MLGW delaying utility cut offs

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010, 10:29am

The high temperature is expected to be in the 90's again today and the Action News 5 Storm Tracking Team says we might even set another record. Click here for the latest weather forecast.

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Local children’s author bringing "Tiddels" to Square

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Monday, September 20th, 2010, 3:37pm

A Memphis author will be signing copies of her children’s book “Tiddels’s Journey to Hoot Owl Canyon” during Storytime on the Square next month.

Here’s a description of the book from the publisher:

"When Tiddels decides to leave her mountain nook and make the journey to see her brother and sister, it takes a lot of courage, for she is a small mouse, and the journey is long. Will she have the courage and grit it takes to accomplish her quest? Will she have to go it alone?"

Pamela Miller-Ray will be at Square bean Coffee on Oct. 1 at 10:45 a.m.

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Special athletes take the field at CBHS

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Monday, September 20th, 2010, 2:52pm

More than 100 athletes are expected to compete in the 19th annual St. Ann Special Athletes Fun Day next month.

Adults and kids will spend their day competing in events like soccer, bean toss and track and field at Christian Brothers High School on Saturday, Oct. 9.

“Athletes from every school and church throughout the Memphis area have been invited to participate and every athlete will receive ribbons in each event they participate in,” according to a written statement. “Cheerleaders from area schools will also be there to cheer special athletes as they receive their participation ribbons.”

Registration starts at 8 a.m. and the opening ceremonies begin a 9 a.m.

To register or volunteer, call 901-388-6342.

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Remembering “Old Collierville” online

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Monday, September 20th, 2010, 10:59am

From inside a home that’s been in her family for generations, a Collierville woman is helping preserve her town’s legacy on Facebook.

Melinda Cox Hall’s family has played an important role in the town’s history. Her great-grandfather, W.W. McGinnis built most of Collierville’s now historic homes and owned two businesses that are still in her family. As principal of Collierville High School, her grandfather changed the school’s colors to maroon and white in honor of his alma mater Mississippi State University. And her father was once the town’s mayor.

So Collierville and its history are in her blood.

“It’s always been a passion,” she said. “I’ve been collecting old photos of Collierville for about 20 years.”

And now, thanks to technology that her forefathers could never have imagined, she’s sharing those pictures with others. Hall started a Facebook page called Old Collierville earlier this summer and already more than 1,400 people have “liked” the page.

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Speed Skater named national champion

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Friday, September 17th, 2010, 5:21pm

A Collierville inline speed skating team brought 14 medals back to the Mid-South after competing against hundreds of other athletes in Atlanta earlier this month.

After winning gold medals in four separate events, Caralyn Ohno was crowned national champion. The a 20-year-old University of Tennessee student and her teammates on the Collierville Sprinters Speed Skating Club trained three days a week at Funquest Skating Center preparing for the event.

The National Inline Racing Association event “is the only race of its kind in the United States that combines the excitement of Olympic short track speed skating and the competitive format of international speed skating,” according to a club representative in a written statement.

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MLGW resumes utility cut offs

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Friday, September 17th, 2010, 11:40am

The weather is getting a little cooler outside and that means MLGW’s moratorium on disconnecting utility service is over.

From MLGW’s blog:

Effective today, September 17, 2010, the High Heat Index period that MLGW customers have experienced will end. Customers will resume with the standard guidelines for Deferred Billing (DEFB) and the Net Pay Budget Billing as follows:

The amount to qualify for a DEFB will return to $500 from $225.

The minimum payment required to receive a DEFB will return to 25% of the outstanding balance from 25% of the outstanding balance owed or $225, whichever is less.

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Kiwanis Club of Memphis names "Shelby County Sheriff's Deputy of the Year"

Submitted by Tammy Phillips on Thursday, September 16th, 11:35 am

Information submitted by the Kiwanis Club of Memphis

The Kiwanis Club of Memphis has named Shelby County Sheriff’s Officer Lieutenant David Edmonds as “Shelby County Deputy Sheriff of the Year.”

The Kiwanis Club gives an award each year to the deserving Deputy for exemplary service to the community. Lieutenant Edmonds recieved the award September 15, 2010, at a luncheon at the Peabody Hotel.

Lieutenant Edwards has been a dedicated employee of the Sheriff’s Office since he began as a cadet in 1981. He graduated from the Training Academy in April of 1988 as a deputy sheriff and was assigned to the Civil Division. He has served in many divisions in the Sheriff’s Office over the past 22 years. Recently he was responsible for developing the Field Training Officer (FTO) Program. His work to improve the FTO program has helped set standards in the program and creates better accountability. Under his direction the FTO reporting program has been computerized which makes it easier to track the daily progress of the officers being trained in the Uniform Patrol Division. It is because of his dedication, knowledge and expertise that this program has been so successful.

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