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US Unemployment Aid Before the storm hit on Oct. 29, appli- to incubate their ideas, which will directly joins Sullivan Branding with 12 years of cations had fluctuated this year between impact growth and opportunity. We are just experience in the field, including her time Applications Drop to 370K 360,000 and 390,000. They topped 400,000 one of many success stories that will come as with Memphis Mayor Jr.’s office The number of people seeking U.S. for most of last year. That has coincided a result of these coordinated efforts.” as communications manager and with The unemployment aid fell sharply last week as with only modest declines in the unemploy- Memphis Flyer as senior editor. a temporary spike caused by Superstorm ment rate. Hensey will provide oversight to client Sandy has faded. Weekly applications have strategies and internal team management fallen back to a level consistent with mod- Two Way Diner Files Permit for hospitality, tourism and banking cli- est hiring. For Cooper-Young Locale ents. Before joining Sullivan Branding, she The Labor Department said Thursday Restore Medical Solutions managed accounts at GS&F and the Buntin that applications dropped 25,000 last week Raises $2.5 Million A new concept called the Two Way Diner Group in Nashville. Hensley has worked to a seasonally adjusted 370,000. is under way for the Cooper-Young district, with accounts in the hospitality, financial, Unemployment aid applications spiked Restore Medical Solutions, a local startup in the space that was once the Two Way Inn restaurant and retail industries for 12 years. a month ago after Sandy shuttered business- that went through the inaugural season of restaurant. Moore will use her experience with es in the Northeast. Applications jumped to accelerator program ZeroTo510, has closed A $150,500 building permit application vendor management, quality control and 451,000 in the week ended Nov. 10. People on its Series A funding round by raising $2.5 was recently filed with the city-county Of- pricing negotiation to guide each step of can claim unemployment benefits if their million. fice of Construction Code Enforcement for the production process. She brings 22 years workplaces are forced to close and they The investors are Innova and MB Ven- a renovation and addition to the existing of practice in financial, casino and service aren’t paid. tures, with Innova taking the lead. building at 752 S. Cooper St., owned by industries, with past work at Harland Clarke, Some analysts were encouraged by how Restore, which was launched by Shawn Charlie Ryan of Central Cooper Gateway Inc. Mailnet Services Inc. and Vector Graphics. quickly applications have returned to pre- Flynn and Ryan Ramkhelawan, has invented Gilluly and Associates LLC is listed as storm levels. Pierre Ellis, an economist at a modular surgical tray and method that the contractor. Decision Economics, said the rapid drop increases speed and efficacy in reprocessing suggests companies are quickly re-hiring sterile surgical instruments. Green Ballast Installs workers displaced by the storm. Rebuilding “Memphis has been very good to us and Lighting for Tenant in Lenox and repair efforts could also be creating has a tremendous amount of resources, Sullivan Branding jobs, he said. which everyone throughout the community Adds Three New Hires Healthcare Trust of America Inc., a The report is “a positive development for and the country needs to know about,” said Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Real Estate Invest- the labor market, which appears to be recov- Restore president Flynn in an email to The Memphis-based creative agency Sullivan ment Trust, has completed a lighting ret- ering from the temporary effects of Sandy Daily News. “Memphians should be proud to Branding has added three new members rofit equipped with Memphis-based Green more rapidly than originally anticipated,” know that the leaders of this state, both pri- to its team. Mary Cashiola has joined the Ballast Inc.’s patented daylight harvesting Joseph LaVorgna, an economist at Deutsche vate and public, are taking a proactive stance agency as corporate communications man- fluorescent light ballasts for a Fortune 500 Bank, said in a note to clients. in job creation and economic development. ager, Becky Hensley as account director and pharmaceutical tenant in Lenox Office Park, The early impact of Sandy can still be “BioWorks, Launch Tennessee and Seed Fran Moore as production manager. a seven-building, 72-acre office park in the seen in the four-week average. It rose to Hatchery are just a few examples of entities Cashiola will write internal and em- 385 office submarket. 408,000 last week. that are available for the public to utilize ployee communications for clients. She Green Ballast’s ballast is a direct replace-

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ment for the existing “standard ballast” and Land Use Control Board for consideration LEO Events formed in August following average growth that companies saw in 2009 adjusts power consumption for each light- under the resolution. the merger of Memphis-based Destination and 2010, shortly after many laid off workers ing fixture, while measuring and harvesting But council attorney Allan Wade advised King, founded by Cindy and Kevin Brewer in to cut costs during the Great Recession. And available daylight to calculate and provide council members they couldn’t take the 2002, and Quiddity Entertainment, started it’s below the long-run growth of 2.2 percent only the amount of needed electricity for action at least until the Memphis Housing by Kent Underwood in Chattanooga in 2006. a year dating back to 1947. proper lighting. Authority acts on an urban renewal plan. The Green Ballast in November announced MHA plan will be for the much larger area commercial real estate developer Belz En- including Foote Homes that the city wants terprises is installing vapor tight fluorescent to redevelop under the 20-year Heritage Lyons Named Interim CEO Growth of US Service Firms fixtures with Green Ballast’s light ballasts plan. Of Memphis Symphony Accelerated Last Month in a Downtown structured parking garage The larger plan has drawn questions facility. from other redevelopment agencies within Al Lyons has been tapped to serve as the U.S. service companies grew at a slightly the area, but not because of the controversy interim CEO of the Memphis Symphony faster pace in November because sales over the future of Foote Homes. Agencies Orchestra. and new orders rose, a good sign for the like the Downtown Memphis Commission He’ll serve in the position until a CEO economy. Oil Drops on Outlook have said they want to know more about search that’s now in progress is completed. The Institute for Supply Management For Europe Economy Wharton administration plans to make the In addition to formerly working with said Wednesday that its index of non-man- larger area a tax increment financing zone the Bodine Co. as chief financial officer and ufacturing activity rose to 54.7 from 54.2 in The price of oil is dropping after the to capture property tax revenue for the re- president, Lyons has been involved as leader October. Any reading above 50 indicates European Central Bank predicted a bleak development costs. in arts organizations including the Memphis expansion. November’s figure is above the year ahead for the region’s economy but Such revenues are an integral part of tax Brooks Museum of Art, where he served as 12-month average of 54.4. stopped short of offering new measures to breaks and incentives including payments- interim director from 2007 to 2008 and was The report measures growth in a broad boost growth. in-lieu-of-taxes that some of the redevelop- president of the board of trustees in 2010 range of businesses from retail and construc- Benchmark oil fell $1.80, or 2 percent, on ment agencies use to leverage private invest- and 2011. tion companies to health care and financial Thursday to $86.08 per barrel in New York. ment within their smaller areas or zones. His other community involvements services firms. The industries covered em- Brent crude, used to price international va- Meanwhile, the council approved a re- include current board membership for the ploy about 90 percent of the work force. rieties of oil, fell $1.87 to $106.94 per barrel zoning on 37.1 acres of land on the northwest Levitt Shell, the Riverfront Development A measure of employment fell to the in London. corner of New Frayser Boulevard and New Corp., the Collierville Chamber of Com- lowest level since July but still showed com- The ECB left its key interest rate un- Allen Road for the expansion of the Nike merce and several others. panies added workers last month. changed at a record low, and the bank cut Northridge plant in Frayser. One reason for the decline was that Su- its 2013 economic forecast for the region to perstorm Sandy forced many businesses to negative from positive. close in November, economists noted. The 17 countries that use the euro cur- US Productivity Grows And some companies may be post- rency are in a recession after a massive debt LEO Events Brings on Two At Faster 2.9 Percent Rate poning hiring because of worries over the crisis followed by government spending cuts To Open Nashville Office “fiscal cliff.” That’s the name for automatic and tax hikes that have hurt growth. U.S. workers were more productive this tax increases and spending cuts that are At the pump, the average retail price of Event management company LEO summer than initially thought, while costing scheduled for early next year, unless the gasoline was flat at a national average of Events has hired David Kenyon and Kevin their companies less. White House and Congress can negotiate a $3.38 per gallon, according to AAA, Wright Underwood as senior vice president-pro- The Labor Department said Wednesday deal that averts them. Express and the Oil Price Information duction and senior vice president, respec- that productivity grew at an annual rate of 2.9 “For many businesses, hiring plans Service. That’s nearly 11 cents more than a tively. They will operate out of LEO’s new percent from July through September. That’s are on hold until the New Year, when – we year ago. Nashville office. the fastest pace in two years and higher than expect – the fiscal cliff will be resolved,” Kenyon and Underwood were formerly the initial estimate of 1.9 percent. Labor Paul Edelstein, an economist at IHS Global with the Nashville office of TBA Global LLC, costs dropped at a rate of 1.9 percent, more Economics, said in a note to clients. a -based Top 5 agency for cor- than the 0.1 percent dip initially estimated. Other economists said the small increase Council Drops Resolution porate and private events, with nine offices Productivity was revised higher because in the services index points to underlying Advancing Vance Plan globally. economic growth was faster in the third strength in the economy. Kenyon spent 13 years at TBA’s Nashville quarter than first estimated, while hours The Memphis City Council dropped a office, overseeing production for hundreds worked were unchanged. Productivity is the resolution Tuesday, Dec. 4, that would have of events annually for the company, in- amount of output per hour of work. advanced a Vance Avenue renovation plan cluding the annual Walmart shareholders’ The report suggests companies are RedRover Co. Receives by the Vance Avenue Collaborative to protect meeting and distributors’ conferences for finding ways to squeeze more out of their Pro Bono Service Award Foote Homes against future demolition. Exxon Mobil. existing workers. While that’s a good sign for The rival plan to one being developed Underwood spent more than 20 years corporate profits, it can be discouraging for Memphis sales and marketing firm Re- by Mayor A C Wharton Jr.’s administration managing TBA’s Nashville office. He has people who want a job. dRover Co. was one of 10 Pro Bono award that could include the demolition of Foote worked with a variety of corporate and non- Still, the trend in productivity has been recipients at a recent recognition event in Homes, the last of the city’s large public profit clients, as well as private artists from fairly weak. It has grown only 1.7 percent Downtown Memphis as part of Celebrate housing developments, was to be sent to the Beyoncé to the Rolling Stones. compared with a year ago. That’s half the Pro Bono Month in October.

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The event was held by the Memphis Bar proved $2 million in additional funding to superintendent after Mary McDonald left to North Carolina Wilmington, in Wilmington, Association’s Access to Justice Committee, the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office for school form an education consulting firm and write N.C.; a $24.7 million, 172-unit student hous- the Community Legal Center and Memphis resource officers in what are now Memphis more about education reform. ing facility at Texas State University in San Area Legal Services Inc. to honor their out- City Schools. The funding allows the sher- Donato served most recently as associ- Marcos, Texas; and a $5.6 million, 72-unit standing volunteers. iff’s department to put commissioned law ate superintendent of the parochial school student housing facility at University of Mis- RedRover has volunteered to help with enforcement officers in the city schools next system. She helped develop the evaluation sissippi in Oxford. several Memphis Area Legal Services proj- school year when the county’s two public process used across the state for the pro- These closings follow the bank’s recent ects throughout the year, including a video school systems merge. The Memphis Police fessional licensing of teachers in Catholic announcement it financed five office de- campaign to raise awareness of the need for Department now provides those officers to schools in Tennessee. velopments in Memphis and Jackson, Miss. more pro bono legal services and private city schools but is to stop with the merger. And she led the team that secured Ad- Total fundings in 2012 for the Commercial/ donations. RedRover Co. designed the 2012 The commission also approved an agree- vancEd accreditation for the system, making Multifamily division will exceed $200 million “We’re All In” campaign to put a face to the ment for the Shelby County Trustee’s office it only the second Catholic school system in on properties in Texas, Tennessee, Missis- legal aid Memphis Area Legal Services pro- to collect taxes for Lakeland, which recently the country to earn it. sippi, , North Carolina, Florida, vides to those in need and to encourage the implemented its property tax. Donato has also been a teacher and Alabama and Georgia. community to contribute. A “wage theft” ordinance was approved principal during her 34 years as an educator Financial Federal’s Commercial/Multi- on the second of three readings. Com- in Memphis Catholic Schools. family Division services more than $1 billion missioner Steve Mulroy said he intends to The school system has 28 schools in in commercial loans with properties across amend the ordinance before third and final Memphis and West Tennessee that serve the U.S. Commission Approves reading, which would push a final vote into 8,300 students from pre-kindergarten Pidgeon Land Purchase the first commission meeting in January. through the 12th grade. And the commission appointed Quran Steib selected Donato after a search Shelby County Commissioners approved Folsom as the commission’s chief adminis- committee recommended her. Ken Moody Appointed Monday, Dec. 3, the purchase of 33.6 acres trator. Folsom is a senior executive assistant To Hutchison Committee of land in the Frank C. Pidgeon Industrial at who begins her job Park by Carolyn Hardy for the Hardy Invest- in January. Ken Moody, director of community rela- ment Trust. Financial Federal Bank tions for Central Defense Security, has been Hardy intends to open a business to store Makes Major New Closings chosen by Hutchison School to serve on its and stage modular containers on the land. diversity steering committee as a parent She is paying $12,000 an acre for the land or Donato Named Catholic Financial Federal’s Commercial/Multi- committee member. a total of $403,980. Schools Superintendent family Division has arranged financing for Moody will serve a one-year term on the The Memphis-Shelby County Port Com- five new major projects in markets through- committee, which is responsible for working mission and the City Council approved the Memphis Catholic Bishop J. Terry Steib out the Southeast. with the Hutchison administration to gener- sale of the land earlier. has named Janet Donato as the new superin- The projects are a $6.6 million, 332-unit ate ideas to strengthen parent engagement The commission approved the purchase tendent of Catholic Schools for the Diocese project in Memphis; a $17.5 million, 350-unit and develop recruitment strategies to reach with no discussion on an 11-0 vote. of Memphis. project in Knoxville; a $21.8 million, 413-unit multicultural families. In other action, the commission ap- Donato had been serving as interim student housing facility at University of Moody has been affiliated with Hutchi- AUCTION SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 9:00 A.M. Jim Clarke Estate Guns Private collection from the owner of Jim's Guns and Junk in Brighton, TN More than 80 weapons offered in a live and online auction, including:

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son for 13 years as a parent of three students. begin its move away from 50-seat jets “some- He also chaired the school’s first Tastes of time next year.” Hutchison Food Festival, which celebrated The information was in a Thursday, Nov. the multicultural background of Hutchison 29, letter from Pinnacle CEO John Spanjers FROM THE BLOG families and featured different cuisines from to employees. around the world. Spanjers said Delta executives gave a time for the phase out of the smaller jets to Federal Reserve Report Shows Spanjers in its latest update to the carrier on its plans. Moderately Improving Economy Wunderlich Acquires Pinnacle is seeking wage and other con- Branches, Adds Advisers cessions from union pilots “to create a com- Editor’s Note: “From the Blog” is a weekly feature that highlights petitive cost structure, avoid liquidation some of the enterprising work our staff and contributors post on The Wunderlich Securities Inc. has acquired and successfully emerge from bankruptcy.” three wealth management branches from The regional air carrier filed for bank- Daily News blog, blog.memphisdailynews.com. Sanders Morris Harris Group Inc., which is ruptcy reorganization in April, but its | getting out of the retail branch office busi- original plan was scrapped when Delta ne- ANDY MEEK The Memphis News ness. gotiated an agreement in June with its pilots he economy of the regional Federal Reserve district that As a result of the deal, 35 people will join that permits it to phase out 50-seat jets used Wunderlich including 27 financial advisers for regional flights faster than anticipated. Tincludes Memphis has “continued to expand at a moderate with more than $800 million in assets under Delta is moving to jets with more ca- pace” according to the latest Beige Book report from the Federal administration. pacity as they and other carriers find the The deal is expected to close Dec. 14, and smaller jets more expensive to operate Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Some findings, per the report: Wunderlich after that will have 25 offices in given higher jet fuel prices. The Fed’s Eighth District saw retail and auto sales in October 15 states. Pinnacle’s plan depends on its relation- Wunderlich, based in Memphis, was ship and contract as a regional carrier for and early November increase over year-earlier levels. The report established in 1996. Delta remaining. And the 50-seat jets in the also noted planned positive activity from area manufacturing Pinnacle fleet put it at a disadvantage to compete for the Delta business. firms and improving residential real estate market conditions. “While Pinnacle and ALPA have con- On the flip side, commercial and industrial real estate condi- Pinnacle Recesses Talks tinued to negotiate toward a consensual With Pilots Union agreement, we are taking a few days away tions were mixed and lending activity at a sample of large district from the table to assess the impact of the banks indicated little change during the third quarter. Prices, Executives of Memphis-based Pinnacle anticipated fleet plan changes and what is Airlines Corp. have recessed contract talks needed for Pinnacle to survive,” Spanjers wages, and employment levels all were noted as generally stable. with the Air Line Pilots Association as the said in the letter that was released Friday, company anticipates Delta Air Lines will Nov. 30. How do you monitor properties you’re invested in? The WATCH SERVICE from The Daily News Online We’ll notify you each time a public record or notice is issued for your properties. We will monitor: And notify you of: • Investment properties • Foreclosure notices • Properties you manage • Bankruptcy filings • Properties you list • Mortgages • Properties with loans • Property sales • And much more!

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President & CEO Peter Schutt Le Bonheur Plans bill dries Senior Reporter

General Manager Emeritus Government, Transportation/Distribution/Logistics, Ed Rains Education, Manufacturing, Agribusiness 528-5277 | [email protected] Pediatric Obesity Publisher Eric Barnes

Associate Publisher & Executive Editor Research Center James Overstreet

Managing Editor MICHAEL WADDELL | Special to The Memphis News Lance Allan Wiedower andy meek Deputy Managing Editor Senior Reporter Eric Smith Banking/Financial Services/Accountants, Markets & Economy, Research center tackling city’s ‘No. 1 problem’ Economic Development, Small Business, Attorneys/Courts/ Associate Editor Civil Litigation Kate Simone 528-5279 | [email protected] for kids will be one of the largest of its kind

Graphic Designer & Photo Editor Brad Johnson r. Jon McCullers unveiled plans opmental disabilities. The new research for a Center for Excellence in center for pediatric obesity will be the first Graphic Designer & Illustrator D Pediatric Obesity at Le Bonheur of the new centers to be created. Emily Morrow Children’s Hospital at the recent Healthy “The idea is to recruit in researchers Memphis Common Table Let’s Change to study obesity and also bring in physi- Senior Production Assistant Summit. cian scientists, clinician scientists and Sandy Youngblood The new research center will be one of clinicians who are interested in obesity SARAH BAKER the largest of its kind in the country. and take this from the laboratory and out Production Assistant REPORTER “To me, pediatric obesity is the No. into the community with some programs Laurie Beck Commercial and Residential Real Estate, Architects/Engi- 1 problem in Memphis with our kids that are really going to make an impact,” neers/Construction, Advertising/PR/Media, Tourism/Hospi- because it drives so much of the chronic said McCullers, who hopes to utilize spe- Pressman tality, Food/Restaurants Cedric Walsh 521-2464 | [email protected] disease in terms of high blood pressure, cialties throughout Le Bonheur and the diabetes, sleep apnea, joint orthopedic University of Tennessee Health Science Pressman problems and so on,” said McCullers, chair Center’s Department of Pediatrics. Pete Mitchell of the department of pediatrics for the Multiple subspecialties will be in- University of Tennessee Health Science volved, including preventative medicine, Pressman Center and pediatrician-in-chief for Le nutrition, psychology and surgery. The re- Robert SHANNON Bonheur Children’s Hospital. “On a state- search side will include cardiology/exer- wide basis, the obesity epidemic peaked cise, nephrology/kidneys, endocrinology/ Administrative Specialist about two years ago in Tennessee, so I diabetes, and gastroenterology/digestive Marsha Payne DON WADE think there has been some progress and issues. Le Bonheur has doubled its space SPORTS COLUMNIST there is better awareness than five years for research and teaching. Senior Account Executive Janice Jenkins ago. But there is still a long way to go.” Preliminary plans for the broad and [email protected] Tennessee ranks sixth in the nation for comprehensive program call for an Advertising Director childhood obesity and receives an “F” on institution-wide effort with 10 to 12 phy- Don Fancher the national “Report Card: State Efforts sicians having direct involvement. to Control Childhood Obesity.” Roughly “We will have a clinic as a frontage Business Development Manager one-third of all school children in the Mid- piece that will be a referral clinic where Patricia McKinney South are overweight or obese, and the kids who are obese or at risk for obesity or high obesity rates in children translate to a have complications from obesity can be Director of Marketing & Circulation high number for adults as well. Alarmingly, referred in to be taken care of in a multi- Donna Waggener two-thirds of adult Tennesseans are obese disciplinary way,” said McCullers, who LANCE MURPHEY or overweight. believes that as the program evolves over Production/Distribution Manager PHOTOGRAPHER John Buescher “The medical costs to the state are the next few years there probably will be a Weekly features, spot news just staggering,” McCullers said. “Dealing brick-and-mortar building built to house [email protected] Controller with obesity-related issues costs Tennes- the program. Pam Mallett see approximately $3.6 billion per year McCullers expects to leverage part- To reach our editorial department, e-mail: and accounts for more than 10 percent of nerships with Memphis Research Con- [email protected] or call: 901-523-1561 all health care expenditures in the state. sortium, the University of Tennessee Published by: That’s a tremendous toll when compared Health Science Center, the University of THE DAILY NEWS PUBLISHING CO. to the overall budget of the state.” Memphis and others to strengthen the 193 Jefferson Avenue Memphis, TN 38103 In addition to significant cost savings, program. P.O. Box 3663 initiatives to prevent obesity or its com- “What we are focused on right now is Memphis, TN 38173-0663 Tel: 901.523.1561 plications would, more importantly, also bringing in a nationally prominent leader Fax: 901.526.5813 result in an improved quality of life for for the program. Once the program leader www.memphisdailynews.com The Daily News is supportive, including in some case being on the boards of, the following children. If obesity rates remain on their is in place, we will begin bringing in the The Daily News is a general interest organizations: Literacy Mid-South, Grace St. newspaper covering business, law, Luke's Episcopal School, Conservancy, current trajectories, today’s children will other pieces,” said McCullers, who hopes government, and real estate and Ronald McDonald House, Great Outdoors be the first generation in centuries to live to fulfill an unmet need by providing an development throughout the Memphis University, Tennessee Federation, metropolitan area. Temple Israel, St. Jude's, St George's shorter lives than their parents, according authoritative source and a referral center The Daily News, the successor of the Daily Independent Schools, Shelby Residential & to research from Le Bonheur. for physicians and the best ways to treat Record, The Daily Court Reporter, and The Vocational Svcs, Shelby Farms Park, Calvary On the job as the new chair of pedi- obesity, deal with complications from Daily Court News, was founded in 1886. & The Arts, Bridges, Boys & Girls Club of Greater Memphis, Binghampton Development atrics at Le Bonheur since March, a main obesity, and interact with families. Corporation, U of M Journalism Dept., Chickasaw AUDIT PENDING Council Boy Scouts, Memphis Leadership priority for McCullers was to establish “I see us as not only filling a local Foundation, Junior Achievement, research centers in the areas of pediatric need, but also acting as a catalyst for im- Conservancy, and WKNO. obesity, asthma (the No. 1 cause of hos- provement across the region by exporting pitalization at Le Bonheur), and devel- what we learn,” McCullers said. www.thememphisnews.com December 7-13, 2012 7

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utoZone Inc. reported lower than expected sales during its fiscal first quarter ended ANov. 17, partly the result of a warmer- than-expected winter that resulted in less of a need to replace car components because of parts wearing out. That also was the result during the prior reporting period, the company’s important fiscal fourth quarter – when the summer months tend to put more pressure on car components like electrical, coolant and other systems. Toward the end of the year, it’s also an easier overall time to work on a car. Whether customers didn’t visit AutoZone – the country’s largest auto parts retailer – as much during the just-ended quarter because of the warmer winter, the company reported $1.9 billion of revenue during the quarter, while analysts were looking for revenue of $2.02 billion. Morning trading of AutoZone shares was slightly down shortly after the company walked through the quarter for analysts Tuesday, Dec. 4. Elsewhere, the company held true to its envi- able status among publicly traded retail compa- nies, racking up same-store sales and earnings Memphis News File Photo: Lance Murphey per share growth regardless of the economy’s Visitors drive through “First Tennessee Starry Nights” at Shelby Farms Park, which features more than 2.5 mil- lion lights. The exhibit runs through December and is closed every Monday to cars for Run, Walk, Ride nights performance. AutoZone’s quarterly profit grew $12.3 mil- lion to $203.5 million, a gain of 6.4 percent. The ANDY MEEK | The Memphis News depending on where a visitor looks, to build the new displays that Haizlip company also saw its 25th straight quarter of they might see kids and adults riding Studio created for us to build. They double-digit earnings per share growth, gaining camels. Elsewhere, kids scamper design our show. They are the brains 15.7 percent from $4.68 per share in the year-ago across a makeshift village green as behind our design element, and Ten- quarter to $5.41. t’s been in the works for an entire “snow” bursts from a machine and nessee Technology students build the Domestic same-store sales – a metric that year. drifts through the air, swirling around displays.” sets aside the impact of growth that comes from I More than 130,000 visitors are shops where people browse artisan Shelby Farms’ still relatively new merely opening new stores – grew a slight 0.2 expected to drive through the “First crafts. Woodland Discovery Playground for percent for the quarter. Tennessee Starry Nights” holiday light Around a crackling fire, parents children was built last year. After it Executives sounded their usual optimistic show at Shelby Farms Park this year. and children roast s’mores. Under- was built, it wasn’t long before plans note about the company, which holds its annual And when they do, they’ll see the neath a tent, kids step over each other were being made to fold it somehow meeting of stockholders this month in Memphis, handiwork of volunteers who have to feed animals that are in turn step- into Starry Nights – because it’s pretty during a conference call with analysts Tuesday. been building dozens of set pieces ping over each other to be fed. much in the middle of the show. And AutoZone chairman, president and CEO Bill starting as early as February. And of course, there’s an opportu- that’s what turned into the Mistletoe Rhodes said the quarter didn’t deliver much in They’ll also see a lot more – a nity to have a photo taken with the big Village. the way of a surprise, despite the lower than veritable Christmas present to park man in the red suit. A gate attendant last weekend was hoped-for sales results. supporters and Memphians at large. “The traditional Starry Nights was noticeably excited when asked about “Regional sales discrepancies continued to Starry Nights, which is comprised a drive-thru light show,” said Natalie the village area. challenge our results,” Rhodes said. “However, we of more than 2.5 million lights, is a Wilson, events coordinator for the “Yeah, Mistletoe Village! They’ve began to see improvements in our more chal- Memphis tradition and one of several Shelby Farms Conservancy. “But this got Santa there. And reindeer!” he lenged regions late in the quarter.” unique ways local nonprofits spread year, Starry Nights is an experience. It’s exclaimed. Rhodes also welcomed AutoAnything Christmas cheer as the year winds a festival of light, and it invites people Later this month, runners will be employees into the AutoZone company tent, down. to get out of their cars and experience racing at the park partly to help raise following AutoZone’s announcement Tuesday On any given night except Mon- something new.” money to keep the park and greenline that it has entered into a definitive agreement days – when Starry nights is closed Starry Nights, to be sure, also is the “clean, green and safe.” Four years on to purchase the assets and select liabilities of to car traffic – visitors will see a long largest fundraiser for the operation of from its return to Memphis after a long AutoAnything, an online retailer of specialized line of cars inch their way through the the park. That operation, Wilson said, hiatus, a race is being held amid the automotive parts. park. The brake lights add their own requires $7,000 a day – not hard to season of Starry Nights and in a way is Raymond James & Associates analyst Dan strand of illumination to the festi- imagine, when considering that Shelby celebrating that four-year anniversary. Wewer said in a note to clients that move should val, but this year it’s even more of an Farms covers an area that’s five times The entrance fee for the Starry help AutoZone’s online strategy. experience and not just a drive-thru larger than in New York 4K Fun Run includes a long-sleeved “(AutoAnything’s) culture and leadership is display. City. T-shirt that glows in the dark. That an outstanding fit with our company as we look A partnership with Sharp Manu- “For a small staff of the conver- race will be held Dec. 15 starting at the forward to grow our e-commerce initiatives for facturing, for example, resulted in an sancy, it is a monumental task for us Shelby Farms Park Visitor Center. many years to come,” Rhodes said. innovative solar-powered light display. to make happen, and it takes us an After runners cross the snowy Beyond that, Wewer said the quarter’s results And an outdoor component of the entire year to do that,” Wilson said. finish line, they’ll be rewarded with bolster the fact that AutoZone still has plenty of show that got started last year is back “We started in February, working with complimentary hot chocolate. room to grow in several areas. And for his invest- and even bigger this time around. Tennessee Technology Center and the The Daily News is a supporter of ment clients he pointed specifically toward things It’s called Mistletoe Village, and students in their welding department, Shelby Farms Park. like AutoZone’s commercial program. 8 December 7-13, 2012 www.thememphisnews.com

government FINANCIAL SERVICES County Commission Triumph Bank Approves Legal Fees In Schools Fight Reports 15th Straight

BILL DRIES | The Memphis News Quarter of Profit

ANDY MEEK | The Memphis News week after they won a major argument in the federal court fight over municipal school districts, Shelby ACounty Commissioners approved Monday, Dec. 3, an additional $473,549 from its contingency fund to pay its Memphis bank’s profitability even endured Great Recession legal fees in the lawsuit. And commissioners met with their attorneys privately riumph Bank has en- increased primarily due to the banking office at the corner of after Monday’s regular session of the 13-member body. joyed one of the most hiring of new employees and West and North streets. Triumph The commission filed the third-party motion contesting T consistent success stories new facilities,” wrote Triumph also is pursuing a five-year goal the constitutionality of the state laws permitting the school among Memphis-area commu- president and CEO Will Chase of doubling the size of the bank. districts. nity banks. Triumph, which was and chief operating officer Mike Chase told The Daily News his U.S. District Court Judge Samuel “Hardy” Mays ruled founded in 2005, has reported McCarver in a letter to sharehold- bank has been growing by about last week in favor of the commission on one of the three its 15th straight quarterly profit, ers. “During 3Q2012, we began to 20 percent annually. state laws referred to as the “school acts.” The ruling voided meaning even 2008’s Great Re- realize the growth we had antici- “We’ve been very blessed,” all moves that the county’s suburban towns and cities have cession was not enough to ding pated from these moves. Chase said. “We have not had taken to date in forming such school districts. Mays also Triumph’s prospects. “During 3Q2012, our loans the asset quality issues that ordered them to stop any further moves toward the school The bank’s pre-tax earnings grew over $13 million, or 5 per- other people have experienced, districts. for the third quarter topped $1 cent. Our investment securities which has given us more time to Commissioner Terry Roland requested an unredacted million for the first time and also grew by a like amount. After concentrate on getting new cus- accounting of legal expenses from Baker, Donelson, Bear- represented a 60 percent increase breaking through $350 million in tomers. We’ve been successful in man, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, which has represented the over the second quarter and a 67 total assets in 2Q2012, we stayed doing that so far, and we think we commission in the case. percent increase over the same above that level every day in the can continue the momentum.” Shelby County Commission chairman Mike Ritz in- quarter in 2011. Positive signs month of September. As our bal- In other recent Triumph structed the attorneys not to provide such an accounting also were exhibited by several ance sheet grew, our efficiency news, Chase has been tapped to because the case is ongoing. other metrics. Triumph’s year-to- also increased. This is exhibited serve on the Community Bankers Mays is still considering the fate of the two other state date pretax earnings are up 42 in improved returns on assets Council, a division of the Ameri- laws in the “school acts.” percent over the same period last and equity.” can Bankers Association in Wash- Ritz said an unredacted accounting would violate year, with the increased income The executives went on to ington. The council’s mission is attorney-client confidentiality and give those on the other driven by growth in net interest point out that Triumph’s asset to advise the American Bankers sides of the case a “roadmap to where we are going.” income and non-interest income. quality held up in several catego- Association on issues affecting Although the commission as a whole filed the third-par- Triumph’s year-to-date provi- ries during the quarter. There was the nation’s community banks ty motion leading to Mays’ ruling, a vocal minority on the sion for loan losses also has not only one loan more than 30 days and their customers. commission object to the legal move. increased much over the past past due, for $37,000. During its most recent session Meanwhile, commissioners are scheduled to meet again year. The bank’s expenses are up, The purposeful expenses in Washington, council members Dec. 17 for two public sessions before the regularly sched- but Triumph’s leadership says around new employees and fa- discussed trends in the payments uled commission meeting that day. The separate public that’s part of a growth plan. cilities included in the first half of industry, issues surrounding sessions will be to discuss tax increment financing rules and “As we noted in last quar- the year hiring 12 employees and policy compliance and financial pre-kindergarten access, according to Ritz. ter’s report, our expenses have acquiring a new Germantown services-related patent wars.

Debating the Merits of Fiscal Equality vs. Efficiency

Beneath the “fiscal cliff” debate share prices (by increasing the after-tax the two choices, which can be measured. spending, we are readdressing our values is a fundamental battle of philosophy. Lib- present value of the firm) and wealth Each year, the World Bank calculates its structure. A resolution to the fiscal cliff eral economics prioritizes equality, while inequality as well as increasing income GINI coefficient index. The index measures through higher taxes on the wealthy and conservative economics prioritizes ef- inequality by lowering capital income taxa- income disparities within each country. A more spending on the poor should lower ficiency. Migration toward tion. Such tax shifts therefore GINI of 0 means perfect income equal- our after-tax GINI coefficient, but likely our either of these polls con- imply a non-trivial trade-off ity. A GINI of 100 means perfect income economic growth rate as well. tains costs and benefits. between tax policies that inequality. The has a pre-tax Less Uncertainty Means Higher Below is an excerpt from enhance GDP per capita and GINI coefficient of 48.6, roughly in line with Returns a tax study of developed equity, which is likely to be France. However, after-tax the US GINI co- U.S. politics may be rattling investors, nations commissioned by evaluated differently across efficient drops to 37.8 while France drops but overseas things have calmed consider- the Paris based OECD: OECD countries.” to 29.3. Redistributive tax policies account ably. The once forsaken euro has stabilized “In practical policy So if economic sensitiv- for these adjustments. Clearly within the around $1.30 and Chinese economic sta- David S. Waddell terms, a greater revenue the worldly ity is highest with income, tax code France prioritizes equality more tistics have accelerated. Looking back over shift could probably be investor corporate and capital gains than the U.S. the trailing three months, the U.S. Stock achieved into consump- taxes, why are we willing to However, as the OECD warns, there market has gained 1 percent, while Asia tion taxes. However, with consumption raise them? Because our values system are tradeoffs. Today per capita GDP in the and Europe’s markets have gained 6 and 9 taxes being less progressive than personal perceives that the disparity between the U.S. amounts to $48,000 compared with percent respectively. Removal of political income taxes, or even regressive, a shift in rich and the poor has grown too large. $35,000 in France. The tax policy of the uncertainty has been very beneficial to the tax structure from personal income to At the moment, the country is willing to U.S., directed by the values of our nation, Asian and European stock markets. Odds consumption taxes would reduce progres- trade more equality for less efficiency. As has largely favored economic growth over are it will be beneficial to ours as well, no sivity. Similarly, shifting from corporate the OECD recognizes, each country must income equality. By engaging in a national matter what the fiscal cliff prevention poli- to consumption taxation would increase make its own value judgment between debate over the structure of tax policy and cies turn out to be. www.thememphisnews.com December 7-13, 2012 9 Money&Markets Extra Prices for stocks are high around the But if you look at the components of compelling ecosystem than anyone else What about Wal-Mart, your biggest world, which makes good buys hard the business, I would argue that they can offer. We’re optimistic that that will holding? Does it still look like a value to find, Richard Cook says. That’s why have stronger competitive advantages become clear to the market in the next stock after its strong 2012? Seeking about a third of the assets of the mutual than any other technology company. 24 months. We bought our position mainly in the fund that he runs with co-manager Dowe Look at the product cycle of Apple: spring of 2011, when it was around $50 Insider Bynum is sitting in cash. He is waiting for Most of their revenue is coming from Does it hurt that Microsoft now has an or $51. (It closed Friday at $72.02). It value Q&A more attractive prices. But Microsoft is the iPhone, which is a two-year or less image of being un-cool? was trading at 11 times its earnings per an exception, he says. It looks good now. cycle. You can imagine that dominance Absolutely. But, interestingly, Xbox share, and we just assumed that if the Title: Co-portfolio The three-year returns for his mutual going away in five years. which Microsoft owns is cool. And they domestic business just stayed flat for manager of the fund (COBYX) have beaten 93 percent I don’t think that’s true of Windows and are trying to use that brand. It’ll be the decade and that its foreign business Cook & Bynum of its rivals that invest in a mix of growth several of the products that Microsoft interesting to see where the Apple brand would grow at mid-single digits over fund and value large-cap stocks. has. We feel that when the stock is is in two to three years. These Samsung the next decade, you should make 11 What he trading at just eight times its earnings per commercials poking fun at Apple are percent on the stock over a decade at suggests: Microsoft has been such a frustrating share — after excluding the cash that the very effective. 11 times earnings. Consider stock — it’s down over the last company has on its balance sheet — we The Apple products were superior. We still like it. We still think the pros- Microsoft stock decade. Why do you like it? think that they could utterly mess up the Now they are even and maybe slightly pects are good, but it’s not a compelling The share of mind that Apple and business, and you’d still break even on behind in a couple cases. It will take buy at this level. It’s not terrible, but Google have among consumers is the stock. a while for perception to catch up to we sold some of that position over the Richard Cook so high that it creates a negative They have more compelling pieces reality, but brands evolve very quickly in sentiment towards Microsoft’s stock. than anyone else can offer. It is a more technology. Think about TiVo. Answers edited for content and clarity. AP

BEHIND THE BRAND TIVO (TIVO) Utilities and ‘the cliff’ Trend shifter The fiscal cliff looks especially scary income investors don’t have many to investors in utilities. That’s partly options because CD rates and bond because utility stocks are often yields are historically low. Both owned for their dividends, and taxes factors should sustain interest in on dividends are set to rise from 15 utilities and prevent stock prices from percent to as much as 43.4 percent falling dramatically. for the highest earners. Utilities offer Paul Fremont, a financial analyst at an average yield of 4.5 percent, Jefferies, recommends three of the compared with 2.2 percent for the country’s biggest regulated utilities: Standard & Poor’s 500 index. Southern Company, Dominion TiVo developed the first commer- view later, which is known in the The looming change has weighed Resources and American Electric cially available digital video recorder, broadcast industry as “time-shifting.” on these stocks. Utilities are the only Power. Their earnings and cash flow transforming how millions watch TV. In addition to selling its DVRs sector of the S&P 500 that has lost tend to be stable because their rates More than a decade later, DVRs through retailers, TiVo also value this year; the index as a whole are set by regulators and he says they have proliferated, giving users the distributes its technology through is up 12 percent. offer the best prospects for growth. ability to fast-forward through cable companies and other Even so, utilities will still be A word of caution: Utilities with commercials, watch programs on pay-TV operators. demand and record TV shows to But DVR technology has also attractive for investors looking for large, unregulated divisions that sell led to the creation of a bevy of solid, stable returns. Because utility power in the open market should be TiVO clones, and the company stock prices have fallen, their yields avoided. They’re struggling because Thursday’s close: $11.98 has struggled to make money. have risen – the yield is a stock’s demand for power and prices are low. Price-earnings ratio: Lost TiVo has lost money in eight of annual dividend divided by its share price. Those higher Exelon and Entergy, for example, are both considering (based on last 12 mos.) money the past 10 years. yields help to soften the blow of higher taxes. And cutting their dividends. That’s even worse than a tax hike. 52-week price range TiVo has been aggressively pursuing patent disputes, resulting $8 $12 Jefferies analyst Paul Fremont recommends these major utilities with dividend in a string of recent settlements Best growth prospects amounting to several hundred yields of more than 4 percent. YTD stock change: 34% million dollars. In September, YTD S&P 500 change: 12% Verizon agreed to pay TiVo at Southern Company (S0) Dominion Resources (D) American Electric Power (AEP) Market value: $1.5 billion least $250.4 million to license its Market value: $38 billion Market value: $29 billion Market value: $21 billion 2011 revenue: $222 million DVR technology. Thursday’s close: $43.73 Thursday’s close: $51.54 Thursday’s close: $43.27 Even so, TiVo’s earnings fell 89 52-WEEK RANGE 52-WEEK RANGE 52-WEEK RANGE Avg. broker rating: percent in the first nine months of $42 $49 $49 $56 $37 $45 SELL HOLD BUY the year, despite a 25 percent P/E ratio*: 17 P/E ratio*: 26 P/E ratio*: 15 increase in revenues. TiVo’s stock has been faring Dividend^ (Yield): $1.96 (4.5%) Dividend^ (Yield): $2.11 (4.1%) Dividend^ (Yield): $1.88 (4.3%) better. It’s up 29 percent this year.

Source: FactSet *based on past 12 months’ results ^annual Jonathan Fahey, Jenni Sohn • AP Source: FactSet Data through Dec. 6 Alex Veiga, Jenni Sohn • AP

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Dividend Footnotes: a - Extra dividends were paid, but are not included. b - Annual rate plus stock. c - Liquidating dividend. e - Amount declared or paid in last 12 months. f - Current annual rate, which was increased by most recent dividend announcement. i - Sum of dividends paid after stock split, no regular rate. j - Sum of dividends paid this year. Most recent dividend was omitted or deferred. k - Declared or paid this year, a cumulative issue with dividends in arrears. m - Current annual rate, which was decreased by most recent dividend announcement. p - Initial dividend, annual rate not known, yield not shown. r - Declared or paid in preceding 12 months plus stock dividend. t - Paid in stock, approximate cash value on ex-distribution date. PE Footnotes: q - Stock is a closed-end fund - no P/E ratio shown. cc - P/E exceeds 99. dd - Loss in last 12 months. 10 December 7-13, 2012 www.thememphisnews.com

Is Going Green HEALTH CARE & BIOTECH Really Worth It?

Ray’s Take No matter what your position on global warming, going green and using fewer natural resources still makes sense. Why not preserve as much quality of the air, water, and earth as possible for our grand- children? It’s another form of saving for the future. Plus, a lot of times it can save you money as well. A Harris poll revealed that concern for the envi- ronment is actually on the decline from 43 percent in 2009 to a mere 34 percent. In classic Maslow Needs Hierar- chy fashion, it seems that other concerns are more top-of- mind these days. However, ray & dana Brandon whenever you rays of wisdom make greener lifestyle choices, you’re not just having an impact on the world today – the positive repercussions extend indefinitely. Photo: Lance Murphey That’s why many public and commercial build- Kaitlin Woods, left, and Breonna Anderson study the labels on Cheerios boxes during a class on nutrition called ings are now being constructed with substantial “Learning Labels” at Memphis Pink Palace Museum. The class is sponsored by Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp. investments in green technology. These investments are as much about reducing energy costs as they are about presenting a greener face. The initial cost may be a bit more expensive, but the savings will only grow as time passes and power rates increase. The same thing can apply to your home. Storm Label Watchers windows, energy efficient appliances, insulation – things like these reduce your energy consumption and your utility bills. They are investments that pay Area groups promote food label awareness back over time. It’s easy to balk at that upfront cost and there’s no guarantee that the savings will be worth the cost. But if you pay too much you may MICHAEL WADDELL | Special to The Memphis News have wasted a little money. If you pay too little you may have wasted all of your money. wo organizations are combat- into five parts: serving size, calories, Child Institute. It doesn’t cost anything to get aggressive about ing the area’s obesity crisis fats, carbohydrates and proteins. “The obesity rates of our kids are recycling everything you can, either. It’s more sen- Tand promoting healthier Each section is explained and em- slowly declining, so that indicates sible to reuse paper, metals, and plastics rather than lifestyles by placing an emphasis on phasized with hands-on activities, in- that parents are concerned about create yet another eyesore landfill. food label education. cluding measuring out serving sizes, the well-being of their kids and they Of course, one of the biggest green things you Baptist Memorial Health Care running in place for 20 to 25 seconds want to have healthier choices for can do is simply consume less. Skip that shopping Corp. has partnered with Memphis in order to burn three calories, mak- them. We want to be able to help trip and you’ll save substantial dollars beyond the Pink Palace Museum to create a new ing colorful beaded bracelets to rep- them with that,” said Cynthia Allen, gas. Re-use and refurbish rather than purchase new. interactive lab session called “Learn- resent the formation of amino acids, Baptist Operation Outreach commu- This is not only good for the environment, it’s also ing Labels” that teaches kids about and identifying categories of carbs, nity relations manager. “It’s a shared great for your bottom line. how to read serving sizes on food and fats and proteins. community responsibility. If our kids beverage labels. Raising nutritional Baptist has funded the Pink are unhealthy, it impacts how they Dana’s Take awareness is not only being targeted Palace project for a total of 25 classes, perform in school and it impacts “Waste not, want not” describes one form of toward children in the Mid-South. and 15 classes have been completed their ability to become the future environmental stewardship. We have antiques now Leadership Memphis recently up to this point. Earlier this week leaders of the community.” because the generations before us didn’t shop at became a participant in the Healthy the museum hosted children from Allen explained that Baptist’s Target. They purchased pieces for fine craftsman- Memphis Common Table’s Million Crump Elementary, and other el- program at the Pink Palace could ship and cared for them like family treasures. Calorie Reduction Match project, ementary schools to take part in the evolve next year to focus more on In her blog, The Zero Waste Home, blogger Bea and guests at the organization’s program recently includes Idlewild, portion control, and she also hopes Johnson will blow your mind with how she and her recent holiday party at the Mercedes- Brewster and Kingsbury. to develop a toolkit for teachers to family buy very little and live very well. They travel to Benz of Memphis Showroom were The “Learning Labels” program use to make the nutrition-based France in the summer and she wears her husband’s provided with nutritional informa- could become a permanent lab when presentations at their schools. dress shirt as a dress, pants, top, and beach cover- tion about the evening’s food, which the museum renovates its master Adults are also being targeted for up. While her family’s lifestyle is extreme, it shows was catered by several area restau- plan during the next few years. food label education as part of the how to make better use of what we already have. rants. The target audience for the “We are planning a new Life Sci- citywide efforts of Healthy Memphis Take note of the purchases in your life that last new Pink Palace lab session is fourth ence area, and much of it will focus Common Table and its partners. decades. Which stores sell products that last and and fifth graders. on health, wellness and nutrition,” Guests at the Leadership Memphis which don’t? “What we want to do is provide Eilers said. “Right now, we are in holiday party this week were able to Sometimes doing the right thing for the environ- them with information to make the beginning stages of getting our make more informed food selec- programming ready for the new tions by viewing the caloric value of ment takes a little work. As the song goes, “It’s Not healthy choices,” said Alex Eilers, program director at the Pink Palace. exhibits.” each item being served. The menu Easy Being Green,” but it’s certainly worth the effort. “I’ve been amazed at how receptive Obesity and health problems featured delectables from Stickem Ray Brandon is a certified financial planner and the students are. The earlier that we from being overweight are increasing Food Truck, Fuel Food Truck, Rock ‘n’ CEO of Brandon Financial Planning (www.bran- can get the attention of the students among Memphis children at startling Dough Pizza Co. and Yolo Bakery. donplanning.com). His wife, Dana, has a bachelor’s in an interactive, fun and engaging rates. Fifty percent of children young- Local leaders attending the party degree in finance and is a licensed clinical social way, I think the better off they will er than 11 are either overweight or at had the opportunity to gain insight worker. Contact Ray Brandon at raybrandon@bran- be.” risk of becoming overweight, and by into the Million Calorie Reduction donplanning.com. The hour-long program takes a the time they reach high school, 17 Match project and how they can standard food label found on any percent will be considered obese, ac- join in the fight to reduce obesity in package or bottle and breaks it down cording to research from the Urban Shelby County. www.thememphisnews.com December 7-13, 2012 11

EDUCATION Differences Emerge, Schools Move On

BILL DRIES | The Memphis News

Municipalities consider next steps despite ruling that says they must be part of consolidated system

tudents and public schools in Shelby The program, hosted by Eric Barnes, urbs on schools unification, Memphis that if we could take the test scores from County’s six suburban towns and publisher of The Daily News, can be seen City Schools superintendent Kriner Cash suburban Shelby County, from Shelby Scities are almost certainly going to on The Daily News Online, www.mem- echoed that but added, “It’s going to be an County Schools and average those with be part of the consolidated Shelby County phisdailynews.com. urban school system.” the test scores of the city of Memphis that public school system that debuts in Au- Jones proposed the 2010 resolution would make all of the scores look better,” gust. that the Memphis City Schools board he said. Last week’s federal court ruling tossing approved that started the merger process. “It’s not a zero sum gain. Our position out one of the three state laws that allowed The state legislation that allowed for the is that trying to retain the great legacy with the suburbs to begin immediately form- option of separate municipal school dis- the suburban districts should not in any ing separate or municipal school districts tricts was a reaction to that. way diminish the opportunity of the city makes it unlikely the suburbs could do “I don’t think there’s anyone that’s say- school board to pursue that same degree over decisions Judge Samuel “Hardy” Mays ing, ‘No, don’t let them break off,’” he said. of excellence.” voided in the ruling in time for a summer “I still think that there is, in my opinion, a Will there be a cliff that Jones said large urban school systems start. legitimate concern about the school build- we’ll fall off in Germantown on a countywide basis with suburban ar- ings.” eas included have a record of achievement At least until Mays rules on the two and academic quality will other municipal school districts laws, Pickler, who as chairman of the former in other states, if not in Tennessee. Germantown Mayor Sharon Goldsworthy Shelby County Schools board opposed the drop ...? Probably not. “I don’t agree with the fact that if you says there may be talks about the schools merger, said there remains the perceptions But I think that there are have an urban or large county school dis- merger, but the suburbs will continue to about what a merger means in classrooms. valid concerns. … We want trict that academic achievement is going prefer their own school districts with sepa- “Will there be a cliff that we’ll fall off “ to suffer,” Jones said. “I don’t think that just municipal districts. We in Germantown and academic quality will because you have an urban school district rate school boards even with a late start of want to be able to have their own school districts. drop and there will be dramatic changes? then academic gains are going to suffer.” “I think there are many unanswered Probably not,” he said. “But I think that the ability to have that Goldsworthy said she has no quarrel questions as to what school will look like. there are valid concerns. … We want mu- total control. But if we with additional resources – financial and We’ve had a lot of assurances that the chil- nicipal districts. We want to be able to have can’t get that we have to otherwise – for urban schools. dren won’t be moved, faculties will remain the ability to have that total control. But be able to begin at least a “I think some of the legacy that has if we can’t get that we have to be able to been created in Shelby County Schools … intact,” she said. “But there are nuances as conversation about other to decisions that will have been made in begin at least a conversation about other has relied substantially on having a fair the meantime about how programming options.” options.” share of the dollars. They will continue to will be under way and the pieces of the Driving the debate and key to the – David Pickler have the support from the community, merger that have to come together over success of any talks is tackling whether a Countywide school board member which has been substantial,” she said. “We the next few months, suggest to us that unified school system including the sub- understand the need to address the most things will not be business as usual.” urbs would or could be a school system critical issues probably with more money, Goldsworthy commented on the that allows for the ways of an urban school Pickler said that conclusion is one but where is it going to come from. And if WKNO-TV program “Behind The Head- system and the ways of a suburban school side of a large gap between suburban and it’s not additional tax dollars, it’s hard to lines” along with countywide school board system to coexist. urban school interests. think that it’s not going to affect the kind members Martavius Jones and David As school board chairman Billy Orgel “I’ve also heard former Memphis City of programming that we desire in our own Pickler. called last week for talks with the sub- Schools board members talk about the fact communities.”

Avoid the Dreaded Year-End Fundraising Crisis

Part two of a two-part series on year- derful to know you can Look at your one-on- ous gifts. These can take you over the top end fundraising raise 40 percent during a one solicitations: are if you reach your goal in the first three short period of time, it is board members meet- quarters. Year-end giving is in full swing. perilous if you don’t meet ing with individuals and Take the stress off your staff and Amid the hustle and bustle of the holi- your goal. Here’s the corporate or founda- volunteers – let them focus on the joy of days nonprofits are busy soliciting. Email, danger: what if there was tion representatives to the holiday season without the stress of direct mail, TV and in-person solicitations another disaster such as ask for their financial feeling the organization’s financial health are on in full force. Competition for the Hurricanes Sandy and MEL & Pearl shaw support throughout the rests on their shoulders during a very philanthropic dollar is fierce as organiza- Katrina, Sept. 11 or the FUNdraising year? condensed period of time. Spread it out tions seek to encourage our generosity. financial meltdown of Reduce your risk across the year. Our heartstrings are pulled at, and it is October 2008. Those events redirected with well-organized, yearlong fundraising. Fundraising is really all about plan- easy – and good! – to impulsively give. – and eliminated – discretionary giving Reach as many people as you can before ning. Yes, you have to ask, but plan how With just a “click” on a link we can make a by individuals, foundations and corpora- the year-end. In December you are liter- and when and who you ask. Be creative. difference in no time flat. tions. While giving to the Red Cross and ally competing with both nonprofits and Get ahead of the pack – set quarterly Keep that holiday giving and soliciting other disaster organizations increased, consumer-based businesses for limited goals and engage people at less stressful going. At the same time, if you are a non- many local nonprofits found themselves discretionary dollars. Get ahead of the times of the year. profit leader, we suggest taking a moment in financial jeopardy. crowd! Mel and Pearl Shaw are the owners of to think about your fundraising strategies If possible, spread your fundrais- Think about doing things differently Saad & Shaw. They help nonprofit organi- for next year. Remember, year-end giving ing across the year. If you are using in the coming year. Set a fundraising goal zations and institutions rethink revenue is both fun and dangerous. direct mail or email as a driver for your for each of the first three quarters of the sources. They are the authors of “How For some organizations 40 percent campaign, consider doing two or three year, and allocate the fourth quarter to to Solicit a Gift: Turning Prospects into of their annual budget comes from their campaigns throughout the year. Consider thanking and celebrating your donors Donors.” Visit them at www.saadandshaw. year-end campaign. While it may be won- increasing the number of events you host. and encouraging last minute, spontane- com or call 522-8727. 12 December 7-13, 2012 www.thememphisnews.com

health care & biotech Doctors Open New Art Show

MICHAEL WADDELL | Special to The Memphis News

Gallery 363 in South Main exhibits works of Dr. Tom Gettelfinger and Dr. Bob Laster

wo Mid-South doctors with an eye about 15 years for photography and exotic ago I realized that Tlocales opened their new art show I needed to get a on South Main Street last week. hobby, so I joined The show, which features the work of the Memphis Dr. Tom Gettelfinger and Dr. Bob Laster, Camera Club will run through Dec. 24 at Gallery 363, at where there were 363 S. Main St. a lot of people Each artist selected nine pieces for the with similar inter- event, including some photos taken in ests.” Memphis and around the world. Laster lives Gettelfinger’s predominantly black- close to Memphis and-white photography showcases a va- Botanic Garden, riety of scenes, including pyramids on the and he enjoys go- horizon in Egypt, dancers doing the tango ing there to take in Buenos Aires, a skyscraper in Shanghai pictures, includ- and a steamboat making its way up the ing his striking River. shot of the snowy Laster’s color photos include the snow- Japanese bridge. covered Japanese bridge at the Memphis Laster vividly re- Botanic Garden, a sunset on Galloway Golf Photo: Courtesy of Stephanie Rhea Photography members taking Course, the bright lights of the Midway at Dr. Tom Gettelfinger and Dr. Bob Laster are showing their work this month at Gallery 363, at 363 S. Main St. the photo. the Mid-South Fair during the 1990s, and “The sun was the Greek island of Mykonos. at Memphis Eye & Cataract Associates in tos, and I think it gave me an eye. I like to coming through the ice crystals. It was like “They have different styles, but are Memphis and is a clinical associate pro- carry a camera at all times and document a fairyland. The crystals were dropping very enjoyable together. It makes for a fessor in the Department of Ophthalmol- a lot of different things. I’ve always really off, and there was still just enough snow great show,” said Ken Hall of Gallery 363. ogy at the University of Tennessee. liked small cameras,” said Gettelfinger, left to highlight it,” he said. “I can be over Hall and Allen Projects partner Michel His involvement with teaching and whose first camera was a Minox that he to the botanic gardens in five minutes and Allen curate and manage the gallery, training in ophthalmology programs in bought when he went to Europe during take pictures before the snow melts, so I’m which opened in March and has enjoyed third-world countries including Af- college. really in the perfect location.” success throughout this year. ghanistan, India, Mexico, Zaire, China, Laster is a native Memphian who Many of his floral pieces, which look The idea for a show featuring doctors Myanmar and Brazil has given him ample works at Semmes-Murphey Clinic as an like paintings, were taken inside his home. came about after Hall noticed some amaz- chances for interesting photography. interventional radiologist. Friday’s show was originally scheduled ing photos displayed on the walls of one of “Doing volunteer surgery allowed me He is a photography enthusiast who to include the work of a third area doctor, the doctors’ clinics. to get into the culture in a way that would served on the board of directors for the Dr. David Sloas, but he was called away on It’s interesting to note that the medi- not have been possible as a tourist,” said Memphis Camera Club from 1996 to 2007 a family emergency and will now have his cal specialties of the two doctors relate Gettelfinger, who believes he began de- and also served as its president from 2005 own solo show that will open Dec. 28 at directly to the world of photography, as veloping an eye for photography while in to 2006. Gallery 363. Gettelfinger is an eye doctor and Laster high school. “I first had a camera that belonged A portion of the proceeds from all interprets X-rays. “I was editor of my high school and to my family when I was 7 or 8 years old, shows at the gallery benefit Leadership Gettelfinger practices ophthalmology college yearbooks. I looked at a lot of pho- and I really loved it,” Laster said. “Then Memphis.

government “Every day that goes by that we do not close these courses erodes into that $42,099,” Hooks said of staying open past Council Reconsiders Golf Course Closings the Dec. 1 closing date. The council debate Tuesday included questions by council member Joe Brown BILL DRIES | The Memphis News about why other golf courses weren’t af- fected. “It’s either all or none or some,” Brown said at one point as he pushed for the our city golf courses were scheduled three city golf courses at Pine Hill, River- spring because the four generated the least two-week delay in any decision that the to close for the winter season on side and Davy Crockett, open for golfers a revenue of the eight city golf courses. council eventually settled on. “All these FDec. 1, with one of the four – White- bit longer. The decision would save the city golf courses that you are talking about haven – to close permanently. It was what Memphis City Council $42,099, according to city Parks and Neigh- closing in the African-American commu- That was the decision the Memphis member Shea Flinn would call “context” borhoods division director Janet Hooks. nity – that’s just not right.” City Council made last spring as it set the as the council debated Tuesday, Dec. 4, This fall, the city administration at- “Why don’t we close all of the golf city budget for the fiscal year that began whether to close all four for the winter tempted to change the permanent closing courses during the winter that do not July 1. But just about halfway through the and review the permanent closing of from Whitehaven to Davy Crockett in make money?” council member Jim Strick- fiscal year as Dec. 1 approached, some Whitehaven in the spring. Then it became Frayser. land asked. citizens who play at Whitehaven appealed whether to open up that and other budget Some on the council moved to keep “We have essentially reopened the to City Hall to change the decision and the decisions like flowers blooming in the Whitehaven open at least through the win- budget process,” Flinn said after council weather got unseasonably warm. unseasonable warmth. ter and to raise golf cart fees and charge member Wanda Halbert followed Strick- With temperatures at or near 70 de- The council and the administration de- nonresidents of Shelby County an addi- land by proposing to keep all four golf grees as the winter closing date came, city cided during the budget season last spring tional fee to play the courses to cover the courses open during the winter at an Chief Administrative Officer George Little that the four golf courses would close Dec. expense. But decisions on all of those have estimated additional cost of $350,000 to decided to keep Whitehaven and the other 1 with Whitehaven not reopening in the been delayed since November. $400,000. www.thememphisnews.com December 7-13, 2012 13

real estate & development Real Estate Profession Trends Toward Teams jonathan Devin | Special to The Memphis News

sales, that’s what Michael does, going to have an appraiser come out,” Realtors find strength and we got heavy into them at Hisaw said. “If it appraises for $150,000, the end of 2009,” Hisaw said. they’re not writing a loan for $175,000. It in numbers as market “That’s what the market was. wouldn’t matter what we could sign for the regains stability Traditional sales weren’t really property, the deal is what it’s going to ap- happening. Since 2009 we’ve praise for and let’s get it as close to that as done less and less.” we possibly can.” he residential housing market is And he expects that to On traditional sales, The Hisaw Team recovering, but traditional real es- continue. With the last of the guarantees to sell a house within 45 days Ttate agents may not be according to subprime mortgages adjusting or they will pay the monthly mortgage one agent who began at the height of the in 2011, there are fewer home- notes. So far that has only happened three economic collapse. owners waking up to find times. Many of their sellers have expired Josh Hisaw of The Hisaw Team said they can’t pay their mortgage contracts with one or more real estate that high-volume sales are now beyond anymore. agents and are therefore looking to sell the reach of individuals. But Hisaw’s optimism goes quickly. Hisaw’s team coauthored a book “A lot of people are moving toward a step further. available on Amazon titled “The New Rise teams,” said Hisaw, whose team works “Believe it or not, it’s been in Real Estate,” which discusses how real through Keller Williams Realty. “It’s getting a seller’s market for six to eight estate agents can maximize prices in a to the point where (agents) are doing a Photo illustration: Shutterstock months,” Hisaw said. “Inven- market he expects to remain steady for the lot of volume or they’re doing next to no tory is extremely low, which is next few years. volume at all. The regular, traditional real amount of distressed properties on the going to drive upward pressure on price.” “I think that the market we’re in now estate agent is dying.” market decreases. Nonetheless, frank discussions about is the market that is going to continue for Hisaw, who previously owned three Currently about 30 percent of transac- pricing are part of Hisaw’s process. He said the next three to four years,” Hisaw said. Memphis-area TCBY locations, teamed up tions have been short sales on the buyer’s it makes more sense to turn down sellers “It’s moving in the right direction, but that with another restaurateur, Michael Mo- side and about 50 percent with sellers. who believe, perhaps sentimentally, that doesn’t mean that the prices are going to steller, the owner of Pig-N-Whistle restau- But in 2008, short sales were low-hang- their homes are worth more than their ap- go back to 2005 levels. In Memphis, prices rants, in 2008 to form his real estate team, ing fruit. praisals suggest. increase with the rate of inflation some- which also includes Nikki Perry, a personal “We learned real quick how to do short “When the buyer gets a loan, they’re where around 3 to 4 percent per year.” trainer, and Roamy Kilmer, a former emer- gency department nurse manager. The four rely on their business experi- ence to make the buying and selling of real LOGISTICS estate a leaner, faster process. The team is licensed in Tennessee and only works in residential sales. Hisaw and Mosteller both work as listing specialists, while Kilmer and Perry FedEx Sets Terms for Buyouts work with buyers. Each has specifically defined roles within each transaction, BILL DRIES | The Memphis News which allows the team to work multiple sales at once. “You can do much more volume, so you’re going to make more money, so you edEx Corp. took another step Tues- questions for and comments by FedEx salary for every year of continuous ser- can allow better service,” Hisaw said. day, Dec. 4, in its reaction to a slow founder and CEO Fred Smith about vice with a cap at two years of base pay. The idea is that once a buyer or seller Fgrowth global economy as well as global economic conditions and his view And the offer will include a $25,000 moves into closing, other members of the its own desires to make major changes of what the future holds. health care credit that can be used over team take over and handle the many tasks, to the oldest division of the Memphis- FedEx’s performance is tied closely five years including for insurance premi- which often tie agents’ hands. That way based global corporate giant. to economic growth or the lack of it as ums. the agents are always showing and listing The company sent out terms of a reflected in gross domestic product. The buyouts would take effect in houses instead of chasing down termite coming buyout package to employees The eligible FedEx employees who three phases starting in the year that inspections. Tuesday. get the buyout packets in mid-February begins in June 2013 with FedEx manage- “Once you put everyone in a defined All of the U.S. employees who got the have until April 1 to make their deci- ment assessing how many take the terms position, you can eliminate that because notice this week will not be eligible to sions. The company will select who gets in each phase and each work group and you’re always working on selling homes,” apply for the buyouts. the buyouts in May and those employees then adjusting accordingly. Hisaw said. Employees in the Corporate, Express, would leave FedEx starting in late May. There is not a fallback position that Teams are not new to Memphis, but Services and TechConnect divisions of FedEx spokesman Glen Brandow would revert to automatic layoffs if Hisaw said his team is based on mod- FedEx in the U.S. with at least five years said the company is not offering any enough people don’t take the buyouts. els from larger real estate markets like of continuous service at FedEx as of Nov. numbers yet on how many employees FedEx executives said in October that Phoenix and Orlando where they are more 30 will get buyout packets in February. it hopes will take the buyout or a dollar the buyout will cost the company ap- prevalent. Preference would go to those with the figure the company hopes to realize from proximately $600 million, which would The four spent the last half of 2008 most seniority in their section if more the voluntary buyouts. be split over two fiscal years. That was getting organized and in 2009 closed 43 employees in a section accept the offer “Those decisions will be made based also when Smith told investors that the homes. In 2010 that jumped to 102 and in than there are slots. on the needs of individual work groups company has set a goal of increasing its 2011 they reached 138. So far in 2012, they Meanwhile, analysts and inves- and the business as a whole. There are profitability by $1.7 billion a year. Most have closed 110, all with average market- tors will be listening closely Dec. 19 for no new numbers or dollar amounts or of that will come from reductions in ing expenses of about $1,000 a week. further details of the larger changes at anything of that nature,” he said. “Most FedEx Express. A good portion of their transactions FedEx as the company reports quar- of the employees that would be eligible For more on FedEx and its plan to have been in short sales, though Hisaw terly earnings figures. The conference would be in those business units.” navigate the challenging economy, see said that percentage is decreasing as the calls with FedEx usually feature lots of Key terms include four weeks of base this week’s cover story, Page 18. 14 December 7-13, 2012 www.thememphisnews.com

small business

Discovering New Paths erinn figg | Special to The Memphis News Momtrepreneurs creating own ways to business success by combining work and family

n 2009, Charity Helvie, 35, left a suc- She also joined The Ar- cessful career in the investment in- tisan Group, an art promo- Idustry to start a home-based business, tions group representing MadiBella, a custom clothing boutique artisans around the globe at featuring her handmade children’s clothes Hollywood’s most presti- and women’s accessories. gious celebrity gift lounges. The decision to leave a lucrative job Through the group, she was and start a small business during a strug- able to distribute MadiBella’s gling economy was an extremely difficult wristlet handbags in gift bags one, Helvie said. And then there was one at the 46th annual Country additional challenge. Music Awards last month. “I didn’t even know how to sew on a “I’m a huge country button,” she said. music fan, so when that Regardless, the Arlington mother felt opportunity came along, I a spiritual calling to leave the corporate grabbed it,” she said. world and work from home, where she And she’s glad she did. could be more accessible to her children, Since then, her website traf- now ages 10 and 13. fic and wristlet orders have “I just felt this tug from God to be a significantly increased. stay-at-home mom, and then it came to Rik Tiwana, a Memphis- me that I needed to learn how to sew,” she based independent public said. relations professional who So she bought a sewing machine, read has provided agency repre- some books, and began deconstructing Photo: Lance Murphey sentation for major clients some of her old clothes to try to re-create Arlington momtrepreneur Charity Helvie, who makes custom children’s boutique clothing and acces- such as Verizon Wireless and their patterns. It was a trial-and-error sories through her business MadiBella, works on wristlets in her home office. Terminix, says Helvie is doing process – “lots of tears were shed” – but everything right. He encour- she eventually got the hang of it. Three preneurs are abundant. Popular websites “It cost more to start a business than I ages small-business owners on a budget years later, MadiBella is proving successful, such as The Founding Moms (founding- ever imagined,” she said. “I thought that by not to be intimidated by the PR process. with a loyal base of repeat customers and a moms.com), The Mom Entrepreneur Sup- working at home, I wouldn’t have a lot of When undertaking their own PR initiatives, steady growth in new ones. port Group (themomentrepreneur.com), overhead. I was wrong. I also learned that small-business owners can sometimes be In this modern era of catchy coined The Mogul Mom (themogulmom.com) branding is super important.” just as, if not more, effective as a profes- descriptors, Helvie is known as a “mom- and The Power MOB (thepowermob.com) She started raising brand awareness by sional PR representative can, he says. trepreneur,” one of a growing number of offer mom-specific resources, support, creating a Facebook page and a MadiBella “When I’m pitching something for mothers starting businesses inspired by a advice, tutorials, seminars and a sense of website (madibella.com) and building a a client, I really need to think about the shift in personal values, financial necessity community. The website Bizymoms (bizy- subscriber base for email newsletters. She product from a consumer’s point of view – or circumstance, such as an unexpected moms.com) allows mothers to connect on sent emails to journalists throughout the what aspects of this product or service will job loss. While there are no concrete a local level and includes several Memphis Mid-South to tell them about her product. interest a potential customer,” he said. “In statistics on how many U.S. mothers own forums for mothers dealing with business And while social media and email has been Charity’s case, she is her customer. She’s a businesses, in May 2011, USA Today busi- issues. And the Tennessee Small Business crucial to her marketing and PR efforts, mom, she’s marketing to moms, so she has ness writers used U.S. Census Bureau and Association and Memphis Small Business she also places just as much emphasis on a distinctive perspective that an agency Department of Labor statistics to estimate Council offer free support, networking op- face-to-face networking. representative might not have.” that at least 4 million mothers in the portunities and education. “I try to do four to six craft shows a He advises momtrepreneurs and other United States – about half of the nation’s Looking back, Helvie says when she year, and even if I don’t make a single sale small-business owners to make sure their women business owners – own businesses started MadiBella she had no concept of at them, I definitely reach a lot of people. emails to journalists are brief and compel- or are self-employed. everything that starting her own business Just to hand them my card – it drives traffic ling enough to make people want to know Consequently, resources for momtre- entailed. to my website.” more.

REAL ESTATE & DEVELOPMENT Agency to Weigh Heritage Trails Plan Next Month

BILL DRIES | The Memphis News

he group that will determine The Heritage Trails area includes a Foote Homes public housing development agency to first consider at its Feb. 7 meet- whether there is a tax increment fi- large area of south Downtown into South from any demolition. And those governing ing. And he acknowledged the group is Tnancing zone for the city’s Heritage Memphis. other smaller redevelopment areas within weighing how the tax increment financing Trails redevelopment plan should begin The development over 20 years would the Heritage Trails footprint are seeking zone would impact the payment-in-lieu- considering the specifics of the develop- be financed and leverage private invest- clarification on how the tax increment of-taxes program already used in the area ment plan itself starting in mid-January. ment with property tax revenue captured financing would affect payments-in-lieu- for different efforts. The Community Redevelopment within the large area. The method is called of-taxes incentives they use to finance Both financing methods involve prop- Agency had a City Hall meeting room full tax increment financing. development. erty tax revenue. of approximately 50 people Thursday, Dec. Those at the meeting included oppo- Agency board chairman Mike Frick Downtown Memphis Commission 6, with Heritage Trails on the agenda for an nents of the plan who back an alternative said a committee is to come up with a rec- president Paul Morris said the two meth- update. plan that would specifically protect the ommendation at a Jan. 17 meeting for the ods are “not mutually exclusive.” www.thememphisnews.com December 7-13, 2012 15

REAL ESTATE & DEVELOPMENT MemShop Latest Boon for Square GoToMyPC: SARAH BAKER | The Memphis News It’s this easy.

year ago this month, Loeb Proper- which closed its doors at Poplar Avenue ties Inc. was granted the green light and Mendenhall Road in October due A from Memphis City Council for the to the landlord selling the strip center to funds necessary to construct a parking lot Broadway Pizza, will share Cosmic Coco- and detention pond west of Cooper Street nut’s space. – the last component in the more than $30 Sache Clothing and Design, a 2-year- million public/private partnership to revi- old small business in the South Main talize the once booming Overton Square Historic Arts District, will set up shop entertainment district. in the 1,125-square-foot space where a Today, that three-story, 435-space bookstore was most prominent, selling parking structure is well under way, as are winter apparel and accessories and doing major improvements to the existing infra- demonstrations. Sache, which was also structure of the Square. Local Squared has involved in MemFix, is in the midst of been doing booming business in the old rapidly expanding its online presence and Yosemite Sam’s space for the past month it’s been open. Bar Louie’s build out at the curved building on the southwest corner of Madison Avenue and Cooper is slated for an early March completion. The former Paulette’s space has several prospects, and the Griffin House at 2116 Madison (formerly connected to Paulette's via breezeway) has a letter of intent on the table following a major face-lift to the We’re always on the property. constant lookout to try to The first ever MemShop kicked off at create some opportunities the Square last week. It’s a holiday pop-up with partnerships in the initiative from the Major’s Innovation De- livery Team featuring more than 40 local city. It’s a good opportunity creatives, makers, artists and artisans on for us to meet some new Thursdays through Sundays until Dec. 23. “ people and expose what we MemShop is about taking vacant do to people that may not commercial space and “activating it” for make it down to the South the neighborhood, specifically looking at the retail component of economic vitality, Main area.” said Abby Miller, project officer with the – John Sylvester Mayor’s Innovation Delivery Team. Managing partner, Sache Clothing and Design MemShop was implemented in November when nine pop-up shops and vacant storefronts were created for Mem- Fix in the Crosstown area at Cleveland and possibly brick-and-mortar locations down Watkins streets, which was also the work of the road. the Innovation Delivery Team. “We’re always on the constant lookout GoToMyPC lets you instantly work on your “This MemShop at Overton Square is to try to create some opportunities with office PC from any Internet connection, with the first time we’re doing a longer-term partnerships in the city,” said managing sort of pop-up shop,” Miller said. “We do partner John Sylvester. “It’s a good oppor- complete access to your email, programs and plan to continue this initiative through- tunity for us to meet some new people and files. Setup takes just minutes, and there’s no out the coming years, looking at other expose what we do to people that may not neighborhoods in the Madison/Cleveland make it down to the South Main area.” hardware needed. corridors, as well as South Memphis and Meanwhile, Indie Style Market will pop Binghampton. The longer-term vision is up in a 2,375-square-foot area inside the to have more frequent and regular pop-up Atrium building that once housed an ice shops to help businesses and entrepre- skating rink in the Square. Indie Style Mar- FREE 30-Day Trial neurs enter the market or test new markets ket will feature the work of more than 30 around the city.” local artists, with vintage items, candles, Miller called Overton Square, in the body products, jewelry, hats, T-shirts, gotomypc.com | promo code: AB24 Madison/Cleveland corridor, an “up- photography and more, said captain Tonya trending neighborhood” where the data Tate. Indie Style Market is the brand that is implying that the neighborhood is on the Memphis Melange Etsy Team produces the rise. She said MemShop is a type of events under, with more than 200 mem- “intervention” analyzing “where the neigh- bers, and is seeking a physical venue as it borhood is and how with a certain level launches its creative studio. MemShop is of investment, we might be able to tip the Indie Style Market’s fifth handmade event scale to really bring back that vitality to the as a team, but first time doing a pop-up core city.” shop. MemShop will include Cosmic “This is a great opportunity for us, but Coconut, an organic juice bar with an we want Indie Style Market to be a perma- existing store in East Memphis, in the nent space where anyone can come, shop, 1,160-square-foot space where Fantastic purchase and meet the Mid-South indie Sam’s used to be. Give Yoga Memphis, design community,” Tate said. 16 December 7-13, 2012 www.thememphisnews.com

sports

basketball Johnson’s Breakout Game

Sparks Resounding Victory DON WADE | Special to The Memphis News

University of Memphis guard Geron Johnson shakes off checkered past and shines by scoring 21 points on 8-of-11 shooting during Tigers’ 84-58 victory over Ohio University at FedExForum

ny metaphorical picture of the Ti- be more difficult. Yet after playing with two junior colleges before transferring to mates he has to watch the clock and then gers’ Geron Johnson requires that purpose and poise on the court, Johnson Memphis for his junior season. head home before they do. Ahe hold a basketball in one hand was just as smooth in the FedExForum Actually, to be totally correct, he was “All the time, they’re making fun of and baggage in the other. pressroom. dismissed from Chipola College in Florida me,” Johnson said with a smile. “That’s He can never just be another col- He answered that, yes, he does feel after incidents with marijuana and then just what it is. I’m OK with it.” lege basketball player. Too much history, a kinship with the Grizzlies’ Zach Ran- was tossed from Garden City Commu- There is no reason to think Pastner too much talent, too much potential to dolph, who said Memphis fans accepted nity College in Kansas after an incident will change this game plan. Why should change the fortunes of this University of and appreciated him for who he is and that started with him being charged with he? The Tigers didn’t have Johnson in the Memphis season. did not focus on problems in his past. theft; in high school, he was arrested for Bahamas – he had to sit out the first three So after Johnson went for 21 points “I feel the same way, I promise you. attempted burglary. games for a minor NCAA infraction before on 8-for-11 shooting (3-of-5 from 3-point I’ve heard nothing (from fans) about “It’s never going to go away,” Johnson he transferred to Memphis – and they range) and added 3 assists, 3 steals and 3 tribulations I’ve had in the past," Johnson said matter-of-factly. “I really use it as went 1-2. Even before his performance rebounds in the Tigers’ resounding 84-58 said, looking each questioner in the eye motivation. It happened. I’m past it. We against Ohio, Johnson had shown flashes victory over Ohio University – a Sweet 16 and finishing his answers with “yes, sir.” can talk about it if you want.” of another-gear motor and another-level team last season – Johnson immediately The media, of course, will always Upon bringing Johnson here, Tigers toughness that this team sorely needed. had another game to play. mention the past and the better Johnson coach Josh Pastner set up special rules, Plus, on a team with many great athletes, This game, where reporters ask plays the better the rise-from-the-ashes including a midnight curfew. Johnson Johnson might be the best. He even about the checkered past because of the story becomes. A native of Dayton, Ohio, says the rules have not been eased and, seems to enjoy playing defense. breakout game in the present, figured to the 6-3, 197-pound guard passed through yes, that means when he’s out with team- Former Garden City coach Kris

Z-Bo Bringing Back His ‘Two Years Ago’ Self

His team had been on his back through Dec. 4) – through a franchise- opposing Randolph. “It’s not fun because all night long. Now, with 1:50 left in over- best 13-3 start. he’s going to keep hitting you and keep time and the Grizzlies up by five points, It has been a long road back from going.” Zach Randolph was about to score the New Year’s Day in Chicago when Ran- Said the Los Angeles Lakers’ Antawn last of his 38 points. dolph tore his right medial collateral Jamison: “He’s not the flashiest guy in Phoenix’s Marcin Gortat had Ran- THE PRESS BOX (MCL) ligament. Although Randolph the world, not the most athletic. But dolph squared up, preventing a drive DON WADE played 28 regular-season games, he was you know when you’re playing against to the rim. But Randolph, who scored a mere shadow of the player who had him you better bring your hard hat. He 16 points in the fourth quarter and OT, Third Team and averaged 22.2 points endeared himself to Memphis fans. can create scoring opportunities off of wasn’t about to give up the ball. So and 10.8 rebounds in a playoff run that And it wasn’t just that his num- rebounds. That’s his identity. You don’t he drop-stepped time and time again stopped just short of the Western Con- bers were way down (11.6 points and have to call plays for him. I love him to until he finally made his move for real ference Finals. He would lift those step- 8.0 rebounds). It was that he knew he death.” – knocking down a 17-foot fade-away back jumpers into the air like he was couldn’t do what he had always done Not plays, per se, but when Randolph jumper over Gortat’s bald head. A few launching parachutes. More times than and everyone else knew it, too. He was a gets going like he did against the Suns, seconds later, Randolph fouled Gortat not, they had soft, perfect, landings. boxer without his knockout punch or his his teammates know he wants the ball. at the other end of the court and the “It reminded me of two years ago stamina. Now, he is a main reason the There is no guessing about that. FedExForum faithful couldn’t hold back Zach,” center Marc Gasol said with a grin. Grizzlies look like legitimate contenders. “He’s a little bit vocal,” Quincy Pon- the love any longer. “He had the little bounce, like a boxer. He “Zach has always been a good dexter said with a laugh. “Z-Bo, Z-Bo, Z-Bo!” they chanted. has the bounce and he has the eye- player,” said Phoenix coach Alvin Gentry. “When I get that little hop in my step, Coach Lionel Hollins couldn’t have brows. It’s just something you see in his “If you go back and look, he has always that means I’m going,” Randolph said. “I agreed more. face when he’s feeling it. It brought up been 20-10 since he walked into the felt like my old self tonight.” “He carried us,” Hollins said of Ran- some memories, that’s for sure.” league. He’s just a determined guy … I’m Healthy, spirited and on any given dolph’s NBA-best 14th double-double, For Randolph, too. not sure where (the Grizzlies’) weakness night capable of carrying his team across this one a 38-point, 22-rebound effort “I was feeling good … the best I’ve is. If someone would tell me, I would like the finish line. that was just off his career highs of 43 felt,” he said after the Grizzlies’ 108-98 to know.” Don Wade’s column appears weekly and 25. “All season long, Zach has been win on Tuesday, Dec. 4, over the Suns. Certainly, it doesn’t rest with Z-Bo. in The Daily News and The Memphis terrific. He’s healthy. His spirit is good.” Truth is, he has looked pretty good Ask Oklahoma City’s Kendrick Perkins. News. He and Jon Albright host the Jon & We remember what this is like, don’t this whole season; he is averaging 17.7 Ask him if Z-Bo bluffs. Don Show on Sports 56 AM and 87.7 FM we? This Z-Bo looked like the Z-Bo who points and 13.3 rebounds – second only “In some aspects it’s fun and in some from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesdays through was selected to the 2010-11 All-NBA to Cleveland’s Anderson Varejao (15.4 it’s not,” Denver’s Kenneth Faried said of Thursdays. www.thememphisnews.com December 7-13, 2012 17

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“It’s never going to go away. I really use it as motivation. It happened. I’m past it. We can talk about it if you want.”

– Geron Johnson “Tigers guard

Baumann told Yahoo! Sports that John- Geron Johnson is that – often merits spe- son is a “poor man’s Russell Westbrook.” cial consideration. But that’s not the same Baumann also said Johnson was a good as a guarantee. So when one reporter teammate and just made immature deci- asked Johnson if he was confident he sions. It is what Pastner believes to be wouldn’t “screw up” again, he answered true as well. with a mixture of confidence and caution. “He made some mistakes, but he’s not “No issues,” he said. “But I’m gonna a bad person,” Pastner said. “His spirit is have to showcase (my accountability).” a kind spirit. He’s actually respectful. We He paused, then added a last line of day- took a chance.” to-day reality: “Easier said than done.” And by “we” he means U of M Presi- dent Shirley Raines, Athletic Director Tom Bowen and himself. USA Today Photo: Spruce Derden “We put our necks on the line,” Past- guard Geron John- ner said. son scored 21 points on 8-of-11 shooting during the Tigers’ 84-58 win over Ohio Uni- Which is nothing new in big-time versity at FedExForum on Dec. 5. Johnson college basketball. A special talent – and is looking to overcome a checkered past and three-game suspension.

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COVER STORy Running Your Business Is FedEx plans to a general theory of “dominant design” in add $1.7 billion technology that comes to be the standard a year in profit- used by its inventors, but more important- Your Priority. ability, most of it through cuts ly by others, even competitors. in employees The next day, Carter was much more and other cost FedEx-centric pointing to targets like the Servicing reductions. And 237 systems at FedEx that manage ad- most of the cuts and changes, $1.2 dresses and 302 separate databases that Your Printer billion, will be in sort addresses. the company’s “That’s not a particularly pretty pic- oldest and largest ture,” he said as he talked of “enterprise Is Ours. division, FedEx Express. foundational services” he and others are developing for FedEx that would have Mid-South Marking Systems as a 80 percent less complexity and code and Zebra Authorized Service what he termed “sprawl of the history of Provider (ZASP) has our applications.” demonstrated an unparalleled “You don’t have to solve all of those commitment to provide quality service and problems,” Carter said. “You just stand up support for all Zebra products. All ZASPs have completed extensive your new application and point at it.” Zebra training and are required to recertify on an annual basis. The first of three phases of buyouts be- Zebra endorses and certifies all ZASPs to provide on-site repair, as gin in June 2013 across FedEx Corporate, well as installation, maintenance contracts, depot repair and Express, Services and Tech Connect U.S. technical support. By using a ZASP, you have peace of mind knowing divisions. Employees with five years of ser- that trained Zebra technicians are keeping your Zebra printers vice get buyout packets in February with operating at optimum performance levels and using genuine Zebra decisions by employees by April 1. There parts and printheads. are specific places in Express the company wants to make the cuts that also go toward Mid-South Marking Systems technical support is just a phone call away. the longer-range goal – a change in FedEx’s culture of innovation and technology. (For Call us at 1-800-832-3170 more details on the buyout, see Page 13.) “We can’t just cut off an arm,” Graf said. “We have to do this by design and make sure our service levels improve. … It depends on the ‘take’ rate and how long we may need for them to stay.” The two purposes – a profitability goal Mid-South Marking Systems • 2677 Mount Moriah Terrace • Memphis, TN 38115 and changes in the way FedEx operates www.midsouthmarking.com that improve service levels – come with © 2008 ZIH Corp. All rights reserved. a $600 million program cost. Half of that cost is estimated to be in the current fiscal year. The other half of the cost would be in Photo: Courtesy of FedEx fiscal year 2014. Smith said he believes most of the employees who leave or the “reduction into the station.” in head count” will be through attrition Others in the management tier just be- based on a “significant” amount of attri- neath Smith on the organization chart said tion each year in some positions. As busiest day in history nears, the reorganization is about eliminating “I think the only significant effect FedEx changes course in hopes redundant systems and processes in what on people and in most cases it won’t be began as a labor-intensive sorting process significant, is … some folks will have to go of saving money in the 1970s. Then workers planned to to work at a different location to get the Timely delivery fill one module for a FedEx jet as quickly advantage of that,” he said. Story by bill dries as possible and fill up as many more as it Later, in a roundtable with reporters, took to get packages on their way. Smith said the changes could mean more n Dec. 10 FedEx Corp. “I think maybe we arrived at a bet- uct launches that were once the exclusive them as being in the same business. At “This is a really big deal,” Smith said volume coming through the Memphis SHARE THE AMORE is expected to have its ter strategy through the wrong process,” domain of air services are part of the shift least he doesn’t define FedEx’s business the as he attempted to leaven the profitabil- Super Hub, particularly with the rerouting busiest day in the 40-year FedEx founder and CEO Fred Smith said to ocean containers. same as UPS’ business. ity goal with a healthy dose of tech talk of FedEx jets. PURCHASE $100 in gift CARdS And Enjoy history of the global ship- at the end of 10 hours of presentations to Some of the shift reflects customers While other FedEx executives referred pointed at cloud computing and items like FedEx’s shift, meanwhile, is part of a A $20 AmoRE BonUS CARd jUSt foR yoU ping company. investors and analysts in Memphis this moving elsewhere in the FedEx portfolio to UPS generally as a competitor, Smith wrist devices to show the shelf a package larger fundamental change by both of the Give the tastes of Italy and get a taste for yourself Each year, the corpo- past October. as a reaction to the recession. But the shift didn’t hesitate to mention the UPS brand will fit on before the package arrives. dominant names that have made Mem- with a Carrabba’s gift card. Pick up the perfect ration plots out the day What got the attention of those at also reflects improved ocean container by name as he challenged analysts on their “It may be something that is adversely phis International Airport. gift for everyone on your list tonight. when shipments across the two-day investors event – an annual technology and shipping methods. view of the competing business models. affecting the U.S. in total employment. Memphis-Shelby County Airport its portfolio of services are undertaking of major publicly traded cor- “Of course the business has deteriorat- “You think that it makes the most This is going on everywhere,” he added. Authority leaders have long said no matter Memphis | 5110 Poplar Avenue | 901-685-9900 expected to reach their porations – was the dollar figure floating ed. That’s why we’ve done this,” Smith said, sense to put Express and Ground parcels “It probably would have taken us longer. what happens with the passenger half of Collierville | 4600 Merchants Park Circle | 901-854-0200 peak for the year, which around. referring specifically to Express. “When we together,” he told one during one of several We probably wouldn’t have done it with that equation – Delta Air Lines – FedEx is always occurs during the holiday shopping FedEx plans to add $1.7 billion a year started going into fiscal year ’13, we were question-and-answer sessions. the same degree of urgency. We may have what keeps the continuing cuts in Delta Carrabbas.com season.O in profitability, most of it through cuts in all thumping our chest thinking this is go- “We strongly disagree with that. UPS decided to put more emphasis in one area passenger service at Memphis from taking This year is no exception in terms of employees and other cost reductions. And ing to be a record year.” has looked at it as a package business. or another. But I think it is fundamental to a heavier toll on the airport. the timing, but the volume is unprec- most of the cuts and changes, $1.2 billion, But by October, Smith was unsure … We don’t think that putting the two the enterprise.” Delta announced the terms of a edented. will be in the company’s oldest and largest in his past belief that growth in interna- networks together makes a lot of sense. That made Rob Carter, FedEx’s chief “refleeting” that will mean fewer of the On that Monday, FedEx estimates it division, FedEx Express. tional trade would do what it had done for We think our strategy is a better strategy information officer, a major player in an 50-seat regional jets used by Delta for con- will move 19 million shipments through its “We have given you a lot of numbers, decades – average twice the global gross assuming we get Express with its better event that is normally dominated by bot- necting and regional service than origi- Ground, Express and Freight services, a 10 none larger than $1.7 billion,” said Alan domestic product. Still, Smith doesn’t see it strategy.” tom line questions and concerns, not to nally anticipated a year ago. percent increase from the busiest day last Graf, FedEx’s chief financial officer. “A good as a shrinkage of Express business. This time the reinvention isn’t neces- mention very cautious forward looking The refleeting is the latest chapter in year. decision is based on knowledge and not on “It’s just not going to be a significant sarily about expanding the methods. It’s statements. a passenger air service saga that has in- Beyond the holiday rush and statistical numbers. I can’t believe I’m saying that,” growth business,” he said. more subtle. “You may be wondering why is the cluded two rounds of significant passenger high point at FedEx hubs around the world he added as he attributed the axiom to Smith had already been thinking “We just don’t need as many people technology guy jumping up here on the service cuts by Delta at Memphis in a year. including Memphis, there is a coming shift Plato. about the “portfolio” of services FedEx had shuffling paper to clear items when we first night?” Carter told the audience of Delta stopped the nonstop air service within FedEx that promises to be historic. The FedEx changes also reflect a cus- already invented that revolutionized air have items on the line,” Smith said. “You several hundred as he boasted of his streak to Amsterdam for the fall and winter sea- The transformation by the city’s best- tomer shift under way for years away from cargo services by the mid-1970s. don’t need as many couriers and handlers of not being asked any questions on quar- son and then as the service stopped for the known global business brand is a combi- air to ground and ocean transport. Even FedEx and UPS are most certainly when you have a system that allows you to terly corporate earnings calls by analysts. fall, announced the Amsterdam flight was nation of proactive and reactive planning. high tech, high value low weight tech prod- competitors, but Smith doesn’t regard schedule your work before it ever comes Much of his talk that night was about gone for good. 20 December 7-13, 2012 www.thememphisnews.com

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education Calls Come to Change Merger Process

BILL DRIES | The Memphis News

sures and Some on February. Shift could take some made a few the school And last week the school board moved decisions about new remarks dur- board have on the issue of 21 school closings recom- ing debate insisted the mended by the planning commission school district away about the decisions by instead moving toward the closing or state impos- are theirs transition of six schools with a set of public from board ing its will to make on hearings and impact studies that will move on Memphis whatever the actual vote on the school closings to s suburban mayors were sched- or treating time sched- March. uled to meet this week to talk over Memphis ule they The board was acting on the recom- Atheir options, the consolidation of differently. choose. mendation of a transition steering com- all public schools in Shelby County that But it was The mittee – a set of administrators from both begins in August began to show signs of a Democratic schools school systems who are reviewing the shift. legislators consolida- planning commission recommendations. The shift might be to take at least some outside tion planning Board chairman Billy Orgel warned of the decisions about the schools merger Memphis commission that he and other board members may out of the hands of just the countywide who directly recom- “have to take over the process.” school board or to junk the process the and vocally mended the “If you guys don’t go back and look at board is using. attacked the school board items that can save money, I don’t know The mayors of the six towns and cities specific idea Illustration: Shutterstock pick a single that this board can continue to let the have all indicated they intend to push on of separate school districts for the suburbs. superintendent to lead into and beyond (steering committee) continue to do this,” for their own school districts, although Huffman was appointed state educa- the August schools merger date no later Orgel said. “What we did tonight is a step several have said it is highly unlikely they tion commissioner after the Shelby County than the end of the fall. The school board and it’s a continuing step, but there is no could form them and open them for Board of Education filed the federal lawsuit has adopted a timetable that would end money out there in the community to fund classes by August. contesting the schools merger, which then with the hiring of a superintendent in mid- education.” That means they are in the merged became a lawsuit by the Shelby County school district for at least the first year. Commission contesting the formation of And it is that realization that has accel- municipal school districts. erated what was already concern in some Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell quarters about the school board’s lingering and Shelby County Commission chairman pace on making major merger decisions. Three days after U.S. District Court Judge Samuel “Hardy” Mays voided the suburban moves toward forming their own school districts, state Sen. Jim Kyle, D-Memphis, sent a letter to local elected leaders suggesting the debate is becoming too political. “It is time for those of us in the posi- We must take the lessons tion to make decisions to stop thinking we’ve learned in the last in political terms and start thinking in two years and use them as educational terms,” Kyle wrote in the letter he made public Monday, Dec. 3. a metric of how to proceed. Kyle called for Tennessee Education We have seen what happens Commissioner Kevin Huffman to “poten- when we divide on ideology; tially be an independent broker between “ it is unproductive. The the various parties.” political dynamics are what Kyle, who is the Senate minority leader, said he talked with state Senate Republi- brought us to this point can leader Mark Norris of Collierville about and will drive us back if the idea and, according to Kyle, Norris we do not choose to act agrees as well as Huffman. differently.” “We must take the lessons we’ve learned in the last two years and use them – Sen. Jim Kyle as a metric of how to proceed,” Kyle wrote. “We have seen what happens when we divide on ideology; it is unproductive. The Mark Luttrell parted company on a 1-cent political dynamics are what brought us to sales tax hike question on the November this point and will drive us back if we do ballot to create an additional $30 million in not choose to act differently.” education funding. In the last two-year legislative ses- Voters defeated it. Luttrell opposed it sion, Kyle and other Memphis Democrats and Ritz was a key political force behind its in both chambers have been decidedly move to the ballot. passive as Shelby County Republicans, led But the top two leaders of Shelby by Norris, passed two sets of laws govern- County government, which will be the ing the formation of municipal school sole source of local funding for the merged districts. school system, have been vocal that the The Memphis Democrats in the Shelby school board isn’t making merger deci- County delegation voted against the mea- sions quickly enough. www.thememphisnews.com December 7-13, 2012 21

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A worker with Flintco LLC prepares the Armstrong 7,000-pound bronze sculpture Unveils Precinct “Movement to Overcome” to be moved Realignment to temporary storage. BILL DRIES | The Memphis News

here still will be nine Memphis po- lice precincts with the new year. T But they will each have six wards, new boundaries and handle some- thing closer to the same amount of calls. And Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong said police officers will do something they haven’t had enough time to do in recent years in many parts of the city – patrol the areas they are assigned to instead of moving from one call to another. “As it stands right now, we are basi- Photo: Bill Dries cally a reactive police department, which means that because of the call volume we get, we basically get calls and we react to those calls,” Armstrong told Memphis City Museum Renovation Brings Council members Tuesday, Dec. 4, as he rolled out the reorganization that takes effect with the new year. “We cannot have reductions in crime if we are not a proac- Sculptor Back to Memphis tive police department.” Still to come is the plan to decentralize investigative bureaus based at the Crimi- BILL DRIES | The Memphis News nal Justice Center into offices at each of the precincts now that the new boundaries are set. “This is something that we looked at onstruction sounds coming from to the balcony. from general contractor Flintco LLC for about a year now,” Armstrong said later a museum can be jarring, even The feature didn’t last very long were removing windows from the muse- of the boundary shifts. “We’ve looked at it Cwhen you know the exhibits are after the opening of the museum. The um’s entrance and preparing a wooden from every angle that we can possibly look protected or have been moved. courtyard also had a gated entrance at platform for the move of “Movement to at it. We vetted it amongst each other. … It For Michael Pavlovsky, there were the time where tickets were sold. That Overcome,” Pavlovsky’s work. gives our officers the ability to turn back mixed feelings Wednesday, Dec. 5, as too has changed with a plaza on South Another worker with a drill was cut- into proactive officers.” he came to Memphis to supervise the Main where a building once stood that ting spaces in the black bronze surface Armstrong said the city’s 1999 annexa- moving next week of his two-piece, leads into the courtyard. for the straps and braces that will lift tion of Hickory Hill was a prime example 13-foot-by-26-foot, 7,000-pound What is constant is Pavlovsky’s the two pieces out of the lobby once the of new territory that was absorbed within bronze sculpture that definition of what he bolts securing it to the floor are un- the closest precinct initially without cor- has been in the lobby of was trying to do with screwed. responding changes throughout the the National Civil Rights the collection of human Pavlovsky was there to show them precincts. Museum since it opened figures rising from and where to cut, which is where he original- At the time, Armstrong was a lieuten- in 1991. making their way on ly designed the openings for the initial ant in the old East Precinct, now Mount “It’s sort of like going both sides of a narrow move into the museum. Moriah Station, which came to include back in time … actually divide between the “It’s as much technical, I guess, as Hickory Hill. seeing and rethinking pieces. His description anything else,” he said. “But on a philo- “The East Precinct was pretty much how we actually installed of his goal is the same sophical level, it’s a little bit bothering overrun with calls, which ended up with the piece at that time as it was in May 1991 I guess that we’re having to kind of do the opening of Ridgeway Station,” Arm- in terms of the hard- when the sculpture was some surgery on the sculpture in a strong said. “Every time we take in some- ware that was used and lowered into place in the sense.” thing those are more calls that we have to where the location of the lobby before the roof The openings will be welded closed respond to. We’re going to have to continue anchor bolts were,” said and skylight were then again when the sculpture returns to a to adjust the boundaries or open up an- Pavlovsky, a Fort Worth, PAVLOVSKY added. much different setting. other precinct. … It’s not anything new.” Texas, sculptor who “The work is about “Movement to Overcome” will John Williams, the manager of the de- spoke in the courtyard the leaders of the civil be moved to an undisclosed location partment’s eCrime Analysis Unit, pointed of the museum where visitors can still rights movement,” he said. “But even somewhere in the city during the $27 to the Appling Farms area. see the museum annex across Mulberry more so, on a broader scale and a more million renovation of the museum built “Right now the growth is out east and Street and walk onto the balcony where accurate scale, it’s about the anonymous on the site of the Lorraine Motel. there may be some plans on the table to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassi- individuals that we know nothing about Pavlovsky won a $400,000 interna- take in some of that in Appling Farms,” he nated in April 1968. now that lived the civil rights struggle tional competition by the Hyde Family told council members. “If we sit back and Pavlovsky was last at the museum and participated in it. They are forgot- Foundations to create the wall sculp- say when we annex that we’re just going to approximately 10 years ago. In the ten about. But the hundreds of images ture. tack that on to the existing precinct, things courtyard this week, he remembered of human figures on that sculpture After the museum’s opening, other are going to get out of balance again.” features from 20 years ago like the laser represent those anonymous individuals. commissions followed including a set Of the 785,860 calls for service police beam tracing the path of the bullet from That’s what makes it an epic approach of five bronzes, including “River Circle” received in 2011, 328,411 or 41.7 percent of the window of the South Main Street to the work.” and “River Arch” along Middle Five Mile the calls were in three of the nine precincts boarding house where the shot was fired Just feet from the balcony, workers Creek in Dallas. – Old Allen, Raines and Union stations. 22 December 7-13, 2012 www.thememphisnews.com

real estate & development ULI Outlook: Memphis Recovering Slowly, Lagging Behind Nashville

SARAH BAKER | The Memphis News

emphis’ economy and com- That’s 15,000 more jobs than FedEx Corp. economic growth and prosperity for all of regional partner with Panattoni Develop- mercial real estate industry is employs locally. you.” ment Co., didn’t have an answer. M recovering, but not as fast as “So you can see what kind of impact But Gnuschke touted the fact that “They’re a very secretive organization, other places – like Nashville. the recession had on us,” Gnuschke said. Memphis was named among the world’s they’re very forward, they know what they That was the message local profes- “We’re told repeatedly that things are get- Top 20 must see places in 2013 by Na- want and that’s what they go get,” Ham- sionals heard Tuesday, Dec. 4, at the ting great, things are getting great – well, tional Geographic. He said it speaks to ilton said. “We’ve actually proposed sites, Urban Land Institute Memphis’ 2013 Real they’re getting better. We’re seeing some how the city needs to look outside the put them in front of them, as we were Estate Outlook for the Mid-South. success – the Electrolux plant and the Mid-South to find people who think the looking at some other deals to say, ‘Here’s “We haven’t seen rebound in our others are some positive signs that we’re Memphis market is a great one. some very good opportunity.’ But so far, economy that would cause us to stand alive, but we’re ugly still.” “When I watch Home and Garden, Memphis hasn’t been on the list that’s up and cheer,” said Dr. John Gnuschke, Gnuschke said when industry is I see the price of houses in Toronto – included 25 or 30 cities in the country and director of the Sparks Bureau of Business recruited in Tennessee, it’s recruited from they’re terrible. The price is high, housing I don’t really have an answer why, given and Economic Research and co-director Nashville. It’s “the heart” of the state and quality is low,” Gnuschke said. “But when the logistics.” of the Center for Real Estate at the Uni- it thrives before us with demographics, you compare it to Memphis, the housing On the whole, Hamilton’s theme on versity of Memphis. “Memphis is a slow- jobs, income growth and so on. stock here is incredible. The prices are low Memphis is that it’s the one market where growth market and we haven’t prospered “Very shortly, you’ll see full employ- and we need to market that housing stock the industrial is six months to a year and as quickly or recovered as quickly as ment for Nashville,” Gnuschke said. “We across the country.” a half ahead of Nashville. That’s true for Nashville has.” desperately need an initiative to make When asked why Amazon, which has a deal flow – Memphis recently beat Nash- Unemployment rates for the Memphis Memphis a more attractive place to live. presence in Nashville and Chattanooga, is ville for both Teleflex Inc. and Five Below’s area have come down, but are still 45,000 High population growth means dynamic not in Memphis, especially given FedEx’s more-than 500,000-square-foot leases – jobs from where they were at the peak. community, dynamic community means headquarters here, Whitfield Hamilton, and also speculative construction.

INKED Brooks Brothers Relocating to Shops of Saddle Creek

SARAH BAKER | The Memphis News the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement there’s not another concept like this in the Memphis area.” for Brooks Brothers’ tenant alterations. Los Cobas is anticipated to be open shortly after the Taylor said Saddle Creek is also working toward first of the year. securing a replacement tenant for the old American Café High-end clothier chain Brooks Brothers plans to space. In addition, Trademark is looking at scenarios for Meanwhile, Kathy Katz, owner of Cooper Street 20/20, open a new location at The Shops of Saddle Creek West in a possible expansion of Apple’s current 6,400-square-foot has inked a 1,250-square-foot lease at 800 S. Cooper St. Germantown. store to the retailer’s new store footprints that span 8,500 Formerly known as 20/20 Diner for 25 years and The New York City-based retailer will open in 7,500 square feet. housed in a 700-square-foot space in the Southern College square feet of space at 7509 Poplar Ave. by early June, tak- “We’re seeing what the architects can come up with of Optometry, Katz opted to expand her fresh prepared ing over the two suites formerly occupied by Indigo and in order to come up with that amount of square foot- foods business into the Cooper-Young district. Talbots Men’s. Indigo last month relocated and expanded age,” Taylor said. “We would have to either do a built out “I decided to do this because I’ve been at the farm- two spaces down into the old Natural Body Spa & Shoppe behind the building, maybe bump out their storefront fa- ers market Downtown for five years and I’ve got such a space. çade a little bit, or wait until another tenant’s lease expires huge following with my small little 22 items,” Katz said. “The 7,500-square-foot location will allow us to offer and see if we can move them into that space.” “When this came up, it was kind of like a dream come true our customers a wider product assortment,” said Brooks because I can make anything I want. Today, we decided to Brothers spokesman Arthur Wayne. “The new store will In other commercial leasing news, the owners make chicken roulade stuffed with spinach and mush- replace our current location at the .” of El Toro Loco Mexican Restaurant have signed a rooms with a lemon sauce over it. At the college, I’d have Brooks Brothers was founded in 1818 by Henry Sands 5,400-square-foot lease at 6542 Quince Road for a new to make you a turkey sandwich with Swiss cheese. If I Brooks, marking the first ready-to-wear fashion merchant Mexican seafood concept called Los Cobas. made this fancy stuff, they wouldn’t eat it.” in America. The company is credited with introducing The restaurant will fill the old Spring Buffet space in Cooper Street 20/20 is now open for business at the the U.S. to the button-down dress shirt, pink dress shirts, Kirby Gate Shopping Center owned by Gill Properties. corner of Cooper and Elzey Avenue in a building owned lightweight summer seersucker suits, Madras and other Tenants in the 73,655-square-foot Southeast Memphis by Inbalance Fitness’ Scott Lebowitz. styles. center include ATC Fitness, T.J. Mulligan’s, Mayuri Indian Saddle Creek is a 148,000-square-foot lifestyle center Restaurant and Walgreens. Jennifer Stewart and Patty Two buildings in Bluff City Business Park at Getwell leased and managed by Fort Worth, Texas-based Trade- Lycan of Gill Properties’ sales and leasing repre- Road and Interstate 240 have traded hands. mark Property Co. Vince O’Toole, senior vice president sented both sides of the deal. Ziad S. Ozrail of Kortz LLC and his partners leasing with Trademark, was the leasing agent. Stewart said Los Cobas, which was mod- Rafat Khmous, Talaat Khmous and Mohd The arrival of Brooks Brothers is another boon for the eled after an eatery in Houston, will fill a need Hassan closed on 1810 Getwell Road and 1780 upscale shopping center, which has landed Free People, in the center and its surrounding area for Getwell Road, Lot 1 and Lot 2, for $800,000. Kate Spade, Brighton Collectibles and Anthropologie in another sit-down dining option. J. Max Hamidi, broker with Re/Max on recent times. “It’ll make another full-service restaurant Track, represented the buyer. Jon Isbell, assis- “We’re excited to have them back, they used to be onsite – we only have Mayuri and T.J. Mul- tant vice president with Boyle Investment Co., at Saddle Creek a long time ago,” said Kenneth Taylor, ligan’s,” Stewart said. “And especially given represented the seller, Milton T. Schaeffer. general manager of The Shops of Saddle Creek. “Obvi- the sale of the land across the street to the Send commercial lease announce- ously, the Saddle Creek customer and the Brooks Brother MED, we feel like there’s going to be a ments to Sarah Baker, who can be customer are a natural fit.” need in the service area that’s going to reached at 521-2464 or sbaker@ A $400,000 permit application was recently filed with be able to be filled by Los Cobas. Plus memphisdailynews.com. www.thememphisnews.com December 7-13, 2012 23

saturation level. The Innovation Process: What’s The n Trend spotting and scenario plan- ning. n Ideation: expand your team’s think- Secret Sauce for Successful Companies? ing with interactive exercises to generate new ideas. Business banter talks a lot Company leaders hear so much about diet – if it is not a behavioral and physi- n Design thinking: visually represent about “the process for innovation,” which this all-important but ever-elusive busi- ological fit it will never work. Keep in mind and design solutions for market pain is usually referenced in the singular and ness imperative. They look for the fabled that culture plays a big role here. If your points. Use empathy for the context of a stated definitively, leaving most business innovation handbook then become over- company has an old-timer mentality that problem, creativity in the generation of leaders scratching their heads. It makes whelmed by the many innovation gurus, rejects any form of change, then your first insights and solutions, and rationality to us think that there is each with a unique step is to retool the culture. Don’t expect analyze and fit solutions to the context. one correct process, system. to transform your company’s culture into n Stage gates: go/no-go criteria at the secret sauce Innovation Google; there is no magic formula for this. critical points in the process. that top companies just means trying You need to find your own way. Strive to n Prototype and test ideas with actual have and follow. something new become a smarter, more nimble and more users, get them to co-create the solutions There are actually in your market to opportunistic version of your former cul- with you. thousands of inno- better meet your ture. Assume a proactive mindset, strive vation processes, JOCELYN ATKINSON customers’ needs, to lead the industry and stop reacting to it. Make this a discipline not a diversion. none of which have & michael graber thus driving growth When your team is in the right frame Put receptivity to change and discipline been quantified let’s grow for your company. of mind, figure out who is in charge and in your secret sauce. The market leaders or proven to be It’s making a change clearly define roles. One of the secrets to cook with this. Turn up the heat and you the most effective. rather than just do- a good innovation process is making it can too. There is no one size fits all. ing the same thing better. iterative. Think about using the following Jocelyn Atkinson and Michael Graber There is also no secret sauce. Most How do I do this in a sensible way tools at multiple points in the process: run the Southern Growth Studio, a stra- companies attempt an ad hoc innovation that mitigates my risk, you ask? The key n End user feedback: what are their tegic growth firm based in Memphis. Visit approach without clearly defined roles is to develop a process that works for pain points? Where is the demand? www.southerngrowthstudio.com to learn and processes then suffer mixed results. your company and will stick. It’s just like a n Market segment size and more.

3635 S. Houston Levee Road Walgreens at 1943 Berryhill Road in COLLIERVILLE, TN 38125 Cordova. REAL ESTATE RECAP The entity, ARC WGCDVTN001 Sale Amount: $7.1 million LLC of Jenkintown, Pa., bought Sale Date: Nov. 15, 2012 the retail store in a Nov. 8 special Buyer: Cole MT Collierville TN warranty deed from M&M Village MED Buys East Memphis (Gallina II) LLC Investments LP, which lists a Deer- Seller: Montex Exploration Co. field, Ill., address, the same home- Details: An affiliate of the Phoenix- town as Walgreen Co. Land for $3.4 Million based real estate investment trust Built in 2002, the Class A retail Cole Capital Advisors Inc. has paid store sits on 2.27 acres at the north- ERIC SMITH | The Memphis News $7.1 million for the portion of the west corner of Berryhill and Chim- Gallina Centro strip center in Col- ney Rock Boulevard. The assessor’s lierville that houses HomeGoods 2012 appraisal is $2.4 million. and Michael’s. M & M Village Investments Cole MT Collierville TN (Gallina bought the property from Berryhill II) LLC bought the 47,478-square- Farms in 2001 and developed the Wheel Cove foot property at 3635 S. Houston Walgreens on the site. Levee Road Nov. 15 from Montex Exploration Co. 968 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE, Quince Rd Built this year, the Class A retail SUITE 103

385 space sits in the middle of Gallina COLLIERVILLE, Tn 38017 East Memphis Land Centro, a 450,000-square-foot center anchored by Kroger and Kohl’s that Loan Amount: $1.3 million

Mt Moriah Rd Ext sits at the northwest corner of South Loan Date: Nov. 15, 2012 Bill Morris Pkwy Kirby Pkwy Houston Levee and Winchester Maturity Date: Nov. 15, 2027 roads. The Shelby County Assessor Borrower: Collins Corner LLC of Property’s 2012 appraisal of the Lender: IberiaBank 6525 Quince Road • Memphis, TN 38119 5.6-acre parcel, which includes the Details: Collins Corner LLC, the parking lot fronting the retail space, owner of a 10,000-square-foot office 6525 Quince Road is $1.8 million. condominium at 968 Civic Center Memphis, TN 38119 Sugar Land, Texas-based Montex Drive in Collierville, has filed a $1.3 paid $2.1 million for the property million loan on the property. Sale Amount: $3.4 million last year from Gallina Centro LLC, The limited liability company Sale Date: Nov. 16, 2012 an entity affiliated with Memphis- filed the loan Nov. 15 through Ibe- Buyer: Regional Med Properties LLC based Boyle Investment Co., which riaBank on the property’s suite 103. Seller: KG Land LLC developed Gallina Centro. It is home to the Collierville Details: The Regional Medical Center at Memphis has closed on its $3.4 million pur- office of Prudential Collins-Maury chase of two parcels totaling 54.5 acres of land at Quince Road and Tenn. 385 in East 1943 BERRYHILL ROAD Inc. Realtors and Sovereign Homes Memphis. Operating in the transaction as Regional Med Properties LLC, the MED on MEMPHIS, tn 38016 LLC homebuilders, two compa- Nov. 16 paid $3.4 million for 29.5 acres between Quince and 385 from KG Land LLC. nies owned by local real estate and It also paid $50,000 for 25-acre parcel on the other side of Tenn. 385 from Walter Sale Amount: $3.8 million building professional Doug Collins. D. Wills III, who is affiliated with KG Land. The MED board approved the purchase in Sale Date: Nov. 8, 2012 Built in 2005, the Class A office October to build an outpatient hospital on the land. Buyer: ARC WGCDVTN001 LLC space is condo in the Marketplace The 29.5-acre site is immediately west of the Quince Centre office building at the Seller: M & M Village Investments Professional Centre Condos at the corner of Quince and Kirby roads, with Tenn. 385 along its south border. It has a 2012 LP northwest corner of Market Boule- appraised value of $3.4 million, according to the Shelby County Assessor of Property. Details: An affiliate of American vard and West White Road. The 25-acre site across Tenn. 385 runs between it and Mount Moriah Road Ex- Capital Realty has paid $3.8 mil- The assessor’s 2012 appraisal is tended. Its 2012 appraisal is $12,500. lion for the 15,048-square-foot $1.5 million. 24 December 7-13, 2012 www.thememphisnews.com

Champ, Don’t Law Talk Chomp, at Bit! McGhee’s Career Stretches In a recent newspaper article, a basketball coach is quoted: “I think our guys are champing at the bit to get back on the court.” The context was aptly suggested by the lead: “It’s been From Police to Legal Field a long break between games … .” The team hasn’t played in nine days. They’re eager to get back into richard j. alley | Special to The Memphis News competition. They are champing at the bit. Con- grats, coach! Your usage of the phrase is perfect! The same phrase appeared a second time in today’s sports section. The headline “UA champing harles McGhee of Shea Mos- “decided that I needed to either go to now, in handling divorces, reconcili- at bit in NCAAs” heralds an kovitz & McGhee PLC grew law school now or not ever.” ation and termination of parental article about the upcom- Cup in a family dedicated to He took a leave of absence from rights, is still that of service. He seeks, ing cross country cham- service. the department, withdrew his accu- through legal avenues and mediation, pionships in Louisville, Born in Japan to a U.S. Marine mulated pension and paid for his first to avoid the problems and conten- Ky. There’s no mention father and Japanese mother, McGhee year of law school. tious situations he saw while in uni- of there having been a moved with his parents to San Diego He graduated from the Univer- form for the police department. long time between meets. when he was not quite a year old. sity of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys As a Rule 31-certified general me- There’s no suggestion the Upon his father’s duty School of Law with diator, McGhee has received training VIC FLEMING UA team was, or should coming to an end, they honors in 1989, and required by the Tennessee Supreme I SWEAR be, especially eager to get moved to Memphis to went to work as an as- Court, which sets forth the criteria – the competition started. be near family. sociate with Kay Turner, including a 40-hour class – and main- Thumbs down, Mr. Headline Writer! Your usage is McGhee’s father “who taught me well,” tenance of certification in mediation. flawed. I’ve a theory I dare not explore. It’s that the took a job with the he said. When judges require such actions in headline writer saw the basketball coach’s quote Memphis Fire Depart- His practice now is a case, a Rule 31 mediator is generally and was consciously or unconsciously led to use ment where he worked primarily in the field of who they want to attempt to resolve the same phrase in his headline. The hook, again, until retirement and family law, a result of the matter. seems to be in the lead: “It’s more than five months the call to civil service working so closely with He said of the practice of family before the Kentucky Derby, but Louisville, Ky., will be was a strong one for his Turner, who specialized law: “You get to help people that are son. The graduate of in domestic relations, in a very emotional state and work the site of some major races Saturday.” mcghee Champ means (literally) to make biting or Westside High School for more than seven with them to arrive at solutions that gnashing movements and (figuratively) to show im- entered the University years. will ultimately make their life easier patience. See any dictionary. In my 1979 “Webster’s of Memphis to study criminal justice “The only thing I was sure of to go forward, although it’s some- New Col- and sociology and, in his third year as when I left the police department was times difficult to know what direction legiate,” an undergraduate, joined the Mem- that I didn’t want to do criminal law,” that has to be in each case. I think I Swear Crossword the latter phis Police Department. McGhee said. “It was just an area that that the satisfaction is helping people “I enjoyed my time there,” he says I did not feel I was going to be cut out in custody issues and disputes move Fleming’s weekly puzzle Page 31 definition includes of his five-and-a-half year stint for the for.” forward with their life.” the par- department. For a dozen years after leaving It’s stressful work, he says, “a very enthetical “usually used in the phrase champing at He ultimately returned to the uni- practice with Turner, McGhee ran his highly intensive area of the law where people need immediate attention be- the bit.” A bit is a rod put into a horse’s mouth. It’s versity part time after his first year on own practice before being asked to the force to complete his bachelor’s merge with Mitchell Moskovitz and cause of family crises, custody issues connected to reins, bridle, etc., via which a rider degree in criminal justice. Wanda Shea. such as visitation over the holidays, or controls the horse. A Wikipedia article notes that “I had the desire to be a lawyer “It’s been a tremendous transi- children being in danger.” “champing at the bit” refers to a horse’s tendency, when I was in undergraduate school, tion,” he said, “and the best decision It’s work that hits home for the when impatient or nervous and being restrained by but I was unable financially to di- I’ve made because of the support 53-year-old single father who relaxes its rider, to chew on the bit, toss its head and paw rectly matriculate from undergradu- staff here and the lawyers. It’s made by spending time with his daugh- the ground. From this visual, it is suggested, the ate to law school,” he said. practicing law fun again.” ter, reading about history, following phrase came to mean “anxious to get started.” The city of Memphis paid for his McGhee has been with the firm Memphis sports teams and, when the For what it’s worth, the verb chomp means final year of school and, at 26, he for nearly four years and his work opportunity permits, scuba diving. merely to chew or bite on something; no sense of impatience or eagerness is implicit in chomp. Nonetheless, apparently via what experts call the echoic effect, a lot of people say “chomping at the bit.” And, for reasons that escape me, “chafing at law & the courts the bit” is also recognized for its usage (or misus- age) in this context. The sportswriter sticks with the horseracing theme in his article, but never suggests eager- Webinar to Examine Employment Law ness or impatience. The men’s coach is quoted: “There are ... similarities between a horse race and ANDY MEEK | The Memphis News learn about those and other items will be held Tuesday, this race … . It’s like pushing those horses into the Dec. 11, starting at 1 p.m. and Dec. 18, also starting at 1 (starting gate). Some walk in cool as a cucumber p.m. The Dec. 11 session currently is full, but interested and others go in kicking. … (Y)ou’ve got those kind participants can register for the second session by visiting of guys on our team, too. You’ve got every type rom a regulatory perspective, the fog is starting to https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/238580321. of runner in this race, from milers to 10K guys … . lift on what the next several years will bring in the “I think there’s going to be some really helpful infor- Everybody’s vulnerable … .” The women’s coach is Fway of employment law changes and updates. mation here,” said Jeff Weintraub, managing partner in quoted: “We’re not going in with a lot of experience. With that in mind, the labor and employment law firm Fisher & Phillips’ Memphis office. “We’re likely to have I hope we stay nice and relaxed … .” Neither coach’s of Fisher & Phillips LLP is hosting two separate hour-long a certain amount of gridlock coming out of Washington remarks betray a sense of urgency or eagerness webinars this month for employers to get a sense of what over the next four years. That’s going to be interesting to about getting the meet started or getting their run- change might be on the horizon. Especially of interest to watch. There’s a lot legislatively that could be on the table. ners back to the track after a layoff. The horserac- employers will be insights from Fisher & Phillips attorneys “Where the rubber meets the road is what’s going ing theme is insufficient per se to say that the UA on what to expect from agencies like the U.S. Department to happen out there in the world of the EEOC, the labor team is champing at the bit. of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board and the U.S. board, things from the previous four years, expansion of Vic Fleming is a district court judge in Little Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. employment laws and what that means going forward.” Rock, Ark., where he also teaches at the William H. Through rulemaking and regulation, those agencies It’s an understatement to say it’s a hot topic in the Bowen School of Law. Contact him at vicfleming@ could bring about change that impacts a variety of em- legal community at the moment. Only a few days before att.net. ployment practices like hiring procedures and discharge the first of the two Fisher & Phillips webinars, for example, investigations. The two Fisher & Phillips seminars at the Memphis Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Law which employers from around the country can log on and Section is holding a daylong annual seminar. www.thememphisnews.com December 7-13, 2012 25

Memphis STANDOUT Lekhy an ‘Asset’ to Cook Convention Center

ERINN FIGG | Special to The Memphis News grassroots groups and nonprofits who are Lekhy says she never And the city’s spiritual making a big difference. Although we still expected to become so vibe resonates with church have room to grow, Memphis has done a immersed in the world of groups. great job of empowering the community to hospitality and tourism, “They like the spirit hen Nikki Lekhy talks about believe they can make an impact – you feel but it’s an excellent tie-in of Memphis. We are very Memphis, she speaks with the like you can make your voice heard here to her passion for com- faith-based here and those Wpride and knowledge usually because it’s not a huge city.” munity and economic values are evident in our heard in the voices of older residents who A Memphis native and 2006 graduate development. hospitality and how we treat have been around for years and witnessed of Houston High School, Lekhy attended “I meet new people our visitors. It’s a huge draw decades of changes. the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, from all kinds of different for us in the group tourism But the newly promoted sales manager where she received her Bachelor of Science groups every day, and I’m market,” Lekhy said. for the Memphis Cook Convention Center in Communications Studies in 2010. Un- inspired by my cowork- In her free time, Lekhy is only 25, just kicking off her career and sure of what her exact career path would ers and the enthusiasm LEKHY tries to stay involved as looking at the city through fresh young be, she returned to Memphis after gradua- they have for Memphis. much as she can with eyes – a perspective many community tion because she wanted to get her feet on Everyone here from the Leadership Memphis, and leaders believe is crucial to the city’s future the ground in a familiar place surrounded top down really believes in this city. They she also recently completed a session with growth. In fact, from a professional stand- by family and friends, she said. have such strong support for Memphis the YWCA Common Ground program, point, Memphis’ young, entrepreneurial A brief internship with Leadership and its growth. We’re always striving to which helped expand her understanding spirit and “can do” attitude are some of the Memphis, where she met Memphis Cook attract more regional and national groups of different communities in Memphis. She city’s top selling points, said Lekhy, whose Convention Center General Manager because we believe we have something no can’t emphasize enough the importance of primary responsibilities include securing Pierre Landaiche, led to her first job as other city can offer.” networking and community involvement. space for a variety of groups at the conven- sales and marketing coordinator there in Lekhy says Memphis does face some “Definitely keep an open mind, not tion center and working with other local 2010. She was promoted to sales manager tourism challenges, such as the cost to just about the jobs you pursue, but about businesses – such as Marriott Hotels – to last month, primarily because of her hard travel here and competition from larger the connections you have,” she said. optimize their experiences there. work, dedication and firm grasp of the neighboring cities, but she believes the “Even if you think you don’t, you do have a “Speaking as a younger person who hospitality and tourism industry. city’s advantages far outweigh them. network. Your pastor, friends, even people has recently returned to Memphis, it’s “Nikki has proven to be a tremendous “We’re rich in history, particularly your parents know – don't be afraid to evident that there isn’t one group of execu- asset to the sales team and the conven- music history – the Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul reach out to those people. Sometimes the tives making decisions about our city,” tion center as a whole,” said Nicole Seltzer, Museum, for example, is one of many great people you least expect can turn out to be she said. “We have some very dedicated director of convention services. advocates for the sound of Memphis.” your biggest advocates.”

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Become Great Small-Business Spotlight By Choice There are those who continually Blu Logistics Rebrands, improve their knowledge and skills and have accumulated 30 years experience. And then there are those who simply repeat their initial year of experience 30 times, learning very Grows Memphis Presence little along the way. It is not difficult to choose which of these approaches to take. However, | there is a third option. Choose to accelerate michael waddell Special to The Memphis News your progress by becoming a self-motivated serious learner. And the key to accomplishing lu Logistics has made its move In addition to opening an office the third option into Memphis and hopes to here, Blu Logistics opened a St. Louis is simple – read Bfill a niche in the local logistics office last month and plans to open more. Become a market. an office in Indianapolis by early next voracious reader. The company opened a Downtown year. office in early September and adopted “With these mid-sized cities, we be- chris cRouch Reading is low- The reason I wanted to a new brand image in mid-November. lieve there will be far more growth with SMART STUFF hanging fruit for come into the Memphis 4 WORK those who desire “We are looking to increase our industry returning for both exports and to gain and main- Memphis presence, imports,” Selvage said. market is that I believe tain a strong competitive advantage. and we will remain Business is grow- there is a service area that I ran across an American Booksellers Downtown because ing 20 to 30 percent is not being met. Memphis Association survey a few years ago. Basically we believe in a annually for the has every large multi- they asked high school and college graduates Downtown phi- company. “ national integrator in the how often they read books after graduating. losophy,” said Paul “Memphis is America’s distribution center, so it was world, but there are not I will not repeat the percentage of people Selvage, Blu Logistics vice president of sales and one of the company’s four a logical choice for expansion,” said who said they never read another book after many mid-sized freight U.S. shareholders/partners. “Down- Russell Grant, Blu Logistics business graduating because I find the survey statis- forwarders that offer the town Memphis is the center of the development manager and head of the tics to be somewhat unbelievable. However, type of customizable business community and it needs to be new Memphis office. even if you cut the number in half, it still lends revitalized, and we hope to be a part of Grant said he believes his com- service like us.” strong support to the fact that those who that.” pany’s platform offers clients greater continue to read good books after graduating – Paul Selvage Blu Logistics, which was formerly visibility and real-time tracking. Vice president, Blu Logistics will typically gain a strong competitive ad- known as Blue Cargo Group USA, is “We offer a platform where the vantage over non-readers. Think about it. The a freight forwarder, customs broker, information is pushed to our clients shelf life of a formal education is extremely NVOCC, and freight broker and is also and they do not have to go out seeking short these days. involved with supply chain manage- it,” he said. people to 10 or more by this time next As a young man, I picked up a biogra- ment and purchase order manage- “We have push-through, customiz- year. Overall, Blu Logistics employs phy of Abraham Lincoln. I was immediately ment. able technology in which our custom- nearly 800 full-time employees in Co- hooked by the fascinating stories about The company’s confidential client ers receive data at very specific times lumbia as well as 64 in the U.S. my new friend Abe. So I continued reading list includes companies that manufac- during the supply chain inbound “We are dedicated to Downtown other biographies about people who had ture automotive products, furniture, process.” Memphis. I’ve always believed that accomplished great things during their time lighting, plastics and apparel. The company has invested mil- Memphis’ growth is contingent on on Earth. It did not take long for a pattern “The reason I wanted to come into lions of dollars in the technology and Downtown,” said Grant, who has lived to emerge. Quite often the biographies the Memphis market is that I believe developed it over the past several years here for 18 years. “We chose very spe- identified these extraordinary individuals as there is a service area that is not being to provide complete supply chain man- cifically to open our office Downtown voracious readers. So I looked up the word met,” Selvage said. agement, from purchase order issuing because we wanted to be different “voracious” and it sounded like a pretty good “Memphis has every large multi- to end delivery of goods. since all of our competitors are located strategy for a young man like me. I too, like national integrator in the world, but “To stay current in today’s mar- by the airport.” Abe, Ben, Thomas and others decided to there are not many mid-sized freight ketplace, unless you are doing supply Selvage and Grant already expect become a voracious reader. Among other forwarders that offer the type of cus- chain and offering your customers that the company could outgrow its things, reading seemed to be one of the best tomizable service like us.” total visibility, you are going to fall by current office on South Main Street and ways to level the playing field among people The company, which is based in the wayside and you are not going to move to another Downtown location as from all walks of life – including a youngster Bogata, Columbia, operates U.S. offices be in the game,” Grant said. soon as next year. like me from a small Alabama town. in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago Blu Logistics recently added to Future company plans heading into I thought of all of this today because last and Miami, and is currently expand- its Memphis staff, hiring a licensed 2014 and beyond will likely involve Blu week a friend gave me a copy of Jim Col- ing into several new mid-sized cities customs broker, and Grant thinks the Logistics leasing warehouse space in lins’ new book “Great by Choice.” Now let’s through the central U.S. Memphis office could grow from four the city. get back to the third option I mentioned in the beginning of this article. Collins’ book basically explored the performance secrets (which are basically common sense ideas) of eight extraordinary companies. He tracked what worked for them over a 30-year period (1972 to 2002). I was able to read the book in less than a day. So, in less than a day I was able to tap into the wisdom that it took others 30 years to gain. And the ideas in the book are very solid and very transferable to any business. These companies figured out what worked, why it worked and built their com- panies on these proven foundational ideas. Consider the third option. As Collins advises in his book, become great by choice. Choose to read more. Chris Crouch is CEO of DME Training and Consulting. www.thememphisnews.com December 7-13, 2012 27

Newsmakers Quotes That Gammon Joins Methodist Healthcare Celebrate

Kate Simone | The Memphis News Zig Ziglar

Author, motivational speaker and consummate salesman Zig Ziglar died in late November at the age of 86. Heralding from Myra Gammon has joined Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare as a busi- Yazoo City, Miss., Ziglar impacted the lives ness development account manager for Community Care Associates. She of salespeople worldwide. His influence was is responsible for Occupational Health and Wellness Services program. undeniable and his legacy, long lasting. This compilation of “Zigisms” is in celebration of Hometown: Collierville mitment to excellence in patient care. his life’s work. May they bring you inspiration. “Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the Education and work experience: What are your goals in your new problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.” Bachelor of Science from the Uni- position? With the cost of employee The unfocused salesperson is rarely able versity of Tennessee at Martin; more benefits on the rise, it can be challeng- to navigate his way than 15 years of sales and marketing ing to find an opportunity to offset through the clutter experience, ranging from multimedia those expenses. However, studies have to success. Plan your advertising to pharmaceutical direct shown that implementing an employee work and work your to consumer and direct to physician wellness program has proven to be plan. The rest is just marketing. one such opportunity. No matter how noise. large or small a company, having an GAMMON “People don’t buy Family: Single. Owner of Sophie, a employee wellness program is a smart for logical reasons. black-and-tan Cavalier King Charles investment for both your company Christopher Owens has They buy for emo- Spaniel. and employees. Working for a leader joined Boys & Girls Clubs of Lori turner- tional reasons.” Only wilson in health care, I am excited about part- Greater Memphis as director of guerrilla sales after prospects like Favorite quote: “How old are you? nering with regional and national busi- community development. Ow- and marketing and trust you will Five years younger than you, how old ness leaders to help improve employee ens has served in fundraising they work to find are you?” – Lucille Ball to Bob Hope quality of care and contribute to better roles at several organizations, a rational reason to buy from you. If you’re overall health in our region. including the Church Health selling on logic alone, you’re pushing the Who has had the greatest influence Center and the Memphis Sym- proverbial boulder uphill. on you? My grandfather, Dudley Rook What’s your greatest accomplish- phony Orchestra. Rebecca “Stop selling. Start helping.” Walk into Moore Jr. ment? Personally: completing the Ma- Fowler has joined Boys & Girls each prospective sales meeting with a rine Corps marathon; career: promo- Clubs as development special- genuine desire to help that prospect find What attracted you to Methodist? tion with Eli Lilly & Co. from field sales ist. Fowler previously worked at a solution that’s right for them, even if the The company’s core values and com- to a global marketing position. the Tennessee Hospitality As- solution isn’t you. Then they’ll see you as an sociation. authentic business partner of value. In the end, you’ll close more business and generate Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, more referrals. Smoak & Stewart PC has been “If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every named Law Firm of the Year in time.” Set specific sales activity targets every the 2012-2013 U.S News-Best day. 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Learn from Launch Tennessee has it and get past it, quickly. named 11 new board mem- “It was character that got us out of bed, bers statewide, including two commitment that moved us into action, and from Memphis: Richard Smith, managing director, life sciences discipline that enabled us to follow through.” and specialty services, FedEx; Hire salespeople with all three and you can and Laura Whitsitt, divisional teach the rest. Skills can be learned. Charac- senior vice president, research ter and commitment are either within us or and emerging technologies, not. The Best Never Settle Smith & Nephew. “Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.” Some for Second Best Dr. Janet Laura Colli has of the greatest selling successes I’ve ever joined the UT Medical Group witnessed were predicated by great failure. 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NONPROFIT SECTOR TECHNOLOGY Google Enables Virtual Tour of Memphis Business

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oogle has extended its Street View technology inside select shops and Gbusinesses around the country. And the new feature, which allows us- ers to search for a participating business and then virtually browse inside it, has started to show up in Memphis. If someone visits the Google homepage and searches for “Amro Music,” they’ll be taken to a list of search results as normal for the longtime Memphis instrument and music shop at 2918 Poplar Ave. On the side of the page, though, they’ll also find click- able images labeled “See the inside” and “See the outside.” Choosing the “inside” option would Photo: Lance Murphey present someone with the same function- Construction crews work on the South Memphis Alliance Community Laundry Resource Center, which is expected to open in ality that people have used to enjoy the January as part of the organization’s efforts to enhance the South Memphis community. Street View feature. The cursor can be placed at any point on the image of Amro’s interior, and the image will then refresh to give the same effect as if the viewer walked to that point inside the store in real life. Renewed Focus Clicking directional arrows will tilt the view up, down and from side to side. The bottom line: presumably anyone with BILL DRIES | The Memphis News Internet access now can “see” inside the Amro store, starting with a reception area and then branching off almost anywhere said Milton, adding that those who use “bucks” for the supplies through parent- he or she chooses. South Memphis laundromats usually come two or three ing classes and similar activities. “People sometimes don’t realize we Alliance increasing times a month. Milton has described the future have a pretty large store,” said Emily Simp- “What’s great about it is it requires center on the dairy site as an eastern son, events and marketing coordinator for community impact you to lose something to utilize the ser- gateway into the neighborhood. The Amro. “We have over 100 pianos on our vice. That’s a lack of something. If you alliance performs social services for the floor, 300 instruments on display. You can eginald Milton calls it the “dirty are looking for the poor, they don’t have still-developing comeback of the area go upstairs into our auditorium. So this little secret” of nonprofits whose access to a washer or dryer,” he added where South Memphis meets Midtown. really opens up a lot of doors. Rmission is to provide social as he sketched out the business plan. Soulsville’s return as a vibrant “We’ve won awards for having the best services. “We looked at sites like a car wash. But neighborhood is a multipart enterprise merchandising display, and we like to “We are not having the impact we the problem is you would have to have that includes the Soulsville Founda- show it off. This was another outlet for you once had,” said Milton, executive direc- something – a car. And we can focus tion that runs the Stax Music Academy to be able to see inside the store.” tor of South Memphis Alliance Inc. on the service of the people and not be and the Soulsville charter school next Google says the program is being pur- As he talked, a construction crew wrapped up in some complex business.” to the Stax Museum of American Soul sued with select businesses on a voluntary outside his window was working on the If all goes according to schedule, Music on McLemore. The LeMoyne- basis. And Simpson said one of the few laundromat next to the alliance offices the old dairy building on Bellevue near Owen Community Development Corp. requirements was that a Google-certified at 1048 S. Bellevue Blvd. that is his an- Walker Avenue, also owned by the alli- owns the Soulsville Towne Center across photographer needed to be used. swer to the secret. ance, should be coming down in Janu- McLemore, which is returning retail to “Building on the Google Art Project, The alliance bought the neighboring ary as the new refurbished laundromat the area. which took Street View technology inside laundromat four years ago as its original across the street has its grand opening. The South Memphis Alliance oper- 17 acclaimed museums, this project is owners contemplated selling the build- Milton wants to mark both occasions at ates programs that are designed in most another creative implementation of Street ing to someone who wanted to develop the same time. cases for children and young adults View technology, to help businesses as it as a nightclub. The nonprofit bought the dairy from foster care. The alliance has a third they build their online presence,” reads The alliance is renovating the laun- plant earlier this year with funding property on the South Third Street side a statement from Google. “We hope to dromat and changing the floor plan just from the city’s division of Housing and of the Soulsville area. enable businesses to highlight the quali- a bit to make room for several kiosks Community Development. The Assisi First Tennessee Bank has donated its ties that make their locations stand out where it will offer prevention services Foundation also provided funding for recently closed circa-1955 bank branch through professional, high-quality imag- and an introduction to other services for the effort. at 1200 S. Third St., which includes a ery.” families that the alliance can help with. In place of the dairy, the nonprofit post office facility that was also recently CJ Averwater, Amro’s general manager, “We really have to be creative,” is raising money to build a center for closed. found out about Google’s new business Milton said. “The great thing about this families and children that will offer First Tennessee executives sold photos feature and spearheaded Amro’s is it’s self-sufficient.” some of the assistance customers at the the property to the alliance for $1 and efforts to be involved. Money the alliance makes from the laundromat can ask about. donated money for expenses for the first “We’re very proud of our store and its laundromat go back into the operation That includes parenting supplies few months of operation. merchandising,” Averwater said. “We have of the laundromat as well as the kiosks. and support for pregnant teenagers And Milton has secured $500,000 in over 300 band and orchestra instruments And laundromats are largely self-service through the Shelby County Office of federal funding through U.S. Rep. Steve on display, and that is a very powerful businesses. Early Childhood and Youth. The alli- Cohen, D-Memphis, as well with plans image to someone walking in. This will “Prevention works on repetition. ance’s Hope Chest is one of four baby for a capital campaign to raise a total of allow customers in Arkansas or Mississippi You have about an hour of downtime stores the county office operates in nearly $3 million to get the space opera- to experience that, almost as though they where you can provide that service,” which expectant teen mothers earn tional on a full-time basis. were here in person.” 30 December 7-13, 2012 www.thememphisnews.com

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Gallery Ten Ninety One will host a meet- A Holiday Bazaar weekends through Dec. 14 the-artist reception for Mary Norman, artist from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the gallery, 410 S. behind the exhibit “A Minute and a Half of Main St. An opening night gala Friday from 6 LightWave Solar will host a lunch & learn titled Summer: Ninety Miniatures by Mary Nor- p.m. to 9 p.m. will include wine, live music and man,” Sunday, Dec. 9, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. art deals. Visit artvillagegallery.com. “How Solar Can Work for Your Home or Business” at the gallery, 7151 Cherry Farms Road in » WKNO Digital Media Center. The exhibit runs Unveil South Main features 20 local and Friday, Dec. 14, from noon to 1 p.m. in the River Tower through Jan. 17. Call 458-2521. regional artists who will exhibit collections at South Main retailers and restaurants through Theatre Memphis will present “A Christmas Dec. 19. Visit unveilsouthmain.com. at South Bluffs clubhouse, 655 Riverside Drive. R.S.V.P. Carol” through Dec. 23 at the theater, 630 Perkins Road Extended. Visit theatremem- Germantown Performing Arts Centre will to Grace Robertson at [email protected] phis.org for times and tickets. host Laura Schriner’s “Southern Impressions” or 615-641-4050, ext. 104. The Circuit Playhouse will present “The art exhibit at GPAC, 1801 Exeter Road, through Santaland Diaries” through Dec. 23 in Jan. 4 in the GPAC lobby. Visit gpacweb.com. Circuit’s Memphian Room, 51 S. Cooper St. Visit playhouseonthesquare.org for times The Orpheum Theatre will present “Jersey and tickets. Boys” through Dec. 16 at the theater, 203 S. Main St. Visit orpheum-memphis.com or call » Community Poplar Pike Playhouse will present “The 525-3000 for showtimes and tickets. The Memphis chapter of the International Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild” through Dec. 15 DentalCares will host a free Dentistry From Association of Administrative Profession- at the theater, 7653 Old Poplar Pike. Visit ppp. Tennessee Shakespeare Co. will present “It’s the Heart dental care clinic Friday, Dec. 7, from als will host its annual holiday party Monday, org for times and tickets. a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play” through 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. at DentalCares, 1890 N. Ger- Dec. 10, at 6 p.m. at the Hilton Memphis, 939 Sunday, Dec. 16, at the Dixon Gallery & Gar- mantown Parkway, suite 105. Each attendee Ridge Lake Blvd. Cost is $22. R.S.V.P. to sha- Germantown Community Theatre will dens Winegardner Auditorium, 4339 Park Ave. 18 years or older will receive one free filling, [email protected] or 752-6213. present “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” Visit tnshakespeare.org. cleaning or extraction. Visit dentistryfromthe- through Dec. 16 at the theater, 3037 heart.org or call 753-2273. Hill-Irene Road. Visit germantowncommunity- Remington College-Memphis Campus The Circuit Playhouse will present “Ken will hold a blood drive as part of its 3 Lives theatre.org for times and tickets. Ludwig’s ’Twas the Night Before Christmas” for Humanity of Greater Memphis campaign to increase the number of minority through Dec. 30 at Circuit, 51 S. Cooper St. will host “Hammerin’ in the Holidays,” the 11th blood donors Tuesday, Dec. 11, from 8 a.m. to Memphis Arts Collective will host its 2012 annual Valero Memphis Refinery Tool Box 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the college, 2710 Holiday Artist Market through Dec. 24 at 1501 Visit playhouseonthesquare.org for times and Bash, Friday, Dec. 7, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Nonconnah Blvd. Visit 3lives.com. Union Ave. Hours are 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. tickets. Germantown Great Hall & Conference Center, Mondays through Thursdays and Saturdays, 1900 S. Germantown Road. The event will Methodist North Hospital will hold a stroke 10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Fridays and noon to Playhouse on the Square will present feature live and silent auctions, live entertain- support group meeting for survivors and 5 p.m. Sundays. Visit memphisartscollective. “Annie” through Dec. 30 at Playhouse, 66 S. ment, food and more. Cost is $50 a ticket or caregivers Tuesday, Dec. 11, at 2 p.m. in day com. Cooper St. Visit playhouseonthesquare.org for $90 for a pair. Visit memphishabitat.com. room one at HealthSouth Rehabilitation, 4100 times and tickets. Austin Peay Highway. Visit methodisthealth. Art Village Gallery will hold 12 Days of Art: Stax Music Academy will host a soul music org or call Connie Holland at 516-5646. jam session with Booker T. & The MGs guitar- ist Steve Cropper Friday, Dec. 7, from 6 p.m. Talk Shoppe will meet Wednesday, Dec. 12, to 8 p.m. at the academy, 926 E. McLemore from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Better Business Ave. Cost is $250, and proceeds benefit the Bureau, 3693 Tyndale Ave. Jimmy Luke of Soulsville Foundation. Space is limited. Call Titan Certified Public Accountants will present 261-6333. “Just-in-Time Tax Tips to Use Before Year-End.” Cost is free. Visit talkshoppe.biz. Memphis Farmers Market will hold its annual holiday market, featuring more than 50 local The Rotary Club of Memphis East will meet vendors, Saturday, Dec. 8, from 10 a.m. to Wednesday, Dec. 12, at noon at The Racquet 2 p.m. at the Central Station pavilion at the Club of Memphis, 5111 Sanderlin Ave. City corner of South Front Street and West G.E. Councilman Jim Strickland will speak. Cost Patterson Avenue. For a list of vendors, visit is $17. R.S.V.P. to Lee Hughes at lmhughes@ memphisfarmersmarket.org. bellsouth.net.

Main Street Collierville will hold “Christmas Kiwanis Club of Memphis will meet Wednes- in Collierville” Saturday, Dec. 8, in the town day, Dec. 12, from noon to 1 p.m. at The square. The event will include Santa at the University Club of Memphis, 1346 Central Ave. gazebo from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., free carriage Cost is $25 for nonmembers. rides and strolling carolers. Visit mainstreet- collierville.org. The University of Memphis Institute for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership, The DeSoto County Economic Develop- The Community Foundation of Greater ment Council will hold its annual membership Memphis and United Way of the Mid-South luncheon Wednesday, Dec. 12, at 11:45 a.m. at will hold a 2013 grant cycle interest meeting , 4560 Venture Drive. Missis- Wednesday, Dec. 12, at 1 p.m. in the univer- sippi Gov. Phil Bryant will present the keynote. sity’s University Center Memphis Room. Ap- Cost is $25. R.S.V.P. to dmorgan@desotocoun- plications for the capacity-building and small ty.com or 662-429-4414 by Friday, Dec. 7. grants are due Jan. 31. Visit memphis.edu/ scgrants for program details. Downtown Memphis Commission will host a concert by Star & Micey Saturday, Dec. 8, at 3 p.m. in AutoZone Park’s Rockeyfeller Plaza, 200 Union Ave. Visit downtownmemphis.com. » the arts Victory University will host a Toys for Tots The Birdhouse, a community venue showcas- benefit concert Saturday, Dec. 8, at 7 p.m. at ing Memphis art, music and food, will hold its the university’s Virgil L. Iles Auditorium, 255 grand opening and a reception for its “The N. Highland St. Artists will include Nathan and Gift” show Friday, Dec. 7, from 6 p.m. to 10 Suzanne Young, Marcela Pinilla, Colby Osborn p.m. at The Birdhouse, 632 S. Perkins Road. and Memphis Uprising, and The Collegiate Half of proceeds from “The Gift” art sales will School of Memphis choir. Cost is free with be donated to the Salvation Army’s Angel Giv- the donation of a new, unwrapped toy. Visit ing Tree program. Email thebirdhousegallery@ victory.edu. gmail.com or call 685-7796.

Mid-South Spay & Neuter Services will hold Open Arms Care Corp. will host an open- its sixth annual SPAYtacular Gala and Silent ing reception for its third art show Saturday, Auction Sunday, Dec. 9, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 8, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the St. John’s at Jack Robinson Gallery, 44 Huling Ave. The Episcopal Church gymnasium, 3245 Central “Barkin’ Brunch” will include food and drinks, Ave. The artwork, which was created by Open live music and more than 100 items in the Arms Care clients, will be on display through silent auction. Cost is $40 a ticket or $75 for a January. Visit openarmscare.org. pair. Visit www.spaymemphis.org. www.thememphisnews.com December 7-13, 2012 31

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Foreclosure Notices ful purchaser) the following described further publication, upon announcement The HB 3588 letter was mailed to that an agent of Wilson & Associates, property located in Madison County, at the time for the above. the borrower(s) pursuant to Tennessee P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue Madison County Tennessee, to wit: This 14th day of November, 2012. Code Annotated 35-5-117. This sale is of the power, duty, and authority vested Lying and being in Madison County, William Timothy Hill, subject to all matters shown on any ap- in and imposed upon said Successor NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE Tennessee, and being known and Substitute Trustee plicable recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; Trustee will, on January 3, 2013 on AND SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE identified as Tax Map or Parcel ID Nov. 23, 30, Dec. 7, 2012 Fhn11381 any restrictive covenants, easements, or or about 11:00 A.M., at the Madison Default having been made in the No. 160-49.00 in Deed Book 673, setback lines that may be applicable; any County Courthouse, Jackson, Tennes‑ terms and conditions of payments, Page 405, recorded 10/14/05 and NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE statutory rights of redemption of any gov- see, offer for sale certain property here- pursuant to a certain Deed of Trust ex- Deed Book 652, Page 122, recorded WHEREAS, default has occurred in the ernmental agency, state or federal; any inafter described to the highest bidder ecuted by Cameron T. Smith and Tanya 4/27/03, in the Register’s Office of performance of the covenants, terms, prior liens or encumbrances as well as FOR CASH, free from the statutory right J. Smith, h/w, to Trace Robbins, Trustee, Madison County, Tennessee, as sur- and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note any priority created by a fixture filing; and of redemption, homestead, dower, and dated the 25th day of June, 2007 and veyed by C.E. Lewis, RLS No. 1380 dated March 24, 2008, and the Deed of to any matter that an accurate survey of all other exemptions which are expressly being of record in Book T1803, Page on December 28, 2004. Trust of even date securing the same, the premises might disclose. In addition, waived in the Deed of Trust, said property 1666, Register’s Office for Madison BEING the same property conveyed to recorded April 2, 2008, at Book T1828, the following parties may claim an inter- being real estate situated in Madison County, Tennessee, referred to herein Cameron T. Smith and Tanya J. Smith, Page 1757 in Office of the Register of est in the above-referenced property: County, Tennessee, and being more as the deed of trust, which conveyed h/w, by deed recorded 10/14/05 at Deeds for Madison County, Tennessee, Jerry Coleman; Queen A. Coleman particularly described as follows: certain real property, appurtenances, Book 673, Page 405, Register’s Office executed by Jerry Coleman and Queen The sale held pursuant to this Notice Beginning at an iron pin on the East estate, title and interest therein in trust for Madison County, Tennessee. A. Coleman, conveying certain property may be rescinded at the Successor margin of Rochelle Road (30 feet at to secure the indebtedness described This is improved property known as therein described to R. Bradley Sigler Trustee’s option at any time. The right right angles from centerline) at the therein, which indebtedness is now due 2264 Hwy. 18, Medon, TN as Trustee for Mortgage Electronic Reg- is reserved to adjourn the day of the Northwest corner of Eligo Fuller as and unpaid and has been declared in If there is any discrepancy with the istration Systems, Inc., as nominee for sale to another day, time, and place recorded in Deed Book 472, Page default by the lawful owner thereof, street address, the legal description Franklin American Mortgage Company, certain without further publication, upon 199, in the Register’s Office of Madi‑ Beneficial Tennessee, Inc. Appointment will control. its successors and assigns; and the announcement at the time and place son County, Tennessee; thence with of Substitute Trustee having been duly Other Interested parties: Midland undersigned, Wilson & Associates, for the sale set forth above. W&A No. the East margin of Rochelle Road executed by the holder of the note and Funding P.L.L.C., having been appointed Suc- 700‑229203 North 29 degrees 05 minutes West beneficiary of said Deed of Trust, and At the time of this publication, the § cessor Trustee. DATED November 19, 2012 a distance of 164.34 feet to an iron appointing William Timothy Hill as Sub- 35‐5‐117 notice of the right to foreclose NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C., pin at a corner of Whit Lafon; thence stitute Trustee. was timely forwarded. The sale of the given that the entire indebtedness has Successor Trustee North 89 degrees 11 minutes 50 NOW, THEREFORE, I, William Timothy property described in said Deed of Trust been declared due and payable; and FOR SALE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW. seconds East a distance of 615.21 Hill, Trustee, pursuant to the said Deed shall be subject to any and all instrument that an agent of Wilson & Associates, MYFIR.COM and WWW.REALTYTRAC. feet to a point in the centerline of a of Trust, having been requested by the of record, prior liens, encumbrances, P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue COM ditch; thence with said ditch South owner and holder of said indebtedness deeds of trust, easements, restrictions, of the power, duty, and authority vested Nov. 23, 30, Dec. 7, 2012 Fhn11383 01 degree 27 minutes 10 seconds so to do, by virtue of the authority and building lines, unpaid taxes, assess- in and imposed upon said Successor East a distance of 157.15 feet to power vested in me by said deed of trust ments, penalties and interest, if any. All Trustee will, on January 17, 2013 on NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE a point at the Northeast corner of and appointing of Substitute Trustee will right and equity of redemption, home- or about 11:00 A.M., at the Madison WHEREAS, default has occurred in the Fuller; thence with Fuller’s North line on the 14th day of December, 2012, stead, dower and all other exceptions are County Courthouse, Jackson, Tennes‑ performance of the covenants, terms, North 89 degrees 29 minutes West a at 12:00 noon, on the front door of the expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, see, offer for sale certain property here- and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note distance of 539.28 feet to the point Madison County Courthouse, Jackson, and the title is believed to be good, but inafter described to the highest bidder dated September 5, 2007, and the Deed of beginning. Madison County, Tennessee, sell at the Substitute Trustee will convey and FOR CASH, free from the statutory right of Trust of even date securing the same, ALSO KNOWN AS: 1363 Rochelle public outcry to the highest bidder for sell only as Substitute Trustee. The right of redemption, homestead, dower, and recorded September 6, 2007, at Book Road, Jackson, Tennessee 38301 cash (or credit upon the indebtedness is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale all other exemptions which are expressly T1811, Page 1 in Office of the Register of The HB 3588 letter was mailed to secured, if the holder is the success- to another day or time certain without waived in the Deed of Trust, said property Deeds for Madison County, Tennessee, the borrower(s) pursuant to Tennessee being real estate situated in Madison executed by Dorothy Horton and James Code Annotated 35-5-117. This sale is County, Tennessee, and being more L. Horton a/k/a James Horton, convey- subject to all matters shown on any ap- particularly described as follows: ing certain property therein described to plicable recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; Being Lot Number 112, Section 1, Larry A. Weissman as Trustee for Mort- any restrictive covenants, easements, or Phase 2 of Station Oaks Subdivision, gage Electronic Registration Systems, setback lines that may be applicable; a plat of which is recorded in Plat Inc., as nominee for SunTrust Mortgage, any statutory rights of redemption of any The Memphis News Book 9, Page 302, in the Register’s Inc., its successors and assigns; and governmental agency, state or federal; Office of Madison County, Tennessee, the undersigned, Wilson & Associates, any prior liens or encumbrances as well to which reference is hereby made P.L.L.C., having been appointed Suc- as any priority created by a fixture filing; 3 for a more particular description of cessor Trustee. and to any matter that an accurate survey Call 68 -NEWS this lot. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby of the premises might disclose. In addi- ALSO KNOWN AS: 5 Red Deer Cove, given that the entire indebtedness has tion, the following parties may claim an Jackson, Tennessee 38305 been declared due and payable; and interest in the above-referenced prop- www.thememphisnews.com December 7-13, 2012 33 www.thememphisnews.com December 7 -13, 2012 33

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erty: Dorothy Horton; James L. Horton Foreclosure Notices at the option of the owner, this is to owner thereof, HSBC Mortgage Services, Related Info a/k/a James Horton; FirstBank give notice that the undersigned will, on Inc. Appointment of Substitute Trustee The sale held pursuant to this Notice Tipton County Thursday , January 3, 2013 commencing having been duly executed by the holder may be rescinded at the Successor at 10:00 AM, at the Front (North) Door of the note and beneficiary of said Deed Also read our daily edition, The Daily Trustee’s option at any time. The right of the Courthouse, Covington, Tipton of Trust, and appointing William Timothy News, in print or online every business is reserved to adjourn the day of the NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE County, Tennessee proceed to sell at Hill as Substitute Trustee. day for public notices for Memphis & sale to another day, time, and place AND SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE public outcry to the highest and best NOW, THEREFORE, I, William Timothy Shelby County. certain without further publication, upon Default having been made in the bidder for cash, the following described Hill, Trustee, pursuant to the said Deed Go to www.memphisdailynews.com or announcement at the time and place terms and conditions of payments, pur- property, to-wit: of Trust, having been requested by the call 683.NEWS for more information. for the sale set forth above. W&A No. suant to a certain Deed of Trust executed Situated in County of Tipton, State of owner and holder of said indebtedness 791‑225639 by Karen Patterson, unmarried, to Bret Tennessee. so to do, by virtue of the authority and DATED November 30, 2012 Baillie, Trustee, dated the 18th of May, Lot 139, Section E, Green Pastures power vested in me by said deed of trust WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C., 2001, and being of record in Book 945, Subdivision, as shown on plat of record and appointing of Substitute Trustee Successor Trustee Page 580, Register’s Office for Tipton in Plat Cabinet G, Slide 105, in the will on the 4th day of January, 2013, FOR SALE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW. County, Tennessee, referred to herein Register’s Office of Tipton County, Ten- at 12:00 noon, on the front door of the MYFIR.COM and WWW.REALTYTRAC. as the deed of trust, which conveyed nessee, to which plat reference is hereby Tipton County Courthouse, Covington, the Substitute Trustee will convey and COM certain real property, appurtenances, made for a more particular description Tipton County, Tennessee, sell at public sell only as Substitute Trustee. The right Dec. 7, 14, 21, 2012 Fhn11397 estate, title and interest therein in trust of said property. outcry to the highest bidder for cash (or is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to secure the indebtedness described Notice of the Right to Foreclose has credit upon the indebtedness secured, if to another day or time certain without NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE therein, which indebtedness is now due been given in compliance with T.C.A. the holder is the successful purchaser) further publication, upon announcement AND SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE and unpaid and has been declared in § 35-5-117. the following described property located at the time for the above. Default having been made in the terms default by the lawful owner thereof, Tax Parcel ID: 144E-A-139.00 in Tipton County, Tennessee, to wit: Other interested parties: Midland and conditions of payments, pursuant Household Financial Center, Inc. Ap- Property Address: 271 Orchid Road, Lot 81, Cottonwood Subdivision, Sec- Funding, LLC to a certain Deed of Trust executed by pointment of Substitute Trustee having Atoka, TN. tion E, as recorded in Plat Cabinet E, This 5th day of December, 2012. David M. Elder and wife, Darlene Elder, been duly executed by the holder of the All right and equity of redemption, Slide 161, to which plat reference is William Timothy Hill, Substitute to Transcontinental Title, Trustee, dated note and beneficiary of said Deed of homestead and dower waived in said hereby made for a more particular Trustee the 18th day of May, 2006 and being Trust, and appointing William Timothy Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to description of said lot. Tax ID #034 Dec. 7, 14, 21, 2012 Fhn11398 of record in Book T1761, page 142, Hill as Substitute Trustee. be good, but the undersigned will sell and 007.02 Register’s Office for Madison County, NOW, THEREFORE, I, William Timothy convey only as Substitute Trustee. Subject to subdivision restrictions at Tennessee, referred to herein as the Hill, Trustee, pursuant to the said Deed ARNOLD M. WEISS, Book 858, Page 632, building lines Misc. Notices deed of trust, debts and obligations hav- of Trust, having been requested by the Substitute Trustee and easements as recorded at Plat ing been assigned by MERS as nominee owner and holder of said indebtedness Weiss Spicer Cash PLLC Cabinet E, Slide 161 of the Tipton Shelby County for Solstice Capital Group, Inc. at Book so to do, by virtue of the authority and File # 1882-097677-FC County Register’s Office. T1929, Page 536, which conveyed power vested in me by said deed of trust Nov. 23, 30, Dec. 7, 2012Fhn11386 BEING the same property conveyed to certain real property, appurtenances, and appointing of Substitute Trustee will Isaac Peete and Holly Peete, h/w, by NOTICE OF SALE estate, title and interest therein in trust on the 17th day of December, 2012, NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE deed in Deed Book 1203, Page 583, PODS of Memphis, LLC hereby publishes to secure the indebtedness described at 12:00 noon, on the front door of the AND SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Register’s Office for Tipton County, notice, as required Tennessee Self- therein, which indebtedness is now due Tipton County Courthouse, Covington, Default having been made in the Tennessee. Service Storage Facility Act (TN Stat. and unpaid and has been declared in Tipton County, Tennessee, sell at public terms and conditions of payments, This is improved property known as 66-31-101- 66-31-107) of a public sale default by the lawful owner thereof, outcry to the highest bidder for cash (or pursuant to a certain Deed of Trust 397 Park St, Munford, TN of the property listed below to satisfy a HSBC Mortgage Services, Inc. Appoint- credit upon the indebtedness secured, if executed by Isaac Peete and Holly If there is any discrepancy with the landlords lien. All sales are for cash to ment of Substitute Trustee having been the holder is the successful purchaser) Peete, husband and wife, to Danny street address, the legal description the highest bidder and are considered duly executed by the holder of the note the following described property located Goulder, Trustee, dated the 2nd day of will control. final PODS of Memphis, LLC reserves and beneficiary of said Deed of Trust, in Tipton County, Tennessee, to wit: May, 2005 and being of record in Book At the time of this publication, the § the right to reject any bids Auction is to and appointing William Timothy Hill as Being Lot No. 37 on the plan of 1203, Page 585, Register’s Office for 35‐5‐117 notice of the right to foreclose be located at: 3409 Democrat Road, Substitute Trustee. Whippoorwill Estates Subdivision, as Tipton County, Tennessee, referred to was timely forwarded. The sale of the Memphis TN 38118 and will be held NOW, THEREFORE, I, William Timothy of record in Plat Book 2, Pages 93 herein as the deed of trust, debts and property described in said Deed of Trust Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at Hill, Trustee, pursuant to the said Deed and 94, Register's office for Tipton obligations having been assigned by shall be subject to any and all instrument 2:00 P.M. CUSTOMER CONTAINER# of Trust, having been requested by the County, Tennessee, to which said MERS as nominee for Solstice Capital of record, prior liens, encumbrances, Fowler, Axson 251A33 Summers, Bren- owner and holder of said indebtedness plan reference is hereby made for a Group, Inc. at Book T1929, Page 536, deeds of trust, easements, restrictions, etta 68B33 Sutton, Nicole 462B52, so to do, by virtue of the authority and more complete and accurate legal which conveyed certain real property, building lines, unpaid taxes, assess- 300B33, 8074B118, 440B33, power vested in me by said deed of trust description thereof. appurtenances, estate, title and interest ments, penalties and interest, if any. All 14204BX Contents include but not and appointing of Substitute Trustee will BEING the same property conveyed to therein in trust to secure the indebted- right and equity of redemption, home- limited to: Household items, books, on the 4th day of January, 2013, at 12:00 Karen Patterson, unmarried, by deed ness described therein, which indebted- stead, dower and all other exceptions are exercise equipment, stereo equipment noon., on the front door of the Madison recorded 10/26/2000, in Book 918, ness is now due and unpaid and has expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and more. County Courthouse, Jackson, Madison at Page 53, in the Register’s Office for been declared in default by the lawful and the title is believed to be good, but Dec. 1, 8, 2012 Mhn11384 County, Tennessee, sell at public outcry Tipton County, Tennessee. to the highest bidder for cash (or credit This is improved property known as upon the indebtedness secured, if the 580 Whippoorwill, Millington, TN. holder is the successful purchaser) the If there is any discrepancy with the following described property located in street address, the legal description Madison County, Tennessee, to wit: will control. • Sales Comparables Beginning at a point in the Cooper At the time of this publication, the § Anderson Road, the same being south 35 5 117 notice of the right to foreclose 23 deg. 01’ West a distance of 191.5 was timely forwarded. The sale of the feet from the north boundary line of property described in said Deed of Trust Byron Cox and Louise Cox as described shall be subject to any and all instrument in Deed Book 123, Page 372, and by of record, prior liens, encumbrances, • Thousands of Photos deed in Book 455, Page 491, in the deeds of trust, easements, restrictions, Register’s Office of Madison County, building lines, unpaid taxes, assess- Tennessee, to which reference is ments, penalties and interest, if any. All hereby made for a more particular right and equity of redemption, home- description. Tax ID#034 007.02 stead, dower and all other exceptions are BEING the same property conveyed to expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, • Commercial Property Profiles David M. Elder and wife, Darlene Elder, and the title is believed to be good, but by deed dated recorded 12/26/85 the Substitute Trustee will convey and in Deed Book 455, Page 491, Reg- sell only as Substitute Trustee. The right ister’s Office for Madison County, is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale Tennessee. to another day or time certain without • Complete Sales History This is improved property known as 767 further publication, upon announcement Cooper Anderson Rd, Jackson, TN at the time for the above. If there is any discrepancy with the This is an attempt to collect a debt street address, the legal description and any information obtained will be will control. used for that purpose. At the time of this publication, the § This 20th day of November, 2012. • Sales & Construction Activity Reports 35‐5‐117 notice of the right to foreclose William Timothy Hill, Substitute was timely forwarded. The sale of the Trustee property described in said Deed of Trust Nov. 23, 30, Dec. 7, 2012Fhn11382 shall be subject to any and all instrument of record, prior liens, encumbrances, SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE deeds of trust, easements, restrictions, Default having been made in the • And much more! building lines, unpaid taxes, assess- payment of the debts and obligations ments, penalties and interest, if any. All secured to be paid by a certain Deed of right and equity of redemption, home- Trust executed July 28, 2005 by Gary E. stead, dower and all other exceptions are Hughes, an unmarried person, to Alice expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, Gallaher, as Trustee, as same appears and the title is believed to be good, but of record in the office of the Register of the Substitute Trustee will convey and Tipton County, Tennessee, in Record sell only as Substitute Trustee. The right Book 1222, Page 221, and the under- is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale signed having been appointed Substitute to another day or time certain without Trustee by instrument recorded in the further publication, upon announcement said Register’s Office, and the owner of at the time for the above. the debt secured, Midfirst Bank, having The standard for Mid-South real estate information since 1968 Other interested parties: requested the undersigned to advertise This 5th day of December, 2012. and sell the property described in and William Timothy Hill, Substitute conveyed by said Deed of Trust, all of Call 458-6419 or go to Trustee said indebtedness having matured by www.chandlerreports.com Dec. 7, 14, 21, 2012 Fhn11399 default in the payment of a part thereof, 34 December 7-13, 2012 www.thememphisnews.com

opinion

Failures Are Why Public More Holiday Givebacks

Last week we shared some easy horse drawn carriage. All proceeds from Rejected MATA Funding holiday givebacks with The Exchange Club “Starry Nights” benefit Shelby Farms Park Family Center, SRVS, Shield Inc. and Youth Conservancy, which manages and oper- Villages. Keeping the spirit alive, this week ates Shelby Farms Park and the Shelby harles Riley is a Mem- wage job or a little better trying to get let us share more ways you can celebrate Farms Greenline. Visit www.shelbyfarm- phian breaking new to work. But what those students do the holidays while giving back, at the same spark.org for more information. ground in modern is every bit as important as what any time. The is reaching new dance. other worker earning a paycheck to Take your family on a stroll through heights this year with their “Zoo Lights,” He’s been writ- support his or her family is doing. “falling snow” with a musical thanks to a 90-foot LED Ferris It is MATA’s failure to make its ten about in The New light display at the Memphis Wheel that offers some pic- York Times. YouTube videos of him are system conform to the lives of Mem- C Botanic Garden, which has turesque views. Ice skating in widely circulated. And it is a success phians that is the reason Memphis transformed My Big Back their indoor rink, holiday light story that very easily could have never voters in November solidly rejected Yard into a winter wonder- displays, singing Christmas been if Riley, whose stage name in Lil the one-cent a gallon gas tax increase. land called “Snowy Nights.” trees, live reindeer and ani- Buck, had to rely on the Memphis Area There is no faith that the transit au- Kids can play in a giant mal encounters, pictures with Transit Authority. thority would use that money toward “Snow Globe,” enjoy themed Santa, an Illusion Show, and a Alastair Macaulay wrote about Ri- a goal of making bus service even lighting at all the playhouses, Jeremy Park variety of arts and crafts are ley last month in The New York Times. relevant – never mind better. decorate cookie dough orna- giving back also staples of the “Zoo Lights” Part of the story is worth reviewing to After less than a year, MATA killed ments, search for hidden experience. Similar to the other make a point about public transpor- a Poplar express route that was an snowflakes in the Snowflake Forest, play events listed, all proceeds benefit the tation in Memphis. Macauley talked introduction of the bus rapid transit games like the Mitten Toss, and plug their Memphis Zoo, so it is an easy way to enjoy with Katie Smythe, the founder of concept of more direct routes with own design into the Giant Light Bright. a fun night with family and friends while the New Ballet Ensemble and School, more buses. about Riley’s impact as a student of The day after the election came a Stay warm around campfire pits on the giving back. For more information, visit the school. She found sponsors for YouTube video of a MATA bus letting patio, perfect for roasting marshmallows www.memphiszoo.org. him and other students to attend out passengers in West Memphis on and making s’mores, and pose for pictures Tied to giving back by supporting the classes and for Riley to receive a a service road off Interstate 40, with on the larger-than-life Snow Throne. All local businesses, where every $1 spent stipend to not only be a student but passengers walking perilously close proceeds support the Memphis Botanic locally helps create $1.70 in economic also teach. to the interstate, which is also against Garden, so it is an easy way to give back impact, look to do some holiday shopping “Often she had taxis ferry him traffic laws. while enjoying family fun. Learn more at at the MEMShop Holiday Pop-Up Market there because of the poor transporta- The message from voters was the www.MemphisBotanicGarden.com. at Overton Square. The market will run tion service to and from Westwood, right one and it was clear – fix the Shelby Farms Park provides a magical each Thursday through Sunday from Dec. where he and his family were living,” bus system with the money currently opportunity to enjoy the largest holiday 6 to Dec. 23 and features more than 40 Macauley wrote. “The same kind of available and then possibly voters will light show and festival in the Mid-South local retailers, creatives, makers, artists money and taxi system applies to be in more of a mood to think about with “Starry Nights.” More than 2.5 mil- and artisans, along with live entertain- some of her current students.” additional funding. lion lights illuminate the night sky with a ment and a community café offering an We have written numerous times The problem with the gas tax pro- number of special shows, like Tunnel of array of classes and tasty treats. Visit about how most of those who ride posal was it put necessary improve- Light, Trees of Pine Lake and Beau’s Polar www.facebook.com/mempshop2012 for with the Memphis Area Transit Au- ments and a fundamental change in Express. Mistletoe Village offers tons of information. thority daily are Memphians who have the direction of public transportation exciting activities, like a petting zoo and Jeremy Park, director of the Lipscomb no car, no other way to get to work. in Memphis on a stand-by list while camel rides, along with photos with Santa Pitts Breakfast Club, www.lpbreakfastclub. Charles Riley and other students leaving the existing transit system un- and holiday shopping in their Artisan com, can be reached at jeremyp@lpinsur- at New Ballet don’t fit the snapshot touched. That’s not good enough. The Corner. For a special treat, take a Starry ance.com or followed on Twitter at @ goal of a worker at a 9-to-5 minimum existing system has to change. Carriage Ride to experience the lights in a lpbreakfastclub or @jeremycpark.

It’s Past Time for City to Start Something New START. STOP. START SOMETHING tonomous, locally controlled system of offered a closing prayer that made me new. public education here. We expect to ex- think of that moment with my friend There we were in our shirtsleeves, amine other options and opportunities on the golf course and this moment playing golf on a 70-degree Saturday to make that happen.” In other words, in our national and local life. When an in December, when my old friend, cart reload. Take the sales tax increase she Episcopalian starts quoting prayers in mate and Republican said, “I could get MEMPHASIS just got and spend it in court. public, one must wonder if the Mayans used to this global warming stuff.” Un- dan conaway For example, a new school voice in were right and we only have a couple of able to resist the smart-ass opening I Shelby County: Millington Mayor Linda weeks left. But if we are to go on, or, to had just been provided, I replied, “Must dead stop. Playing that game nationally Carter in The Commercial Appeal, “The use church terms, if we are to process, be tough on you guys these days – not is pushing us right off a cliff, and playing judge has made his decision. We can this prayer offers solid GPS coordinates: only do you have to admit to global it locally is slamming us into the walls kick and scream or we can become “Life is short, and we do not have warming, you have to throw Grover and being built around our suburban com- adults and admit to the fact that in 2013, too much time to gladden the hearts of the pledge under the elephant.” munities. we’re going to be in this together. So, those who travel with us, so be quick to “Don’t start with me, Conaway, just For example, an old school voice in let’s work out the differences.” love and make haste to be kind and al- don’t start,” he said. Shelby County: Germantown Mayor In other words, truce. Get off the ways forgiving.” – Henri-Frédéric Amiel, He’s right. Starting conversations Sharon Goldsworthy in The Commercial dangerous edges – left and right – get 1868. with the same old vitriol, rubbing Appeal following Judge Mays ruling, out of the courtrooms, and get to the Amen. something in or firing up celebrations “Although this particular pathway to our safety of the middle where we can all get I’m a Memphian, and I’ll try if you fueled by someone else’s misery is a own school district has been blocked, I on with it. will. sure way to halt forward progress. On believe our Board of Mayor and Alder- Start something new. Equal not Dan Conaway is a lifelong Mem- the other side, denying anything signifi- man is determined to fulfill the mandate separate. Respectful not separate. Prag- phian, longtime adman and aspiring cant happened – redefining defeat as delivered by Germantown voters in matic not separate. Something new in local character in a city known for them. a minor setback and unconstitutional August. They were loud and clear in Shelby County, something unified. Reach him at dan@wakesomebodyup. as inconvenient – spins everything to a their overwhelming support for an au- In church last Sunday, the priest com. www.thememphisnews.com December 7-13, 2012 35

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