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Bartlett benefits from nearby fine dining
Morgan Bedard is a Bartlett resident who has mastered the fine art of service and knows premium cuisine. In finding fine dining worthy of her talents she ventured to the nearby community of Germantown. She now serves a combination of talent and tradition with creations by Chef Alex Grisanti.
“The whole world is moving out here,” says Chef Alex Grisanti, owner and chef at Elfo’s, 2285 South...
Arlington Jamboree
[By Daniel McCrosky]
If Arlington’s 17-0 dismantling of the Houston Mustangs last Friday night in the Shelby County Football Jamboree is any indication, then the 2012 edition of Tiger football could well be one of the ages.
With key offensive and defensive players returning from last year’s 9-2 team, which won the school’s its first playoff game, Arlington boost one of the most talented...
60 years strong
[Julie Ray] Original room furnishings and telephone book used at the first Holiday Inn on Summer Avenue from 1952. Display on loan from the Memphis Pink Palace for viewing at the Holiday Inn Wolfchase location.In 1952 entrepreneurs, Kemmons Wilson and Wallace Johnson revolutionize the travel industry by providing clean, comfortable economical lodging to the traveling public. The first Holiday Inn...
Guiness record holder receives key to the city
Frances Bruce is a Bartlett resident who wrote a book in 1985, entered the Guinness Book of World records on November 29, 2010, and is receiving a key to the city of Bartlett in 2012. If Bruce is not a household name, it certainly isn’t because she hasn’t lived long enough to make a name for herself. Bruce turns 100 years old this year.
The book that she wrote is a story of her life, growing...
Dixie and Noodles rescued by students
[Julie Ray] From left, Stacey Scott, Caleb Shockey and Samantha Shockey assist with the first meeting of the two rescue dogs they are fostering for Buck and Friends Rescue Group. Dixie is a young Retriever/Lab mix and Noodles is an older Poodle.For the second time this year a group of 4-H Forestry/Wildlife students took a field trip to Ghost River Wildlife Management Area and planted trees. ...
Sweet Inspirations
[Julie Ray] The Silverado Band plays country and rock-n-roll for a crowd at Faith Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Band members, from left, Johnny Julian, Paul Cecil, Linda Knight, Carol Ford and Loy Smith, along with drummer, Doug Cecil (not pictured) will make a return appearance on August 31 from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m.In the 1980′s, Bartlett residents might have seen a ‘hair band’...
Fighting back
“If I had known,” said Yong Tai Zheng, “I would have gotten it back before they left the door.”
Zheng, partners with his brother, Young Luan Zheng, at the Panda Buffett, 6600 Stage Road, recalled the confusion surrounding the robbery at his restaurant on Thursday, August 2.
It seems that four women and one man seized the opportunity of a busy lunch when all the Panda Buffett employees were...
Lakeland bagpipes prompt giving spree
A Lakeland Kroger customer happened upon Scott Fuller in the grocery parking lot and asked Fuller “to show some knee.” In return, the customer gave Fuller a check in the amount of $1000. Sometimes things are just not what they appear. Fuller and the many eye-witnesses, far from being mortified by the request, were ecstatic. Fuller lifted his kilt and played the Marine Hymn on his bagpipes. ...
An original Mosiej
[photo by Julie Ray] From left, artist Tom Mosiej poses with an original art piece alongside Cheryl and Tim Teel, owners of the local steakhouse, The Side Porch. Cheryl commissioned the painting from Mosiej as a present for her husband.Tom Mosiej, Bartlett resident and artist, was born in 1928, two months before the birth of Mickey Mouse, in Chicago. A slight and nimble man, even at 84 years young,...
Free press under attack again: Does anyone care?
When the media exclaims that the free press is under attack once again, too often the resulting response is one of indifference.
Who cares if elected officials meet in questionable circumstances to determine your communities’ future?
Who cares if attempts are being made to “out” anonymous bloggers as a possible means of intimidating the same while silencing their critics?
Who cares...
