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Memphis Botanic Garden County Trustee Lenoir The Memphis News | almanac To Build Concert Facility Runs for Re-Election The Memphis Botanic Garden plans Shelby County Trustee David Lenoir’s on building an entertainment center for campaign website and Facebook page September 13-19, 2013 its popular Live at the Garden Summer went up Thursday, Sept. 12, signaling his This week in Memphis history: Concert Series. intent to seek a second four-year term in According to a permit filed with the the 2014 county elections, starting with Shelby County Office of Construction Code the May 6 Republican primaries. 1973: Wayne W. Pyeatt assumed the duties of chief executive officer of Enforcement, the Botanic Garden plans Lenoir will formally kick off his cam- National Bank of Commerce. He had been president and chief adminis- on building a $2.2 million entertainment paign with a Sept. 26 fundraiser. trative officer. The decision by the bank’s board left Lewis R. McKee as center for Live at the Garden. Lenoir was part of a slate of Republi- board chairman. The Live at the Garden series started in can contenders that took every county- And Charles O. McPherson was sworn in as judge of Division 2 of Shelby 2001 with a performance by the late Isaac wide office on the 2010 county general County Circuit Court. McPherson was sworn in by Judge Greenfield Polk Hayes, and quickly developed into one of election ballot. and was appointed by then-Gov. Winfield Dunn to fill the unexpired term the city’s most unique live music experi- of Judge John W. Wilson. ences. University of Memphis Starts Dorm Construction 1963: Among the privilege licenses issued, Alta Vista TV at 3173 N. Watkins Main to Main Connector Road, which also included radio repair in its description, and Deep Rock The University of Memphis broke #5, a tobacco store at 2742 Park Avenue. Meeting Scheduled ground Wednesday on a new residence Looking for the latest news on the am- hall at the corner of Patterson Street and 1955: The Tennessee Brewery was sold for $68,000 to A. Karchmer & Son, a bitious Main Street to Main Street Multi- Norriswood Avenue. local scrap metal dealer that occupied the brewery building until 1981. modal Connector Project? The new building, which will face The original Memphis Brewing Co., opened in 1885, that was included in You can get an update on the project Central Avenue, will replace Richardson the sale, was torn down in 1963. Wednesday, Sept. 18, at 4 p.m. in the fifth Towers and is expected to be completed Source: “Finest Beer You Ever Tasted” by Kenn Flemmons floor conference room at City Hall, 125 N. for the fall 2015 semester. The university Main St. will continue to operate Richardson Tow- 1943: On the front page of The Daily News, the City Commission approved the The Main Street to Main Street Project ers until the new building is complete, city’s purchase of two pieces of land on the riverfront at Adams Avenue coordinating committee will give an up- then will remove it to create additional and Promenade Street for a total of $52,500. The two parcels, one date on bid recommendations, bid status green space. owned by Marx & Bensdorf as trustee and the other by National Bank of and bid schedule. The $53 million, 780-bed building will The $37 million project includes major feature double- and single-occupancy Commerce, brought to 10 acres the amount of riverfront real estate the infrastructure improvements to Main rooms on wings with shared private city owned but had no immediate plans for. Street Downtown and a pedestrian and bathrooms. The facility also will have 24 bicycle boardwalk across the Harahan apartments, each with six single-occupant Bridge. bedrooms. It will also include classrooms,

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Lasalle Place in Overton Square has been over the same period last year. The year- ly workplaces were based on benefits closed by the state for failure to pay taxes. to-date average sales price was $142,363, Wunderlich Securities available to employees who adopt, such as The state Department of Revenue up 10.3 percent from $129,083 last year. Downgrades First Horizon financial reimbursement and paid leave. posted a notice at the business Tuesday, Sales volume through August weighed in Wunderlich Securities Inc. has down- John Daniel, First Horizon’s head Sept. 10, saying it was closed for failure to at $1.59 billion, up 22.3 percent from $1.3 graded shares of Memphis-based First of human resources, said the company pay taxes. billion last year. Horizon National Corp. from buy to hold works hard to provide the tools and ben- The 1,450-square-foot restaurant, and lowered the company’s price target efits to help employees achieve a balance which features a spacious patio, has been Reynolds Bone & Griesbeck from $13 to $11. of being at their best to serve customers a Midtown staple for years. The build- The move follows a visit with First Ho- when they have the resources to juggle ing was built in 1920 and is assessed at Donates to Crews Center rizon management last week, according to work and family life. $49,440. Memphis-based accounting firm Wunderlich bank analyst Kevin Reynolds. Reynolds Bone & Griesbeck PLC has an- In a note to clients, Reynolds wrote that UT Health Science Center MAAR Records August nounced a four-year commitment to the in the wake of that meeting, “our outlook Crews Center for Entrepreneurship at The on FHN shares is incrementally more cau- Opens Endodontics Clinic Home Sales Increase University of Memphis. tious given a persistently difficult environ- The University of Tennessee Health Memphis-area home sales posted The accounting firm has pledged a ment with near-term headwinds impact- Science Center has opened a new end- gains in August when compared to August $40,000 donation – $10,000 per year over ing both FHN’s spread-based banking odontics clinic in the Winfield C. Dunn 2012 but were flat from July, according to four years – to the center, which will be business as well as its fixed income sales Building at 875 Union Ave. the Memphis Area Association of Realtors. based out of the former’s Mason’s Lodge operation.” School officials said the clinic is a MAAR reports 1,702 sales were record- building that was built in the 1950s and is He did note as the economic envi- major step forward for the Advanced Spe- ed in the area in August, up 11.7 percent currently undergoing renovations. Those ronment strengthens and interest rates cialty Education program in endodontics from 1,525 in August 2012. In July, 1,714 renovations will transform the space into normalize at higher levels, First Hori- at the College of Dentistry. The program sales were recorded in the area. a top-class venture development lab, zon’s commercially oriented focus could received initial accreditation in 2011. Prior MAAR records home sales in Shelby, complete with flexible office space, lab -ar produce “meaningfully higher growth and to that, UT dental graduates had to travel Fayette, Tipton, Hardeman, Hardin, eas for prototype development, advanced profitability.” First Horizon is the parent out of state to complete specialty end- McNairy and Lauderdale counties in Ten- technological systems and a conference company of First Tennessee Bank. odontic training. nessee; DeSoto County in Mississippi; and room for meetings with potential inves- Endodontics is a specialty focusing Crittenden County in Arkansas. tors and mentors. First Horizon Honored on the study and treatment of the dental The average sales price in August was RBG managing partner John Griesbeck pulp, usually referred to as root canal $144,063, up 11.3 percent from $129,380 said he approached the firm’s partner As Adoption-Friendly treatment. last August. Total sales volume for August group about making a funding com- First Horizon National Corp. has again The new clinic includes a digital was $245.2 million, up 24.3 percent from mitment to support the lab and that he earned a spot on the Dave Thomas Foun- operatory with custom endodontic carts, $197.3 million last year. believes the project will enhance entre- dation for Adoption’s list of best adoption- digital radiography and endodontic prac- Through August, 11,179 homes have preneurial activities of the university and friendly workplaces. tice management software. been sold, up 11 percent from 10,072 sales the local business community. Rankings for the best adoption-friend- Patients who want to save their teeth

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Marston PC office there will serve the firm’s growing commercial and transpor- Wholesale Stockpiles Rise tation client base in the Middle Tennessee and Nashville areas. That new office also 0.1 Percent in July represents the first time the firm, which U.S. wholesalers increased in their was founded in Memphis in 1904, has stockpiles only slightly in July after three expanded into Middle Tennessee. monthly declines, while their sales barely rose. The tepid gains add to worries about A SAleS CAreer Women Regain Jobs slower economic growth in the July-Sep- tember quarter. High Pay For Hard Work Lost in Recession The Commerce Department said U.S. women have recovered all the Wednesday that wholesale stockpiles rose jobs they lost to the Great Recession. The just 0.1 percent in July from June. That fol- $70K+ Realistic First Year Earnings same can’t be said for men, who remain lowed a 0.3 percent decline in June. • 2.1 million jobs short. Sales rose just 0.1 percent in July, the • Bonuses, Monthly Incentives Available The biggest factor is that men domi- smallest gain since December. Still, that’s and Training Provided nate construction and manufacturing the fourth straight month that sales have – industries that have not recovered risen. 4 Days Travel/3 Day Weekends millions of jobs lost during the downturn. Some economists had thought that • By contrast, women have made up a wholesalers would ramp up their stock- disproportionate share of workers in those piles in July after cutting them from April ContACt (866) 326-4309 or that have been hiring – retail, education, through July. The smaller increase could health care, restaurants and hotels. weigh on economic growth in the third [email protected] “It’s a segregated labor market, and quarter. More restocking boosts factory men and women do work in different in- production, driving overall growth. dustries, and even in different areas within industries,” says Heidi Hartmann, an Economists Keep Rosy economist and president of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. View for 3 Percent Growth The gap was evident in the August un- In 2014 employment rates: 6.8 percent for women, Business forecasters maintained their 7.7 percent for men. rosy view of the U.S. economy in 2014, In August, 68 million women said they predicting 3 percent growth by the second were employed, passing the more than quarter of next year, low inflation and the 67.97 million who had jobs when the improving employment. recession began in December 2007. The top economists surveyed by the National Association of Business Econom- Peabody Hotel to Hold ics between Aug. 8 and Aug. 20 also said there’s an 80 percent likelihood that the Fall Rooftop Parties pickup in growth will prompt the Federal The Peabody hotel’s Rooftop Parties Reserve to trim its monthly $85 billion are coming back this week for a four-party purchases of mortgage bonds and Trea- encore fall season. sury bills next year. The all-new fall season began Sept. 12 The NABE’s 43 respondents said in a and ends Oct. 31 with a Halloween bash. report released Monday that there’s a 45 Craig Smith, The Peabody’s regional percent chance the Fed will begin its so- director of sales and marketing, said the called “tapering” as early as this year. addition of parties in September and But economists trimmed their expec- October was in direct response to demand tations for the second half of 2013 since from guests who wanted parties when the the last survey, in May. weather cools off. The economists predicted that real The fall parties, on Sept. 26, Oct. 17 gross domestic product would grow at a and Oct. 31, will take place on The Pea- 2.3 percent annualized rate in the third body hotel’s roof from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. quarter through September, down from 2.5 percent seen earlier; and 2.6 percent in Pay Offset Renewed For the fourth quarter, down from 2.8 percent seen earlier. They were less optimistic Active-Duty State Workers about consumer spending, industrial Gov. Bill Haslam has renewed an ex- production and private investment in pired executive order to cover any loss of nonresidential structures, equipment and salary by state employees called to active software. duty by the National Guard or the Armed The economists’ slightly more pes- Forces Reserves. simistic views were likely affected by the The measure requires government government initially reporting in July that agencies and departments to extend second-quarter GDP grew 1.7 percent. military leave to state employees. It also On Aug. 29, the Commerce Depart- requires those agencies to provide offset- ment revised the figure sharply higher for ting pay when the active-duty wages of the April-June quarter, to 2.5 percent. 6 September 13-19, 2013 www.thememphisnews.com

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Associate Publisher & Executive Editor James Overstreet Teaches Teachers

Managing Editor andy meek Lance Allan Wiedower Senior Reporter Bill Dries “If we see consistently with the weekly Banking/Financial Services/Accountants, Markets & Economy, [email protected] exams that the teachers are not using Deputy Managing Editor Economic Development, Small Business Eric Smith high-yield strategies, then there has to be 528-5279 | [email protected] intervention with the teacher,” Holloway Associate Editor alethia Harris sometimes has to said. “We can’t just say, ‘I taught it.’ This is Kate Simone intervene at Cromwell Elemen- about teaching and learning. You may have T tary School to have a talk with taught it, but they didn’t learn it. So now Graphic Designer & Photo Editor those whose performance is not showing what? Those are the tough conversations.” Brad Johnson progress in academic achievement. And And the ability to have those tough the intervention has to be the right mix of conversations is what Holloway counsels Graphic Designer compassion and firmness. Harris is prin- Harris on, as well as leadership details like Yvette Touchet jennifer JOHNSON backer REPORTER cipal of Cromwell, and her intervention the chart in the school’s data room that is with teachers at the school, a process lists where students rank in terms of their Senior Production Assistant Health Care/Biotech, Transportation/Distribution/Logistics, that is just as aggressive as the interven- performance. Sandy Youngblood Attorneys/Courts/Civil Litigation, Nonprofits 528-8622 | [email protected] tion teachers in the Shelby County Schools After a faculty meeting where Holloway Production Assistant system undertake with students who fall watched Harris interact with her teach- Laurie Beck behind or seem to lose momentum. ers, Holloway’s advice included putting “My goal was to be a teacher, and I Post-it notes for students who are just on Public Notice Director think as a principal you still are a teacher,” the verge of moving up in one of the four DON FANCHER said Harris, in her fourth year as Crom- areas of proficiency on the border between well’s principal. “The principal title is nice. the two standards. She can also make sure Senior Account Executive But at the end of the day, we’re still teach- missed connections between principals JANICE JENKINS ers. We’re still educators. We are not teach- and the regional office or the school sys- AMOS MAKI ers in a classroom. We’re teaching adults. tem’s central office are made – a phone call Account Executive REPORTER LUCY BLACKMON My role is a leader of learning.” returned or an email answered. Commercial and Residential Real Estate, Architects/Engi- neers/Construction And just as teachers have Harris’ The school’s data room is where each Business Development Manager 521-2464 | [email protected] counsel, Harris has an adviser and coun- student’s progress is tracked, with Hol- Patricia mckinney selor as well: Dr. Carla Holloway, instruc- loway checking to make sure Harris is up tional leadership director for a group of on how to align results across different Director of Marketing & Advertising 13 schools in the southeast region of the evaluations and tests of student progress DONNA WAGGENER school system. Holloway is a veteran edu- during the school year, from state achieve- cator with direct experience in elementary ment tests to Discovery tests to weekly Marketing Manager schools over her 26 years at the school assessments. Leah Sansing level. She was a principal at Hawkins Mill “Data rooms have been around for and Hollywood Elementary schools and an years and years. And they were colorful Controller/Human Resources DON WADE PAM MALLETT SPORTS COLUMNIST assistant principal at Sea Isle Elementary and pretty. But if you don’t do anything School before that, which was also her last with it, it’s just a data room,” Holloway [email protected] Administrative Specialist assignment as a teacher. said. “And so the new push is to do data MARSHA PAYNE Holloway travels among the schools, profiling. Memphis City (Schools) has al- observing classrooms and counseling ways been data-rich but implementation- Circulation Coordinator principals at visits that last two to three poor.” KAYE KERR hours and are more frequent at schools Improving implementation means get- with more students who are not perform- ting into a teacher’s habits. Pressman ing at grade level. Those at the highest level “Most of the time we teach to our CEDRIC WALSH may get one visit a semester and more dominant teaching style,” Holloway said. Andrew J. Breig autonomy compared to the six to eight “If I’m a lecturer, I’m going to lecture. But Pressman PHOTOGRAPHER PETE MITCHELL visits at Cromwell during each nine-week you can’t lecture the second grade. You Weekly features, spot news period. It is considered a level one school have to understand that they have learning [email protected] Published by: under terms of the instructional leadership styles. … You have to be able to switch that THE DAILY NEWS PUBLISHING CO. development program. teaching style and make it fit the learning 193 Jefferson Avenue Memphis, TN 38103 To reach our editorial department, e-mail: “It is an effort to identify effective style.” [email protected] or call: 901-523-1561 P.O. Box 3663 instructional leadership practices – how Harris went through the “New Leaders Memphis, TN 38173-0663 Tel: 901.523.1561 effective are our administrators,” she said. for New Schools” development program Fax: 901.526.5813 Her work for the old Memphis City for those who want to be principals. She www.memphisdailynews.com Schools system included developing began as a substitute teacher in 2003. Last The Daily News is a general interest newspaper covering business, law, The Daily News is supportive, including in some case criteria to measure teacher effectiveness school year, she had 480 students at Crom- being on the boards of, the following organizations: government, and real estate and and strengthening the existing ways that well; last week, there were 615, growth development throughout the Memphis Literacy Mid-South, Grace St. Luke's Episcopal metropolitan area. School, Wolf River Conservancy, Ronald McDonald school leaders, including principals, are she attributed to a set of attendance zone House, Great Outdoors University, Tennessee Wildlife The Daily News, the successor of the Daily Federation, Temple Israel, St. Jude's, St George's evaluated. That process went county- changes in the general area. Record, The Daily Court Reporter, and The Independent Schools, Shelby Residential & Vocational wide when the two public school systems “I am up for challenges. I think this is Daily Court News, was founded in 1886. Svcs, Shelby Farms Park, Calvary & The Arts, Bridges, Boys & Girls Club of Greater Memphis, Binghampton merged this school year. my personal character,” Harris said. “We’re AUDIT PENDING Development Corporation, U of M Journalism Dept., What Holloway observes in a class- at a point where we’ve had some success. Chickasaw Council Boy Scouts, Memphis Leadership Foundation, Junior Achievement, Overton Park room and her thoughts on what she sees But most recently we had a little regression Conservancy, The Cotton Museum and WKNO. are shared with Harris, who then acts on for a variety of reasons. … It’s not personal. the suggestions from Holloway. It’s about student achievement.” www.thememphisnews.com September 13-19, 2013 7

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Education Manufacturing International Paper to Close Alabama Mill

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(Memphis News/Andrew J. Breig) (Memphis News File/Lance Murphey) This week’s Celebrate What’s Right education panel featured Chris Barbic, from left, Dorsey Hop- son and Brad Martin. The discussion looked at reform efforts in the city. nternational Paper Co. will close its paper mill in Courtland, Ala., in several stages I through the first three months of 2014. The Memphis-based company announced the closing Wednesday, Sept. 11, and estimated 1,100 workers will lose their jobs in the North Alabama town east of Muscle Shoals. Reform Leaders Four other U.S. paper mills that produce the same uncoated freesheet paper products as Barbic touts Memphis’ education efforts over Nashville the mill in Courtland will remain open. International Paper chairman and CEO John Faraci said the Courtland mill closing is “driven by demand decline for uncoated Bill Dries freesheet paper products in the United States.” [email protected] Those products are papers used in copiers and computers as well as business forms and envelopes. They are also used in textbooks as Barbic says local District has a single school. “Those things aren’t nearly as bad well as commercial printing in general and education reformation There, a single charter school has as reported,” he said. “We live in a cul- stationary. and the discussion become controversial as well as a move ture that tends not to be patient.” International Paper isn’t getting out of the by Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam to move Memphis has more charter schools business, which, like other divisions of the about what public away from seniority and advanced de- than any other city in the state, by far. company, is based in Memphis. But it is seeing education will look like grees as the primary criteria for certifi- And Hopson said he approves of that. a decline in the North American market that in Shelby County is very cation of teachers by the state. Haslam But he also said the countywide school led to the decision to close one of the five mills different. recently delayed the implementation board, which gives the approval for the in the U.S. of the criteria. charters to operate under contract with The company began seeing a decline in “You look at what’s going on there. the school system, should think more uncoated freesheet starting in 1999 and that It’s a very different conversation,” about the placement of the schools has accelerated with electronic billing and fil- Barbic said of Nashville. “They’ve taken and the specific academic achieve- ing and online publishing gaining in consumer helby County Schools super- their eye off the ball around quality for ment challenges they can meet. acceptance and use. intendent Dorsey Hopson and students.” “Hopefully it will be done in a more In its latest quarterly earnings results an- S Achievement School District Barbic is aware of something of a strategic way,” he said. nounced in July, company officials announced superintendent Chris Barbic say the rivalry between Nashville and Mem- Hopson and Barbic and their staffs they had established a $28 million reserve to education reformation underway lo- phis and offered a warning for those collaborated as they selected their lists cover what could be credit exposure from the cally in Shelby County can lead and in- in Nashville comparing their debate of which schools will be in the ASD and bankruptcy of National Envelope Co. The print- fluence the national discussion about about public education to the discus- the Innovation Zone for the 2014-2015 ing papers division also posted an earnings education reform. sion in Memphis. school year. decrease of $73 million for the quarter. “Every parent in 2013 has got a “You know what, you may think The lists were announced this National Envelope cited the same shift choice about where they send their right now that you guys are fine,” he week. to online billing and filing when it filed for kids,” Barbic told an audience of 600 said. “But this city is going to blow “This is so much work to be done,” Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in June. Wednesday, Sept. 11, at a New Mem- right past you guys in the next four or Hopson said of the proficiency gap It marked the second bankruptcy filing by the phis Institute Forum at the Holiday Inn five years because you are focused on among students in the schools. “And Texas-based company in three years. University of Memphis. the wrong thing.” nobody has a monopoly.” “We explored numerous business and Barbic joined Hopson in a discus- The Memphis discussion is not The Innovation Zone schools are repurposing options for the Courtland Mill, but sion moderated by University of Mem- without its potential detours and its the school system’s version of the concluded that permanently closing the mill phis President Brad Martin. issues. Achievement School District aimed best positions the business for the future,” said Barbic also said the local education “We’ve got to keep the focus on at the same group of 68 schools that Tim Nicholls, International Paper’s printing and reformation and the discussion about student achievement. That is prob- make up the majority of the bottom 5 communication papers senior vice president. what public education will ultimately ably one of the more difficult things,” percent of schools in the state in terms “IP’s printing papers business remains a valu- look like in Shelby County is very dif- Hopson said, recounting controversies of student achievement and profi- able and strategic part of IP.” ferent. at the opening of the first school year ciency. International Paper expects to take a “If you look at other places you of the merger about guns in schools, And with the talk of cooperation, pre-tax noncash asset write-off and acceler- don’t see this,” he said, specifically payroll problems and bus routes that Barbic and Hopson also displayed ated depreciation charge of $550 million and mentioning Nashville where he lived didn’t work – all happening as the some of the competition that is at play, severance and other shutdown charges of $125 and attended Vanderbilt University opening of schools was under “intense million across the rest of the 2013 calendar year and where the Achievement School scrutiny” because of the consolidation. education reform continued on P35 and into the first quarter of 2014. 8 September 13-19, 2013 www.thememphisnews.com

Financial Services First Horizon Copes With Evolving Client Needs

Andy Meek [email protected]

irst Tennessee Bank will Today, that number is in the low banking experience. just, which explains the creation celebrate its 150th birth- 50 percent range. The bank also is The bank has launched of the prototype branches. F day in March. getting a double whammy in the a concierge-type service in Regarding the macro factors, Leading up to that milestone, form of not only fewer visits but uniquely configured branches at Wunderlich Securities this week the way the venerable institu- less activity. three locations around Tennes- dropped First Horizon from a buy tion’s customers are engaging At the same time visits are see, one of which is in Memphis. rating to a hold rating, follow- with its products and services is down, transactions – measured As part of the test, customers are ing a meeting with First Horizon in the midst of a radical transfor- by paper, which includes things greeted immediately upon walk- management. Wunderlich bank mation – something that’s been like the number of checks and ing in to the branch. The person analyst Kevin Reynolds wrote the case for the last few years but the number of deposits – also are who greets them escorts them to in a note to clients the “outlook the pace of which now is ac- falling rapidly, Jordan said. Not a workstation to help with their on FHN shares is incrementally celerating, the chief executive of that the reason was or should be needs. more cautious given a persis- the bank’s parent company told a surprise to anyone. A goal is that the center of the tently difficult environment with analysts this week. “Customers are coming action inside these First Tennes- near-term headwinds impacting Bryan Jordan, president and in less, and when they’re here see branches moves away from both FHN’s spread-based bank- CEO of Memphis-based First they’re doing less activity,” Jordan “teller row” and out into the ing business as well as its fixed (Memphis News File/Lance Murphey) Horizon National Corp., said dur- said. “The nature of that change branch itself. income sales operation.” ing the Barclays Global Financial is being driven by mobile bank- “This is a learning process for In his Barclays remarks this Services Conference that his ing, by (things like) the ability to us,” Jordan said. “It won’t work week, Jordan acknowledged the company is seeing an inexorable make deposits on cell phones.” in all of our financial centers. It macro forces at work and that the decline in the number of visits Until recently, First Horizon depends on the number and level bank is “focused in this environ- customers are making to branch- had upward of 200 branches in its of transactions.” ment on controlling those things es. It’s not a new theme for the bank branch network, a number He said it’s an attempt to we can.” bank, which has addressed the that’s now down to a little more Customers are answer the question of how First First Horizon has slimmed problem in other public forums than 170 branches. And that pat- Tennessee can make branch itself down, for example, to being before now, as have many peer tern isn’t changing. coming in less, banking a better experience for essentially comprised of two institutions. The largest banking institu- and when they’re customers and do it in a way that businesses today – it has a region- Jordan went into considerable tion headquartered in Tennessee here they’re doing recognizes the reality of customer al banking unit (First Tennessee) detail at the Barclays conference, will continue to “rethink,” in Jor- behavior and preferences. as well as a capital markets busi- though, and explained how the dan’s words, the size and configu- less activity.” “We’re not sure today where ness. The company, as a whole, bank has been moving behind ration of its branch network. One “ branch banking ends up five or is focused on cost reduction, – Bryan Jordan the scenes to try and mitigate way that’s being done is through CEO, First Horizon National Corp. 10 years down the road, but this is process improvement, reducing that problem. a kind of prototype bank branch an inflection point,” Jordan said. the company’s risk profile and First, it’s a significant shift model, something The Daily Some of the macro factors building a strong relationship- the company is seeing, Jordan News previously has reported confronting the bank, like interest oriented balance sheet. said. Five years ago, the average First Tennessee is pursuing. ments in technology and staff. At rates and loan demand, are out of “I like the prospects we have household would visit a branch at First Tennessee has been the same time, it has introduced a management’s control. A differ- to continue to invest in the busi- least once a month 80 percent of upgrading existing branches new branch prototype that brings entiated customer experience is ness in the long term,” Jordan the time to conduct a transaction. through a combination of invest- a fresh approach to the in-person one factor it has the power to ad- said.

The Month’s Economic Data Have Spoken

Each new month delivers a flurry of years. Auto sales increased 17 percent to recovery path at the moment. However, This algorithm held until market economic data. The current deluge will 1.5 million units in August. Maintaining this the two variables that the Fed focuses multiples became stretched. Now, the weigh heavily on the Federal Reserve’s pace would place U.S. auto sales volume on are less conclusive. The job market is market needs earnings growth to lead decision to maintain or reduce quantita- above 16 million, higher than 2007 levels. nowhere near its potential, and infla- us forward. So while bad news has tive easing. Let’s quickly review the recent GDP came in stronger than expected tion is well below target. Interest been interpreted as good news in releases and handicap the Fed’s taper in the second quarter. The trend indicates rates on the 10-year Treasury bond the past, markets now see good temptation. a build in momentum, with the last three have moved from 1.6 percent to just news as good news. quarters rising from .01 percent to 1.1 below 3 percent, rendering tapering a As recent data releases The Data percent to 2.5 percent, respectively. self-fulfilling prophesy. The uncertain depicted a strengthening ISM manufacturing registered at 55.7. The unemployment rate down-ticked situations in Syria, and economy, the odds of Fed Any number above 50 indicates expan- to 7.3 percent in August, down from 8.1 in Washington, D.C., as David S. Waddell restraint increased. Previ- the worldly sion, and 55.7 marks the highest level of percent a year ago. Unfortunately, the the debt ceiling debate investor ously, this would have led activity since June of 2011. The new orders decline in the unemployment rate accom- reprises will also factor to a selloff in equities. How- index was particularly strong, signaling panies a decline in the labor force partici- into the Fed’s decision. Markets expect a ever, as positive data rolled in, the markets increased confidence as we enter the back pation rate to its lowest level since 1978. “tiny” taper announcement of $5 billion moved higher. Momentum in economic half of the year. Lastly, the Citigroup Economic Sur- to $10 billion, which maps to our expecta- data should now translate directly into ISM non-manufacturing registered at a prise Index hovers near 60 percent, mean- tions as well. momentum in the markets. Finally, good record high of 58.6. With services compris- ing that the recent data has surprised news is good news again. ing the lion’s share of the US economy, an most economists with its strength. They Good News is Good News uptick in service industry payrolls bodes will respond by taking forward estimates For years the market has interpreted David Waddell, who is regularly fea- well for job creation overall. higher. bad economic data as good news, ex- tured in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today Construction spending increased 5.2 pecting the Fed to react with monetary and Forbes, as well as on Fox Business percent in the previous 12 months through The Decision stimulus, which stimulates stock market News and CNBC, is president and CEO of July. July’s gain was the strongest in four The economy appears to be on a solid multiples, which stimulates stock prices. Memphis-based Waddell & Associates. www.thememphisnews.com September 13-19, 2013 9 Money&Markets Extra Financial markets around the world have move now means a lost opportunity. The U.S. economy and there are a lot of the price they can get for those homes. fallen for weeks in nervous anticipation of reason September is also attractive is questions as to how much growth a key decision by the Federal Reserve. that we have press conferences sched- the economy can sustain on its own. Some Fed policymakers are pushing Tapering Chairman Ben Bernanke has said the uled for September and December, and And fear that the Fed may not be as to taper in September, others perhaps Fed will slow its $85 billion a month that gives the Fed a chance to come committed as it once was, so it is December or later. What will the Insider bond-buying program by the end of this out and explain itself more. On the understandable that that would have atmosphere in the room be like when trepidation Q&A year, as long as the economy continues to other side of it, it’s not beyond the Fed’s an impact. they meet Sept. 17-18? Is this going strengthen, and finish it by the middle of purview to call a press conference, if to be a knock-down, drag out fight? Who she is: 2014. The purchases have kept long-term they had to, in October. If someone wants to buy a house, Boy it could be interesting to be in there. Chief Economist at interest rates low, possibly encouraging That said, tapering is not an end should they move more quickly, since The momentum is to go in September Mesirow Financial more home and car sales. Diane Swonk, to stimulus. Remember, this is a mortgage rates may rise? that doesn’t mean people won’t be push- Among her chief economist at Mesirow Financial Federal Reserve that still is very much Timing rates has turned out to be a ing back. There are some egos clearly insights? thinks the Fed’s “tapering” could come as committed to not only leaving the punch fool’s game, so I hate to time rates. It’s in the room, and you can’t rule that out, The pullback of the Fed’s stimulus will be early as this month. bowl out for a very long time but maybe still highly affordable to buy a house. and I’m sure there are some heated dependent on selling a few spiked drinks on the side. One thing you do want is a little more feelings coming out of the meetings, you several factors Why do you think the Fed could taper selection, which would slow the pace can’t rule that out either. But this isn’t this month? Why are the markets so obsessed of price appreciation. What will be inter- Congress, these are grown-ups. Most financial markets are expecting with tapering? esting to see is how many people start Diane Swonk some form of tapering in September. The reality is that the Fed has been listing their homes in the fall because Interviewed by Christopher Rugaber. So, the expectations are there. To not the largest single stimulator of the now they feel more comfortable about Answers edited for content and clarity. AP

Five BEHIND THE BRAND HARLEY-DAVIDSON (HOG) years later The financial crisis Shock waves flowed through the financial system five years ago when Lehman Brothers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 504 points, or 4.4 percent that day, shaking investor confidence. The collapse of the investment bank triggered the worst of the 2008 financial crisis. The following weeks would call into question the stability of the U.S. financial system and lead regulators to question if several financial institutions Spending money on an expensive motorcycle became out of reach for had become “too big to fail.” many after the 2008 economic meltdown. In the months that followed, Harley-Davidson’s shipments fell sharply The Dow continues to drop, hitting a and it was forced to lay off hundreds of workers. The Milwaukee-based Anatomy of a meltdown: low of 6,457 on March 9, 2009. company subsequently improved its production efficiency, renegotiated some union contracts and got rid of a few of its secondary brands in Dow Jones industrial average, 2008 12,000 order to focus on selling its bigger, premium-priced motorcycles. The 12,000 10,000 moves have paid off and now Harley is enjoying brisk demand Sept. 15 Lehman Brothers worldwide. Its shares are up 30 percent this year. files for bankruptcy. 8,000 GLOBAL REACH: The company recently opened its 104th new dealership since late 2009, achieving its goal of opening between 100 ’08 ’09 and 150 dealerships outside of the U.S. by the end of 2014. 11,000 6,000 S O N D J F M NEW RIDES: Last month, Harley unveiled eight new motorcycle models Sept. 16 that boast more power and improved breaking performance, among The Federal Oct. 14 The U.S. Treasury other features. The company says Reserve agrees announces the Troubled the launch is the largest-scale Oct. 6 The Dow introduction of new models in 10,000 to $85 billion Asset Relief Program bailout for AIG. drops below 10,000 (TARP) to strengthen the Harley’s 110-year history. for the first time financial sector. since 2004. It loses Sept. 18 Fed Chairman 20 percent of its Bernanke and Treasury value over the • Revenue through the six 9,000 Secretary Paulson press course of the week, months ended June 30 totaled $3.37 billion, up nearly 7 percent Congress to authorize a dropping 1,874 Thursday’s close: $63.02 $700 billion bailout. points. compared with the same period Price-earnings ratio : 20 last year. (Based on past 12 months’ results) • Harley dealers sold 144,447 new motorcycles worldwide in the 8,000 YTD price change 9/5 9/12 9/19 9/26 10/3 10/10 10/17 10/24 10/31 first six months of this year. HOG: 30% S&P 500: 20% That’s essentially flat with the Week ending Market value: $14.1 billion first half of 2012. Source: FactSet Trevor Delaney; J. Paschke • AP Source: FactSet Data through Sept. 12 Alex Veiga, Jenni Sohn • AP

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De-Clutter For Arts Cash, Control Music Outreach Ray’s Take Marketers are very good at persuading you to MSO adds community engagement department buy stuff. That’s why so many homes are literally stuffed so full that additional storage facilities Michael Waddell have become a booming business. Instead of you [email protected] controlling your stuff, it controls you. Clear away all that clutter and you will not only have more time, peace of mind, and space to breathe – it could help enrich your bank account. Tim Luke, from HGTV’s “Cash in the Attic,” be- lieves the average American household could gain $1,000 to $2,000 by selling unneeded stuff. While that may seem like a drop in the bucket in the big scheme of things, breaking the “acquisi- tion cycle” can be a significant and life changing event. There are plenty of av- enues for selling things you don’t need, from fine antiques to old floral ray & dana Brandon rays of wisdom vases. Chose the right one to maximize the money you make. Yard or tag sales are great for small items, clothes, and other inexpensive items. More valuable items that are relatively easy to pack and ship might bring more on eBay or Amazon. Craigslist can be used (Memphis News/Andrew J. Breig) for almost anything. For truly valuable items you Rhonda Causie, center, with key collaborators Joseph Nelson and Susan Miville. Causie will lead the might use an auction company or consignment Memphis Symphony Orchestra’s new community engagement department. shop. While the fees are higher, you have a better chance of finding the right buyer for the best price. n a nontraditional move for the audience, and we could do it with a N.J. For some it is all “found money.” For others, it’s orchestra industry, the Memphis community service structure.” “From that workshop we emerged a cold slap in the face when they remember how I Symphony Orchestra has an- In 2007 the orchestra began form- with two key projects: developing a much they paid for these items in the first place. nounced the formation of a dedicated ing a network of community partner- leadership program for FedEx and mu- A more symbolic and karma-enhancing ges- community engagement department, ships with key organizations across sic mentoring at the Soulsville Charter ture might be to donate to a worthy cause, so it all with the goals of educating and en- the Mid-South, including Youth Vil- School, and we are very pleased that goes to those who really need them. Whether you riching the Memphis community with lages, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater those programs continue today,” said de-clutter for money or charity, you stand to re- innovative projects and services while Memphis and Community LIFT, which Causie, who points out that MSO gain control of your home and your life as long as at the same time attracting new audi- teamed with MSO during the past year players are union contract employees you don’t rush out and start the cycle over again. ence members for the concert hall. to produce the successful Memphis of the orchestra, so a revolutionary That could be the richest benefit of all. “The job of the new department Symphony Soul concert series at the move was necessary to ratify the union is to build some infrastructure that revitalized Memphis Music Magnet contracts to allow MSO to pay their Dana’s Take will allow Memphis to understand community center. The MSO/Com- musicians for their community work. Close your eyes and imagine how you want the work that we do, and maybe it munity LIFT pairing came about after MSO musicians now have the to feel in your home. Serene? Does that peaceful will help us get more support for it, both had applied separately for the autonomy to decide what type of com- home look clean and sunny? For most of us, that’s because the projects can’t run on grant same grant from ArtPlace America. munity work they would like to do, whether it is coaching kids or playing the ideal. While that is a satisfying vision, we tend funds forever. They have to reach a “We noticed that our applications point where they are sustainable,” said were centered around the same neigh- for seniors at an assisted living facility to purchase and hang onto so much stuff that we Rhonda Causie, who will lead the new borhood, so we were able to combine or doing arrangements for education end up with the opposite effect: clutter. department as vice president of com- two applications with the Memphis ensembles at schools. A few years ago, a home staging professional munity engagement. Other depart- Music Magnet at Soulsville plan,” said In 2010, Frank Shaffer, MSO princi- changed my vision of uncluttered. She removed ment members are Joseph Nelson, Eric Robertson, Community LIFT pal timpanist and a tenured professor about 60 percent of our decor, leaving a spare 40 director of community partnerships, president. at The University of Memphis, decided percent. She removed rugs, photographs, tables, and Susan Miville, director of educa- “We consider the partnership to to do music therapy via therapeutic chairs, dressers and bookcases. The result was a tion. have been very successful,” Robertson drum circles, and now the program shining clean home that felt like a spa. I wanted The MSO was established in 1960 said. “The project was part of a larger includes drum circles at Knowledge that home. Wait, it was my home – minus a ton of and now includes more than 400 mu- plan for the community, and the rela- Quest, the Memphis VA Medical Hos- excess furniture and all those “just in case” items sicians, staff and volunteers. tionship with the symphony helped to pital’s recreational therapy program that filled every closet and cabinet. After Vincent deFrank Hall Down- animate the neighborhood and create for disabled veterans, Camp Good A stager or organizing professional can deliver town was torn down in 1996, the a buzz about events and music on a Grief for bereaved children and adults, the serene home of your dreams. After they leave, symphony had no place to play until regular basis, as well as to expose the and the Special Olympics. imagine how much time and money you will save the Cannon Center for the Performing neighborhood to people that normally Dr. Marshall Fine, a member of on shopping by maintaining your new Zen décor. Arts was completed in 2003. would not visit there.” the MSO viola section, is now working “We had so much audience at- Attendance for the shows ex- with the Autism Society of the Mid- Ray Brandon is a certified financial planner trition during those years that when ceeded expectations, bringing out an South to develop a new program for estimated 5,000 to 6,000 people to the families. and CEO of Brandon Financial Planning (www. the new hall opened in 2003 it was a wonderful thing, but we had lost so various events. “We believe the community work brandonplanning.com). His wife, Dana, has a much of our core audience that we The idea for community work in we do is vital and it changes lives,” bachelor’s degree in finance and is a licensed were not able to really recover,” said Soulsville dates back to 2007, when Causie said. “The amount of commu- clinical social worker. Contact Ray Brandon at Causie, who previously served as the MSO was selected as one of seven nity work we do has grown so much [email protected]. MSO director of grants and innova- orchestras (out of 300 applicants) in over the past eight years, to the point tion. “We began to recognize that we the country to participate in the New where we decided it was time to dedi- would need to go out and build a new Strategies Lab program in Princeton, cate some staff to it.” www.thememphisnews.com September 13-19, 2013 11

Community ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Nineteenth Century Club Commission Reappoints Bright Prepares to Fade Away As EDGE Chairman

Bill Dries Bill Dries [email protected] [email protected]

Shelby County Commissioners on Mon- o matter what happens to the old mansion that day, Sept. 9, approved the reappointment of has been home to the Nineteenth Century Club for Al Bright as the chairman of the city-county N most of the 20th century and all 13 years of the 21st Economic Development Growth Engine board. century, the club itself is about to go out of existence. But Commissioner Mike Ritz directed the But the organization, just like the house, is in a kind of county attorney’s office to begin drafting a res- limbo in the wake of the Sept. 6 ruling by Chancellor Walter olution he intends to propose that would block Evans. Evans upheld the club’s sale of the site and the build- future approval of appointments to the EDGE ing’s demolition by its new owners. Evans, however, stayed board until the city of Memphis pays its part of carrying out the ruling until Sept. 20, anticipating an appeal financing both local governments pledged to by the plaintiffs, who filed suit to stop both. (Memphis News File/Lance Murphey) fund the work of the economic development The stay also keeps in place a hold on the money from in 1878. agency. The funding was to come from the the sale. The club’s leaders had donated most of the pro- The club's name fits right in with the other civic orga- money city and county governments got from ceeds to The Children’s Museum of Memphis after taking nizations that led the efforts – The King's Daughters, the the sale of the old Defense Depot property in care of their own expenses. That means the Nineteenth Sunshine Society, WCA and the Anti-Saloon League. Their South Memphis. The city, however, used the Century Club’s own end as an institution is also on hold. names now seem strange and part of an ancient approach to money for other purposes and pledged to pay “People forget that for three years this organization tried civic involvement. from other funds. to come up with options for this building,” said Art Quinn, The reform movement at the start of the 20th century Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell said he the club’s attorney in the case. “For three years it was under was not only a movement of wealthy women; it was rooted had talked with Memphis Mayor A C Wharton the thumb of the environmental court. The club’s member- in the city's Protestant denominations, the churches at- Jr. as recently as last week and had received a ship was dwindling. They were having financial problems. tended by the city's wealthiest and most-influential citizens. pledge from Wharton that the city would pay In 2010, they stopped having fee-generating events in this Before the club moved into the mansion in 1926, its its share. The commission also approved a $1.5 building. There was no option they could come up with. … members did not yet have the right to vote. million contract with AlliedBarton Security The leadership literally cried when they made the decision In his "Biography of a River Town," Gerald Capers in- Services LLC to provide security at county to sell this building.” cluded the club in a passage about how the wealthy lived at government buildings, as well as two contracts Before it came to 1433 Union Ave., the club was part of the start of the 20th century in Memphis. totaling $1.7 million in federal Community the wave of reform movements at the end of the 19th cen- "One's children attended the private educational institu- Development Block Grant funding to replace tury, the wave before E. H. Crump Jr. became mayor in 1910. tions, then more numerous than the inferior public schools, flood pumps and make bank repairs in the Mil- The reform movements were a reaction to the political while one's wife joined the Nineteenth Century Club where lington area from the 2010 flooding there. power that saloon-keepers in particular had in the city’s she became a ‘new woman’ by studying village life in India The commission also approved the ad- ward system of representation. But the political struggle was and Egyptology," he wrote. dition to the Spring Creek Ranch golf course about more than who held the power of local government. William D. Miller was less dismissive in his book "Mem- at Collierville-Arlington Road and Raleigh Also at play in the civic discussion were issues including phis During the Progressive Era." He described it as "the LaGrange Road. The item had been delayed future growth of the city that are familiar to present-day women's organization without peer." several times as commissioners verified the Memphians – the city’s violent image and high crime rate, It had study departments in the arts, literature, drama, owners of the property had paid their prop- the gap between rich and poor, and the monumental health philosophy and music – and its members presented papers erty taxes. The addition includes single-family problems that plagued rich and poor alike in a city that was on all of those topics at its original home in the old LaSalette housing, an events center including a culinary just emerging from the worst of the yellow fever epidemics Academy at the start of the 20th century. school and microbrewery, and a day spa.

Fundraising: Investment or Afterthought?

Investing in the fundraising operations and solicit gifts all the time, not once in tions, corporations or individuals. Having unrestricted funds. Ensure your board of a nonprofit is an investment in the or- a while. The focus needs to be on build- a strong program that meets community and CEO are committed to fundraising. ganization’s future. It takes time to build ing and sustaining a pool of prospective needs doesn’t mean an organization will Seek out volunteers who are fearless fun- a fundraising program that is capable of donors and funders. You need a pool who be able to raise money when draisers. Create a fundraising plan securing revenue from multiple sources. can collectively give three times the fun- funds are needed. Success- that seeks funds from mul- It takes vision, planning, leadership and draising goal because not everyone who ful fundraising is the result tiple revenue sources – not resources – including money. wants to give will be in a position to do so of consistent planning only foundation or govern- And, it doesn’t necessarily “pay off” when asked. You have to know who these and engagement. ment grants. Attract, train right away. A fundraising program takes people are. You have to be in contact with With the economy and invest in committed time and attention to mature. Often three them. You have to know what they want turning around and and experienced staff. to five years. And during that time the from a funding or giving relationship with money beginning to MEL & Pearl shaw Review and refine your investment in fundraising needs to be your organization. flow again now is the FUNdraising Good Times case for support. Articu- consistent. Once a fundraising program is Don’t wait until the organization needs time for nonprofits to late your uniqueness. Align well established it can support a nonprofit money to build a fundraising program. build sustainable fundraising programs. your organization with community needs. organization or institution in meeting its That’s when it’s too late. Our recommen- Prepare for future challenges. Get your Respond to the market. You can do it. It revenue goals. But, again, it takes time. dation: attract the people and expertise house in order. Be proactive, not reactive. takes vision, planning, commitment and And even once established, it cannot be to build and sustain your programs and Build a program that attracts unre- your time. put on “automatic pilot.” simultaneously attract the people and stricted funding as well as the “easier” Mel and Pearl Shaw are the authors Fundraising needs consistent atten- expertise needed to raise money for the to obtain restricted funding. Yes, it takes of “Prerequisites for Fundraising Success.” tion from the organization’s top leader- program in future years. It can take a time and creativity to find ways to secure They position nonprofits for fundraising ship. That means the CEO and board minimum of 12 to 18 months to secure unrestricted funding; but if you don’t success. Visit them at www.saadandshaw. members have to be willing to cultivate meaningful investments from founda- make the investment you won’t have the com. 12 September 13-19, 2013 www.thememphisnews.com

Small Business Taste of Australia Wine Market owner heads Down Under for symposium

Richard J. Alley And how do the wines from Down Special to The Memphis News Under sell at the Wine Market? “Good, but not as good as they once did,” Smith said. “They have lost some hen asked where good wine is ground, I will say.” made, even the teetotaler will One reason he points to is perception. W come up with an answer of Larger winemakers such as Alice White France, Italy or California. and Yellow Tail have saturated the market But not many, even with years of sniff- with their more economical brands, possi- ing corks, tend to think of Australia. bly turning customers off. The marketing, The winegrowers of that country aim to labeling and branding in the U.S., too, “got change that, informing the world at large a little bit too cutesy and cartoony,” Smith on their long history and fruitful bounty said, leading to the brands not being taken with a four-day symposium to be held in seriously by consumers. Adelaide, South Australia, beginning Sept. “Fine products for what they are,” 15. Smith said, “but (customers) might not un- And local wine retailer Scott Smith, derstand that there are much, much better owner of the Wine Market at 4734 Spott- wines; much more serious and complex swood Ave. in East Memphis, aims to wines available from Australia other than bring that knowledge back to Memphis that.” (Memphis News/Andrew J. Breig) to increase the love for, and sale of, wines Edwards, who now owns The Elegant Wine Market owner Scott Smith with a few favorite Australian varieties. He’s spending from Down Under. time in Australia learning about the wines from Down Under to help customers. Farmer restaurant, is someone who knows Smith entered a contest sponsored the oenological landscape in Memphis. by “The Tasting Panel,” a trade magazine He agreed that Australian wines suffer geared toward the beverage industry. He ers and the United States as a whole. “Australian wines are made in more of from a problem in perception and knows wrote a letter to those putting on the con- Touted as Australia’s first global wine a western style, not in a French style, but in it’s nothing new to the industry. When he ference, called Savour Australia, explaining forum, it’s designed “to bring wine profes- a California style,” he said. “They make big, began selling Sebastiani wines in Memphis how his attendance would help in the dis- sionals in from all over the globe and rustic, full-flavored wines.” from the century-old California wine- semination of information to his custom- make presentations to them and have With this, and his customers, in mind, maker, it was only available as “jug wine,” conversations with them, to sort of begin Smith wrote: “What I wish they knew, and he said. “So when Sebastiani started mak- to understand the difficulties that Austra- what I do my utmost to show them, is that ing more good wine, it was really difficult lian wines are having selling in the global there’s so much more to Australia’s wines in Memphis to change the perception of Available Listings marketplace right now,” Smith said. than (the larger winemakers). If they give Sebastiani. And the wines were terrific.” While China remains a bright spot, he me a chance, I love to talk to them about He calls The Elegant Farmer an “Ameri- Jackson, TN Area added, the U.S. and Europe have not been the smaller, family-owned wineries that can restaurant” and says he only has one as big of consumers as the Australians hand-craft their wines from specific vine- wine available from elsewhere, and it isn’t COMMERCIAL LAND would like to see. Therefore, the growers yards in places like Barossa Valley, Marga- Australian. This isn’t by design but rather Law Rd - 17.5ac, 2100’ frontage on I-40 $75,000 have recently begun pooling their resourc- ret River, or the Mornington Peninsula.” a case of “out of sight out of mind.” The Whitehall St - 16ac, Comm/Ind, 1300’ es to get the word out and market them- Written like a connoisseur who knows wholesaler hasn’t suggested the wines, so frontage $350,000 selves collectively to the world. where good wine is produced, Smith’s they haven’t made the list. Proof that it’s Casey Jones - 1.3ac, Hotel Site $295,000 Having worked for Star Distributors be- letter was one of only two in the country not, at this time, a make-or-break menu Hwy 45 ByPass - 1.15ac, 260’ frontage fore opening McEwen’s on Monroe with its selected (the other went to a private dining item. $50,000 heralded wine list, Mac Edwards has long club in Seattle) for the all-expenses-paid FARM celebrated the country’s vintners. trip to Australia. wine market continued on P33 120 Sells Rd - 51ac, Mini Farm $179,000 104 Sells Rd - 30ac Farm/Homesite $75,000 Hwy 138 - 167.39 acre, Farm/timber $410,000 COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS Home Sales Trend Upward in August 3310 Paul Coffman Dr - Former Bank teller branch $115,000 115 Directors Row - Flexible of ce Bldg, Amos Maki ficials. terest rates,” said Doug Collins of Pruden- Built 2012 $325,000 [email protected] “It’s much improved from the same tial Collins-Maury Inc. “Interest rates are Northstar Dr - 5 unit of ce condo package, time last year,” said Memphis Area As- still very low by historical standards, and investment or o/o $320,000 Shelby County home sales continued sociation of Realtors President Regina even if they go up some, which I expect Hwy 45 Milan, TN - Convenience Store, gas to gain momentum in August, with all key Hubbard. “We’re still seeing the consum- them to, they are still low. With the inven- $199,000 indicators posting double-digit percentage ers react in a more positive way toward tory shortage, it’s allowing housing prices 2088 Hollywood Dr - Former auto parts retail, Sale/Lease $773,000 or $7/sf (13,260sf) increases over the same month last year. the market, and it’s because interest rates to creep back up, so that’s helping people 5145 American Way - Memphis, 2980 sf The county netted 1,709 home sales in are still attractive. Interest rates were at who are able to sell their houses without retail $250,000 August, up 15 percent from 1,483 sales in 2 percent and they weren’t going to stay bringing money to the table feel more con- August 2012, according to real estate infor- there forever. That was really a once-in-a- fident. It’s a great time to sell if you can.” Videos and Detailed info at: mation company Chandler Reports, www. lifetime situation. The rates have gone up, Of Shelby County’s 33 ZIP codes, landof cerealtors.com chandlerreports.com. The number of sales but they are still historically low.” 24 had an increase in overall sales activity in August was up slightly from 1,695 in July. Inventory is getting tight, leading to in August and 27 ZIP codes had an increase Average home sales prices jumped 12 a rise in prices. Owners who are above in average sales prices. Collierville’s 38017 percent in August to $139,287, up from water and have been considering selling ZIP code had the highest number of sales $124,726 in August 2012. And total sales are entering the market, while the number in August, with 106. Collierville also led the volume for the month was $238 million, up of homeowners who are underwater has way in sales volume at $32.6 million. Land Of ce Realtors 28 percent from $184.9 million a year ago. helped keep a lid on inventory, producing Year to date, 11,012 homes have been 91 Stonebridge Blvd, Suite 102 Rising prices and interest rates have a bump in sales prices. sold in Shelby County, up 11 percent from Jackson, TN 38305 prompted owners to sell properties and Potential buyers see the rising sales 9,903 over the same period last year. 731-668-1225 encouraged potential buyers to take the prices and interest rates as a sign to buy. Chandler Reports is a division of The plunge, according to local real estate of- “You’ve got attractive prices and low in- Daily News Publishing Co. Inc. www.thememphisnews.com September 13-19, 2013 13

Newsmakers Six Tips For Bigger Joins TriMetis As Shortening The Sales Cycle Business Development Specialist A career in sales isn’t for the faint of heart. You Kate Simone must be thick-skinned in [email protected] the face of adversity, have a dogged determina- tion, and be prepared for some long days Lori turner- Lauren Bigger has joined preclinical services in the pursuit of wilson company TriMetis, a subsidiary of Memphis Bioworks the almighty sale. guerrilla sales and marketing Foundation, as a business development specialist. In That’s why I have the utmost respect for sales professionals her new role, Bigger will work with the operations and and have dedicated much of my career to scientific teams to drive new projects for the TriMetis helping them work smarter versus harder in specialized laboratory and manage the sales and an effort to close more sales more efficiently. protocol review processes. Perhaps the fastest path for doing just that is by shortening the sales cycle. Hometown: Crystal Lake, Ill. Who has had the greatest Your sales cycle is the average length of influence on you and why? time it takes you to close a sale, from your Experience: Bachelor of Arts, My parents have had the first point of contact to a signed order. By communication of science and strongest influence on me. shortening this cycle, you have the ability to technology, Vanderbilt University. I am grateful for the lessons call on more prospects, which will ultimately lead to more wins on the scoreboard. A short- Previously, I managed industry they have taught me in walk- ened cycle also reduces the likelihood of ob- relations and supported marketing ing through life joyfully, one stacles getting in your way, such as additional and communications at Memphis day at a time, regardless of influencers being introduced into the process Bioworks Foundation. circumstances. or your prospect simply losing interest with the passing of time. More often than not, it’s Family: My husband, Matt Bigger What is the relationship Bigger the salesperson that creates the long sales between TriMetis and Bio- cycle, not the prospect. Follow these tips to Favorite movie: Any movie with works? TriMetis was created ensure you keep things moving. Audrey Hepburn by Memphis Bioworks Foundation What do you consider your great- The quickest path to a sale is one that in response to local and national est accomplishment? During my starts with the actual decision maker, so The sports team(s) you root for: medical device and pharmaceuti- time at Bioworks, I was privileged to determine who controls the purse strings be part of creating an environment Memphis Grizzlies, Melrose Golden cal industry needs for a preclinical before calling. If unsure, begin at the very top for collaboration in the local biosci- Wildcats and Vanderbilt Commo- research company that meets the of the house, as it’s easier to work your way ence ecosystem. dores – Go Dores! requirements outlined by the U.S. down than back up. Food and Drug Administration. Just as you would find it inappropriate for What do you most enjoy about What’s playing on your stereo TriMetis and Bioworks will continue your doctor to recommend surgery without right now? Mat Kearney to work together to assist local your work? I really enjoy the biosci- a prior examination, so it goes in sales. Get entrepreneurs and small businesses ence industry and working with com- to know your prospect’s needs and desires Activities you enjoy outside of in bringing their companies to the panies who are developing innovative before pre-determining that they can benefit work: I am a board member of The next phase in the approval pathway products. It is a bonus to be part of from what you’re selling. Instead of trying to Memphis Mobile Market and an ac- through specialty laboratory and a team of people who work hard and convince a prospect they need your services, tive member of Downtown Church. consulting services. enjoy what they do. move on to prospects that clearly do. I enjoy hiking, cooking and eating Deal with known objections early on in good food, and exploring Memphis. What are your goals in your new What advice do you have for your conversation. By dealing with them position? My efforts are focused young people? Find and invest in a early, you allow your prospect to focus on What talent do you wish you had? around developing processes that community of people who will chal- how to actually do business with you versus I would love to be able to play the will support the growth of the busi- lenge and encourage you mentally, why they shouldn’t. piano or guitar. ness. spiritually and socially. Make it easy for your prospect to buy by offering a small trial-run type purchase versus asking them to bite off the entire en- chilada before you’ve had an opportunity to Crye-Leike Realtors agent recognizes a full-time em- graduate business programs, “Lawyer of the Year,” and prove your worth and develop trust. Set your Jimmie Tapley has been ployee of a member facility was named District Director attorney James B. Jalenak prospect’s mind at ease by offering customer ranked on Real Trends Inc.’s for outstanding service to of the Year for the region. has been recognized as 2014 testimonials and case studies. As a form of Top Thousand List as the residents and the facility as CBU student Taylor Sea- Memphis Real Estate Law comparison, offer reviews of your competi- 10th best real estate agent in a whole. man, chapter president, “Lawyer of the Year.” tors found on third-party review sites. the U.S., based on the num- was awarded two fraternal ber of closed transaction Courtney Nelson has been scholarships. Delta Sigma Pi The Council of Supply Chain Lastly, once you have a prospect’s inter- sides Tapley had in 2012. appointed director of sales is a professional fraternity Management Professionals’ est, follow up promptly. Find reasons to stay Tapley sold 455 properties for the new Home2 Suites for business students. Mid-South Roundtable has top of mind that add value and advance the during the year. by Hilton Memphis/South- elected its 2013-2014 board. sale. For example, instead of calling just to aven hotel. Nelson will be in Donna K. Fisher, Thomas Officers are: John Rogers, “check in,” send them an article about a re- The Tennessee Health Care charge of building relation- L. Henderson and Charles president; Cliff Lynch, cent trend in their industry that your product Association awarded The ships and assessing the V. Holmes, attorneys in the treasurer; Cheryl Burch Cit- or service can help them better leverage. Best Times the 2013 Long- needs of local businesses, Memphis office of Ogletree, rone, secretary; and Robert term Care Communica- helping facilitate marketing Deakins, Nash, Smoak Milner III, past president. tor award, which honors efforts and overseeing sales & Stewart PC, have been Committee chairs are: Lori Turner-Wilson is an award-winning journalistic excellence in efforts. listed in The Best Lawyers in Samanthia Mills, programs; columnist and CEO/Founder of RedRover, a the coverage of long-term America 2014. Ernie Nichols, education; sales training and marketing firm based in care issues. In addition, Dr. Robert Brittingham, Anthony Jordan, sponsor- Memphis, www.redrovercompany.com. You THCA awarded Raymond chapter adviser for Delta Harris Shelton Hanover ship; and Matthew Read, Thomas, maintenance Sigma Pi at Christian Broth- Walsh attorney Edward hospitality. Board members can follow RedRover on Twitter (@redrov- director at MidSouth Health ers University, has been J. McKenney Jr. has been at large are Terilyn Block- ercompany and @loriturner) and Facebook and Rehabilitation, the awarded National Chapter recognized in The Best man, Robin Colwell, Glen (facebook.com/redrovercompany). 2013 Nursing Home Service Advisor of the Year. Hayley Lawyers in America 2014 as Harckum, W. Neely Mallory Excellence Award, which Isaac, associate director of Memphis Municipal Law IV and Patrick Walton. 14 September 13-19, 2013 www.thememphisnews.com

Government Questions Raised About Justice System

Bill Dries [email protected]

helby County’s public de- minorities – going to jail doesn’t license is suspended and revoked fender and the head of the have that impact it once did. because you didn’t pay a speed- S Shelby County Corrections That stigma is no longer there.” ing ticket a while back.” division say courts and prisons are Bush has a staff of 78 de- It’s a change that could let changing and evolving as views fenders who handle the cases of Bush spend government dollars about crime and punishment 40,000 individuals a year with on more urgent cases. But Bush begin to change. an annual budget of $10 million. argued the cost to the govern- But Public Defender Stephen The cases range from driving on ment isn’t the central issue in Bush and County Corrections a suspended license to capital the re-examination of crime and Division director James Coleman murder. punishment. said the intervention needs to “The volume that’s coming “It’s not what you pay for start before citizens come into Bush Coleman through the system is incredible. public defense that is so expen- contact with the criminal justice … We should look thoughtfully sive. It’s not what you pay to system. at the legislative level at what we house somebody, even though “The prison system is proba- Tennessee will begin to affect see no stigma attached to being can do. We could lop 20 percent that is an extraordinary amount bly the worst place to engage peo- policy and practice in the local a convict. to a third of the volume off the of money on the front end,” he ple when you are struggling with criminal justice system. I think “Our society has changed,” he low end of the criminal justice said, citing Coleman’s budget of other life issues,” Bush said on the that’s yet to be seen.” said. “Right now the most known system if we could find some- $60 million and more than $100 WKNO-TV program “Behind The Coleman questions whether address in Shelby County is 201 thing other to do with people million to operate the Shelby Headlines.” “While it’s admirable prisons still work as a deterrent Poplar. When you say the penal who have driving offenses – other County Jail each year. “It’s ulti- and good that the justice system when so many behind bars are farm, everybody knows. … We than to arrest, charge them and mately the economic impact on creates programs and aspires to already isolated before incarcera- have glamorized going to jail. For bring them into the system,” that individual and their future rehabilitate and address whatever tion, see friends in prison and a lot of inner-city kids – a lot of he said. “It’s driving while your and perhaps for the community.” the life issues that are going on … it may be the worst place to try to tackle that problem.” “We have a wonderful parent- Government ing program in the institution. But how many parenting programs are offered to the community?” added Coleman, who ran the Shelby County Jail for nine years County Commission’s Partisan, before becoming director of the division that includes the Shelby County Corrections Center for the Personal Divide Resurfaces last three. “We can prepare them. We can take them to a hand-off Bill Dries level. … It’s almost as if we have [email protected] decided that once they walk out of our gates they are fixed. They s Shelby County Commissioners cratic Commissioner Steve Mulroy abstain- she considered the challenge to her chair- are not.” were asking some pretty pointed ing and Ford voting “no.” manship to be a case of sexism. The program, hosted by Eric A questions Monday, Sept. 9, of those “I do take issue with her politics,” Bailey “I think it’s an underlying issue,” she Barnes, publisher of The Daily vying for an appointment to the county- said. “Her politics had her vigorously fight said. “It still is, with some people, some- News, is the second in a series of wide school board, Commissioner Heidi to times an issue.” interviews and discussions react- Shafer told Shante Avant, one of the con- decrease the (county property) tax rate. The other woman on the commission, ing to changes in federal prosecu- tenders, “We’re not as scary as we seem.” … It was irresponsible. It suggests to me Henri Brooks, however, said it wasn’t. tion guidelines announced last “That’s a matter of opinion,” Avant that her approach … would not be in the “We are not setting a precedent here month by U.S. Attorney General replied. best interest of a sound county government at all,” Brooks added. “There may be some Eric Holder. Avant’s appointment unleashed a tor- budget process.” other things going on.” Shelby County District Attor- rent of conflict within the commission that “Really, I think it’s silly,” Commissioner And Brooks termed as “sexism” Shafer’s ney General Amy Weirich and U.S. had little to do with her or any of the others Chris Thomas countered, as he responded vote to remove funding from Planned Par- Attorney for the Western District vying for the school board position. directly to Bailey. “I hate that you want a tax enthood as well as Shafer’s vote against the of Tennessee Ed Stanton were on Commissioners called each other “rac- increase every time the door swings open, county property tax hike the commission the previous program. ist,” “sexist” and “crooked,” and accused but I wouldn’t oppose you as chairman of approved. Both programs can be seen each other of “character assassination” as the budget committee.” Leaders of the budget committee have at The Daily News Video page at well as trying to figuratively lynch each After the vote, Shafer said she does remained in place across several rotating www.memphisdailynews.com. other, starting with the aftermath of the intend to change how the budget commit- terms of chairmen on the commission – Holder announced that fed- vote on Avant. tee operates to have less of the long sessions one of the longest reigns as budget commit- eral prosecutors will be making The commission’s partisan and personal where the committee together goes line by tee chairman on the commission was that different decisions about how to divide resurfaced at the first meeting of line through the budget. She wants more of the late Jesse Turner Sr. And sometimes pursue cases that move away from Commissioner James Harvey’s tenure as early discussions about the budget as it is budget committee chairmen are rotated mandatory minimum sentences chairman. being formed and more one-on-one con- out. Along the way, Democratic chairman for nonviolent offenses especially Integral to the division is that Harvey, a sultation with commissioners on particular have appointed Republicans and vice versa. those involving drug use. He also Democrat, was elected chairman by five of concerns. And commissioners haven’t always agreed called for better funding of state the six Republicans as well as his own vote “I want to consider my colleagues and with their assignments. But an attempt to and local public defender offices. and that of fellow Democrat Justin Ford. try to get them information as quickly as vote down the committee assignment of a “What the attorney general is Some, but not all, of Harvey’s fellow possible so we can work in conjunction chairman is a political rarity. talking about signals a significant Democrats tried Monday to replace his with the administration to help them craft a “It will calm down,” Harvey said near shift in policy and attention to choice of budget committee Chairwoman budget,” Shafer said. “Normally what hap- the end of the raucous first meeting where some very large issues affecting Heidi Shafer, a Republican, with previous pens is the executive branch just crafts the he had the gavel. “People have taken politi- the country,” Bush said. “Mass in- budget committee Chairman Melvin Bur- budget and they bring it to us for approval cal positions and are posturing for their carceration and the unsustainable gess, a Democrat. or rejection.” own political interest. … I don’t see labels burden of what’s hit our prison The effort, led by Commissioner Walter Shafer didn’t take part in the commis- and tags and core principles that violate system not just nationally but in Bailey, fell short on a 5-7 vote, with Demo- sion debate but said before and after that freedoms and rights.” www.thememphisnews.com September 13-19, 2013 15

Education YES Prep Has Big Plans for Memphis

Bill Dries [email protected]

he Houston charter school by adults who graduated from operator founded by Chris YES schools. T Barbic, the superinten- YES Prep is focused on dent of Tennessee’s Achievement “kids who are falling through School District, has ambitious the cracks,” said YES president plans for Memphis. Jason Bernal. All of its students in YES Prep is among the charter Houston go on to attend college. school operators being con- “As YES Prep grew up (in sidered for the third year of the Houston), there was always the state-run district for the state’s commentary of ‘they are doing bottom 5 percent of schools in well but they are small,’” Durban terms of student achievement. said. “I think what we wanted to Decisions by the ASD on do was figure out how to do dis- which of the Memphis schools tricts better and more efficiently in the bottom 5 percent will be so that we could be a model for matched with which providers others our size.” won’t come until December. Memphis was one of 180 cit- Meanwhile, YES Prep’s board ies YES considered for expansion in Houston last week approved in the latest phase of its develop- its end of a multi-year expansion ment. Some of that has to do with plan into Memphis of six schools the Tennessee Legislature’s 2011 by 2020 with 5,400 students. decision to lift any cap on the It amounts to a charter school number of charter schools in the (Memphis News File/Lance Murphey) system. state, with other charter school YES Prep, a charter school operator in Houston, Texas, has big plans to become part of a public education mix in Shelby County starting with the 2014-2015 school year. The mix includes other charter schools, an “We definitely want to be a measures proposed beyond that. Achievement School District, Innovation Zone schools and conventional schools as well as the coming of proof point that you can build At least for now, YES Prep’s suburban school districts next school year. a system that is comprehensive entry is tied to the state-run and serving every kid that comes Achievement School District. “We’re taking another two started to change the mental- development as well as plans YES in the door but also nimble “The plan right now is within years to figure it out before we ity of what you see in Houston,” has for schools in New Orleans enough to move when you need the ASD,” said Durban, who has even start opening up four more Bernal said, specifically citing the and Baton Rouge, La. to, to best serve students and been in Memphis this summer here,” Bernal said. YES school within a school in the Durban’s summer work in not get stuck in becoming the “just understanding neighbor- With YES Prep about to move Spring Branch area of Houston. Memphis includes him and his elephant in the room,” said Bill hoods.” into the high school grades “The idea behind that is our prin- staff taking a look at the Memphis Durban, the regional superinten- Durban hopes to oversee in Houston and a co-location cipals will work closely with one Common Core-based curriculum dent for YES in Memphis. two charter schools within the underway within a conventional another. … Our kids are going to and comparing and contrast- From its beginning with Achievement School District in school in the area, Bernal said the same elective classes. Hope- ing it with the Texas curriculum a single school in Houston in the 2015-2016 school year, with the charter school operator is fully those results will be higher requirements. Texas is one of the 1998, YES Prep is now a set of 13 long-range plans for two more blurring the often-considerable for all.” few states that do not use the schools, grades six to 12, with schools in the 2017-2018 school barriers between charter and The Memphis schools will Common Core standards, opting 8,000 students. Some of the year and an additional two in the conventional schools. be linked with YES schools in instead for “Advanced Place- newer schools in Houston are led 2019-2020 school year. “The past year we’ve just Houston in terms of curriculum ment” standards.

Education Pared Down School Board Begins to Set Goals

Bill Dries Reading and language arts student going to come with a volunteer amount in the appointment to the District 6 school [email protected] achievement test scores were the low terms of people.” board seat. The school board increases to point for both of Shelby County’s public Reaves’ idea is to look at groups that 13 members effective Sept. 1, 2014, when ountywide school board members school systems in the last school year of traditionally volunteer at the school level six new positions are added to the board began the process Tuesday, Sept. their separate existences as well as the first in other ways. and filled with citizens elected in the Au- C 3, of setting goals and a vision for year of the state-run Achievement School “We may look at some of our partners gust 2014 county general elections. the one year they will operate as a seven- District. like our PTA and PTO organizations and Meanwhile, the six school board mem- member body. And the four-hour retreat The merged countywide school sys- say for a set number of years maybe we bers held a three-minute voting meeting ended with a goal of working toward 100 tem, including its Innovation Zone schools get away from doing a ton of fundraising Tuesday to make the latest adjustment to percent literacy in reading for third-grade and the Achievement School District, and stuff and let’s focus on bringing people the board’s downsizing from 23 members. students in the school system. have all responded to the scores in that into the classroom and focusing on read- Starting with its Sept. 17 work session, “Something that was very specific area with more intense intervention that ing, literacy with children,” he said. “I think the board will meet in the old Memphis and very measurable and something that focuses on building the vocabulary of it’s going to be more people heavy. There City Schools board auditorium at the Shel- the whole entire community could rally students as well as increased reading time will be some cost.” by County Board of Education building. behind,” said school board member David during the school day. The board also talked Tuesday about The board will keep the Tuesday meeting Reaves, describing the goal after the ses- “The how is going to be developed by the possibility of the school system becom- time of 5:30 p.m. sion. “We’re very education focused and the administration,” Reaves said of the goal ing involved in Head Start services through The work session is when the newest we’re very focused about beginning to see set by the school board. “I think what you Shelby County government but the board member, Shante Avant, is expected some positive change. We’ve had some are going to find is we are going to have discussion didn’t yield any proposals. The to take her oath of office publicly and join positive change, but some really specific significant community partner support on possibility was raised by Shelby County the body following her appointment to rallying points in terms of educational out- this one. Is it going to come with a dollar Commissioner Henri Brooks Monday as the board this week by the Shelby County comes and what we focus our efforts into.” amount? Yes. But more importantly, it’s she questioned five of the contenders for Commission. 16 September 13-19, 2013 www.thememphisnews.com

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEC Gaining Reputation as QB Factory

Don Wade Special to The Memphis News

hen No. 1 Alabama and No. 6 know when the quarterback comes into get their shot this year to see what they can Texas A&M clash in College the huddle if victory is possible or not. do in the SEC.” W Station this Saturday, much of “It’s amazing how calm he is,” Aggies Mettenberger fired five touchdown the pre-game hype will fall on the starting offensive lineman Jake Matthews said of passes last week in a runaway victory over quarterbacks. Forget, for a moment, the Manziel. “You can just tell, looking at him, UAB. Manziel, even when suspended for off-the-field stuff with the Aggies’ Johnny that he’s not afraid of the moment. He the first half of the Rice game and benched Manziel. Just think about on the field, him embraces it.” before its end by coach Kevin Sumlin for running around and making plays, him drawing an unsportsmanlike conduct winning the Heisman Trophy last season The quarterback league penalty, threw three TD passes. as a freshman. Despite the resumes Manziel and With Alabama replacing three start- Think about the Crimson Tide’s A.J. McCarron brought into this season – and ers on the offensive line this season, the McCarron, the stalwart senior who already Manziel led the SEC in rushing (1,410 expectation is that Nick Saban will open has been under center for two national yards) and McCarron in passing effi- the offense for McCarron. championships and who remembers that ciency rating (175.3) – SEC coaches voted “Can’t give away secrets,” McCarron as a child his mother dressed him up in Georgia’s Aaron Murray (36 touchdown said before the season when asked if this an Alabama football uniform and that he passes and on pace to become the league’s was true. struck the Heisman pose. all-time passing leader) the preseason But he also said this, and if you weren’t If the game is close, there’s a good first-team SEC quarterback. there to hear it in person, it’s hard to chance one of them will be the hero. “The depth of quarterbacks in this understand how well McCarron communi- (Cal Sport Media via AP Images) There’s also a chance one will be the goat. league, to be honest with you, could turn cated confidence but not arrogance: LSU quarterback Zach Mettenberger And this would be true if their teams were the tide to more of an offensive league has led the Tigers to a 2-0 start with “Me personally, I think I’m the best not ranked and were winless instead of then defensive league this season,” said wins against TCU and UAB. player in the country on that field. I know undefeated. In sum, a quarterback can’t Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen. our offense thinks the exact same way. I hide. Trailing by, say, four points with just And at some level, the fraternity of “This conference has been known for expect us to think that way. One of my big- enough time on the clock for a game- quarterbacks would like for that to hap- its defensive prowess,” said LSU QB Zach gest idols growing up was Brett Favre. Not winning touchdown drive, teammates will pen. Mettenberger. “I think quarterbacks will so much the way he played, but you never

In Due Time, Lynch Will Shine for Tigers

To understand the potential impact Fuente’s phrasing. the ball. Lynch admitted to having “but- of redshirt freshman quarterback Paxton That said, those “near-miss” plays terflies” before the game, but as Fuente Lynch, you have to do two things up would not have been that close with last said of his first game action: “It wasn’t front: forget his numbers (for a while) year’s starter Jacob Karam. There’s that too big for him.” and look at the numbers produced by much difference in their arms. This early in what I believe we will one other Tiger quarterbacks. THE PRESS BOX “There are more balls out there to be day remember as the Paxton Lynch Era, Let me give you some quick context. DON WADE had,” Fuente said when asked to evaluate the kid is still fitting into his quarterback As recently as 1998-2000, the Univer- the receivers’ performance. “Probably clothes. But when taking the long view, sity of Memphis had a three-year run in Wimprine at 81 and Hankins at 43. more than there were in the past. We’ve they look like they were made for him. which the team’s leading passer threw So for those of you who went away got to do a better job going to get them.” “I anticipate him continuing to get for 930 yards (Neil Suber), 856 yards from Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Lynch hooked up with Tevin Jones for better as a quarterback every week,” (Travis Anglin) and 857 yards (Scott last Saturday frustrated by a 28-14 loss a 45-yard strike down the middle of the Fuente said, himself a former quarter- Scherer). to Duke, a pop-gun offense with no field, by far the most memorable play back at Oklahoma and Murray State. Through two games this season, Cal running game and pedestrian numbers of the day. They came close a couple of “Now does that mean his numbers freshman Jared Goff already has thrown from Lynch – 14-of-28 for 148 yards – I other times and so did a Lynch-for-Joe steadily increase? I have no idea.” for 930 yards. And he’s 6-4, or two get it. Craig shot downfield that had Craig try- I have an idea. Paxton Lynch will inches shorter than Paxton Lynch. But perhaps at no time in recent ing to make a sliding catch but unable to pass for something close to the 1,329 Lynch is tall enough to see over de- memory is patience with a particular secure the ball. yards Wimprine threw for as a freshman. fenses and downfield and we, too, need player more called for than now with “I like to throw it deep,” Lynch said Wimprine topped out at 3,174 as a junior to be tall enough, visionary enough, to young Paxton Lynch, who before getting after the Duke game. “If I get a chance but Wimprine was a grinder, a guy who see what this kid might look like under hurt in high school was the target of to throw one-on-one deep, I’m going to did much with average ability. center at mid-season, next season, and much bigger football programs, includ- take it.” Lynch already has more raw talent for two more years beyond that. ing the University of Florida. Said Jones: “He’ll throw anywhere.” than Wimprine. In due time, he might In the modern era, Danny Wimprine Lynch had a costly fumble in the red So it was more than a little bit just have better numbers. (2001-2004) is the Tigers standard at zone and failed to get a makeable first impressive that Lynch did not throw an down while running the ball on another quarterback. His 10,215 career pass- interception or even a near-interception. Don Wade’s column appears weekly play. He threw too many passes that ing yards are almost double that of No. Nor could Fuente recall a time his young in The Daily News and The Memphis were almost, but not quite, good enough. 2 Martin Hankins (2006-2007) on the quarterback came off the field and he News. Listen to Wade on “Middays with And his receivers were guilty of several school’s all-time list. It’s the same story had to tell him he had totally misread the Greg & Eli” every Tuesday at noon on “contested drops,” to use coach Justin with career touchdown passes, with defense or gone the wrong place with Sports 56 AM and 87.7 FM. www.thememphisnews.com September 13-19, 2013 17

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saw Brett Favre not smiling. It “Mr. Johnny, that’s some- always seemed like he got the one I would love to hit,” said best out of his teammates. He Kentucky defensive tackle was just that type of guy. That’s Donte Rumph, a mere 320 what I’m trying to do, bring the pounds of football player. best out of my teammates.” Fans and media will take As is every quarterback, their shots, too. even if there is less they can “The rudest comment I got do, less the team can do. It’s last year was from one of the relative. Murray came back Mizzou fans,” Tigers quarter- to school instead of enter- back James Franklin said. “I ing the NFL draft because he don’t want to say what he said, couldn’t get past the close SEC but it was the worst thing I title game loss to Alabama last heard all year.” season. All around college football “I came back to win cham- this Saturday, victory and de- pionships,” he said. feat will bring overdone praise Other quarterbacks, includ- and unfair blame for quarter- ing Bo Wallace at Ole Miss, are backs. The bigger the game, the coming off injuries and deemed more this will be magnified. critical to their team’s chances. Texas A&M offensive The Rebels are ranked No. 25 lineman Jake Matthews has going into Texas this Saturday. made the point that he’s his Coach Hugh Freeze, hoping to own man, saying, “You’re not keep Wallace healthy, has made gonna see me doing any of the great use of backup and MUS (AP Photo/Dave Martin) stuff (Johnny) does.” But more graduate Barry Brunetti in run- Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron has two national championships under his belt. He is part of an impres- important than whatever Mat- ning situations (20 rushes for sive crop of SEC quarterbacks who are altering the league’s image. thews thinks about Manziel 115 yards and three TDs). off the field is what he thinks As for Wallace, he played uted to a few of his interceptions last year. Always a target about him on the field. much of last season with an injured “To win more games, I can’t throw 17 Those big guys on the defensive line “He’s always giving 100 percent. He shoulder and after off-season surgery not interceptions,” Wallace said. “You’re not live for one thing: sacking the quarter- rallies guys to get behind him,” Matthews only had to go through rehab but rebuild gonna win many games doing that. It’s just back. So much the better if the quarter- said. “He’s so hard on himself, he never his throwing motion. That compromised learning to anticipate better because those back is college football’s most dynamic wants to make a bad play. All those things throwing style – he had a hitch – contrib- holes in the SEC, they close quick.” player. make him a guy we want to follow.”

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diabetes, women’s health issues, cancer, obesity and mental health. The new research space will allow teams of health care experts to tackle issues such as the impact of oral health on other health care conditions. “The silo model doesn’t work any- more,” Brown said. “When you use a multi- disciplinary approach, you have a much better chance of getting proposal funding.” That facility will complement UTHSC’s already completed Regional Biocontain- ment Laboratory, one of only 13 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Dis- eases-funded labs in the nation. The lab is used to develop vaccines for infectious diseases that pose serious health threats and to investigate drug-resistant tubercu- losis, tularemia, streptococci, cholera and other pathogens. While many of the UTHSC’s plans are Steven Bares, president focused on adding and modernizing re- and executive director of search infrastructure, Brown says the other core focus is updating the university’s the Memphis Bioworks educational spaces. Foundation, says UTHSC “The infrastructure at UTHSC is much is key to the Medical older. So that’s one of our first and fore- Center’s future success. most concerns,” he said. “When we recruit students, they are looking at Wake Forest, they are looking at Duke and other high- end private educational spaces. We want million alone in both requested and fully to shore things up so we can continue to funded capital expenditures over the recruit the best and the brightest.” next few years. That’s not including other That includes recent updates to the long-term plans, including building a General Education Building, including $200 million women’s and infant’s hospital installing 100 station computer testing adjacent to Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital spaces and renovating student study to serve expectant mothers from all over spaces. UTHSC also has modernized some the Mid-South. areas of a cluster of facilities dubbed the Prescription While some of the renovation plans are focused on modern- izing older educational spaces, there are also plans to improve every- thing from community outreach and economic for Success development to re- search infrastructure. Memphis Medical Center leaders “One of our fun- damental tenets is confident in district’s future growing our research capabilities,” said Dr. Ken Brown, executive Jennifer Johnson Backer “If you just look out this window, you’ll vice chancellor and Thomas Jenkins is a first-year student at the [email protected] see $200 million being spent right now,” chief operations officer University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis Medical Center Director Beth at UTHSC. “We need College of Dentistry. t’s been nearly a decade since the Flanagan said from the organization’s grade-A research space Memphis medical community headquarters on South Dudley Street as to recruit the kind of and city leaders teamed up to she ticked off a long list of projects in the faculty that we need, to get private and Madison Buildings, including relocating create a master plan for what works. “That’s just continuing – we don’t institutional funding from the National the College of Nursing, and overhauling they called the Memphis Medical see a slowdown.” Institutes of Health and to get other types the facilities that house the clinical depart- Center. Key to luring organizations to the of federal research grants.” ments of the College of Medicine, includ- IThe district – which follows the main Downtown medical center is The Univer- Key to those plans is a $50 million, ing surgery, psychiatry and dermatology. corridors of Union and Madison avenues sity of Tennessee Health Science Center 100,000-square-foot building under con- Area medical organizations also have and extends from Danny Thomas Boule- and the large research enterprise tied to struction at the corner of Manassas Street teamed up to promote more pedestrian- vard to Cleveland Street and from Peabody the school, said Steven Bares, president and Union Avenue. The Translational friendly streetscape improvements and Avenue to the Interstate 240 loop – already and executive director of the Memphis Science Building is slated for completion more green spaces and to improve aesthet- was home to more than 40 organizations Bioworks Foundation. at the end of the year and will be home to ics throughout the district, said Flanagan. that specialized in everything from clinical “The kinds of organizations that are researchers working on multidisciplinary “While the clinical might be at the top care to research. But the Memphis Medi- going to be in a Downtown medical center research that can be applied to clinical of the game, you want to make sure the cal Center organizers wanted to improve – that are going to come and relocate to health care delivery in the Mid-South. overall campus holds up,” Flanagan said. safety and promote overall economic a research park – probably want some af- “They’ll be doing science research “Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital is a great development, including commercial, retail filiation with that,” he said. “Anybody who that you can take from the bench to the example. When you walk into that hospi- and residential real estate. comes to Memphis and is in the biomedi- bedside,” Brown said. “We try to keep our tal with your child, it is so welcoming. We While Memphis medical leaders say cal area is going to have one eye on the primary research status local. We are not want everything in the district to look that there is still plenty of work to be done, Downtown medical center, because that’s researching Australian fruit fly disease.” nice.” today cranes and construction sites are where the research is going on.” Brown said researchers will focus on Sometimes that means getting health cropping up throughout the Memphis UTHSC is in the midst of a five-year local health care concerns such as car- care organizations to band together to tar- Medical Center at a rapid clip. master plan that includes more than $200 diovascular disease, hypertension, stroke, get blight and to demolish or find new uses www.thememphisnews.com September 13-19, 2013 19

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for older, abandoned buildings sprinkled Disciplinary Health Education Building, throughout the Memphis Medical Center, which is currently in its design phase and she said. will eventually connect to the General Edu- That’s also been a goal at UTHSC. The cation Building. Brown said the facility will university recently received state-appro- be used to train physicians, pharmacists priated funding to demolish four older, and health professionals. unused structures: the Beale Building, the “You’ll be able to simulate patients and Randolph Building, the Feurt Pharmacy medical conditions, and they can repeat Research Building and the Goodman Dor- the scenario as many times as it takes – mitory, which no longer meets the needs of without the burden of exposing them to the school’s professional student popula- the real patient situation,” he said. “When tion, Brown said. you have someone’s life hanging in bal- The Fuert Building at 26 S. Dunlap St. is the future site of the $25 million Multi- medical center continued on P35

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Special Edition: Health Care & Biotech Readmission Reduction Hospitals work to lower number of Medicare patients readmitted

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This year Medicare will levy $227 million in penalties against hospitals that performed below expectations for readmissions.

aptist Memorial Hospital-Mem- results and the subsequent years’ will phis and The Regional Medical also come out favorably due to the things Center at Memphis are leading we’ve hardwired into our operations over the pack in efforts to reduce pa- the past year like post-discharge phone tient readmissions with 30 days calls and bedside change of shift report- of hospital stays. ing that engage the patients and their BThis year Medicare will levy $227 mil- families,” said Baptist administrator and lion in penalties against hospitals across CEO Derick Ziegler. the country that performed below expec- The penalties are assessed on com- tations for readmissions. parative data of each hospital’s observed Baptist is one of only a few hospitals readmissions to the expected readmis- in Tennessee that did not incur a penalty sions based on the severity of illness. for readmissions in either of the first two Approximately 2,225 hospitals will years of the program, and The MED re- have Medicare payments reduced for a year starting Oct. 1. Eighteen hospitals ceived no readmissions penalty last year (Memphis News/Andrew J. Breig) and only 0.03 percent penalty this year. will lose the maximum 2 percent, and Dr. Todd Lang and Kenneth Booker converse at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis “We’re confident that next year’s another 154 will lose 1 percent or more of admissions. The hospital has reduced readmissions and the fines associated with them.

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every payment for a patient stay. within the rooms for family concerns, and In addition to a high number of read- patients receive post-discharge phone missions, hospitals can also be penalized calls to address things like whether they for high overall cost for Medicare ben- had any trouble making their appoint- Join the Team eficiaries resulting from longer hospital ment and any other issues.” stays and for meaningful use criteria with The MED also is keeping its Medi- electronic records. care readmissions rate low, thanks in and Share the Pennies! Up to 8 percent of each hospital’s part to having a smaller overall Medicare Medicare dollars are at risk for all catego- population compared to some other area ries combined. hospitals. “We have a heavy Medicare popula- “The Medicare readmissions penalty tion, so an 8 percent penalty would be has been on our radar for quite some significant – somewhere near $14 mil- time, and we are working to better man- lion,” Ziegler said. age patients that have been discharged To tackle the issue head on, in 2008 so they get the appropriate follow-ups Baptist joined a readmissions collab- and connect them with our primary care orative from the Institute for Health- clinics to make sure they get the correct care Improvement and spent two years outpatient care,” said Dr. Reginald Coop- investigating best practices to prevent wood, MED president and CEO. readmissions by deploying strategies and The MED’s Medicare population mea- involving the local community. sures roughly 12 percent to 15 percent, “Our major success with this initiative while Baptist’s is estimated at 67 percent Josh Pastner, Head Coach, University of Memphis Men’s Basketball is proactive response,” said Darla Belt, to 70 percent. Baptist director of nursing and adminis- “Although we do not have a high num- trative director of quality. ber of Medicare patients, a penalty would First, Baptist defined its at-risk still be significant for us if we do not focus By adding a few extra pennies population, allowing it to look at patient on it,” Coopwood said. “Any dollars we do to your bill each month, you can readmissions by demographic. Then its not get is significant because of the high help a neighbor in need through the multidisciplinary team looked at the number of uninsured and under-insured MLGW/MIFA Share the Pennies program. patients’ social needs, discharge plans, that The MED takes care of.” When you sign up to give, your donation the state of their chronic illness, follow- The uninsured currently make up 28 helps elderly and disabled customers receive emergency energy efficiency repairs to their up appointments and even end-of-life percent to 30 percent of The MED’s over- homes. planning. all patient load. As a thank you for joining the Share the Getting the discharge plan done Many local hospitals will receive a Pennies team, you’ll receive a coupon for a within the first 24 hours of the patient’s lower fine this year for Medicare read- FREE 4-pack of Compact Fluorescent Lights admission is critical, according to Belt. missions, mimicking a national trend. redeemable at participating The Home Depot Baptist is now ranked in the top 10 The overall total for Medicare readmis- stores. percent in the country for overall read- sion fines is $53 million less this year To enroll in Share the Pennies, go online to missions. The hospital continually gathers compared to last, with 1,371 hospitals to mlgw.com/sharethepennies or call MLGW useful data from readmission question- receive a lower fine. Medicare is increas- Customer Relations at (901) 528-4887. naires given to every returning patient. ing penalties for 1,074 hospitals. “We were able to isolate trends by Locally, Saint Francis Hospital will time of day or with patients who live receive a 0.08 percent penalty compared alone or those with anxiety,” said Belt, to 0.33 percent last year, while Methodist who is also a member of the Tennes- Healthcare Memphis hospitals will feel a see Hospital Association’s readmissions 0.57 percent penalty compared to a 0.74 panel. “We have communication boards percent penalty last year. ToWer above the rest

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Special Edition: Health Care & Biotech Sci-Fi Moment Sparked Career Ambition for Bell

Richard J. Alley Special to The Memphis News

or many children coming of age in of medical problems might most benefit inside moving while he’s moving,” he said. the 1970s and 1980s, a viewing of from a rapid test, staph immediately be- “That freaked all the other little kids, but to F the “Star Wars” trilogy led to after- came the leading candidate due to its ag- me, I was like, I really want to be the guy to noons of battling make-believe Storm- gressive nature and the research at hand. make that happen. That’s why I became a troopers with homemade light sabers in a “Staph is a highly studied organism, biomedical engineer in the first place.” backyard re-imagined as the Death Star. so we were able to get better footing with The road to BioNanovations Corp. For Charleson Bell, though, the films our science because there was a wealth of was a shorter one – a three-hour drive prompted a dream that would culminate literature,” Bell said. west along Interstate 40 from Nashville. in the chase for a Ph.D. and a way to make The entrepreneur grew up moving ZeroTo510 is a medical device accelerator the world healthier and safer. from place to place along the eastern sea- program based in Memphis and backed by The 28-year-old Bell’s startup, BioN- board with a U.S. Marine father, though he venture capital firms Innova Memphis and anovations Corp., is on the cutting edge of claims as home Pawleys Island, S.C., just MB Venture Partners, as well as Memphis biotechnology with a product that he has south of Myrtle Beach, and home to his Bioworks Foundation and Seed Hatchery. said will cut the wait time for a diagnosis of mother’s family. Bell attended the South Bell called on ZeroTo510 and it answered staph infection from days to minutes. Carolina Governor’s School for Science and with its legion of board members and Though the technology is proprietary Mathematics in Hartsville, S.C. He received mentors from area hospitals and medical and still under development, Bell said by his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in bio- device manufacturers. phone from San Francisco where he was medical engineering at Vanderbilt Univer- The accelerator got Bell his start, seeking investment capital that, “because Bell sity and is currently at work on a Ph.D. in but his company is still in its early life we use nanotechnology, we are able to the same area. He has a technology license and capital is key. He talks about a “risk deploy it in a handheld device. That’s the agreement with the university. culture” and, while he is impassioned whole idea, that now we have this hand- tions, blood infections, surgical wound The road to realizing his dream of about the city, he said “what’s interesting held device that’s fully integrated that can infections,” said Dr. Michael Gelfand, pro- being a biomedical engineer has led him about Memphis is Memphis has a strong run these rapid staph tests and other tests fessor of medicine in infectious diseases at through classrooms, laboratories and, now, community of medical device leaders that that we develop.” the University of Tennessee Health Science boardrooms, yet it began in a darkened I think are looking for innovative products, One in three people carry staphylococ- Center. “So it’s very, very common, very movie theater when Bell was a child. but are only looking for proven innovative cus aureus, the most common form of important, very expensive. It kills a lot of “It was after Luke Skywalker got his products.” staphylococcus to cause the infection. people, and is often resistant to the usual hand cut off, and a few scenes later they’re Now in the most difficult stage of being “Most of the staph comes from contact antibiotics requiring difficult to use antibi- putting another hand on him and there’s a a medical entrepreneur, the search has with other humans and it’s the No. 1 cause otics, and very expensive ones.” moment where the hand has life-like skin, of serious infections today – skin infec- When Bell began looking into what sort the flap’s open, you can see the electronics bell continued on P33

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Special Edition: Health Care & Biotech Open Enrollment Approaching For Insurance Exchange

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Special Edition: Health Care & Biotech Medtronic Spine Revenue Declines 2.7 Percent

Jennifer Johnson Backer [email protected]

Medtronic chairman and chief executive president at Medtronic and president of officer. "At the same time, we continue to Medtronic Spine. “Our core spine and strengthen and geographically diversify other biologics portfolio performed well our business and remain confident in both in the quarter, as our new technologies, our outlook for the remainder of the year enabling technologies and procedural and our long-term competitive position in innovations continued to gain broad sur- the changing health care environment." geon acceptance.” Medtronic Spine, which is based in Excluding the impact of exchange rate Memphis, reported first-quarter global fluctuations, sales of cardiac and vascular Spine revenue declined 2.7 percent to $765 devices gained 2 percent to $2.16 billion, million, compared with $786 million a compared to $2.12 billion, on improved year earlier. Core Spine revenue was $641 demand for pacemakers, heart valves and million, compared with $645 million a devices to treat atrial fibrillation. Sales year earlier. BMP, commercially marketed of defibrillators slumped on regulatory as rhBMP-2 INFUSE Bone Graft, revenue scrutiny, weaker European demand and slumped 12.1 percent to $124 million, general economic uncertainty. compared to $141 million. Medtronic, including the Spine divi- Infuse Bone Graft sales have been sion in Memphis, has been cutting costs,

(Memphis News File/Lance Murphey) hurt by revelations about the company’s including employee layoffs, on increased handling of studies and marketing of the pressure as U.S. hospitals push for lower edtronic Inc. said its profit items was 88 cents per share. product. Last year, a U.S. Senate investiga- prices and European austerity plans trim gained in the fiscal first quarter, Revenue also rose 2 percent to $4.08 tion concluded Medtronic helped write procedures and profits. M buoyed by strong international billion, from $4.01 billion, during the same and edit journal articles about the graft That has led CEOs like Ishrak to look growth and geographic expansion as well period last year. that downplayed its risks. to emerging markets such as China for as robust demand for cardiac and vascular Net income was in line with Wall Street Excluding the impact of exchange rate growth. Last year, the global medical de- devices. analysts’ expectations, while revenue fell fluctuations, Medtronic Spine said total vice maker increased its Chinese presence Net income in the three months ended slightly short on weaker-than-expected revenue declined about 1 percent, while with the purchase of China Kanghui Hold- July 26 gained 10 percent to $953 million, sales of defibrillators and some spinal core spine revenue grew 1 percent. ings, a maker of spine and joint products. or 93 cents per share, from $864 million, or products, according to FactSet. "Our Q1 “We saw continued stability in our 83 cents per share, during the same period results reflect that we are broadly outper- business, with growth across our largest The Associated Press contributed to this a year earlier. Profit excluding one-time forming our sector," said Omar Ishrak, segments,” said Doug King, senior vice report.

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Special Edition: Health Care & Biotech: SMALL-BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT The Need For Constant Love

Sometimes strange things, more accu- rately strange ideas and events, influence our behavior. Our central nervous system operates Campbell Clinic Holds like a tape recorder and constantly records all the day-to-day events of our life. Most of these events are processed by our nervous system and are, in effect, released. When True to Founder’s Vision this happens, we let go of the memory and it doesn’t influence our future behavior. However, sometimes the tape recordings get stuck in our mind. When that happens, the Richard J. Alley memory of the recorded event Special to The Memphis News can be easily triggered in the future and affect or more than a century, Camp- our everyday behavior. bell Clinic has provided the care Sometimes we are aware F for the bones and muscles of that a past memory is Memphis. The clinic’s doctors and other influencing our behavior, staff also have shared their knowledge most often we are of orthopedics and how to best provide probably not aware chris cRouch such care to the world at large. SMART STUFF of it. 4 WORK Dr. Willis C. Campbell founded his Recently, I fin- clinic in 1909 in what would become ished up a client meeting and headed east on the heart of the city’s medical district. Union Avenue on my way home. It was prob- Much of that district now is populated ably shorter and quicker to take the inter- by the University of Tennessee Health state, but I was in no hurry and I actually like Science Center, where Campbell helped meandering through the back roads at times. to organize the Department of Ortho- That is ... I used to like those back roads. paedic Surgery. On this particular day, a driver in a large Campbell would go on to begin the first orthopedic residency program and (Memphis News/Andrew J. Breig) SUV pulled out right in front of me on Union co-found The American Academy of Campbell Clinic CEO George Hernandez, left, and chief of staff Dr. Frederick and I had neither the time nor room to avoid M. Azar are helping guide the longtime orthopedic clinic into its next century. Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), serving him. It quickly turned into what is commonly as that organization’s first president. His referred to as a “T-bone” accident. I plowed understanding of orthopedics ran deep growth and place within the medical are slated to, I think, quadruple or more headfirst into the side of his vehicle. Fortu- and, in his quest to share his knowl- landscape. “A lot of it really is, when a in the next decade or so.” nately, no one was hurt. My seat belt and air- edge, he wrote the first textbook on the resident joins or is in a training pro- Campbell Clinic has served as bag both did a great job. The other driver got subject, “Campbell’s Operative Ortho- gram, at Campbell Clinic, he or she sees consultant to local orthopedic implant a failure-to-yield ticket and a bent passenger paedics.” that the focus on education, the focus manufacturers such as Smith & Nephew door - and I got a totaled car out of the deal. It’s but one tradition Campbell on research, the focus on training the and Wright Medical, contributing to So, a few weeks later I am in my brand Clinic has maintained into the 21st next generation of orthopedic surgeons, the research and development of new new car, leaving the same client’s office. And century. even the focus on training the world designs, technology and sizes of such without thinking, realized that I was headed Since 1909, Campbell Clinic has in orthopedic surgery by virtue of our products. As far as nonsurgical options down the interstate toward home. Prior to grown to four locations, 50 doctors, publication and our book, ‘Campbell’s and opportunities to connect with new the accident, I probably took the back roads more than 450 employees, with 40 Operative Orthopaedics,’ that is part patients, the clinic encourages preven- route nine out of 10 times. After thinking residents and five fellows. Nearly and parcel to what we are.” tative health and being proactive before about it, I am pretty sure my memory of the 150,000 patients per year visit the clinic Through services such as physical beginning a workout regimen. accident caused me to almost automatically for a range of subspecialties including therapy, onsite X-ray and MRI imaging “When they realize they’re going to turn right onto the interstate rather than go- pediatric orthopedics, trauma, spine, and surgery, Campbell is seeing to the start a workout program, we do have ing straight and taking my chances with the total joint replacement and orthopedic health needs of the baby boomers as the people that come in and we advise perils of Union Avenue. oncology, among others. effects of age and wear takes its toll on them on what they should and should This is a relatively simple and harmless “I think it actually goes back to the joints and bones. not be doing,” said chief of staff Dr. example of how our memory tapes influence vision or the culture that Dr. Campbell People are living longer and are in- Frederick Azar. “We don’t go through our behavior. It is interesting to explore your first developed for the clinic and we creasingly more active, and they see the like a personal trainer, but we can tapes. Many of them are harmless, but many have never wavered from that, nor do benefit of a more active lifestyle. As a make the recommendations on what prove to be career limiting if you are not care- I ever see us wavering from that,” CEO result, Hernandez said, “the number of ful. George Hernandez said of the clinic’s knee and hip replacements in particular campbell continued on P34 Here is the mother of all tapes that causes problems for many professionals: Everybody ought to love me all the time. Memories of past disappointments and disapprovals related to when certain individu- als did not love us all the time creep into our psyche and sometimes keep us from being effective leaders, managers, salespeople, parents and so forth and so on. Don't get me wrong; I am not implying that you should go around alienate people or not care what anyone thinks about you. It is human nature to want to be accepted by others. Just make sure you don't want it too badly. Think about your tapes and how they might be influencing your behavior. And be careful on Union Avenue. Chris Crouch is CEO of DME Training and Consulting. Contact him through www. dmetraining.com. 26 September 13-19, 2013 www.thememphisnews.com

Special Edition: Health Care & Biotech Insurers Limit Providers to Drive Down Costs

Jennifer Johnson Backer [email protected]

n a bid to halt rising health care costs, says Gary Shorb, president and CEO of exchange for creating limited provider cut the prices, then insurance carriers have local insurance carriers are pushing Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare. choices. While physicians and hospitals to decide between quality and pricing.” I lower-cost plans with fewer choices of “It results in a lot of thinking about how receive less money for each service, the Historically, providers have had more physicians and hospitals. we work with health plans and how we narrower networks drive more patient pull than insurance companies and con- The tradeoff: In exchange for lower configure our different contracts,” Shorb volume to in-network providers. sumers in setting health care prices, said overall health care costs, some Americans said. “If the insurance companies want to Mirvis, who also is a senior research fellow may have to switch physicians or end up Already, many insurance carriers have send consumers to really good places – in the Methodist Le Bonheur Center for paying higher out-of-network rates to keep purged the most expensive physicians and then it is fine,” says Dr. David Mirvis, a Health Care Economics at The University their longtime family doctor. hospitals from their in-network provider professor with the departments of preven- of Memphis. But by restricting networks, The trend isn’t new. But it has been ranks. tive medicine and internal medicine at The payers gain more bargaining power. accelerated by the Affordable Care Act and Insurance companies control costs by University of Tennessee Health Science That tug-of-war between payers and the creation of Accountable Care Organi- negotiating to pay hospitals and physi- Center. “The problem is that if not-so-good providers has forced consolidation in zations, a new kind of health care model, cians lower reimbursement rates in players come into the market and under- many larger markets – something that is unlikely to happen in Memphis, Mirvis said. That’s because the Memphis market is already very consolidated and there are a handful of local players that provide care for the region. In Tennessee, the rates for plans that will be sold this fall on the state’s health insurance exchange haven’t yet been released. But plans that will be sold on Califor- nia’s state-run exchange are cheaper than expected, but with fewer choices of physi- cians and providers. Consumers who want UCLA Medical Center may only have one carrier choice: Anthem Blue Cross, the Los Angeles Times reported. Likewise, consumers who purchase Blue Shield of California plans will have access to about 36 percent of the carrier’s statewide physician network. West Tennessee residents who pur- chase insurance coverage through Community Health Alliance on the state’s exchange this fall will be directed to providers at Baptist Memorial Health Care facilities. The Knoxville-based insurance carrier was created with a $73 million federal loan in August 2012 to provide competition to other for-profit insurance carriers. The exclusive agreement could be a boon for the Memphis-based Baptist system, which operates 14 hospitals across West Tennessee, North Mississippi and eastern Arkansas. Locally, many insurance carriers already market lower-cost plans with fewer physician and hospital choices to employers. Cigna Corp., which provides coverage for a number of employers in the area, including FedEx Corp., the city of Mem- phis, and Shelby County employees’ plans, offers some plans that exclude Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp. hospitals and physicians, but include Methodist-affiliat- ed providers. The carrier’s plans may also soon exclude Saint Francis-affiliated providers and hospitals. A Cigna spokeswoman confirmed Tenet Healthcare Corp., the parent of Saint Francis, and Cigna can’t agree on a new contract. The current contract ends Sept. 5. “We are willing to continue negotia- tions and would like for Saint Francis to remain part of our network. However, we have an obligation to protect the interests of our clients and customers and ensure that they have access to high-quality doc- tors and hospitals at a reasonable cost,” Cigna said in a prepared statement. www.thememphisnews.com September 13-19, 2013 27

Special Edition: Health Care & Biotech MED Burn Center Expansion Nearly Complete

Michael Waddell [email protected]

vate the hospital’s existing Turner Tower decline in the number of burn surgeons of trauma.” to add to the upper floors a rehabilitation and burn centers across the U.S.,” said The Firefighters Regional Burn Center center dedicated to burn patients as well Ritchey, who pointed out that there are no opened in 1985 and has grown to now treat as outpatient office space, and to add a burn centers in Mississippi or Arkansas more than 500 patients per year. Hospital second operating room adjacent to the and that The MED’s is the only one in West officials expect that number to double next burn center’s lone operating room on the Tennessee. “Many hospitals do not want year after the expansion. ground floor. to get into that industry because it is very Burns are one of the most-challenging “We’re grateful that The Plough Foun- costly and very hard work, as burn patients dation saw the value of investing in our represent probably the most severe model med continued on P35 burn center,” Coopwood said.

(Memphis News File/Brandon Dill) Last July, the MED board approved $32.4 million in capital improvements he first phase of The Regional for the expansion of the Turner Tower Medical Center at Memphis’ expan- Complex and the Elvis Presley Memorial T sion plan is nearing completion, Trauma Center, and the new grant will with the Firefighters Regional Burn Center offset some of that cost. set to double in size by the end of the year. “The additional operating room means The expansion will allow the hospital to we can still see critical patients as they better meet the demands of an increasing arrive while alsomaps being able to schedule patient load. reconstructive plastic surgery for our Has your f inancial advisor “We are seeking to expand the scope outpatients,” said Tammie Ritchey, vice of our burn referrals beyond our current president of development and MED Foun- put you on the beach? numbers,” said Dr. Reginald Coopwood, dation executive director. president and CEO of The MED. “This The Southeastern states served by The Maps should follow the style shown below. The colors are in screensexpansion of the allows Dixo usn to Hughes have a full compleblue. Lo- caMEtionsD have that the highest need incidence of burns ment of services for people in our commu- in the U.S. –with almost 50 percent of all nity and our region that have unfortunate- burns in the country occurring in this white circle; state boundaries are also shown in white. ly been involved with a serious burn.” area – and the hospital has seen a grow- The MED recently received a $3 million ing number of burn patients over the past grant from The Plough Foundation that several years. 5 1 0 0 P O P L A R AV E , M E M P H I S , T N 3 8 1 3 7 9 0 1 . 7 6 7. 4 4 0 1 will be used for the burn center to reno- “One reason is that there has been a

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Special Edition: Health Care & Biotech GTx Treatment Shortfall Stymies Stock

Jennifer Johnson Backer [email protected]

enobosarm in patients with advanced Dr. Brian Klein, a senior analyst with non-small cell lung cancer, the most com- Stifel Nicolaus & Co., said he had down- An experimental treatment with the potential to prevent and treat mon type of lung cancer. In January, the graded the stock to “hold” from “buy” after muscle wasting in cancer patients failed to meet its goals. FDA granted enobosarm fast-track status, the announcement. a process reserved for drugs that can treat “Just in terms of the data today, which serious diseases for which there are no or was disappointing, I think that in the near- few other treatments. term there is going to be a lot of caution hares of GTx Inc. plunged after the studies did not meet the pre-specified There are currently no FDA-approved around the future prospects for this partic- drugmaker said an experimental responder analyses, we are encouraged by drugs to treat cancer-induced muscle ular drug, enobosarm,” Klein said. “From S treatment with the potential to the unambiguous effect of enobosarm on wasting. the perspective of the statistical analysis, prevent and treat muscle wasting in cancer muscle and we are confident that it will GTx said cancer-induced muscle these were two failed studies because they patients failed to meet its goals in two late- translate to clinical benefit and poten- wasting can cause fatigue and weight loss, did not meet their primary endpoints. … stage clinical trials. tially increase survival in patients with which contribute to shorter overall survival The likelihood of them being approved is The company’s shares sank following non-small cell lung cancer,” said Mitchell compared to patients without muscle loss. pretty slim without additional studies.” the report, suffering its biggest intraday Steiner, CEO of GTx. The American Cancer Society esti- Klein said he expects GTx to turn its slump since its initial public offering in GTx, which booked no revenue in 2012, mates about 228,190 new cases of lung focus to Capesaris, another drug in its de- 2004, according to Bloomberg. specializes in developing treatments for cancer will be diagnosed in the U.S. in velopment pipeline, with the potential to The Memphis-based company said in cancer and other medical conditions. Its 2013. About 85 percent to 90 percent of treat men with advanced prostate cancer. a statement that enobosarm, a drug with two main drug programs are focused on these cases are non-small cell lung cancer. While enobosarm targets androgen the potential to treat muscle wasting in small molecules that modulate the effects “While some of the pre-specified receptors, Capesaris targets estrogen cancer patients, missed clinical trial goals of estrogens and androgens. primary endpoints were not met, I am receptors. for lean body mass and physical function Enobosarm is classified as a selective encouraged by the substantial and con- Still, Klein sounded a note of caution to as it had agreed to with the U.S. Food and androgen receptor modulator, a drug with sistent effect of enobosarm on muscle in investors. Drug Administration. The drug developer the potential to prevent and treat muscle these patients with lung cancer receiving “While we still continue to see some said it plans to speak with both U.S. Food wasting in patients with cancer and other chemotherapy,” said Dr. Jeffrey Crawford, potential value in pipeline asset Capesaris, and Drug Administration and European musculoskeletal wasting or muscle-loss the principal investigator for the enobo- the crowded competitive landscape and regulatory authorities to determine “the conditions, including age-related muscle sarm clinical trials and chief of the division ongoing safety concerns make this pro- path forward” for enobosarm. loss. of medical oncology at Duke University gram high risk and expensive,” according “While we are disappointed that both The company was approved to study School of Medicine. to the analyst note.

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Memphis standout Shifflett Finds Success With Domino’s

pizzas, “doing everything in- weeks, a trend which continued. original franchisee I worked with still held side the store that you could,” He was hooked. He became manager on to.” he said. “Really just fell in love of the Olive Branch location his junior year Domino’s stores number 4,932 do- with the business.” and, realizing where his talents and heart mestic and 5,508 international. Shifflett Right out of high school lay, he left his surgical plans behind to Enterprises, run by Shifflett and his wife, in 1994, Shifflett moved from switch to a degree in business, graduating Kelly, now owns 31 stores, including all in Olive Branch to Oxford, Miss., in 1998. Memphis, with 11 in Nashville, and two for college at the University of “I really fell in love with the opportu- under construction. Their 10-year plan is Mississippi and a course set nity to make money and be an entrepre- for 100 stores. It’s an impressive streak and for pre-med with intentions neur with Domino’s Pizza because I saw an equally impressive goal. Says Barren- of becoming a cardiothoracic firsthand how you did that.” tine: “I could not be more happy, proud surgeon. He stayed on with Two months after his graduation, Bar- and enthused by Jason’s success in the his boss, Diane Barrentine, a rentine sold him his first store, the Olive Domino's Pizza system. He 100 percent franchisee who also owned Branch location where he’d begun his embodies what an extremely hard-work- Shifflett a store in the college town, career as a teenager answering phones. ing, intelligent and thoughtful person can as well as in Southaven and “As a 16-year-old he worked hard and do when given a task.” Senatobia. smart, and has always remained relent- Shifflett employs about 800 and is Richard J. Alley “It was a natural fit that I could put less,” Barrentine said. “Positively the model actively looking for another 200 people Special to The Memphis News myself through school working at Domi- of success. His life has embodied how across the Mid-South, with the concen- no’s while studying to go to med school at strong the franchise system of Domino's tration being in Memphis. Some of those some point.” Pizza was, is, and will hopefully always be.” employees may end up becoming own- hen he was a teenager, as hap- Barrentine would eventually need a A year later, Shifflett built a store in ers themselves one day. Shifflett says 95 pens with teens throughout the manager in her Senatobia location, an Hernando. percent of franchisees began with the W country, Jason Shifflett went hour from school. To make it more chal- “For the next five or six years or so, company as pizza makers and drivers, just looking for a job. lenging, the store was underperforming at we built about a store a year and got us to as he did. That first part-time job for the Harding the time, unable to turn a profit, which is about eight stores in and around 2006,” he “I just love the brand, love everything Academy student was at a Domino’s Pizza, what a manager’s bonus is tied to. To make said. about Domino’s Pizza. It’s been a really ex- the first national pizza company to roll out it worth his while, Shifflett approached Many of the surrounding stores in the citing ride, we’ve been very fortunate and dough in Olive Branch, where he lived. Barrentine with an offer. area were owned by Domino’s corporate at surrounded by a lot of great people in the “One day when my mother was getting “I said, ‘Let’s make a deal: You pay me the time, and in 2006, he was able to pur- franchise system that are very similar to her hair cut, I went to the Domino’s Pizza a fair salary … but give me 100 percent of chase those stores, boosting his portfolio me,” he said. “It’s an awesome opportunity store and peeked in and saw that there the profits for the first year.’” to 20. to realize the American dream, you know; were a lot of people that were younger that Faced with the prospects of selling or “We had all the stores in and around I didn’t win the lottery, I didn’t inherit any were working in the store, and I decided to closing the store, she accepted. He man- Memphis – up to Atoka, all the way south money, everything I have has been self- apply.” aged to turn the store around while still a to Tupelo – so everything pretty much in made through hard work, operating with Too young to drive at the time, he full-time biology student at Ole Miss, and the Memphis, Mid-South area outside of a integrity and trying to do things the right began by answering phones and making brought in $1,800 profit in the first four couple of stores in DeSoto County that the way.”

Architecture AIA Memphis Celebrates Architecture Month

Michael Waddell [email protected]

Architecture Month was founded in which contacted the club in 2010 in Italy. 2004, and this year’s festivities also help about doing a historical story of “The Downtown bike tour Memphis through photography was a great hit last year, so we ex- celebrate AIA Memphis’ 60th anniversary. of iconic buildings throughout panded this year to include Mid- the area. town,” said Mary Haizlip, whose eptember is Architecture AIA Memphis’ 60th anniversary. “We utilized many build- design studio has operated in Month in Memphis, and All events are designed for the ings and places that are in the Midtown since 1997 and special- S the local chapter of the general public. National Register of Historic izes in institutional projects such American Institute of Architects “We are making our programs Places,” said Joe Sullivan, exhibi- as museums and schools. (AIA) is spearheading a series of accessible financially and getting tion chairman of the Memphis The new Midtown bike loop is tours, lectures, exhibits and spe- people out on the streets,” Koury Camera Club. “This exhibit’s 60 part of a larger city loop designed cial events that explore historic said. color photographs were taken by ternational Airport, the carousel by Haizlip that is detailed on AIA and contemporary architecture The annual AIA Memphis 23 camera club members.” at the Mid-South Fairgrounds, Memphis’ website, aiamemphis. and design in Memphis. Golf Open was held at Colonial The trip though Memphis his- and many others. org. Cyclists can pull up the route “We always have a very full Country Club in Cordova earlier tory includes shots of the Nine- On Sunday, the nearly 10-mile on their mobile devices to get calendar during Architecture this month. Next up was a pho- teenth Century Club, Memphis Architect’s Bike Tour will high- details about each tour stop. Month, with events for a variety tography exhibition at ANF Ar- Pink Palace Museum, the Arcade light Midtown landmarks, with “We want to provide the gen- of ages and interest groups,” chitects on Sept. 13, followed by a Restaurant, Elmwood Cemetery, design commentary provided by eral public with more informa- said Heather Koury, executive Midtown bike tour sponsored by Central High School, the cobble- experienced Memphis architects tion on Memphis architecture director of AIA Memphis and its Haizlip Studio on Sept. 15. stone landing Downtown by the and designers. and its importance to our com- 240 members. “This year we are The Memphis Camera Club Mississippi River, the Memphis This marks the second year munity,” Haizlip said. focusing on health and fitness, will present “Memphis Architec- Queen, Rhodes College’s Hal- that Haizlip Studios will head up The Midtown bike tour will be so we’ve incorporated bike tours ture: A Walk Through History” liburton Tower, the Snowden the bike tours. Owners Mary and the first of two Sunday morn- and guided walking tours.” at ANF Architects on Union mansion, the Mid-South Colise- Reb Haizlip are avid cyclists, with ing bike tours occurring during Architecture Month was Avenue on Friday. The exhibit was um, the Levitt Shell, the Lorraine Mary just completing the MS Architecture Month, with the founded in 2004, and this year’s completed under the auspices Motel, the old air tower (before it 150-mile biking event and Reb second happening Downtown on festivities also help celebrate of Christian Brothers University, was torn down) at Memphis In- just returning from a biking event Sept. 29. 30 September 13-19, 2013 www.thememphisnews.com

Government memphis Law Talk Kyle: Lottery Reserve Should Kirby Finds Home Go to Students With Harris Shelton

Bill Dries [email protected] Richard J. Alley Special to The Memphis News

tate Sen. Jim Kyle of Memphis wants to use some of the surplus funds from the Tennes- hen he was in the second S see lottery to pay for more Tennesseans to grade, Matthew Kirby’s resume and complete college. W mother was told he needed Kyle said last week he already has had prelimi- to either be a lawyer or a preacher. nary discussions about the plan with the admin- “I had a loud voice,” admits Kirby, istration of Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, with more a member with Harris Shelton Ha- to come. nover Walsh PLLC. “That money isn’t doing anybody any good, He has managed to strike a bal- ladies and gentlemen,” Kyle said Thursday, Sept. ance between the two callings as an 5, at the Frayser Exchange Club, citing an op- attorney for 12 years and a deacon erational reserve lottery fund of more than $400 with Germantown Baptist Church. million. “We do good things with the lottery, but Kirby grew up in Memphis and at- we can do more for other folks.” tended Briarcrest Christian School. Haslam announced the day before Kyle’s As an undergraduate at Union Uni- remarks that he is intensifying his “Drive to 55” versity, he majored in history with a campaign, which aims to raise the percentage of minor in English. Tennesseans who obtain degrees or other higher The legal field seemed to be pre- education certification to at least 55 percent by determined, not only because of his 2025. Currently, only 32 percent of Tennesseans emerging personality as a 7-year-old, complete their college education in state with a but also because of family tradition. degree or certificate. His father, James Kirby, is an attorney, “Studies show that by the year 2025 that num- also with Harris Shelton, and he has ber needs to be at least 55 percent for us to keep had family members practicing in up with job demand,” Haslam said. “We have a lot Louisiana and in Jackson, Tenn., as of work ahead of us.” well. Haslam’s administration earlier this year cre- With such a legacy behind him, Kirby ated a $47 million endowment from operational Kirby entered The University of reserve funds of the Tennessee Student Assistance Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School Corp. to fund $2 million a year in “last dollar” of Law, graduating in 2001. While of that protected information. scholarships. Those scholarships fill the gap there, he clerked for Harris Shelton, “In trying to make health care between student financial aid and the final bill for and took the job with them following better and more efficient … the college tuition, books and other items. graduation. federal government mandates that The corporation is the state’s nonprofit corpo- His areas of practice changes things be stored and dealt with ration that is responsible for the administration of with the economy, he said, yet Kirby electronically, and once it is in that federal and state college loan and assistance pro- focuses primarily on civil litigation. I knew that I wanted electronic form then there is always grams, including the HOPE scholarships funded “In 2008 or so, when the economy to work on, in a threat of a breach of confidential by state lottery proceeds. went down, workers’ compensation information,” he said. Haslam is expected to travel across the state claims went through the roof, and particular, workers’ As the means of communicating this month to make the case in general for the that took a large percentage of my compensation information from doctor to doc- higher education goal. practice for a few years,” he said. “I defense.” tor, or doctor to patient, becomes Kyle said he is not arguing against some kind have probably tried the last of the “ increasingly digital, the same flaws of reserve to guarantee the state does not “break glut of those cases that were filed a – Matthew Kirby and weaknesses found in the security trust” with those who qualify for the scholarships. little over a year ago.” of banking, personal data storage or “But I think in the long run we have been Prior to 2008, he worked primarily social media become an issue. overly cautious in trying to set that standard. and on medical malpractice defense and satisfied.” “Along with that comes all the it’s now time to review that,” he added. “It’s also, in premises liability claims. He knew New state legislation, however, safeguards that have to be in place,” my mind, not so much necessary that we should from the start he didn’t want to go is set to alter the way such cases are Kirby said. “The only way I know to review the candidates and who gets that scholar- into criminal law but wanted to be a handled, moving them largely from describe it is: It is a beast.” ship as the other folks who should get that schol- litigator. the courts to a more administrative Kirby and his wife, Shannon, have arship – that person who didn’t go to school right “As far as the specific areas of law, process. Kirby called it a “complete two children – Abigail, 8, and Henry, out of high school who wants to get a step back. I can’t say that I had any that were overhaul” that is sure to keep him 6. When not working, he spends time We’ve got to build the lives of adults. … Everybody picked out, but I knew that I wanted and other workers’ compensation with his family in the outdoors of needs to drink from the well.” to work on, in particular, workers’ attorneys on their toes as it moves Benton County, Ark., where he also Kyle fielded questions about why some of compensation defense,” he said. “As forward. Another growing area keep- enjoys deer hunting by means of the lottery surplus couldn’t be used to expand I have experienced with younger ing him busy is in defending doctors archery. pre-kindergarten programs. It could, but there are attorneys that have worked with me against Health Insurance Portabil- Born and raised in Memphis, provisions in the Tennessee Constitution, he said, on matters, the practice in work- ity and Accountability Act of 1996 Kirby said community is impor- that require the funds to be used first for more lot- ers’ compensation either sticks or it (HIPAA) violations. tant to him and he works closely tery scholarships and then for other uses. doesn’t; it either clicks or it doesn’t for “A physician, particularly the with the Ronald McDonald House, The Memphis Democrat also cited politi- the younger attorney, and it clicked small practitioner, can find himself Life Choices and Youth Leadership cal realities while saying he supports access to for me and I enjoy it.” with a pretty high hurdle in comply- Memphis. As a deacon, he teaches a pre-kindergarten programs for all 4-year-olds in With workers’ compensation ing with the HIPAA regulations,” kindergarten class in Germantown Shelby County. cases, there is a greater likelihood Kirby said. “It is an enormous piece Baptist’s Elevate Program. “But that is not the majority view in Nashville. of going to court, an environment of legislation.” “That’s a lot of fun,” he said. “I And that, quite frankly, is not the majority view in which he thrives and that leaves HIPAA, in part, mandates love hearing what those kinder- of the Shelby County delegation,” Kyle said. “We him with “the satisfaction that comes industry-wide standards for health gartners come up with. They’re so have many members of the Shelby delegation after trying a case and you know that care information on electronic billing creative. You never know what they’re who do not believe in pre-K, do not believe it you have done everything that you and other processes, and requires the going to say, and they make me laugh makes a difference in kids’ lives.” can, and you have a client that is protection and confidential handling just about every week.” www.thememphisnews.com September 13-19, 2013 31

Mary Carter Decorating Center to Relocate

A venerable Memphis cake decorating A large classroom is planned for the Aaron Petree represented landlord year lease with Highwoods Proper- and supply store is moving to a new loca- new space, and the Fahertys plan to ex- Loeb Properties in the transaction. ties to relocate its Memphis office tion on Summer Avenue. pand their cake decorating class offerings to the seventh floor of the Crescent Mary Carter Decorating Center signed and offer a new program for children. The former site of Raiford’s Center in East Memphis. a 4,800-square-foot lease in Cloverleaf Mary Carter also operates bakingstuff. Hollywood Disco is for lease. “We look forward to our Shopping Center at 733 N. White Station com, which has mainly functioned as an The 2,672-square-foot move to one of the city’s most Road. online catalog for in-town customers and nightclub at 115 Vance Ave. is prestigious and recognizable The father-and-son team of Jim and has been a “small margin” of business due up for rent for around $3,900 buildings,” said Jeffrey C. Chris Faherty have operated the family to building constraints. The Fahertys hope a month. Smith, the Memphis office’s business out of their current, 2,500-square- to grow that side of their business after the Located near the South Amos Maki partner in charge. foot location at 3205 Summer Ave. for 55 expansion takes place and expand their Main Historic Arts District and Inked The nine-story Crescent years. online inventory. Beale Street Entertainment Dis- Center, at Poplar Avenue and “We needed more of everything,” Jim “We haven’t really even marketed it trict, the club features a dance floor, bar, Ridgeway Road in the heart of East Mem- Faherty said. “With our busy season com- yet,” Jim Faherty said. dancing poles, DJ booth and VIP section. phis, features 337,000 square feet and has ing up, we are ready to have more room for The new location is next to the Cash Raiford’s was well-known for selling long been considered one of the city’s top retail, more room for training. We will keep Saver Cost Plus store at Cloverleaf and quarts of beer, for its authentic atmo- office buildings. our existing location open through the end should provide a significant boost to the sphere and for keeping the party going Adams and Reese entered Memphis in of the year for training classes, and then company’s business. well into the early morning hours. Owner 2006. everything will be at the new location.” “We think it will be a great fit being Robert Raiford often manned the DJ “Our firm is deeply committed to Mary Carter offers lines of fondant, right next door to the grocery store and will booth, spinning old-school soul and dance Memphis, and although we were unable tips, cake boxes and boards, cookie cutters provide a one-stop shopping experience tunes. to negotiate an acceptable deal for Class A and pre-made buttercream frosting. for our customers,” Chris Faherty said. Raiford shut the club down in 2007 space Downtown, it was important to us to “With more room, we will be able to “The new location will probably double and, with daughter Paula, opened Paula & remain inside the city limits,” Smith said. start expanding our offerings to include our customer base. Moving down Sum- Raiford's Disco at 14 S. Second St. Adams and Reese will become one of Elite Fondant, Fondex and lines of ed- mer Avenue, I am so excited to be able to Wilson McCloy and Pat Surratt of Crye- the Crescent Center’s largest corporate ible flowers and decorations that we just maintain service to our current customers, Leike Commercial are the listing agents for tenants. haven’t had room for,” Chris Faherty but also to cultivate relationships with new the property. For more information, call said. “We will have a glass case to display folks. That’s what keeps me motivated.” 758-5670. Send commercial lease announcements everything and have plenty of room for our The lease brings the 94,000-square-foot to Amos Maki, who can be reached at 521- customers to shop.” Cloverleaf Center to 98 percent occupancy. Adams and Reese LLP has signed a 10- 2464 or [email protected].

Visible Music College bought the Memphis (Capital Equities LLC) REAL ESTATE RECAP building – an iconic, triangular- Lender: Amerasia Bank shaped building with a glass front Details: New Horizon Apartments – from Memphis Chamber Foun- at 3619 Kingsgate Drive, which sold Visible Music College dation in December 2009 for $1.1 for $150,000 in a successor trustee’s million. sale last year, has been financed Built in 1972, the six-story, for $2.5 million through Amerasia Files $3.2 Million Loan 45,200-square-foot building is on Bank. three-quarters of an acre at the Documents related to the financing northeast corner of Madison Avenue were filed with the Shelby County Kate Simone and the Court Street alley – directly Register of Deeds last week, but bor- [email protected] across the street from the AutoZone rowers Capital Equities LLC, George Park outfield. The Shelby County Fakiris, Stacy Varsos Cohen and Assessor of Property’s 2013 apprais- Dragan Kocic filed the multifamily Court Ave al is $1.5 million. deed of trust, assignment of rents The school, which moved into the and security agreement in July. building at the beginning of the se- New Horizon, which sits on close to

Madison Ave mester in August 2011, recently an- 60 acres in Whitehaven, was built in nounced it was launching a student 1970-1971. work-scholarship program this fall. The property includes four parcels, The new program will employ 70 three of which contain Class D N 4th St students in positions transferrable apartment buildings. to the professional, post-collegiate The first contains 196 units and was Visible world. appraised by the Shelby County S 3rd St Music Students will work hours weekly Assessor of Property this year at Floyd Alley College in recruitment and advancement, $198,300. The second contains 312 media and marketing, building units with an appraised value of management, music publishing, $250,100. And the third contains Visible Music CollegRedbirdse, 200 Stadium Madison Avenue hospitality, admissions and more. 394 units with an appraised value of The college started its fall semester $195,000. A fourth parcel is a vacant with a capacity enrollment of 129. lot with an appraised value of $100. 200 Madison Ave. Students moved in to campus hous- Roslyn Heights, N.Y.-based Capi- Memphis, TN 38103 ing in Memphis on Aug. 10. tal Equities in May entered into a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PI- Loan Amount: $3.2 million 3619 Kingsgate Drive LOT) agreement with The Health, Loan Date: Aug. 30, 2013 Memphis, TN 38116 Educational and Housing Facility Maturity Date: N/A Board of the City of Memphis for the Borrower: Visible Music College Loan Amount: $2.5 million property. Lender: Renasant Bank Loan Date: July 17, 2013 George Fakiris signed the July trust Details: Visible Music College has filed a $3.2 million loan on its Downtown campus Maturity Date: July 17, 2014 deed as member and manager of at 200 Madison Ave. Borrower: Capital Equities LLC, Capital Equities, which is listed The music and worship arts school filed the Tennessee deed of trust, assignment of George Fakiris, Stacy Varsos Cohen as grantor-in-possession; Daniel leases and rents and security agreement Aug. 30 through Renasant Bank. Ken Dale and Dragan Kocic T. Reid signed as chairman of the Steorts signed the trust deed as president of Visible Music College. The Health, Educational and Hous- HEHFB, which is listed as grantor- ing Facility Board of the City of in-fact. 32 September 13-19, 2013 www.thememphisnews.com

Economy Education Memphis Economic Indicator Seeks draft day Participants Districts for low-performing schools make picks

Andy Meek [email protected]

he end of the third quarter is approach- ing, which means it’s time once again Those leading the T to hear what members of the local busi- ness community have to say about the direc- two sets of schools tion of the economy. with common The Daily News rolled out a new feature, the Memphis Economic Indicator, in the goals worked second quarter. It’s a six-question survey together on their measuring general business sentiment, and the newspaper’s partner for the feature is Dixon school selections Hughes Goodman LLP. to follow school The forward-looking survey asks partici- pants to consider how they feel about different feeder patterns facets of the economy and their respective each have pursued companies over the next quarter. The idea is that combined with other metrics compiled by in certain parts of The Daily News’ sister company, real estate in- the city. formation company Chandler Reports, a three- dimensional picture of the economy and of the business community will begin to emerge. (Memphis News File/Lance Murphey) Anthony Clark, regional managing partner A dozen more Memphis schools in the countywide school system will be making at Dixon Hughes Goodman, said the firm was the transition to the school system’s Innovation Zone or the state-run Achieve- impressed with the inaugural results of the ment School District in the 2014-2015 school year. Leaders of both efforts an- nounced their list of schools they want for the coming school year. survey, which the paper published at the end of July, and that he hopes it becomes a useful business tool. Participants can take the survey at www.memphiseconomicindicator.com, and Bill Dries tors. ASD leaders indicated Tuesday a separate school district whose super- the earlier results are available at that site as [email protected] that for the high schools, the choice is intendent is appointed by the Tennes- well. probably between Carver and Fairley, see governor. The first question of the survey asks fter one school year watch- depending on what they hear from Both of the districts, which involve whether over the next quarter the survey-taker ing each other, leaders of the parents and community leaders at each rehiring teachers and school admin- expects to see increased staff at his or her A state-run Achievement School high school. istrators and giving them greater place of employment. The respondent answers District and the countywide school Frayser High School’s entry into the autonomy, will also venture next school by clicking a bubble associated with a range system’s set of Innovation Zone schools district has been expected because of year into high schools for the first time. between one and 10, with one being “not at all got together this summer to compare the Achievement School District’s work “It’s a whole other world,” Anderson confident” and 10 being “very confident.” notes and figure out which low-achiev- in its first school year with elementary said of the move into grades nine to 12. Other survey questions seek to determine ing schools each would take for the and middle schools that feed students “Once a student reaches high school, whether participants expect to see increased 2014-2015 school year. into Frayser High. if they’ve been in an underperforming revenue, an increase in profit margin, an in- Both work in schools in the bottom The list from the Innovation Zone school for most of their career, they crease in expenses, and whether they think the 5 percent of schools in the state in Schools is five: Vance and Grandview are significantly further behind. For overall economic position of both their com- terms of student achievement. Heights middle schools and Melrose, our ninth-graders this year, they are pany and Memphis as a whole will improve. “If we were trying to do this on our Hamilton and Trezevant high schools. starting four and five years below grade The general survey information partici- own and attempting to serve 68 schools Vance Middle School is the only level. … We have to be prepared to pants provide will only be used for reporting independently, the time it would take one of the five not involved in a feeder provide more intensive intervention to purposes, and no identifying participant or to meaningfully address the needs of system of schools in which the Innova- be able to bring them up faster.” company information will be published. students in those schools would be way tion Zone is already working. Leon agreed about the greater During the second quarter, the survey too long,” said Malika Anderson, chief The schools that made the respec- challenges than with elementary and garnered 118 responses. One takeaway was portfolio officer for the ASD. “Together tive lists for next school year were middle school students. that there’s no consensus around a single we can have the scale we want to reach picked based on those lagging the most “We’re going to make sure that we adjective to describe economic sentiment – as many students as we possibly can.” in math and English language arts build a team that has exceptionally responses were spread almost equally among So those leading the two sets of achievement scores, similar indications high expectations and that believes in a more optimistic bent, negative sentiment schools with common goals worked in Tennessee Value Added Assessment the inherent greatness of our kids to and a middling outlook. There were variances together on their school selections to System scores, and areas of the city achieve at the absolutely maximum toward negativity in some of the answers, such follow school feeder patterns each have with the highest density of “priority” or level,” he said. as in whether the respondents expected their pursued in certain parts of the city. failing schools. The ASD holds meetings with businesses to add staff over the next quarter. Teachers, principals and parents “We hold ourselves accountable … parents in its nine schools Monday and Most respondents, on the other hand, gener- of students at each of the schools were to making sure there are double-digit Tuesday evenings. Innovation Zone ally leaned positive when asked if they felt their notified Tuesday, Sept. 10, of the com- gains in proficiency across subjects leaders also plan to meet with par- company’s economic position would improve ing changes. and grade levels and that all of our ents and community leaders from the over the next quarter. The list from the Achievement schools are level five on growth,” said schools they have selected. “Lenders continue to be cautious, with rea- School District includes nine Memphis Brad Leon, chief innovation officer for Sharon Griffin, Innovation Zone son and due to regulations,” SEACAP Financial schools, but only eight will become Shelby County Schools. “It’s going to be regional superintendent, expects the Inc. founding principal Bob King said at the part of the district in its third school a long-term proposition, but if we are meetings involving the high schools time, looking toward the third quarter. “Lend- year of operation. doing that year on year, they are going will draw larger numbers and lots of ing and credit policies continue to be relatively The schools are Coleman, Denver, to get the promise of public education.” questions. tight, which in the aggregate is a healthy thing Springhill and Westwood elementary The Innovation Zone schools have “I think a lot of the confusion is as it tends to temper extreme enthusiasm from schools; South Side and Wooddale more autonomy, longer school days behind ‘why’: ‘Why was I selected?’ overanxious business owners with pent-up middle schools; and two schools cho- and more intensive intervention than When you answer that ‘why,’ the com- growth energy. Conversely, some very deserv- sen among Carver, Fairley and Frayser conventional public schools in Shelby munity partnerships begin to come,” ing businesses continue to struggle in their high schools. County. But they are considered part of she said. “It hasn’t been as hard as I efforts to secure all the capital they need to take The schools will be matched in the countywide school system. think it could be once we explain why it advantage of market opportunities.” December with charter school opera- The Achievement School District is happened.” www.thememphisnews.com September 13-19, 2013 33

happenings wine market continued from P12 Thursday, Sept. 19, at 3 p.m. in the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art auditorium, 1934 Pop- At the Wine Market, however, it’s a dif- Kiwanis Club of Memphis will meet Wednesday, Sept. lar Ave. Dr. Reginald W. Coopwood, president ferent story. Walking the aisles in his store, and CEO of The Regional Medical Center at 18, from noon to 1 p.m. at The University Club of Memphis, Memphis, will present the keynote. Cost is which Smith opened seven years ago in the shopping center adjacent to Target and the 1346 Central Ave. William Rodney of Medicos will speak. $25. Visit seminars.memphisdailynews.com. » Williams-Sonoma outlet, one will notice Cost is $18 for nonmembers. » THE ARTS that Australian wines take up half of the The USA Dance Charity Ball benefiting Le length of one 32-foot shelf. Bonheur Children’s Hospital’s Child Life pro- At four shelves high, that’s 64-shelf feet gram will be held Saturday, Sept. 14, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Covenant United Methodist of Australia product. On those racks, he’ll Church, 8350 Walnut Grove Road. The ball point to bottles of Two Hands with a price » Community Health Center, will be held Sunday, Sept. 15, from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Old Millington Win- will showcase ballroom music by the Edd tag of $80, but he also touts Jacob’s Creek at The Cooper Young Business Association ery, 6748 Old Millington Road. Call 873-4114 Jones Orchestra. Tickets are $25; black tie will hold the Cooper-Young Festival Saturday, a more budget-friendly $16. His personal for details. optional. Visit usadancememphis.com. Sept. 14, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Cooper- favorite is a bottle of Vasse Felix cabernet Young district. The festival will include art by Collage dance Collective will present “Soul sauvignon, which comes in at $37. more than 425 artists, three music stages FedEx will host the 34th annual fashion show Suites” Saturday, Sept. 14, at 7:30 p.m. and Smith’s mission is to educate his cus- and a children’s area. Admission is free. Visit and auction benefiting The Baddour Center Sunday, Sept. 15, at 2:30 p.m. at The Kroc cooperyoungfestival.com. on Monday, Sept. 16, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomers, not just on what wine might go at the Hilton Memphis, 939 Ridge Lake Blvd. Center, 800 East Parkway S. The program with a particular entrée, but on where that features collaborations between the com- The Access to Justice Committee will host Registration begins at 10 a.m.; the luncheon pany and local musicians, and showcases the wine comes from, to “stress regionality and a free Saturday legal clinic Saturday, Sept. and program begin at 11 a.m. Tickets are music of Memphis soul legends. Buy tickets topicity of place, like French wines and 14, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Benjamin $40. Visit baddour.org or call 662-366-6930. L. Hooks Central Library, 3030 Poplar Ave. at collagedance.org. California wines.” Volunteer attorneys will provide free legal The League of Women Voters will meet Edwards has the same approach in his Memphis Symphony Orchestra will present assistance on a first-come, first-served basis. Monday, Sept. 16, at 6 p.m. at the Benjamin restaurant. Visit memphisbar.org. L. Hooks Central Library, 3030 Poplar Ave. Symphony in the Gardens on Sunday, Sept. Dr. James E. Bailey, a professor of general 15, from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Dixon Gallery “Wine is liquid food,” he said. “Wine is The city of Germantown will host its Pops internal medicine at The University of Ten- and Gardens, 4339 Park Ave. Tickets are $20 agriculture.” in the Park concert Saturday, Sept. 14, at nessee Health Science Center, will speak. for adults and $5 for children. Visit memphis- Smith believes his immersive trip to 5:30 p.m. in the Kiwanis pavilion at Munici- Cost is free. Email [email protected] symphony.org. Australia will help give him the informa- or call 490-0050. pal Park on Exeter Road. The Germantown tion and experience he needs to better Symphony Orchestra and Germantown and The Levitt Shell will present Willie Sugar- Houston high school choirs will perform. CREW Memphis, the local chapter of Com- capps as part of its 2013 free concert series spread that gospel. Cost is free. Visit germantown-tn.gov. mercial Real Estate Women, will present on Sunday, Sept. 15, at 7:30 p.m. at the In closing his letter, Smith wrote: “And I “State of the Market Report: How 2013 is shell, 1930 Poplar Ave. in Overton Park. Visit will continue to evangelize to both my cus- Shaping Up” Thursday, Sept. 19, from noon levittshell.org. The West Tennessee Historical Society tomers and my suppliers not to forget the will meet Sunday, Sept. 15, at 1 p.m. at Davies to 1:30 p.m. at Chickasaw Country Club, Manor Plantation, 3570 Davieshire Drive. 3395 Galloway Ave. Cost is $25 for CREW Advance Memphis will host the Art for Jobs real wines of Australia with a new-found Robert P. Connolly, associate professor at members, $35 for members of the Building art sale and auction Thursday, Sept. 19, from enthusiasm and vigor. I sincerely want The University of Memphis and director of Owners & Managers Association, and $45 for 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at its offices, 769 Vance Ave. Americans to re-evaluate their opinion of Chicalissa Museum, will discuss pop-up nonmembers. Visit crewmemphis.org. Proceeds benefit job readiness, employment these important wines, and understand museums. Visit wths-tn.org. and financial literacy programs in South The Daily News will host its 2013 Health Memphis. RSVP to kate@advancememphis. what tremendous values the best Austra- Winestock III, a benefit for the Church Care: The State of the Industry seminar org or 543-8525, ext. 202. lian wines represent.”

bell continued from P22 “I’d rather be right where I am,” he said. “I am literally an entrepreneur at sent him far and wide as he travels to give heart: I have a vision, I need to explain presentations and seek the capital that will my vision to people, I need to get capital, help him realize his dream and make the I need to build a team to accomplish that benefits of BioNanovations a reality. vision. I surround myself with expertise, a The question as to whether he’d prefer lot of hard times, great execution, a lot of to be in a university laboratory analyzing persistence and pain; years later that idea graphs and data or on the West Coast ad- comes to fruition and then I tell more and dressing possible investors, Bell sets off on more people about the idea and the vision. an enthusiastic rant. … Hey, I’ve found my place.”

insurance continued from P23 work to educate them and get them signed up so they can continue to receive uninter- co-op is set up as a nonprofit 501(c)(29), so rupted medical care,” Coopwood said. technically it could be sold to a for-profit The Church Health Center has applied company, like an Aetna or Humana or Cov- to be a certified application counselor or- entry,” Elliott said. ganization, and some of its employees will The Regional Medical Center at complete 30 hours of training to become Memphis is currently in discussions with volunteers that will help sign up people BlueCross BlueShield and CHA leading up with insurance from the exchange. to next month’s enrollment start date. “We want to go that extra step to play “We are in discussions with both com- a helpful role in our community accessing panies to make sure we are on the panel to this care,” said Marvin Stockwell, Church provide care for patients on the exchange,” Health Center communications director. said Dr. Reginald Coopwood, president “If we can help some of our current pa- and CEO of The MED. tients receive care elsewhere that just frees Coopwood said he expects to have up capacity for us to help people who truly solidified some new partnerships by the have no other recourse to care.” start of October, and The MED is currently The CHC handles 100 percent unin- working on education strategies for its sured patients, while its Comprehensive patients. The uninsured make up as much Wellness Center serves the entire commu- as 30 percent of The MED’s overall patient nity without respect to insurance status. load. CHC staff expects to see little drop-off Friday at 7:00pm WKNO “The whole uninsured community in demand for their services, as it is esti- Friday at 7:30pm WKNO2 will not be covered by Jan. 1, but for those mated that 30 million people in the U.S. people within our organization that fall will still remain uninsured after the law is Sunday at 8:30am WKNO within the exchange population we will fully implemented in 2019. 34 September 13-19, 2013 www.thememphisnews.com

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education reform continued from P7 medical center continued from P19 project was approved by the Tennessee can quickly fill, particularly in the event Health Services and Development Agency of an industrial accident or mass casualty which they say is healthy. ance, you would rather replicate that in a last fall and is expected to be completed disaster,” Ritchey said. “At the end of the day, we want to win,” simulation experience.” next summer. “As we started to seepublic more patients notices and Barbic said of the competition between The demolition of the Goodman Dor- Meanwhile, The MED has plans to the complexity of cases changed, we knew the state-run Achievement School District mitory also opens up new possibilities to overhaul much of its campus, beginning we had to expand in order to improve and Shelby County Schools to boost recruit local developers to build condo- with the build-out of Turner Tower – one survival rates and qualityRelated of life Info for patients student growth in schools where children miniums near campus, Brown said. of the younger buildings on The MED once they go home.” Also read our daily edition, The Daily can be as much as four school years below “Many of our professional students live campus. The $32.4 million project includes Burn patientsNews, in printalso or often online everyrequire business ex- grade level, particularly in reading and on Mud Island and Downtown, but we’d adding more acute and rehabilitation tensive follow-upday for public outpatient notices for care, Memphis and & the language arts proficiency. much rather they live near campus,” he inpatient beds, renovating the critical care center will nowShelby have County. a full rehab center on Go to www.memphisdailynews.com or Hopson touted double-digit percent- said. “By the time they come to us, they are assessment area in the Elvis Presley Me- one of the tower’scall 683.NEWS upper for morefloors. information. age test gains by the school system’s In- professional students, so they don’t really morial Trauma Center and expanding the Construction is scheduled to be com- novation Zone schools made in the latest want to live in a dormitory. They are very burn center. The entire project is slated for pleted by the end of the year, and the proj- test results released by the state. comfortable living in condos and apart- completion in December. ect is part of The MED’s plans to renovate “I’m confident our I-Zone schools will ments.” There are also large capital infrastruc- and replace several of its aging buildings become a road map for every school dis- Brown said some local developers have ture expenditures underway at St. Jude over the next eight to 10 years. Flintco trict in the state and outperform the ASD expressed an interest in building apart- Children’s Research Hospital, the Southern Construction is the general contractor. schools,” he said. ments in the region, which also builds on College of Optometry, Southwest Ten- Other improvements completed in the Both praised the Shelby County the university’s plans to continue encour- nessee Community College, UT/Baptist past two years at The MED’s Downtown Schools move away from seniority and aging economic development in the area, Research Park, and the Memphis VA Medi- campus include streetscape improve- advanced degrees as the sole factors in including luring new restaurants and cal Center. ments, parking lot additions, emergency determining pay raises for teachers. entertainment. “You’ve got large clinical assets all department and waiting area renova- Hopson called the decision by the “We hope we can be the nucleus around,” said Bares as he outlined the sell- tions, security upgrades, new internal and countywide school board “courageous.” around which we can develop a vibrant ing points for recruiting organizations that external signage, conversion of all double “If you were a bright ambitious person, medical district,” he said. “Our hope is that are considering relocating to the Mem- bedrooms to single bedrooms, renovation you could go to a website for any district it would develop into a community kind of phis Medical Center. “This is where your and installation of robotics in the inpatient in the country and you could know what atmosphere over the next few years, where workforce is being generated, and they are pharmacy, upgrades to the trauma treat- you’re going to make in 20 years whether employees at The Regional Medical Center going to be watching this area as a proxy ment rooms, new roofing, the addition of a you knock it out of the park or not,” Barbic at Memphis, Le Bonheur and throughout for whether they want to be here.” Starbucks coffee kiosk, and the completion said. “I can’t think of a more demotivating the area would enjoy the luxury of where of a new patient drop-off/pick-up area and way to think about your profession.” they work.” main entrance to the hospital. He also challenged higher education to Construction also is underway at other The Firefighters Regional Burn Center med continued from P27 turn out better teachers. organizations throughout the Memphis at The MED is the only burn treatment “Our kids are feeling the pressure of Medical Center. injuries to overcome and the most difficult center of its kind within a 150-mile radius an accountability system,” he added. “Our In July, Methodist University Hospital for hospitals to treat, and burn patients of Memphis, and it was recently recog- principals and teachers are feeling the began construction on a $33.5 million require more staff contact than any other nized as the only burn facility in Tennes- pressure of accountability. We’re feeling expansion and renovation of its emergency patient, averaging 20 hours of each 24- see to be certified by the American Burn the pressure of accountability and higher department. The renovated emergency de- hour day. Association (one of only 65 centers in education needs to share in feeling the partment will treat as many as 70,000 pa- “Burn victims stay at The MED longer the world) and the American College of pressure.” tients a year, up from 30,000 to 40,000. The than any other patients, and our 14 beds Surgeons.

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Foreclosure Notices said property. sociation, not in its individual capacity, John W. Morris tract; from said point of Related Info ALSO KNOWN AS: 425 Green Willow but solely as Trustee for the RMAC Trust, beginning North 85 degrees 43 minutes Fayette County Cove, Oakland, Tennessee 38060 Series 2013-1T and East 471.9 feet to a stake, an internal Also read our daily edition, The Daily This sale is subject to all matters WHEREAS, US Bank, National As- corner of said Morris tract; thence South News, in print or online every business shown on any applicable recorded sociation, not in its individual capacity, 4 degrees 17 minutes East 388.00 feet day for public notices for Memphis & NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive but solely as Trustee for the RMAC to an iron stake, an internal corner of Shelby County. WHEREAS, default has occurred in the covenants, easements, or setback lines Trust, Series 2013-1T, as the holder of said Morris tract; then South 85 degrees Go to www.memphisdailynews.com or performance of the covenants, terms, that may be applicable; any statutory the Note for which debt is owed, (“Note 43 minutes West 501.0 feet to an iron call 683.NEWS for more information. and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note rights of redemption of any governmental Holder”), appointed the undersigned, stake, an internal corner of said Morris dated March 31, 2008, and the Deed of agency, state or federal; any prior liens Priority Trustee Services of TN, LLC, as tract; thence North, passing the south- Trust of even date securing the same, or encumbrances as well as any priority Substitute Trustee by instrument filed east corner of the said Veterinary Clinic recorded April 3, 2008, as Instrument created by a fixture filing; and to any or to be filed for record in the Register’s tract at 190.82 feet and on for a total No. 08002529 in Office of the Register matter that an accurate survey of the Office of Fayette County, Tennessee, of 389.1 feet to the point of beginning of Deeds for Fayette County, Tennes- premises might disclose. In addition, the with all the rights, powers and privileges and containing 4.33 acres, together with see, executed by Kathryn N. Dilliard following parties may claim an interest in of the original Trustee named in said right of ingress and egress and along state identified above, please be advised and Michael Baker, conveying certain the above-referenced property: Kathryn Deed of Trust; and a private road leading from property on notice required by § 67-1-1433 (b)(1) property therein described to Monte S. N. Dilliard; Michael Baker WHEREAS, pursuant to Tenn. Code Highway 64. was timely given and that any sale of the Connell, of Shelby County, Tennessee as The sale held pursuant to this Notice Ann. § 35-5-117, not less than sixty Reserved by prior owner is the right of property herein referenced will be subject Trustee for American Mortgage Services; may be rescinded at the Successor (60) days prior to the first publication use to private road along part of west to the right of the state to redeem the and the undersigned, Wilson & Associ- Trustee’s option at any time. The right required by § 35-5-101, the notice of the side of Fayette Academy property and land as provided for in § 67-1-1433(c) ates, P.L.L.C., having been appointed is reserved to adjourn the day of the right to foreclose was properly sent, if west to the East Side of said 4.33 acre (1). Successor Trustee. sale to another day, time, and place so required; and premises said roadway for joint use of All right and equity of redemption, NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby certain without further publication, upon NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby abutting owners. statutory or otherwise, homestead, and given that the entire indebtedness has announcement at the time and place given that the entire indebtedness has BEING the same property conveyed to dower are expressly waived in said Deed been declared due and payable; and for the sale set forth above. W&A No. been declared due and payable as pro- Jackie Simpson and Machelle Simpson of Trust, and the title is believed to be that an agent of Wilson & Associates, 700-156160 vided in said Deed of Trust by the Note by Warranty Deed from Charles Bryant good, but the undersigned will sell and P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue DATED August 28, 2013 Holder, and that the undersigned, Priority recorded in Book D743, Page 766, convey only as Substitute Trustee. of the power, duty, and authority vested WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C., Trustee Services wof TN, LLC, Substitute Register’s Office for Fayette County, The right is reserved to adjourn the in and imposed upon said Successor Successor Trustee Trustee, or its duly appointed attorneys Tennessee. day of the sale to another day, time, and Trustee will, on October 28, 2013 on FOR SALE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW. or agents, by virtue of the power and PROPERTY ADDRESS: 360 Doll Way, place certain without further publication, or about 10:00 A.M., at the Fayette MYFIR.COM and WWW.REALTYTRAC. authority vested in it, will on Thursday, Somerville, TN 38068 upon announcement at the time and County Courthouse, Somerville, Ten- COM October 10, 2013, commencing at CURRENT OWNER(S): Jackie Simpson place for the sale set forth above. nessee, offer for sale certain property Sept. 6, 13, 20, 2013 Fin11608 11:00 a.m. at the South Door of the and Machelle Simpson PRIORITY TRUSTEE SERVICES OF TN, hereinafter described to the highest Fayette County Courthouse, Somerville, The sale of the above-described prop- LLC bidder FOR CASH, free from the statu- SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Tennessee, proceed to sell at public erty shall be subject to all matters shown 1587 Northeast Expressway tory right of redemption, homestead, WHEREAS, default having been outcry to the highest and best bidder for on any recorded plan; any unpaid taxes; Atlanta, Georgia 30329 dower, and all other exemptions which made in the payment of the debts and cash, the following described property any restrictive covenants, easements or (770) 234-9181 are expressly waived in the Deed of obligations secured by a Deed of Trust situated in Fayette County, Tennessee, set-back lines that may be applicable; File No.: 1665213 Trust, said property being real estate executed on October 26, 2006, by Jackie to wit: any prior liens or encumbrances as Web Site: www.JFLegal.com situated in Fayette County, Tennessee, Simpson and Machelle Simpson to Mark Situated in Civil District No. 1, Fayette well as any priority created by a fixture Sept. 13, 20, 27, 2013 Fin11612 and being more particularly described A. Ellmore, PC, Trustee, for the benefit County, Tennessee, same being more filing; and any matter that an accurate as follows: of Mortgage Electronic Registration particularly described as follows, to survey of the premises might disclose. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Land situated in Fayette County, Systems, Inc. as sole nominee for The wit: Substitute Trustee will only convey any WHEREAS, default has occurred in the Tennessee: Lot 166, Section B, The Mortgage Outlet, Inc. and appearing of BEGINNING at an iron stake in the east interest he/she may have in the property performance of the covenants, terms, Garden’s of Hidden Springs PD-M, as record in Register’s Office of Fayette line of the Somerville Veterinary Clinic at the time of sale. Property is sold “as and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note shown on Plat of record in Plat Book County, Tennessee, in Instrument 5.0 acre tract, said point of beginning is, where is.” dated July 23, 2007, and the Deed of 8, Page 192, in the Register’s Office No.06009749; and being North 198.28 feet from the SUBORDINATE LIENHOLDERS: Main Trust of even date securing the same, of Fayette County, Tennessee, to WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of southeast corner of the said Somerville Street Acquisition Corp, Campbell recorded July 24, 2007, as Instrument which Plat reference is hereby made said Deed of Trust was last transferred Veterinary Clinic 5.0 acre tract and being Clinic for a more particular description of and assigned to US Bank, National As- an internal corner of the remainder of the For every lien or claim of lien of the Continued on page 36 36 September 13-19, 2013 www.thememphisnews.com 36 September 13 - 19, 2013 www.thememphisnews.com

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Foreclosure Notices of the power, duty, and authority vested 6/3/1997, Register’s Office for Madi- DATED August 29, 2013 WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C., Continued from page 35 in and imposed upon said Successor son County, Tennessee. WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C., Successor Trustee Trustee will, on October 31, 2013 on This is improved property known as 803 Successor Trustee FOR SALE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW. No. 07006815 in Office of the Register or about 11:00 A.M., at the Madison Deep Gap, Jackson, TN. FOR SALE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW. MYFIR.COM and WWW.REALTYTRAC. of Deeds for Fayette County, Tennessee, County Courthouse, Jackson, Tennes- Other interested parties: Jackson Ten- MYFIR.COM and WWW.REALTYTRAC. COM executed by Inell Jameson and Zelma see, offer for sale certain property here- nessee Hospital Co. COM Sept. 6, 13, 20, 2013 Fin11610 Jameson, conveying certain property inafter described to the highest bidder If there is any discrepancy with the Sept. 6, 13, 20, 2013 Fin11607 therein described to Heritage Closing FOR CASH, free from the statutory right street address, the legal description NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Services as Trustee for Mortgage Elec- of redemption, homestead, dower, and will control. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred tronic Registration Systems, Inc. as all other exemptions which are expressly At the time of this publication, the § WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, nominee for M&T Bank, its successors waived in the Deed of Trust, said property 35‐5‐117 notice of the right to foreclose in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of a Deed of and assigns; and the undersigned, being real estate situated in Madison was timely forwarded. The sale of the terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated April 11, 2007, and Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., having County, Tennessee, and being more property described in said Deed of Trust Trust Note dated March 17, 2006, and the Deed of Trust of even date securing been appointed Successor Trustee. particularly described as follows: shall be subject to any and all instrument the Deed of Trust of even date securing the same, recorded April 16, 2007, at NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby Being Lot Number 504, Section V of record, prior liens, encumbrances, the same, recorded March 22, 2006, at Book T1795, Page 1302 in Office of the given that the entire indebtedness has of Cotton Ridge Estates, a plat of deeds of trust, easements, restrictions, Book T1745, Page 891 in Office of the Register of Deeds for Madison County, been declared due and payable; and which appears of record in Plat Book building lines, unpaid taxes, assess- Register of Deeds for Madison County, Tennessee, executed by Robbie Weems that an agent of Wilson & Associates, 9, Page 202, in the Register’s Office ments, penalties and interest, if any. All Tennessee, executed by Michael R. and Nancy Weems, conveying certain P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue of Madison County, Tennessee, refer- right and equity of redemption, home- Browning Jennifer Browning Michael R. property therein described to Hardee, of the power, duty, and authority vested ence to which plat is made for a more stead, dower and all other exceptions are Browning and Jennifer Browning, convey- Martin, Dauster as Trustee for Mortgage in and imposed upon said Successor particular description of said lot. expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, ing certain property therein described to Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Trustee will, on October 21, 2013 on ALSO KNOWN AS: 43 Whitney Cove, and the title is believed to be good, but Charles Patterson as Trustee for Mort- nominee for M&T Bank, its successors or about 10:00 A.M., at the Fayette Jackson, Tennessee 38305 the Substitute Trustee will convey and gage Electronic Registration Systems, and assigns; and the undersigned, County Courthouse, Somerville, Ten- This sale is subject to all matters sell only as Substitute Trustee. The right Inc., as nominee for Franklin American Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., having nessee, offer for sale certain property shown on any applicable recorded plat; is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale Mortgage Company, its successors and been appointed Successor Trustee. hereinafter described to the highest any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov- to another day or time certain without assigns; and the undersigned, Wilson NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby bidder FOR certified funds paid at the enants, easements, or setback lines further publication, upon announcement & Associates, P.L.L.C., having been given that the entire indebtedness has conclusion of the sale, or credit bid that may be applicable; any statutory at the time for the above. appointed Successor Trustee. been declared due and payable; and from a bank or other lending entity pre- rights of redemption of any governmental This is an attempt to collect a debt and NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby that an agent of Wilson & Associates, approved by the successor trustee. The agency, state or federal; any prior liens any information obtained will be used given that the entire indebtedness has P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue sale is free from all exemptions, which or encumbrances as well as any priority for that purpose. been declared due and payable; and of the power, duty, and authority vested are expressly waived in the Deed of created by a fixture filing; and to any This 28th day of August, 2013. that an agent of Wilson & Associates, in and imposed upon said Successor Trust, said property being real estate matter that an accurate survey of the William Timothy Hill, Substitute P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue Trustee will, on October 3, 2013 on situated in Fayette County, Tennessee, premises might disclose. In addition, the Trustee of the power, duty, and authority vested or about 11:00 A.M., at the Madison and being more particularly described following parties may claim an interest in Aug. 30, Sept. 6, 13, 2013 Fin11605 in and imposed upon said Successor County Courthouse, Jackson, Tennes- as follows: the above-referenced property: Anthony Trustee will, on October 24, 2013 on see, offer for sale certain property here- Lot 15, Phase I, Oakland Clay Hills K. Williams; Christi D. Williams NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE or about 11:00 A.M., at the Madison inafter described to the highest bidder Subdivision, as shown on plat of re- The sale held pursuant to this Notice WHEREAS, default has occurred County Courthouse, Jackson, Tennes- FOR CASH, free from the statutory right cord in Plat Book 8, Page 150, in the may be rescinded at the Successor in the performance of the covenants, see, offer for sale certain property here- of redemption, homestead, dower, and Register’s Office of Fayette County, Trustee’s option at any time. The right terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust inafter described to the highest bidder all other exemptions which are expressly Tennessee, to which plat reference is reserved to adjourn the day of the Note dated August 24, 2007, and the FOR CASH, free from the statutory right waived in the Deed of Trust, said property is hereby made for a more particular sale to another day, time, and place Deed of Trust of even date securing the of redemption, homestead, dower, and being real estate situated in Madison description of said property. certain without further publication, upon same, recorded September 4, 2007, all other exemptions which are expressly County, Tennessee, and being more ALSO KNOWN AS: 305 Clay Street, announcement at the time and place at Book T1810, Page 1097 in Office waived in the Deed of Trust, said property particularly described as follows: Oakland, Tennessee 38060-4231 for the sale set forth above. W&A No. of the Register of Deeds for Madison being real estate situated in Madison Beginning at a stake in the East This sale is subject to all matters 1286-142930 County, Tennessee, executed by Raleigh County, Tennessee, and being more margin of the Perry Switch Cut-Off shown on any applicable recorded DATED August 27, 2013 Bates, conveying certain property therein particularly described as follows: Road and in the North margin of Lester plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C., described to Teri St. John as Trustee Beginning at a stake at the South Chapel Road; runs thence North 32 covenants, easements, or setback lines Successor Trustee for James B. Nutter & Company; and margin of Sequoia Drive, being at degrees East 360 feet to a stake in that may be applicable; any statutory FOR SALE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW. the undersigned, Wilson & Associates, the Northeast corner of Lot No. 14 the East margin of the Perry Switch rights of redemption of any governmental MYFIR.COM and WWW.REALTYTRAC. P.L.L.C., having been appointed Suc- in Section II of the L.E. Dismuke Cut-Off Road; rims thence South 69 agency, state or federal; any prior liens COM cessor Trustee. Subdivision, a plat of which appear of degrees East 190 feet, more or less, or encumbrances as well as any priority Aug. 30, Sept. 6, 13, 2013 Fin11604 NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby record in Plat Book 2, Page 48, in the to a stake; runs thence South 32 created by a fixture filing; and to any given that the entire indebtedness has Register’s Office of Madison County, degrees West 360 feet to a stake matter that an accurate survey of the NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE been declared due and payable; and Tennessee; runs thence South 38 in the North margin of the Lester premises might disclose. In addition, the AND SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE that an agent of Wilson & Associates, degrees East with the South margin Chapel Road; thence with the North following parties may claim an interest Default having been made in the terms P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue of said Sequoia Drive 61 feet to a margin of the Lester Chapel Road in the above-referenced property: Inell and conditions of payments, pursuant of the power, duty, and authority vested stake; thence in the Southeasterly 190 feet, more or less, to the point Jameson; Zelma Jameson to a certain Deed of Trust executed by in and imposed upon said Successor direction with the South margin of of beginning. The sale held pursuant to this Notice Jeff A. Davis and Charlene F. Davis, Trustee will, on October 31, 2013 on the said Sequoia Drive, following ALSO KNOWN AS: 40 Roberts Lane, may be rescinded at the Successor h/w, to Michael S. Hoover, Trustee, or about 11:00 A.M., at the Madison the curve having a radius of 348.45 Jackson, Tennessee 38301 Trustee’s option at any time. The right dated the 22nd day of October, 2001, County Courthouse, Jackson, Tennes- feet, a distance of 39 feet to a stake; This sale is subject to all matters is reserved to adjourn the day of the and being of record in Book T1330, see, offer for sale certain property here- thence in a Southeasterly direction shown on any applicable recorded plat; sale to another day, time, and place Page 210, Register’s Office for Madison inafter described to the highest bidder with the intersection of Amber Lane any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov- certain without further publication, upon County, Tennessee, referred to herein FOR CASH, free from the statutory right and Sequoia Drive, following a curve enants, easements, or setback lines announcement at the time and place as the deed of trust, which conveyed of redemption, homestead, dower, and having a radius of 11 feet, a distance that may be applicable; any statutory for the sale set forth above. W&A No. certain real property, appurtenances, all other exemptions which are expressly of 17.28 feet to a stake in the West rights of redemption of any governmental 884-139930 estate, title and interest therein in trust waived in the Deed of Trust, said property margin of said Amber Lane; thence agency, state or federal; any prior liens DATED September 9, 2013 to secure the indebtedness described being real estate situated in Madison South 52 degrees West 120 feet to or encumbrances as well as any priority WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C., therein, which indebtedness is now due County, Tennessee, and being more a stake; thence in a Southwesterly created by a fixture filing; and to any Successor Trustee and unpaid and has been declared in particularly described as follows: direction 50 feet to a stake; thence matter that an accurate survey of the FOR SALE INFORMATION, VISIT default by the lawful owner thereof, The lots or parcel of real estate North 38 degrees West 120 feet to premises might disclose. In addition, the WWW.MYFIR.COM and WWW.REAL- Beneficial Tennessee, Inc. Appointment located lying and being in Madison a stake, being the Southeast corner following parties may claim an interest in TYTRAC.COM of Substitute Trustee having been duly County, Tennessee to wit: of Lot No. 14; thence North 52 de- the above-referenced property: Robbie Sept. 13, 20, 27, 2013 Fin11613 executed by the holder of the note Being Lot Number 30, Section III, grees East 180 feet to the point of Weems; Nancy Weems and beneficiary of said Deed of Trust Rushmeade Estate, a plat of which beginning. Being designated as Lot The sale held pursuant to this Notice and appointing William Timothy Hill as appears of record in Plat Book 3, No. 8 in Section II of the L.E.Dismuke may be rescinded at the Successor Substitute Trustee. Page 357, in the Register’s Office of Subdivision, a plat of which appears Trustee’s option at any time. The right Foreclosure Notices NOW, THEREFORE, I, William Timothy Madison County, Tennessee. of record in Plat Book 2, Page 48 is reserved to adjourn the day of the Hill, Trustee, pursuant to the said Deed ALSO KNOWN AS: 82 Boyd Drive, in the Register’s Office of Madison sale to another day, time, and place Madison County of Trust, having been requested by the Jackson, Tennessee 38305 County, Tennessee. certain without further publication, upon owner and holder of said indebtedness This sale is subject to all matters ALSO KNOWN AS: 34 Sequoia Drive, announcement at the time and place so to do, by virtue of the authority and shown on any applicable recorded plat; Jackson, Tennessee 38305-4130 for the sale set forth above. W&A No. power vested in me by said deed of trust any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov- This sale is subject to all matters 846-238378 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE and appointing of Substitute Trustee will enants, easements, or setback lines shown on any applicable recorded plat; DATED September 3, 2013 WHEREAS, default has occurred on the 20th day of September, 2013, that may be applicable; any statutory any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov- WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C., in the performance of the covenants, at 12:00 noon, on the front door of the rights of redemption of any governmental enants, easements, or setback lines Successor Trustee terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Madison County Courthouse, Jackson, agency, state or federal; any prior liens that may be applicable; any statutory FOR SALE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW. Note dated January 22, 2004, and the Madison County, Tennessee, sell at or encumbrances as well as any priority rights of redemption of any governmental MYFIR.COM and WWW.REALTYTRAC. Deed of Trust of even date securing the public outcry to the highest bidder for created by a fixture filing; and to any agency, state or federal; any prior liens or COM same, recorded January 30, 2004, at cash (or credit upon the indebtedness matter that an accurate survey of the encumbrances as well as any priority cre- Sept. 6, 13, 20, 2013 Fin11611 Book T1553, Page 868 in Office of the secured, if the holder is the success- premises might disclose. In addition, the ated by a fixture filing; and to any matter Register of Deeds for Madison County, ful purchaser) the following described following parties may claim an interest in that an accurate survey of the premises NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Tennessee, executed by Anthony K. Wil- property located in Madison County, the above-referenced property: Raleigh might disclose. In addition, the following WHEREAS, default has occurred in the liams and Christi D. Williams, conveying Tennessee, to wit: Bates; Estate of Raleigh Bates; Heir of parties may claim an interest in the performance of the covenants, terms, certain property therein described to R. Real Estate Lying and being in the Ninth Raleigh Bates; Secretary of Housing & above-referenced property: Michael R. and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note Bradley Sigler as Trustee for Mortgage Civil District of Madison County, Tennes- Urban Development; Estate of Raleigh Browning; Jennifer Browning; Michael dated October 31, 2006, and the Deed Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as see, as referenced in Plat Book 7, Page Bates; Unknown Heirs of the Estate of R. Browning; Jennifer Browning of Trust of even date securing the same, nominee for Franklin American Mortgage 26, of the Register’s Office of Madison Raleigh Bates The sale held pursuant to this Notice recorded November 3, 2006, at Book Company, its successors and assigns; County, to which reference is made The sale held pursuant to this Notice may be rescinded at the Successor T1778, Page 1759 and modified on April and the undersigned, Wilson & Associ- for a more complete description of the may be rescinded at the Successor Trustee’s option at any time. The right 11, 2012, at Book T1924, Page 456 ates, P.L.L.C., having been appointed land herein conveyed. Containing 3.01 Trustee’s option at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the in Office of the Register of Deeds for Successor Trustee. acres, as surveyed by David Hall Land is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place Madison County, Tennessee, executed NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby Surveying Company, RLS #943, on May sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon by Anthony M. Bell, conveying certain given that the entire indebtedness has 28, 1977. Tax ID. #124/4.14 certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place property therein described to Dennie been declared due and payable; and Being the same property conveyed to announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. W&A No. R. Marshall as Trustee for Mortgage that an agent of Wilson & Associates, Jeff A. Davis and Charlene F. Davis by for the sale set forth above. W&A No. 1286-225505 Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue Deed at Book 574, Page 438, recorded 1412-238220 DATED August 28, 2013 nominee for GMAC Mortgage, LLC f/k/a www.thememphisnews.com SeptemberSeptember 13 13-19, - 19, 2013 37

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GMAC Mortgage Corporation, its succes- or about 11:00 A.M., at the Madison Register’s Office, and the owner of the This sale is subject to all matters Related Info sors and assigns; and the undersigned, County Courthouse, Jackson, Tennes- debt secured, Midfirst Bank, having shown on any applicable recorded plat; Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., having see, offer for sale certain property here- requested the undersigned to advertise any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov- been appointed Successor Trustee. inafter described to the highest bidder and sell the property described in and enants, easements, or setback lines Also read our daily edition, The Daily NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby FOR CASH, paid at the conclusion of the conveyed by said Deed of Trust, all of that may be applicable; any statutory News, in print or online every business given that the entire indebtedness has sale, or credit bid from a bank or other said indebtedness having matured by rights of redemption of any governmental day for public notices for Memphis & been declared due and payable; and lending entity pre-approved by the suc- default in the payment of a part thereof, agency, state or federal; any prior liens Shelby County. that an agent of Wilson & Associates, cessor trustee. The sale is free from all at the option of the owner, this is to or encumbrances as well as any priority Go to www.memphisdailynews.com or P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue exemptions, which are expressly waived give notice that the undersigned will, on created by a fixture filing; and to any call 683.NEWS for more information. of the power, duty, and authority vested in the Deed of Trust, said property being Thursday, October 3, 2013 commencing matter that an accurate survey of the in and imposed upon said Successor real estate situated in Madison County, at 10:00 AM, at the Auction.com Room premises might disclose. In addition, the Trustee will, on November 7, 2013 on Tennessee, and being more particularly at the Comfort Inn Downtown, 100 North following parties may claim an interest in or about 11:00 A.M., at the Madison described as follows: Front Street, Memphis, TN 38103, the above-referenced property: Victoria County Courthouse, Jackson, Tennes- Land lying and being in Madison Shelby County, Tennessee proceed Gardner; Antwan Moore see, offer for sale certain property here- County, Tennessee, and being more to sell at public outcry to the highest The sale held pursuant to this Notice for the sale set forth above. W&A No. inafter described to the highest bidder particularly described as follows: and best bidder for cash, the following may be rescinded at the Successor 1286-137156 FOR CASH, free from the statutory right Beginning at a steel post in the East described property, to-wit: Trustee’s option at any time. The right DATED August 30, 2013 of redemption, homestead, dower, and line of Chelsea Lane (private road) at Situated in County of Shelby, State is reserved to adjourn the day of the WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C., all other exemptions which are expressly the Northwest corner of Lot Number 1 of Tennessee. sale to another day, time, and place Successor Trustee waived in the Deed of Trust, said property in the Valley View Acres Subdivision Lot 25, First Addition to Riverwood certain without further publication, upon FOR SALE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW. being real estate situated in Madison as recorded in Plat Book 5 at Page Farms Subdivision, as shown on plat announcement at the time and place MYFIR.COM and WWW.REALTYTRAC. County, Tennessee, and being more 50 in the Register’s Office of Madison of record in Plat Book 123, Page 6, in for the sale set forth above. W&A No. COM particularly described as follows: County, Tennessee, proceed North the Register’s Office, Shelby County, 700-149920 Sept. 6, 13, 20, 2013 Fin11609 Beginning at a stake in the North 04 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds Tennessee, to which plat reference DATED August 23, 2013 margin of Sun Valley Drive where the East along the East line of Chelsea is hereby made for a more particular WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C., NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE same adjoins the property belonging Lane for a distance of 478.42 feet to description of said property. Successor Trustee WHEREAS, default has occurred in the to Mason, runs thence North 48 a steel post at the Southwest corner Tax Parcel ID: 096501-A00025 FOR SALE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW. performance of the covenants, terms, degrees 16 minutes West with the of Lot Number 3 in the aforementioned Property Address: 1458 Wood Trail, MYFIR.COM and WWW.REALTYTRAC. and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note North margin of Sun Valley Drive a subdivision, thence North 88 degrees Cordova, TN COM dated March 23, 2012, and the Deed of distance of 104.6 feet to a point; 29 minutes 37 seconds East along a All right and equity of redemption, Aug. 30, Sept. 6, 13, 2013 Fin11603 Trust of even date securing the same, thence following a curve having a South line of said Lot 3 for a distance homestead and dower waived in said recorded March 29, 2012, at Book radius of 15 feet to a point in the of 469.95 feet to a steel post in the Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE 1545, Page 601 in Office of the Register East margin of Shadow Cove; thence West line of the Dewitt Dalton et ux, be good, but the undersigned will sell and WHEREAS, default has occurred in the of Deeds for Tipton County, Tennessee, North 35 degrees 15 minutes East property, as recorded in Deed Book convey only as Substitute Trustee. performance of the covenants, terms, executed by Neal Mancefield Marbry with the East margin of Shadow 421, at Page 287 in the Register’s ARNOLD M. WEISS, Substitute and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note and Sherie L. Marbry, conveying certain Cove a distance of 122.9 feet to a Office of Madison County, Tennessee, Trustee dated June 12, 2001, and the Deed of property therein described to Jeanine B. stake at the Southwest corner of Lot thence South 04 degrees 00 minutes Weiss Spicer Cash PLLC Trust of even date securing the same, Saylor as Trustee for Mortgage Electronic Number 19; thence South 48 degrees 00 seconds West along the West line File # 1882-0108673-FC recorded June 22, 2001, at Book 948, Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee 30 minutes East with the South line of said Dalton property for a distance Aug. 31, Sept. 7, 14, 2013 Fin11606 Page 530 in Office of the Register of for Magna Bank, its successors and of said Lot Number 19 a distance of of 478.42 feet to a steel post at the Deeds for Tipton County, Tennessee, assigns; and the undersigned, Wilson 135.5 feet to a stake in Mason’s Northeast corner of the aforemen- executed by Linda Macklin and Douglas & Associates, P.L.L.C., having been West line; thence South 40 degrees tioned Lot Number 1, thence South Macklin, conveying certain property appointed Successor Trustee. 58 minutes West with Mason’s West 88 degrees 29 minutes 37 seconds Foreclosure Notices therein described to First American Title NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby line a distance of 142 feet to the point West along the North line of said Lot Insurance Company as Trustee for Mort- given that the entire indebtedness has of beginning. Being Lot Number 17 in Number 1 for a distance of 469.95 Tipton County gage Electronic Registration Systems, been declared due and payable; and Section I of Skyview Estates, a plat of feet to the point of beginning, con- Inc., as nominee for Fleet National that an agent of Wilson & Associates, which appears of record in Plat Book taining 5.1 acres, more or less, and Bank, its successors and assigns; and P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue 2, Page 206, in the Register’s Office being Lot 2 in the Valley View Acres NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE the undersigned, Wilson & Associates, of the power, duty, and authority vested of Madison County, Tennessee. Subdivision, a plat of which appears WHEREAS, default has occurred in the P.L.L.C., having been appointed Suc- in and imposed upon said Successor ALSO KNOWN AS: 8 Shadow Cove, of record in Plat Book 5, at Page 50, performance of the covenants, terms, cessor Trustee. Trustee will, on October 9, 2013 on or Jackson, Tennessee 38305-2725 in said Register’s Office. and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby about 10:00 A.M., at the Tipton County This sale is subject to all matters ALSO KNOWN AS: 120 Chelsea Lane, dated April 18, 2008, and the Deed of given that the entire indebtedness has Courthouse, Covington, Tennessee, o f- shown on any applicable recorded plat; Jackson, Tennessee 38301 Trust of even date securing the same, been declared due and payable; and fer for sale certain property hereinafter any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov- This sale is subject to all matters recorded April 30, 2008, at Book 1393, that an agent of Wilson & Associates, described to the highest bidder FOR enants, easements, or setback lines shown on any applicable recorded plat; Page 714 in Office of the Register of P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue CASH, free from the statutory right of that may be applicable; any statutory any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov- Deeds for Tipton County, Tennessee, of the power, duty, and authority vested redemption, homestead, dower, and all rights of redemption of any governmental enants, easements, or setback lines executed by Victoria Gardner and Ant- in and imposed upon said Successor other exemptions which are expressly agency, state or federal; any prior liens that may be applicable; any statutory wan Moore, conveying certain property Trustee will, on October 9, 2013 on or waived in the Deed of Trust, said prop- or encumbrances as well as any priority rights of redemption of any governmental therein described to Nashville Title as about 10:00 A.M., at the Tipton County erty being real estate situated in Tipton created by a fixture filing; and to any agency, state or federal; any prior liens Trustee for Mortgage Electronic Regis- Courthouse, Covington, Tennessee, o f- County, Tennessee, and being more matter that an accurate survey of the or encumbrances as well as any priority tration Systems, Inc., as nominee for fer for sale certain property hereinafter particularly described as follows: premises might disclose. In addition, the created by a fixture filing; and to any First Choice Funding, Inc., a Delaware described to the highest bidder FOR Lot 13, Section A, Rolling Meadows following parties may claim an interest in matter that an accurate survey of the Corporation, its successors and assigns; CASH, free from the statutory right of Subdivision, as shown on plat of re- the above-referenced property: Anthony premises might disclose. In addition, the and the undersigned, Wilson & Associ- redemption, homestead, dower, and all cord in Plat Cabinet C, Slide 53, in M. Bell following parties may claim an interest ates, P.L.L.C., having been appointed other exemptions which are expressly the Register’s Office of Tipton County, The sale held pursuant to this Notice in the above-referenced property: Keith Successor Trustee. waived in the Deed of Trust, said prop- Tennessee, to which plat reference may be rescinded at the Successor F. Wooley; Traci S. Wooley NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby erty being real estate situated in Tipton is hereby made for a more particular Trustee’s option at any time. The right The sale held pursuant to this Notice given that the entire indebtedness has County, Tennessee, and being more description of said property. is reserved to adjourn the day of the may be rescinded at the Successor been declared due and payable; and particularly described as follows: ALSO KNOWN AS: 1504 Mathis Road, sale to another day, time, and place Trustee’s option at any time. The right that an agent of Wilson & Associates, The following described real estate, Drummonds, Tennessee 38023 certain without further publication, upon is reserved to adjourn the day of the P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue situated and being in the County This sale is subject to all matters announcement at the time and place sale to another day, time, and place of the power, duty, and authority vested of Tipton, State of Tennessee: Lot shown on any applicable recorded plat; for the sale set forth above. W&A No. certain without further publication, upon in and imposed upon said Successor 497 Blaydes Estates, Section S, as any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov- 902-196165 announcement at the time and place Trustee will, on October 23, 2013 on or recorded in Plat Cabinet F, Slide 4 of enants, easements, or setback lines DATED September 4, 2013 for the sale set forth above. W&A No. about 10:00 A.M., at the Tipton County the Tipton County Register’s Office that may be applicable; any statutory WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C., 931-238236 Courthouse, Covington, Tennessee, o f- to which reference is hereby made rights of redemption of any governmental Successor Trustee DATED September 6, 2013 fer for sale certain property hereinafter for a more particular description of agency, state or federal; any prior liens FOR SALE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW. WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C., described to the highest bidder FOR said lot. or encumbrances as well as any priority MYFIR.COM and WWW.REALTYTRAC. Successor Trustee CASH, free from the statutory right of ALSO KNOWN AS: 67 O’Kelley Cove, created by a fixture filing; and to any COM FOR SALE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW. redemption, homestead, dower, and all Atoka, Tennessee 38004 matter that an accurate survey of the Sept. 13, 20, 27, 2013 Fin11614 MYFIR.COM and WWW.REALTYTRAC. other exemptions which are expressly This sale is subject to all matters premises might disclose. In addition, the COM waived in the Deed of Trust, said prop- shown on any applicable recorded plat; following parties may claim an interest NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Sept. 13, 20, 27, 2013 Fin11616 erty being real estate situated in Tipton any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov- in the above-referenced property: Neal WHEREAS, default has occurred County, Tennessee, and being more enants, easements, or setback lines Mancefield Marbry; Sherie L. Marbry in the performance of the covenants, particularly described as follows: that may be applicable; any statutory The sale held pursuant to this Notice terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Being at Lot Number 2, Block B, rights of redemption of any governmental may be rescinded at the Successor Note dated October 1, 2002, and the Tatlock Subdivision, as recorded in agency, state or federal; any prior liens Trustee’s option at any time. The right Deed of Trust of even date securing Foreclosure Notices Plat Book 1, Pages 51 and 52, of the or encumbrances as well as any priority is reserved to adjourn the day of the the same, recorded October 10, 2002, Shelby County Register’s Office for Tipton County, created by a fixture filing; and to any sale to another day, time, and place at Book T1414, Page 597 in Office Tennessee, and thus described: matter that an accurate survey of the certain without further publication, upon of the Register of Deeds for Madison Beginning at a point in the Northwest premises might disclose. In addition, the announcement at the time and place County, Tennessee, executed by Keith line of Pinecrest Street, said point following parties may claim an interest for the sale set forth above. W&A No. F. Wooley and Traci S. Wooley, convey- SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE being a common corner of Lots 3 in the above-referenced property: Linda 1286-236638 ing certain property therein described Default having been made in the and 2; thence Northeasterly along Macklin; Douglas Macklin; Beneficial DATED September 4, 2013 to Thomas F. Baker, IV as Trustee for payment of the debts and obligations said Northwest line a distance of Tennessee, Inc.; Midland Funding LLC WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C., First Horizon Home Loan Corporation secured to be paid by a certain Deed 150.00 feet to a point in the North- Assignee of Midland Funding LLC; Successor Trustee D/B/A First Tennessee Home Loans; of Trust executed November 15, 2004 west boundary line of the subdivision; Midland Funding LLC, Assignee of FOR SALE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW. and the undersigned, Wilson & Associ- by Lillian Jane York, an unmarried per- thence Southwestwardly along said FCNB-Spiegel; Capital One Bank (USA) MYFIR.COM and WWW.REALTYTRAC. ates, P.L.L.C., having been appointed son, to Southern Trust, as Trustee, as Northwest line a distance of 100.00 NA; American General Finance; Gault COM Successor Trustee. same appears of record in the office feet to a corner of Lot 3; thence South- Financial, LLC; Beneficial Tennessee, Sept. 13, 20, 27, 2013 Fin11615 NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby of the Register of Shelby County, Ten- eastwardly along the line dividing Lots Inc. given that the entire indebtedness has nessee, in Instrument No. 04200969 2 and 3 a distance of 150.00 feet The sale held pursuant to this Notice been declared due and payable; and and re-recorded at Instrument No. to the point of beginning, according may be rescinded at the Successor that an agent of Wilson & Associates, 05003758 and modified at Instrument to survey of Larry L. Campbell dated Trustee’s option at any time. The right The Memphis News P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue Numbers 08086234, 10043955, and April 18, 1989. is reserved to adjourn the day of the of the power, duty, and authority vested 12057881, and the undersigned hav- ALSO KNOWN AS: 1505 Pine- sale to another day, time, and place 3 in and imposed upon said Successor ing been appointed Substitute Trustee crest Street, Covington, Tennessee certain without further publication, upon Call 68 -NEWS Trustee will, on October 10, 2013 on by instrument recorded in the said 38019 announcement at the time and place 38 September 13-19, 2013 www.thememphisnews.com

opinion

New Landscape Brings Who You Calling ‘Hillbilly’?

In a Huffington Post article with the says that a hillbilly is ‘a backwoods man or Better Opportunities dateline of Venice, Italy, actor Scott Haze mountaineer of the southern United States’ says he spent three months living in the [and that the term is] ‘often used contemp- Tennessee mountains to prepare for a role tuously.’ But without the added implication o many of us drive by the breaking down the kinds of barriers in a film. Losing 45 pounds, eating a piece of or inflection which indicates an intention to place on Union Avenue that have existed for far too long in the fish and an apple each day, and sleeping in belittle, we would say that, here in Southern where Baptist Memorial effort to tightly control what happens caves, Haze hardened himself to the role of Missouri, the term is often given and ac- Hospital once towered over in Memphis and who does it. a deranged killer for “Child of God,” cepted as a complimentary expression. everything near it and still Research institutions don’t recog- which is about to premiere at the “An Ozark hillbilly is an individual Simagine its iconic shape. nize the principle of going local when Venice Film Festival. who has learned the real luxury of do- But the image is fading as new they search for the best minds to push “I slept in caves many ing without the entangling complica- structures are filling in what was an forward medical frontiers. nights with bats all around. tions of things which the dependent open lot with a blanket of grass for That’s not a putdown of the talent It was crazy,” Haze said. “I let and over-pressured city dweller is many years after the hospital’s demoli- available in Memphis. It is a reminder everything go, just hung out with required to consider as neces- tion. of how valuable such research is and the hillbillies and stayed as sities. The hillbilly forgoes the The construction on that site and the global reach the research has. isolated as possible.” hard grandeur of high buildings many others nearby helps to make a It is also an indication that as we VIC FLEMING Hmm. It seems to me that I SWEAR and canyon streets in exchange point that was easy to miss during the play catch-up to train workers for jobs if he hung out with hillbillies, for wooded hills and verdant val- gap between the demolition and the that are just down the road, our efforts then he didn’t stay as isolated as possible. leys. In place of creeping traffic he accepts sprouting of construction crews and must consider a future further down And, whoever it was he hung out with, I’m the rippling flow of the wandering stream. cranes. the road. wondering whether he should call them He does not hear the snarl of exhaust, the Medical centers are no longer That challenge will be more difficult hillbillies. Which raises raucous braying of places with lots of hospital beds and because it involves education and the question, what is a horns, and the sharp, lots of workers to attend to them by training that allows people to be adapt- hillbilly? I Swear Crossword strident babble of many methods and with medical advances able for demands that aren’t in full view Years ago I looked tense voices. For him made elsewhere. yet. Fleming’s weekly puzzle Page 34 this issue up and instead is the measured Within the walls and structures that It represents an open-ended com- reported the results beat of the katydid, are going up now is the real economic mitment to a broader, better education in at least one column and one book. But, the lonesome, far-off complaining of the growth that can sustain Memphis as a that is more than good enough to land whippoorwill, perhaps even the sound of a city with a purpose – with a mission. a specific job with a specific company. it’s been a while, so perhaps the market will That mission is all types of research So much of what is happening in bear another look. falling acorn in the infinite peace of the quiet into medical advances as well as education in our community now is In 1960 an appeals court in Springfield, woods. practices. It is research that is already about making up lost ground. It’s also Mo., issued an opinion in a divorce case “The hillbilly is often not familiar with fundamentally changing the role of about matching business leaders who (Moore v. Moore, 337 S.W. 2d 781). The au- new models, soirees, and office politics. But hospitals in our society. are doing the hiring with the right em- thor of the opinion was Judge Justin Ruark. he does have the time and surroundings If Memphis can make this transi- ployees and the right training. Among other things, the wife was alleged to conducive to sober reflection and honest tion to a research-centered environ- All of that is our most challenging have referred to her husband’s relatives as thought, the opportunity to get closer to his ment where the theoretical is proven task as a community in the here and hillbillies. Wrote Judge Ruark: God. No, in Southern Missouri the appella- and applied to real health problems now. But we must always be preparing “We suggest that to refer to a person as tion ‘hillbilly’ is not generally an insult or an and challenges, the impact on our city’s for what comes beyond what we can a ‘hillbilly’ … might or might not be an insult, indignity; it is an expression of envy.” culture goes far beyond what happens see on the horizon. depending upon the meaning intended when men and women put on their lab The ongoing building of the city’s to be conveyed, the manner of utterance, Vic Fleming is a district court judge in coats and go to work. research capacity is about breaking and the place where the words are spoken. Little Rock, Ark. Contact him at vicfleming@ Research is about collaboration and new ground. Webster’s New International Dictionary att.net.

It’s Time We Let Go of Our ‘Stranger Fears’ I didn’t know what the name of our tion became, “Où est la Sorbonne?” and from who we can and should be. hotel was. strangers led us through the maze of If we decide to live our lives looking There had to be a Paris Metro under- colored lines and corridors and turned for someone, or something, or some- ground station somewhere close, so we our few francs into safe passage. place to be afraid of, we’ll never get set off to find it. Calling on my exten- On another night, two people out of bed in the morning. We’ll never sive command of the language from a found themselves alone at midnight in rise from dark places to live in the light, MEMPHASIS dan conaway year of high school French and hearing a Tribeca subway station. One was a never discover the joy of discovering the the Beatles ask, “voulez vous coucher touch drunk, a lot lost, and looking for new and unexpected in ourselves and in IN FEAR, WE’RE ALL LOST. avec moi, ce soir,” I was able to cobble Brooklyn. That would be me. The other others. “When is Mom coming back?” together another question, “Où est la was huge, black, dressed in black from “I have always depended on the Hallie, 12 at the time, asked. “Yeah,” métro?” (Where is the Metro?). his shaved head to his steel-toed boots, kindness of strangers.” added Gaines, 5 at the time, “she’s been I asked that question several times, and walking toward me. He opened his Blanche DuBois said that in “A gone a long time.” Dan, jet-lagged at the and I have no idea what the answers mouth and I was sure whatever came Streetcar Named Desire” and we should time – with two children next to him, the were. But after the children got a few out would be the last words I would all relate. We need each other, whether Eiffel Tower behind him and the City of pats on the head, after the children hear. “You look lost, man,” he said. He we know each other or not. Light all around him – realized several gave the dogs (everybody in Paris has a not only told me how to get to Brooklyn, I’m a Memphian, and Blanche and I things: dog) a few pats on the head, after a long he walked me back up into the city and need a little help. Jet lag causes fights with your wife. stream of good-natured French, people across the two blocks to the station that Nora wasn’t coming back. would always point, and so we advanced would get me there. Dan Conaway is a lifelong Mem- Nora took 12 years of French. until the Metro station appeared. Fear of strangers is one thing, phian, longtime adman and aspiring Nora had the money. I knew from dropping off our luggage abundance of caution another, but the local character in a city known for them. It was getting dark in the City of that our hotel was across the street stranger fear of anything or anybody Reach him at dan@wakesomebodyup. Light. from the Sorbonne, so the new ques- new or different is what holds us back com.

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