vita specializing in furniture and
large accessories.
The new shop will be open to
all customers, offer consultations
by appointment and will feature collections of customizable
pieces, all curated by the Bella Vita
style experts.
“We’re maxed out on space
where we currently are, so the idea
we had was to expand on larger
items, larger-ticket items we can’t
currently fit in the store,” said Singley about The Back Room.
The idea behind the name is
that the new concept is a kind
of “back room” for her existing
store, but also a shop unto itself,
combining Bella Vita’s love for interiors and the product aesthetic
that it’s always been known for.
The Back Room space is under
construction now, with a grand
opening set for April 28. Business
hours will be Monday through
Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with
appointment options available.
Bella Vita is calling the new
space a “home-styling branch,”
one that’s full of large furniture
pieces that might get overshad-
On April 28, Collierville-based Bella Vita is opening a 10,000-squarefoot warehouse and showroom at 7846 Trinity Road in Cordova
called “The Back Room.” (Rendering courtesy of Becca Gaines)
owed by some of the wares of
the traditional Bella Vita store.
The Back Room will be the place
for pieces like iron-scrolled sideboards, painted wooden tables,
benches, chairs, accent tables
and more.
It’s a new retail chapter for
a businesswoman who started
her career as an entrepreneur
when she was 9. As a youngster
back then, Singley’s grandmother
gave her and two cousins $100
each and told them to grow that
money however they could over
the course of a year.
Singley decided to sell handmade jewelry, and at the end of
the year she’d raised $5,000.
For her business today, it of-
fers everything from canvas art
to pottery to decorative pillows,
furniture, towels and more.
“We’ve always been about
creating things for the beautiful
life,” Singley said. “We can do it for
homes, interiors, bridal registry – a
big concept is we have one-of-akind items. You’ll find pieces for
your home that not everyone will
have. And since we consider ourselves a high-end boutique, the
price point is a big deal for us.”
In other words, affordability
with an eye toward reaching bargain shoppers is not the name of
the game here.
“I’m on the road every month
of this year to get new product
for the store,” Singley says. “It’s
constant buying.
“I just love the challenge it
presents for me. I love the buying
of new products. I love the finds.
I love hopefully being able to offer
better service in town. There’s so
many angles of it. I love the rotation of product, that things change
so much.”
12 March 25-31, 2016
BEALE STREET
Beale Tourism Development Authority
Encounters Familiar Headwinds
Bill Dries
[email protected]
Somewhere near the beginning of the
Thursday, March 17, meeting of the Beale
Street Tourism Development Authority,
Caren Nichol talked about how unique
the entertainment district is because of its
cultural and historical importance.
“It has the longest, deepest and most
tumultuous history,” said Nichol, a member
of the authority that is a year old in May.
The sentiment included the last 30
years of the district’s revival and a desire
by Nichol to avoid adding new tumultuous
chapters to the story.
But a few minutes later, the group got its
first really good helping since its May 2015
start of the controversy that comes with
running Beale Street.
The authority has decided to reopen the
process for finding a manager for the entertainment district, putting off the selection
of a firm possibly until September.
In seeking new proposals until the
end of June, the authority voted to keep
proposals it has been reviewing from four
companies for several months and allow
The Beale Street Tourism Development Authority has decided to reopen the process
for finding a manager for the entertainment district, putting off the selection of a
firm possibly until September. (Memphis News File/Lance Murphey)
those companies to amend their proposals
if they wish.
But the leader of one of the four companies – the only black-owned entity of the
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March 17, that it is unfair to reopen the
process.
Dwain Kyles of the 21 Beale Street Inc.
group said the company’s proposal was
“head and shoulders” above the other three
proposals.
The other three companies that applied are: Capital Realty Services LLC of
Memphis, ML Professional Properties of
Memphis and Jones, Lang, LaSalle Americas Inc., a national company with offices
in Memphis and Nashville. JLL’s Charlotte,
N.C. office is the contact point for the company’s Beale Street proposal.
“I am in disbelief that our proposal was
found substantially lacking in any area,”
Kyles said. “I am extraordinarily and vehemently opposed to reopening this bid.
You’re not going to get a whole lot of new
people unless you go out and put them
together.”
Kyles’ partners in the venture and other
supporters were also at the meeting to object to adding what amounts to a second
round of the selection process, and to question the process.
Jeff Sanford, a consultant to the authority, said the process was reopened because
after a review of all four proposals and individual interviews with the four companies
there was a “reluctance” by the authority’s
search committee to select one of the four.
The authority said from the outset that it
was not obligated to just consider whoever
applied by the original Dec. 18 deadline.
And authority members said several times
they might ultimately reopen the process.
The original goal was to have a management firm in place for this summer.
Authority chairman Jason Wexler described the intent as: “Let’s move fast and
get this done and transition as quickly as
possible because that’s probably what’s in
the best interest.”
But there were second thoughts about
that as the proposals were analyzed.
“I think in our desire to make a speedy
transition that we may have not recognized
that we were really trying to make the best
possible transition,” Wexler said. “Our obligation as a board is first and foremost to
make Beale Street as successful as possible
for the city of Memphis.
“We do have some level of obligation to
the four applicants who did take the time
to submit properly and submit valid applications per the initial RFP (request for
proposal),” he added. “Ultimately, we’ve
got to be first and foremost responsible to
Beale Street.”
The hesitation is what the authority can
afford to pay given the manager will be paid
from revenues made in the district.
“There are financial problems with
some of the bids,” Nichol said. “We can’t
fund what some of the groups have asked
us to do because we don’t have the money.”
“You’re not going to get better people,”
Kyles told the authority. “If you do get
somebody, the price that you’re going to
pay is certainly going to be a whole lot
more.”
Interim Beale Street manager Paul
Morris said he “saw some gaps” in the
proposals and had “real serious questions
about each.”
Those questions could be resolved by
some or all of the applicants, he was quick
to add.
And the authority authorized Sanford
to talk with each of the four companies
separately about specific problems in their
proposals.
Kyles, a Memphis native who has
managed real estate and run nightclubs in
Chicago, wasn’t placated by the end of the
meeting. He talked at length with Downtown Memphis Commission president Terence Patterson afterward, with Patterson
saying on several points, “We’ll have to
agree to disagree.”
Kyles didn’t say he and his partners
were withdrawing from the process either.
But he noted that the authority didn’t
get a whole lot of takers to manage a district that is a unique challenge in its blend
of property maintenance, rent collections,
marketing and promotion.
It was a concern Sanford had early in the
process as he talked informally with firms
that inquired. Ultimately, more inquired
than the four who applied.
Kyles said it’s because the job is more
than a management job.
21 Beale Beale Inc. did more than talk
to the club and business owners renting
in the city-owned district. The group’s
proposal went to the heart of the district’s
struggle for authenticity that began in the
mid- to late 1970s with the formation of the
Beale Street Development Corp. – originally
intended to be a guardian of the street’s
history and culture.
In a city that was then governed by
a white mayor and a majority white city
council, the BSDC was the way to racial
inclusion and diversity. The BSDC’s original
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DOWNTOWN
Mural Sets Table for Redevelopment of 107 S. Main
Madeilne Faber
[email protected]
The long-blighted building at 107 South
Main is headed for active use and will see a
new mural by May 1.
At its March 16 meeting, the Center City
Revenue Finance Corp. approved to put
$10,000 toward a colorful mural designed
by Chicago artist Damon Lamar Reed.
Brett Roler, planning director for the
Downtown Memphis Commission, said the
group received proposals from 21 artists,
which is more than he expected considering the project’s low budget and short
turnaround.
The winning design focuses on a figure
carrying a guitar case across an abstract
cityscape. The stickers on the guitar case
feature prominent Memphians and historical tokens like the Lorraine Motel, the
Piggy Wiggly and Elvis Presley. The design
is still being finalized and the stickers will be
changed to have more female and AfricanAmerican representation.
In his submission, Reed said that his
design “shows the rich history of Memphis
in a way that even a toddler could enjoy.”
The mural will be done with acrylics
with the guitar case stickers prepared ahead
of time on a material called pellon. The onsite process will take about five days with
the target of having the mural ready for
Memphis in May.
The preliminary design from Chicago artist Damon Lamar Reed features Memphis
staples. The mural will be installed at 107 S. Main St. by May 1. (Submitted)
At the meeting, DMC president Terence
Patterson said this is one of the first projects
he’s worked on since taking the position
in January. He intends to keep the other
proposals in a database for several future
mural projects.
“There may be some other parts of
Downtown that could use something like
this to transform a block on a temporary
basis until we get some larger development
projects,” he said. “These are the types of
projects, not high investment dollars necessarily, that can make a difference.”
The mural process is similar what was
done last year with the Sterick building,
one of Memphis’ most notably empty skyscrapers. Both buildings have been targets
of DMC anti-blight initiative and have used
murals as stopgaps on the way to redevelopment.
Like what will be achieved with the 107
South Main mural, the Sterick mural was
installed on plywood so as not to damage
the historic building’s exterior.
While future development of the Sterick
building is still in question, the new ownership of 107 South Main is interested in doing
something with the building within the next
year or two.
The new owner, Suna Investments, pur-
chased the 34,200-square-foot building for
$720,000 in late 2015. Redevelopment is on
hold while Suna focuses on converting the
historic Winchester Building at 179 Madison
Ave. into a boutique hotel.
While South Main has flourished with
restaurants and residences over the past
17 years as part of the Center City Commission’s South Main Demonstration Block
initiative, 107 South Main continued to
deteriorate.
Last year, the protracted battle picked
up steam when the city and the DMC filed
a suit against property owner Allan Long in
General Sessions Environmental Court. In
an out-of-court agreement, Long agreed to
stabilize the roof.
Suna is contributing $5,500 to prep
the building for the mural. Roler said their
cooperation gives him faith that the new
owners are more than speculators.
He added that the motivation for the
mural project was to signal to the community that change is coming to 107 South
Main.
“I think it would be a powerful statement to Downtown residents to see the
building transformed into an asset, at least
temporarily,” Roler said.
At the CCDC meeting, Patterson said
that repurposing the building is the ultimate
goal. But in the short term, he’ll recognize
success when the mural becomes a popular
“selfie spot” along South Main.
ARTS
2016 Midtown Opera Festival Kicks Off April 1
Andy Meek
[email protected]
Opera Memphis general director Ned
Canty, a hardcore fan of the art form,
has nevertheless been
keen to see the Midtown
Opera Festival slowly
morph into something
more.
Canty reached the
five-year mark as Opera Memphis’ general
director in January, and CANTY
one of the things he’s been encouraging is
the expansion of his organization’s yearly
festival into more of, well, a festival. An
arts-filled extravaganza with, yes, opera
as a centerpiece but also one that brings a
smorgasbord of other artistic forms each
year to Midtown.
That’s certainly the case with the 2016
Midtown Opera Festival, set for April 1-10 at
Playhouse on the Square. On the docket this
year is a lineup of chamber operas, musical
theater, panel discussions, dinner and preshow talks, ballet and late-night cabarets.
“As we move forward with our plan to
bring a robust arts and cultural festival to
Midtown, with opera remaining at the helm,
we believe this year’s events have set us
up to continue with that expanded artistic
goal,” Canty said.
Last year, he told The Daily News, the
festival included operas, as well as a play,
a ballet, a burlesque performance and
a chamber music concert, among other
things. Headlining this year’s event are two
French operas with Spanish influences –
love stories packed with plenty of drama.
The “Tragedy of Carmen” will have two
shows, on April 1 and April 9, both nights at
8 p.m. “L’heure espagnole,” set in Toledo,
Spain, will be performed April 2 at 8 p.m.
and April 9 at 6 p.m.
About the casts in the festival’s two
featured operas, Canty said they’ll “blow
guests away.”
Among other events set as part of the
upcoming festival is Opera Takes Flight,
presented by High Expectations Aerial Arts.
It’s scheduled for April 2 at 9:30 p.m., and it
will combine a dazzling show from aerialists, dancers and high-flying acrobats that’s
described as “cirque meets opera.”
Ignite Memphis’ first-ever arts-focused
event is also coming to Playhouse during
the festival week. It’s a new version of the
popular “Ignite Memphis” series of events,
held regularly at popular hotspots around
the city, during which a group of participants make quick-hit presentations on lots
of different topics.
It will be held April 4 from 7:30 p.m. to
10 p.m. And this time around, participating
speakers will focus on artists and supporters
of the arts in Memphis.
On April 7, “Sweet Airs That Give Delight: Shakespeare in Song,” will feature
bass-baritone Dan Mobbs performing
song and opera at the Beethoven Club in
Midtown. Set for 7:30, the event will mark
the 400th anniversary of the Bard and honor
his stories, characters and more.
Individual tickets for the pre-show
meals and talks, stage productions and
other events range from $10 to $55. Festival
passes providing access to all festival operas, partner events, pre-show meals, and
free drinks are available for $96.
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Before and after festival events, guests
can meet and mingle in the Festival Lounge,
where bartenders will be mixing signature
cocktails. For complete details about the
Midtown Opera Festival, including the
opportunity to buy tickets, visit www.operamemphis.org.
Founded in 1956, the now 60-year-old
opera organization, in addition to its offering of world-class productions, has earned
widespread acclaim for its approach to arts
education and civic engagement. Those efforts now reach more than 40,000 children
and adults each season.
14 March 25-31, 2016
S TAT E G O V E R N M E N T
CARA GREENSTEIN
GUEST COLUMN
Food as the
Crossover
Last week, upon experiencing SXSW in
my old stomping grounds of Austin, I listened, networked, and ate far more in one
concentrated period than I ever thought possible. The sights and tastes were exhilarating,
and the opportunities were empowering.
Among panels on technology insights
and digital engagement strategies, one session titled “Culinary Innovation: Tracking
Food Trends” specifically stuck with me.
I was personally motivated by my food
blog Caramelized to enter this Downtown
Austin ballroom versus the other 40 panels
that morning, though my intention to draw
Memphis parallels pushed me into a deeper
conversation.
Lucie Greene, worldwide director of J.
Walter Thompson Intelligence, thoughtfully presented her findings and visions for
innovative trends in the food and beverage
industry. With pen in hand, I was eager to
scribble down the “aha” moments to share
upon my return.
Notably, Greene stated that research
shows millennials spend more on food than
anything else. This finding was no surprise
considering my current spending habits. I
wrote it down anyway.
Greene next stated that now, more than
ever, food is serving as the ultimate cultural
crossover, offering a convergence with other
well-followed trends such as fashion, beauty,
health, sports, and music. Food obsession
is no longer a niche; rather, it’s a mass behavior.
The crowd of 500 was infatuated. I was
perplexed.
Is this trend new for Memphis? No. It’s
an old ritual, like a coveted index card from
our grandmother’s recipe box studded with
splattered sauces and spice smears. We’ve
translated that ritual into gems like Andy
Ticer and Michael Hudman’s Southern Italian standouts, Kelly English’s homegrown
Cajun cooking and Wally Joe’s unmatched
Asian-Southern fusion.
I do not believe our city is defined by
food, though a Canadian conference attendee defined Memphis as “barbecue
sauce” upon my asking for his perspective.
Memphis’ flavors and the accompanying authenticity and hospitality, however, enhance
and enliven the fabric of our city. Food serves
as the binding element, the ingredient that
reveals a resonant, familiar flair far beyond
any urban or suburban market’s “trends” of
the moment.
Sure, Bon Appetit editor in chief Adam
Rapoport deserves his national recognition
for the March “culture” issue, boasting
food’s parallels to platforms from millennial
dialect to travel, tech and novels.
However, I am confident that Memphis
has been the unrecognized model for the
appreciation for and association with food.
We value a meal, and we value what goes
behind it. Perhaps we’re almost so comfortable that we take the ritual – or trend – for
granted. Let’s own it.
Cara Greenstein leads public relations at
DCA and is the founder of Caramelized, an
award-winning food and lifestyle blog.
Tenn. House Passes Shakeup
Of Tennessee College Boards
Erik Schelzig
The Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Republican
Gov. Bill Haslam's proposal to remove
four-year public universities from the
Board of Regents system and give them
their own boards won approval Thursday
in the Tennessee House.
The governor has said it would give
the Tennessee Board of Regents a single
focus in guiding the state's 40 two-year
schools, as he continues trying to boost
graduation rates in the state. But several
members expressed misgivings about excluding a student vote on the new boards
and concerns that the change could breed
unhealthy competition for state funding
among the schools.
The House ultimately voted 71-19 to
pass the bill.
Haslam's plan calls for creating local boards for Austin Peay in Clarksville;
East Tennessee in Johnson City; Middle
Tennessee in Murfreesboro; Tennessee
Tech in Cookeville; Tennessee State in
Nashville; and the University of Memphis. Those boards would control budgets, tuition and the selection of college
presidents.
Board of Regents Chancellor John
Morgan in January announced his resignation in protest of the Haslam plan.
Morgan called it "unworkable" and contrary to efforts to enhance oversight and
accountability in higher education.
Republican Rep. Bill Dunn of Knoxville said he supported removing the six
universities from the Regents system
because the current setup provides a
"situation where we have a board that's
set up to try to run herd over institutions
that have very little in common."
The bill is scheduled for a vote in the
Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday,
its last hurdle before a full floor vote.
Several members chafed at a provision giving the governor power to appoint the board members at each of the
universities, and worried that some of the
higher-profile schools would fare better
with their own boards than others. House
Majority Leader Gerald McCormick,
R-Chattanooga, said those concerns
influenced his decision not to carry the
measure on behalf of the Haslam administration.
But McCormick said he has been reassured by Haslam that he would consult
with lawmakers to ensure strong boards
would be appointed for each school and
that he would work to avoid competing
lobbying efforts by each institution for
state dollars and construction projects.
Those assurances will only last until
Haslam leaves office in 2019, McCormick
said.
"We don't know who the next governor is, so we need to look into the future,"
he said.
McCormick said he plans to propose
legislation next year removing the gov-
ernor's power to appoint the executive
director of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, which would oversee
the six independent four-year schools
under the bill.
Democratic lawmakers said Haslam's
bill would give the governor the power to
stack boards to favor his plan to privatize
more services on campus, and worried
that historically black Tennessee State
would be at a disadvantage under the
new system.
The chamber rejected a proposal
by Rep. Jon Lundberg, R-Bristol, to give
voting power to the student member on
each school's board. Republican Rep.
Ryan Williams, R-Cookeville and the bill's
main sponsor, turned back that proposed
amendment, arguing against "giving voting privileges to an 18-year-old who has
no professional development."
Several members noted that the
University of Tennessee system gives the
student representative a vote.
"I think it's fitting that someone that
can fight and die for their country is
mature enough to vote on the board,"
said Rep. Art Swann, R-Maryville. "And
we set the board up for the benefit of the
students, not for the benefit of the other
members of the board."
Copyright 2016 The Associated Press.
All rights reserved. This material may
not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.
Assessing Your Grant Management Process
Grant funds are a major source of revenue for many nonprofits. Grant awards
are heralded with public fanfare. Gaining – or losing – a grant can have critical
implications. Is the grant management
process at your organization as proactive
as it could be? Consider these two groups
of questions as you review your process.
Deciding to apply. Who decides if a
funding opportunity should be pursued?
Does the chief development officer and
chief executive officer know who is submitting proposals or are they surprised
after the fact? Are proposals strategically
aligned with your institution’s priorities?
What is the process for suggesting a grant
be pursued? Is it a responsive process, or
does it “take forever”?
Does the availability of funding define
your organization, or do your defined
strategic directions drive your fundraising?
Related to this, are your nonprofit’s priorities clearly communicated to all parties?
For example, you may have a program
manager with great vision, creativity,
energy and connections. Should she be
“allowed” to pursue funding opportunities
that would grow her program area even if
MEL & PEARL SHAW
FUNdraising Good Times
it is not an organizational priority?
When it comes to the work of submitting a competitive proposal, who will
define the scope of work, encourage partnership, create the budget and provide
the required data and research? What if
there are budget gaps, or a matching funds
requirement? Who has final approval of
the proposal and for resolving related
implications? How are these coordinated
in a timely manner?
If you are funded. Once you receive
a grant, who will ensure the program is
managed according to the scope of work
and budget submitted with the grant? Who
has signatory approval on expenditure
of funds? What is the communication
process between those who implement a
grant-funded program and those in “upper management”? Who is responsible for
reporting on grant progress and ensuring
the funds are appropriately used?
There will be reports to file on time and
with accurate information; is the technology infrastructure in place to meet reporting requirements? Is there coordination
across departments? Does the organization have the resources to implement the
grant? Without proper management you
could end up with unexpended funds,
or with expenditures deemed ineligible
under the terms of the grant. If the grant
doesn’t cover all the costs associated with
the scope of work you could end up with
a liability you cannot meet. Will the grant
manager be required to fundraise for additional funds?
Finally, at some point in time funding
will end. Make sure your process includes
identifying replacement funding.
Take the time to review your process
and ensure it meets your organization’s
needs throughout the life of a grant.
Mel and Pearl Shaw, owners of fundraising consultancy firm Saad&Shaw,
can be reached at 901-522-8727 or saadandshaw.com.
March 25-31, 2016 15
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Roadmap to Attacking Blight Awaits
City and County Approval
Madeline Faber
[email protected]
Blighted properties, overgrown lots and abandoned buildings are not unique to Memphis.
But Memphis is the only city with
a blight elimination charter that
affirms cross-sector commitment
to uproot the causes of blight and
prevent further decline.
On March 17, a 35-person
steering committee introduced
the Blight Elimination Charter, a
23-page document designed by
national experts and local municipal and development leaders.
The initiative is spearheaded
by Neighborhood Preservation
Inc., a nonprofit led by attorney
Steve Barlow and developer Archie
Willis.
Two nationally renowned
blight abatement experts, Joe
Schilling with the Urban Institute,
and Kermit Lind with the Cleveland Marshall College of Law, have
worked to draft the charter over
the past year and a half.
A document can’t repair the
decades of economic decline,
crime and poverty linked to Memphis’ blight epidemic, but it does
unite the fragmented efforts of
the past decade in bringing about
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland, along with Shelby County Mayor
Mark Luttrell, told the crowd gathered at a local blight summit that
their municipalities will no longer tolerate blight. (Memphis News/Andrew J. Breig)
policy and cultural changes.
At the kickoff event held at the
University of Memphis Cecil C.
Humphreys School of Law, nearly
150 people gathered to bring in the
next chapter of Memphis’ flight
against blight.
The first step in that fight is
a cultural change. With nearly
13,000 identified blighted properties, dilapidation has become another part of Memphis’ landscape.
“The existence of blight is so
prevalent it seems normal,” explained Lind.
“Memphis is among places
where the culture of blight has
deep roots,” added Schilling. “People have become numb to seeing
blighted properties, and out of fear
or frustration, it is being ignored.”
At the meeting, Memphis
Mayor Jim Strickland and Shelby
County Mayor Mark Luttrell said
their municipalities will no longer
tolerate a culture of blight.
“We are 100 percent committed to the charter,” Strickland said.
With that support, the next step for
the charter is securing the formal
endorsement of Memphis City
Council and the Shelby County
Commission.
Several members of the steering committee will continue on
with the project as part of an action team to form in the spring.
The first agenda item will be coming up with short- and long-term
strategies to breathe life into the
charter.
Barlow’s vision is that the
charter act as a living document
that affirms commitment and
accountability, but can change to
meet Memphis’ needs.
The charter’s vision statement
reads, “Every neighborhood in
Memphis and in
Shelby County has the right to
be free from the negative impacts
and influences caused by vacant,
abandoned, and blighted properties.”
And its 10 core principles include:
• Acknowledge that blighted
properties in Memphis neighborhoods harm the whole city
and the region.
• Understand that blighted
properties are more than just
a matter of appearance – they
reflect complex underlying
economic and social chal-
lenges.
• Demand collaboration and
strong leadership across all
sectors, organizations and
initiatives.
• Expand information systems,
capabilities and capacities
to ensure better data driven
decision-making.
• Develop a policy system that
continually adapts and refines
its policies, procedures and
programs.
• Initiate strategic proactive
interventions and investment.
• Engage and empower the
community in neighborhood
stabilization and revitalization
activities to address blighted
properties.
• Encourage a new culture of
care and renewal through a
mix of incentives and penalties.
• Link blighted property remediation policies and programs
with Memphis’ land use, community development, and economic development plans and
relevant regulations, codes
and development processes.
• Position Memphis as a national leader for developing
innovative blight elimination
solutions.
R E S TA U R A N T S
Fuel Cafe Adding Food Truck, Changing
Menu As TV Series Filming Hikes Demand
Madeline Faber
[email protected]
“Million Dollar Quartet”
means major dollars for some
Memphis businesses.
Erik Proveaux, owner
of local restaurant
Fuel Café, has been
tapped to do on-site
catering for the TV
series about the birth
of rock’n’roll. To meet the
increased demand, he’s making
some changes to streamline his
home base at 1761 Madison Ave.
“It’s like I’m going from a really
small operation to five to 10 times
the business all of a sudden,” he
said.
In February, the state of Ten-
nessee approved a grant of up to
$4.3 million to incentivize production of “Million Dollar Quartet,” a
TV mini-series to air on Viacom’s
CMT Network.
Shooting kicks off April 4 and
will continue for the
next three and a half
months.
According to
Tennessee economic
development officials,
the production is expected to
bring $10 million in wages and $7
million in vendor sales.
And that economic impact is
changing the game for small business owners.
Since he opened Fuel Café
almost six years ago, Proveaux has
expanded his brand of elevated
Americana fare to a popular food
truck and a catering operation,
which specializes in on-location
catering for movies, TV shows,
bands and commercials.
But with 120 to 160 cast and
crew expecting multiple meals a
day, this is the largest film contract
Proveaux has landed.
Initially, he thought he would
have to close down the brick-andmortar restaurant while he focused on “Million Dollar Quartet.”
Instead, he’s changing the
menu and make-up of the restaurant. Depending on how it goes
over, those changes could stay
indefinitely.
That means paring down the
menu to just serve veggie burgers,
bison burgers, grilled cheese sand-
wiches, fries, salads, chili, beer and
something new to the café – tacos.
If it’s a warm day at the Memphis Farmers Market, several
dozen people will wait in line for
tacos from the Fuel Truck.
“I’m always getting people asking me when we’re getting tacos at
the café,” Proveaux said.
Lunch and dinner menus will
be identical, and Proveaux is
weighing keeping the café open
through the afternoon instead of
closing down between lunch and
dinner.
Instead of table service, the
café will move to a model where
people order at the counter and
have their food delivered.
“It will be casual like the food
truck, but a little bit more because
people can sit down and have a
beer,” he said.
Springtime is the busy season
for food trucks, so Proveaux is
purchasing a second truck to keep
up momentum while he’s on set.
“I figured the food truck and
catering are both things that I've
done over the years – way more
than I've done the restaurant even,
and it seems to be well received
in town. So I'm hoping to keep it
going and have two trucks working
simultaneously,” he said.
The restaurant will be closed
between March 28 and April 2
while the staff shifts gears. On April
4, the new phase of the restaurant
will open and Proveaux will pack
up the truck for the first day of
shooting.
16 March 25-31, 2016
POLITICS
L AW & T H E C O U RTS
Bartlett Judicial
Races Shifted To
August Ballot
Expungement Fees Under
Fire On Several Fronts
Bill Dries
Bill Dries
[email protected]
The two municipal judges in Bartlett learned
this week that they have races to run on the August
ballot, not the November ballot they were scheduled to run on.
The addition of two races to the Aug. 4 Shelby
County ballot comes two weeks before the April 7
filing deadline for the nonpartisan local races as
well as the state and federal primary contests.
The change is because Bartlett’s municipal
judges have status as general sessions court judges.
Earlier in the filing period, the Shelby County
Election Commission’s list of races in 2016 included
none of the Shelby County Schools board races that
are on the ballot, either. They were added well before candidates began pulling qualifying petitions.
With two weeks to the filing deadline, 70 qualifying petitions have been pulled for positions on
the Shelby County ballot.
But candidates had filed only 15 of those petitions with the Shelby County Election Commission
by Wednesday, March 23.
Shelby County Schools board incumbents
Stephanie Love and Scott McCormick have joined
school board chairwoman Teresa Jones in pulling
qualifying petitions for re-election.
So far, Jones remains unopposed for her District 2 seat.
Love has a potential challenger in District 3
where Coby Smith has pulled a petition.
McCormick has a potential challenger in District 5 from Aaron M. Prather who has a petition out.
And Rhonda Munn Banks has pulled a qualifying petition for the District 7 school board seat, the
position currently held by school board member
Miska Clay-Bibbs.
The nine-member school board has staggered
terms, with four seats on the ballot this year and
the remaining five in 2018.
The race with the most filing action so far is the
Republican primary in the 8th Congressional District where four of seven contenders with petitions
out in Shelby County have filed them.
They are: state Sen. Brian Kelsey, former U.S. Attorney David Kustoff, Shelby County Register Tom
Leatherwood and businessman David Maldonado.
The 8th district includes Jackson, Tenn., and
rural West Tennessee with even more contenders
filing in those parts of the district as well.
Republican incumbent Stephen Fincher announced in February he would not seek re-election
to the 8th Congressional District.
None of the five Democrats in Shelby County
who have pulled petitions for the 8th District race
had filed as of Wednesday morning, according to
the election commission.
All 16 Shelby County incumbents whose seats
in the Tennessee Legislature are on the August
primary ballot – 14 state representatives and two
state senators – are expected to file for re-election.
All have qualifying petitions out.
Nine of the 16 have no potential opposition
so far.
The August ballot also includes a general election race for General Sessions Court Clerk between
Democratic incumbent Ed Stanton and Republican
challenger Richard Morton.
Stanton won the March Democratic primary for
clerk, beating challenger William Stovall. Morton
ran unopposed in the March Republican primary
for clerk.
[email protected]
It’s become a rallying cry in the
movement for changes in the local
criminal justice system – raising private
money to pay the $450 expungement
fee to wipe away the criminal records
of those convicted of single, non-violent
offenses who have stayed out of trouble
for five years.
The dollar total is not a single fee
but two fees – a filing fee of $350 and
another $100 fee to the clerk whose office handles the expungement.
And the money is a small revenue
stream set up by state law that is split
five ways.
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland
hosted a fundraiser at Hattiloo Theater
Monday, March 21, that raised $55,000
in private donations for an expungement fund he started.
“It’s a hurdle that’s too high,” Strickland told a group of several hundred
who gathered in the lobby of the Overton Square theater.
Strickland proposed a privately
funded expungement fee treasury of
sorts during his 2015 run for mayor as
he talked of getting tougher on violent
crime but offering alternatives to nonviolent offenders.
He hopes to grow the fund to wipe
out a waiting list of 100 the District
Attorney General’s office has of those
eligible for expungement who have
applied but don’t have the fee.
“If we can wipe out the waiting list
then we’ll have money as they walk in
and they won’t have to wait,” Strickland
said.
The Just City reform group is also
building an expungement fee fund. Kerry Hayes was among leaders of Just City
who attended Strickland’s fundraiser.
“If there’s a way we can work together and help even more people, we
are thrilled for the opportunity,” Hayes
said of the two efforts.
Strickland said there is no competition between the two groups.
“We are all rowing the boat in the
same direction,” he said.
Hayes is uncertain about the end
of a waiting list for expungement, but
there are efforts in the state Capitol to
do away with the fee entirely or at least
reduce it.
“The need for the fund is because
the fee that’s required is so onerous.
$450 is by order of magnitude the largest fee that exists on the Shelby County
court fee schedule,” Hayes said. “If we
can work legislatively to lower that fee
or eradicate it altogether, which we are,
maybe the fund becomes redundant
and we can apply these funds some
other way.”
Memphis Democrat Raumesh
Akbari is the House sponsor of a bill
that would reduce the $350 fee for the
expungement of criminal records by
Two local funds are raising money to pay the $450 expungement fee for nonviolent offenders to clear their criminal records. Meanwhile, there is a proposal
in the Tennessee Legislature to reduce the fee by $100. (File)
$100, but keep the $100 clerk’s fee for
expunging records.
The $100 fee is controlled by a different statute.
Akbari’s bill
applies to the
expungement of
criminal convictions, not diversion agreements
where there is a
different kind of
plea by a defenAKBARI
dant.
The bill, sponsored in the Senate by
Maryville Republican Doug Overbey,
comes with a fiscal note of $417,200.
That’s how much revenue state and
local government entities would lose
by the original estimate of doing away
with the entire fee.
Akbari is meeting with Tennessee
Gov. Bill Haslam and his administration to find ways to make up for the
partial loss in revenue in Haslam’s final
budget, which is the legislature’s last
piece of business before adjournment
for the year.
The $350 “filing” fee is split five
ways.
The largest amount of each fee,
$145, goes to the state’s general fund.
Another $130.50 goes to the District
Attorneys Expunction Fund; $50 to the
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation;
$14.50 to the Public Defenders Expunction Fund; and $10 to the court clerk
who collects the fee.
The share to the court clerk is in
addition to the separate $100 clerk’s fee
also collected.
“Those were the numbers that the
different groups involved … said they
needed to get things accomplished to
be able to do the research to actually
determine if a person is eligible,” Akbari
said. “But there is a large portion of that
money that just goes to the state’s general fund. And that is the portion that I
am trying to have taken out.”
The state general fund revenue
generated by the fee is $134,000 a year.
The Public Defenders group has
agreed to waive its portion of the revenue, which is $13,400.
With a roll back of some sort, Akbari
hopes to continue the discussion about
whether the reduced fee is what is required to pay the administrative costs
of an expungement.
“I’m hoping this will pass and we
can reduce it even more,” she said. “The
comptroller’s office is not currently
tracking if it actually costs the entity the
amount that they are charging.”
But the state’s Administrative Office
of the Courts has just begun a three-year
study of the cost of expungements.
March 25-31, 2016 17
SMALL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT
Angel Care Clinic Takes Holistic
Approach to Treating Animals
Lance Wiedower
Dr. Kathy Mitchener’s philosophy on treating animals is pretty
simple.
More than just treating an
illness or pain, she believes in a
holistic approach to medical care.
In 2004, she opened Angel Care
Cancer Clinic for Animals, and in
2014 she added Angel Care Natural
Healing and Acupuncture for Pets.
Both practices allow her to
provide care to all animals dealing
with cancer, as well as other ailments that need a natural healing
approach.
Treating pets with cancer,
she’s seen her share of sad days.
Consoling someone who is facing
the final days of a beloved dog’s
life is never easy. But Mitchener
has also seen plenty of rewarding
days when she’s helped extend a
geriatric patient’s life.
In both instances, though, she
saw so many animals treated with
chemotherapy and radiation that
were already too weak to handle
the poison of those treatments.
“As I treated patients I became
disenchanted by the strategies
we have for cancer care – poison,
radiation to help these pets,” she
said. “A friend suggested I add
another tool to help patients that
wouldn’t be quite so toxic. He said
try acupuncture or alternative
therapy.”
Angel Care Clinic's Dr. Kathy Michener during an acupuncture
treatment with Georgia, a 12-year-old bulldog with mobility issues.
Mitchener took a course in
acupuncture, and said it became
clear to her that there is more to
the full treatment than just medication. She integrated acupuncture into her treatment plans and
in 2007 slowly began looking for
a location to add a more focused
clinic. She opened the Angel Care
Natural Healing and Acupuncture
for Pets clinic in Oakhaven in June
2014 where, in addition to acupuncture, various therapies and
rehabilitation, underwater treadmill work, massages and strengthening work is offered to pets.
Her hope was to provide a facility where animals can be nurtured
and healed in a calming environment. When the pets and owners
feel better about the environment,
the treatments will be more effective and holistic, she said.
Mitchener and her staff look
at what a general practitioner
puts a patient on and works with
that. It might include incorporating medications into a program
that contains core strengthening
exercises.
Mitchener graduated from the
University of Tennessee College
of Veterinary Medicine in 1985. A
short stint in private practice was
followed by a residency in oncology and internal medicine at the
university.
That residency came when one
of Mitchener’s mentors told her
the university had some money to
start a program in internal medicine and oncology.
“I didn’t decide oncology. It
chose me,” Mitchener said. “My
first thinking was if I can just do
internal medicine I’ll stand the
oncology. As I got into the program
and started working with cancer
patients, (I realized) this is where
I belong. You’re fighting for the
most precious beings against the
most difficult disease there is with
limited tools.
“It’s challenging, rewarding
and devastating at times, but it’s
just a really exciting place to be.”
She moved from Knoxville to
Memphis after completing the
program. At the time, the world of
veterinary specialty medication
was limited mostly to universities.
Mitchener slowly began putting
out feelers in the community to
recruit cases to treat dogs and cats
with cancer.
And in those early days, the
work was more the diagnosis of
cancer instead of managing the
patient. It was what Mitchener
said was end-of-life care. Chemotherapy in dogs and cats wasn’t as
common as it is now.
“The big step for me was to
realize we can kill cancer,” she
said. “We can focus our energy on
drawing out that horrible disease.
But unless you support the body
itself, it can’t cope with the disease,
much less the treatment.”
Angel Care Natural Healing
and Acupuncture for Pets is a natural healing center that sees cancer
and arthritis patients, spinal and
neurological cases and some pets
whose owners just want them to
be healthy and happy for as long
as possible.
“We have non-steroidal antiinflammatories, but unless you
step outside of traditional treatment they don’t get better,” Mitchener said. “Dogs are four-legged,
so if they work the front end to
overcompensate for a back-end
injury it can aggravate other arthritic conditions in the front. So
we design a protocol that looks at
the whole dog.”
And what about the people
who question her use of acupuncture on animals?
“Don’t underestimate what
potential there is to manage wellness outside of the traditional
realm of medicine,” she said. “I
have dogs that have come in looking like throw rugs. They were so
weak they couldn’t stand. With a
combination of nutrition, supplements, acupuncture and therapies
like an underwater treadmill,
we’ve been able to get them up and
moving and extend time they have
with families.”
Mitchener splits her time between the Angel Care Cancer Clinic
For Animals clinic at 6923 Stage
Road and the Natural Healing
and Acupuncture center at 1017
Oakhaven Road.
Storytelling, The Brain & Work Culture
I love the quote by the poet Muriel
Rukeyser that says, “The universe is made
of stories, not atoms.” Humans live for
stories. We learn from stories at home,
school, from friends and also very compellingly at work. Humans within a work culture are motivated by stories. Look at the famous founding myths of HP and Apple in the garages,
of Fred Smith and FedEx, and many others. When new salespeople are hired, smart
companies allow them to shadow the veterans until they know the war stories by
heart, as another example of how stories
define a culture and become its primary
ambassador and sales vehicle.
Once spoken, powerful words impart trust and experience, and, if told
well, stories prompt core brain activities
that neuroscience is just beginning to
understand. Mirroring = Connection: Listeners
experience similar brain activity to one
MICHAEL GRABER
LET’S GROW
another and the speaker.
Neural Coupling: Stories light up parts
of the brain that allow the listener to turn
the story into their own experience, so
they transfer the felt experience of the story
as if they lived it. Ah, Dopamine: Emotionally charged
events, such as listening to a good story,
trigger the release of dopamine into the
system, which makes details easier to remember with better accuracy. Turn on the Cortex: Facts from a deadly
power point or spread sheet get processed
by only two parts of the brain (Broca’s and
Wernicke’s area), but a strong story engages
additional areas such as the motor cortex,
sensory cortex, and frontal cortex. (Source: stayingaliveuk.com) While the science is interesting unto
itself, it really just validates what intuition
has told us for generations: stories are
bonds of a culture, its invisible glue.
As a lifelong lover of stories, I earned
an MFA in creative writing and still dabble
as a poet and songwriter. Most people in
business find these practices quaint or odd,
and discount them for more conventional
pastimes, such as watching professional
sports, forgetting that eloquence can motivate, persuade, reframe perspectives and
add depth to key moments throughout
the day.
To think new thoughts and go after a
new market or new segment, you have to
know how credible a story can stretch; that
means you will get into all kinds of brand
elasticity work.
If you are launching a new product suite
that is going to reset the brand in the leadership position, you have to give a name
and a voice to a new growth category, such
as “masstige,” which means luxury for the
masses. As the storyteller, you must create
the right setting for your venture with wellchosen words. The last point that I’ll add here is know
your audience. Translate for them. If you
know you are talking to the finance committee about an innovation platform, use
different language than if you were talking
to product managers or with a team of
marketers.
To earn credibility and trust, use their
language to deliver the story. By going this
extra step, by applying this empathetic
curiosity, you will resonate more deeply
and become one of creators of the culture.
Michael Graber, managing partner of
the Southern Growth Studio, can be reached
at southerngrowthstudio.com.
18 March 25-31, 2016
Cleaning House
City gains the tools, personnel to mount unprecedented attack on blight
Madeline Faber
[email protected]
E
very neighborhood in
Memphis and Shelby
County has the right to
be free from the negative
effects of vacant, abandoned and
blighted properties.
That’s the battle cry of the
Memphis Blight Elimination
Charter, a 23-page pledge that
will steer policy and programs
dedicated to blight eradication.
At the charter’s unveiling on
March 17, 150 development and
civic leaders joined to usher in the
next chapter of Memphis’ fight
against blight.
At the event, Shelby County
Trustee David Lenoir called blight
a cancer in the community, saying
one blighted building is capable
of dragging down the value of
a neighboring property by 10
percent.
But an abandoned property
doesn’t just damage tax rolls. Its
consequences are unsafe living
conditions, crime, environmental
damage, repelled private investment and a pattern of neglect.
“Unfortunately, without some
larger coordinating framework to
guide and inform these actions,
we end up doing a good job of
treating the symptoms without
addressing the deeper sources of
the illness,” added Shelby County
Mayor Mark Luttrell.
Among those deeply embedded sources is a “blight culture”
that has come to accept dilapidation as another part of Memphis’
landscape.
With the charter, Memphis
leaders are striking that belief.
Coordination, collaboration and
accountability will be the best
tools in uprooting blight and its
causes.
Same Language
A document can’t repair the
decades of economic decline,
crime and poverty linked to Memphis’ blight epidemic, but it does
unite the fragmented efforts of
the past decade in bringing about
policy and cultural changes.
“The charter is significant
because it gives us a framework
where we can speak the same language,” said Paul Young, who was
appointed in January as director
of the city of Memphis Division
of Housing and Community Development.
Over the past year and a half,
Young and more than 30 other
leaders worked with national
blight abatement experts to design the charter. In the process,
individuals from Memphis’ top
civic and development groups
broke down silos and set the
framework for a course of action.
Within the next six weeks, several members of the steering committee will reconvene as an action
committee. The first agenda item
will be coming up with short- and
long-term strategies to breathe
life into the document.
The charter’s formation is
spearheaded by Neighborhood
Preservation Inc., a blight-fighting
nonprofit led by attorney Steve
Barlow and developer Archie
Willis.
Barlow, a principal with Brewer & Barlow PLC, has labored in
bringing Memphis’ blight problem to light for the better part
of two decades. He believes the
charter is one of the best tools
Memphis has, especially because
it builds on the game-changing
efforts of four key assets: The
Shelby County Environmental
top of this issue and see where
we are in blight in Memphis from
a very strategic, non-duplicative,
non-undermining way.”
Paul Young (front), new director of city Housing and Community Development, blight-fighting attorney Steve Barlow (right) and Patrick
Dandridge, new director of city Neighborhood Improvement, are leading Memphis’ next chapter in the fight against blighted properties.
With changes in legislation and a comprehensive Blight Elimination
Charter, Memphis leaders aim to weed out Memphis’ 13,000 blighted
properties. (Memphis News/Andrew J. Breig)
Court, a dedicated court for dealing with problem properties;
new leadership and direction for
Memphis code enforcement; the
recent formation of a nonprofit
city land bank; and the littercontrol efforts of groups such
as Memphis City Beautiful and
Clean Memphis. He added that
the Bluff City Snapshot, the first
parcel-by-parcel database of the
city’s 243,000 properties, provides
the foundation for tracking blight
elimination efforts.
“Most cities wish they had just
one of those,” Barlow said.
All of those groups, and several more, are finally working at
the same table to combine and
strengthen their efforts.
While other cities have blight
elimination plans and frameworks, Memphis is the only city
with a charter that affirms crosssector commitment to uproot
the causes of blight and prevent
further decline.
“What we see this as is a north
star or a guiding light for all the
blight tactics in these previously
siloed organizations,” said Brandon Gaitor, an attorney with
Brewer & Barlow who helped
manage the charter’s formation.
“Out of this compact will form a
council or team that will stay on
New Legislation
With nearly 13,000 identified
blighted properties across Memphis, key leaders say the effort to
rid Memphis of blight needs to be
backed by stronger anti-neglect
legislation.
In January, two key tools fell
into place.
The first was the formation of
the Blight Authority of Memphis.
The nonprofit land bank is able
to move more nimbly than the
Shelby County Land Bank and
gain access to large grants only
available to nonprofits.
BAM was formed primarily to
gain access to a pool of $7 million
in funds operated by the Tennessee Housing and Development
Agency.
THDA will give nonprofits
up to $25,000 in forgivable loans
along with a $1,000 stipend to
purchase and demolish blighted
single-family homes. After BAM
holds the property for three years,
THDA cancels the loan and all
outstanding liens, leaving it to the
new owner debt-free.
No other Memphis group has
the capacity or intent to apply for
the THDA funds on a significant
sale, according to Sheila Jordan
Cunningham, BAM’s executive
director and another attorney
with Brewer & Barlow.
The new, standalone land
bank also will allow blight-fighters
to develop neglected property on
a tax-free basis.
This is completely new territory compared to what the Shelby
County Land Bank can achieve. BAM will be
able to assemble parcels for larger development, clear up titles and have the authority
to only sell parcels to pre-approved buyers
with a set development plan. The Shelby
County Land Bank, meanwhile, absorbs
properties out of foreclosure and then sells
them to anyone for a minimum amount.
By the time the THDA funds expire,
BAM could make a significant dent in depopulating Memphis’ problem properties.
The second tool to fall into place is a
Tennessee law that reduces the redemption
period after a tax sale. In the past, it would
take a year for a foreclosed property to leave
the hands of a neglectful owner.
At the end of that year, the previous
owner could step forward and petition to
regain ownership of the property, yet still
leave it in the same condition, thus repeating the cycle.
The new legislation tightens up that
period so properties can be razed or redeveloped sooner.
If a property has been tax-delinquent
for five to seven years, the redemption
period is reduced to 180 days. If it’s been
delinquent for eight or more years, the
period is 90 days.
If a property is both vacant and abandoned, there’s only a month before the
property is moved to the Shelby County
Land Bank or another court-appointed
receiver.
This year, Memphis advocates are
working on another bill that would allow
the tax foreclosure process to begin after
one year of delinquency, instead of two,
according to Barlow.
“We’re focused on properties that are
abandoned because there can be a lot
more deterioration in three to five years of
no maintenance than 15 months,” he said.
Young worked on the redemption period bill in his previous position as director
of legislative affairs for Shelby County government, before being appointed director
of Memphis’ Division of Housing and Community Development.
“The hope is that we will have fewer
properties going into the Shelby County
Land Bank and more going into the hands
of private owners that will do something
with them,” he said. “When an investor
hears they have to wait an entire year before
making any movement on the property,
that reduces the desire to purchase it or
take action.”
Barlow added that all of the byzantine
tax laws and regulations make local government its own worst enemy when it comes
to blight remediation. He and others in the
planning community will continue to advocate for the establishment of “pink zones,”
or high-priority areas where bureaucratic
red tape is lessened to ease redevelopment.
New Leaders
The charter is the cap on a handful of
new personnel and policy changes.
Barlow said that new leadership will
mobilize Memphis’ next chapter in blight
fighting with coordination between city
and county governments at a higher level
than he’s ever seen before.
And these changes fall under the new
administration, with Mayor Jim Strickland
making blight elimination one of his top
priorities.
“These people deserve to live in a clean,
safe neighborhood,” Strickland said at the
document’s unveiling. “And we are 100
percent committed to the charter.”
Young, in his new position, wants to
focus more on community-level support
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and less on the large private-public developments that defined his predecessor
Robert Lipscomb’s tenure.
When Young took over the department
in January, he also inherited the years-long
effort to redevelop Foote Homes, Memphis’
last public housing complex.
The South Memphis site will showcase
Young’s proposed brand of blight fighting,
which includes leveraging public dollars
to entice private developers to come into
disinvested areas.
This isn’t necessarily a departure
from the big-project strategy that defined
Lipscomb’s tenure, but Young intends to
better align that work with existing efforts
in code enforcement and environmental
court.
At least $160 million in public funds,
tax credits and private debt is going toward
demolishing Foote Homes and constructing 712 affordable and market-rate units.
Young said private developers need
to step up to the challenge of bringing in
necessary financing to enhance the surrounding areas.
“We’re hoping that through addressing
some of the significant blight that exists
with Foote Homes, we’re able to catalyze
the rest of that development in South
Memphis,” he said.
“It took us years to get to this point,”
he added, pointing to Memphis’ longstanding issues with flight from the urban
core, poverty and chronic disinvestment
coupled with predatory lending practices
that brought on the recent mortgage crisis
and wave of foreclosed homes.
“It’s not the type of situation any taxpaying citizen should have to deal with, so
we have to figure out ways to mobilize the
private sector,” Young said.
Patrick Dandridge, a former senior City
of Memphis attorney who was appointed
deputy director of public works in January,
wants his code enforcement department
to take a proactive approach in identifying
neighborhood decline.
“We are moving to a new age of code
enforcement,” he said, adding that shift
will come with a data-driven approach,
greater accountability and community
engagement.
Dandridge envisions code enforcement
officers as more like postal workers who
are embedded in the fabric of their district.
Instead of responding to complaints, they
scan the area and keep an open dialogue
with the neighbors.
He said that Bluff City Snapshot, an
effort that wrapped late last year, marks
the first comprehensive survey of Shelby
County’s 237,000 parcels. Armed with that
data, Dandridge will identify priority zones
and their progress. Moving forward, a complete parcel-by-parcel study will happen
every two years.
He’s also prepping for the consolidation
of Memphis Fire Department’s commercial anti-neglect services under the city of
Memphis Department of Neighborhood
Improvement, also known as code enforcement. The MFD deals with commercial
properties and Neighborhood Improvement tackles the residential side.
When the commercial anti-neglect
team makes its move in July, Dandridge
expects enormous increases in efficiency.
In the wake of public outcry against
Global Ministries Foundation, whose
nonprofit housing portfolio lost its Department of Housing and Urban Development
subsidies due to numerous code violations,
Dandridge is working on ways to prevent
full-scale apartment neglect.
At the unveiling of the Blight Elimination Charter, Mayor Jim Strickland affirmed his
support of attorney Steve Barlow’s efforts in mobilizing the public and private sectors.
“
Unfortunately, without some
larger coordinating framework to
guide and inform these actions,
we end up doing a good job of
treating the symptoms without
addressing the deeper sources of
the illness.”
Mark Luttrell, Shelby County mayor
Currently, his team responds to apartment communities complaint by complaint. Instead, he wants full-scale sweeps
for apartments that have routine complaints. Negligent property owners would
be added to a list and would have to pay
for full-scale sweeps when they try to start
a new venture.
Dandridge, who worked with code enforcement policies in his previous position
as senior city attorney, said that stacking legal strategies will lead to an overall environment where blight is simply not tolerated.
“We know what the problem is,” he
added. “Anyone can see there’s a problem.
We need new tools to deal with it.”
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SPORTS
The Norvell Way: Build Relationships
And Lose the Headphones and Hats
Don Wade
[email protected]
In some respects, it’s all very
corny. This whole notion of a
football team as a family and relationships being the foundation
of everything.
So if you’re suspicious, or at
least skeptical, of the talk coming from first-year University of
Memphis football coach Mike
Norvell as spring practice gets
underway, it’s understandable.
Big-time college athletics
have given all of our souls some
callouses.
But a new coach and his staff
deserve both a clean slate and the
benefit of the doubt. That is, after
all, what all the players are hoping
for from the coaches as they come
together as a team, a family, and
an ongoing experiment until all
these elements coalesce into a
single unit.
“I’ve been part of a lot of transitions and there’s a lot of emotions you go through,” said assistant head coach Darrell Dickey,
who served as interim coach
and led the Tigers through the
Birmingham Bowl after Justine
Fuente left for Virginia Tech and
First-year University of Memphis head football coach Mike Norvell says spring practice isn't just for teaching
schemes and learning plays, but building relationships. "We're all in this together," he said. (Memphis News/Andrew J. Breig)
Norvell acted as an observer but
didn’t actively coach the team.
“For the players,” Dickey continued, “you have all the feelings
of losing the guys that were your
coaches, were your mentors. And
then that period of time where everyone’s new and you’re getting
to know them. And that’s what
our kids are going through now.
“Everyone will go to (these
spring practices) like they’re try-
ing to make the team. Which to
be quite honest, is how everyone
should go to practice every day of
their career. We’ve got some guys
that maybe hadn’t been figuring
in that have been given some new
life. There’s some guys that are
‘proven’ that have to go re-prove
themselves and competitors
don’t mind doing that.”
Let’s be honest: Throughout
spring practice – any team’s
spring practice – we will hear
glorious things about players we
know and players we don’t know.
None of it means that when the
first game rolls around you start
with better field position on offense or that on defense you get
to begin with the other team in
third-and-long.
By definition, a good performance by one player or group
in a practice means there was a
bad performance by the opposing player or group. So context
is tricky.
That said, it’s not too soon to
start picking up clues about how
Norvell will do things. And the
“relationship” mantra is so constant it’s difficult to believe that
Norvell does not believe it to the
extent that he claims to believe.
A new coach takes a risk anytime he starts off by imposing
restrictions that, if things don’t go
well, could be perceived as petty.
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Rudd + Bowen + Pastner = PR Nightmare at Memphis
You keep thinking the story can’t get
worse, and then it does.
What we have here is an ongoing public
relations disaster that is the University of
Memphis athletic department as it pertains
to all matters regarding the men’s basketball program.
The $10.6 million buyout the university
(and big boosters such as Bill Laurie and
Fred Smith) would not fund has officially
turned into a B-grade horror film:
“The Contract That Ate the Bluff City.”
So if you’re in the mood to get really,
really depressed, I direct you to a competitor’s website: www.commercialappeal.
com. For there an investigative reporter for
the newspaper has yet another story tied to
maybe the most ridiculous contract given
a college basketball coach in this century.
Within the story are some truly amazing
quotes and, of course, yet another official
statement released by university president
M. David Rudd. The latest one is about
athletic director Tom Bowen sharing the
same agent as Pastner at the time in 2013
that Pastner’s now-infamous contract was
negotiated. We’ll get to the meat of that in a
moment, but there is an investigation into
whether Bowen had a conflict of interest.
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DON WADE
First, some background for those not
up to speed. The most egregious part of
Pastner’s contract was never the annual
salary (though $2.65 million was crazy)
nor that the five-year deal was set up to
have two rollovers, effectively making it a
seven-year deal (although that was fairly
nuts as well).
No, the unforgivable sin was signing
off on a contract that would allow Pastner
to collect his $2.65 million every year if,
after being fired at Memphis, he accepted
another job. That kind of clause just isn’t
part of a normal contract.
Yes, Pastner was coming off a huge
2012-2013 season: 31-5, including one
win in the NCAA Tournament. He was a
hot young coaching commodity and as
the narrative goes, USC was offering more
than $3 million per year.
I don’t know if that’s true or not, but
I know I never believed he would, at that
time, leave the Memphis job for one where
his basketball program would be a mere
afterthought. The Lakers, UCLA and the
Clippers would have soaked up almost all
of the spotlight. And in those days, Pastner
loved the media spotlight.
That aside, the deal got done. And today, we have former university president
Shirley Raines clearly content to let the
blame fall on Bowen and Bowen saying
that he is the fall guy. In fact, in The Commercial Appeal story he says he is getting
“crucified” over the Pastner contract.
However this went down, law schools
will be holding up this contract as a teaching tool for decades.
As for Rudd’s statement, he says they
are launching a “comprehensive investigation” and will be using an outside source to
review the accusations. Once the review is
done, Rudd said another statement will be
released to share the findings.
Of course. The mark of a great basketball program is the number of official statements from the school president. Maybe
Rudd believes this somehow figures into
next year’s RPI.
Truthfully, it’s hard to imagine this
“review” goes anywhere. Rudd had a com-
mittee to evaluate Pastner and the program
for about 10 minutes and then we learned
Pastner and his gross-national-productof-a-small-nation contract were returning.
Just as Rudd and Bowen and Pastner
mangled the Austin Nichols transfer and
Rudd and Bowen naively believed Memphis fans would get behind a celebration
of John Calipari, they botched the whole
keep-Josh, fire-Josh drama. And now the
involved parties appear not only incompetent, but petty and defensive, even if not
guilty of any actual impropriety during the
contract negotiation.
Not a good look for a program working
on two straight years outside the NCAAs
and that has a disappearing fan base and a
roster for next season that in all probability
will be inferior to the one that just went
19-15 and lost to East Carolina at home.
If I’m young Dedric Lawson and contemplating my future, the Fort Wayne Mad
Ants are looking pretty good.
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The Daily News and The Memphis News.
Listen to Wade on “Middays with Greg &
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SPORTS
Up-Tempo Offense Will Need ‘Nasty’ O-Line
Don Wade
[email protected]
If all goes well, the attention
probably will be on the quarterback – an open competition at the
moment – and the receivers and
the running backs. That’s just how
football works.
But ultimately the success of
the University of Memphis offense next season will be about
much more than the fast guys and
the guy who gets the ball to them.
First-year head coach Mike Norvell was offensive coordinator at
Arizona State and he has brought
with him Chip Long, who will serve
as Norvell’s offensive coordinator,
and who worked with Norvell from
2012 through 2015.
During that time, the Sun Devils averaged 37 points a game,
finished with back-to-back 10 win
seasons, and won a PAC-12 South
championship.
Long needs but a few words to
describe the offense he envisions
at Memphis: “Very physical and
explosive.”
With Paxton Lynch gone the
quarterback derby is crowded.
Junior transfer Riley Ferguson (he
spent his freshman season at Tennessee before going to Coffeyville
At least four players are expected to compete for starting quarterback at the University of Memphis now that Paxton Lynch is gone,
but the job may not be decided until the fall. (Memphis News File/Andrew J. Breig)
Community College), redshirt
freshman Brady Davis and redshirt
senior Jason Stewart are all expected to get snaps this spring. Practice
opened on Tuesday, March 22, and
will culminate with the April 22
Friday Night Stripes spring game
at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.
Whoever ends up winning the
position, new offensive line coach
Ryan Silverfield says the job is the
same for his unit: “Clean jersey,
keep him upright.”
There will be new plays and
terminology to learn, of course,
but Norvell doesn’t want that to
dominate this early work.
“We want to introduce our
schemes,” he said, “but I don’t
want to spend all of the spring on
schemes. I want to see who is getting better fundamentally.”
Long believes a half-dozen
running backs could be contributors, including sophomore Jamarius Henderson; at one point
he was considered a risk to transfer
after head coach Justin Fuente left
for Virginia Tech.
Three second-year receivers also have impressed Long:
Mechane Slade, who at 5-8 and 165
pounds is a little bolt of lightning;
Tony Pollard, and Kedarian Jones.
“All those guys can really move,”
Long said.
But there will be a lot of experience coming back at wide receiver,
too, with junior Phil Mayhue,
redshirt junior Anthony Miller and
junior Roderick Proctor heading
the older group.
“We think the great equalizer is
our tempo,” Long said. “It’s a little
bit challenging for those guys (on
defense) to get their blitzes and
personnel in there. Obviously, we
don’t want to go fast and mess up.
We want to be efficient.
“For us to go fast, we can’t be
subbing all the time. You want to
be a playmaker and have a lot of
plays; you better be able to do a
lot of things.”
The offensive line also has to
prepare for the up-tempo offense.
Long says there will be work to do
there, adding, “The offensive line,
we gotta shore up some spots and
build depth and competition.”
Said Silverfield: “Our drills will
be up-tempo most of the time. And
we practice really fast. And that all
trains the body. Because there’s
a big difference in going out and
running in a straight line and all
of sudden the football movements
and the strain of pushing against a
330-pounder; it’s a different type
of conditioning for my big boys
up front.
“You’ll see guys make mental
errors, missed assignments, and
it’s because they’re tired not because they don’t know it. Opening
day kickoff, it’s probably not going
to be 62 degrees and a light breeze.
“Our whole goal as an offense
is to create a fifth quarter.”
Silverfield, who has coached in
the NFL as well as in college, knows
the quarterback competition probably won’t be finished until fall,
maybe just a few days before the
first game. Freshman David Moore
will arrive for fall semester, giving
Norvell another option to evaluate.
All of that, not to mention
opening holes for the running
backs, means ground zero for this
new offense is the O-Line.
“We know that,” Silverfield
said. “And as offensive linemen
we won’t look for any attention.
It’s the nature of the beast. We’d
rather just handle our business,
keep our mouth shut and let our
work show itself on the field. We’re
gonna be physical, we’re gonna be
tough, we’re gonna be nasty and
we’re gonna be known for being
technically sound.”
SPORTS NOTEBOOK
Pastner Needs Assistant With Coaching History
Don Wade
[email protected]
The University of Memphis is
going into the next college basketball season with Josh Pastner
returning for an eighth year as the
Tigers’ coach, per the announcement released by university president M. David Rudd late last week.
This was not a huge surprise
given that Pastner has a $2.7 million salary and the school was staring at a $10.6 million buyout had it
fired Pastner. And until recently,
administration officials could have
made the point – at least privately –
that Oklahoma State was following
a similar, fiscally conservative path
in retaining Travis Ford.
No more. Ford had three years
left on his contract and the buyout
was $7.2 million. But the school
and Ford have “parted ways,” according to use the language from
that school’s official announcement, and it is possible OSU may
have been able to negotiate a better
settlement.
Details have not been made
public, but OSU athletic director
Mike Holder told the Tulsa World
a settlement had been reached. He
also said the buyout, whether it remained at or near that $7.2 million
figure, would not have a negative
impact on hiring the next coach.
“If you want to compete in
the Big 12 Conference, which is
the No. 1 basketball conference in
America, and you want to try to win
a national championship, I don’t
think you can put a lot of limitations on yourself,” Holder said.
Let’s break that down from
a Memphis perspective. First,
Memphis obviously looks to be in
a different place financially. The
booster base is neither as wide
nor as deep. A capital campaign in
athletics that would feature a new
indoor practice facility for football
and new digs for the men’s basketball team seems to have stalled.
Plus, there’s concern about
the cost of exiting the American
Athletic Conference should the opportunity present itself to become
a Big 12 member. So the Tigers’
short-term issues are bigger. And
let’s be honest, the AAC is a good
basketball conference but not the
Big 12, and Pastner’s team just
went 19-15 overall not 12-20, as
Oklahoma State fired its coach Travis Ford in spite of a $7.2 million
buyout it had to pay. Josh Pastner needs an assistant with coaching
experience to move his program ahead. (William Purnell/Icon Sportswire)
the Cowboys did. A national championship, well, that’s not in any
reasonable conversation.
In sum: OSU reached a pressure point that has not yet occurred in Memphis.
Pastner, however, must treat
this as the opportunity it is and
swallow his pride when hiring an
assistant to replace Damon Stoudamire, who left to become head
coach at Pacific. He needs to hire
an older, experienced head coach
to sit beside him on the bench and
to help him re-evaluate everything.
Pastner would be wise to
remember the line about the
definition of insanity: doing
the same things the same way
and expecting a different result.
Jordan Farmar joins Grizzlies
The latest addition to the hobbled Memphis Grizzlies is veteran
point guard Jordan Farmar.
Farmar’s most recent pro basketball gig was in the Israeli Premier League. A first-round draft
pick of the Los Angeles Lakers in
2006, Farmar averaged 7.7 points
and 2.9 assists in 490 career games
with the Lakers, Brooklyn Nets and
Clippers. He is a career 37.4 percent shooter from 3-point range.
Farmar averaged 4.6 points
and 1.9 assists with the Clippers
in 36 games last season. He was a
member of the Lakers’ NBA champion teams in 2009 and 2010. In
69 career playoff games, all with
the Lakers, he averaged 5.1 points
and 1.4 assists while shooting 35.7
percent from distance.
ACC sets NCAA record
Six of the Sweet 16 teams belong to the ACC: Duke, North
Carolina, Syracuse, Miami, Notre
Dame and Virginia.
USAToday reported this as a
first for any league and the ACC
and Big East are tied for second
in this achievement too; last year
the ACC placed five teams in the
Sweet 16 and the Big East did the
same in 2009.
22 March 25-31, 2016
Born Ready? Not Just Lance Stephenson, But
Chris Wallace and Dave Joerger, Too
This is not a Grizzlies season to remember. It is a Grizzlies season impossible to
forget.
For fans.
For Chris Wallace, who is living the life
of “GM, The Bargain Hunter.”
For Dave Joerger, who coached in basketball’s minor leagues for years, but never
experienced anything quite like this.
“A couple of weeks ago it was cool,”
Joerger said recently. “I was like, `Yeah,
I’ve been through this; we had 24 players in
uniform in one of my CBA seasons.’ But now
it’s gone way beyond that. I haven’t been to
this deep of water before.”
Had the Grizzlies’ season sunk after the
season-ending foot injury to Marc Gasol,
people would have more or less understood.
Certainly, they would have understood after
point guard Mike Conley’s now apparently
chronic Achilles injury sidelined him.
Even many of the guys Wallace traded
for got hurt. Backup point guard Mario
Chalmers ruptured his Achilles. P.J. Hairston
strained his groin, and Chris Andersen just
returned from a shoulder injury. Zach Randolph and Tony Allen have missed time with
sore knees; Randolph then twisted an ankle
in the loss last Tuesday, March 22, at the L.A.
THE PRESS BOX
DON WADE
Lakers, but vows he’ll play Friday, March 25,
at San Antonio. Brandan Wright remains out
with an MCL sprain. Jordan Adams had right
knee surgery. Vince Carter missed a little
time with a calf strain and Matt Barnes was
suspended for a game because, well, he’s
Matt Barnes.
And wow, there was a lot of bad news in
that paragraph.
Yet, with a record of 41-31 going into
their final 10 games, the Grizzlies are almost
assured of making the playoffs. Going into
the games of Thursday, March 24, they were
in the fifth spot in the Western Conference
and still four games in front of Portland
(37-35). Dallas and Utah, holding down the
last two spots, weren’t even at .500; each
was 35-36.
Should the Grizzlies maintain the No. 5
seed, they would get the No. 4 seed Los Angeles Clippers in the first round. Randolph
posted the first triple-double of his career
against the Clippers in a 113-102 victory on
March 19 at FedExForum.
While Clippers coach Doc Rivers decried
his team’s lack of toughness and said the
Grizzlies had every reason to be confident
if they matched up in the playoffs, Clippers
guard Jamal Crawford said the Grizzlies had
the advantage of playing free and easy.
“With all the injuries,” he said, “they have
nothing to lose.”
What a fallacy. And proven so a few
nights later when the Grizzlies followed a
win at Phoenix with that loss to the lousy
Lakers in L.A.
This team can lose anytime, anywhere,
to anyone. That’s just the truth. And also
why, when Joerger looks at the toughest
games left on the schedule – two vs. the
Spurs, two vs. Golden State, Toronto, and the
Clippers again – he says, “You hope you can
beat one of those teams, sneak up on them.”
While counting on a collection of 10-day
contract guys.
And by leaning on another discarded guy
Wallace got in a trade, Lance “Born Ready”
Stephenson. Every day, Joerger must want
to go up to Wallace and thank him for that
trade, curse him for that trade, thank him,
curse him, thank him …
Look, I won’t say Stephenson would
have been a good fit with the Core Four
all healthy. But in the context of this crazy
season in which the team desperately needs
somebody who can get shots and to the rim
on his own, the dribble-happy Stephenson
has been a savior.
Since joining the Grizzlies, he has averaged 15.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.8
assists. His numbers with the Clippers this
season: 4.7 points, 2.5 rebounds, 1.4 assists.
Among the things Joerger says about
Stephenson: He’s “lovable,” his game is
“different,” he takes some getting used to
for coaches – “I just yell, `Give him room!’
when he brings it up,” and “he plays with
a lot of heart.
“Where would we be without him? That’s
probably not a very happy place.”
A place where the water is deeper still.
And the season more unforgettable for
all the wrong reasons.
Don Wade’s column appears weekly in
The Daily News and The Memphis News.
Listen to Wade on “Middays with Greg &
Eli” every Tuesday at noon on Sports 56 AM
and 87.7 FM.
THE TIPPING POINT
Stephenson Leverages Capital for Community Change
John Klyce Minervini
Memphis stands at the threshold of
incredible possibility. In this series, we
introduce innovative Memphians who are
driving our city forward and forging its
future success.
Why start a bank?
It’s a question that would never occur to
most people. But to Susan Stephenson, the
answer is obvious.
“It’s infinite variety,” Stephenson
observes. “You get to participate in other
people’s dreams. In the morning, I can be
a first-time homeowner. In the afternoon,
I’m a small business looking to open a new
location.”
Stephenson ought to know. Eighteen
years ago, she co-founded Memphis-based
Independent Bank with zero dollars in
deposits. Today, the organization controls
assets totaling $989 million. Pound for
pound, it is one of the most profitable banks
in Tennessee history.
This despite the fact that Stephenson
is a female executive in a male-dominated
industry – and that she launched Independent Bank amid some of the greatest tumult
in modern financial history.
“In inflation-adjusted dollars, our bank
has had to cope with 13 of the 15 greatest
disasters in modern financial history,” Stephenson observes.
“Our timing was impeccable,” she adds,
with a wry smile.
What has enabled Stephenson’s suc-
SUSAN STEPHENSON
cess is, on one hand, a certain dexterity
with spreadsheets. But what sets her apart
from the common run of bankers is more
fundamental: Money was never the point.
Standing by a window on the 22nd floor
of i-Bank Tower, she gazes out at North
Memphis, which rolls out before her like a
furry, green carpet.
“I’m a huge believer in the American
dream,” she confesses.
“I know that looks different for every
person,” she continues. “My job is to make
sure that as many people as possible can
participate in that. I want to help you identify your own path and give you the tools
you need to get there.”
Stephenson was never supposed to be
a banker. Growing up in Chattanooga, she
was a tomboy who felt called to the U.S.
Senate – and eventually, she believed, the
Supreme Court. She tried working in a hospital, then graduated from the University
of Chattanooga with a degree in history
and English.
“I was prepared for nothing in life,” she
reflects.
“Well, Trivial Pursuit,” she adds, after
a moment. “If only life were a big game of
Trivial Pursuit, I’d be all set.”
Then, as she puts it, economic reality
intervened. After graduation, she moved
to Memphis, where a friend got her an
interview at First Tennessee Bank. It was
always supposed to be temporary, just a
way to pay the bills until she discovered
her true calling.
“Then one day I realized, ‘I’m good
at this,’” she recalls. “I kind of fell in love
with it.”
Stephenson began as a management
trainee, then quickly rose through the ranks.
She sold First Tennessee’s check clearing
service, First Express, then was promoted to
run the division. Later she moved to Boatman’s Bancshares to become senior vice
president of marketing and development.
At age 37, she became the first female bank
CEO in Memphis history.
Which would have been enough for
most people – but not Stephenson. In 1997,
she and Chip Dudley sat down to plan what
would become Independent Bank.
“We had this idea that we knew how to
do it differently,” she recalls. “We wanted to
create a bank where the heart of the transaction isn’t the company or the shareholder
– it’s the customer.”
As an example, she cites the bank’s
logo, a lower-case “i.” It’s not just a letter,
Stephenson is quick to point out. It’s a human figure with her arms extended to serve.
The idea seems to have caught on. Today, with 10 branches and 220 employees,
Independent Bank is the second-largest
bank headquartered in Shelby County. It
has twice been named to SNL Financial’s
list of the top 100 community banks in the
country. And it’s not just one of the most
profitable financial institutions in the region
– it’s also one of the most philanthropic.
“I’ve always said, if you want learn what
really matters to someone, grab their ledger
books,” Stephenson remarks.
“At Independent Bank, we try to live by
that,” she continues. “As a percentage of our
earnings, we are one of the most charitable
companies in the city.”
Over the years, Independent Bank has
contributed millions of dollars, as well as
time and executive leadership, to organizations like the Women’s Foundation for
a Greater Memphis, St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital and the Family Safety
Center. Personally, Stephenson has served
as board chair for New Memphis Institute
and the Women’s Foundation, helping lead
the latter’s Vision 20/20 initiative.
According to Stephenson, it comes from
a deep-seated belief in her chosen city.
“Here in Memphis, we’re always looking
up, looking out,” she muses. “Every day,
we get a fresh chance to combine the best
of what we have been with the best of what
we can be.”
“Now we have to stop trying to get from
one end of the city to the other,” she continues, “and start trying to get to the moon.”
Susan Stephenson is a graduate of New
Memphis’s Leadership Development Intensive. Learn more at newmemphis.org.
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NEWSMAKERS
ANGELA COPELAND
CAREER CORNER
Say No
To Gimmicks
There seems to be a rumor about job
searching floating around. Have you heard?
Finding a job is easy. It’s easy as long as you
format your resume in a very specific way
and you include the perfect phrases on your
LinkedIn profile. There’s a very specific way
that all recruiters want your resume to be
formatted, and there are specific keywords
they’re all looking for. Every successful job
seeker knows these rules, and they’re not
hard to learn.
If this sounds too good to be true, it’s because it is. I tell every job seeker I meet with,
“If you showed your resume to 10 people, you
would get 10 opinions. There’s no one way to
write a resume.”
The same applies for your entire search.
Sure, there are guidelines. There are best
practices. But there’s no one specific layout
or one specific set of words that’s going to
turn your entire job search around.
I’m not sure why these rumors exist, other
than maybe they make sense of a process that
can at times feel senseless. They put control
back in just when you’re feeling out of control. In reality, there is no one way to perform
an effective job search. There are many ways.
There are many options that can work.
What always works is a strategy to never
give up. What works is trying various avenues
until one does work. And, there are a few good
general guidelines to keep in mind.
First, manage your personal brand. When
it comes to job searching, perceptions are
reality. Your personal brand is impacted both
in the online world and in real life. Do a thorough check on Google to see what a recruiter
might learn about you if they looked around.
If you find questionable content, do your best
to remove it or change it.
In the offline world, think of things like
your appearance and other first impressions, such as how you shake hands or leave
voicemail. Take the time to write thank-you
notes to those who help you. Keep in touch
with those you care about.
When it comes to your resume and
LinkedIn, be sure they’re up to date. Check
their accuracy. Ensure that you’re including
detailed information, but write them in such
a way that someone outside of your current
industry could understand them.
Job seeking is not an overnight endeavor.
It takes time. It takes persistence. And, when
you do land your dream job, it’s not going to
be because you followed a gimmicky idea
about how to write the perfect resume, or that
you stuffed your LinkedIn profile with the
right keywords. Your resume and LinkedIn
profile are two pieces to a larger pie. They
can help to support your case for getting a
job, but these things alone will likely not land
you your next gig.
The next time you hear a suggestion
that sounds like a gimmick, keep things in
perspective. Consistency, persistence, and
networking is what will work – every time.
Angela Copeland is CEO and founder of
Copeland Coaching and can be reached at
CopelandCoaching.com.
Shipmon Joins Paragon Bank’s
Specialty Lending Team
Kate Simone
[email protected]
THOMAS “TEE” SHIPMON has joined Paragon Bank as senior vice president,
specialty lending. In this role, Shipmon is responsible for developing products
for Paragon that solve customers’ challenges and that are profitable to the bank.
Currently, specialty lending is providing short-term commercial construction
loans to companies, often franchisees, that are expanding operations.
Prior to joining Paragon, Shipmon served as the president and co-founder
of WingFinance, and served in a variety of positions at Bank of America and its
predecessor banks.
Hometown: Memphis
Experience: 10 years with
Bank of America; 12 years with
WingFinance
Family: Married with two
children
Favorite quotes: “The two
most important days in your
life are the day you are born
and the day you find out why.”
– Mark Twain
“Injustice anywhere is a threat
to justice everywhere.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
Favorite movie: “The Way,
Way Back”
What’s playing on your stereo right now? Barns Courtney, “Fire”
Activities you enjoy outside
of work: Snow skiing, golfing,
fly fishing
What talent do you wish you
had? My undergraduate degree required a fine arts credit,
so I took piano and enjoyed
it so much I took two more
semesters. I wish I had musical talent.
Who has had the greatest influence on you and why? Both
my father and my best friend
growing up, Gil Brandon,
have influenced me the most.
There is no substitute for the
Mark Nance his
been appointed first
vice president, treasury management, at
Paragon Bank. Prior
to joining Paragon,
Nance worked in treasury management
NANCE
sales for 10 years; before that, he worked in retail banking as
a branch manager and personal banker.
amount of quality time spent
with someone.
What attracted you to your
company? Paragon is one
of the most entrepreneurial
banks I have come across in a
long time. The bank is nimble,
and its executives are passionate about providing excellent
service to its customers.
What are your goals in your
new position? My goal is
to foster the bank’s growth,
as well as my teammates’
growth.
What do you consider your
greatest accomplishment? I
was fortunate to have met and
married my wife, Tracy. We
Taylor Sanborn
has joined Group
Benefits LLC as client
services coordinator.
Sanborn previously
held a customer service role at Collins
Thomas & Associates
SANBORN
PC in Memphis. In his
new role, he will help serve the needs
of Group Benefits’ employee benefits
SHIPMON
both share the same interests
and values.
What do you most enjoy
about your work? I love seeing entrepreneurs around
the country take a risk to
pursue the American dream,
and I love to assist them and
become a spectator in that
journey.
If you could give one piece of
advice to young people, what
would it be? When making a
decision, often it seems like
the sheer number of options
can be paralyzing. Don’t be
afraid to try something.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
TSU President Concerned About
Higher-Ed Changes
as a systemic unit. Allowing
I believe it is important to
the UT universities to remain
communicate and clarify TSU’s
intact with no disassembling,
position on the FOCUS (Focus on
and diminishing the strength of
College and University Success)
the six combined universities,
Act, and dispel any misconcepinvariably adds to the controltions regarding our position.
ling strength of the UT system.
As President of TSU, I am a
This is a legitimate conproud supporter of Governor Bill
cern at a time of limited state
Haslam’s initiatives, including
GLENDA GLOVER
resources.
Drive to 55 and Tennessee PromIn addition, those familiar with the hisise. We are not opposed to the FOCUS Act.
That is simply not true. However, we have tory between the UT system and TSU will
raised some legitimate concerns regarding understand the TSU family’s sensitivity
certain provisions in the FOCUS Act, and and trepidation to structural changes that
the unintended effects on TSU, including appear to strengthen the UT system. For
faculty, students, and community mem- over 20 years, UT and TSU were embroiled
bers. Republican Senator Mark Norris, who in litigation following UT’s creation of a
is carrying the legislation for the Governor, campus in Nashville in the late 1960s. That
referred to us as pitiful for raising concerns. litigation led to the court-ordered merger
We disagree with his misguided statement. of the UT-Nashville campus with TSU in
There is nothing pitiful about analyzing 1977 (now known as TSU’s Avon Williams
legislation from all angles to determine Campus).
Then, in 2015, we learned about UT’s
its effect on our university. It is pitiful that
he would make such an inflammatory potential plan to operate a Professional
MBA program in the Nashville area, thus,
comment.
Our primary concern, as conveyed to opening old wounds. UT was well aware
the Governor’s office and to the Legisla- of TSU’s Executive MBA program, which
ture, centers on the power and structure starts next year and would be a duplication
of the University of Tennessee system, of academic programs. This remains very
which will remain intact under FOCUS, unsettling to the TSU community.
With the enactment of FOCUS, some
while universities in the TBR system will
be removed from TBR governance, and fear that TSU will be left in a more vulnerindividual boards will be created. The able position related to funding and its
unintended consequence will be further ability to defend against what many in the
strengthening of the UT system (which TSU community view as UT’s latest effort
includes four comprehensive institutions) to assert its power.
TSU has also relayed its concerns reand the weakening of the six universities
garding funding under the Act. A column
in another publication this month noted
that a funding formula already exists that
determines appropriations for the universities. This was partially correct. However,
this formula determines base operational
funding for higher education institutions,
but does not determine critically important
capital project funding, including much
needed academic buildings and residence
halls. The strength and political power of a
system or an institution plays a significant
role in the capital funding process.
Moreover, what also raised concern
was funding under FOCUS. It is our understanding that all six university presidents
will now be on a committee that will develop the funding formula. This is a huge
plus as it relates to funding, which is what
we were seeking.
In our meetings with the Governor’s
office, I believe that we have made tremendous progress on possible amendments to
FOCUS to strengthen the intent of the law,
and ensure equity and fundamental fairness for TSU. I commend the Governor’s
office for its cooperation and willingness
to hear our concerns. Finally, we continue to focus on the
future, while also taking reasonable measures to strengthen the FOCUS Act for the
benefit of the University, its faculty, staff,
students, and community stakeholders.
Glenda Glover
President
Tennessee State University
More Progressive Memphis Leaders
Needed to Move City Forward
With only eight hours’ notice, the City
Council passed a resolution giving Memphis Zoological Society authority over the
Greensward in Overton Park. The Council, in an 11-1 vote, ignored the wishes of
about 100 community members present,
35 speakers, and hundreds of emails and
telephone calls. What’s clear about this
vote is that power has shifted.
Make no mistake. This is not a simple
Greensward issue. This is a new form of
government. One that works in secret and
prioritizes the desires of the well-heeled
and well-connected over the desires of the
average citizen.
Over the past decade, Memphis has
become a reenergized urban laboratory
with the goal of creating a livable, dynamic
and just city. Over the past five years, we
have made great strides in encouraging a
healthier lifestyle for our citizens with over
50 miles of new bike lanes and greenlines
connecting the city from east to west.
Neighborhoods such as Broad Avenue,
Crosstown and South Main are flourishing.
Young professionals seeking a creative
environment within which to work, play
and create are coming to Memphis. Despite
outside efforts to alienate and impede our
progress, a pride that embraces our flawed
identity and seeks to overcome those challenges has replaced the negativity once
pervasive in Memphians when describing
their city just a short time ago. In the words
of the all-powerful Grizz, it’s Memphis vs.
Errrybody.
This progress has had its limits. Gains
have not extended far enough into North
and South Memphis. Our once large and
strong African-American middle class has
not rebounded from the Great Recession.
Crime is still too high, though down considerably from a decade ago, and our schools,
though improving, have much work to do.
That said, prior to the election, a sense
existed that together these issues were
not insurmountable. Before the election,
power was shifting from old East Memphis
money to a younger, more diverse and
creative class. A vision of a new and better
Memphis was clear.
Then came the election.
Those now in power largely ran belittling the significant gains in developing a
more progressive city, while painting our
community as crime-filled and festering.
The African-American vote divided, and
old money seized power on the council,
ironically based on the feeling that Mayor
A C Wharton spent too much time focusing
on the Poplar corridor and not enough on
the African-American community.
If an entire campaign was based on
stoking fear and portraying Memphis in its
worst light, should we actually expect governance that inspires hope? If a campaign
was based on fallacy and exaggeration,
should we expect governance that responds to facts and to the people?
I hope this mayor and council move forward in a more reasonable, contemplative
and open manner when faced with critical
issues like budgeting, housing and efforts to
privatize sanitation services. But if they’ve
already ignored the voices of so many, there
is nothing to indicate they’ll act on behalf of
the voiceless or less organized constituents.
In the end, elections matter. Until the
next one, we should push for a more progressive, thoughtful government that can
overcome the re-emergence of these tired
and corrupt political vestiges.
Alzheimer’s
Association
Exec Seeks
Congressional
Support
Alzheimer’s families in Tennessee
have a champion in Washington, D.C.! I
would like to thank Congressman Steve
Cohen for co-sponsoring the HOPE for
Alzheimer’s Act. This move shows true
understanding that Alzheimer’s is an
unavoidable reality for families, as well
as a budget-breaker for state and federal
governments.
The cost for care for Alzheimer’s patients is being shouldered by taxpayers in
every congressional district – including
you and me. That can only change by
investing in Alzheimer’s research and
helping affected families find vital resources as early as possible. Alzheimer’s
disease is the most expensive disease in
the United States, costing Medicaid and
Medicare systems $153 billion in 2015.
Congressman Cohen has led the way
in our state, but now we need Congressman Stephen Fincher to join him in
cosponsoring the HOPE for Alzheimer’s
Act (S. 857/H.R. 1559). This landmark
bill would provide Medicare coverage
for care planning services for both the
individual and the caregiver following a
dementia diagnosis.
I encourage Congressman Stephen
Fincher to stand up for our community
in the fight against Alzheimer’s. Now
more than ever, the leadership of our
Congressional leaders is crucial to ending
Alzheimer’s.
Care planning allows newly diagnosed individuals and their caregivers
to learn about medical and nonmedical
treatments, clinical trials opportunities,
counseling and support services through
organizations like the Alzheimer’s Association, and the importance of engaging
in financial and long-term care planning.
Let’s give newly diagnosed individuals
and their families the tools that they need
to prepare for the long road ahead!
Miriam Clay
Manager of Programs & Education
Alzheimer’s Association Mid South
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26 March 25-31, 2016
Be a Rock Star – Be a Resource
RAY & DANA BRANDON
RAYS OF WISDOM
Should Parents
Be in The
Home Loan
Business?
Ray’s Take
Owning our own home is still a big part of
the American dream. Achieving that dream
has changed a bit since the Great Recession
when significantly tighter standards were put
in place.
There’s a new way to obtain a mortgage.
According the Wall Street Journal, “In some
cases, rather than turning to a bank, families
are setting up their own loans with grandparents or parents becoming the lender.”
If parents decide to go the route of an
“intra-family” loan, as these type loans are
known, there are some rules that must be
followed to avoid problems. When properly
structured and well-documented, they can be
a useful planning tool. One in which would be
homeowners get into their dream home, lenders receive a small but steady interest rate, and
borrowers gain access to interest rates that are
lower than commercial rates and with better
terms than a bank might offer.
The Internal Revenue Service allows borrowers who are related to pay a very attractive,
low interest rate, known as the Applicable
Federal Rate. This is the minimum interest
rate that may be charged on intra-family loans.
Another advantage of these transactions is that
the total interest expense over the life of the
loan stays within the family instead of being
paid to a bank.
Lenders should carefully consider “forgiving” interest and principal. Loan forgiveness
is a gift in the eyes of the IRS. Additionally, the
lender needs to be aware that the interest received is taxable. Be sure to structure any loan
of this type so that it can’t be misconstrued as
a gift which could trigger the federal gift tax or
use of unified credit.
If you decide to go this route, work with an
attorney to draft an agreement that covers all
aspects of interest and taxes.
Dana’s Take
My children are too young to want a house,
so I would say that lending an adult child
money to buy a house would harm both the
child and the relationship. I would add that
a parent’s job is to foster independence, not
dependence, and that an entitled young adult
is not a pretty thing.
However, if I imagine the day my newly
engaged child is turned down by lenders due
to a tight credit market, I can see new justifications for helping this child (and my future
grandchildren) with a loan or a gift.
Acting as a bank and expecting monthly
payments could certainly cause a rift. Better to
consult your financial adviser and, if you can
afford it, gift what you can. If not, an equally
valuable gift is to allow your child to find his
own way and earn that sense of competence.
Ray Brandon, CEO of Brandon Financial
Planning, and his wife, Dana, a licensed clinical social worker, can be reached at brandonplanning.com.
Being a business professional is
much like being a rock star. If you make
great music, your audience is going to
like you. However, if you give them much
more than just the music – such as an
engaging performance – chances are,
they are going to love you. How does this
apply in the business world?
In a strange type of way, you’re
technically an entertainer. The only difference is, your form of entertainment is
centered on your area of expertise. Just
as a rock star uses his talents to engage
his audience, a business professional
uses his talents to engage his clients. It’s
all the same. You’re the performer, and
your clients are the audience.
You have an audience because of
what you do. They listen to you, they
trust you, and they value your opinion.
They become fans. They tell others about
you. Most importantly, if you are being
a good “resource” to them, they’ll keep
coming back to you for more of what
you offer.
Being a good resource can be the difference between being looked upon as a
service “provider” or a service “expert.”
MYRON MAYS
GUERRILLA SALES & MARKETING
When we think of experts, we think of
someone who is very knowledgeable in
their chosen field. An expert not only
knows everything there is to know about
their field of business, but they stay informed about what’s related or adjacent
to their field – such as what their own
competitors and their clients’ competitors are up to and what new trends are
impacting their industry and those of
their clients. More importantly, a real
expert knows their audience.
Just as a great rock star knows his
job is to entertain his audience, he also
knows the musical tastes of his audience
as well. He knows what makes them
dance. He knows what makes them react. He knows how to be a resource for
what they need.
Even the greatest rock star must
continue learning and improving understanding of his audience. Why? As time
passes, the needs and musical tastes of
his audience will evolve. If he doesn’t
evolve along with them, he will most
certainly lose them at some point to the
next big thing.
Ever heard the phrase “knowledge
is power”? Well, it’s true. Think of your
biggest client. Now think back to when
they were just a prospect. In order to
land them as a client, you had to learn
as much as you could about them in
order to present them with the proposal
that would eventually change them from
prospect to client. Once they become a
client, it’s time to learn even more about
them. Just as your industry will eventually change, so will theirs.
Regardless of the product or service
you offer, it took knowing your clients
to get them. Now it takes knowing them
to retain them.
Myron Mays, Account Strategist at Red
Rover Sales & Marketing Strategy, can be
reached at www.redrovercompany.com.
Better Business Bureau Evolves
To Fight Scams, Foster Trust
It all starts with trust. But whom do
you trust? That’s what Samuel Dobbs,
an executive with The Coca-Cola Co. in
the early 1900s wanted to know as he sat
in a courtroom listening to an attorney
defend a claim of false advertising.
“That’s just advertising,” the attorney argued. “Everyone knows you can’t
believe that.”
Dobbs didn’t agree. He wanted
everyone to believe what his company,
and all companies, say about their
products. He wanted consumers to
have trust, and truth in advertising.
In 1911, Dobbs was involved in the
adoption of the "Ten Commandments
of Advertising,” developed by advertising firms and individual businesses,
and he is credited with beginning the
"truth-in-advertising" campaign that
led to the creation of the Better Business Bureau in 1912.
The BBB, now with more than
112 local offices in North America
and research on more than 5 million
businesses nationwide, is a nonprofit
organization whose vision is to ensure
an “ethical marketplace where buyers
and sellers trust each other.”
“Our mission,” said Nancy Crawford, marketing and communications
director for the Better Business Bureau
of the Mid-South, “is to be the leader in
advancing marketplace trust. People
today are overwhelmed by choices and
MARY C. MCDONALD
GUEST COLUMN
often unsure about where to find verified and unbiased information. We do
that for them.”
Along with providing free factual
information about businesses, including online companies, the BBB handles
consumers’ complaints and serves as
an intermediary between consumers
and businesses, handling nationally
nearly 1 million cases a year. The BBB's
website (BBB.org) ranks among the
top 1,000 most-visited websites in the
United States.
As the marketplace changes the
services offered by the BBB increase.
“Anything that makes our life easier,
like technology, also makes us vulnerable to scams and crooks,” states Crawford. “That’s where they find us now.”
Scams of all kinds are on the increase. Top scams include tax scams
that accuse you of owing money to
the government, debt collection, tech
support, lottery, credit cards and workfrom-home scams. And opening scam
e-mails can make your personal information and finances vulnerable or lock
your computer and hold it hostage until
you provide a pre-paid card number to
the “tech-napper.”
To combat scams, the BBB launched
Scam Tracker, an online interactive tool
that collects and tracks scams and
fraudulent activities, making the information available free to consumers
by locations, trends and types of unethical behavior. You can search your
neighborhood or the country, and all
data is made available to appropriate
authorities to help stop flagrant scammers through legal means.
The BBB believes that knowledge is
power, and its Education Foundation
provides services to the public through
its major programs: Consumer Education, National Charity Review, Identity
Theft Education and Prevention, and
Find a Trustworthy Business. For information on these free programs call
800-222-8754.
The BBB also provides education
and outreach through its Military
Line, which is user-focused to equip
those in the military as well as veterans
with the tools they need to navigate
an ever-changing and often complex
marketplace. For the BBB, it all starts
with trust.
Dr. Mary C. McDonald, a National
Education Consultant, can be reached
at 901-574-2956 or mcd-partners.com.
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Foreclosure Notices
Fayette County
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE
Sale at public auction will be on April
14, 2016 at 11:00 am local time, at the
south door, Fayette County Courthouse,
16755 Highway 64, Somerville, Tennessee, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed
by Stanley K. Richardson and Sylvia
Richardson, to Linda Galigher, Trustee,
on March 8, 1999 at Book 508, Page
402; all of record in the Fayette County
Register’s Office.
Party entitled to enforce security
interest: The Bank of New York Mellon
f/k/a The Bank of New York as Trustee
for the CWMBS Reperforming Loan REMIC Trust Certificates, Series 2005-R1,
its successors and assigns
The following real estate located in
Fayette County, Tennessee, will be sold
to the highest call bidder subject to all
unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of record:
Lot 141, Section C, The Oaklands, as
shown on plat of record in Plat Book
7, Page 2, in the Register’s Office of
Fayette County, Tennessee, to which
plat reference is hereby made for a
more particular description of said
property.
Parcel No. 086D-C-141.00
Being the same property conveyed
to the Grantors herein by deed being
conveyed simultaneously herewith.
Parcel Number: 086E B 048.00
Current Owner(s) of Property: Stanley
K. Richardson and Sylvia Richardson,
married
Other interested parties: Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development,
Diagnostic Imaging PC c/o Nicholas
J. Tansey, BMH Memphis c/o Valerie
Fisher, attorney
Street Address: 300 Oakridge Dr,
Oakland, Tennessee 38060
Any property address provided is
not part of the legal description of the
property sold herein and in the event of
any discrepancy, the legal description
referenced herein shall control.
SALE IS SUBJECT TO TENANT(S)
RIGHTS IN POSSESSION.
All right of equity of redemption,
statutory and otherwise, and homestead
are expressly waived in said Deed of
Trust, and the title is believed to be
good, but the undersigned will sell and
convey only as Substitute Trustee.
If you purchase a property at the
foreclosure sale, the entire purchase
price is due and payable at the conclusion of the auction in the form of
a certified/bank check made payable
to or endorsed to Shapiro & Ingle, LLP.
No personal checks will be accepted.
To this end, you must bring sufficient
funds to outbid the lender and any other
bidders. Insufficient funds will not be
accepted. Amounts received in excess
of the winning bid will be refunded to
the successful purchaser at the time
the foreclosure deed is delivered.
This property is being sold with the
express reservation that the sale is
subject to confirmation by the lender
or trustee. This sale may be rescinded
at any time.
Shapiro & Ingle, LLP, a Tennessee
limited liability partnership Substitute
Trustee
10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite
400
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 333-8107
Fax: (704) 333-8156
www.auction.com
File No. 15-102283
Mar. 11, 18, 25, 2016
Fln12810
14, 2016 at 11:00 am local time, at
the south door, Fayette County Courthouse, 16755 Highway 64, Somerville,
Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust
executed by Timothy W Johnson, to John
W. Byrd, Trustee, as trustee for Mortgage
Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.
as nominee for Bartlett Mortgage Inc.
on November 14, 2014 at Instrument
No. 14006197; conducted by Shapiro
& Ingle, LLP, a Tennessee limited liability partnership having been appointed
Substitute or Successor Trustee, all of
record in the Fayette County Register’s
Office. Default has occurred in the per-
formance of the covenants, terms, and
conditions of said Deed of Trust and the
entire indebtedness has been declared
due and payable.
Party Entitled to Enforce the Debt:
Wells Fargo Bank, NA, its successors
and assigns
Fayette County, Tennessee, will be sold
to the highest call bidder:
Described property located at Fayette
County, Tennessee, to wit:
BEGINNING at a point in the south
line of McKnight Road (Burrowtown
Road), said point being 690.19 feet
Eastwardly from the northwest corner
of Mrs. Emma Clyde Davis property;
thence along said south line of McKnight Road a distance of 178.61 feet
to an iron pin; thence Southwestwardly
a distance of 300.0 feet to an iron
pin; thence Westwardly a distance
of 118.61 feet to an iron pin; thence
Northwardly a distance of 295.50 feet
to the point of beginning.
Pursuant to T.C.A. 66-24-121: The
foregoing description is the same
contained in the previous deed of record in the Register’s Office of Fayette
County, Tennessee.
BEING the same property conveyed to
Timothy W. Johnson by Warranty Deed
recorded in Instrument No. 14006196
in the Register’s Office of Fayette
County, Tennessee.
Street Address: 525 McKnight Loop,
Mason, Tennessee 38049
Parcel Number: 018-020.00
Current Owner(s) of Property: Timothy
W. Johnson
The street address of the above
described property is believed to be
525 McKnight Loop, Mason, Tennessee
38049, but such address is not part
of the legal description of the property
sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description herein
shall control.
This sale is subject to all matters
shown on any applicable recorded plat
any unpaid taxes; and any restrictive
covenants, easements, or setback lines
that may be applicable; any statutory
right of redemption of any governmental
agency, state or federal; any prior liens
or encumbrances as well as any priority
created by a fixture filing; and to any
matter that an accurate survey of the
premises might disclose.
The right is reserved to adjourn the
day of the sale to another day, time, and
place certain without further publication,
upon announcement at the time and
place for the sale set forth above. If you
purchase a property at the foreclosure
sale, the entire purchase price is due
and payable at the conclusion of the
auction in the form of a certified/bank
check made payable to or endorsed
to Shapiro & Ingle, LLP. No personal
checks will be accepted. To this end,
you must bring sufficient funds to outbid the lender and any other bidders.
Insufficient funds will not be accepted.
Amounts received in excess of the
winning bid will be refunded to the
successful purchaser at the time the
foreclosure deed is delivered.
subject to confirmation by the lender or
trustee. This sale may be rescinded by
the Substitute Trustee at any time.
This office may be a debt collector.
This may be an attempt to collect a debt
and any information obtained may be
used for that purpose.
Trustee
400
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 333-8107
Fax: (704) 333-8156
www.auction.com
File No. 16-105301
Mar. 11, 18, 25, 2016
Fln12812
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE
WHEREAS, default has occurred in the
performance of the covenants, terms,
and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note
dated March 29, 2006, and the Deed of
Trust of even date securing the same,
recorded April 5, 2006, Document No.
06003095, in Office of the Register of
Deeds for Fayette County, Tennessee,
executed by Eddie Scruggs and Lonette
Scruggs, conveying certain property
therein described to Arnold M. Weiss,
Esq. as Trustee for Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A.; and the undersigned, Wilson
& Associates, P.L.L.C., having been
appointed Successor Trustee by U.S.
Bank National Association, as Trustee
for SASCO Mortgage Loan Trust 2006WF2.
NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby
given that the entire indebtedness has
been declared due and payable; and
that an agent of Wilson & Associates,
P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue
of the power, duty, and authority vested
in and imposed upon said Successor
Trustee, by U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for SASCO Mortgage
Loan Trust 2006-WF2, will, on April 4,
2016 on or about 10:00 AM, at the
Fayette County Courthouse, Somerville, Tennessee, offer for sale certain
property hereinafter described to the
highest bidder FOR certified funds paid
at the conclusion of the sale, or credit
bid from a bank or other lending entity
pre-approved by the successor trustee.
The sale is free from all exemptions,
which are expressly waived in the Deed
of Trust, said property being real estate
situated in Fayette County, Tennessee,
and being more particularly described
as follows:
Lot 39, Village of Oakland, Section
A, as shown on plat of record in Plat
Book 7, Page 11, in the Register’s
Office of Fayette County, Tennessee,
to which plat reference is hereby made
for a more particular description of
said property.
ALSO KNOWN AS: 40 Village Drive,
Oakland, TN 38060
shown on any applicable recorded plat;
any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements, or setback lines
rights of redemption of any governmental
premises might disclose. In addition, the
following parties may claim an interest
in the above-referenced property:
EDDIE SCRUGGS
LONETTE SCRUGGS
WILLIAM A. COHN, ATTORNEY
The sale held pursuant to this Notice
may be rescinded at the Successor
Trustee’s option at any time. The right
is reserved to adjourn the day of the
sale to another day, time, and place
certain without further publication, upon
announcement at the time and place
for the sale set forth above. W&A No.
113681
DATED March 3, 2016
WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C.,
Successor Trustee
FOR SALE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW.
MYFIR.COM and WWW.REALTYTRAC.
COM
Mar. 11, 18, 25, 2016
Fln12813
Foreclosure Notices
Madison County
14, 2016 at 10:00AM local time, at the
north door, Madison County Courthouse,
100 East Main Street, Jackson, Tennessee, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed
by Stephen E. Collier and Teresa H.
Collier, to Timothy E. Wilson, Trustee,
on November 30, 2006 at Book T1781,
Page 1164, Instrument No. 06021350;
all of record in the Madison County
interest: Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”), a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of
the United States of America, its successors and assigns
Madison County, Tennessee, will be sold
unpaid taxes, prior liens and encum-
brances of record:
TRACT 1: BEING Lot No. 219, Section
VI of the Timbers Development, Plat of
which appears of record in Plat Book
4, Page 58 in the Register’s Office of
Madison County, Tennessee.
TRACT 2: BEGINNING at a found concrete monument in the northwest edge
of lake at the easternmost corner of
Lot 219 in The Timbers Development
as recorded in Plat Book 4 Page 48,
ROMCT, proceed generally westwardly
along the edge of said lake for the
following calls; South 41 degrees
47 minutes 10 seconds West for a
distance of 34.20 feet, South 54
degrees 43 minutes 20 seconds West
for a distance of 35.90 feet, South 75
for a distance of 12.40 feet, North 64
for distance of 32.50 feet, and South 66
for a distance of 38.60 feet to a set iron
pin on an extension of the southwest
line of the aforementioned Lot 219,
thence North 43 degrees 22 minutes
00 seconds West along an extension
of said line for distance of 53.50 feet
to a found iron pin at the south west
corner of said Lot 219, thence South
81 degrees 38 minutes 20 seconds
East along the south line of said Lot
219 for a distance of 249.35 feet to
the point of beginning, containing 0.15
acre, more or less.
Being the same property conveyed to
Stephen E. Collier and wife, Teresa H.
Collier by deed of record in Deed Book
684, page 1529, Register’s Office of
Parcel Number: 046E A 002.00
Current Owner(s) of Property: Stephen
E. Collier and wife, Teresa H. Collier
Street Address: 215 Bascom Road,
Jackson, Tennessee 38305
All right of equity of redemption, statutory and otherwise, and homestead are
expressly waived in said Deed of Trust,
and the title is believed to be good, but
the undersigned will sell and convey only
as Substitute Trustee.
price is due and payable at the conclusion of the auction in the form of a
certified/bank check made payable to
or endorsed to Shapiro & Ingle, LLP.
bidders. Insufficient funds will not be accepted. Amounts received in excess of
the winning bid will be refunded to the
at any time.
Trustee
400
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 333-8107
Fax: (704) 333-8156
www.auction.com
File No. 13-049265
Mar. 11, 18, 25, 2016
Fln12801
Sale at public auction will be on
April 4, 2016 at 10:00AM local time,
at the north door, Madison County
Courthouse, 100 East Main Street,
Jackson, Tennessee, pursuant to Deed
of Trust executed by Mary L Crawford, to
FMLS, Inc., Trustee, on April 30, 2009 at
Book T1857, Page 707, Instrument No.
09005851; all of record in the Madison
County Register’s Office.
interest: Regions Bank, its successors
and assigns
Map 55I- Group F- Parcel 41.00
BEGINNING at an iron pin on the southern margin of Beechtree Cove at the
northeast corner of Lot 40, Section
III, Rushmeade Estates Subdivision
as recorded in Plat Book 3, page 357
in the Registers Office of Madison
County, Tennessee; thence with the
southern margin of Beech Tree Cove
following a curve (radius of 47 feet)
to the left a distance of 24.62 feet
to a point at the beginning of another
curve; thence with said curve (Radius
of 50 feet) to the right a distance of
31.48 feet to a point at the beginning
of another curve; thence with the said
curve (Radius of 170 feet) to the left a
distance of 32.12 feet to an iron pin at
the northwest comer of Lot 42; thence
with the west line of Lot 42 South 28
degrees 06 minutes 55 seconds West a
distance of 145.92 feet to an iron pin;
West a distance of 102.61 feet to an
iron pin at the southeast corner of Lot
40; thence with the east line of Lot
40 North 26 degrees 52 minutes 40
seconds East a distance of 102.59
feet to the point of beginning. Being
Lot 41, Section III, Rushmeade Estates
Subdivision platted as aforesaid, as
surveyed by David Hall Land Surveying
Company, 26-G Brentshire Square,
Jackson, Tennessee, RLS #943, on
May 17,1994.
Being the same real estate conveyed to
the grantor of record in Deed Book 698
at page 1470 in the Register’s Office
of Madison County, Tennessee.
Parcel Number: 55I-F-41.00
Current Owner(s) of Property: Mary L.
Crawford
Street Address: 18 Beech Tree Cv,
at any time.
Trustee
400
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 333-8107
Fax: (704) 333-8156
www.shapiro-ingle.com
File No. 11-025062
Mar. 11, 18, 25, 2016
Fln12800
Sale at public auction will be on May
100 East Main Street, Jackson, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed
by Olivia Deberry and Charlie Deberry,
to Landamerica Lawyers Title, Trustee,
as trustee for Mortgage Electronic
Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee
for Security Atlantic Mortgage Co. Inc.
on March 21, 2008 at Book T1827,
conducted by Shapiro & Ingle, LLP, a
Tennessee limited liability partnership
having been appointed Substitute or
Successor Trustee, all of record in the
Madison County Register’s Office. Default
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has occurred in the performance of the
covenants, terms, and conditions of said
Deed of Trust and the entire indebtedness
has been declared due and payable.
Wells Fargo Bank, NA, its successors
and assigns
Described property located at Madison
BEGINNING at an iron pin in the West
margin of Hollywood Drive at the Northwest corner of Carl Williams Lot; runs
thence with the West margin of said
street North 40 degrees 30 minutes
West 100.00 feet to an iron pin; thence
South 51 degrees 00 minutes West
200.00 feet to a point; thence South
54 degrees 00 minutes West 77.00
feet to an iron pin; thence South 40
degrees 30 minutes East 104.03 feet
to an iron pin in Williams North line;
East 276.79 feet to the point of beginning, and containing 0.64 acre.
the grantor herein by deed recorded
in Deed Book 692, page 1719, in the
Register’s Office for Madison County,
Tennessee.
Street Address: 1262 Hollywood Dr,
Parcel Number: 77C A 29.01
Current Owner(s) of Property: Olivia
Deberry
Other interested parties: Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development,
Credit Acceptance Corporation, c/o
Grisham, Knight & Hooper
described property is believed to be
1262 Hollywood Dr, Jackson, Tennessee
38301, but such address is not part
of the legal description of the property
sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description herein
shall control.
following parties may claim an interest in
the above-referenced property:
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Credit Acceptance Corporation,
c/o Grisham, Knight & Hooper
check made payable to or endorsed to
Shapiro & Ingle, LLP. No personal checks
will be accepted. To this end, you must
bring sufficient funds to outbid the lender
and any other bidders. Insufficient funds
will not be accepted. Amounts received
in excess of the winning bid will be
refunded to the successful purchaser
at the time the foreclosure deed is
delivered.
This office may be a debt
collector. This may be an attempt to
collect a debt and any information
obtained may be used for that
purpose.
Trustee
400
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 333-8107
Fax: (704) 333-8156
www.auction.com
File No. 15-102818
Mar. 11, 18, 25, 2016
Fln12803
dated December 21, 2010, and the
Deed of Trust of even date securing the
same, recorded January 28, 2011, in
Book No. T1898, at Page 1291, in Office
of the Register of Deeds for Madison
County, Tennessee, executed by Bettye
J. Stevens-Fikes and Richard S. Steensland, conveying certain property therein
described to Arnold M. Weiss, Attorney
as Trustee for Bank of America, N.A.; and
the undersigned, Wilson & Associates,
P.L.L.C., having been appointed Successor Trustee by Bank of America, N.A..
Trustee, by Bank of America, N.A., will,
on May 5, 2016 on or about 11:00 AM,
at the Madison County Courthouse,
Jackson, Tennessee, offer for sale certain property hereinafter described to the
situated in Madison County, Tennessee,
and being more particularly described as
follows:
Being Lot Number 1, of Cherry Hill
Place-North Subdivision, Section IV, a
Plat of which appears of record in Plat
Office of Madison County, Tennessee,
reference to which Plat is hereby made
said property.
ALSO KNOWN AS: 219 McClellan
Road, Jackson, TN 38305
This sale is subject to all matters shown
on any applicable recorded plat; any
unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants,
easements, or setback lines that may be
applicable; any statutory rights of redemption of any governmental agency, state or
federal; any prior liens or encumbrances
as well as any priority created by a fixture
filing; and to any matter that an accurate
survey of the premises might disclose.
In addition, the following parties may
claim an interest in the above-referenced
property:
BETTYE J. STEVENS-FIKES
RICHARD S. STEENSLAND
ESTATE OF BETTYE J. STEVENS - FIKES
HEIR(S) OF BETTYE J. STEVENS - FIKES,
IF ANY
SECRETARY OF HOUSING & URBAN
DEVELOPMENT
243568
DATED March 3, 2016
Successor Trustee
COM
Mar. 11, 18, 25, 2016
Fln12814
100 East Main Street, Jackson, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed
by Christopher M McDaniel and Tay A
McDaniel, to Arnold M. Weiss, ESQ.,
Trustee, as trustee for Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A. on August 8, 2013 at Book T1960,
conducted by Shapiro & Ingle, LLP, a
Tennessee limited liability partnership
having been appointed Substitute or
Successor Trustee, all of record in the
Madison County Register’s Office. Default
has occurred in the performance of the
covenants, terms, and conditions of said
Deed of Trust and the entire indebtedness
has been declared due and payable.
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A, its successors
and assigns
Described property located at Madison
Land situated in Madison County,
TN:
Lot 11, Block 2, Highland Heights
Subdivision, and being more particularly
described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the east
margin of Locust Lane, said point is
the southwest corner of Lot 9, Block
2, Highland Subdivision as recorded
in Plat Book 1, page 224, Register’s
Office, Madison County, Tennessee;
thence east with the south line of Lot
No. 9 a distance of 100 feet to the
northwest corner of Lot No, 12, Block
2; thence south with the west line of
Lot No, 12 a distance of 60 feet to the
northeast corner of Lot No. 13, Block
2; thence west with the north line of
Lot No. 13 a distance of 100 feet to a
point in the east margin of Locust Lane;
thence north with the east margin of
Locust Lane a distance of 60 feet to
the point of beginning.
Street Address: 46 Locust Ln, Jackson,
Tennessee 38301
Parcel Number: 065P B 006.00
Current Owner(s) of Property: Christopher M. McDaniel and wife, Tay A.
McDaniel
described property is believed to be 46
Locust Ln, Jackson, Tennessee 38301,
but such address is not part of the legal
description of the property sold herein and
in the event of any discrepancy, the legal
description herein shall control.
premises might disclose.
check made payable to or endorsed to
Shapiro & Ingle, LLP. No personal checks
will be accepted. To this end, you must
bring sufficient funds to outbid the lender
and any other bidders. Insufficient funds
will not be accepted. Amounts received
in excess of the winning bid will be
refunded to the successful purchaser
at the time the foreclosure deed is
delivered.
This office may be a debt collector.
This may be an attempt to collect a debt
and any information obtained may be
used for that purpose.
Trustee
400
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 333-8107
Fax: (704) 333-8156
www.auction.com
File No. 16-105277
Mar. 11, 18, 25, 2016
Fln12806
by Marshall S. Forthman, to Alliance Title
and Escrow, Trustee, on March 11, 2010
at Book T1878, Page 715, Instrument No.
Party entitled to enforce security interest:
Nationstar Mortgage LLC, its successors
and assigns
Madison County, Tennessee, will be
sold to the highest call bidder subject
to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of record:
BEGINNING at a stake in the north
margin of maryland Drive at the
southeast corner of Lot No. One
Hundred Twenty-nine (129), Section
II-A Oakmont Development, a plat of
which appears of record in Plat Book
2, at page 56 in the Register’s Office of Madison County, Tennessee;
thence with the line of said Lot No.
One Hundred Twenty-nine (129) North
1 degree 15 minutes East 210 feet
to a stake in the northeast corner of
said Lot No. One Hundred Twenty-nine
(129); runs thence East 80 feet to a
stake at the northwest corner of Lot
No. One Hundred Twenty-seven (127);
runs thence with the line of said Lot
No. One Hundred Twenty-seven (127)
South 1 degree 15 minutes West 210
feet to a stake in the north margin
of Maryland Drive at the southwest
corner of said Lot No. One Hundred
Twenty-seven (127); runs thence with
the north margin of Maryland Drive
West 80 feet to the point of beginning
and bein designated as Lot No. One
Hundred Twenty-eithg (128), Section
II-A, Oakmont Development of record
aforesaid.
Marshall S. Forthman and wife Kindra
L. Forthman by Warranty Deed on
08/31/07 from Katrhleen D. Goetz,
and filed for record on 09/04/07
in Instrument 07015088, in the
Register’s Office of Madison County,
Tennessee.
Parcel Number: 066F E 034
Current Owner(s) of Property: Marshall
S. Forthman and Kindra L. Forman
Street Address: 23 Maryland Dr,
Any property address provided is not
part of the legal description of the
If you purchase a property at the foreclosure sale, the entire purchase price
is due and payable at the conclusion
of the auction in the form of a certified/bank check made payable to or
endorsed to Shapiro & Ingle, LLP. No
personal checks will be accepted. To
this end, you must bring sufficient
at any time.
Trustee
400
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 333-8107
Fax: (704) 333-8156
www.auction.com
File No. 16-105275
Mar. 11, 18, 25, 2016
Fln12822
dated June 11, 2004, and the Deed of
recorded June 22, 2004, in Book No.
T1591, at Page 346, in Office of the
Register of Deeds for Madison County,
Tennessee, executed by Alisa Melton,
conveying certain property therein described to Stewart Title of West Tennessee, Inc. as Trustee for Argent Mortgage
Company, LLC; and the undersigned,
Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., having
been appointed Successor Trustee by
JPMC Specialty Mortgage LLC.
Trustee, by JPMC Specialty Mortgage
LLC, will, on March 31, 2016 on or
about 11:00 AM, at the Madison County
Courthouse, Jackson, Tennessee, offer
for sale certain property hereinafter
described to the highest bidder FOR
certified funds paid at the conclusion
of the sale, or credit bid from a bank
or other lending entity pre-approved by
the successor trustee. The sale is free
from all exemptions, which are expressly
waived in the Deed of Trust, said property
being real estate situated in Madison
County, Tennessee, and being more
particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at a stake in the north
margin of Forest Avenue at a point
268.2 feet east of the east margin
of Lambuth Boulevard, said beginning
point being the southeast corner of
Lot No. 4 of Hall Addition No. 2 to the
City of Jackson, Tennessee, and runs
thence north with the east line of said
Lot No.4 one hundred fifty (150) feet
to a stake in the south margin of a
twelve foot alley; thence east with the
south margin of said twelve foot alley
sixty-eight and two-tenths (68.2) feet
to a stake, the northwest corner of
Lot No. 6 of said Subdivision; thence
south with the east margin of said Lot
No. 6 one hundred fifty (150) feet to
a stake, in the north margin of Forest
Avenue; thence west with the north
margin of Forest Avenue sixty-eight
and two-tenths (68.2) feet to the point
of beginning, and being designated
as Lot No. 5 of Hall Addition No. 2 to
the City of Jackson, a plat of which
Subdivision appears of record in Plat
Book 1, page 168, in the register’s
Office of Madison County, Tennessee.
Being the second lot described in the
deed of W. A. Hall, et al to Fenner C.
Mount, et al, of record in Deed Book
143, page 513, in the Register’s Office of Madison County, Tennessee.
Also known as Lot No. 5 of the Hall
Addition No. 2 to the City of Jackson.
Subdivision plat is recorded in Plat
Office of Madison County, Tennessee
(ROMCT).
ALSO KNOWN AS: 421 West Forest
Avenue, Jackson, TN 38301
ALISA MELTON
196300
DATED March 7, 2016
Successor Trustee
COM
Mar. 11, 18, 25, 2016
Fln12820
dated August 15, 2014, and the Deed
of Trust of even date securing the same,
recorded September 2, 2014, in Book
No. T1983, at Page 1911, in Office
County, Tennessee, executed by Jermaine Tolefree and Chonta Tolefree,
conveying certain property therein
described to Alliance Title & Escrow,
LLC as Trustee for Mortgage Electronic
January 30-February
5, 2016
2015 29
March 25-31,
March 25 - 31, 2016 2 9
public notices
Registration Systems, Inc., as a nominee
for Franklin American Mortgage Company, its successors and assigns; and
P.L.L.C., having been appointed Successor Trustee by Franklin American
Mortgage Company.
Trustee, by Franklin American Mortgage
Company, will, on May 12, 2016 on or
about 10:00 AM, at the Madison County
Courthouse, Jackson, Tennessee, offer
for sale certain property hereinafter
described to the highest bidder FOR
certified funds paid at the conclusion
of the sale, or credit bid from a bank
or other lending entity pre-approved by
the successor trustee. The sale is free
from all exemptions, which are expressly
waived in the Deed of Trust, said property
being real estate situated in Madison
County, Tennessee, and being more
particularly described as follows:
Property being situated in Madison
County, Tennessee, to wit: Lot(s)
260, Section XII, NORTHMEADE
WOODS SUBDIVISION, as shown
on plat of record in Plat Book 5,
Page 12, in the Register’s Office
of Madison County, Tennessee, to
which plat reference is hereby made
said property.
ALSO KNOWN AS: 23 Humphrey Cove,
Jackson, TN 38305
JERMAINE TOLEFREE
CHONTA TOLEFREE
311778
DATED March 4, 2016
Successor Trustee
COM
Mar. 11, 18, 25, 2016
Fln12819
by Frieda Loret Evans, to M Stewart,
Trustee, on September 28, 2005 at
interest: CitiFinancial Servicing LLC, its
successors and assigns
ALL THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND
IN THE SEVENTH WARD, MADISON
COUNTY, STATE OF TENNESSEE, AS
MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN BOOK
D566, PAGE 944, ID# 109G/F/1.06,
BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED
AS LOT 13 SECTION II, LAKEWOOD
SUBDIVISION, FILED IN PLAT BOOK
3 AT PAGE 255. BEING THE SAME
PROPERTY CONVEYED BY FEE SIMPLE
QUIT CLAIM DEED FROM ROBERT
F. NESBITT AND WIFE, SANDRA E.
NESBITT TO FRIEDA LORET EVANS,
DATED 09/15/1996 RECORDED ON
09/20/1996 IN BOOK D566, PAGE
944, IN MADISON COUNTY RECORDS,
STATE OF TENNESSEE.
Parcel Number: 109G F 001.06
Current Owner(s) of Property: Frieda
Loret Evans
Street Address: 26 Lake Ave, Jackson,
Tennessee 38301
at any time.
Trustee
400
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 333-8107
Fax: (704) 333-8156
File No. 16-105104
Mar. 18, 25, Apr. 1, 2016 Fln12817
by Don J. Raimondi, to Robert M. Wilson,
Jr., Trustee, on August 25, 2009 at
interest: Nationstar Mortgage LLC, its
THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF
REAL ESTATE LYING AND BEING
IN THE FIRST CIVIL DISTRICT, OF
MADISON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, AND
MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS
FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT A POINT IN THE SOUTH
MARGIN OF STONE ROAD, SAID
POINT BEING SOUTH 46 DEGREES
30 MINUTES WEST 200 FEET FROM
THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE
WILSON TRACT, SAID POINT ALSO
BEING THE NORTHEAST CORNER
OF THE ROBERT A. CALDWELL TO
MARVIN M. MCKNIGHT AND JOE NIP
MCKNIGHT TRACT OF RECORD IN
DEED BOOK 417 AT PAGE 402 IN
THE REGISTER’S OFFICE Of MADISON
COUNTY, TENNESSEE, OF WHICH THE
HEREIN DESCRIBED TRACT IS A PART;
RUNS THENCE SOUTH 19 DEGREES
54 MINUTES EAST 1,940 FEET TO A
STAKE IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER
OF SAID CALDWELL TO ‘MCKNIGHT
TRACT’; RUNS THENCE WEST WITH
THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID CALDWELL
TO MCKNIGHT TRACT 198 FEET TO
A STAKE; RUNS THENCE NORTH 19
DEGREES 54 MINUTES WEST 1,795
FEET TO A POINT IN THE SOUTH MARGIN OF STONE ROAD; RUNS THENCE
NORTH 46 DEGREES 30 MINUTES
EAST WITH THE SOUTH MARGIN OF,
STONE ROAD 200 FEET TO THE POINT
OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING 7.85
ACRES, ACCORDING TO THE SURVEY
OF THOMAS L. DEAN AND ASSOCIATION IN APRIL, 1982.
BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED FROM GERALD I. FORREST
AND BILLIE S. FORREST TO DON
J. RAIMONDI BY DEED RECORDED
08/29/2008 IN BOOK 695, PAGE
675 IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE OF
MADISON COUNTY, TENNESSEE.
Parcel Number: 144 002.08
Current Owner(s) of Property: Don J.
Raimondi
Street Address: 64 Stone Rd, Pinson,
Tennessee 38366
at any time.
Trustee
400
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 333-8107
Fax: (704) 333-8156
File No. 16-105168
Mar. 18, 25, Apr. 1, 2016 Fln12818
dated September 21, 2005, and the
Deed of Trust of even date securing the
same, recorded September 30, 2005, in
County, Tennessee, executed by Theodric Bonds and Sabrina Barnes, conveying certain property therein described to
Gail C. Victory as Trustee for Mortgage
Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.,
as nominee for Homeowners Loan
Corp., its successors and assigns; and
P.L.L.C., having been appointed Successor Trustee by U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Residential Asset
Securities Corporation, Home Equity
Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2005-KS12.
Trustee, by U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Residential Asset
Securities Corporation, Home Equity
Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2005-KS12, will, on
April 14, 2016 on or about 11:00 AM,
as follows:
Being Lot Number 32, Section III,
Rushmeade Estates, Jackson, Tennessee, as shown on plat of record
in Plat Book 3, Page 357, in the
Register’s Office of Madison County,
Tennessee, to which plat reference
is hereby made for a more particular
description.
ALSO KNOWN AS: 92 Boyd Drive,
Jackson, TN 38305
any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov-
enants, easements, or setback lines
THEODRIC BONDS
SABRINA BARNES
NCO/ASSIGNEE OF 1ST TENNESSEE
W. TN BONE JOINT CLINIC, P.C
300337
DATED March 11, 2016
Successor Trustee
COM
Mar. 18, 25, Apr. 1, 2016 Fln12826
dated May 1, 2006, and the Deed of
Trust of even date securing the same, recorded June 9, 2006, in Book No. T1761,
at Page 127, in Office of the Register of
Deeds for Madison County, Tennessee,
executed by William H. Bancroft, Jr. and
Phyllis D. Bancroft, conveying certain
property therein described to Dennie
R. Marshall as Trustee for Mortgage
as nominee for GMAC Mortgage Corporation DBA Ditech.com, its successors
and assigns; and the undersigned,
The Bank Of New York Mellon Trust
Company, National Association FKA
The Bank Of New York Trust Company,
N.A. As Successor To JPMorgan Chase
Bank, National Association, As Indenture
Trustee For Residential Asset Mortgage
Products, Inc., GMACM Home Equity
Loan Trust 2006-HE2.
Trustee, by The Bank Of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association
FKA The Bank Of New York Trust Company, N.A. As Successor To JPMorgan
Chase Bank, National Association, As
Indenture Trustee For Residential Asset
Mortgage Products, Inc., GMACM Home
Equity Loan Trust 2006-HE2, will, on
as follows:
SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF 3RD
CIVIL DISTRICT OF MADISON AND
STATE OF TENNESSEE:
BEGINNING AT A POINT IN THE
NORTH MARGIN OF MCCOOL DRIVE,
SAID POINT BEING THE SOUTHWEST
CORNER OF LOT NO. 84 IN SECTION
A OF HOLIDAY GARDENS SUBDIVISION, A PLAT OF WHICH APPEARS
OF RECORD IN PLAT BOOK 1, PAGE
262, IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE
OF MADISON COUNTY, TENNESSEE,
AND RUNS THENCE NORTH, WITH
THE WEST LINE OF LOT NO. 84, 130
FEET TO A POINT; THENCE WEST,
WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF LOTS 81
AND 79, 90 FEET TO AN EXISTING
CORNER POST AT THE NORTHEAST
CORNER OF LOT NO. 80; THENCE
SOUTH, WITH THE EAST LINE OF LOT
NO. 80, 130 FEET TO A POINT IN THE
NORTH MARGIN OF MCCOOL DRIVE;
THENCE EAST, WITH THE NORTH
MARGIN OF MCCOOL DRIVE, 90
FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
BEING LOT NO. 82 IN SECTION A OF
HOLIDAY GARDENS SUBDIVISION,
PLATTED AS AFORESAID AND SURVEYED BY AKIN AND PITTMAN ON
JANUARY 6, 1987.
ALSO KNOWN AS: 15 Mccool Drive,
Jackson, TN 38305-3726
WILLIAM H. BANCROFT, JR.
PHYLLIS D. BANCROFT
REGIONS BANK
312936
Successor Trustee
COM
Mar. 25, Apr. 1, 8, 2016 Fln12827
WHEREAS, default having been made
in the payment of the debts and obligations secured by a Deed of Trust
dated 04/13/05, by Ida M. Burrell
to Andrew Valentine, Esq., Trustee,
for the benefit of Mortgage Electronic
for American Home Mortgage, its successors and assigns and appearing of
record in Register’s Office of MADISON
County, Tennessee, in Book T1663,
Page 451, and WHEREAS, the beneficial
interest of said Deed of Trust was last
transferred and assigned to Federal
National Mortgage Association (“Fannie
Mae”) and WHEREAS, Federal National
Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”),
as the holder of the Note for which debt
is owed, (“Note Holder”), appointed the
undersigned, Priority Trustee Services
of TN, LLC, as Substitute Trustee by
instrument filed or to be filed for record
in the Register’s Office of MADISON
County, Tennessee, with all the rights,
powers and privileges of the original
Trustee named in said Deed of Trust;
and NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby
been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the Note
Holder, and that the undersigned, Priority
Trustee Services of TN, LLC, Substitute
Trustee, or its duly appointed attorneys
or agents, by virtue of the power and
authority vested in it, will on April 28,
2016, commencing at 10:00 AM at
the Main entrance (North Door) of the
Madison County Courthouse location
in Tennessee, proceed to sell at public
outcry to the highest and best bidder
for cash or certified check only. The
wiring of funds will not be accepted. The
conducting of the sale will be handled
by Auction.com. More information concerning their policies and procedures on
bidding at the foreclosure sale can be
found on their website Auction.com. The
following described property situated in
MADISON County, Tennessee, to wit:
BEING UNIT NUMBER TWENTY-ONE (NO.
21), TIMBERLAKE ESTATES, AS SHOWN
ON RECORDED PLAT OF TIMBERLAKE
ESTATES, A HORIZONTAL PROPERTY
REGIME, AS SHOWN ON THE RECORDED
PLAT IN PLAT BOOK 3, AT PAGE 266, IN
THE REGISTER’S OFFICE OF MADISON
COUNTY, TENNESSEE. REFERENCE IS
HEREBY MADE TO SAID PLAT FOR A
MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION AND
LOCATION OF THE UNIT HEREIN CONVEYED. BEING THE SAME REAL PROPERTY CONVEYED TO IDA M. BURRELL BY
DEED OF RECORD IN DEED BOOK 665,
PAGE 909, IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE
OF MADISON COUNTY, TENNESSEE.
PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1104 N PKWY
# 21, JACKSON, TN 38305 CURRENT
OWNER(S): Ida. M. Burrell The sale of
Continued on Page 30
January25-31,
30-February
5, 2015
30 March
2016
30 March 25 - 31, 2016
public notices
Foreclosure Notices
Continued from Page 29
the above-described property shall be
subject to all matters shown on any
recorded plan; any unpaid taxes; any
restrictive covenants, easements or
set-back lines that may be applicable;
any prior liens or encumbrances as
well as any priority created by a fixture
filing; and any matter that an accurate
survey of the premises might disclose.
Substitute Trustee will only convey any
interest he/she may have in the property
at the time of sale. Property is sold “as
is, where is.” For every lien or claim of
lien of the state identified above, please
be advised notice required by § 67-11433 (b)(1) was timely given and that any
sale of the property herein referenced
will be subject to the right of the state
to redeem the land as provided for in
§ 67-1-1433(c)(1). All right and equity
of redemption, statutory or otherwise,
homestead, and dower are expressly
waived in said Deed of Trust, and the
title is believed to be good, but the
undersigned will sell and convey only as
Substitute Trustee. The right is reserved
to adjourn the day of the sale to another
day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at
the time and place for the sale set forth
above. PRIORITY TRUSTEE SERVICES
OF TN, LLC 2970 Clairmont Road NE,
Suite 780Atlanta, Georgia 30329 770234-9181 File No.: 7345.29080 Web
Site: www.rcolegal.com Memphis News
03/25/16, 04/01/16, 04/08/16 TS#:
7345.29080
FEI # 2013.04093
Mar. 25, Apr. 1, 8, 2016 Fln12828
by Russell Williams and Ronniestein
Williams, to Teel, McCormack, Maroney,
Trustee, on September 18, 2006 at
interest: Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, as trustee for the holders
of the First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust
2006-FF17 Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2006-FF17, its successors and assigns
Beginning at a stake in the west margin
of Fairground Street, said beginning
point being about three hundred (300)
feet south of the south margin of Maple
Street, runs thence west 208 feet to a
stake; thence south 62 feet to a stake;
thence east 208 feet to the west margin of Fairground Street; thence north
with the west margin of said Fairground
Street 62 feet to the point of beginning.
Being the same real property conveyed
to the grantees herein by deed appearing of record in Deed Book 683,
page 1027 in the Register’s Office of
Parcel Number: 077L C 039.00
Current Owner(s) of Property: Russell
Williams and Ronniestein Williams
Other interested parties: North Star
Capital Acquisitions, LLC as assignee
of Capital One Bank (USA), N.A. c/o
Nathan & Nathan
Street Address: 325 North Fairgrounds
St, Jackson, Tennessee 38301
at any time.
Trustee
400
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 333-8107
Fax: (704) 333-8156
File No. 15-102239
Mar. 25, Apr. 1, 8, 2016 Fln12829
dated January 19, 2000, and the Deed
of Trust of even date securing the same,
recorded February 1, 2000, in Book No.
T1226, at Page 258, in Office of the
Register of Deeds for Madison County,
Tennessee, executed by Jessie Graves
and Cheyenne Graves, conveying certain
property therein described to I. Dyke
Tatum, Esq. as Trustee for Advanta
National Bank; and the undersigned,
First American Funding, LLC.
Trustee, by First American Funding, LLC,
will, on April 21, 2016 on or about 11:00
AM, at the Madison County Courthouse,
as follows:
BEGINNING AT AN IRON PIN ON THE
WEST MARGIN OF FOX STREET (20
FEET AT THE RIGHT ANGLES FROM
CENTERLINE) AT THE SOUTHWEST
CORNER OF JOHN JOHNSON AS RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 517, PAGE
339 IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE OF
MADISON COUNTY, TENNESSEE;
THENCE WITH THE WEST MARGIN
OF FOX STREET SOUTH A DISTANCE
OF 50 FEET TO AN IRON PIN AT THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF JAMES
GAMMON; THENCE WITH GAMMONS
NORTH LINE NORTH 86 DEGREES 46
MINUTES 45 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 149.91 FEET TO AN IRON
PIN AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF
ROBERT ELLISON; THENCE WITH ELLISON EAST LINE NORTH 2 DEGREES
04 MINUTES 44 SECONDS EAST A
DISTANCE OF 50.40 FEET TO AN IRON
PIN AT JOHNSON’S SOUTHWEST
CORNER; THENCE WITH JOHNSON’S
SOUTH LINE SOUTH 86 DEGREES
35 MINUTES 36 SECONDS EAST A
DISTANCE OF 148.11 FEET TO THE
POINT OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING
0.17 ACRE.
ALSO KNOWN AS: 33 Fox Street,
Jackson, TN 38301
JESSIE GRAVES
CHEYENNE GRAVES
HEIRS OF JESSIE GRAVES
THE ESTATE OF JESSIE GRAVES
128769
Successor Trustee
COM
Mar. 25, Apr. 1, 8, 2016 Fln12830
WHEREAS, default has occurred
in the performance of the covenants,
terms, and conditions of a Deed of
Trust Note dated April 7, 2006, and
the Deed of Trust of even date securing
the same, recorded April 13, 2006, in
County, Tennessee, executed by Ronald
Shockley and Julie Shockley, conveying certain property therein described
to Charles Patterson, Atty as Trustee
for Mortgage Electronic Registration
Systems, Inc., as nominee for Fremont
Investment & Loan, its successors and
assigns; and the undersigned, Wilson
appointed Successor Trustee by U.S.
Bank National Association, as Trustee
for SG Mortgage Securities Trust 2006FRE2, Asset Backed Certificates, Series
2006-FRE2.
Trustee, by U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for SG Mortgage Securities Trust 2006-FRE2, Asset Backed
Certificates, Series 2006-FRE2, will, on
as follows:
Land lying and being in the Third Civil
District of Madison County, Tennessee, and being more particularly described as follows, to-wit: BEGINNING
at an iron pin on the south margin of
Glenhurst Drive at the northeast corner of Lot 48, Section III, Glenhurst.
Place as recorded in Plat Book 6 at
page 219 in the Register’s Office of
Madison County, Tennessee; thence
with the south margin of Glenhurst
Drive following a curve (radius of 50
feet) to the left a distance of 50.11
feet to an iron pin at the northwest
corner of Lot 46; thence with the west
line of Lot 46 South 0 degrees 20
minutes 17 seconds East a distance
of 120.22 feet to an iron pin; thence
South 89 degrees 29 minutes 20
seconds West a distance of 110 feet
to an iron pin at the southeast corner
of Lot 48; thence with the east line of
Lot 48 North 27 degrees 04 minutes
48 seconds East a distance of 134.59
feet to the point of beginning. Being
Lot 47, Section III, Glenhurst Place
platted as aforesaid, as surveyed by
David Hall Land Surveying Company,
RLS. #943, on July 12, 1996. Being
the same property conveyed to Ronald
Shockley and wife, Julie Shockley,
as tenants by the entirety in Warranty Deed, as filed at Book D679,
Page 962 in the Register’s Office of
Madison County.
ALSO KNOWN AS: 105 Glenhurst
Drive, Jackson, TN 38305-5358
RONALD SHOCKLEY
JULIE SHOCKLEY
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS
TRUSTEE FOR SG MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2006-FRE2, ASSET BACKED
CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-FRE2
ATLANTIC CREDIT AND FINANCE INC ASSIGNEE FOR HSBC CONSUMER LE
313248
Successor Trustee
COM
Mar. 25, Apr. 1, 8, 2016 Fln12834
Foreclosure Notices
Tipton County
north door, Tipton County Courthouse,
100 Court Square, Covington, Tennessee, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed
by Ruth O. McKee, single woman, to
Robert L. Crawford, Trustee, on February 15, 2007 at Book 1326, Page 528,
Instrument No. 100100; all of record in
the Tipton County Register’s Office.
interest: Nationstar Mortgage LLC, its
Tipton County, Tennessee, will be sold
Lot 5, Section A, Jones Ridge Subdivision, as shown on Plat of record
in Plat Cabinet E, Slide 114-B, in the
Register’s Office of Tipton County,
description of said property.
Parcel Number: 129I A 005.00
Current Owner(s) of Property: Ruth
O. McKee
Street Address: 4578 Portersville
Road, Atoka, Tennessee 38004
at any time.
Trustee
400
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 333-8107
Fax: (704) 333-8156
File No. 15-102554
Mar. 11, 18, 25, 2016
Fln12799
at the north door, Tipton County Court-
house, 100 Court Square, Covington,
Tennessee, pursuant to Deed of Trust
executed by Winifred C. Koury, to Duke
H. Brasfield, Trustee, on April 17, 2007
at Record Book 1337, Page 731, Instrument No. 102752; all of record in the
Tipton County Register’s Office.
interest: Federal National Mortgage
Association (“Fannie Mae”), a corporation organized and existing under the
laws of the United States of America,
its successors and assigns
Lot 21, Maple Woods Village Subdivision, Section B, as shown on plat of
record in Plat Cabinet F, Slide 165, in
the Register’s Office of Tipton County,
Jolly & Pickard Builders by Deed at
Book 1271, Page 22, on 4/24/2006,
at the aforesaid Register’s Office.
Donald R. Thompson and Shirley R.
Thompson, husband and wife, tenants
by the entireties, at Book 1306, Page
359, on 10/26/2006, at the aforesaid
The following is for informational
purposes only,
Property: 47 Westerfield, Atoka TN
38004
Parcel: 128I-A-26.00
Parcel Number: 128I A 026.00
Current Owner(s) of Property: Heirs of
Winifred Koury aka Winifred C. Koury
Other interested parties: Heirs of
Winifred Koury, Tony Koury, Eva
McMillan
Street Address: 47 Westerfield Drive,
Atoka, Tennessee 38004
at any time.
Trustee
400
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 333-8107
Fax: (704) 333-8156
www.auction.com
File No. 15-063155
Mar. 11, 18, 25, 2016
Fln12802
dated April 28, 2008, and the Deed of
Trust of even date securing the same, recorded May 6, 2008, in Book No. 1394,
at Page 818, in Office of the Register
of Deeds for Tipton County, Tennessee,
executed by Joseph R. Grassie, III and
Kameron Grassie, conveying certain
property therein described to Charles
Ennis as Trustee for Mortgage Electronic
for Patriot Bank, its successors and
& Associates, P.L.L.C., having been appointed Successor Trustee by JPMorgan
Chase Bank, National Association.
January 30-February
5, 2015
March 25-31,
2016 29
31
March 25 - 31, 2016 3 1
public notices
Trustee, by JPMorgan Chase Bank,
National Association, will, on April 6,
Tipton County Courthouse, Covington, Tennessee, offer for sale certain
situated in Tipton County, Tennessee,
as follows:
Lot 16, Woodlawn Estates Subdivision, as shown on plat of record in
Plat Book 2, Pages 75 and 76 and as
revised in Plat Cabinet A, Slide 171, in
the Register’s Office of Tipton County,
ALSO KNOWN AS: 2051 Beaver Road,
Brighton, TN 38011
JOSEPH R. GRASSIE, III
KAMERON GRASSIE
TENNESSEE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
AGENCY (THDA)
201040
DATED March 7, 2016
Successor Trustee
COM
Mar. 11, 18, 25, 2016
Fln12821
WHEREAS, default has occurred
in the performance of the covenants,
terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust
Note dated November 25, 2009, and
the Deed of Trust of even date securing the same, recorded December 2,
2009, in Book No. 1459, at Page 765,
in Office of the Register of Deeds for
Tipton County, Tennessee, executed
by Samantha Green and John Green,
conveying certain property therein described to Monte Connell as Trustee
for American Mortgage Services, Inc.;
and the undersigned, Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., having been appointed
Successor Trustee by JPMorgan Chase
Bank, National Association.
as follows:
Lot 86, Section H Reeds Estates Subdivision, as shown on plat of record
in Plat Cabinet H, Slide 124, in the
Register’s Office of Tipton County,
description of said property. Being
the same property conveyed to John
Green and Samantha Green, husband
and wife in Warranty Deed, as filed at
Book 1459, Page 763 in the Register’s Office of Tipton County.
ALSO KNOWN AS: 288 West Rae
Drive, Munford, TN 38058
SAMANTHA GREEN
JOHN GREEN
312581
DATED March 8, 2016
Successor Trustee
COM
Mar. 11, 18, 25, 2016
Fln12823
Sale at public auction will be on May 16,
2016 on or about 11:00AM local time,
at the North door of the Tipton County
Courthouse in Covington, Tennessee,
conducted by the Substitute Trustee
as identified and set forth herein below,
pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by
JAMES T. GATLIN AND ANGELA R. GATLIN, to FMLS. INC., Trustee, on October
4, 2010, at Record Book 1491, Page
532 in the real property records of Tipton
County Register’s Office, Tennessee.
Owner of Debt: REGIONS BANK DBA
REGIONS MORTGAGE
Lot 50, Baskin Subdivision, Section C,
as shown on plat of record in plat cabinet B, Slide 117, in the Register`s Office
of Tipton County, Tennessee, to which
plat reference is hereby made for more
particular description of said lot.
This conveyance is subject to Subdivision Restrictions, building lines and
easements in plat cabinet B, Slide
117, in the Register`s Office of Tipton
County, Tennessee.
Tax ID: 051MB-016
Current Owner(s) of Property: JAMES T.
GATLIN AND ANGELA R. GATLIN
The street address of the above described property is believed to be 358
Junior Dr, Covington, TN 38019, but
such address is not part of the legal
description of the property sold herein
and in the event of any discrepancy,
the legal description referenced herein
shall control.
SALE IS SUBJECT TO OCCUPANT(S)
THE RIGHT IS RESERVED TO ADJOURN
THE DAY OF THE SALE TO ANOTHER
DAY, TIME AND PLACE CERTAIN WITHOUT FURTHER PUBLICATION, UPON
ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE TIME AND
PLACE FOR THE SALE SET FORTH ABOVE.
THE TRUSTEE/SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE
RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RESCIND
THE SALE. IF THE SALE IS SET ASIDE
FOR ANY REASON, THE PURCHASER AT
THE SALE SHALL BE ENTITLED ONLY TO
A RETURN OF THE DEPOSIT PAID. THE
PURCHASER SHALL HAVE NO FURTHER
RECOURSE AGAINST THE GRANTOR,
THE GRANTEE, OR THE TRUSTEE.
OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: None
THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT
AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
If applicable, the notice requirements of
T.C.A. 35-5-117 have been met.
If the U.S. Department of Treasury/IRS,
the State of Tennessee Department of
Revenue, or the State of Tennessee
Department of Labor or Workforce Development are listed as Interested Parties
in the advertisement, then the Notice of
this foreclosure is being given to them
and the Sale will be subject to the applicable governmental entities’ right to
redeem the property as required by 26
U.S.C. 7425 and T.C.A. §67-1-1433.
This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject
to confirmation by the lender or trustee.
This sale may be rescinded at any time. If
the sale is set aside for any reason, the
Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled
only to a return of the deposit paid. The
Purchaser shall have no further recourse
against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee
or the Mortgagee’s attorney.
MWZM File No. 16-000013-625
JASON S. MANGRUM, JOHN R. ROAN,
or JERRY A. BRIDENBAUGH, Substitute
Trustee(s)
PREMIER BUILDING, SUITE 404
5217 MARYLAND WAY
BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE 37027
PHONE: (615) 238-3630
EMAIL: [email protected]
Mar. 18, 25, Apr. 1, 2016 Fln12824
dated May 30, 2008, and the Deed of
recorded June 11, 2008, in Book No.
1399, at Page 122, in Office of the
Register of Deeds for Tipton County,
Tennessee, executed by Thomas Sanford and Mandy Sanford, conveying
certain property therein described
to Monte S. Connell as Trustee for
American Mortgage Services, Inc.; and
P.L.L.C., having been appointed Successor Trustee by JPMorgan Chase Bank,
National Association.
as follows:
Lot 45, Section B, Happy Valley Subdivision, as shown on plat of record
in Plat Cabinet C, Slide 31 in the
Registers Office of Tipton County,
Tennessee to which plat reference
ALSO KNOWN AS: 264 Dessie Re
Drive, Munford, TN 38058
THOMAS SANFORD
MANDY SANFORD
MAIN STREET ACQUISITION CORP
215968
Successor Trustee
COM
Mar. 18, 25, Apr. 1, 2016 Fln12825
dated March 19, 2012, and the Deed of
recorded March 26, 2012, in Book
No. 1545, at Page 25, in Office of the
Register of Deeds for Tipton County,
Tennessee, executed by Rodney A.
Delashmit and Holly Delashmit, conveying certain property therein described to
Monte Connell as Trustee for Mortgage
as nominee for American Mortgage
Services, Inc., its successors and
appointed Successor Trustee by Wells
Fargo Bank, NA.
Trustee, by Wells Fargo Bank, NA, will,
on May 26, 2016 on or about 10:00
AM, at the Tipton County Courthouse,
Covington, Tennessee, offer for sale
certain property hereinafter described
to the highest bidder FOR certified
funds paid at the conclusion of the
sale, or credit bid from a bank or other
lending entity pre-approved by the successor trustee. The sale is free from all
exemptions, which are expressly waived
in the Deed of Trust, said property being
real estate situated in Tipton County,
Tennessee, and being more particularly
Being a part of Lot 1 Bennett Woods
Estates Subdivision Section A recorded in Plat Cabinet C, Slide 52 in the
Register’s Office, lying on the West
side of Bennett Woods Drive in the
Second Civil District of Tipton County,
Tennessee, being more particularly
Beginning at an iron pin found at the
Southeast corner of Lot 2 Bennett
Woods Subdivision Section A, said
point being on the West right of way
line of Bennett Woods Drive (50
foot right of way), thence South 08
degrees 48 minutes 04 seconds East,
140.00 feet along the said right of
way line to an iron pin found at the
Southeast corner of this partition;
thence South 81 degrees 11 minutes
56 seconds West, 311.14 feet along
the South line of this partition to an
iron pin found on the East interior line
of Lot 2; thence North 08 degrees 48
minutes 08 seconds West, 140.00
feet along the East interior line of Lot
2 to an iron pin found at the South
interior corner of Lot 2; thence North
81 degrees 11 minutes 56 seconds
East, 311.14 feet along the South
line of Lot 2 to the Point of Beginning, encompassing 1.00 acres of
land, more or less.
ALSO KNOWN AS: 203 Bennet Woods
Drive, Brighton, TN 38011
RODNEY A. DELASHMIT
HOLLY DELASHMIT
LVNV FUNDING, LLC AS ASSIGNEE OF
FIRST CONSUMERS NATIONAL BANK
235038
Successor Trustee
FOR SALE INFORMATION, VISIT
WWW.MYFIR.COM and WWW.REALTYTRAC.COM
Mar. 25, Apr. 1, 8, 2016 Fln12831
at the north door, Tipton County Courthouse, 100 Court Square, Covington,
Tennessee, pursuant to Deed of Trust
executed by Shirley Dale Vandergrift, to
M. Rushing, Trustee, on September 14,
2006 at Record Book 1299, Page 266,
Instrument No. 93582; all of record in the
Tipton County Register’s Office.
interest: CitiFinancial Servicing LLC, its
ALL THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND
IN , TIPTON COUNTY, STATE OF TN,
AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN BOOK
772 PAGE 120 ID# 065-065-013.06,
BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS
LOT 2 MOORMAN-ADKINS ROAD SUBDIVISION, FILED IN PLAT CABINET D,
SLIDE 81 B.
BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED BY FEE SIMPLE DEED FROM
BOBBY N. MOORMAN and CAROLYN
R. MOORMAN HUSBAND AND WIFE
TO SHIRLEY DALE VANDERGRIFT ,
DATED 05/15/1996 RECORDED ON
05/21/19961N BOOK 772, PAGE
120 IN TIPTON COUNTY RECORDS,
STATE OF TN.
Parcel Number: 065 01306 000
Current Owner(s) of Property: Shirley
Dale Vandergrift
Street Address: 813 Adkins Rd, Burlison, Tennessee 38015
at any time.
Trustee
400
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 333-8107
Fax: (704) 333-8156
www.auction.com
File No. 16-104598
Mar. 25, Apr. 1, 8, 2016 Fln12836
32 March 25-31, 2016
uci continued from P6
member and former superintendent of
schools for the Catholic Diocese of Memphis, said, “There will be a greater focus
on implementation of research” going
forward.
Said Armour: “We’re going to be focused on outcomes. Everyone wants to
do good, but wanting to do good is not
enough.”
Crocker also points out that restoring
UCI to its role as a source of financial support is only one part of the larger equation.
insure tn continued from P8
of Shelby County Common Table Health
Alliance, who is involved in this campaign.
“We’re trying to give her some wind beneath her wings to step up and answer
the call. We think this will give her the
gumption to take forth to legislators. She’s
in a leadership role and can influence this
conversation.”
The effort with Harwell began in April
2015 when the Citizens for Insure TN met
with her to ask what needed to be done to
get the bill passed.
“She said go out and educate,” Smallwood said.
Educational forums were held across
the state, including a gathering in Memphis
that brought together leaders of some 100
nonprofit organizations and businesses
that supported Insure Tennessee.
Nothing came of those forums so in
February Smallwood and Mary Falls bought
“We need to work smarter and not so
much harder,” she said of the nonprofit
community as a whole. “Money will only
get you so far. It’s only part of the answer.
A lot of it is collaboration.”
Lee, even without a formal commitment
yet in hand from UCI, is encouraged by
what he has seen in the last three months.
“It does seem like there’s a new energy
and a new interest in funding,” he said. “I
think they’re smart to take some time and
figure out what makes sense.
“So far, I think they’re doing what they
said they would do.”
billboards in Nashville calling on Harwell
to help. While it gained some traction in
the capital city, the biggest difference was
in how it reached people across the state,
Smallwood said. And while people hesitated to give as an organization or business,
they did give financially as individuals.
“You see a hodgepodge coming around
to fund it and we love that,” she said. “We’re
saying there is no more kicking the can
down the road. It’s a call to action now.”
The three digital billboards in Shelby
County are along Interstate 240 and Norris
Road, I-40 and U.S. 51, and Lamar Avenue
near I-240.
There is no timeline for how long the
billboards run, although the legislative
session will end in late April.
“It depends on the speaker,” Smallwood said. “We’re waiting to see what she
does. I’ve had people wanting to fund more
billboards. We’re basing our timeline on
how we see things moving.”
beale continued from P12
director, George Miller, was also interested
in who controlled what on the street and
its direction.
To Miller, the role of guardian and having some power over the business of the
district were inseparable and Miller tended
to regard his own business and the district’s
business as one in the same.
But it wasn’t Miller’s example that Kyles
cited March 17 as he made the case for the
group he has assembled.
“John Elkington realized his dilemma.
He had no experience,” Kyles said, invoking the district’s manager/developer from
its early 1980s opening through 2013. “It
wasn’t a typical property management
newsmakers continued from P24
Cardwell is principal attorney with The
Cardwell Firm PLLC, a Memphis-based
boutique estate planning law firm.
Brooke Hyman has joined the Memphis City Council staff as legislative research analyst. Hyman previously worked
as an attorney with the public defender’s
office for four years, serving in the adult
and juvenile courts.
Lauren Rower has
joined the office of Crye-Leike luxury Realtor
Joshua Spotts as director of client services,
overseeing client communications, customer
service and marketing.
ROWER
Rower brings more than
eight years of experience in customer service and communications to the position.
David Zelman, vice president and
11-year employee of global architecture
and design firm FRCH Design Worldwide,
has relocated to Memphis to better serve
sports continued from P20
It’s a risk that Norvell, 34, the offensive
coordinator at Arizona State before getting
the Memphis gig, is willing to take.
Once players enter the football building on South Campus they can’t wear
headphones. Or hats. Or earrings.
“We’re trying to pull away from the self
and focus on team, on family,” Norvell
said. “That’s big with me. If you took relationships out of football, I’d stop coaching
tomorrow.”
It’s a bold statement, but his assistant
coaches echo Norvell’s core values. Defensive coordinator Chris Ball, as much
as any of them, looks like the stereotypical
football coach. He’s got the square jaw and
that glint in his eye that suggests he’d like
nothing more than to have a reason to get
into a scrap.
He played high school and college ball
in the 1980s, before the world and, yes,
even football, tapped into political correctness and inalienable rights that extended
to the football practice field. The idea that
his coaches would have been concerned
with relationships makes him laugh.
“No,” Ball said, “they didn’t care about
the relationship. We all grew up like, `Yes,
company. … He created an entity that
addressed specifically the needs of Beale
Street. It wasn’t a typical property management company. It was a hybrid.”
More than 30 years later, 21 Beale’s
proposal cited “the longstanding cultural
dissonance that keeps Beale Street from
reaching its full potential.”
“We put this together because we care
about the street,” Kyles said. “And particularly to engage African-Americans who feel
pretty much disconnected from the street
even though the legacy is grounded in black
entrepreneurial and professional development. That’s the basis for Beale Street. I’m
pretty sure without seeing the other proposals that we were the only one that had any
diversity in terms of the principals.”
clients in and near Memphis, Nashville
and the southern region. Zelman has
been tasked with supporting all areas of
FRCH’s business for the retail mixed-use
studio, including architecture, interior
and graphic design, brand strategy and
research.
Trezevant has named the following officers for the nonprofit’s board of directors:
Bruce B. Hopkins, board chair; Merilyn
G. Mangum, secretary; David L. (Casey)
Bowlin, vice chairman; Scott J. Crosby,
immediate past board chairman; and John
D. Ivy, executive committee adviser. The
organization also welcomed Frankie Wade
and Beverly Williams as new members of
the board.
Bob Bernstein, owner of Geriatric
Consultants, has been presented the Senior Advocacy Award by The Professional
Network on Aging.
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs LLP has been
named by American Banker magazine as
one of the top 20 legal advisers in the U.S.,
based on the number of domestic bank and
thrift merger transactions in 2015.
sir, run through that wall.’ We didn’t ask
why. We were running through that wall
because coach said so.”
And now, in Memphis, under Mike
Norvell in 2016?
“He believes if you’re gonna get on a
kid hard for making a mistake, you better be twice as excited when he makes a
good play,” Ball said. “In order to coach a
kid hard these days, we feel like you gotta
have a relationship with him. We’re gonna
coach them, gonna strain them, but they’re
gonna understand it’s for a reason.”
So, if the Tigers have a good season,
you will hear much about this. How Norvell and his staff were the right ones for
the modern-day athlete, able to walk that
fine between discipline and giving a young
man just enough space to be himself.
“His prints are all over this program
already,” Dickey said. “Everything is being
done the Mike Norvell way.”
Yes, that includes no headphones, earrings or hats. But they are not limits just for
the sake of limits.
“It’s not just an opportunity to sacrifice, but also an opportunity to show
respect,” Norvell said of what he calls the
“little detail rules,” adding, “We’re all in
this together.”
March 25-31, 2016 33
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happenings
Memphis Area Transit Authority will host the final public review meeting for
the Midtown Area Connector Alternatives Analysis Study (the MAC) on Monday, March 28, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Memphis Leadership Foundation,
1548 Poplar Ave. This meeting will present the seven recommended Midtown
corridor alternatives. Visit macmemphis.com or call 901-722-7119 for details.
Tennessee Department of Labor &
Workforce Development’s mobile
Career Coach will be in Memphis on
Monday, March 28, from 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. at the Cossitt Library, 33 S. Front
St. Career Coach staff will help people
create resumes and register with jobs4tn.
gov, where more than 90,000 jobs are
available.
Memphis Botanic Garden will kick off
the 2016 Vine to Wine tasting series with
“World of Wines” on Tuesday, March
29, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at MBG, 750
Cherry Road. Each event features eight
wines, beers or cocktails and light hors
d’oeuvres. Tickets are $30 for members
and $45 for nonmembers. Visit memphisbotanicgarden.com..
American Red Cross will host an access
opportunity workshop for certified minority business enterprises and business
owners working on certification Wednesday, March 30, from 8:30 a.m. to noon at
its office, 1339 Madison Ave. Learn what
goods and services the American Red
Cross purchases and how to apply. Space
is limited; contact Joyce Tabb at jtabb@
tmsdc.net or 901-830-8242 for registration details.
Tennessee Health Management will
hold a grand opening for the Behavioral
Healthcare Center at Memphis, a geriatric psychiatric facility specializing in the
care of seniors 65 and older, on Wednesday, March 30, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
on the campus of Harbor View Nursing
Home, 1505 N. Second St. A ribbon cutting will be followed by tours. Visit thmgt.
com/bhc-memphis for details
Midtown Memphis Development Corp.
will host the Mojo of Midtown Bash on
Wednesday, March 30, at 7 p.m. at Circuit
Playhouse, 51 S. Cooper St. Awards will
be presented to individuals and organizations who have made a difference in promoting and preserving Midtown. Tickets
are $35 in advance or $40 at the door.
Visit facebook.com/midtownmemphis.
mmdc for online tickets.
Memphis Pets Alive will host its second
annual Art Unleashed silent auction
Thursday, March 31, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
at Crosstown Arts, 430 Cleveland St.
Admission is $12 at the door and includes
access to food and drinks. Visit memphispetsalive.org.
The Orpheum Theatre will host the
Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses concert on Thursday, March 31, at
7:30 p.m. at 203 S. Main St. The live concert features a four-movement symphony
and more orchestral renditions of theme
music from Nintendo’s “The Legend of
Zelda” franchise. Buy tickets at orpheummemphis.com.
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must contain the numbers 1
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opinion
Time for Blight Talk
To Become Action
I
t’s time for the city’s battle
against blight to move beyond
the byzantine path of legal barriers, grant programs and other
hurdles that have defined a
slow-moving process so far.
The process is slow-moving even
by the standards of local government,
where time is often the last consideration.
There are reasons blight measures
that confiscate property should move
with some degree of caution. The
government should not be able to do
this lightly. And as much as speculators contribute to blight when they sit
on property, especially commercial
property, buying land for that purpose is legitimate.
But doing something lightly isn’t
always the same as doing it quickly.
And as those with good intentions
clear one barrier only to discover
more barriers behind it, the process
fills the vacuum, and that too often
becomes the point.
The process is not the point,
however necessary it is. The more
it becomes the point, the more the
larger motive of actually doing something about blight fades into the
background of things political leaders like to talk about instead of doing
something about.
Chain link fences rise and fall and
rise again around prominent properties such as the Sterick Building, the
Hickman Building and in the last year
the 100 N. Main Building.
The uncertain future of those who
live in the Tulane and Warren Apartments reminds us blight is not always
about vacant structures. The name
Peppertree – as in the apartment complex in Whitehaven – is synonymous
with occupied, rent-paying blight.
And we’ve been called to numerous residential areas of our city to
watch a bulldozer bring down a house
or an apartment complex to celebrate
a gap where an eyesore used to be.
Those who are part of the effort
talk frequently about their “arsenal”
or “toolbox” for dealing with blight.
Yet, last year we attended a celebratory press conference – yes, with
bulldozer – in one neighborhood to
tout the coming of state funding to
build on a soon-to-be-vacant lot.
Months later, we discovered the city
didn’t have the organization in place
to even apply for the state money.
This is hard, one-property-at-atime work. The harder part is reaching some kind of scale that translates
to action. Without that kind of start,
there will never be a net gain against
the other side of the ledger, where
low-price properties are bought in
groups and held for a brighter, more
profitable day that may never come
because all involved are waiting on
someone else to do something.
Over a two-day period we had
both a blight symposium and a blight
summit in which new resolutions
were made to get serious about the
blight fight and new paths through a
patchwork process were identified.
Our suggestions are no more summits, no more bulldozers and no more
flow charts. Let your next event be one
celebrating an end result: a restored
street, a reopened building, places
that citizens choose to live instead of
have to live.
THE MEMPHIS NEWS | almanac
March 25-31
This week in Memphis history:
2015: NBA legend Magic Johnson visits Memphis to announce his foundation will award $30,000 in college scholarships to students at Booker T.
Washington High School.
2015: Developers Archie Willis and Henry Turley unveil their concept plan
for the redevelopment of Central Station, including a boutique hotel by
Kemmons Wilson Enterprises in the station building, a Malco movie theater
and possibly a grocery store – totaling a $52 million private investment.
1974: The Miami Dolphins backfield of
Larry Csonka, Jim Kiick and Paul Warfield announces they will leave the NFL
together to play in the new World
Football League just months after the
Dolphins win their second consecutive Super Bowl. They sign with the
Toronto Northmen franchise for $3
million over three years starting with
the 1975 season. As the trio plays out
their last season in Miami, the Northmen franchise moves to Memphis and
the Liberty Bowl, where they are renamed the
Southmen and then the Grizzlies. Csonka, Kiick and Warfield play part of
the 1975 season for the Grizzlies before the collapse of the WFL. They then
return to the NFL in 1976.
1924:
Groundbreaking for a new “Negro orphanage” in the Douglas
Park area of the city with funding from the “community chest,” a precursor
to Shelby United Neighbors and United Way. Meanwhile, The Daily News
reports construction on the main building on the campus of Southwestern
at Memphis, now Rhodes College, is making “good progress” after it slowed
because of a drop in contributions. Like most buildings of the day, it is built
on a pay-as-you-go basis.
Time on the Porch
MEMPHASIS
DAN CONAWAY
ON PORCHES.
Whatever porches are about, the best
ones are about time.
Time for swings and rocking chairs
and reflection. Time spent alone with your
thoughts or time shared with others sharing space and experience. Time to be very
quiet. Or very loud. Life in real time.
And the best time for porches is at the
beginning of things or at the end, before
things really get going and to mark the
things that came before, all of the hope in
a day met in its morning and evening.
I’ve been thinking about porches lately
while I’ve been working on a book about
a singular piece of ground in Hardeman
County, graced by a number of things including a number of porches.
You watch the show from the porches
of Lone Oaks Farm, each placed with great
care to afford the best view of the performance – light through trees and on water
and over fields and in the sky, rising and
falling, arriving and leaving, all just so –
sound intrinsic, every chirp, babble, rustle,
creak, croak, bark, call, whinny, every note
naturally expected but startlingly beautiful
in symphony.
Porches front cabins over water and
meadows. They grace the side of a barn
over a pond and the side of a farm shop
over a field. They stand in a stable over
stalls and in woods over trails. They lie by
boats and docks and falls and swimming
holes.
Each is about its own spot, its own performance in the show, its own time.
All of that convinced me that it was high
time we a had a porch again – a proper
screened porch instead of the small deck
we have now – defined space shared in
conversation, in laughter, in thought –
ours and others – all beneath a ceiling fan,
turning from subject to subject, talking like
you only seem to talk of a morning or an
evening on a porch.
I gave just such a porch to Nora for
Christmas, and the other day Cheryl came
over to talk about it. She graduated from
Messick a few years before I graduated
from White Station, but I grew up near
Messick and my momma went there so
we shared that. We’re both Episcopalian at
different churches, but a past rector of hers
was a good friend of my daughter growing
up so we shared that. She’s in Bartlett now
and I’m in High Point, but we both lived in
Midtown for decades so we shared that.
We’d never met before, but because
this is Memphis, we shared. Cheryl builds
porches, and standing where mine will be
we found common ground in minutes.
We now both know that this will be a fine
porch, and that both of us will see to it. We
know each other now.
It’s time we thought about speaking
to everyone as if we were sharing time on
a porch.
I’m a Memphian, and I forgot to tell
Cheryl that the architect who designed the
porch went to Messick, too.
Dan Conaway, a communication strategist and author of “I’m a Memphian,” can
be reached at [email protected].
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