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February 16-22, 2018, Vol. 11, Issue 7

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GRIZZLIES AT FORK IN ROADSharing the NBA basement with seven other teams at the All-Star break puts team in an unenviable position, but the younger players are getting minutes they wouldn't otherwise. • P. 26

BLACK LAUNCHES ATTACK ON POTU.S. Rep. Diane Black, a candidate for Tennessee governor, and her husband are working to defeat a pending bill for medical marijuana• P. 24

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Parental Leave: More companies see the advantages of giving paid leave. P. 18

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RKA Construction BuysBuilding for New Office

RKA Construction has purchased a 4,000-square-foot building just off the Poplar corridor on Tillman Street, allowing the Memphis-based firm to quadruple its office space.

RKA, which specializes in custom resi-dential work ranging from small additions and renovations to large, new construction projects, bought the building at 81 Tillman from Bauray LLC in January for $260,000.

The new space will house the firm’s 21 team members. The firm’s office currently is located in a 1,000 square feet at 714 S. Mendenhall Road.

RKA Construction owner Ryan Ander-son said his company had been looking for a larger space inside the Interstate 240 loop for a long time.

“We have projects from Collierville to the river and everywhere in between, so having a centralized space is ideal for us,” Anderson said in a statement. “Our new offices will have more storage space, space for office staff, meeting space for superintendents and field staff to meet with subcontractors, and room for expansion.”

Architect Carlton Edwards designed the plans for the new space, which include a sleek exterior design and a complete re-model of the interior.

“We’re builders, so buying an older building in an established Memphis neigh-borhood and restoring it really fits our brand,” Anderson said. “We love the idea of being a part of the continual revitaliza-

tion of and reinvestment in Memphis real estate, both commercial and residential.”

Anderson plans to move his team into the new office space in April.

– Daily News staff

Bill Banning SterilizationIn Sentencing Moves On

A proposal by State Sen. Brian Kelsey (R-Germantown) and State Rep. Raumesh Akbari (D-Memphis) to prohibit Tennessee judges from offering defendants reduced jail time in exchange for sterilization passed the Senate Judiciary Committee unani-mously on Wednesday, Feb. 14.

Senate Bill 2133 prohibits a court from making a sentencing determination based on a defendant’s consent or refusal to any form of temporary or permanent birth control, sterilization, or family planning services, regardless of whether the defen-dant’s consent is voluntarily given.

“Having children is one of the most important decisions an individual will ever make in his or her life,” Kelsey said in a release. “The decision to have children should be left out of the courtroom.”

Kelsey and Akbari filed the bill in response to a White County judge offer-ing reduced jail time to defendants who volunteered for sterilization. Judge Sam Benningfield said his goal was to break a “vicious cycle” of repeat drug offenders with children. The Tennessee Board of Judicial Conduct found that Benningfield violated rules regarding judicial indepen-dence, integrity and propriety.

“Reproduction is a fundamental right,” Kelsey said. “In Tennessee, we respect life and we respect reproductive rights.”

The bill in no way prohibits defendants from seeking sterilization services if they so choose. The bill will next be heard in the full Senate. Sen. Lee Harris (D-Memphis) is a co-sponsor of the legislation.

Kelsey, who represents Cordova, East Memphis and Germantown, is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.


Denver Company Buys Prime East Memphis Land

Denver, Colorado-based Confluent Development has purchased a prime parcel of vacant land in the Poplar/Interstate 240 corridor.

Confluent, doing business as CD-HRA (Germantown) LLC, purchased the 3.2-acre property from local company Dunavant Enterprises, doing business as Grandview-Memphis LLC, for $4 million, according to a Feb. 13 warranty deed filed with the Shelby County Register.

William O. Hagerman, senior vice president of real estate operations, signed the deed on behalf of Dunavant, while Jonathan Rankin, senior vice president and chief financial officer, signed on behalf of Confluent.

Located just north of the intersection of Poplar and Briarcrest avenues in the heart of East Memphis’ office district, the vacant land was appraised for $1.7 million in 2017 by the Shelby County Assessor.

Confluent was founded in 2015 after the merger of two Denver-based real estate firms, MVG Development Inc. and Conflu-ent Development Services, and specializes in developing industrial and office projects, according to its website.

– Patrick Lantrip

Huey’s-Collierville Closing Two Weeks for Renovations

Huey’s Collierville, at 2130 W. Poplar Ave., is set to close its doors to the public for 12 to 14 days starting Monday, Feb. 19, to complete needed renovations.

With the help of Traditional Con-struction, the Collierville location will see upgrades in a couple of areas, but mostly the dining room. The restrooms will be fully renovated and remodeled. The entire dining room floor will be redone with stained concrete, and three windows will be installed on the south-side graffiti wall to bring in more light.

The entire bar countertop will be re-furbished, along with some other cosmetic woodwork touch-ups in the dining room, along with a fresh coat of interior paint. And the kitchen will undergo some miscel-laneous floor repairs.

The Collierville location opened in 1999 and is the fifth out of nine Huey’s locations.

– Andy Meek

City Issues RFQ For Fairgrounds Project

The city of Memphis has issued a request for qualifications for a master developer of commercial and retail space in the redevelopment of the Mid-South Fairgrounds.

The RFQ covers 19 acres on the north-

ern end of the Fairgrounds along Central Avenue, between Maxine Smith STEAM Academy to the west and the Children’s Museum of Memphis to the east, with a goal of mixed-use private development. Part of the 19 acres includes the gym-nasium of the school, which would be demolished.

City plans call for the gym to be re-placed with a structure that is a combina-tion of retail and school uses. The acreage also includes a potential 500-space parking garage.

The oval track now on the site would move to the southwestern corner of the Fairgrounds as part of a youth sports com-plex fronting East Parkway where the old Libertyland amusement park once stood.

Responses to the RFQ are due by 2 p.m. March 23, with Allworld Project Manage-ment as the contact on the process. A pre-proposal meeting of those interested will be held Wednesday, Feb. 21, at 9 a.m. along with a diversity workshop at the Shelby County Board of Education Building, 160 S. Hollywood St. The last day for questions is March 16 and the final addendum to the request will be posted March 19.

The city will determine which of the applicants are qualified and those selected will then be able to participate in a later request for proposals, or RFP, process.

– Bill Dries

Airport Designates New Area for Uber, Lyft Services

New pickup locations for passengers using Uber and Lyft at Memphis Interna-tional Airport will be located outside the A, B and C ticketing lobby exits on the outer commercial drive effective March 1.

Airport officials said the change is be-ing made to reduce traffic congestion at the baggage level and to provide a more efficient pickup and drop-off procedure for users of the ride-sharing services.

The new pickup area outside the B tick-eting lobby will be covered so customers waiting for a ride are not directly exposed to inclement weather.

“This change will result in a more convenient process for passengers doing business with Uber and Lyft,” Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority president and CEO Scott Brockman said in a release.

More information can be found at flymemphis.com/ground-transportation.

– Patrick Lantrip

Comptroller: City Obeyed Most Rules in Sale of Parks

The state Comptroller’s Office has determined the city of Memphis’ Dec. 20, 2017, sale of Health Sciences Park and the easement to Memphis Park to Memphis Greenspace Inc. appropriately followed related laws with the exception of requiring Memphis Greenspace to submit an ap-plication so it could gauge the nonprofit’s financial stability.

The Comptroller’s Office released its findings Wednesday, Feb. 14, after com-pleting a review of the transactions.

The sale of the parks followed the city’s unsuccessful attempt to receive a waiver from the Tennessee Historical Commis-sion to remove a statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest from Health Sciences Park. After the parks were sold, statues of Nathan

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Bedford Forrest, Jefferson Davis, and James Harvey Mathes were removed by Memphis Greenspace.

Lt. Gov. Randy McNally, R-Oak Ridge, and Houser Speaker Beth Harwell, R-Nashville, requested the review to deter-mine compliance with the Tennessee Open Meetings Act and other state and local laws.

The Comptroller’s Office of Open Re-cords Counsel determined the Memphis City Council provided sufficient notice of its meetings and agendas and did not violate the Tennessee Open Meetings Act.

Comptroller auditors also concluded the city acted with the authority granted by the Memphis Code of Ordinances to sell the parks to a nonprofit at less than market value. The parks were each sold to Memphis Greenspace for $1,000.

But auditors found the city did not follow all of the guidelines in the code of ordinances by not requiring Memphis Greenspace “to submit an application to the City Real Estate Department before the properties were conveyed as required by the Memphis Code of Ordinances (Sec-tion 2-16-1(G)(2)). The purpose of this application is to gauge an entity’s financial strength and overall stability.”

Memphis maintained it was able to determine the nonprofit was financially capable of maintaining the parks by meet-ing directly with Memphis Greenspace, which is led by attorney Van Turner, who is also a Shelby County commissioner. The city also provided auditors with three other instances when it had sold property

without requiring an application to the City Real Estate Department.

The Comptroller’s Office recommends that the city enter into a formal memo-randum of understanding with Memphis Greenspace for the storage and protection of the historic figures and artifacts.


Regional One Names New Chief Legal Officer

Regional One Health has named Imad Abdullah its chief legal officer.

Abdullah joined Regional One Health in 2014. As the principal attorney and general counsel for the health system, he is respon-sible for managing all aspects of legal affairs and risk management.

Prior to joining Regional One, Abdullah was a shareholder at Ogletree, Deakins, Nash & Smoak and spent nearly a decade at Baker Donelson law firm handling civil cases in the areas of health care, employ-ment and commercial litigation.

Abdullah is active in the Memphis com-munity, serving on the board of the Bodine School, which specializes in educating and remediating dyslexic learners, and he previously served on the board of Pleasant View School.

– Andy Meek

Memorial Fund Created For Coach Tommy Buford

The Tiger Scholarship Fund has cre-

ated a memorial account in honor former University of Memphis men’s tennis coach Tommy Buford, who died Jan. 14 at age 83 at his home in Boise, Idaho.

The account was created at the request of former Tiger tennis players and friends of Buford.

Buford served as men’s tennis coach at Memphis for 32 years. A 2005 inductee into the M Club Hall of Fame, Buford also served as the long-time director of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour event, which was held each February at The Rac-quet Club of Memphis through 2017.

Under Buford’s guidance, the indoor event attracted some of the sport’s top stars, including Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Arthur Ashe, Pete Sampras, Ivan Lendl, Andre Agassi and Andy Roddick. In part because of his Southern charm and hospitality, the players voted Buford as one of the ATP World Tour’s top six tennis officials in 1985.

Buford guided a number of former Tigers who have contributed greatly to the Memphis tennis community. Former Tiger Phil Chamberlain followed in Buford’s shoes and became the Memphis men’s ten-nis coach after Buford resigned to devote his time to running the ATP World Tour event in Memphis. Peter Lebedevs, another former Tiger, followed Buford in tourna-ment administration. Lebedevs succeeded Chamberlain as the Memphis ATP event’s tournament director before accepting an offer as the assistant tournament director at the BB&T Atlanta Open, a summer event

on the ATP World Tour.Donations made in Buford’s name

will benefit the Memphis men’s ten-nis program. Donations can be sent to: Tommy Buford Memorial Fund, c/o Tiger Scholarship Fund, 570 Normal, Attn: Brock McWhorter, Memphis, Tennessee, 38152.

– Don Wade

Germantown GettingJazzercise Center

Two local franchise owners are looking to bring West Tennessee its first official Jazzercise center.

Donna Cross and Regina Roberson have signed a lease to occupy 1,200 square feet at 7869 Farmington Blvd. in Loeb Prop-erties’ Farmington Centre.

Aaron Petree, vice president brokerage, represented Loeb.

The new space on Farmington Boule-vard near Poplar Avenue will offer aerobic exercise and dance fitness, including strike, cardio and dance-mix workouts, as well as interval, strength and core training.

The new facility will have eight instruc-tors and 27 morning, evening and weekend classes. It is expected open in early March.

– Patrick Lantrip

Tigers’ 2018 Football Slate Includes Trip to Missouri

The 2018 University of Memphis foot-ball schedule is out and includes seven home games, five on Saturdays, and a road

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trip to Columbia, Missouri, to play Barry Odom’s Missouri Tigers.

Mike Norvell’s third Memphis team be-gins play with the home opener Sept. 1 vs. Mercer at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. For the fifth straight season Memphis opens and closes a campaign with home games, the regular season ending with a Nov. 23 visit from Houston.

Mercer is one of three first-time oppo-nents, along with Georgia State and South Alabama; the Tigers were scheduled to meet Georgia State in 2017, but the game was pushed back due to Hurricane Irma.

Some other schedule highlights:• Sept. 8 at Navy: Tigers’ earliest confer-

ence opener since joining The American in 2013; also earliest West Division game since league went to two divisions in 2015

• Sept. 14 vs. Georgia State: The first of

only two Friday home match-ups in 2018 • Sept. 22 vs. South Alabama: The fourth

FBS program from Alabama the Tigers will face in their history, leaving Troy as the only FBS team Memphis has not played

• Sept. 28 at Tulane: Third straight sea-son the Tigers and Green Wave meet in a Friday night league clash

• Oct. 20 at Missouri: Fourth time Memphis meets Missouri in program history, and the third time the two teams play each other as members of different leagues. Memphis faces former defensive coordinator Barry Odom, who enters his third season as Missouri’s head coach.

• Nov. 23 vs. Houston: Fourth-straight season the Tigers host the regular-season finale at home; the second home Friday game of the season.

– Don Wade

100 N. Main OwnerBuys Two Adjacent Parcels

Less than a month after the 100 North Main Building was effectively reclaimed by the lender at a foreclosure auction, New York-based real estate firm Townhouse Management Co. affiliate THM Memphis Acquisitions LLC has purchased two adja-cent parcels.

The first parcels, located at 86 and 88 N. Main, were purchased from the National Housing Corp. of Memphis for a little more than $1 million, while the second parcel, located at 80 N. Main, was purchased from Cynthia Luo for $485,743.

80 N. Main is a 12,000-square-foot “downtown row” style building that was built in 1905 and last appraised for $160,400 by the Shelby County Property Assessor.

The 138-year-old 86 N. Main build-ing was appraised for $131,100 and the 108-year-old 88 N. Main building was appraised for $152,300, according to the assessor’s website.

On Thursday, Jan. 11, THM Memphis Acquisitions LLC effectively bought the 37-story office tower at a foreclosure auc-tion on the courthouse steps after the property failed to receive any bids.

A substitute trustee’s deed for the $1 million transaction was recorded with the Register’s Office that same day.

The tower went into foreclosure in late 2016 when then-owner IHM Memphis LLC defaulted on a $2.8 million loan through Shadow Tree Income Fund B LP, THM Funding LLC, Conrad Partners LLC, Nils Brous and Keiter Group LLC. IHM had taken out that loan when it purchased the 100 North Main Building in August 2015 for $5 million.

The foreclosure auction, originally set

for November 2016, was delayed numerous times before the lenders assigned the loan to THM Memphis LLC.

– Patrick Lantrip

Plaskolite Buys Lucite Business, Memphis Plant

Acrylic sheet products manufacturer Plaskolite LLC announced that it is acquir-ing Lucite International Inc.’s continuous cast acrylic sheet business, which includes general-purpose and sanitary sheets used in making spa and bath products.

The transaction includes the acquisi-tion of Lucite’s 93,375-square-foot sheet manufacturing facility in Memphis.

Closing is expected by the end of the first quarter of 2018. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Based in Columbus, Ohio, Plaskolite is the largest privately-owned North American manufacturer of acrylic sheet products. Its customized products are used in windows, doors, lighting, signs, point-of-purchase displays and bath products. Plaskolite serves a diverse customer base including distributors, OEMs and retailers.

In April 2010, Lucite International was awarded a 15-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes incentive by the Memphis and Shelby County Industrial Development Board to invest $90 million in its plant on Fite Road and retain 200 jobs there. Those positions came with an average annual salary of $89,531, $129,463 with benefits.

Plaskolite and Lucite have worked together for 40 years, a press release an-nouncing the transaction noted, with Plaskolite being the largest North Ameri-can purchaser of acrylic monomers from Lucite, a part of Mitsubishi Chemical Corp.

“Our goal is to be the industry leader while strengthening our marketplace po-sition for the benefit of our customers,” Mitchell Grindley, Plaskolite’s president and CEO, said in the release. “With this acquisition we have taken another step forward in our leadership position.”

Adding the Lucite business brings Plaskolite’s workforce to 800 people in Columbus, Ohio; Zanesville, Ohio; Grand Saline, Texas; Compton, California; Olive Branch, Mississippi; Monterrey, Mexico; and Memphis.


Alexander, Corker Honor1968 Sanitation Strikers

U.S. Sens. Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker of Tennessee introduced a Senate resolution Tuesday, Feb. 13, honoring the 1,300 Memphis sanitation workers who went on strike in 1968.

The resolution is co-sponsored by U.S. Sens. Doug Jones of Alabama and Ben Cardin of Maryland.

U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen of Memphis in-troduced the House resolution on Jan. 30, co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. David Kustoff of Germantown and the state’s seven other congressmen.

Alexander, in a written statement Tuesday, said the strikers “took a stand for freedom.”

“This resolution honors their legacy,” he said. “It is important that our children grow up learning about the contribution these Tennesseans – and many others – made to racial justice.”

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Corker said the strikers “displayed a great deal of courage in pursuit of equality.”

“This is a significant part of Tennessee and American history,” Corker said. “And it’s important that future generations know about the contributions and sacrifices that have been made to better our country.”

– Bill Dries

Nonstop Flights to Cancun Returning in May

On May 19, Vacation Express’ weekly flights between Memphis International Airport and Cancun International Airport will return.

As part of a six-night vacation package, the nonstop flights will run between May 19 and Aug. 4, with flights departing from Memphis on Saturday and returning from Cancun on Friday.

Volaris will operate the weekly flights to Cancun on a 180-seat Airbus 320 aircraft.

“Hundreds of passengers take advan-tage of Vacation Express’ annual service between Memphis and the popular vaca-tion destination of Cancun,” Pace Cooper, chairman of the board of commissioners for the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority, said in a release. “This is a great option for vacationing families.”

• Memphis to Cancun Flight Schedule:Departs: 8:30 a.m.Arrives: 11:25 a.m.• Cancun to MemphisDeparts: 5:45 p.m.Arrives: 8:55 p.m.

– Patrick Lantrip

Grizzlies Host Spring BreakYouth Basketball Camps

The Memphis Grizzlies will put on Spring Break Youth Basketball Programs presented by Nike for kids ages 6-17, in-cluding a game-day clinic on March 12 and a four-day youth basketball camp March 13-16.

Each program gives kids the oppor-tunity to receive high-quality instruction provided by Grizzlies Youth Basketball staff and two tickets to an upcoming Grizzlies game. The Grizzlies will host two sessions of their Spring Break Game-Day Clinic on Monday, March 12, on the FedExForum main court. Kids ages 6-11 will take the court from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. while youth ages 12-17 will participate from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The cost is $75 and each participant will also receive two tickets to that night’s Grizzlies vs. Milwaukee Bucks game and will have the opportunity to participate in fan experiences including pregame shoot-around, anthem buddies and the high-five tunnel.

The Grizzlies will also host a four-day basketball camp at Grace-St. Luke’s Epis-copal School (246 S. Belvedere Blvd.) for kids ages 7-16 from March 13-16. Not only will campers develop their basketball skills with instruction from certified GrizzFit coaches, they will also have the opportunity to participate in the official Jr. NBA Skills Challenge.

For $265, campers will also receive a package that includes Nike apparel, a full-size basketball and two tickets to an upcoming Grizzlies game.

Participants can also expect surprise guest appearances from Memphis Griz-

zlies and Memphis Hustle players during the camp.

Limited spots are available. To register and find out more about the Grizzlies’ Spring Break Youth Basketball Programs, visit grizzlies.com/youthbasketball.

– Don Wade

Maciel’s Taco Shop to Open Highland Store This Week

Maciel’s Taco Shop and ITS Fine Res-taurant Group have teamed up to open a second Maciel’s location at 525 S. Highland St., which will open to the public for lunch and dinner starting Thursday, Feb. 15, at 11 a.m.

The 3,000-square-foot restaurant and 1,500-square-foot indoor/outdoor patio will feature the same favorites as the Downtown Maciel’s location. It eventually will offer an expanded menu, brunch and late-night eats.

The new location also has a full-service bar and will offer catering and delivery to Midtown and East Memphis.

Maciel’s Highland was formed by a partnership between Manny Martinez, the proprietor of Maciel’s Tortas & Tacos, located at 45 S. Main St. Downtown, and the ITS Fine Restaurant Group, which in-cludes Bounty on Broad, Railgarten, Loflin Yard and Rec Room and is spearheaded by principals Taylor Berger, John Planchon and Martha Hample.

– Andy Meek

At Home Sells WinchesterProperty for $10 Million

A Phoenix, Arizona-based real estate investment trust has paid $10 million for the big-box space in Southeast Memphis’ Centennial Place shopping center leased to home furnishings retailer At Home.

VEREIT Inc., doing business as VEREIT Real Estate LP, bought the 124,000-square-foot Class B store at 7697 Winchester Road from 7697 Winchester Rd. LLC, a limited liability company affiliated with At Home, according to a Feb. 9 warranty deed.

The home furnishings retailer, formerly known as Garden Ridge, bought the prop-erty in 2014 from Target Corp. after Target closed its Centennial Place location.

In conjunction with its purchase, VE-REIT signed a memorandum leasing the property to At Home Stores LLC through February 2033, with the option to renew up to an additional 20 years.

Centennial Place, located on the south side of Winchester east of Tenn. 385, also counts Best Buy and Burlington Coat Fac-tory among its tenants, though those were not included in the sale.

The Shelby County Assessor’s Office most recently appraised the 15.1-acre property for $8.9 million in 2017.

– Patrick Lantrip

NAACP Chair to Keynote Freedom Fund Luncheon

National NAACP board chairman Leon Russell will be the featured speaker at the March 17 Freedom Fund luncheon of the NAACP Memphis Branch.

The annual fundraiser for the local chapter of the nation’s oldest civil rights organization is being co-chaired by Shelby County Schools superintendent Dorsey

Hopson and state Rep. Raumesh Akbari.Russell was elected chairman of the

national NAACP board in February 2017. He has been a member of the board for 27 years.

– Bill Dries

UTHSC Adopts Mental Health Model for Students

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is increasing its attention to the mental health and well-being of its students, with a focus on preventive care and intervention.

The initiative, adopted after consulta-tion and recommendations from national student mental health organizations, in-volves adding counseling personnel; im-proving student access to mental health services; and moving student mental health services out of the traditional health clinic setting and into the Office of Student Academic Support Services and Inclusion, or SASSI.

The move aims to take the stigma out of accessing mental health services and encourage students to view them as one aspect of support and self-care.

SASSI offers learning resources, tutor-ing, inclusion services, assistance for dis-abled students and services for veterans, among other things. University Health Ser-vices also has begun using a primary care model in which evaluation of mental health status is part of the intake and conversation with any patient seen in student health.

Workshops on suicide prevention, substance abuse prevention, sexual assault prevention, wellness and resilience will be offered. Students also will be educated to recognize when their classmates exhibit signs of mental distress and recommend SASSI for assistance.

– Andy Meek

Memphis Grizzlies Buy Out Brandan Wright

The Memphis Grizzlies waived veteran forward/center Brandan Wright, ending a disappointing three-year stay with the team that included injuries and just 67 games played.

Wright averaged 6.1 points and 3.3 rebounds during his time with Memphis. Wright is expected to sign a contract with the Houston Rockets for the remainder of the season once the waivers are cleared.

In 2007, Charlotte made Wright the eighth overall pick in the NBA Draft out of North Carolina; he was traded to Golden State the same day.

Wright, 30, never developed into a lot-tery pick-level player. For his career, which also included stints with New Jersey, Dallas, Boston and Phoenix, Wright has averaged 7.0 points and 3.6 rebounds.

Memphis signed him before the 2015-16 season to a three-year deal worth about $18 million and negotiated a buyout on the final year of the deal before waiving him so he could sign with another team.

– Don Wade

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Corky’s Expanding Into Houston, Dallas Markets

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Corky’s BBQ's flagship restaurant at 5259 Poplar Ave. was renovated and now has more widescreen TVs, improved lighting and new booths. (Memphis News File/Houston Cofield)

Corky’s BBQ is expanding its brand of pulled pork to the Lone Star State.

The company has secured an ex-pansion and franchise agreement for multiple locations in the Houston and Dallas metro areas.

Franchisees and operators Andria Cain and Bruce Gingrich of Squealing Pigs LLC are planning to open up to three Corky’s locations in the Houston area this year, with the first set to arrive by September.

Squealing Pigs LLC has the rights to open up to 17 total locations in the Houston and Dallas markets, as demand warrants.

Cain is an experienced franchisee who’s operated Panera Bread and Apple-bee’s locations over her 30-year career, but she also has a strong Memphis con-nection. Her son has been treated at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for the last 16 years, and her family recently hosted a fundraiser in Texas that raised $222,000 for the hospital.

“Memphis is like a second home to us, and our family owes so much to St .Jude that we try to help out in any way we can,” she said.

Gingrich said they’ve come to know the families involved in Corky’s and “we look forward to delivering great Memphis-style barbecue and service to our friends and neighbors in the Hous-ton and Dallas markets.”

Corky’s was started in Memphis by Don Pelts almost 35 years ago. It’s still family-owned and operated by the Pelts and Woodman families, and it’s grown from one restaurant in East Memphis to four full-service restaurants in Memphis,

plus two outlets inside Memphis Kroger locations.

There are also franchise locations outside of Memphis in Little Rock, Ar-kansas, and in Pigeon Forge and Brent-wood, Tennessee.

The company also has a large online business as well as a regular QVC pres-ence.

The past 12 months have been a par-ticularly busy period for the Memphis-based barbecue enterprise. Almost a year ago, the company was preparing to make what co-owner Barry Pelts pegged at an estimated six-figure investment in renovations for the Memphis-area locations.

Those updates included new touches to locations such as the flagship at 5259 Poplar Ave. that now includes more wi-descreen TVs, brighter interior lighting and new booths, among other features.

Corky’s also planned similar changes for its locations in Cordova, Collierville and Olive Branch.

As 2017 went on, Corky’s became one of the first Memphis restaurants to sign up to participate in UberEATS, the digital meal delivery service offered by the ride-sharing service Uber. It was part of a deliberate effort to chase a new demographic – a younger, more plugged-in diner.

That demographic also helped drive changes at, for example, Corky’s Cor-dova location, which include a new full-service bar, with Pelts noting that customers had been asking for liquor, not just beer.

Now comes news the company is branching out into new markets.

“Everything is bigger in Texas, and we look forward to supporting and watching the Texas operations flourish,” Pelts said.

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DeltaARTS had its beginnings in 1972, in the home of founder of Bobbi Dodge. Then came years in a storefront that, as executive director Amelia Barton described it, was “right across from the bowling alley and next to the cleaners.”

Now, not only is the nonprofit in its own freestanding facility in West Mem-phis but the building, known as the Glenn P. Schoettle Arts Education Center at 301 S. Rhodes St., will be getting technology upgrades through a capacity-building grant from the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis.

“We are so thrilled to be in this build-ing and so fortunate (Crittenden) County is lending it to us for $1 a year,” Barton said of the 16-year-old structure, which formerly was a medical education cen-ter. “We’ll have a theater with lighting and digital sound. It will be absolutely amazing.”

Each year, DeltaARTS serves more than 15,000 children and adults. But for-mer board member Mike Ford says when one considers the impact over the de-cades, it’s almost impossible to quantify.

“DeltaARTS has been extremely im-portant to the community of Crittenden County,” he said. “A lot of kids have been exposed to theater, music and art. And this is an absolute perfect building for the arts.”

The Schoettle center spans 7,500 square feet. Barton says the building will have many uses, all of which will be sub-stantially enhanced because of the capac-ity-building grant, which is for $10,667 and is one of 14 capacity-building grants the Community Foundation awarded for fiscal year 2018.

The 14 grants total $203,117.DeltaARTS will use the building and

the capacity grant funds for productions for children, adults, seniors and families; art shows and exhibits; community meet-ings; and business workshops and train-ing that intersect with the arts.

Elizabeth Warren, director of grants and initiatives for the Community Foun-dation of Greater Memphis, says that for capacity-building grants the foundation always tries to identity nonprofits with a minimum three-year track record of success.

On that score, DeltaARTS easily quali-fied. DeltaARTS also is in the midst of a capital campaign.

“It’s a little more difficult fundraising for the arts than other entities,” Barton said.

Ford is familiar with other performing arts centers in the area and believes with the technology upgrades via the grant, DeltaARTS’ programming and produc-tions will have as good a venue as there is.

“It will have a great feel not only for the participants, but the audience, too,” he said. “You’ve got to continue to stay cutting-edge to be relevant in anything you’re doing.

"Once it’s complete, it’ll rival any

performing arts center in the Mid-South.”The other Community Foundation

nonprofit capacity-building grants for FY 2018 include:

• A Step Ahead Foundation Inc. ($15,000) for a salesforce upgrade and

training and a marketing technology upgrade.

• Church Health ($40,000) for server upgrades, new software for the physical therapy clinic, and software upgrades for human resources.

• C r e a t i v e A g i n g M i d - S o u t h ($7,500) for a new website with refreshed branding and the development of a digi-tal/social media strategy.

• Metropolitan Inter-Faith Associa-tion ($20,000) for the development of the MIFA Center for Community.

• Center for Transforming Commu-nities ($9,500) for architectural services for The Commons on Merton.

• Dorothy Day House of Hospitality ($20,000) for wiring, computer hardware and printers for the new houses.

• Hope House Day Care Center Inc. ($20,000) for the development of a mar-keting/public relations plan.

• Madonna Learning Center Inc. ($7,000) for a website redesign and ecom-merce site development.

• New Hope Christian Academy ($20,000) for the development of a mes-saging plan.

• PRIZM Ensemble ($6,750) for web-site upgrades.

• Ronald McDonald House Charities of Memphis Inc. ($15,000) for purchas-ing Raiser's Edge NXT and Financial Edge NXT database software.

• Southern College of Optometry ($6,300) for researching and implement-ing a diversity and inclusion plan.

• S t r e e t s M i n i s t r i e s I n c . ($5,400) for trauma-informed care training.

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Amelia Barton, left, is execu-tive director of DeltaARTS, one of 14 recent grant recipients. The nonprofit arts or-ganization in West Memphis received a capacity-build-ing grant from the Community Foundation for Greater Memphis to support its programming and technology upgrades to the Glenn P. Schoettle Arts Education Center.

(Memphis News Photos/Houston Cofield)

DeltaARTS among 14 nonprofits awarded Community Foundation grants


Friedman Talks of Tribalism In Global Digitization

The co-founder of America Online is coming to Memphis this May with his investment fund to hear pitches from local startup companies and award $100,000 in seed funding to one of them.

Steve Case, the chairman and CEO of the Washington, D.C.-based venture capital firm Revolu-tion, and venture capitalist and author J.D. Vance are leading the second leg of the current Rise of the Rest bus tour. Rise of the Rest is also the name of the seed fund.

Memphis is one of five cities

on the tour, along with Birming-ham, Alabama; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Dallas, Texas; and Louisville, Kentucky. The Rise of the Rest effort, which is in its fourth year, is backed with a $150 million fund.

The Memphis event was announced Wednes-day, Feb. 14, by financial and investment plan-ner David Waddell after what he described as a “rigorous due-diligence phase.”

Memphis nonprofit entrepreneurship hub

EPIcenter applied to host a stop on the tour.

“We had to have multiple conversation and interviews and provide all kinds of documents and information about Mem-

phis,” said Leslie Lynn Smith, president and CEO of EPIcenter. “It was definitely competitive and a long process.”

Waddell said the visit will “bring attention to all of the work that’s happening here.”

“It’s from the bottom up to support entrepreneurs and to radically transform this com-munity through entrepreneur-ship,” he said.

EPIcenter started taking applications Wednesday from startups that want a chance to pitch to the Revolution panel in May. The pitches will come after comments by Case and Vance.

Vance, who is managing partner of Rise of the Rest, is best known as the author of "Hillbilly Elegy," a memoir of his upbringing in Appalachia.

Other investors in the fund are former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, former Google vice president Megan Smith, economist Roger Fergu-son and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman.

The “Rise of the Rest" branding is a reference to cities beyond well-established startup hubs like Silicon Valley and New York City.

“I think that’s their entire theory of change, is that the coasts are sort of well-managed and funded,” Smith said. “But there’s a lot of great innovation and invention that is going on in cities across America.”

The Revolution team, which will include local partners, will invest $100,000 in one of the startups that pitch during

the May 8 bus tour of the city. Those not picked will also make contacts that could come into play later.

“We are now expanding our network of opportunity around investment and advising to far beyond the regional reach – to a national and global reach,” Smith said. “This isn’t a sort of one-and-done transaction. We believe this is the beginning to a deeper relationship with this group of folks.”

The capital probably will be for “early stage investments” past the preseed period for a startup.

Rise of the Rest's latest in-vestments include a greenhouse farm in Kentucky aimed at shortening the distance in the produce supply chain, a 30-sec-ond property-title transaction using blockchain technology in Ohio, and a platform to manage and optimize cloud subscrip-tions in Indiana.

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At the end of his talk this week to a group of 250 at a Greater Memphis Cham-ber gathering, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman said all he has written about the Middle East and had supported for the region didn’t happen.

“If this were baseball, in columnist terms, I was batting .000,” he said at the Wednesday, Feb. 14, gathering at the Holi-day Inn University of Memphis. Friedman’s reporting on the Middle East and his opin-ions about the region are a significant part of his work as the author of seven books and a columnist.

“I started to come home in my head,” Friedman continued. That led to a book on “nation-building at home.”

“And then I looked around and real-ized the Middle East had followed me home – that we were becoming Sunnis and Shiites,” he said. “We called it Democrats and Republicans. But we were becoming as tribalized as the people I ran away from.”

Friedman’s latest book, “Thank You for Being Late,” is subtitled “A Field Guide to the 21st Century.” It is about the accelera-tion of digitization and artificial intelligence and how it is impacting globalization.

He talked about “the power of one” and the impact one person with a blog or other forms of social media can have – including a president whose tweets are unfiltered and unedited, as well as the head of the terrorist group ISIS.

Friedman defines himself as neither liberal nor conservative – neither Democrat or Republican. And he believes most of the country is that way.

“We are the most underrepresented majority in the world, I believe,” he con-cluded. “This country looks so much better from the bottom up.”

The technological storm in which Friedman likens cloud computing to a supernova is the setting for what he de-scribed as “the great struggle in politics.” The struggle, he said, is between those who want to build a wall to stop the storm or keep it out, and those who want to live in the eye of the storm.

Friedman said the digital divide that some educators say is a factor will disap-pear in the space of a few years because of technology’s rapid advance.

He also said it is diverse communities that are thriving away from a political en-vironment in which there is no middle but an either/or position divided by Democrat and Republican.

The alternative, he said, is communi-ties that have built “complex, adaptive coalitions where the business community partners with the public school system, community college, and college, trying to translate the real-time skills, needs and demands of the global economy into these institutions – not waiting for them to figure it out.”

He cites AT&T’s human resources de-partment, which is starting to offer online and digital courses to employees.

“AT&T’s social contract with their em-ployees is very simple: You can be a lifelong

employee at AT&T … but only if you are a lifelong learner,” Friedman said. “And that, friends, is the social contract coming to a neighborhood near you.”

From there, he waded into the world of workforce training in a city and state where elected leaders have in recent years been pushing associate and four-year de-grees at colleges and universities, as well as training certifications customized to the specifications of the companies doing the hiring.

“The days when you can get a two-year or a four-year degree and think you can dine out on that for 30 years of your career – that is so 1950s,” he said. “There is stuff you will learn in your first year of college that will be outdated by your fourth year.”

Who provides ongoing education is an unsettled question in the local and state discussion. Republican contender for governor Bill Lee provides workforce

training for 200 employees at his Franklin mechanical contracting firm, which has 1,200 employees overall.

But in a recent campaign stop in Memphis, Lee said he would rather see that training provided outside of the workplace.

For technical and vocational skills, the operators of state-run and nonprofit insti-tutions say they have to have ties to busi-nesses, for students and also for the training hardware necessary to teach specific skills related to latest technology.

Friedman argued the technology is changing so quickly that parents shouldn’t ask their children what they want to be but “how they want to be.”

Friedman’s appearance at the Greater Memphis Chamber breakfast was a part-nership with Leadership Tennessee and the first of three appearances he will be making across the state.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Thomas Friedman, speaking at a Memphis breakfast Wednesday, Feb. 14, says technology is impacting politics and education on a global scale. (Memphis News/Houston Cofield)

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Creative communications consulting firm DCA has submitted plans to the Down-town Memphis Commission for some upgrades and new community-oriented amenities at its South Main headquarters.

DCA founder Doug Carpenter bought the 100-year-old former Nabisco ware-house at 11 W. Huling Ave. last April and relocated the firm there in December.

While DCA is the primary tenant in the 8,500-square-foot space, the firm plans to treat the building as its own brand – Eleven W. Huling – with community amenities available to the public.

“Eleven W. Huling allows DCA to open our culture to other people and projects,” Carpenter said. “We’re fortunate to work for and alongside many community-mind-ed, inclusive organizations and initiatives, but we don’t want to stop there.”

The planned changes include a cyclo-rama photography cove with a catwalk and garage-door access that can be used for community meetings, receptions, photog-raphy and videography shoots, and shows for emerging musicians.

Additionally, an attached three-level,

2,200-square-foot private residence on the property will soon open as an Airbnb.

Construction on the project is sched-uled to begin by the end of March and wrap up sometime in the second quarter.

Austin Magruder with PMK Architects is listed as the project’s architect, while Octavius Nickson of Nickson General Con-tractors will handle the construction work.

The inspiration for the designs came from a circa-1912 Nabisco employee hand-book with architectural documentation by W.F. Wilmouth that DCA discovered, which called for “a building of such pleasing ar-chitectural quality and dignity as would not only be a source of pride to its directors, stockholders and employees, but would, in a measure, express to the public the pur-

pose and ideals of the [Nabisco] Company.”“We pride ourselves on honoring his-

tory and shaping a trajectory that enhances and adds value to the original intent,” Carpenter said.

The residential portion of the property once served as the carriage house for Nabis-co-clad horse buggies in the early 1900s.

The Center City Development Corp., a DMC affiliate board, will review Carpen-ter’s application for a $100,000 develop-ment loan and $44,041 exterior improve-ment grant Wednesday, Feb. 21.

“We love this kind of development,” DMC president and CEO Jennifer Oswalt said. “Converting a renter to an owner in a key neighborhood is definitely a win for Downtown. And this project further elevates that story by creating space that will be both a corporate HQ and com-munity asset. In the future, we hope to see more like it.”

DMC staff, in their report evaluating the 11 W. Huling project, says they are highly supportive for several reasons.

“First, the full renovation of existing buildings is an important goal of the CCDC and the Downtown Memphis Commis-sion,” the report reads in part. “Second, the project is situated in the heart of the South Main neighborhood, an area of continued focus for the DMC and its affiliated boards.”

After its time as a Nabisco warehouse, the building found a second life during World War II as a boat manufacturer for the U.S. Army, and later became a warehouse for United Liquors.

The building then switched owners and functions several times before Carpenter bought it in 2017.

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First User Moving Into UTHSC Innovation LabANDY MEEK

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Dr. Monica Jablonski, a professor in the Department of Ophthalmology in the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Medicine, has been moving into a new office in recent days, just down the street.

Jablonski has been setting up shop in a new 420-square-foot space in the Memphis Bioworks Foundation, 20 Dudley St., that houses the UTHSC Innovation Lab.

It’s a space born out of a partnership between UTHSC and the Memphis Bio-works Foundation that’s intended to sup-port researchers and help them ultimately commercialize their work. Jablonski, who’s been on the school’s faculty since 1998, was chosen as the first user of the space, which affords her benefits that include standard lab equipment and consulting services.

She’s using the innovation space to support her work fighting the shortcom-ings of traditional eyedrops and improving treatments for certain eye-related diseases.

The way it’s set up, the lab space is avail-able for up to 12 months at no cost to her. As she develops her intellectual property, she’ll be required to submit at least one grant application during her occupancy.

“This is something brand new. What UT

is trying to do, and Memphis as a whole is trying to do, is promote entrepreneurship,” Jablonski said.

In short, she said, her efforts include a two-fold discovery. One is a new glaucoma therapy, and the other is a drug delivery system that can be used with that treatment as well as other drugs. Her next steps? De-veloping those discoveries, pushing them even farther.

“We’ve discovered a novel gene and the protein that’s encoded by the gene that plays a role in modulating what is the pri-mary risk factor for developing glaucoma,” she said of the eye disorder, which affects some 3 million people in the U.S. “We’ve also devised a way to deliver that drug.”

She’s excited the university is putting its muscle behind something like the new lab space because faculty members at many universities often can't move their discover-ies into marketable products.

“We recognize that our faculty are a powerhouse of ideas that often produce dis-coveries suitable for (intellectual property) development,” said Gabor Tigyi, associate vice chancellor for research and industry relations at UTHSC.

Tigyi thinks the new drug formulation Jablonski is working toward has a market potential “that could reach in the hundreds of millions of dollars.”

Communications consulting firm DCA has submitted plans to the Downtown Mem-phis Commission for some new community-oriented amenities at its South Main headquarters. (DCA)


22 N B.B. KING BLVD. MEMPHIS, TN 38103

PERMIT AMOUNT: $5 millionAPPLICATION DATE: Feb. 2 COMPLETION: Mid-2018OWNER: Three P PartnersTENANT: Hotel IndigoARCHITECT: brg3s architectsDETAILS: Atlanta-based Three P Partners has filed a $5 million build-ing permit application with the Office of Construction Code Enforcement to construct a 118-room Hotel Indigo at the corner of North B.B. King Boulevard and Court Avenue.New Orleans-based Expotel Hospitality will oversee development and manage-ment of the property with Memphis-based brg3s architects handling the design work.Developed by Holiday Inn founder Kemmons Wilson in 1957, the 200,000-square-foot structure is now slated to be the city’s first Hotel Indigo.Scheduled to open in mid-2018, the new hotel will feature approximately 3,000 square feet of private dining, event and meeting space; a fitness center; and a

renovated pool with cabana bar.According to Expotel’s website, the de-velopment team is “in discussions with several nationally recognized, chef-driven restaurant groups with whom they will collaborate on the culinary program for the restaurant that looks onto the corner of B.B. King and Court and affords an opportunity to create a uniquely urban dining experience.”

2130 EXETER ROAD GERMANTOWN, TN 38138

APPLICATION DATE: Feb. 8OWNER: 2130 Exeter Road HoldingsTENANT: Trader Joe’sDETAILS: The saga of Trader Joe’s in Germantown has had more than its fair share of ups and downs over the last several years, but those all appear to be in the rear view mirror, as the first tangible plans listing the popular grocer have surfaced.On Thursday, Feb. 8, the Germantown Design Review Commission subcom-mittee reviewed Trader Joe’s application for its location in the Germantown Col-lection shopping center.Though previous plans for the 2130 Exeter Road site have been reviewed and approved by various planning boards in Germantown, this is the first

time Trader Joe’s has been listed as the tenant.The first hint that the on-again-off-again project was finally coming to fruition was a $750,000 building permit application citing “tenant buildout” for Trader Joe’s that was filed with the Shelby County Office of Construction Code Enforcement on Jan. 26.The future of Trader Joe’s in the Mem-phis area was most recently cast into doubt in May of 2017 when Centennial American Properties, the previous developers of the planned Trader Joe's location, told The Daily News they were pulling out of the project.However, the project again began to show signs of life several months later when Savannah, Georgia-based Wicker Park Capital Management, doing busi-ness as 2130 Exeter Road Holdings, took over the project.

529 S. FRONT ST. MEMPHIS, TN 38103

PROJECT COST: $1.6 millionAPPLICATION DATE: March 8 OWNER: 529 S. Front Street LLCTENANT: TBDARCHITECT: Larry ClarkCONTRACTOR: TBDDETAILS: A local investment group is seeking a nine-year tax break from the Downtown Memphis Commission to construct a new mixed-use building where the Downtown Blue Monkey once stood at 529 S. Front St.If approved, the new three-story, 7,500-square-foot building would fea-ture approximately 5,000 square feet of ground-floor restaurant space with four rental units located upstairs.The project carries a $1.6 million price tag and would be ready to begin con-struction within three months of receiv-ing PILOT (payment-in-lieu-of-taxes) approval from the DMC’s Center City Revenue Finance Corp.Currently, the 0.63-acre vacant lot gen-erates $1,433 in city and county taxes annually.DMC staff estimates that during the nine-year PILOT, taxes would rise 537 percent to $9,130 annually, or $69,278 in

total.The local investment group, operat-ing under the name 529 S. Front Street LLC, consists of Michael and Rebecca Johnson, Chris Jameson, George Hamp-ton, Larry Clark, George Bogy, Vernon Delashmit and Carl Jordan.The project’s development team also consists of architect Larry Clark, De-velopment Studio LLC and a yet-to-be-named general contractor.

0 DIANA ST. MEMPHIS, TN 38104

PROJECT COST: $1.9 millionAPPLICATION DATE: March 8OWNER: PMT Investments LLCTENANT: The Flats at Overton SquareARCHITECT: Arch Inc.CONTRACTOR: CBI Construction Co.DETAILS: PMT Investments LLC, a new business partnership between Aaron Petree, Cliff McLemore and Ed Thomas III, is seeking an 11-year tax abatement to construct a 16-unit apartment build-ing on the periphery of Overton Square.Dubbed The Flats at Overton Square, the 11,000-square-foot building is slated to fill in a vacant lot on Diana Street near its intersection with Monroe Avenue, and carries a $1.9 million price tag.The development will include four “live/work” units on the bottom floor and 12 traditional housing units upstairs ranging from 500 to 915 square feet. The development team consists of architect Arch Inc., engineers McCaskill & Associ-ates, Fowler Engineering and Innova-tive Engineering Services, and general contractor CBI Construction Co.Though PMT is an independent venture consisting of Loeb Properties’ Petree, CBI Construction’s McLemore, and Colliers International’s Thomas, the group is partnering with Loeb to use the Overton Square brand.Currently, the property generates $1,824 in annual property taxes. The DMC staff estimates that taxes would increase by 481 percent to $10,601 annually during the life of the 11-year PILOT for a total of $116,611 if approved, versus $20,064 over 11 years if it is not approved.

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The head of the crowd-control con-sulting firm hired to study and make recommendations on crowds in the Beale Street Entertainment District already has tentative ideas.

Peter Ashwin of Event Risk Manage-ment Solutions of Boise, Idaho, met with the Beale Street Task Force last week to map out the study’s course, with a final report due May 21.

“You really have a very distinct west side and east side,” Ashwin said of Second Street and B.B. King Boulevard, the two main entry points for Beale Street patrons on spring and summer Saturday nights. That is when entry to the district is fun-neled through security checkpoints start-ing at around 9 p.m., including checking identification and wanding for weapons. The Second Street checkpoint is by far the most crowded and has the longest lines.

“All parking is around Second Street, so it’s naturally driving people into that,” he said. “From a public safety point of view, then, you’ve got vehicular traffic on Second and you’ve got people. … Gener-ally you don’t mix those.”

An initial and still very tentative idea, Ashwin said, is to funnel those in line on Second Street down the alleys running north and south of Beale Street itself to B.B. King and Beale.

“I’d move them down the alleyways … and then bring them up on B.B. King (Boulevard) through both of the entrances north and south,” he told the task force Thursday, Feb. 8. “If people are moving they are not whining about it.”

Ashwin said crowd management is about “influencing crowd behavior.” And the idea during the study is to be able to take some of the ideas for changes and test them out.

One of the challenges pointed out by several task force members is that Beale Street becomes a different place depend-ing on the weather and the crowd.

“I think our focus should definitely be when it’s a regular Memphis crowd,” said council chairman Berlin Boyd, who ap-pointed the task force and chairs it as well.

The task force was a response to the controversy over charging a $10 entrance fee with $8 worth of merchant “bucks,” or coupons, on spring and summer Saturday nights that the council voted to drop to $5 last spring and later voted to drop entirely.

“That’s why we had to start charging,” Boyd said of dense Saturday crowds and several stampedes. “That’s the real root cause to me to try to find a real solution. … how to create a level flow for that crowd. And how to eliminate the appearance of a police state on that street.”

Ashwin acknowledged the difference in crowds.

“But a crowd is a crowd still,” he told Boyd. “Crowd density is one of the under-lying causes –what causes stampedes and crowd crushes.”

Ashwin is a former Australian Army Special Forces officer who has served as a consultant to six Olympic games, the 2010 G8 Summit and a lot of festivals, including the Memphis In May International Festival.

His firm is being paid up to $50,000 from the $257,779 in spring and summer Saturday night cover charges collected on Beale Street. The study is on a rela-tively fast track that will take in most of the spring peak season when crowds are at their highest level, including during the Beale Street Music Festival and the Memphis In May International Barbecue Cooking Championship.

“I think it changes during the week, during the day and during the night,” Ashwin said of the district. One of the biggest differences is that at times Beale Street may seem to visitors like it is an en-tertainment district, while at other times, it is secured as if it were a special event like the Memphis In May activities.

But Ashwin is quick to add that a crowd of 10,000 moving through the area is “not necessarily normal for any entertainment district.”

In two areas outside the clubs this past spring and summer, large crowds gathered to line dance to music coming from the nightclubs, something Boyd characterizes it as a “street party.”

“Beale Street is the perfect scenario for an individual with limited money,” Boyd said. “They have girls. You can take your own booze. You aren’t supposed to. It’s the perfect situation. You have music. You have a lot to see and people watch. … I’m not as eager to want to spend $5 to go into another club because I have everything I need right there on that street. I don’t have to move.”

Ashwin suggested more programming for Handy Park to make the special event setting complete.

“You have road closures. You have security screening. You are putting a pe-rimeter in place. You are managing it. By definition, you come to expect a special event on a weekly basis,” Ashwin said. “It’s a street party – you are right – there’s a connection by having music facing the street. You have bars facing the street. … Maybe we need to change the approach that this is a special event and we are run-ning a street party. That may help us shift that paradigm.”

Beale Street Crowd Control Consultant Has Early Ideas

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Peter Ashwin, principal of Event Risk Management Solutions, said at the outset of his firm’s crowd-control study that Beale Street functions as both an entertainment district and an events venue. (Memphis News/Bill Dries)

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For the Honorable Tim Dwyer, helping people who stumble get back on their feet and have a second chance is a trademark of his distinguished career.

Dwyer is recipient of this year’s Bobby Dunavant Public Servant Awards for an elected official. He and the non-elected award winner, Shelby County Chief Ad-ministrative Officer Harvey Kennedy, will be honored at the 15th annual Dunavant Awards luncheon on Feb. 28 at the Holiday Inn-University of Memphis on Central Avenue.

The awards are named after the late Shelby County Probate Court Clerk, who is universally recognized as a model for his more than 40 years of public service.

“I am deeply honored,” Dwyer said. “In my opinion, it’s one of the greatest awards I’ve ever received. I was really shocked when they called and told me about it because I knew Mr. Dunavant for a long time, and he’s a guy I think is the greatest as far as being a public servant. So to be even mentioned with his name is overwhelming for me.”

Dwyer has worked in county govern-ment for 36 years, the past 34 as General Sessions Criminal Court judge for Divi-sion 8.

In 1984, at age 30, he was elected to

Division 8 as the youngest judge in the state of Tennessee.

In 1997, he founded the Shelby County Drug Court – the largest drug court in the state, with more than 300 ongoing partici-pants.

Over the years, more than 2,500 people have gotten the help they need through the court.

Dwyer realized early on that incar-ceration alone, without dealing with the underlying disease of addiction, was an incorrect path.

“All of the felony drug cases are assigned to my division,” Dwyer said. “My staff will review each case to see if the reason they are down there is because of their addiction.”

The drug court will take any case that is drug-driven, other than crimes of violence.

“We have a voluntary treatment pro-gram, and defendants who agree to attend are generally in the program from 12 to 18 months,” he said. “If they are successful in completing the program, they have the chance to have that felony dismissed and cleared off their record.”

In instances where an individual who has attended the program relapses, Dwyer makes sure they receive free drug treat-ment, and he writes letters of recommen-dation to help get them in school or obtain employment. He knows each person by name and maintains a deep interest in their recovery.

“While conducting drug treatment

court, Judge Dwyer takes off his robe and comes off the bench to walk though court, shaking hands with participants and giving them words of encouragement, which is very similar to how Bobby Dunavant ran his office,” said David Leake, attorney with The Winchester Law Firm PLLC and founder of the Dunavant Public Servant Awards. “He was right in the middle of the clerk’s office conducting business, and Judge Dwyer has that same hands-on approach.”

Outstanding characteristics that de-fined Dunavant as a person and a public servant included being honest, unpreten-tious, accessible, energetic, involved, gen-erous, empathetic and highly attentive to detail – all qualities that also define Dwyer.

"My family has known Judge Dwyer for quite some time, and he was a particular favorite of my mother," said Bobby Du-navant's son, Mike Dunavant, manager of financial services in the Shelby County

Finance Department and member of the Dunavant Awards selection committee. "He's done a great job with the drug court, which is a very thankless job. It's been an amazing program for the county to help people with drug and addiction problems. He's the kind of person who does a lot of the work and gives the credit to his staff."

One of the things that marked Bobby Dunavant’s career was helping mentor young lawyers, and that’s something Dwyer has also made a priority.

“That’s the thing that distinguishes him on the bench is that he gets involved in people’s lives,” Leake said. “Judge Dwyer’s a hard worker, and he’s done a great job in an area that needs a lot of attention in our community.”

Dwyer was also an assistant district at-torney in Shelby County.

Dwyer has received Judge of the Year honors from the Memphis Bar Association on numerous occasions, and is a member of the Christian Brothers High School Hall of Fame as one of the school’s distinguished alumni.

He has been married to his wife, Be-lynda, for the past 10 years, and they have a young son, Conner.

The Dunavant Awards are given an-nually to one local elected official and one non-elected public official.

This year’s winners were selected by a committee of members of the Dunavant family and the Rotary Club of Memphis East, with nominations coming from the public.

This year’s event is co-sponsored by the Rotary Club of Memphis East and The Daily News, and it is expected to draw 400 to 500 attendees.

Carolyn Hardy, president and CEO of Chism Hardy Investments and chairwoman of the Greater Memphis Chamber’s Chair-man’s Circle, will be the keynote speaker.

A table for 10 to the awards luncheon can be reserved for $400 and individual tickets are available for $50.

CO M M U N I T Y

MICHAEL WADDELL

Special to The Memphis News

TOUGH LOVE

Judge Tim Dwyer, one of the 2018 Dunavant Award recipients, said Bobby Dunavant was the model public servant and he is humbled to receive an award with his name. (Memphis News/Houston Cofield)

15TH ANNUAL DUNAVANT PUBLIC SERVANT AWARDSWhat: The Rotary Club of Memphis East recognizes the importance of public service by honoring two public servants each year – one elected official and one non-elected.When: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m, Wednesday, Feb. 28Where: Holiday Inn-University of MemphisKeynote Speaker: Carolyn Hardy, chairwoman of the Greater Memphis Chamber’s Chairman’s Circle and president and CEO of Chism Hardy InvestmentsReservations: A table for 10 can be reserved for $400 and individual tickets are available for $50. Contact: Lee Hughes, [email protected]

“I am deeply honored. In my opinion, it’s one of the greatest awards I’ve ever received.”

–Judge Tim Dwyer, Dunavant Awards honoree

Dunavant Awards honoree Dwyer judges with hands-on approach


During long careers with both the U.S. Navy and Shelby County government, Harvey Kennedy is most proud of being able to maintain integrity, honesty and objectiveness, with a focus in the latter half of his career on getting the best re-turn for the taxpayers of Shelby County.

His exemplary role throughout his ca-reer has earned Kennedy selection as the 2018 non-elected official winner of the Bobby Dunavant Public Servant Awards.

Along with the Honorable Judge Tim Dwyer, Kennedy will be honored at the 15th annual Dunavant Awards luncheon on Feb. 28 at the Holiday Inn-University of Memphis on Central Avenue. The awards are named for the late Shelby County Probate Court Clerk Bobby Du-navant, who is widely cited as a model for his more than 40 years of public service.

“It’s quite an honor to be selected, and I’m very appreciative of it,” Kennedy said.

Kennedy spent more than 25 years in the Navy and traveled around much of the world. His last assignment was as commander of the Defense Distribution Depot in Memphis, and he retired in 1993 with the rank of captain in the Sup-ply Corps. During his military career he was decorated many times, earning the Defense Superior Service Award, Meri-torious Service Medal three times, Navy Commendation and Navy Achievement medals, and numerous unit awards.

He received a master’s degree in financial management from the Naval Postgraduate School.

When Kennedy embarked on his second career, he began as the finance manager at the Shelby County Correc-tions Center, where Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell (a former recipient of the Dunavant Awards) also began his gov-ernment career. Kennedy later assumed the role of administrator of Finance & Administration for five years until his ap-pointment as chief administrative officer for then-Shelby County Sheriff Luttrell, a role that lasted eight years.

“I was going to do a short time with the county and supplement my military retirement, and here I am 24 years later still doing it,” he joked.

When Luttrell became mayor in 2010, Kennedy went with him as CAO to oversee the day-to-day operations of the eight divisions of Shelby County government. His public service role as CAO includes

everything from handling complex busi-ness negotiations, to interfacing with all of the county’s elected officials, to meet-ing with dissatisfied citizens.

“As things arise, and they always do, I try to take care of them and keep prob-lems away from the mayor as best I can,” Kennedy said.

As the right hand of the mayor, Ken-nedy is known for quality financial man-agement, the ability to reduce budgets and obtain quality performance from his staff. After the county’s debt hit a high mark of $1.8 billion in 2008, his team inherited a debt of more than $1.6 bil-lion in 2010.

“We have rigorously adhered to a debt reduction plan, trying not to obligate too much for capital funding, paying off the debt, and refunding actions when we can,” Kennedy said. “We’ve managed to get it down to under $1 billion, and that frees up a lot of money that goes to debt service payments so that we can provide money to the schools and other things.”

Characteristics that defined the late Bobby Dunavant as a person and a public servant included being honest, unpre-tentious, accessible, energetic, involved, generous, empathetic and highly atten-tive to detail.

“I’ve worked with Mr. Kennedy for a number of years,” said Bobby Dunavant’s son, Mike Dunavant, manager of financial services in the Shelby County Finance De-partment and a member of the Dunavant Awards selection committee. “He’s a very honest and very hard-working guy. Much like my dad, he doesn’t seek the spotlight. He’s good to his employees and is a strong mentor and leader.”

As a mentor, Kennedy takes a keen in-terest in making sure junior members of the staff grow personally and professionally.

“If anybody was born to serve the public, it is Harvey Kennedy,” said David Leake, attorney with The Winchester Law Firm PLLC and founder of the Dunavant Public Servant Awards. “His humility, in-

tegrity and sense of purpose have worked to the benefit of every organization he has served.”

Later this year, Kennedy plans to retire and spend more time with his fam-ily, as well as do some volunteer work at Shelby Farms Park. He and his wife, Sandra, have two grown daughters and one granddaughter.

The Dunavant Awards are given annu-ally to one local elected official and one non-elected public official. This year’s winners were selected by a committee of members of the Dunavant family and

the Rotary Club of Memphis East, with nominations coming from the public.

This year’s awards luncheon is co-sponsored by the Rotary Club of Mem-phis East and The Daily News, and it is expected to draw 400 to 500 attendees. Carolyn Hardy, president and CEO of Chism Hardy Investments and chair-woman of the Greater Memphis Cham-ber’s Chairman’s Circle, will be the keynote speaker.

A table for 10 can be reserved for $400 and individual tickets are available for $50.

EARNING PUBLIC TRUSTCO M M U N I T Y

MICHAEL WADDELL


Shelby County Chief Administrative Officer Harvey Kennedy was selected as a recipi-ent of the 2018 Dunavant Public Servant Awards. (Memphis News/Houston Cofield)

“It’s quite an honor to be selected, and I’m very appreciative of it.”

–Harvey Kennedy, Dunavant Awards honoree

Dunavant Awards honoree Kennedy brings integrity, truth to public service role


The signs are now iconic. “I Am A Man” signs from the 1968 sanitation workers strike are mu-seum pieces, even collectibles.

So more than a few of those who marched Monday, Feb. 12, 50 years to the day that the his-toric strike began, kept the signs stapled to yard sticks, another nod to the past. Still others went for different versions – “I Am A Woman,” “I Am A Person.”

The logistics have changed much less.

“In the street, line up in the street,” said Fight for $15 orga-nizer Antonio Cathey through a bull horn. “Off the sidewalks.”

Several hundred people marched Monday from Clayborn Temple to City Hall with Memphis Police brass coordinating with march organizers. It’s something that would have been un-imagin-able in 1968.

The relationship between po-lice and protesters in the last two years has moved closer to the ten-sions of 1968. But it’s still a far cry from the hostility between earlier generations of both groups half a

century ago.The Monday march was coor-

dinated by the new Poor People’s Campaign being organized by Rev. William Barber, leader of the national Moral Mondays movement, and those behind the Fight for $15 minimum wage ef-

fort. It retraced the route the strik-ing workers took in daily marches back in 1968.

Many in Monday’s crowd were not born in 1968. But a few union leaders and sanitation workers from the 1968 strike were at the head of the march along

with U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen.The Hamilton High School

and Memphis Mass bands were further back in the march, going silent in the last two blocks as the group approached Civic Center Plaza outside City Hall.

Ten buses brought in march-ers, many from other cities, to join local ministers and religious leaders and local activists. The partnership and union slogans chanted during the march were reminders that at its core, the 1968 strike was about the city rec-ognizing the union representing sanitation workers – the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

Earlier in the day Monday, protesters tried to close the Mc-Donald’s restaurant at 2073 Union Ave. with demands for a $15 minimum wage and a union to represent workers. McDonald’s has been a target of Fight for $15 protests in recent years.

Barber didn’t attend, but the protesters heard a recorded mes-sage from him linking the cause of a $15 minimum wage to that of the 1968 strikers, who he said, “simply wanted dignity and a living wage.”

“The Bible is also clear that we must be willing at times to shut down the factories, to shut down the malls, to get into the street, to cry, to wail and to make it known that it doesn’t have to be this way,” he said.

Baxter Leach, one of the 1968 strikers, told the group the march brought back memories.

“All of those days we marched for justice to stand up for the rights of our children,” he said. “It’s cold out here. I hope y’all get what you

want. If you want it, stand up. We stood up to be men.”

The Memphis Democrat said the march recalled Dr. Martin Luther King’s last crusade “not for civil rights per se, but for econom-ic justice, which is a civil right.”

“A $15 minimum wage is a civ-il right of this generation,” he said as he urged those in the march to register to vote and register others to vote in the upcoming mid-term elections and reverse Republican efforts including the recent tax reform bill Cohen called “a tax scam.”

“We’ve got to take back the Congress in November and we’ve got to take the White House back,” he said.

Cohen and others who spoke at the end of the march spoke from a stage facing City Hall. The Memphis Police presence was visible, but less than it has been for past protests outside the seat of city government.

City chief communications officers Ursula Madden said, in a statement released as the march began, that state law bars cities and other local governments from enacting a local minimum wage different from the state minimum wage of $7.25. That matches the federal minimum wage.

Madden says the adminis-tration of Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland follows a “living wage” standard for city employees and that Strickland favors a “reason-able increase in the minimum wage.”

Of the 6,659 full-time city em-ployees, about 5 percent, or 350, make less than $15 an hour, with $12 the lowest hourly wage paid to a city employee.

“City government recognizes there is an economic divide – not just in Memphis, but globally,” Madden said in the statement. “We will continue to work to com-pensate our employees fairly and to shrink the economic divide by extending contract opportunities to minority-owned businesses.”

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“City government recognizes there is an economic divide – not just in Memphis, but globally. We will continue to work to compensate our employees fairly and to shrink the economic divide by extending contract opportunities to minority-owned businesses.”

–Ursula Madden, City chief communications officer

Hundreds of demonstrators from Memphis and nearby cities marched from Clayborn Temple to City Hall to commemorate the sanita-tion workers' strike of 1968. (Memphis News/Houston Cofield)

Theryn Bond joins hundreds of demonstra-tors Monday, Feb. 12, from Memphis and nearby cit-ies marching from Clayborn Temple to City Hall to com-memorate the sanitation workers’ strike of 1968.(Memphis News/Houston Cofield)


Residential infill is the pri-mary theme of the Shelby County Land Use Control Board’s March 3 agenda, as multiple developers are look to add dozens of new units from South Main to East Memphis.

The largest of the bunch is Philip Woodard’s applica-tion for a 30-lot subdivision in the South Main Historic Arts District.

According to Woodard’s application, an existing ware-house that sits on the north-west corner of Front and Butler streets would be demolished to make way for Butler + Front Townhomes.

The 65,000-square-foot, Class D warehouse on the corner of Butler Avenue and Front Street was built in 1925 and is appraised for $343,300, according to the Shelby County Assessor’s website.

Though some of the lots

will have direct access off Wagner Place, most will have access off of an internal pri-vate drive, according to the plans. The average lot size in the subdivision will be roughly 1,100-square-feet.

“We believe that the site plan generally conforms to the regulations for the South Main District and that this development will be a positive contribution to the housing market in this area of Down-town Memphis,” consultant Cindy Reaves said in a letter of intent to city planners.

The LUCB also will con-sider the application of devel-opers Raymond Sharkus and Petrauskas Capital LLC. They are looking to fill in a vacant lot near Overton Square with a four-lot subdivision.

“We believe our proposal will be a desired addition to Jefferson Avenue and the Over-ton Square district by adding a beautiful design element and more housing opportunity for members of our community,”

Laurynas Petrauskas said in a letter of intent.

The four townhomes would have a minimum lot area of 1,307 square feet, fit into a 0.16-acre parcel near the in-tersection of Jefferson Avenue and Cooper Street, according to the application.

The design team also con-sists of Brett Ragsdale of brg3s architects and Charles Camp-bell of Campbell Surveying.

To the east, City Construc-tion & Development is looking to construct an 11-lot subdivi-sion at the southeast corner of North Perkins Road and Princ-eton Road in East Memphis.

A vacant church located at 458 Perkins Road that sits on a 2.5-acre lot would have to be demolished as part of the plan.

According to the submitted plans, the 11-lot, gated com-munity known as the Princ-eton Greenline PD would be accessed via a private drive on North Perkins. Each lot would have a minimum size of 7,300 square feet.

Also in East Memphis, Mark Matthews of Park Place PD LLC is looking to develop a 10-lot subdivision on the south side of Park Avenue between East Irving and West Crest-wood drives.

“There are many redevel-opments of old residential properties in this vicinity and along Park Avenue that have been approved the past,” a let-ter of intent read in part. “Like those previously approved,

this development will serve as a good transition and will help to provide a better buffer between Park Avenue and the larger existing residential lots south of Park Avenue Planned Development.”

The development team also consists of engineer and developer Mark Davis, archi-tect Stuart Povall, landscape architect Mark Levy, and land surveyor Byron Harris of Harris and Associates Land Surveyors.

Residential Infill Projects Planned From S. Main to E. Memphis

R ES I D E N T I A L R E A L ESTAT E

PATRICK LANTRIP

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Butler + Front Townhomes

Map data ©2018 Google

Two residential infill projects in South Main and Midtown that will add density to the city’s core were approved for financial incentives Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 13.

A new mixed-use develop-ment slated for South Main will be headlined by a long-time Blue Monkey employee.

Michael Johnson of Blue Mon-key Enterprises told the Center City Revenue Finance Corp. on Tuesday that 18-year employ-ee Brandon Moss will be running a deli on the bottom floor of a new three-story, 7,500-square-foot building that will be located at 529 S. Front St.

“Brandon is one of the most capable people I’ve ever met in my life,” Johnson said. “He’s honest, he’s a smart guy, and he makes good decisions. We think we have the right man for the job.”

While the new venture doesn’t have an official moniker yet, John-son said they have been kicking around some ideas and should

have more details in the coming months.

CCRFC awarded the project a nine-year PILOT (payment-in-lieu-of-taxes) incentive on behalf of Johnson’s partnership group, 529 S. Front Street LLC, which also consists of Rebecca Johnson, Chris Jameson, George Hampton, Larry Clark, George Bogy, Vernon Delashmit and Carl Jordan.

The $1.6 million project could begin construction as soon as this summer. Approximately $1.4 mil-lion in funding from Landmark Bank has also been secured pend-ing the CCRFC’s approval.

“Staff is in full support of this project,” Downtown Memphis Commission staffer Brett Roler said. “It’s an appropriate mixed-use infill development at a key commercial corridor, and we believe that it will help bring new vibrancy to this neighborhood.”

The site was once the original location for the Downtown Blue Monkey before it burned down in 2005. It was eventually recon-structed nearby at 513 S. Front St., where it still operates today. The original Blue Monkey is located at 2012 Madison Ave. in Midtown

just west of Overton Square.Currently, the 0.63-acre va-

cant lot generates $1,433 in city and county taxes annually. DMC staff estimates that during the nine-year PILOT, taxes would rise 537 percent to $9,130 annually, or $69,278 in total.

Also approved at the CCRFC meeting was the appl ica-tion of PMT Investment LLC, which was seeking an 11-year tax abatement to construct an 11,000-square-foot building with 16 market-rate apartments and

on-site parking just west of Over-ton Square.

PMT is a recently formed partnership between Aaron Pe-tree of Loeb Properties, Cliff McLemore of CBI Construction and Ed Thomas III with Colliers International.

The development, which will be known as The Flats at Over-ton Square, will have four “live/work” units on the bottom floor and 12 traditional housing units upstairs ranging from 500 to 915 square feet.

“We have gotten rave reviews from people in the area that this a product they want to see,” Petree told the board. “Where they can have their studio or law office or whatever actually in the same unit they live in.”

I n a d d i t i o n t o P e t r e e , McLemore and Thomas, the design team consists of archi-tect Arch Inc., engineers McCaskill & Associates, Fowler Engineering and Innovative Engineering Ser-vices, and general contractor CBI Construction Co.

Since PMT is not affiliated with Loeb Properties, it was given special permission to use the Overton Square brand, which is owned by Loeb.

The estimated $1.9 million project has secured $1.4 million in funding from Community Bank.

Currently, the property gen-erates $1,824 in annual property taxes. The DMC staff estimates that taxes would increase to $10,601 annually during the life of the 11-year PILOT.

“We also have a goal as an organization and as a city to add new density to the core of Mem-phis,” Roler said. “And this project does that.”

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The Flats at Overton Square

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Lenders at year’s end were already pre-dicting solid mortgage-banking activity to continue heading into 2018 – a feeling that’s been born out by the housing sector’s first monthly performance totals for the year.

New numbers out from real estate information company Chandler Reports, www.chandlerreports.com, show a 17 per-cent uptick in purchase mortgage activity in Shelby County for January. Activity for the month topped $132 million, up from $113 million in January 2017, according to Chandler Reports.

For lenders reading the tea leaves, it’s a positive start to the year across other metrics, as well. Both the number of indi-vidual mortgages that lenders made last month and the average dollar amount of those mortgages were up compared to the year-ago totals.

Community Mortgage Corp. chief

financial officer Mike Wells – whose employer was the top lender last month as ranked by purchase volume – takes a straightforward view of the market, what it means and what’s to come.

“Positive economic factors cause us to have a favorable outlook for housing in 2018,” he said. “However, those same posi-tive economic factors put upward pressure on rates. The main factor slowing mortgage growth continues to be limited housing inventory.”

The market took more or less a steady climb up last year, with the result falling short of explosive growth but edging out $1.9 billion in total purchase volume for 2016 with more than $2 billion for all of 2017. So far in the new year, things are headed in the right direction.

Lenders made 741 mortgages in Janu-ary, up from 681 in January 2017. The average mortgage amount last month was just shy of $180,000, up from $165,990 in January 2017.

“Mortgage rates have been rising for

several weeks,” said Financial Federal Bank senior vice president Judson Wil-liford. “Due to this, we’ve seen increased mortgage activity with borrowers wanting to lock in rates.

“Sales are still up. We’re very busy, and it’s still a competitive market across Mem-phis. There’s a limited market supply of real estate. Sellers are seeing multiple offers, which is both increasing prices and causing buyers to need to act quickly.”

The January numbers get things started up again on a similar track to the improve-ment seen in the fourth quarter. The Chan-dler numbers showed purchase volume from October through December 2017 surpassing $494 million, up from $486.9 million during the same period in 2016.

Helping underpin continued strength in the housing market both here and be-yond Memphis are factors that include a robust job market. Indeed, the national unemployment rate at the beginning of the month sat at a 17-year low of 4.1 percent, with some economist speculating it could

fall further still.Developers locally also are scrambling

to build new housing stock anywhere they can. The upcoming Land Use Control Board meeting set for March 3, for example, is packed with residential infill projects like Philip Woodard’s proposed 30-lot subdivision in the South Main Historic Arts District.

After a hot 2017, the Memphis area housing market looks to carry over its success into 2018.

The average home sales price in January came in at $163,024, a 14 percent increase from Janu-ary a year ago, according to real estate information company Chandler Reports, chandlerre-ports.com.

The volume of home sales in January reached $199 million, up 21 percent from $165 million a year ago, according to the Chan-dler Reports data.

Collierville’s 38017 ZIP code recorded the highest average price at $367,962.

The number of units sold also was up 6 percent in January, with 1,220 sales recorded compared with 1,153 a year ago.

Existing-home sales rose 7 percent in January with 1,160 recorded last month compared with 1,085 in January 2016. The average price of existing homes, meanwhile, reached $152,333 in January up 15 percent from $132,474 a year ago.

Vihn Le, with First National Realty, said he expects the strong market to continue in 2018.

“I think it’s going to be an-other good year,” he said.

Le, who was First National’s top selling agent last year, said that while he is not a politi-cian or economist, he feels as though people’s confidence in the economy is one driver behind the increased activity.

“They’re feeling secure enough to make that upgrade or that purchase,” he said.

Le also said that the slow in-crease in interest rates is pushing some people to test the market before they rise any higher.

“It’s not ridiculous like it was, but it’s gradually rising,” Le said of the interest rates.

Bankrate.com showed the av-erage 30-year fixed mortgage rate

in Tennessee was 4.34 percent as of Feb. 12 and the average 15-year fixed rate was 3.65 percent.

Sales of new homes fell 13 percent for the month, with 59 sales recorded compared with 68 in January 2016. The average price of a new home, however, rose 14 percent to $373,020 from January a year ago.

Arlington/Lakeland’s 38002 ZIP code and Collierville’s 38017 ZIP code recorded the most new-home sales for January with 15 sales a piece averaging $312,584 and $510,205, respectively.

Marx-Bensdorf Realtor and president of the Memphis Area Association of Realtors’ board of

directors Lauren Harkins Wiuff said that the area’s low inventory is another driver behind the busy market.

“Inventory is really at a low,” Wiuff said. “I don’t remember it ever being this low.”

While the inventory level makes it a seller’s market, Wiuff says, it doesn’t necessarily mean buyers are getting the short end of the stick.

“Even though it’s a seller’s market, because there is not a lot of inventory, I think that because buyers are so in tune with what’s going on, they’re not going to just buy anything that’s on the market,” she said.

But if the house is priced right, it probably won’t stay on the market for very long.

BUILDING PERMITSDevelopers pulled 915 new-

home permits averaging $324,901 in 2017, which was down from 1,010 permits averaging $277,974 in 2016.

Regency Home Builders was the top builder in 2017 with 184 new-home sales recorded averag-ing $305,255 and 191 new-home permits filed averaging $267,471.

The area that saw the most new-home permits in 2017 was Arlington/Lakeland’s 38002 ZIP code, with 219 permits averaging $305,255.

FORECLOSURE ACTIVITYShelby County residential

foreclosures continued to decline in January, according to Chandler Reports, with 148 recorded for the month – a 10 percent decrease from 164 last year.

Of those 148, the average fore-closure amount was $85,036 and the average tax appraisal value was $126,061.

Cordova-North’s 38016 ZIP code had the highest foreclosure inventory value of $14.7 mil-lion across 91 properties, while Westwood’s 38109 ZIP code had the most homes in foreclosure inventory through January with 153 valued at $6 million.

Among lenders, Fannie Mae had the highest foreclosure in-ventory, with 133 homes valued at $14 million.

Bank sales – or foreclosure sales – represented 7 percent of all Shelby County homes sold in January. The 81 bank sales recorded last month marked a 12 percent decrease year over year. The volume of bank sales dropped 3 percent to $8 million.

Meanwhile, non-bank sales increased 7 percent to 1,138 last month, with the volume of non-bank sales also increasing 21 percent to $190 million.

Chandler Reports is a division of The Daily News Publishing Co.

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The Memphis area housing market is picking up where it left off in 2017, with Chandler Reports data showing a 6 percent increase in home sales in January compared to a year ago and an average sales price that is 14 percent higher. (Shutterstock)

Top January 2018 lenders by purchase mortgage volumeCommunity Mortgage January 2018: $10.6MJanuary 2017: $8.1M

Iberiabank January 2018: $7.8MJanuary 2017: $7.4M

Pinnacle Bank January 2018: $7.1MJanuary 2017: $10.1MSource: Chandler Reports, www.chandlerreports.com


Tsunami continues to rein-vent itself as it approaches 20 years in business this year and is beginning 2018 with its strongest holiday season on the books.

Colleen Couch-Smith, wife of Tsunami chef Ben Smith, is instrumental to the success and world-class status of the restau-rant, bringing an artistic eye, dis-cerning palate and insightful management style to the table.

Couch-Smith, the general manager and a co-owner of Tsu-nami, grew up in Hernando, Mis-sissippi, and moved to Memphis to study art at Memphis College of Art. She met her husband Ben and joined him and the late Thomas Boggs, founder of Huey’s, in opening the restaurant at 928 S. Cooper St. on July 14, 1998. Offering fresh seafood, locally sourced ingredients and popular small-plate options, Tsunami has maintained a strong presence in the culinary scene.

Restaurant ventures can be risky investments, but Couch-Smith was confident the business would be successful.

“Memphis at that time was at a really exciting crossroads, be-cause we had a lot of corporations that had made Memphis their home base and we were attracting people from other cities,” she said.

When Tsunami opened its doors almost two decades ago, it was the only fine dining res-taurant in the up-and-coming Cooper-Young District, she said. “I think that the city was just ready for it.”

After a three-year sabbatical from the daily operations of the restaurant, Couch-Smith has re-turned with fresh ideas to bolster slightly flagging sales. She was encouraged by business partner Lauren Robinson of Huey’s to overhaul the books as well.

“We also realized that our management structure needed a little bit of changing,” Couch-Smith said. “I think that what I brought to the table invigorated the staff.”

Robinson credits much of the smooth operations to Couch-Smith’s fair and diplomatic treat-ment of staff and her ability to stay calm under pressure.

In 2016, the couple purchased the building that has housed the restaurant since its inception.

Feeling like any upgrades would be a good investment, Couch-Smith took on the task of long overdue renovations, including a redesign of the bar, creating paper and wire lighting fixtures for the dining area, and handmade wall-paper for the restrooms.

It isn’t just fresh ingredients and clean design that keep people coming back to Tsunami. For Couch-Smith, creating a sense of family and feeling of inclusivity among staff is key to running a successful business.

“While we place a tremendous amount of value on our custom-ers, our staff kind of comes a little bit before that,” she said. “If they don’t feel welcome and at home, like they matter, they’re never going to be able to take care of my guests the way I want my guests to feel.”

Robinson said Couch-Smith’s attention to detail and commit-ment to go above and beyond for the customer has led to the restaurant’s strong following and continued success.

“She and Ben started this together, but she’s been sort of in the background,” Robinson said. “She’s very disciplined, making sure the day-to-day things that aren’t glamorous get taken care of.”

Tsunami has further benefited from social media and the reser-vation app, Open Table.

“New Year’s Eve was the big-gest we’ve had,” Ben Smith said.

He points to Instagram and Open Table as generating some of the increase in revenue, which has allowed the restaurant to reach a younger demographic.

The owners also worked with local advertising firm DCA (Doug Carpenter + Associates) last year to create marketing strategies aimed at keeping Tsunami on the radar.

“We wanted to make Tsunami more top-of-mind to people,” Robinson said. “People [said] ‘This is so great, we forgot about Tsunami.’”

For first-time customers, Couch-Smith recommends the small plates, which are made with seasonal ingredients.

“To me, those are always the most interesting dishes avail-able,” she said. “Ben’s talents, and certainly the talents of our guys in the kitchen, are highlighted in those dishes.”

Couch-Smith has revamped

the restaurant’s wine offerings and selects a featured cocktail each week, too.

“She has an amazing palette,” Ben said. “She looks at the menu and sees relevance, and tries to tie

that in. She absolutely has influ-ence over the menu.”

The couple is now preparing for the restaurant’s 20th anni-versary party in July. While no plans are definite, Couch-Smith

hints at the possibility of throw-ing one of her notorious dance parties. She is also working on a solo gallery showing of her paper artwork to be held in Nashville this September.

Couch-Smith Drives Tsunami Nuances Behind the Scenes

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Colleen Couch-Smith, wife of Tsunami chef Ben Smith, plays the “Swiss army knife” role in every area of Tsunami, from operations to interior design and cocktail conception. (Memphis News/Houston Cofield)

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While we place a tremendous amount of value on our customers, our staff kind of comes a little bit before that. If they don’t feel welcome and at home, like they matter, they’re never going to be able to take care of my guests the way I want my guests to feel.”

–Colleen Couch-Smith, general manager and co-owner of Tsunami


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The federal Family and Med-ical Leave Act ensures that em-ployees with over a year of em-ployment get 12 weeks unpaid time off from their jobs, and the Tennessee Maternity Leave Act allows certain female employees four months of unpaid leave for pregnancy, childbirth, care of a newborn and adoption.

These provisions secure new parents’ jobs, but not their pay, which creates financial stress for many new families in addition to the physical and emotional adjustment to adding a family member.

In the public realm there is a bipartisan call for national paid family leave. The United States is the only developed country in the world that does not offer citizens that benefit on a federal level, although there is legisla-tion in the works that could change that.

In 2016, only 17 percent of employers in the U.S. of-fered paid parental leave, ac-cording to a research report

from the Society for Human Resource Management. In the meantime, companies nation-ally and right here in Memphis are taking matters into their own hands, expanding company-offered parental leave benefits.

Memphis-based Porter-Leath, which has served as the primary resource for Memphis’ at-risk children and families since 1850, recently put their money where their mission is announcing a new staff-wide, six-week-paid parental leave policy effective Jan. 1, 2018, that does not include any action or sick-day benefits.

“We’re a child and family ser-vices agency, and we really want to be at the front of this trend,” said Rob Hughes, vice president of development. “Bonding be-tween parents and children is very important and we wanted to make sure that our staff had

an opportunity to do that. If you’ve had children you know that it’s an exciting time, but it’s certainly not a vacation or sick time. It’s a special scenario, and anything we can do to go back and promote the child/fam-ily bond really strengthens our community as a whole.”

Feedback has been spec-tacular from staff, he said.

“They don’t have to worry about unpaid leave,” Hughes said. “It becomes a joyous time without the financial strain. It makes good sense as a com-pany to treat our staff like family members.”

The University of Memphis extended its parental leave to six weeks paid parental leave in December of 2017 as part of an effort to create a more fam-ily-friendly campus, said Maria Alam, chief human resource offi-cer for U of M. Reports show the

total expected cost of the new benefits per year is $715,000.

“This is a positive trend as the overall landscape of organi-zations and higher education is changing toward a more family-friendly environment,” Alam said. “Putting resources behind these types of benefits increases employee morale, retention and assists the university in our re-cruiting efforts, demonstrating that the U of M values employees and their need to maintain a healthy balance between their responsibilities at work and be-yond. It also helps us promote our position as an employer of choice in the city of Memphis.”

In 2016, the state’s largest bank, First Tennessee, rolled out an extended parental leave pol-icy. It includes even part-time workers, offering 100 percent pay for eight weeks concurrently for new mothers and one-month

fully paid flexible leave for fa-thers. The benefit package also includes provisions for adoptive and foster parents and same-sex couples.

The changes allow First Ten-nessee to better compete for young talent, which increas-ingly expects this benefit, said Linda Bacon, director of human resources for First Tennessee.

Inclusion of part-time work-ers is unique, but Bacon said many of the bank’s part-time employees were leaving when they started their families, and feedback from these employees showed that if they had parental leave benefits, they would have stayed on.

One of the biggest names in the wave of new parental leave policies is Walmart, which launched a new benefits pack-age in January that includes 10 weeks paid maternity leave for both full-time hourly and sala-ried associates, and six weeks paid parental leave in addition to adoption assistance of $5,000 per child for both full-time hourly and salaries associates.

“The tax reform legislation allows us to further take a look at things already in the works and on our roadmap and push that up,” said Blake Jackson, spokes-person for Walmart Stores Inc. “The initial feedback has been extremely positive. This benefits package is robust and far ahead of the game as far as retail.

“Broadly speaking, the way we’ve been thinking the past two to three years (since Doug McMillan became CEO) is in terms of stability and mobility.”

Jackson cites the growing body of research that shows stability in family and personal lives leads to more productivity and more professional stability.

“We’re trying to proactively address the stability issue for our associates,” he said. “If you know that you’re going to be able to take several weeks at full pay, it eases the cognitive and stress load and allows you to better engage at work and you’re more likely to stay with the company.”

Bacon agrees that the shift in values being seen in changing policies related to parental leave will be positive long-term.

“I think people entering the workforce today … their require-ments are different,” Bacon said. “While we have always valued time with our families, in the past, work came first and we just had to fit it in.

"I think companies are now saying it doesn’t have to be that way. Family life needs to be en-joyed, and these new programs make it easier for people not to have to choose.”

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More Companies Providing Some Parental Leave Pay

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Bremeshia Gibson, right, walks her daughter Robin Dorsey into the Porter-Leath Early Childhood Academy. (Memphis News/Houston Cofield)

It becomes a joyous time without the financial strain. It makes good sense as a company to treat our staff like family members.”

– Rob Hughes, Vice president of development, Porter-Leath


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Workplace sexual harassment has been making headlines nationwide, with high-profile individuals in enter-tainment, media and other industries losing their jobs over accusations of misconduct. In recent months, companies have been taking a closer look at their ha-rassment policies and updating them where necessary.

“The most obvious way to prevent sexual harassment is to have a well-crafted policy that doesn’t toler-ate harassment or discrimination in any form, and it needs to be communicated

to all employees,” said Marty Barton, se-nior vice president and general counsel with Adams Keegan human resources outsourcing firm.

Judy Bell of Judy Bell Consulting said training is the key to preventing work-

place sexual harassment before it happens.

“It has to be talked about regularly, at least

annually,” said Bell, who has worked in hu-man resources for the past 35 years, previ-ously with the Ten-

nessee Department of Labor in Nashville. “Em-

ployers now need to pull out their old sexual harassment

policy and update it.”Proper training for front-

line managers or supervisors is important so that they know what to do when they either see sexual harassment taking place or it is reported to them.

“Most of employers’ liability really is caught up in the front-line supervisor or manager being able to know what to do when something occurs,” Barton said.

Legally actionable sexual harassment must be pervasive enough to constitute a hostile work environment.

“A stray comment or an action here or there isn’t going to rise to the level of lawsuit-type of actionable harassment,” Barton said. “That being said, that’s a technicality. Anything that’s said that’s inappropriate needs to be dealt with whether it’s legally actionable or not.”

Bell, a former president and board member of SHRM-Memphis (Society of Human Resource Management-Memphis), points out that previous sexual harassment training might have had pictures or jokes, but now needs to

include texts and other social media-related issues.

“I think it’s good to have in-person training and not just webinars or online training,” said Bell, who has seen an increase over the past few months in companies requesting training and want-ing to revise and update their policies, probably at least partially in response to the national incidents.

“Corporate America has had zero tolerance for many years because we knew the damage that could be done to people individually, as well as reputational risk for the companies,” Bell said. “It just doesn’t make good business sense to allow it to happen. I think Hollywood and the media has been slow to respond, much slower than corporate America.”

In the case of a sexual harassment situation, re-porting it immediately to HR is critical, and a full investigation should take place immedi-ately after the complaint is filed.

“The most important thing you can do is to take the complaint seriously and make sure you respond in a timely man-ner,” Barton said. “One of things that gets employers in trouble is delaying an investigation, and employees can feel like their concerns aren’t being heard.”

For an employer to limit its liability, it must demonstrate that appropriate steps were taken following a complaint. Drilling down and recording exact dates, times, situations and witnesses lends credibility to the accuser.

“If it’s a larger company, even if it’s not a manager who is part of the prob-

lem, many people are uncomfortable talking to the manager,” said Bell, whose business offers executive coaching, HR legal work and leadership development. “So there needs to be an HR component that’s confidential with no retaliation.”

Disciplinary action for substanti-ated workplace sexual harass-

ment allegations can range from a job termination,

depending on the sever-ity of the conduct, to a formal written warning and a reiteration of the company’s policy.

While many claims of sexual harassment are

real, unfortunately some of the claims turn out to be fabri-

cated in order to get a person in trouble.

“To be wrongly accused, to me, is as bad as actually harassing someone,” Bell said.

Steering clear of office romance or dating, as well as avoiding drinking with co-workers, are a couple of ways to lessen the chance of getting into potential sexual harassment situations.

“Dating at work can go terribly wrong, especially if one person is in a more se-nior position,” Bell said.

It’s important to note that while sexual harassment is predominantly women accusing men of wrongdoing, cases do go the other way with men ac-cusing women of misdeeds, as well as same-sex situations.

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Companies Updating Their Sexual Harassment Policies ““It has to be talked about

regularly, at least annually. Employers now need to pull out their old sexual harassment policy and update it.”

–Judy Bell, Judy Bell Consulting


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An attorney, a physician and a college president. Three suc-cess stories. Three women who made it. They had different challenges, yes, but they also shared obstacles that are ever

the same.Dr. Marjorie Hass, Rhodes College

president, recently spoke at a breakfast on campus for female students and alumni. Her message to the young women about to set out on their careers was wrapped in truth. She was encouraging, yes, but she also was not going to make promises that life can’t keep.

Afterward, in her office, Hass ex-plained what she wanted those young women to take with them: a map, essen-tially, that offers many paths for them to reach their desired destinations, but that by necessity will be without straight, unbroken, lines.

Detours? Count on them. Victories cloaked in struggle? Count

on that, too. Discovering family/work balance is

a myth, at least when expressed in those terms? Definitely.

“It’s often a winding path, and it has both successes and moments that feel like failure and you have to be very resilient,” Hass said. “I also wanted students to know that it’s still the case: Women are going to have to be at least as good and often, better, than the man in the cubicle next to them if they want to advance their careers.

“Being outstanding is necessary, but even that is not sufficient. You need a sup-port network and relationships.”

Hass, along with attorney Tannera George Gibson of Burch, Porter & John-son PLLC, and Dr. Susan Murrmann, co-founder of the McDonald Murrmann Center for Wellness and Health, will serve as panelists Feb. 22 at The Daily News Publishing Co. seminar, “Women & Business.”

The event will be held at the Mem-phis Brooks Museum and begins at 3:30 p.m., with a wine and cheese reception to follow. To register, go to seminars.memphisdailynews.com.

The panelists will discuss a range of topics, including the “glass ceiling” and other potential impediments to career advancement.

“Sometimes women … we hold our-selves back because we might fail and we’re not sure we can tolerate failure,” Hass said. “It’s important to encourage women to try some things. You will apply for jobs you won’t get. You will come in second. You will be passed over for that promotion the first time.

“And you will survive that and thrive because of it,” Hass continued. “You’ll get the next job, and it’ll be even better.”

THE FOUNDATIONSWhat would Susan Murrmann be do-

ing if she wasn’t a doctor? Maybe screen-writing. She says she has five screenplays in her head now and she wrote plays and skits in high school and college.

In fact, there was a time when Mur-rmann, 57, who grew up in Danville, Illinois, dreamed of writing for Saturday Night Live.

As it was, she still initially found her role model on television. Her mother watched the daytime soap opera, “Days of Our Lives.” The lead character was a psychologist, Dr. Marlena Evans.

“She’s a blonde, she’s a doctor, I’ll be just like her,” Murrmann said. “I’ll do that.”

Turned out, she didn’t so much care for psychology but she liked science and so off she went down a slightly different path.

Tannera Gibson, 39, graduated White Station High School and left for Emory University in Atlanta for three years. Then she came home and finished her undergraduate degree at the University of Memphis, and still wasn’t sure what she wanted to do.

She sold real estate for a couple of years with her mother but, at 27, she couldn’t get the idea of law school out of her head. She also believed she had waited too long. She would be 30 when she finished. It sounded “old.”

Or at least it did until one of her eight

siblings, her brother Gregory, finally put the decision in terms she couldn’t deny: “Time’s gonna pass anyway. You may as well be doing something you want to do.”

Hass grew up in Chicago. While she was going to grad school (philosophy) her mother, who was a special education teacher, went back to school to earn a degree in psychology at the same time.

“That was hugely meaningful to me,” Hass said.

Gibson’s father, who recently passed away, was an engineer by trade and a co-founder of the local Black Business Association. Both her parents, she says, provided strong examples of dedication and drive.

Murrmann’s mother was the subject of book, “Danuta,” based on her life as a 17-year-old in 1941 living in Soviet-occupied eastern Poland. She was arrested by the Russian secret police and sent with her infant son to a labor camp in Siberia. Danuta was arrested for being the wife of a Polish army lieutenant. One night, she escaped the labor camp.

“When we were growing up, we had no idea that was her story,” Murrmann said. “She was always positive, always laughing. She never wallowed in what she had gone through.

“It was only later on in life when I real-ized that my mother is my biggest mentor. And she still is. She was a fighter.”

MAKING ITGibson is a partner at Burch Porter

now. And she knows she made the right career choice. Even believes she has some advantages her male counterparts do not.

“From my perspective, I feel like there are some issues I just understand better,” she said. “I think I’m a little more empa-thetic. I don’t really have the desire to take the scorched-earth approach to litigation. I know several women who feel like they have to be incredibly aggressive 100 per-cent of the time to make up for being a woman, to be taken seriously. I’m not go-ing to do that. I’m just as skilled as you are.”

That said …“There is definitely a stigma attached

to being a female attorney. When we’re incredibly aggressive we develop reputa-tions for being (a b-word).”

On the flip side, when a man gets called a bad word it’s almost a compliment.

“They’ll try to kind of roll over you, try to handle you,” she said of some op-posing male attorneys. “Not just in the courtroom because most of the litigation happens outside the courtroom. In emails and phone calls and things you find out happen behind your back. I try to be as collegial as possible because I’ve just never understood the necessity for contentious litigation. You have a job, I have a job. It doesn’t have to be that way. But if that’s how you want it to be? I’m capable of tak-

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GETTING TO THE TOP

“It’s often a winding path, and it has both successes and moments that feel like failure and you have to be very resilient.”

–Dr. Marjorie Hass, President, Rhodes College

Self-confidence, hard work, mentors fuel career success

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ing it there.”She says this without rancor, by the way.

It’s just the way it is. And there’s no sense in pretending the reality is anything different.

All three women also say they have ex-perienced some degree of “me too” stories, though none shared anything that mirrors the worst of what has been coming out of Hollywood or in connection with the United States national women’s gymnastics team’s doctor.

“I guess it’s how you interpret `me too,’” Murrmann said. “There were obstacles when I was the only female in the general surgery residents’ program. Not sexual abuse, but I’d be scrubbing in surgery and this one miser-able guy would try and wipe his bloody hands all over me. Things like that.”

Murrmann says if she had been born earlier, it still would have been possible to fulfill her dreams; she also recognizes the road would have been rockier. Hass agrees.

“You knew women were having to batter down doors and there was significant resis-tance to the achievement of women,” Hass, 52, said. “But you could see there were role models and markers of success.”

Still, Hass considers herself lucky to be born when she was.

“I’m of an age where I didn’t have to sue to get tenure as women of a previous genera-tion did,” she said. “Fifty-two is a fabulous age for women. First of all, women of my generation have had incredible choices about when and how we make a family, choices about when and how we build our careers.

“I look at women who are older than I am, and I know they had to fight a lot harder.”

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The Daily News 2018 Seminar SeriesWOMEN & BUSINESS Thursday, February 22 • 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, 1934 Poplar Ave.The multifaceted demands on women in the workplace have never been greater. Join us as we discuss a range of topics from the obstacles to opportunities that women face in business. Get tips, information and advice from businesswomen at the top of their fields and take back a focused insight into achieving your own career goals.

PANELISTS: Tannera George Gibson, Attorney, Burch, Porter & Johnson PLLC Dr. Susan G. Murrmann, Co-founder, McDonald Murrmann Center for Wellness and Health Dr. Marjorie Hass, President, Rhodes College

Seating is limited. Wine & cheese reception to follow. REGISTER: seminars.memphisdailynews.com“

I know several women who feel like they have to be incredibly aggressive 100 percent of the time to make up for being a woman, to be taken seriously. I’m not going to do that. I’m just as skilled as you are.”

–Tannera George Gibson, Attorney, Burch, Porter & Johnson PLLC

“It was only later on in life when I realized that my mother is my biggest mentor. And she still is. She was a fighter.”–Dr. Susan Murrmann, Co-founder, McDonald Murrmann Center for Wellness and Health

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PURSUE YOUR DREAMSPerhaps to a young woman in her 20s

just starting out on her own, it looks like these women cruised to the top of their professions – almost as though they al-ways had that wind beneath their wings and never really encountered doubt or turbulence.

It’s not true, of course, and Hass says she was fortunate that her husband, Law-rence, who has now retired from teaching at the university level, always was in step with her career goals.

But at the start, they didn’t know the path would lead Hass to becoming a college president. They stayed 16 years at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, while their son and daugh-ter were young. Then came a move to Sherman, Texas, where Hass served as president of Austin College, and last year they came to Memphis as Hass became Rhodes’ first female president.

“At 21 (when they married) we weren’t talking about someday I’ll be a college president,” she said. “You have to make those life choices along the way.”

Gibson has three children, the young-est of whom is just 3 years old. She has a huge passion for her work, but she and friends in the profession also have watched other women fade away right as they are approaching 20 years on the job and what should be their career prime.

“People become event planners or quit and sell makeup, because you just can burn out,” she said. “The longer I do this, the more I kinda get it. Especially if you have kids.”

Yet, there is no substitute for the

satisfaction of winning the big cases. Like when Gibson represented an elderly white woman in a $1.3 judgment against a large orthopedic clinic (the woman had to have a leg amputated) or was part of the team representing a young black woman in a $750,000 judgment against a large medical group after the woman lost her baby.

In both cases, Gibson says the medi-cal professionals involved were dismis-sive of her clients because they were female and poor, and the juries took some convincing, too. The case against the orthopedic clinic had to be tried three times.

So, it turns out getting out of law school at age 30 was not too late to make a difference – not just for herself, but women that she represents.

Meanwhile, Murrmann is impressed by the women she sees making the deci-sion to pursue a career even later in life.

“It’s never too late to reinvent your-self or do something different,” she said. “My hat goes off to these women that started nursing school in their 50s, started medical school later on, changing careers … that’s amazing.”

And proof of what Hass was trying to stress to those young women at Rhodes the other day. Every woman walks her own path in her own time.

So stay the course, while being open to routes you didn’t initially see or even imagine. Pursue your goals, realizing success and “moments that feel like fail-ure” will intersect time and time again. Embrace the journey and maybe help the woman next to you to embrace it, too.

Said Hass: “We need to encourage each other to go for it.”

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Tennessee House Democrats are spon-soring legislation designed to bolster sup-port for domestic violence victims amid a dismissive attitude toward abuse by Presi-dent Donald Trump.

“We’re all familiar with the situation with Rob Porter and his former spouses showing pictures and reports about domes-tic violence, and the White House response has not been one that condemns the abuser but instead says we have to be careful with how we ruin someone’s reputation,” said state Rep. Raumesh Akbari during a Tuesday press conference. “So I think that shows a complete disregard for taking the complaints and the le-gitimate concerns of these abused women seriously.”

Porter is the former White House aide who resigned recently amid accusations from two former ex-wives that he physically abused them. Trump responded with a tweet saying “lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation,” according to reports.

With that in mind, Akbari, a Memphis Democrat, is sponsoring House bill 1861, which would protect victims of domes-tic abuse or sexual assault if they have to take time off from work to meet with law enforcement, find housing or attend counseling.

“I really want to make sure they’re not adversely affected and re-victimized through employment consequences,” Akbari said.

However, the Senate measure spon-sored by Nashville Democratic Sen. Jeff Yarbro failed Tuesday in the Senate Judi-ciary Committee, which is chaired Sen. Brian Kelsey, a Germantown Republican. It would have given up to eight days of leave to women victimized by domestic violence.

“Tennessee is fourth in the nation for women killed by men,” Yarbro said in a statement afterward. “We ought to do everything we can to ensure the safety of women who experience violence at home and unfortunately women can be fired for missing work to seek orders of protection, going to court during work hours and sometimes even for getting medical care.

“This is something we ought to talk about, and it’s sad that seven senators sat in silence instead.”

Akbari’s bill is still pending in the House.

The Senate measure is sponsored by Nashville Democratic Sen. Jeff Yarbro.

Akbari contends domestic abuse is nothing to be “trivialized” or “politicized,” though she and Rep. G.A. Hardaway both criticized Trump’s reaction to the most recent domestic assault allegations.

“We’re not gonna get what we need out of the White House,” Hardaway said, calling the president an “abuser” himself with “no character.”

“There’s absolutely no public policy that he has advanced or that we anticipate he will advance that will protect women from both domestic violence and work-place violence. It’s not in him.”

KEEPING TRACK OF ABUSERSHardaway is sponsoring House Bill

849, which would direct money from domestic assault fines to pay for global positioning monitoring for indigent do-mestic abuse and stalking defendants. The measure also would require bail forms in domestic abuse and stalking cases to indicate whether global position monitor-ing was considered as a bail condition or was imposed by the court. State Sen. Sara Kyle, a Memphis Democrat, is carrying the Senate version of the bill.

House Bills 2605 and 2606, by Hard-away, also require the Tennessee Depart-ment of Children’s Services to set up in-struction for child safety training programs for professionals who deal with children who could be at risk of abuse.

For instance, Hardaway said, teachers spend more time with children than parents

do and need to know how to recognize the signs of physical abuse. The same is true for so-cial workers, he added.

Hardaway brought legislation last year re-quiring anyone seeking a barber or cosmetol-ogy license to complete

a one-hour domestic violence training course. The measure failed in the Senate last year 15-10.

Nevertheless, Hardaway said Tuesday, “As the Clairol commercial goes, only the hairdresser knows for sure.” He pointed out when a hairdresser can move hair out of the way and see wounds and bruising on the head on a customer’s head and scalp as well as fingerprints and signs of strangula-tion on the neck, they should be able to give the person advice for finding ways to seek protection.

With Democrats holding a 74-25 deficit in the Republican-controlled House, Hard-away said he hopes to find backing on the opposite side of the aisle “to take advantage of this opportunity to lead.”

CHILDREN AS VICTIMSHouse Democrats pointed out children

are often in the line of fire when it comes to domestic violence in the home.

Calling the matter a “timely issue,” state Rep. Johnnie Turner, a Memphis Demo-crat, said research shows many children who have problems at school have been “traumatized” by violent incidents between

State Democrats File Bills Targeting Domestic Abuse

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Gov. Bill Haslam’s plan to restructure the University of Tennessee board of trust-ees appears to be a work in progress.

Timing is critical, too, with the 2018 ses-sion of the General Assembly moving at a snail’s pace and UT President Joe DiPietro’s contract set to run out in mid-2019.

The UT FOCUS Act calls for establishing a new board of trustees and four campus ad-visory boards by June 1. But an open ques-tion is whether the Legislature and governor can agree on the legislation and make all of the appointments this year before DiPietro leaves the system.

DiPietro says he and the board of trust-ees agreed he would stay “plus or minus six months” from the end of June 2019, which means he could be out by early 2019 or late next year.

“So, it just depends. I’m working full time, and I’ve got a lot of things I want to get done,” DiPietro adds, remaining non-committal.

Then again, a new board of trustees could kiss DiPietro goodbye earlier.

NUTS AND BOLTSIn his last year on the job, Haslam wants

to cut the board from 26 to 11 members, modernize some of its statutory responsi-bilities and set up seven-member advisory boards at the UT system’s four universities.

The idea is to mirror what the Legisla-ture did with the FOCUS Act at four-year state universities over the last couple of years with what is being called the UT FO-CUS Act to, you guessed it, “operate more efficiently and effectively.”

As of June 1, 2018, the existing mem-bership of UT board of trustees would be “vacated and reconstituted.”

Also gone would be the requirement for trustees from each of Tennessee’s nine congressional districts and extra members from the locale of each campus.

Others disappearing would be student representatives who have voting powers on the board.

As proposed, the board would include the commissioner of agriculture and at least two representatives from each of Ten-nessee’s three grand divisions and five UT alumni, all of whom would be appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Legislature.

Seven of them also must live in Ten-nessee. Initial terms would be three, four and six years, and they would be limited to two terms.

An executive committee would oversee other standing committees, the university’s planning process, the president’s perfor-mance and university objectives.

The full board would set a budget, tu-ition and fees and hold the power to remove the president.

It also would set policy governing stu-dent conduct, evaluate student financial

aid, monitor non-academic programs and oversee intercollegiate athletics programs – which based on recent incidents probably need more control – and take action affect-ing “long-term impact on the operations, reputation and standing of the intercolle-giate athletics programs of the university.”

Advisory boards would be established at UT-Knoxville, UT-Martin, UT-Chattanooga and UT Health Science Center in Memphis made up of five members appointed by the governor, one faculty member and one student.

Those boards would recommend bud-gets, tuition and fees, institution strategic plans and advise chancellors and board members on operations and budgets, mas-ter plans, campus life, academic programs and policies.

WILL IT PASS?DiPietro, Haslam and Republican leg-

islative leaders agree the current board is unwieldy with 26 members.

Aside from student and faculty rep-resentatives, several positions such as the commissioner of education would be eliminated, and even the governor’s posi-tion as chairman would be nixed, a change catching the attention of Tennessee’s gu-bernatorial candidates.

“I think as far as decreasing the size of the board, I think that will fly. But I think the problem that we’ll have is how you do it and what type of representation you put on that board,” says Lt. Gov. Randy McNally, a graduate of UT College of Pharmacy.

McNally says he doesn’t believe Haslam wants to rework the board because he can’t get the members to work with him.

“It’s the structure and the mechanism of the board,” McNally adds, noting the governor says he believes members can take greater responsibility for decisions on a smaller board.

House Majority Leader Glen Casada also calls the board’s proposed makeup “a concern” and hopes it will be worked out in the Legislature’s committee system.

“We may come out with something that’s a compromise. That might be a good path. I’m not willing to say what’s good or bad, but you’re going to see the committee properly vet it and come up with something that’s good for UT and the state of Tennes-see,” says Casada, a Franklin Republican.

Legislative leaders don’t see advisory committees at each campus as another level of bureaucracy.

“You’ve got some folks out there in-volved and engaged in alumni associations and athletic associations and will serve on that and be the eyes and the ears and report back to the board,” Sen. Bill Ketron notes.

He considers these groups to be similar to local bank boards that report to a control-ling board.

The advisory boards were mentioned early on but didn’t come into play until later.

In fact, House Majority Caucus Chair-man Ryan Williams points out Haslam’s initial proposal did not include the campus advisory boards.

“I think he was just talking about nar-rowing (the board of trustees). In the discus-sions with him over the last month or two, he realized that those advisory boards are

really there to help communicate the spe-cific and unique missions of each of those individual institutions that are not UT-K,” Williams adds.

Those campus boards won’t be window dressing, either, Casada and Williams say.

“Trust me, these will be prominent citizens across the state. They will be more than advising, they’ll carry weight, and it will be very important, what they have to say, what they think and why they think it,” Casada says.

The fact the governor put the advisory boards in his legislation, even if they don’t have voting power, displays the ability of outside groups to influence the direction legislation will take, Williams points out.

THE CONLess than two years into the Board of

Regents restructuring, the Legislature’s Democrats want to know: What’s the rush?

“Why change UT right now?” asks House Minority Caucus Chairman Mike Stewart, a Nashville Democrat who earned his law degree at UT College of Law.

He points out legislators haven’t seen the clear effect of the FOCUS Act on uni-versities such as Middle Tennessee State, Tennessee State, East Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech, Austin Peay and the Uni-versity of Memphis, which is considered the impetus for a stronger local governing body.

Sen. Jeff Yarbro, another Nashville Dem-ocrat, points out legislators haven’t gotten a handle on how those boards might function with members appointed by different gov-ernors or during difficult economic times.

“We’re really early in the process of put-ting the entire governance of our university system into play with very little dialogue and debate inside the Legislature with an urgent plan” and lacking a “compelling need,” Yarbro says.

With Democrats holding a small mi-nority, only 25 in the House and five in the Senate, another question is whether the proposal will receive much debate.

Much more likely to draw some robust discussion will be another plan enabling the UT board of trustees to put only one candi-date’s name up for public vetting when it selects chancellors and presidents.

The Legislature also is mulling more than 500 exceptions to the state’s Open Records Act, so while they might talk a good game about increasing transparency, it re-mains to be seen whether they give higher education executives more cover when they’re trying to get a job in Tennessee.

In addition, the legislation calls for the governor to “strive” to ensure the board is “diverse in gender, race, perspective and experience,” a tall order with only 11 mem-bers on the board.

Nevertheless, look for the UT FOCUS Act to speed through the General Assembly, allowing the governor to add boards and more people to higher education govern-ment while making it seem as if he’s stream-lining and cutting bureaucracy.

Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based re-porter covering the Legislature for the Nash-ville Ledger, Memphis Daily News, Knoxville Ledger and Hamilton County Herald. He can be reached at [email protected].

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Medical marijuana legislation sponsored by state Rep. Jeremy Faison is hitting a hurdle with gubernatorial candidate U.S. Rep. Diane Black opposing it and her husband trying to kill the measure.

Faison, an East Tennessee Republican, confirmed lobbyists employed by the Phoenix Sci-ences Group, founded and run by David Black, are lobbying against his medical marijuana bill this session.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are questioning such a move by someone seeking the governor’s office, especially with medical marijuana gaining momentum statewide. A 2017 Vanderbilt poll found 44 percent of Tennesseans back the legaliza-tion of medical marijuana.

Faison is the most puzzled, running into a new opponent while trying to garner support from state senators who are stone-walling his bill.

“It’s very confusing to me why a gubernatorial candidate would engage in lobbying against a bill when 80 percent of Tennessee’s for it and two-thirds of Americans have access to it already,” said Faison, of Cosby in the Smoky Mountains. “What do you stand to gain by killing this bill and keep-ing sick Tennesseans form having access to it?”

Congressman Black, who is running for the Republican gu-bernatorial nomination, makes no secret about her disdain for medical marijuana while on the campaign trail, calling it a gate-way drug. At the same time, her husband tabbed lobbyists to block Faison’s legislation this session, according to Faison.

The state’s Ethics Commis-sion website shows he is chief ex-ecutive officer of Phoenix Sciences Group in Nashville and hires and supervises four lobbyists from Ad-

ams and Reese LLP. In late 2016, Black left Aegis, the toxicology and health sciences laboratory he and Diane started in 1990, according to reports.

Black’s campaign did not respond to email messages and questions, but her husband re-sponded to questions saying Phoenix Sciences Group doesn’t operate a drug testing lab nor does it plan to bid on or be eligible for any state contracts.

“Our interest in this legisla-tion is based only on the public interest and not on any economic concern,” Black said by email. “I engaged a registered lobbyist comply with state regulations as we express our constitutionally-protected and scientifically-based opinions on proposed legislation.”

Black explained his doctorate degree is in legal medicine, and af-ter eight years of doctoral research on the toxicology and pathology of cannabis sativa, or marijuana, he is considered an expert on the subject in scientific journals and in court testimony.

“The harm of cannabis is well established,” he said.

Black noted medical marijua-na is available as a pharmaceutical if a physician determines it can help a patient, but no medical society has endorsed marijuana beyond two FDA-approved drugs.

He also contends legalization of marijuana in any context would cause drug testing to increase, since 99 percent of drug testing covers legally prescribed drugs.

“It is foolish to assert that legalization would harm a drug testing company,” Black said. “Quite the contrary. Since greater availability of marijuana will cre-ate greater harm, the need for testing will significantly grow.”

Faison, nevertheless, wonders if Congressman Black opposes his medical marijuana legislation so she can hold a view counter to that of House Speaker Beth Harwell, another Republican gubernatorial

candidate who supports Faison’s legislation. Harwell began to back alternatives to opioid pain medication last summer when her sister suffered a serious injury.

Sponsored in the Senate by Sen. Steve Dickerson, a Nashville Republican and anesthesiologist, the bill would create a statewide commission to oversee the grow-ing, manufacturing and dispens-ing of medical marijuana prod-ucts. Prescriptions would have to be written by physicians for people suffering from a number of debilitating illnesses, ranging from cancer to HIV and AIDS, severe arthritis, diabetes, Parkinson’s disease and severe chronic pain and nausea.

Allowable products would be oils and extracts in capsules, pills, transdermal patches, ointments, lotions, lozenges and liquids. Smoking marijuana would not be allowed, according to Faison.

Faison also questions whether David Black would continue to lobby legislators if his wife wins the governor’s race this year. The primary is set for August and the general election is scheduled for November.

Drew Rawlins, executive direc-tor of the state Bureau of Ethics and Campaign Finance, said there is nothing in state law his office enforces that would stop a candidate’s spouse from lobbying.

Asked about the situation, Harwell said, “I publicly stated where I am on the bill, and you know … we welcome input from everyone, including from citi-zens.”

She declined to speculate whether the Blacks could benefit financially from the bill’s failure.

MORE QUESTIONSYet, it isn’t typical for the

spouse of a gubernatorial can-didate to try to block legislation, according to legislators.

“I think it’s safe to say that if the congressman has said she

would veto (medical marijuana legislation) and it’s something that Tennesseans want, then I think it does create a problem,” said Rep. Ryan Williams, chairman of the House Republican Caucus.

Williams ran into problems when lobbyists worked to stop a medical marijuana bill he spon-sored two years ago. Williams pushed the measure after watch-ing his father-in-law, a Vietnam veteran, struggle terribly with pain pills while suffering the ravages of cancer.

“If the representatives of the Tennessee General Assembly determine that it’s something that the citizens want, and according to the polls it does, then if she’s elected governor she’d have to answer to the citizens,” Williams said.

Williams could not say wheth-er he thought Black’s husband should be involved in lobby-ing against the Faison bill if his company is involved in the drug-testing industry.

“It’s not a good idea in prac-tice,” he said. “There’s not a law saying you can’t.”

However, Rep. Sherry Jones, a Nashville Democrat whose own medical marijuana legislation has gained no traction in the Republi-can-controlled Legislature, made it clear she believes the Blacks are wrong on several fronts, including transparency.

“Diane Black and her husband David are working against the can-nabis bill because he has a testing lab. They want to be sure that they get to test marijuana, that they get to test opiates, so they don’t want opiates to go away because they won’t be testing that, and then they want to be doing the mari-juana testing for anybody who gets picked up for it,” Jones said. “I feel like that is absolutely wrong. It was wrong when they got the test-ing contracts, the governmental testing contracts, and it’s wrong for them to be involved in it now.”

Aegis Science Corp. received a contract worth more than $1 mil-lion over five years from the state starting in 2004 to perform drug testing for the Tennessee Board of Probation and Parole. The con-tract started with four years and was extended for another year.

Black is believed to be one of the wealthiest members of Con-gress, with a personal net worth around $150 million, according to reports. The Center for Responsive Politics put Black’s net worth at $77.7 million in 2014.

The state contract was the focal point of a protracted legal battle between David Black’s former company, Aegis, and Lou Ann Zelenik, an opponent of Con-gressman Black in the 6th District congressional race in 2010.

Zelenik ran a TV ad accusing Black of voting to give the state contract to Aegis while she served in the Tennessee Senate. The ad depicted former Sen. Black hand-ing a $1 million check to a person identified as Dr. Black and payable to Aegis Corp.

It included a statement that: “Black’s spending spree included a million bucks for a drug testing company; the company’s owner, Diane Black’s husband. Diane Black, big spending that hurt every Tennessee family except hers.”

Aegis filed a defamation law-suit against Zelenik claiming the ad was false, and though some slight changes were made in the advertisement, Zelenik refused to make a retraction. The lawsuit was ultimately dismissed in a state ap-peals court ruling, but Zelenik has since filed a suit claiming malice and willful intent, according to reports.

Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter covering the Legisla-ture for the Nashville Ledger, Mem-phis Daily News, Knoxville Ledger and Hamilton County Herald. He can be reached at [email protected].

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their parents. Consequently, she is sponsoring House

Bill 2632, which would require law en-forcement officers responding to alleged domestic violence or domestic abuse calls to inspect children in the home to see if they have been victimized. Kyle is sponsoring the Senate measure.

“We are very adamant … very deter-mined that the Democrats are going to stand up to fight against domestic violence against women and against men,” Turner said.

SEEKING A SOLUTION“This whole problem is not a Demo-

cratic or Republican problem,” said state Rep. Dwayne Thompson, another Memphis Democrat. “This is something that affects women and sometimes men and children all over this state. It is something we need to attack and take positive action.”

Thompson is sponsoring House Bill 2404 to require judges to make drug or alcohol treatment or counseling part of the sentence for people who commit domestic assault. Kyle is carrying the Senate version.

The first-term representative pointed out judges are given the option of requiring

treatment under current law, and he said the statute needs “more teeth” to get at the root of the problem.

State Rep. Antonio Parkinson, who sponsored Kimberlee’s Law to force aggra-vated rape defendants to serve 100 percent of their sentences, said these types of legis-lation are crucial for protecting women and men. No longer do aggravated rape convicts receive time off for good behavior.

But more needs to be done, said Parkin-son, a Memphis Democrat.

“Domestic violence is epidemic in Shelby County,” he said.

Parkinson pointed toward an incident

this week in which a woman allegedly shot and killed her boyfriend during an argument in South Memphis. Two children were in the apartment during the incident, according to reports.

Said Akbari, “The bottom line is if you have someone who’s been abused or lives in a situation where they have a potential to be abused we are trying to do whatever we can to make sure they are protected.”

Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter covering the Legislature for the Memphis Daily News. He can be reached at [email protected].

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Tangela Morgan has been named the director of development at the RISE Foundation, which works to transform the lives of low-income working Mem-phians through financial literacy. She will work in collaboration with CEO Lin-da Williams to plan, develop and main-tain the organization’s private- and pub-lic-sector fundraising program. Morgan has more than 20 years of professional fundraising experience, including work with higher education institutions, non-profit foundations and agencies, and health care systems.

Terry Heverey and Latasha Mister-Echols have been hired as program coordinators at the RISE Foundation. In their new roles, they will recruit pro-gram participants and serve as a men-tor to school-aged youth to ensure their success in the Goal Card program, the nonprofit's curriculum that equips low-

income students with knowledge for financial success. Heverey is a recent graduate of Xavier University of New Orleans, Louisiana, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in finance. Mister-Echols received her bachelor’s degree in social services from LeMoyne-Owen College and has worked in the nonprofit community for nearly 10 years.

Kimberly Morgan-West has been hired as the senior Goal Card coordinator at the RISE Foundation. Morgan-West will serve as a financial literacy leader to low-to-moderate income youth in the Goal Card program. Morgan-West has years of experience in youth development and has served on many youth-focused com-mittees. She received a bachelor’s degree in mass communications and public ad-ministration from Xavier University and a master’s in health and sport studies from the University of Memphis.

Christopher Davis has been appointed to the board of RISE Foundation. He is the senior pastor of St. Paul Baptist Church and has served as assistant pro-fessor of pastoral ministry and preach-ing at Memphis Theological Seminary since 2007.

Jason Braasch, an assistant professor in the University of Memphis Department of Psychology, received a 2018 Early Ca-reer Impact Award from the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences. The award is given to FABBS members during the first 10 years after receiving their doctorate, and recognizes scientists who have made major contri-butions to the sciences of mind, brain and behavior. Braasch, who joined the U of M in 2013, was recognized for his con-tributions to the understanding of how individuals reconcile conflicts between their knowledge and new information.

Kele Adds Rob BensonAs Chief Sales Officer

The month of love is upon us again. Happy Valentine’s Week! It always happens just after we create our latest New Year’s resolutions. We’re often still thinking about career goals, and future plans. All these goals bring up an important question. Do you love your job?

If the answer is no to this question (and you have fallen out of love with your job), this is the perfect time to make a change. The first step is to identify what you like (and dislike) about your current job. Being in tune with your feelings will help you to spot your perfect job, and career, in the future.

If you don’t love your job, what is it that would make you want to go to work every day? Are you looking for more meaning? Would you like a bigger paycheck? Do you prefer more autonomy and respect from your boss? Perhaps you want all of the above.

What do you like about your current job? Hopefully, there are good parts to your less-than-ideal situation. Do you feel that you’re working on something with a purpose or a mission that motivates you? Does the job give you flexibility in your daily schedule? Maybe there’s something else that you enjoy about your work.

When we’re unhappy at our current job, we often start by looking through job post-ings for the perfect job title. We assume that the right title and job description will make all the difference. Although this makes per-fect sense, it’s rarely that straightforward.

Finding the right job is often about find-ing the right situation. It’s about finding a supportive boss, and good co-workers. It’s about finding a reliable company in a stable industry.

Would you agree? The perfect job title doesn’t mean much if you hate your boss, or your workplace. Alternatively, you might be willing to make a little less money if you could just find a job you loved to go to each day.

Remember, finding a job is a lot like dat-ing. If we break up with one person, but we don’t take the time to reflect on what went wrong, we very well might end up in another equally unhappy relationship. This is often the case when we run from one job to an-other due to a difficult situation.

Once we have a good idea of the pros and cons at our current job, we should start building up our professional network. Even if we’re not ready to switch today, we will need our network when we are. Plus, finding a job through networking gives us a higher chance of success. We may already know our future boss. Or, a friend may share how great their company culture is.

Like dating, the more you know about the company going in, the more likely you are to find a match. After all, finding a job you love is all about fit.

Angela Copeland, a career coach and founder of Copeland Coaching, can be reached at copelandcoaching.com.

Do You Love Your Job?

ANGELA COPELANDCAREER CORNER

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Hometown: Franklin Square, New York

Experience: Bachelor of Sci-ence in electrical engineer-ing from the University of South Florida, and 30 years with Johnson Controls Inc. in Florida and Colorado, serving in various roles of increasing responsibility.

Who has had the greatest influence on you and why? From a personal standpoint, undoubtedly, it would be my parents. As part of being great role models, they in-stilled a mentality of achiev-ing goals in spite of challeng-es that exist in any under-taking. From a professional standpoint, it would be the leaders I worked with over the years. I’ve been fortu-nate to learn from some of the best in the building au-tomation systems (BAS) in-dustry. The most impactful person from a professional

perspective would be Guen-ther Dziuvenis, who I worked for in numerous roles over many years.

What attracted you to Kele Inc.? The BAS business has evolved, and so have the needs and expectations of controls contractors. Dur-ing the interview process, I quickly realized that Kele is uniquely positioned to sat-isfy this new, highly com-petitive market demand. The people, processes, infra-structure and technology in place at Kele will position us to serve BAS customers like no other, enabling our con-trols contractors to win more projects. The end product of our customers’ winning re-sults is smarter, safer, more energy-efficient buildings for those who live, work and play in them. I was also very impressed by the leadership team and the employees at Kele. The organization is

committed to their people and to helping the customer win.

What are your goals as chief sales officer? There are many goals for this position, and top on the list is helping Kele achieve its objectives. To do this, I must support the Kele team members that em-power our customers to win and create an environment that enables the customer to compete and be their best. We must help our customers achieve their “why.”

You have 30 years’ experi-ence in BAS. How has the industry changed during that time? The foundational needs remain the same, but the technologies to serve those needs have evolved. Customers’ expectations re-garding their facilities have increased in their efforts to serve those that live, work and play in buildings.

What BAS trends are gain-ing ground, and where is the industry headed next? The advancement of technology is opening doors toward the application of the Internet of Things (IoT) to create smart buildings, smart campuses and smart cities. Smart envi-ronments provide a number of occupant benefits that will support the demands of own-ers as their expectations con-tinue to grow.

If you could give one piece of advice to young people, what would it be? Don’t ex-pect success, advancement, impact, etc., to come imme-diately. Your work career is a marathon, not a sprint. It takes consistent effort and ac-tivity once you have learned your job to be entrusted with roles of more responsibil-ity. If you are willing to put in the work and never, ever, ever give up, you will be suc-cessful.

Editor’s note: Read our full Q&A with Rob Benson at memphisdailynews.com.

Rob Benson has been appointed chief sales officer at Kele Inc., a

Memphis-based distributor of building automation products and

controls solutions around the world. Benson, who will lead Kele’s sales

efforts, brings with him three decades of experience with building

automation products and systems at Johnson Controls.

KATE SIMONE

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ROB BENSON


The start of training camp was less than 24 hours away. With seven straight playoff appearances behind them, the Grizzlies had a track record of substance. True, they would be without half of the Core Four, Zach Randolph and Tony Al-len having been allowed to walk and sign elsewhere.

But center Marc Gasol and point guard Mike Conley would be back. Chandler Parsons, the hope was, would be healthy and ready to finally contribute. Young players were going to be injected into the mix – Ben McLemore as a free agent, plus rookies that included Dillon Brooks (he has been a pleasant surprise), and there was the hope that forward JaMychal Green, re-signed late, was ready to take a step forward.

“The unknown is what’s exciting about this team,” Conley said that day. “For so many years we sort of knew what every-body brought to the table.”

It was a fine working theory. Even general manager Chris Wallace and his predictable rosy outlook seemed reason-able enough: “We’re very confident. We feel this team can be a playoff team again and make noise and be heard from. Our expectations in how we look at things

hasn’t changed at all.”And then the season took the express

lane to hell.Start with Conley’s foot injury, which

ultimately ended his season with just 12 games played. The assorted other injuries to many other players, including yet an-other knee issue for Parsons that sidelined him since late December until playing 12 minutes in the Grizzlies’ last game before the All-Star break. The Grizzlies also took a swing and missed on McLemore as a

young free agent who supposedly just needed a change of scenery.

There was the headline-grabbing fir-ing of David Fizdale in November in the midst of a skid and after he sat Gasol for the fourth quarter of a loss to Brooklyn.

More recently, the scratch-your-head handling of Tyreke Evans. First, the Griz-zlies were so sure they were about to trade him that they sat him down for a week. That turned into a mini-vacation and no deal at all when the Grizzlies couldn’t get any team to part with a first-round draft pick for Evans.

So, the Grizzlies hit the NBA All-Star break with an 18-38 record and having lost seven straight. The season that might have been never materialized.

“That’s the NBA,” said interim head coach J.B. Bickerstaff. “Things happen that are unexpected. It’s a matter of how you deal with it. To the guys’ credit, they figured out a way to put all the distractions to the side and play for one another.”

Every NBA season is a grind – even the good ones – but this season has been more wearing than most.

“The break’s gonna be good for every-body,” said veteran guard Mario Chalm-ers. “Get some free time, clear the mind, get some rest. Refresh, restart.”

It is, in fact, what Gasol does every 24 hours.

“I kind of renew my vows every day, to be honest,” he said. “Every morning I get up and renew them and understand there’s more to it. There’s people that believe in us, supporters that come out, watching us at home, so many kids we can still impact to fall in love with the game.

“Nothing that happens outside should be an excuse for not doing your job as a player. Things go great, it’s easy. But when there’s no wind and you’re in a sailboat, you gotta figure out a way to move and help your teammates.”

At this point, the Grizzlies’ season is playing out along two tracks. On one is their win total and what that ultimately means for the NBA Draft Lottery. It’s sim-ple but not comfortable: Lose more games and get more ping-pong balls and a greater chance at landing a Top 5 draft pick. Win more games and get fewer chances and, in effect, waste the one advantage of having this season from hell.

Along the other rail is the progression of young players, guys who could figure into next year’s rotation and being part of winning.

“The NBA is a results-based business,” Bickerstaff said, “but while you’re in the midst of it growth is what’s important. And how you handle adversity. You could very easily lay down and quit and guys go their own separate way and kind of splinter. You haven’t seen guys get selfish and just go for numbers over being competitive and making plays for one other. They fight every night.”

Guard Andrew Harrison mostly agrees with that, but also concedes, “At certain points in certain games, guys have gone their own way, including myself. But we like each other as a group. We just gotta finish games. We’re in most of the games, we just don’t make enough plays at the end.”

Of course for the greater good, fans might find themselves wishing for that to continue. See the growth in players here and there much of the night, and then let the mistakes pile up at the end of games so the losses pile up, too.

That’s the ideal “tanking” scenario and would give the Grizzlies the best shot at drafting a franchise-changer.

It’s also an impossible way to look at things if you’re in uniform and trying to prove you deserve a job here or some-where else.

“We’ve been through a lot this season,” Harrison said. “I didn’t even know if I was gonna be on the team. But still living the dream, still happy to be here. No one knows what’s gonna happen to them next season or next game, really.”

At this point, there is only one cer-tainty: the end of the Grizzlies’ seven-year playoff run.

Memphis Grizzlies center Marc Gasol (33) controls the ball against Oklahoma City Thunder center Steven Adams (12), Jerami Grant (9) and Carmelo Anthony (7) in the first half of an NBA game Wednesday, Feb. 14, in Memphis. The Thunder won 121-114. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)

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“I kind of renew my vows every day, to be honest. Every morning I get up and renew them and understand there’s more to it. There’s people that believe in us, supporters that come out, watching us at home, so many kids we can still impact to fall in love with the game.”

–Marc Gasol, Memphis Grizzlies center


The other day the NCAA released atten-dance figures for the 2017 college football season and for the fourth straight year FBS attendance dropped. Yes, fans still pack the giant stadiums around the SEC, which despite having a decrease in average at-tendance by 2,433 per game, easily had the highest average attendance in the country with 75,074 fans per four quarters of life-and-death football.

That said, four consecutive years of overall attendance decline is what even a mathematically challenged sports writer can identify as a trend.

So, what to make of this?Well, I suppose we could have a con-

versation just about college football atten-dance, but I think in Memphis that misses the point. Tiger football attendance, by the way, is solid: 36,302 in 2017 when just about everything but a plague of locusts descended upon Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. The average attendance in the American Athletic Conference was 28,669, so the Tigers were well above that.

And with a record four consecutive bowl appearances behind them the Tigers should draw well in 2018; although the recently re-

leased home schedule is less than thrilling: Mercer, Georgia State and South Alabama are the non-conference foes coming to town. Not exactly UCLA or Ole Miss.

But the real warning here in Memphis is for basketball. For the Tigers and, yes, for the NBA’s Grizzlies, too.

The four-year downward trend in col-lege football attendance would seem to indicate that, increasingly, the choice to stay home and watch games on your huge TV just steps away from your own refrigerator is more appealing than buying a ticket, fight-ing traffic, and paying inflated concession prices to have the game-day experience.

Consider, too, that college football of-fers something neither college basketball nor the NBA does: the tailgating experience. FedExForum does not have a Tiger Lane equivalent.

Also, the Memphis football team just has seven home games. The Grizzlies have 41 regular season home dates and Tigers basketball this season has 19 home dates, many of them filled by uninspiring non-conference opponents such as Albany, Bryant and Mercer. In fact, the Tigers’ an-nounced attendance for those three games

was fairly horrible: Albany (4,168), Bryant (4,373) and Mercer (4,113).

Even when new AAC member Wichita State, with a No. 22 national ranking, came to town, albeit for a Tuesday night game, the attendance was just 7,257. Put another way: FedExForum was still more than half-empty.

Attendance figures in the NBA are even slipperier, but with a reported 15,878 per game the Grizzlies rank 27th out of 30 teams. Many nights, it’s obvious there are far fewer fans in the building than the num-ber recorded on the box score.

Truth is, motivating fans to come to the games is getting tougher for everyone. Winning at a high level – something neither the basketball Tigers nor Grizzlies are doing right now – is the magic elixir. The Tigers have just five regular season games left,

three at home, but virtually no path to the postseason. They would have to win the AAC Tournament to earn the automatic NCAA bid, but haven’t been able to win back-to-back games since mid-January. So when the Tigers finish the season with a 2 p.m. game vs. East Carolina on Sunday, March 4, how much incentive will there be to drive Downtown and be part of it?

The Grizzlies, after a seven-year post-season run, are headed for the NBA Draft Lottery. The remaining 26 games after the All-Star break are about the progression of young players, which can be difficult for the casual fan to even gauge. And the Grizzlies carried a seven-game losing streak and 18-38 record into the All-Star break.

So honestly, how many fans are going to want to leave their couches and come down to FedExForum to see the Grizzlies fight for incremental growth on a Wednesday night against the Phoenix Suns?

All things considered, tailgating on Tiger Lane before the Georgia State game on a Friday night in September sounds more fun.

Even if it rains.

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Former Memphis Tiger An-tonio Anderson hasn’t been shy about voicing his concerns over the current state of the men’s basketball program under coach Tubby Smith. But after the Tigers dropped their third straight game on Sunday, Feb. 11, a 68-64 loss to UCF at FedExForum, Smith was asked directly about Anderson’s recent comment that he might not be the right man for the job.

Anyone hoping that this moment might inspire a spark in Smith was left wanting. The 66-year-old coach responded to the suggestion he wasn’t the right fit by saying, “Well, maybe not. A lot of people believe that.”

Smith then added, “That’s always something that happens in this business. I’ve been there before. So we try to do the best job we can. We do it religiously. We do it consistently. It takes time.”

The loss dropped the Tigers' overall record to 14-11, 5-7 in the American Athletic Conference before it defeated SMU on the road Wednesday, Feb. 14, break-ing a tie with the Mustangs for seventh-place.

Kyvon Davenport scored a career-best 23 points and grabbed eight rebounds against UCF. The Tigers were uncharacteristically accurate from the free-throw line hitting 17-of-19 attempts for 89.5

percent. They knocked down 5-of-16 from deep for 31.3 percent.

Memphis also more assists (14) than turnovers (10) against UCF, a rare achievement this season.

But the Tigers allowed UCF to shoot 56 percent in the first half and 52.9 percent for the game. The Knights, even without big man Tacko Fall, scored 42 points in the paint. UCF also connected on clutch 3-pointers down the stretch even though they were just 6-of-16 for 37.5 percent for the game.

Smith expressed disappoint-ment in the Tigers’ defense and

ability to contain an opponent at the 3-point line when it mattered most: “Once again, the 3-point shot did us in.”

UCF had lost 14 straight games to the Tigers at FedExForum. Not only did the Knights break that streak, but they swept the season series with their 63-56 win at UCF earlier this season.

Anderson, by the way, was introduced at halftime following his induction into the M Club Hall of Fame on Saturday. Baseball player Chad Zurcher, women's basketball player Connie Hibbler and football player John Bomar

also were introduced.The Tigers were slated to play

at SMU at 8 p.m. Wednesday and at Tulane at 2 p.m. Saturday this week, both televised by ESPNU.

TRACK AND FIELD TEAMS SET RECORDS

Sophomore speedster Cera Chavez and the Tigers men's 4x400 meter relay re-set their own school marks last weekend at Vanderbilt’s Music City Challenge.

Chavez ran a 7.37 in the wom-en's 60-meters final to win the event and break her own school record. She ran a 7.39 in the 60 me-ters to set her initial school record at the Dec. 2 Vanderbilt Opener.

The men's 4x400 meter relay team re-set the school record in the event for the third time this indoor season – and all three times took place at a Vanderbilt meet. On Saturday, the relay of Davon DeMoss, Calvin Austin, Ryan Champlin and Jarred Pasley set the school mark with a time of 3:08.46, shedding over two seconds off the previous record of 3:10.53 set at the Jan. 20 Vanderbilt Invitational. The first 4x400 meter relay record set this season was 3:13.19 at the Dec. 2 Vanderbilt Opener.

The Tigers next travel to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to compete in the Redhawks Open Feb. 16. The Southeast Missouri meet is the final competition before the 2018 American Athletic Confer-

ence Championships Feb. 23-24.

TIGERS WOMEN’S BASKET-BALL TEAM DROPS SEVENTH

IN A ROWThe women’s basketball team

fell to 7-17 overall, 2-9 in confer-ence, with its seventh straight defeat on Saturday, Feb. 10, 53-35 to the visiting SMU Mustangs.

Brea Elmore led Memphis with 11 points and six assists. Her 14.5 scoring average for the season ranks 13th in the league.

On the season, Memphis has a -11.5 scoring margin and has made 19.4 turnovers per game, compared to 14.9 by their oppo-nents. They have a -3.6 rebound-ing deficit.

The Tigers are tied with Tem-ple for last-place in the AAC stand-ings. They next play at 6 p.m. Wednesday at East Carolina.

Baseball Team Opens Season Friday

Baseball returns to FedExPark at 4 p.m. Friday as the Tigers open the season vs. Western Kentucky. The series continues with games Saturday (2 p.m.) and Sunday (1 p.m.). Memphis then plays at Ole Miss on Tuesday, Feb. 20.

Memphis was predicted to finish seventh out of nine teams this season in the preseason AAC coaches’ poll. The order of pre-dicted finish for all teams: 1. Hous-ton. 2. UConn. 3. UCF. 4. ECU. 5. USF. 6. Wichita State. 7. Memphis. 8. Tulane. 9. Cincinnati.

Memphis Tigers fresh-man David Nickelberry drives to the hoop Tuesday, Feb. 6, against Wichita State. The Tigers lost to confer-ence foe UCF on Feb. 11, dropping into seventh place in the league before defeat-ing SMU on Wednesday, Feb. 14.(Memphis News/Houston Cofield)

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Tigers Struggling to Remain in the Middle of AAC PackU N I V E RS I T Y O F M E M P H I S N OT E B O O K

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Tennessee football fans are hoping for a better National Sign-ing Day in 2019. This year’s was a relative dud.

New coach Jeremy Pruitt, hired on Dec. 7, signed six players on Feb. 7 but whiffed on several high-profile recruits he and his staff were pursuing. He had signed 14 players during the first-ever early signing period Dec. 20-22.

Tennessee’s 2018 class was ranked 20th in the nation and eighth in the SEC by 247Sports. It’s the lowest ranking for a Tennessee class since Jones’ first class in 2013 (25th overall, 11th in the SEC).

“Naturally, that was a disap-pointing finish for fans because Tennessee was in on so many big-name players down the stretch and, at one point, they led for a couple of those guys, and maybe more than a couple,” says Ryan Callahan, who covers Tennessee recruiting for 247Sports.

“When you’re in those big-time battles, there’s never any guarantee you’re going to get any of them, and I think Tennessee found that out the hard way this year. It can be tough to win those types of players, especially with a new staff that’s only been there for a couple of months.

“It kind of reminded you of Butch Jones’ first year at Ten-nessee. They were in on some big-name players, including Carl Lawson, who ended up at Auburn and obviously now is in the NFL (with the Cincinnati Bengals). He was a big-time defensive end target for that staff and they missed out on him, and a lot of the other big-name players they pursued down the stretch, Vonn Bell (safety at Ohio State, now with New Orleans Saints).

“They finished second for a lot of guys, and that’s kind of what happened with Jeremy Pruitt’s staff this year, finished second or third for a lot of players they had a shot at. They just never could get those guys to the finish line.

“The fact that they even got those players on campus and had a shot at them down the stretch I think is a good sign for Tennes-see, and frankly finishing 20th in Pruitt’s first year isn’t bad when you compare it to what other coaches in their first years have done.”

Tennessee’s coaches missed

on at least five of their top targets leading up to signing day.

Linebacker Quay Walker of Crisp County High in Cordele, Georgia, appeared to be leaning toward Tennessee, only to sign with Georgia.

UT also was in the hunt for wide receiver Jacob Copeland of Escambia High in Pensacola, Flor-ida, cornerback Eddie Smith of Salmen High in Slidell, Louisiana, and cornerback Olaijah Griffin of Mission Viejo (California) High.

Griffin signed with USC, Co-peland with Florida and Smith with Alabama.

Pruitt also lost two commit-ments to Florida State. Running back Anthony Grant of Buford (Georgia) High and wide receiver Jordan Young of Heritage High in Conyers, Georgia, flipped from the Vols to the Seminoles.

Callahan lauds Pruitt’s aggres-sive approach.

“I can’t speak for Jeremy Pruitt, and he hasn’t said this, but if I had to guess, part of what he was trying to accomplish was you’re wanting to sign players who could help you, and they had a legitimate shot at those guys, but I think you’re also just trying to establish the mentality that Tennessee is going to go after the best players in the country and go toe-to-toe with Alabama and Georgia and USC and all those types of programs nationwide,” Callahan points out.

“I don’t think it’s necessarily a loss overall, the fact that you missed out on those guys. I think you’re kind of establishing a cul-ture and an expectation among your staff and among the fan base to let them know, ‘Hey, we’re not afraid to go head-to-head with anybody in recruiting.’ I think they at least accomplished that and showed that they can get guys like that on campus on pretty short notice.”

Pruitt says UT fans shouldn’t worry about future recruiting.

“I know some of you sat there today on your hands watching TV, and you’re thinking, ‘What if?’” Pruitt said at a signing day ceremony. “Well don’t think that no more because next year on signing day we will be up there at the very top.”

That means recruiting more top-notch players.

“Overall, I think (Pruitt) looks at the roster he inherited at Ten-nessee and says we’ve got to im-

prove the overall talent that we’re recruiting,” Callahan adds.

“Clearly there are players on that roster I’m sure they think are not to the level they want, so when you look at that, they’ve got to continue recruiting the types of players that he’s used to recruiting at Alabama and Florida State and Georgia to be able to go head-to-head with those programs.

“They got what they could and did a pretty good job in the early signing period, but after that, you’re looking around for late op-tions in late December and early January and there just aren’t many guys out there because almost three-quarters of the players had signed.”

FEB. 7 SIGNEES(Star ratings by 247Sports)

Trevon Flowers Defensive back, three-star, 6-1, 185 pounds, Tucker (Georgia) High

Flowers originally committed to play baseball at Kentucky and took a three-year break from foot-ball before returning to play free safety last fall for Tucker, which went 12-2 and reached Georgia’s Class 6A state semifinals. He was also an all-state basketball player in 2016-17. He chose Tennessee over Clemson and Kentucky.

Pruitt on Flowers: “A very unique situation where (Flowers) hadn’t played football since his eighth-grade year, but came out his senior year and played. I saw him practice one time this past fall. Very unique individual, has a very good skill set as a defensive back and could probably play all six positions back there. I think this guy’s going to be a very good player for us one day.”Kurott Garland Defensive lineman, three-star, 6-3, 250 pounds, Heritage High, Conyers, Georgia

Garland had 125 tackles and 12.5 sacks in 2017 as Heritage reached the second round of Georgia’s Class 6A state playoffs. He was chosen to the Georgia Sports Writers Association’s Class 6A all-state second team.

Pruitt on Garland: “(He’s) a young man that we found kind of over the break during bowl prep (while at Alabama) looking through all-state teams, just try-ing to find guys that possibly were under the radar. This guy is a very good football player, really good with his hands. He fits a need as

far as a guy inside that can play defensive tackle for us. He’s 260 pounds right now, and he looks like a guy that can possibly be a 290-pound guy one day, so he’s going to be a really good football player.”Emmit GoodenDefensive lineman, three-star, 6-4, 305 pounds, Haywood High, Brownsville, Indepen-dence Community College

Gooden was the Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Class 4A Line-man award winner as a senior at Haywood High in 2015 before continuing his career at Inde-pendence (Kansas) Community College. He had 55 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss and four sacks in 2016. Last season, Gooden had 81 tackles and 6.5 tackles for loss as Independence won the Kansas Jayhawk Conference and posted the program’s first-ever bowl win. He was rated a four-star by ESPN and Rivals.com.

Pruitt on Gooden: “Emmit’s been trying to get to Tennessee for several years now. He’s in junior college right now at Indepen-dence, and he’ll actually be a late qualifier. He’s going to finish up in May. He has a little bit of work to do. But he’s a big man, probably 6-4, 300 pounds, with a really good motor, and again, another guy that fits for us inside with what we’re trying to do defensively (with a 3-4 scheme).”John MinceyDefensive lineman, three-star, 6-4, 255 pounds, Clinch County High, Homerville, Georgia

Mincey helped Clinch County to a 12-2 record and Georgia’s Class A state championship in 2017. He was on the Georgia Sports Writers Association’s all-state first team and also had Power 5 offers from Arkansas, South Carolina and Auburn.

Pruitt on Mincey: “He’s a guy that we’ve been following for sev-eral years. Probably all of our guys on staff have had him in camp at some point in time. He’s probably 6-4, 260 pounds right now with a great frame. He’s very athletic, plays basketball (at Clinch Coun-ty), and that’s another guy on the defensive front.”JJ PetersonLinebacker, four-star, 6-2, 231 pounds, Colquitt County High, Moultrie, Georgia

Peterson was a consensus four-star and Class 7A all-state first-team player as a senior

in 2017 when Colquitt County reached the state championship game. In three seasons, Peterson had 199 tackles, 28 tackles for loss and 14.5 sacks. He also had Power 5 offers from Alabama, Auburn, and Florida.

Pruitt on Peterson: “(He) has a very unique skill at linebacker and can actually play all four positions (in the 3-4 scheme), inside or outside. He’s a guy that can man-to-man on third down, he can rush the quarterback, but he’s a guy that can make plays in space also.”Cedric TillmanWide receiver, three-star, 6-3, 204 pounds, Bishop Gorman High, Las Vegas

Tillman had 37 catches for 774 yards and seven touchdowns last year at national power Bishop Gorman High, which won Class 4A state titles in 2016 and ’17. During Tillman’s junior season, Bishop Gorman went 15-0 – ex-tending the program’s winning streak to 54 games – and advanced to its third consecutive USA Today High School Football National Championship.

Pruitt on Tillman: “We just came across him a couple of days ago. We were just finishing out our class, and started looking at one of the better programs across the country, Bishop Gorman. This high school has had a ton of suc-cess over the years. I think they played a national schedule this past year and against the three national teams that they played, I think he had 237 yards receiving. (He has) very long arms, big catch radius, a guy that could be really hard to guard.”

DECEMBER SIGNEESGreg EmersonDefensive tackle, four-star, 6-3, 280 pounds, North Side High, Jackson

Emerson suffered a dislocated left ankle and fractured fibula dur-ing The Opening Finals Nike camp in Beaverton, Oregon, in July and missed the 2017 season. He com-mitted to the Vols two days after suffering the injury. As a junior, Emerson helped North Side to a state playoff berth and was rated the No. 1 prospect in the state by The Tennessean.

Pruitt on Emerson: “He’s 6-3, 305 pounds right now. Greg didn’t play this past year, he had an injury, but he’s working out right now. He’s a mid-year enrollee. He’s doing an outstanding job. He’s almost cleared now to where he can do everything we need him to do.”

Dave Link is a freelance jour-nalist living in Knoxville.

T E N N ESS E E VO L S

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALEWHEREAS, default has occurred

in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated June 25, 1999, and the Deed of Trust of even date securing the same, recorded July 1, 1999, in Book No. 517, at Page 456, in Office of the Register of Deeds for Fayette County, Tennessee, executed by Currie Moorman and Mozell Moor-man, conveying certain property therein described to Transcontinental Title Co as Trustee for Eason, Herndon, Johnson, Inc DBA Paramount Mortgage, Inc.,; and the undersigned, Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., having been ap-pointed Successor Trustee by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for GSRPM Trust 2006-2, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006- 2.

NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable; and that an agent of Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue of the power, duty, and author-ity vested in and imposed upon said Successor Trustee, by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for GSRPM Trust 2006-2, Mortgage Pass- Through Certificates, Series 2006-2, will, on February 26, 2018 on or about 9:00 AM, at the Fayette County Courthouse, Somerville, Ten-nessee, offer for sale certain property hereinafter described to the highest bidder FOR certified funds paid at the conclusion of the sale, or credit bid from a bank or other lending entity pre-approved by the successor trustee. The sale is free from all exemptions, which are expressly waived in the Deed of Trust, said property being real estate situated in Fayette County, Tennessee, and being more particularly described as follows:

BEGINNING AT A POINT, THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THAT FARM CONVEYED TO JOSEPH PAT-TAT BY JAVIS E. HEATH, ET UX; THENCE WITH EAST MARGIN OF SAID FARM 450 FEET TO A STAKE; THENCE WEST 210 FEET TO A STAKE; THENCE SOUTH 210 FEET TO A STAKE; THENCE EAST 210 FEET TO A STAKE in Eastmargin of Joseph Pattat farm; thence North with said margin 210 feet to a stake, THE POINT OF BEGINNING.ALSO KNOWN AS: 510 North West St, Somerville, TN 38068

This sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements, or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory rights of redemption of any governmental agency, state or federal; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an ac-curate survey of the premises might disclose. In addition, the following parties may claim an interest in the above- referenced property:CURRIE MOORMAN MOZELL MOORMAN

The sale held pursuant to this No-tice may be rescinded at the Successor Trustee’s option at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. In the event of inclement weather, the trustee hereby announces that the sale will be postponed for a period of two weeks. In such situations, notices will be mailed to interested parties of record. W&A No. 327529

DATED January 26, 2018WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C.,

Successor TrusteeFeb. 2, 9, 16, 2018 Fnn13660

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of a Deed of

Foreclosure NoticesFayette County

Trust Note dated January 23, 2007, and the Deed of Trust of even date securing the same, recorded February 7, 2007, Document No. 07001299, in Office of the Register of Deeds for Fayette County, Tennessee, executed by Charles D. Brewer and Earnesteen Brewer, conveying certain property therein described to Brandon G. Polito as Trustee for Wells Fargo Financial Ten-nessee 1, LLC; and the undersigned, Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., having been appointed Successor Trustee by Wells Fargo USA Holdings, Inc.. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable; and that an agent of Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue of the power, duty, and author-ity vested in and imposed upon said Successor Trustee, by Wells Fargo USA Holdings, Inc., will, on February 26, 2018 on or about 9:00 AM, at the Fayette County Courthouse, Somer-ville, Tennessee, offer for sale certain property hereinafter described to the highest bidder FOR certified funds paid at the conclusion of the sale, or credit bid from a bank or other lending entity pre-approved by the successor trustee. The sale is free from all exemptions, which are expressly waived in the Deed of Trust, said property being real estate situated in Fayette County, Tennessee, and being more particularly described as follows:

Being a part of Tract 2 of Chappel Brown Estate of 30.48 acres and the part herein conveyed being a part of said acreage in the names of Joseph R. Brewer, single, Walter L. Brewer and wife, Clara Brewer, and Charles D. Brewer and wife, Earnesteen Brewer and thus de-scribed; Beginning at a stake in the edge of the right-of-way of Highway 59, said stake being the southwest corner of the lot herein conveyed, running thence with right-of-way of said highway south 2.14 chains to a stake in edge of Highway 59 right-of-way; thence at right angles North a distance of 4.70 chains to a stake; thence west and parallel with Highway 59 a distance of 2.14 chains to a stake; thence South at right angles a distance of 4.70 chains to the beginning stake. Property known as 6515 Highway 59, Somerville, TN.ALSO KNOWN AS: 6515 Highway 59, Somerville, TN 38068

This sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements, or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory rights of redemption of any governmental agency, state or federal; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. In addition, the following parties may claim an interest in the above-referenced property: CHARLES D. BREWER EARNESTEEN BREWER ESTATE OF CHARLES D. BREWER HEIR(S) OF CHARLES D. BREWER, IF ANy SOMERvILLE BANk & TRUST CO. CHARLES BREWER, JR. NICHOLAS BREWER TRAvIS BREWER CLAUDIA BREWER WILLIAMS The sale held pursuant to this Notice may be rescinded at the Successor Trustee’s option at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. In the event of inclement weather, the trustee hereby announces that the sale will be postponed for a period of two weeks. In such situations, notices will be mailed to interested parties of record. W&A No. 318794 DATED January 31, 2018

WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C.,Successor Trustee

Feb. 2, 9, 16, 2018 Fnn13668

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALESale at public auction will be on March 1, 2018 at 1:00 p.m., local time, at the south front door of the Fayette County Courthouse, 1 Court Square, Somer-

ville, TN 38068, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Jeffrey Stewart and wife, vicky Stewart, to National Registered Agents, Inc., as Trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”) as nominee for Nationstar Mortgage LLC dated March 9, 2015, of record in Instrument Number 15001749, in the Register’s Office for Fayette County, Tennessee (“Deed of Trust”), conducted by Padgett Law Group, having been appointed Substitute Trustee, all of record in the Fayette County Register’s Office. Default in the performance of the cov-enants, terms, and conditions of said Deed of Trust has been made; and the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable.Party entitled to enforce the debt: Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Mr. CooperOther interested parties: First Tennes-see Bank National AssociationThe hereinafter described real property located in Fayette County will be sold to the highest call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encum-brances of record:. Legal Description: THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE, SITUATED IN FAyETTE COUNTy, TENNESSEE, BEING MORE PARTICULARLy DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LOT 50, PHASE III, GREEN-BRIER AT RUSDUN FARMS, AS SHOWN ON PLAT OF RECORD IN PLAT BOOk 8, PAGE 29, IN THE REGISTER`S OFFICE OF FAyETTE COUNTy, TENNESSEE, TO WHICH PLAT REFERENCE IS HEREBy MADE FOR A MORE PARTICULAR DE-SCRIPTION OF SAID PROPERTy.Street Address: The street address of the property is believed to be 250 Brier Hills Drive, Piperton, TN 38017, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property. In the event of any discrepancy, the legal description herein shall control.Map/Parcel Number: 183 00652 000Current owner(s) of Property: Jeffrey Stewart and wife, vicky StewartThis sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded Plat or Plan; any unpaid taxes and assessments; any restrictive covenants, easements or setback lines that may be applicable; rights of redemption, equity, statutory or otherwise, not otherwise waived in the Deed of Trust, including rights of redemption of any governmental agency, state or federal; and any and all prior deeds of trust, liens, dues, assessments, encumbrances, defects, adverse claims and other matters that may take priority over the Deed of Trust upon which this foreclosure sale is conducted or are not extinguished by this Foreclosure Sale. THE PROPERTy IS SOLD WITHOUT ANy REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, RELATING TO TITLE, MARkETABILITy OF TITLE, POSSESSION, QUIET ENJOyMENT OR THE LIkE AND FITNESS FOR A GENERAL OR PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE. The title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee.The right is reserved to adjourn the sale to another time certain or to another day, time, and place certain, without further publication upon an-nouncement on the day, time, and place of sale set forth above or any subsequent adjourned day, time, and place of sale. If you purchase a property at the fore-closure sale, the entire purchase price is due and payable at the conclusion of the auction in the form of a certified check made payable to or endorsed to Padgett Law Group. No personal checks will be accepted. To this end, you must bring sufficient funds to out-bid the lender and any other bidders. Insufficient funds will not be accepted. Amounts received, in excess of the winning bid will be refunded to the successful purchaser at the time the foreclosure deed is delivered. This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or trustee. This sale may be rescinded by the Substitute Trustee at any time. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANy INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

Padgett Law Group, Substitute Trust-ee 6267 Old Water Oak Road, Suite 203 Tallahassee, Florida 32312 PH: (850) 422-2520 FX: (850) 422-2567PLG#18-000471Feb. 2, 9, 16, 2018 Fnn13673

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE

Default having been made in the pay-ment of the debts and obligations described in and secured by a certain Deed of Trust executed by JACQUA L. WADE to William Bartholomew, a resident of Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee, Trustee, recorded December 5, 2006 in Fayette County Register’s Office at Inst#06010738 and the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust is owned by Bank of America, N.A., and the undersigned having been appointed Successor Trustee by instru-ment recorded in said Register’s Office, this is notice that the undersigned will on March 29, 2018 at 1:00PM local time, at the Fayette County Courthouse, located at 1 Court Square, Somerville, Tennessee will proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash the following property located in Fayette County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of record.Described property is Lot 84, Mary B. Sullivan Subdivision, as shown on plat of record in Plat Book 2, Page 179, in the Register’s Office of Fayette County, Tennessee, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said property.Being the same property conveyed to Jacqua Wade by Warranty Deed filed simultaneously herewith in the afore-said Register’s Office.Property Address: 130 Sonny Blvd, Williston, TN 38057TAX ID: 118N-A-084.00Current Owner(s) of Property: JACQUA L. WADEThe street address of the above de-scribed property is believed to be 130 Sonny Blvd, Williston, TN 38057 but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description referenced herein shall control. SALE IS SUBJECT TO TENANT(S) RIGHTS IN POSSESSION. If applicable, the notice requirements of T.C.A. 35-5-117 have been met. Other Interested Parties: Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentAll right of equity of redemption, statu-tory and otherwise, and homestead are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The right is reserved to adjourn the sale to another day, time and place certain without fur-ther publication, upon announcement of the time and place for the sale set forth above. If you purchase the prop-erty at the foreclosure sale, the entire purchase price is due and payable at the conclusion of the auction in the form of certified bank check made pay-able to Solomon Baggett, LLC Escrow Account. No personal checks will be accepted. you must bring sufficient funds to outbid the lender and any other bidders. Insufficient funds will not be accepted. Amounts received in excess of the winning bid will be refunded to the successful purchaser at the time the foreclosure deed is delivered. This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or trustee. This sale may be rescinded by the Substitute Trustee at any time. THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANy INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.Robert J. SolomonSubstitute TrusteeSolomon | Baggett, LLC3763 Rogers Bridge RoadDuluth, Georgia 30097(678) 243-2512Our File No. CMS.02228Feb. 9, 16, 23, 2018 Fnn13675

TRUSTEE’S SALE Default having been made in the payment of the debts and obligations secured to be paid by a certain Deed of Trust executed May 31, 2016 by Alex Tate, an unmarried man to Arnold Weiss, Esq., as Trustee, as same ap-pears of record in the office of the Reg-ister of Fayette County, Tennessee, in Register’s Instrument No. 16003279, and the owner of the debt secured, Guild Mortgage Company, having re-quested the undersigned to advertise and sell the property described in and conveyed by said Deed of Trust, all of said indebtedness having matured by default in the payment of a part thereof, at the option of the owner, this is to give notice that the undersigned will, on Thursday, March 29, 2018 commenc-ing at 11:00 AM, at the South Front Door of the Courthouse, Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property, to-wit: Situated in County of Fayette, State of Tennessee.Lot 80, Section “B”, village of Oakland Subdivision as shown on plat of record in Plat Book 7, Page 70 in the Register’s Office of Fayette County, Tennessee, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said property.Tax Parcel ID: 87P-C-37.00Property Address: 70 Greer Lane, Oakland, TN. All right and equity of redemption, homestead and dower waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Trustee.

ARNOLD M. WEISS, TrusteeLaw Offices of Arnold M. Weiss PLLC

208 Adams AvenueMemphis, Tennessee 38l03

90l-526-8296File # 7158-129252-FC

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALESale at public auction will be on April 2, 2018 on or about 1:00PM local time, at the Main Entrance of the Fayette County Courthouse, Somerville, Tennessee, conducted by the Substitute Trustee as identified and set forth herein below, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by WILLIAM GAITHER AND DOROTHy GAITHER, to Old Republic Title Insur-ance Company, Trustee, on April 25, 2013, as Instrument No. 13002972 in the real property records of Fayette County Register’s Office, Tennessee.Owner of Debt: Finance of America Reverse, LLCThe following real estate located in Fayette County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of record:Property lying and being in the 12th Civil District of Fayette County, Ten-nessee, and being more particularly described as follows:Beginning at a point at the Northeast corner of an 11 foot strip, said point being in the West margin of right of way of Slayden Road; Thence South 0 degrees 30 minutes West with said road right of way 150 feet to a point; Thence North 88 degrees West 290.4 feet to a stake in the West line of Lot 4, Plettner Subdivision of which the South portion of this conveyance is a part; Thence North 0 degrees 30 minutes East with line of said Lot 4, passing at 139 feet the Northwest corner thereof, at the Southwest cor-ner of above mentioned 11 foot strip and on for a total of 150 feet to the Northwest corner of said 11 foot strip; Thence south 0 degrees 30 minutes West with North line of said 11 foot strip 290.4 feet to the point of begin-ning. Containing one acre.Being the same premises that was conveyed unto William Gaither and Dorothy Gaither by warranty deed from C. Ray McGee and Dana McGee and dated August 31st, 2010 and re-corded September 8th, 2010 at deed instrument number 10004864 in the records of Fayette County Recorder`s Office, State of Tennessee.Parcel ID(s): 17901402000Tax ID: 179 014.02Current Owner(s) of Property: WILLIAM

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The sale held pursuant to this Notice may be rescinded at the Successor Trustee’s option at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. In the event of inclement weather, the trustee hereby announces that the sale will be postponed for a period of two weeks. In such situations, notices will be mailed to interested parties of record. W&A No. 90421 DATED January 25, 2018


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in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated January 16, 2014, and the Deed of Trust of even date securing the same, recorded January 22, 2014, in Book No. T1970, at Page 1390, in Office of the Register of Deeds for Madison County, Tennes-see, executed by Joanne McLeroy, conveying certain property therein described to kevin Carter as Trustee for Preferred Plus Financial Corporation; and the undersigned, Wilson & Associ-ates, P.L.L.C., having been appointed Successor Trustee by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association.

NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable; and that an agent of Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue of the power, duty, and author-ity vested in and imposed upon said Successor Trustee, by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, will, on March 1, 2018 on or about 10:00 AM, at the Madison County Courthouse, Jackson, Tennessee, offer for sale certain property hereinafter described to the highest bidder FOR certified funds paid at the conclusion of the sale, or credit bid from a bank or other lending entity pre-approved by the successor trustee. The sale is free from all exemp-tions, which are expressly waived in the Deed of Trust, said property being real estate situated in Madison County, Tennessee, and being more particularly described as follows:

BEGINNING at an iron pin in the Southerly right-of-way of Lowery Road, said point being 450 feet Northerly along the Southwesterly right-of-way of Lowery Road from Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Evans 3.0 acre tract as described in Book 322, page 197, in the Register’s Office of Madison County, Tennessee; thence S 44 degrees 35’ W 386 feet; thence N 25 degrees 20’ W 173 feet; thence N 55 degrees 08’ E 354 feet to the Southwesterly right-of-way of Lowery Road; thence southerly along the Southwesterly right-of-way of Low-ery Road 100 feet to the point of beginning, containing one acre or more, as surveyed by Joseph W. New, R.L.S.ALSO KNOWN AS: 354 Lowery Road, Medon, TN 38356

This sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov-enants, easements, or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory rights of redemption of any governmen-tal agency, state or federal; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. In ad-dition, the following parties may claim an interest in the above- referenced property:JOANNE MCLEROy

The sale held pursuant to this Notice may be rescinded at the Successor Trustee’s option at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. In the event of inclement weather, the trustee hereby announces that the sale will be postponed for a period of two weeks. In such situations, notices will be mailed to interested parties of record. W&A No. 314907

ing certain property therein described to Charles R. Pettigrew as Trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Sebring Capital Partners, Limited Partnership, its successors and assigns; and the undersigned, Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., having been appointed Suc-cessor Trustee by U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, successor in interest to Bank of America, National Association as Trustee, successor by merger to LaSalle Bank, National As-sociation as Trustee for EMC Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-A, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-A. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable; and that an agent of Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue of the power, duty, and authority vested in and imposed upon said Suc-cessor Trustee, by U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, successor in interest to Bank of America, National Association as Trustee, successor by merger to LaSalle Bank, National As-sociation as Trustee for EMC Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-A, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-A, will, on March 7, 2018 on or about 1:00 PM, at the Madison County Courthouse, Jackson, Tennessee, of-fer for sale certain property hereinafter described to the highest bidder FOR certified funds paid at the conclusion of the sale, or credit bid from a bank or other lending entity pre-approved by the successor trustee. The sale is free from all exemptions, which are expressly waived in the Deed of Trust, said property being real estate situated in Madison County, Tennessee, and being more particularly described as follows:

Being Lot 171 in Section I-F of Old Hickory Estates North, a plat of which appears of record in Plat Book 4, Page 37 and as revised in Plat Book 4, Page 45, in the Register’s Office of Madison County, Tennes-see, reference to which plat is hereby made for a more particular descrip-tion of said lot showing its location and the length and direction of its boundary lines.ALSO KNOWN AS: 9 Hazelton Cove, Jackson, TN 38305

This sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements, or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory rights of redemption of any governmental agency, state or federal; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. In addition, the following parties may claim an interest in the above-referenced property: FELICIA TRANSOU kENNETH TRANSOU STATE OF TENNESSEE, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & WORkFORCE DEvELOP-MENT On or about April 15, 2014, the State of Tennessee, filed a tax lien against the Defendant, kenneth Transou, indi-vidually and D/B/A Bluesfest, recorded in the Register’s Office of Madison County, Tennessee, Book L60 and Page 706. Any interest in the property held by the State of Tennessee, by virtue of the aforementioned tax lien is both junior and inferior to the interests held by U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, successor in interest to Bank of America, National Associa-tion as Trustee, successor by merger to LaSalle Bank, National Association as Trustee for EMC Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-A, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-A. Provided, however, that the State of Tennessee, pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated §67-1-133, shall have one hundred and twenty (120) days from the date of the sale within which to redeem the property by virtue of its tax lien(s) herein by pay-ment of the actual amount paid by the purchaser at the foreclosure sale, plus any amount in excess of the expenses necessarily incurred in connection with such property, less the income from such property, plus a reasonable rental value of such property. As required by law, the State of Tennessee has been given timely notice of this action.

65 Stratford Ln, Jackson, Tennessee 38305, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any dis-crepancy, the legal description herein shall control.

This sale is subject to, without limi-tation, all matters shown on any appli-cable recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements, or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory right of redemption of any governmental agency, state or fed-eral; any prior liens or encumbrances including those created by a fixture filing or any applicable homeowners’ association dues or assessments; all claims or other matters, whether of record or not, which may encumber the purchaser’s title and any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose.

The following parties may claim an interest in the above-referenced prop-erty to be affected by the foreclosure: any judgment creditor or lien holder with an interest subordinate to the said Deed of Trust or any party claiming by, through, or under any of the foregoing. Such parties known to the Substitute Trustee may include: None.

Terms of Sale will be public auction, for cash, free and clear of rights of homestead, redemption and dower to the extent disclaimed or inapplicable, and the rights of James Brian Fairchild, and those claiming through him/her/it/them.

Any right of equity of redemption, statutory and otherwise, and home-stead are waived in accord with the terms of said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee.

The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. If you purchase a property at the foreclosure sale, the entire purchase price is due and payable at the conclusion of the auction in the form of a certified/bank check made payable to or endorsed to Shapiro & Ingle, LLP. No personal checks will be accepted. To this end, you must bring sufficient funds to outbid the lender and any other bidders. Insufficient funds will not be accepted. Amounts received in excess of the winning bid will be refunded to the successful purchaser at the time the foreclosure deed is delivered.

This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or trustee. This sale may be rescinded only by the Substitute Trustee at any time. If the Substitute Trustee rescinds the sale, the purchaser shall only be entitled to a return of any money paid towards the purchase price and shall have no other recourse. Once the purchaser tenders the purchase price, the Substitute Trustee may deem the sale final in which case the purchaser shall have no remedy. The real property will be sold AS IS, WHERE IS, with no warranties or representations of any kind, express or implied, including without limitation, warranties regarding condition of the property or market-ability of title.

This office may be a debt collector. This may be an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained may be used for that purpose.

Shapiro & Ingle, LLPSubstitute Trustee

10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400Charlotte, NC 28216

Phone: (704) 333-8107Fax: (704) 333-8156

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated April 1, 2004, and the Deed of Trust of even date securing the same, recorded April 7, 2004, in Book No. T1571, at Page 137, in Office of the Register of Deeds for Madison County, Tennessee, executed by Felicia Transou and kenneth Transou, convey-

Foreclosure NoticesMadison County

GAITHER AND DOROTHy GAITHERThe street address of the above de-scribed property is believed to be 830 Slayden Rd., Moscow, TN 38057, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description referenced herein shall control.SALE IS SUBJECT TO OCCUPANT(S) RIGHTS IN POSSESSION.THE RIGHT IS RESERvED TO ADJOURN THE DAy OF THE SALE TO ANOTHER DAy, TIME AND PLACE CERTAIN WITH-OUT FURTHER PUBLICATION, UPON AN-NOUNCEMENT AT THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE SALE SET FORTH ABOvE. THE TERMS OF SALE ARE CASH. ANy TAXES OR FEES WILL BE THE RESPONSIBIL-ITy OF THE PURCHASER. IF THE SALE IS SET ASIDE FOR ANy REASON, THE PURCHASER AT THE SALE SHALL BE ENTITLED ONLy TO A RETURN OF THE PURCHASE PRICE. THE PURCHASER SHALL HAvE NO FURTHER RECOURSE AGAINST THE GRANTOR, THE GRANTEE, OR THE TRUSTEE.OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: SEC-RETARy OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEvELOPMENTTHIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANy INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.If applicable, the notice requirements of T.C.A. 35-5-101 have been met.All right of equity of redemption, statu-tory and otherwise, and homestead are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. If the U.S. Department of Treasury/IRS, the State of Tennessee Department of Revenue, or the State of Tennessee Department of Labor or Workforce Development are listed as Interested Parties in the advertisement, then the Notice of this foreclosure is being given to them and the Sale will be subject to the applicable governmental enti-ties’ right to redeem the property as required by 26 U.S.C. 7425 and T.C.A. §67-1-1433.This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or trustee. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.MWZM File No. 18-000027-220MACkIE WOLF ZIENTZ & MANN, P. C., Substitute Trustee(s)Premier Building, Suite 4045217 Maryland WayBrentwood, Tennessee 37027PHONE: (615) 238-3630EMAIL: [email protected]. 16, 23, Mar. 2, 2018 Fnn13683


in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated March 28, 2003, and the Deed of Trust of even date securing the same, recorded April 2, 2003, in Book No. T1464, at Page 314, in Office of the Register of Deeds for Madison County, Tennessee, executed by Rosemary Pigrum and Nathaniel Pigrum, Jr., conveying certain property therein described to Arnold M. Weiss, Esq. as Trustee for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc.; and the undersigned, Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., having been appointed Successor Trustee by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A..

NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable; and that an agent of Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue of the power, duty, and author-ity vested in and imposed upon said Successor Trustee, by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., will, on March 1, 2018 on

or about 10:00 AM, at the Madison County Courthouse, Jackson, Ten-nessee, offer for sale certain property hereinafter described to the highest bidder FOR certified funds paid at the conclusion of the sale, or credit bid from a bank or other lending entity pre-approved by the successor trustee. The sale is free from all exemptions, which are expressly waived in the Deed of Trust, said property being real estate situated in Madison County, Tennessee, and being more particularly described as follows:

Being Lot No. 218, Phase II of Shepards Field, a Plat of which appears of record in Plat Book 9, Page 167 in the Register’s Office of Madison County, Tennessee and to which reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said lot.ALSO KNOWN AS: 10 Jacob Street, Jackson, TN 38305-7379

This sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov-enants, easements, or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory rights of redemption of any governmen-tal agency, state or federal; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. In ad-dition, the following parties may claim an interest in the above- referenced property:ROSEMARy PIGRUM NATHANIEL PIGRUM, JR.LvNv FUNDING LLC AS ASSIGNEE OF SEARS-CITI/SEARS LENDERS CREDIT UNIONLIvINGSTON FINANCIAL LLCOLIPHANT FINANCIAL LLC AS ASSIGNEE OF HSBC

The sale held pursuant to this Notice may be rescinded at the Successor Trustee’s option at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set

forth above. In the event of inclem-ent weather, the trustee hereby an-nounces that the sale will be postponed for a period of two weeks. In such situations, notices will be mailed to interested parties of record. W&A No. 307270



SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALESale at public auction will be on

February 23, 2018 at 1:00PM local time, at the north door, Madison County Courthouse, 100 East Main Street, Jackson, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by James Brian Fairchild, to Larry N. Westbrook, Esq., Trustee, as trustee for PHH Mortgage Services on November 29, 2001 at Book T1343, Page 214; and modified by agreement recorded September 25, 2015 in Book T2007, Page 1437; conducted by Shapiro & Ingle, LLP, having been appointed Substitute or Successor Trustee, all of record in the Madison County Register’s Office. De-fault has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of said Deed of Trust and the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable.

Party Entitled to Enforce the Debt: The Bank of New york Trust Company, N.A. as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. as Trustee, its successors and assigns.

The following real estate located in Madison County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder:

Described property located at Madi-son County, Tennessee, to wit:BEING Lot No. 8 in Section I of Notting-ham Meadow Subdivision, a plat of which appears of record in Plat Book 3, Page 315, in the Register’s Office of Madison County, Tennessee.Street Address: 65 Stratford Ln, Jackson, Tennessee 38305Parcel Number: 043J D 018.00Current Owner(s) of Property: James Brian Fairchild

The street address of the above described property is believed to be

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated August 1, 2003, and the Deed of Trust of even date securing the same, recorded August 1, 2003, in Book No. T1504, at Page 937, in Office of the Register of Deeds for Madison County, Tennessee, executed by kimberly A. Stello, conveying certain property therein described to R. Bradley Sigler as Trustee for Administrator of the Small Business Administration, an agency of the Government of the United States of America; and the undersigned, Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., having been appointed Suc-cessor Trustee by Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration, an Agency of the Government of the United States of America. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable; and that an agent of Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue of the power, duty, and author-ity vested in and imposed upon said Successor Trustee, by Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration, an Agency of the Government of the United States of America, will, on March 7, 2018 on or about 1:00 PM, at the Madison County Courthouse, Jackson, Tennessee, offer for sale certain property hereinafter described to the highest bidder FOR certified funds paid at the conclusion of the sale, or credit bid from a bank or other lending entity pre-approved by the suc-cessor trustee. The sale is free from all exemptions, which are expressly waived in the Deed of Trust, said property being real estate situated in Madison County, Tennessee, and being more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a found iron pin in the Northeastern margin of Woodgrove Drive, said point being the Southeast corner of Lot Number 2, Section I Ramblewood East a plat of record on Plat Book 5, Page 302 in the Register’s Office, Madison County, Tennessee; thence North 31 degrees 10 minutes 21 seconds East with the East margin of Lot 2 a distance of 312.48 feet to a found iron pin in the Northeast corner of Lot 2; thence North 88 degrees 03 minutes 34 seconds East a distance of 41.81 feet to a found iron pin in the North-west corner of Lot 7; thence South 04 degrees 04 minutes 17 seconds East with the West margin of Lot 7 a distance of 208.72 feet to a found iron pin in the Southwest corner of Lot 7 and in the Northern margin of Lot 4; thence South 48 degrees 37 minutes 37 seconds West with the Northwestern margin of Lot 4 a distance of 188.72 feet to a found iron pin in the Eastern margin of Woodgrove Drive, said point also being the Northwestern corner of Lot 4, thence in a Northwesterly direction following a curve to the left of the Eastern margin of Woodgrove Drive having a radius of 329.60 feet a distance of 100.40 feet to the point of beginning. Being Lot Num-ber 3 in Section I of the aforesaid platted Subdivision. This description was written from the description furnished, as surveyed by McRae Engineering, TLN 430.ALSO KNOWN AS: 23 Woodgrove Drive, Jackson, TN 38305

This sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements, or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory rights of redemption of any governmental agency, state or federal; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. In addition, the following parties may claim an interest in the above-referenced property: kIMBERLy A. STELLOADMINISTRATOR, U.S. SMALL BUSI-NESS ADMINISTRATION, AN AGENCy OF THE GOvERNMENT OF THE UNITED

STATES OF AMERICAUNIFUND CCR PARTNERS,UNION PLANTERS NATIONAL BANkRONALD STELLO AND CAROL A. STELLO The sale held pursuant to this Notice may be rescinded at the Successor Trustee’s option at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. In the event of inclement weather, the trustee hereby announces that the sale will be postponed for a period of two weeks. In such situations, notices will be mailed to interested parties of record. W&A No. 231029 DATED January 31, 2018


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in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated October 25, 2010, and the Deed of Trust of even date securing the same, recorded November 5, 2010, in Book No. 893, at Page 263, in Office of the Register of Deeds for Madison County, Tennessee, executed by Rhonda Lynn, conveying certain property therein described to Michael Burns as Trustee for Mort-gage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Everett Financial, Inc DBA Supreme Lending, A Texas Corporation, its successors and as-signs; and the undersigned, Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., having been appointed Successor Trustee by Wells Fargo Bank, NA.

NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable; and that an agent of Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue of the power, duty, and author-ity vested in and imposed upon said Successor Trustee, by Wells Fargo Bank, NA, will, on April 19, 2018 on or about 10:00 AM, at the Madison County Courthouse, Jackson, Tennes-see, offer for sale certain property hereinafter described to the highest bidder FOR certified funds paid at the conclusion of the sale, or credit bid from a bank or other lending entity pre-approved by the successor trustee. The sale is free from all exemptions, which are expressly waived in the Deed of Trust, said property being real estate situated in Madison County, Tennessee, and being more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at an iron pin found in the South margin of Executed Drive at the Northwest corner of this lot and the Northeast corner of Lot No. 9, Section IV, Autumn Valley Subdivision; thence from the point of beginning and with the South margin of Executive Drive (25 feet from centerline), South 88 degrees 51 minutes 05 seconds East 75.00 feet to an iron pin found in the West line of Section V, Autumn Valley Subdivision; thence with the West line of said Section V, South 01 degree 27 minutes 00 seconds West 161.45 feet to an iron pin found in the North line of Section II, Autumn Valley Subdivision; thence with the North line of said Section II, North 88 degrees 50 minutes 45 seconds West 75.00 feet to an iron pin found at the Southeast corner of Lot No. 9, Section IV, Autumn Valley Subdivision; thence with the East line of said Lot No. 9, North 01 degree 27 minutes 00 seconds East 161.44 feet to the point of beginning. Being Lot No. 10, Section IV, Autumn Valley Subdivision, a plat of which appears of record in Plat Book 6 at Page 4 in the Register’s Office of Madison County, Tennes-see, as surveyed on May 10, 1994, by Reasons Engineering, 3825 East End Drive, Humboldt, TN 38343. THIS CONVEYANCE IS SUBJECT TO ALL RESTRICTIONS, EASMENTS, SETBACK LINES, AND OTHER CONDI-TIONS SHOWN OF RECORD IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE FOR MADISON COUNTY, TENNESSEE.ALSO KNOWN AS: 208 Executive

Drive, Jackson, TN 38305-2321This sale is subject to all matters

shown on any applicable recorded plat; any unpaid taxes;

any restrictive covenants, ease-ments, or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory rights of re-demption of any governmental agency, state or federal; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. In addition, the following parties may claim an interest in the above- referenced property:RHONDA LyNNENTERPRISE NATIONAL BANk ESTATE OF RHONDA LyNN HEIRS, IF ANy, OF RHONDA LyNN





March 1, 2018 at 10:00AM local time, at the north door, Madison County Courthouse, 100 East Main Street, Jackson, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Elizabeth C. Mann, to David W. kious, Trustee, as trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”), solely as nominee for Guaranty Trust Company on March 19, 2010 at Book T1878, Page 786; conducted by Shapiro & Ingle, LLP, having been appointed Substitute or Successor Trustee, all of record in the Madison County Register’s Office. Default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of said Deed of Trust and the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable.

Party Entitled to Enforce the Debt: J.P. Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Corp., its successors and assigns.


Described property located at Madi-son County, Tennessee, to wit:BEGINNING on an iron rod in the west margin of Seavers Road and being 28 feet from the center of said road and also being the southeast corner of the original 2.27 acre tract conveyed to John Lee Branch of which the herein described is a part; thence with the margin of said road North 4 degrees 48 minutes 54 seconds West a distance of 100 feet to an iron rod being the southeast corner of Bon-nie A. Raney; thence with the south line of Raney South 84 degrees 32 minutes 06 seconds West a distance of 215.33 feet to an iron road; thence North a distance of 81.85 feet to an iron rod; thence South 84 degrees 32 minutes West a distance of 193.19 feet to an iron rod in the east line of Floyd Allen and being the southwest corner of Bonnie A. Raney; thence with the east line of Allen South 7 degrees 56 minutes 20 seconds West a distance of 183.69 feet to a flat iron and being the southwest corner of the original John Lee Branch 2.27 acre tract; thence with the south line of said 2.27 acre tract North 84 de-grees 53 minutes 44 seconds East a distance of 442.18 feet to the point of beginning. As surveyed by C.E. Lewis R.L.S. #1380, Jackson, Tennessee on August 5, 1997.BEING the same real property con-veyed to Elizabeth C. Mann by deed of record in Deed Book 703, page 762 in the Register’s Office of Madison County, Tennessee.Street Address: 68 Seavers Road, Jackson, Tennessee 38301Parcel Number: 122 030.00Current Owner(s) of Property: Eliza-

beth C. MannThe street address of the above

described property is believed to be 68 Seavers Road, Jackson, Tennessee 38301, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any dis-crepancy, the legal description herein shall control.



Terms of Sale will be public auction, for cash, free and clear of rights of homestead, redemption and dower to the extent disclaimed or inapplicable, and the rights of Elizabeth C. Mann, and those claiming through him/her/it/them.







Phone: (704) 333-8107Fax: (704) 333-8156

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALESale at public auction will be on March 29, 2018 at 10:00 a.m., local time, at the north entrance of the Madison County Courthouse, 100 East Main Street, Jackson, TN 38301, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Laurinda C. Johnson, a single woman, to Charles

Patterson, Attorney, as Trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”) as nominee for Paramount Residential Mortgage Group, Inc., dated January 27, 2016, of record in Book T2014, Page 1448, modified at Book T2054, Page 1843, in the Register’s Office for Madison County, Tennessee (“Deed of Trust”), conducted by Padgett Law Group, having been appointed Substitute Trustee, all of record in the Madison County Register’s Office. Default in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of said Deed of Trust has been made; and the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable.Party entitled to enforce the debt: Paramount Residential Mortgage Group, Inc.Other interested parties: Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentThe hereinafter described real property located in Madison County will be sold to the highest call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encum-brances of record:. Legal Description: BEGINNING at an iron rod in the southeast margin of Belfield Cove at the northeast corner of Lot No. 6, Section v, Humboldt Road Estates, a plat of which appears of record in Plat Book 4, Page 289 in the Register`s Office of Madison County, Tennessee; thence South 29 degrees 19 minutes East, with the eastern mar-gin of Lot No. 6, a distance of 183.7 feet to an iron rod at the southeast corner of Lot No. 6; thence North 86 degrees 21 minutes East, a distance of 40 feet to an iron rod; thence North 28 degrees 35 minutes East, a dis-tance of 95 feet to an iron rod; thence North 42 degrees 03 minutes West, a distance of 172.9 feet to an iron rod in the southeast margin of Belfield Cove; thence around a curve with the southeast margin of said Cove in the southwestern direction, having a radius of 161 feet, a distance of 84.10 feet to the beginning. Being Lot Number Five (5), Section 5, Humboldt Road Estates, platted as aforesaid.Street Address: The street address of the property is believed to be 16 Belfield Cove, Jackson, TN 38305, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property. In the event of any discrepancy, the legal description herein shall control.Map/Parcel Number: 044D C 01118 000Current owner(s) of Property: Laurinda C. JohnsonThis sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded Plat or Plan; any unpaid taxes and assessments; any restrictive covenants, easements or setback lines that may be applicable; rights of redemption, equity, statutory or otherwise, not otherwise waived in the Deed of Trust, including rights of redemption of any governmental agency, state or federal; and any and all prior deeds of trust, liens, dues, assessments, encumbrances, defects, adverse claims and other matters that may take priority over the Deed of Trust upon which this foreclosure sale is conducted or are not extinguished by this Foreclosure Sale. THE PROPERTy IS SOLD WITHOUT ANy REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, RELATING TO TITLE, MARkETABILITy OF TITLE, POSSESSION, QUIET ENJOyMENT OR THE LIkE AND FITNESS FOR A GENERAL OR PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE. The title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee.The right is reserved to adjourn the sale to another time certain or to another day, time, and place certain, without further publication upon an-nouncement on the day, time, and place of sale set forth above or any subsequent adjourned day, time, and place of sale. If you purchase a property at the fore-closure sale, the entire purchase price is due and payable at the conclusion of the auction in the form of a certified check made payable to or endorsed to Padgett Law Group. No personal checks will be accepted. To this end, you must bring sufficient funds to out-bid the lender and any other bidders.



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Insufficient funds will not be accepted. Amounts received, in excess of the winning bid will be refunded to the successful purchaser at the time the foreclosure deed is delivered. This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or trustee. This sale may be rescinded by the Substitute Trustee at any time. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANy INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Padgett Law Group, Substitute Trust-ee 6267 Old Water Oak Road, Suite 203 Tallahassee, Florida 32312 PH: (850) 422-2520 FX: (850) 422-2567PLG#18-000134Feb. 2, 9, 16, 2018 Fnn13671

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALESale at public auction will be on March 12, 2018 on or about 1:00PM local time, at the Main entrance (North Door) of the Madison County Courthouse, Jackson, Tennessee, conducted by the Substitute Trustee as identified and set forth herein below, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by TONyA WARDLOW, to Rob v. Budhwa, Trustee, on June 22, 2006, at Record Book T1762, Page 1393-1411 as Instrument No. 06011062 in the real property records of Madison County Register’s Office, Tennessee.Owner of Debt: HSBC BANk USA, NA-TIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE OF THE FIELDSTONE MORTGAGE INvEST-MENT TRUST, SERIES 2006-2The following real estate located in Madison County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of record:Beginning at an iron pin on the south-east margin of North Royal Street (30 feet at right angles from centerline) at the northeast corner of Lot No. 3 North Royal Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 9, Page 109 in the Register`s Office of Madison County, Tennessee; thence with the southeast margin of North Royal Street North 66 degrees 38 minutes 29 seconds east a dis-tance of 56.56 feet to an iron pin at the northwest corner of Lot 5; thence with the west line of Lot 5 South 24 degrees 21 minutes 31 seconds East a distance of 150 feet to an iron pin; thence South 66 degrees 38 minutes 29 seconds West a distance of 56.56 feet to an iron pin at the southwest corner of Lot 3; thence with the east line of Lot 3 north 24 degrees 21 minutes 31 seconds west a distance of 150 feet to the point of beginning, Being Lot No. 4, North Royal Subdivi-sion, platted as aforesaid.Being the same property conveyed to Tonya Wardlow by deed of re-cord in Deed Book 681 Page 1750 Register`s Office of Madison County, Tennessee.Tax ID: 0650.F.0010.04Current Owner(s) of Property: TONyA WARDLOWThe street address of the above de-scribed property is believed to be 1454 N Royal St., Jackson, TN 38301, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description referenced herein shall control.SALE IS SUBJECT TO OCCUPANT(S) RIGHTS IN POSSESSION.THE RIGHT IS RESERvED TO ADJOURN THE DAy OF THE SALE TO ANOTHER DAy, TIME AND PLACE CERTAIN WITH-OUT FURTHER PUBLICATION, UPON AN-NOUNCEMENT AT THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE SALE SET FORTH ABOvE. THE TERMS OF SALE ARE CASH. ANy TAXES OR FEES WILL BE THE RESPONSIBIL-ITy OF THE PURCHASER. IF THE SALE IS SET ASIDE FOR ANy REASON, THE PURCHASER AT THE SALE SHALL BE ENTITLED ONLy TO A RETURN OF THE PURCHASE PRICE. THE PURCHASER SHALL HAvE NO FURTHER RECOURSE AGAINST THE GRANTOR, THE GRANTEE, OR THE TRUSTEE.OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: MRC

RECEIvABLES CORPTHIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANy INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.If applicable, the notice requirements of T.C.A. 35-5-101 have been met.All right of equity of redemption, statu-tory and otherwise, and homestead are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. If the U.S. Department of Treasury/IRS, the State of Tennessee Department of Revenue, or the State of Tennessee De-partment of Labor or Workforce Devel-opment are listed as Interested Parties in the advertisement, then the Notice of this foreclosure is being given to them and the Sale will be subject to the ap-plicable governmental entities’ right to redeem the property as required by 26 U.S.C. 7425 and T.C.A. §67-1-1433. This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or trustee. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.MWZM FILE NO. 16-001703-670MACkIE WOLF ZIENTZ & MANN, P. C., SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE(S)PREMIER BUILDING, SUITE 4045217 MARYLAND WAYBRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE 37027PHONE: (615) 238-3630EMAIL: [email protected]. 9, 16, 23, 2018 Fnn13669


in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated September 15, 2008, and the Deed of Trust of even date securing the same, recorded Septem-ber 25, 2008, in Book No. T1842, at Page 1147, in Office of the Register of Deeds for Madison County, Tennes-see, executed by Barbara E. Sims and Charles Woods, Jr., conveying certain property therein described to Arnold M. Weiss, ESQ as Trustee for Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.; and the undersigned, Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., having been appointed Successor Trustee by Wells Fargo Bank, NA.

NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable; and that an agent of Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue of the power, duty, and author-ity vested in and imposed upon said Successor Trustee, by Wells Fargo Bank, NA, will, on April 19, 2018 on or about 10:00 AM, at the Madison County Courthouse, Jackson, Tennes-see, offer for sale certain property hereinafter described to the highest bidder FOR certified funds paid at the conclusion of the sale, or credit bid from a bank or other lending entity pre-approved by the successor trustee. The sale is free from all exemptions, which are expressly waived in the Deed of Trust, said property being real estate situated in Madison County, Tennessee, and being more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at an iron pin on the north margin of Hillary Drive (25 feet at right angles from centerline) a the southeast corner of Lot 202, Section II, Alta Vista Heights Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 5, page 308 in the Register’s Office of Madison County, Tennessee; thence with the east line of Lot 202 North 4 degrees 52 minutes East a distance of 119.80 feet to an Iron pin; thence South 87 degrees 05 minutes East a distance of 145 feet to an iron pin on the west margin of Erin Drive; thence with the west margin of Erin Drive South 4 degrees 52 minutes West a distance of 95.60 feet to a point at the beginning of a curve; thence with said curve (Radius of 25 feet) to the right a distance of 38.40 feet to a point on the north margin of Hillary Drive; thence with the north margin of Hillary Drive North 87 degrees 05 minutes West a distance of 120.80 feet to the point of beginning. Be-

ing Lot 219. Section ll-A, Alta Vista Heights Subdivision recorded in Plat Book 6, page 3 in said Register’s Office, as surveyed by David Hall Land Surveying Company, R.L.S., #943, on December 22, 1993.ALSO KNOWN AS: 135 Hillary Drive, Jackson, TN 38305-2653

This sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov-enants, easements, or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory rights of redemption of any governmen-tal agency, state or federal; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. In ad-dition, the following parties may claim an interest in the above- referenced property:BARBARA E. SIMS CHARLES WOODS, JR.


DATED February 5, 2018WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C.,



in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated March 25, 2003, and the Deed of Trust of even date securing the same, recorded May 12, 2003, in Book No. T1477, at Page 129, in Office of the Register of Deeds for Madison County, Tennessee, executed by Anthony L. Wallace and Candie Wal-lace, conveying certain property therein described to kathy J. Winstead as Trustee for Ufm Consumer Finance, Inc.; and the undersigned, Wilson & Associ-ates, P.L.L.C., having been appointed Successor Trustee by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association.

NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable; and that an agent of Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue of the power, duty, and author-ity vested in and imposed upon said Successor Trustee, by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, will, on April 19, 2018 on or about 10:00 AM, at the Madison County Courthouse, Jack-son, Tennessee, offer for sale certain property hereinafter described to the highest bidder FOR certified funds paid at the conclusion of the sale, or credit bid from a bank or other lending entity pre-approved by the successor trustee. The sale is free from all exemptions, which are expressly waived in the Deed of Trust, said property being real estate situated in Madison County, Tennessee, and being more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at an existing iron pin in the Southern margin of Pattie Cove, said point being the northeast corner of Lot No. 30 of Section IV of Hiram Valley Subdivision, a plat of record in Plat Book 3, page 58 in the Register’s Office of Madison County, Tennessee, and runs thence South 33 degrees 17 minutes West with the East line of Lot No. 30; 135.5 feet to an existing corner post at the southeast corner of Lot No. 30; thence South 35 degrees 10 minutes East 100 feet to an existing iron pin; thence North 64 degrees 01 minutes East 82 feet to the South-west corner of Lot No. 28; thence North 10 degrees 57 minutes East with the West line of Lot No. 28, 170 feet to a point in the South margin of Pattie Cove; thence in a Westerly and Southwesterly direction with the South margin of Pattie Cove and the curve thereof, a distance of 91 feet to the point of beginning. Being Lot Number 28 in Section IV

of Hiram Valley Subdivision, platted as aforementioned.ALSO KNOWN AS: 46 Pattie Cove, Jackson, TN 38301

This sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov-enants, easements, or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory rights of redemption of any governmen-tal agency, state or federal; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. In ad-dition, the following parties may claim an interest in the above- referenced property:ANTHONy L. WALLACECANDIE WALLACE CAPITAL ONE BANkLvNv FUNDING, LLC AS ASSIGNEE OF CAPITOL ONE SECRETARy OF HOUSING & URBAN DEvELOPMENT





in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated February 6, 2007, and the Deed of Trust of even date securing the same, recorded Febru-ary 7, 2007, in Book No. T1789, at Page 113, in Office of the Register of Deeds for Madison County, Ten-nessee, executed by Earl Woods and LaTanya Woods, conveying certain property therein described to Highland Land & Title as Trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for EquiFirst Corporation, its successors and assigns; and the undersigned, Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., having been appointed Suc-cessor Trustee by DEUTSCHE BANk NATIONAL TRUST COMPANy, as Trustee for Equifirst Loan Securitization Trust 2007-1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certifi-cates, Series 2007-1.

NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable; and that an agent of Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue of the power, duty, and author-ity vested in and imposed upon said Successor Trustee, by DEUTSCHE BANk NATIONAL TRUST COMPANy, as Trustee for Equifirst Loan Securitization Trust 2007-1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-1, will, on March 14, 2018 on or about 1:00 PM, at the Madison County Courthouse, Jackson, Tennessee, offer for sale certain property hereinafter described to the highest bidder FOR certified funds paid at the conclusion of the sale, or credit bid from a bank or other lending entity pre-approved by the successor trustee. The sale is free from all exemp-tions, which are expressly waived in the Deed of Trust, said property being real estate situated in Madison County, Tennessee, and being more particularly described as follows:

Being Lot Number Two Thousand Two Hundred Eleven (2211), Section XXII, Forest Pointe Subdivision, a plat of which appears of record in Plat Book 8, at page 72 in the Register’s Office of Madison County, Tennessee.ALSO KNOWN AS: 45 Ferndale Cove, Jackson, TN 38305

This sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov-enants, easements, or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory rights of redemption of any governmen-tal agency, state or federal; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and

to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. In ad-dition, the following parties may claim an interest in the above- referenced property:EARL WOODS LATANyA WOODS NP154, LLC



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in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated April 28, 2016, and the Deed of Trust of even date securing the same, recorded May 4, 2016, in Book No. T2020, at Page 1014, in Office of the Register of Deeds for Madison County, Tennessee, executed by Mona Moncier, conveying certain property therein described to Charles Byrd as Trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Franklin American Mortgage Company, its successors and assigns; and the undersigned, Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., having been ap-pointed Successor Trustee by Franklin American Mortgage Company.

NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable; and that an agent of Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue of the power, duty, and authority vested in and imposed upon said Suc-cessor Trustee, by Franklin American Mortgage Company, will, on April 19, 2018 on or about 10:00 AM, at the Madison County Courthouse, Jackson, Tennessee, offer for sale certain property hereinafter described to the highest bidder FOR certified funds paid at the conclusion of the sale, or credit bid from a bank or other lending entity pre-approved by the successor trustee. The sale is free from all exemptions, which are expressly waived in the Deed of Trust, said property being real estate situated in Madison County, Tennessee, and being more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a stake in the north margin of Westwood Avenue at a point 150 feet west of the north-west intersection of Westwood and Prospect Avenue and runs thence north 150 feet to an alley; thence west 50 feet to the northeast corner of Lot No. 8, Block No. 3 of the Highland Park Addition; thence south with said Lot No. 8, 150 feet to the north margin of Westwood Avenue; thence east with the north margin of Westwood Avenue 50 feet to the point of beginning. Same being designated as Lot No. 9 of Block No. 3 of the Highland Park Addition to the City of Jackson, a plat of which appears of record in the Register’s Office of Madison County, Tennessee, in Plat Book 1, Page 58.ALSO KNOWN AS: 311 Westwood Avenue, Jackson, TN 38301

This sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov-enants, easements, or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory rights of redemption of any governmen-tal agency, state or federal; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. In ad-dition, the following parties may claim an interest in the above- referenced property:MONA MONCIER

The sale held pursuant to this Notice may be rescinded at the Successor Trustee’s option at any time. The right



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is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. In the event of inclement weather, the trustee hereby announces that the sale will be postponed for a period of two weeks. In such situations, notices will be mailed to interested parties of record. W&A No. 319391




in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated April 28, 2006, and the Deed of Trust of even date securing the same, recorded May 4, 2006, in Book No. T1757, at Page 265, in Office of the Register of Deeds for Madison County, Tennessee, executed by Patri-cia Witherspoon and kelly Witherspoon and Lushontae Maxwell, conveying certain property therein described to Carter Stanfill & kirk as Trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registration Sys-tems, Inc., as nominee for Mercantile Mortgage Company, its successors and assigns; and the undersigned, Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., having been appointed Successor Trustee by U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF9 Master Participation Trust.

NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable; and that an agent of Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue of the power, duty, and author-ity vested in and imposed upon said Successor Trustee, by U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF9 Master Participation Trust, will, on March 15, 2018 on or about 10:00 AM, at the Madison County Courthouse, Jack-son, Tennessee, offer for sale certain property hereinafter described to the highest bidder FOR certified funds paid at the conclusion of the sale, or credit bid from a bank or other lending entity pre-approved by the suc-cessor trustee. The sale is free from all exemptions, which are expressly waived in the Deed of Trust, said property being real estate situated in Madison County, Tennessee, and being more particularly described as follows:

Legal Description Beginning on a point in the North margin of Seven Oaks (erroneously referred to as “cake”) drive and being 25 feet from the center of said drive and being the Southeast corner of Lot 2 of Seven Oaks Subdivision, Section 1, thence with the East line of Lot 2, North 2 degrees 22 seconds East a distance of 165.82 feet to a point being the Northeast corner of Lot 2; thence South 85 degrees 43 seconds East a distance of 282.59 feet to a point in the Northwest corner of Lot 5; thence with the West line of Lot 5 South 0 degrees 40 seconds East a distance of 141.24 feet to a point in the North margin of Seven Oaks Drive and being the Southwest corner of Lot 5; thence with the margin of said drive South 89 degrees 20 seconds West a dis-tance of 290.04 feet to the point of beginning. Being the same property conveyed to Patricia Witherspoon and Lushontae Maxwell, tenants in common with the right of survivor-ship, their heirs and assigns in War-ranty Deed, as filed at Book D680, Page 987 in the Register’s Office of Madison County.ALSO KNOWN AS: 9 Seven Oaks Drive, Jackson, TN 38305

This sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov-enants, easements, or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory rights of redemption of any governmen-tal agency, state or federal; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. In ad-dition, the following parties may claim an interest in the above- referenced property:PATRICIA WITHERSPOON

kELLy WITHERSPOON LUSHONTAE MAXWELL





in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated June 30, 1998, and the Deed of Trust of even date securing the same, recorded July 7, 1998, in Book No. T1137, at Page 354, in Office of the Register of Deeds for Madison County, Tennessee, executed by Mary L. Akins and Roy D. Akins, conveying certain property therein described to R. Bradley Sigler as Trustee for Franklin American Mortgage Company; and the undersigned, Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., having been appointed Suc-cessor Trustee by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, successor by merger to Wells Fargo Bank, Minne-sota, National Association, as Trustee for Reperforming Loan REMIC Trust Certificates, Series 2002-1.

NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable; and that an agent of Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue of the power, duty, and author-ity vested in and imposed upon said Successor Trustee, by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, succes-sor by merger to Wells Fargo Bank, Minnesota, National Association, as Trustee for Reperforming Loan REMIC Trust Certificates, Series 2002-1, will, on April 19, 2018 on or about 10:00 AM, at the Madison County Court-house, Jackson, Tennessee, offer for sale certain property hereinafter described to the highest bidder FOR certified funds paid at the conclusion of the sale, or credit bid from a bank or other lending entity pre-approved by the successor trustee. The sale is free from all exemptions, which are expressly waived in the Deed of Trust, said property being real estate situ-ated in Madison County, Tennessee, and being more particularly described as follows:

Beginning in the North Margin of Fairmont (formerly Roberta) Avenue at a stake 50 feet West of the west margin of Morningside Drive, and runs thence North 160 feet to a stake; thence West 100 feet to a stake; thence South 160 feet to the North Margin of Fairmont; and thence East with the North Margin of Fairmont Avenue 100 feet to the beginning.ALSO KNOWN AS: 121 Fairmont Avenue, Jackson, TN 38301

This sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov-enants, easements, or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory rights of redemption of any governmen-tal agency, state or federal; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. In ad-dition, the following parties may claim an interest in the above- referenced property:MARy L. AkINS ROy D. AkINSSECRETARy OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEvELOPMENT BRANCH BANkING & TRUSTCITIBANk SOUTH DAkOTA NA

The sale held pursuant to this Notice may be rescinded at the Successor Trustee’s option at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication,

upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. In the event of inclement weather, the trustee hereby announces that the sale will be postponed for a period of two weeks. In such situations, notices will be mailed to interested parties of record. W&A No. 40240




March 29, 2018 at 10:00AM local time, at the north door, Madison County Courthouse, 100 East Main Street, Jackson, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Janet E. Leathers, to R. Bradley Sigler, Trustee, as trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nomi-nee for Franklin American Mortgage Company on March 17, 2003 at Book T1460, Page 1; conducted by Shapiro & Ingle, LLP, having been appointed Substitute or Successor Trustee, all of record in the Madison County Register’s Office. Default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of said Deed of Trust and the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable.

Party Entitled to Enforce the Debt: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., its successors and assigns.


Described property located at Madi-son County, Tennessee, to wit:BEGIN LOT NO. 63, Section III of Northwynde Subdivision a plat of which appears of record in Plat Book 8, Page 220 in the Register’s Office of Madison County, Tennessee and to which referenced is hereby made for a more particular description of said lot.Street Address: 80 Wyndelake Cove, Jackson, Tennessee 38305Parcel Number: 033L C 04200Current Owner(s) of Property: Janet E. Leathers

The street address of the above described property is believed to be 80 Wyndelake Cove, Jackson, Ten-nessee 38305, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description herein shall control.


The following parties may claim an interest in the above-referenced prop-erty to be affected by the foreclosure: any judgment creditor or lien holder with an interest subordinate to the said Deed of Trust or any party claiming by, through, or under any of the foregoing. Such parties known to the Substitute Trustee may include: Regional Hospital of Jackson c/o David L. Mendelson, attorney.

Terms of Sale will be public auction, for cash, free and clear of rights of homestead, redemption and dower to the extent disclaimed or inapplicable, and the rights of Janet E. Leathers, and those claiming through him/her/it/them.


The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. If you purchase a property

at the foreclosure sale, the entire purchase price is due and payable at the conclusion of the auction in the form of a certified/bank check made payable to or endorsed to Shapiro & Ingle, LLP. No personal checks will be accepted. To this end, you must bring sufficient funds to outbid the lender and any other bidders. Insufficient funds will not be accepted. Amounts received in excess of the winning bid will be refunded to the successful purchaser at the time the foreclosure deed is delivered.





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March 21, 2018 at 11:00 am local time, at the north door, Madison County Courthouse, 100 East Main Street, Jackson, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Earl Woods and La-tanya Woods, to Highland Land & Title, Inc., Trustee, as trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for EquiFirst Corporation on February 6, 2007 at Book T1789, Page 133, Instrument No. 07002324; conducted by Shapiro & Ingle, LLP, having been appointed Substitute or Successor Trustee, all of record in the Madison County Register’s Office. De-fault has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of said Deed of Trust and the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable.

Party Entitled to Enforce the Debt: NP154, LLC, its successors and as-signs.


Described property located at Madi-son County, Tennessee, to wit:Being Lot Number Two Thousand Two Hundred Eleven (2211), Section XXII, Forest Pointe Subdivision, a plat of which appears of record in Plat Book 8, at page 72 in the Register’s Office of Madison County, Tennessee.Being the same property conveyed to Earl Woods and wife, Latanya Woods by deed of record in Deed Book 685, page 1897, in the Register’s Office of Madison County, Tennessee.Street Address: 45 Ferndale Cv, Jackson, Tennessee 38305Parcel Number: 033J D 040.00Current Owner(s) of Property: Earl Woods and wife, Latanya Woods

The street address of the above described property is believed to be 45 Ferndale Cv, Jackson, Tennessee 38305, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any dis-crepancy, the legal description herein shall control.

This sale is subject to, without limi-tation, all matters shown on any appli-cable recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements, or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory right of redemption of any governmental agency, state or fed-eral; any prior liens or encumbrances

including those created by a fixture filing or any applicable homeowners’ association dues or assessments; all claims or other matters, whether of record or not, which may encumber the purchaser’s title and any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose.


Terms of Sale will be public auction, for cash, free and clear of rights of homestead, redemption and dower to the extent disclaimed or inapplicable, and the rights of Earl Woods and Latanya Woods, and those claiming through him/her/it/them.







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www.shapiro-ingle.comFile No. 17-113435Feb. 16, 23, Mar. 2, 2018 Fnn13690


February 27, 2018 at 10:00AM local time, at the north door, Tipton County Courthouse, 100 Court Square, Cov-ington, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Jeremiah Trundle, to Charles Ennis, Trustee, as trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Patriot Bank on October 31, 2008 at Record Book 1417, Page 185, Instrument No. 122656; conducted by Shapiro & Ingle, LLP, having been appointed Substitute or Successor Trustee, all of record in the Tipton County Register’s Office. Default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions



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of said Deed of Trust and the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable.


The following real estate located in Tipton County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder:

Described property located at Tipton County, Tennessee, to wit:Lot 143, Woodlawn Plantation, Sec-tion E, of record at Plat Cabinet F, Slide 83 and 84 of the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee, to which reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said property.This being the same property conveyed to Grantor herein by War-ranty Deed being filed simultaneously herewith.Street Address: 331 Bloomington Dr, Brighton, Tennessee 38011Parcel Number: 98B B 001.00Current Owner(s) of Property: Jer-emiah Trundle, an unmarried man

The street address of the above described property is believed to be 331 Bloomington Dr, Brighton, Ten-nessee 38011, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description herein shall control.



Terms of Sale will be public auction, for cash, free and clear of rights of homestead, redemption and dower to the extent disclaimed or inapplicable, and the rights of Jeremiah Trundle, and those claiming through him/her/it/them.







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March 1, 2018 at 10:00AM local time, at the north door, Tipton County Courthouse, 100 Court Square, Cov-ington, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Martha E. Davis, to Michael Burns, Trustee, as trustee for Aspire Financial, Inc DBA Texaslending.com on May 14, 2015 at Record Book 1655, Page 582; conducted by Shapiro & Ingle, LLP, having been appointed Substitute or Successor Trustee, all of record in the Tipton County Register’s Office. Default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of said Deed of Trust and the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable.

Party Entitled to Enforce the Debt: Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the

United States of America, its succes-sors and assigns.


Described property located at Tipton County, Tennessee, to wit:The land referred to herein below is situated in the County of Tipton, City of Covington, State of Tennessee, and is described as follows:Lot 2, Culbreath Road Estate Subdivi-sion, as shown on plat of record in Plat Cabinet D, Slide 190-B, in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said property.The above described property being the same conveyed to us by deed of record at book 800, page 941, in the registers office of Tipton County, Tennessee.Parcel ID #070-001.11-000This being the same property con-veyed to Horace L. Davis, Martha E. Davis, and Sharon Davis varner, as joints tenants with a right of survivor-ship from James A. J ohnson and wife, Gloria A. Johnson in a deed dated September 18,2000 and recorded October 03,2000 in Book 915 page 591. Horace L. Davis left this life on Memphis, TN on October 31,2006. Title now vests in Martha E. Davis and Sharon Davis varner Property commonly known as: 284 Culbreath Road Covington, TN 38019Street Address: 284 Culbreath Rd, Covington, Tennessee 38019Parcel Number: 070 001.11Current Owner(s) of Property: Martha E. Davis, an unmarried woman

The street address of the above described property is believed to be 284 Culbreath Rd, Covington, Ten-nessee 38019, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description herein shall control.



Terms of Sale will be public auction, for cash, free and clear of rights of homestead, redemption and dower to the extent disclaimed or inapplicable, and the rights of Martha E. Davis, and those claiming through him/her/it/them.


The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. If you purchase a property at the foreclosure sale, the entire purchase price is due and payable at the conclusion of the auction in the form of a certified/bank check made payable to or endorsed to Shapiro & Ingle, LLP. No personal checks will be accepted. To this end, you must bring sufficient funds to outbid the lender and any other bidders. Insufficient funds will not be accepted. Amounts received in excess of the winning bid will be refunded to the successful purchaser at the time the foreclosure

deed is delivered.This property is being sold with the

express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or trustee. This sale may be rescinded only by the Substitute Trustee at any time. If the Substitute Trustee rescinds the sale, the purchaser shall only be entitled to a return of any money paid towards the purchase price and shall have no other recourse. Once the purchaser tenders the purchase price, the Substitute Trustee may deem the sale final in which case the purchaser shall have no remedy. The real property will be sold AS IS, WHERE IS, with no warranties or representations of any kind, express or implied, including without limitation, warranties regarding condition of the property or market-ability of title.




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in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated October 12, 2012, and the Deed of Trust of even date securing the same, recorded October 23, 2012, in Book No. 1567, at Page 165, in Office of the Register of Deeds for Tipton County, Tennessee, executed by Sidney R. Bracken, Jr. and Robin Bracken, conveying certain property therein described to TITLE SPECIALISTS INC as Trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for New Penn Financial, LLC, its succes-sors and assigns; and the undersigned, Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., having been appointed Successor Trustee by PennyMac Loan Services, LLC.

NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable; and that an agent of Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue of the power, duty, and author-ity vested in and imposed upon said Successor Trustee, by PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, will, on April 4, 2018 on or about 9:00 AM, at the Tipton County Courthouse, Covington, Ten-nessee, offer for sale certain property hereinafter described to the highest bidder FOR certified funds paid at the conclusion of the sale, or credit bid from a bank or other lending entity pre-approved by the successor trustee. The sale is free from all exemptions, which are expressly waived in the Deed of Trust, said property being real estate situated in Tipton County, Tennessee, and being more particularly described as follows:

Lots 6 and 7, Liberty Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 2, page 96 in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee and being more particularly described as follows. Beginning at a point in the west line of Lee Street, said point being in the southeast comer of Lot 8; thence south along the west line of Lee Street 200.00 feet to a point in the northeast comer of Lot 5; thence west along the north line of Lot 5, 247.75 feet to a point; thence north 02 deg. 02 min. 59 sec. West, 200.00 feet to a point in the southwest comer of Lot 8; thence east along the south line of Lots 8, 247.75 feet to the point of beginning. Property subject to subdivision restrictions, setback requirements and easements of record at Plat Book 2, page 96 in the Register’s Office for Tipton County, Tennessee.ALSO KNOWN AS: 167 Lee Street Brighton,, Brighton, TN 38011

This sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov-enants, easements, or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory rights of redemption of any governmen-

tal agency, state or federal; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. In ad-dition, the following parties may claim an interest in the above- referenced property:SIDNEy R. BRACkEN, JR. ROBIN BRACkEN





February 27, 2018 at 10:00AM local time, at the north door, Tipton County Courthouse, 100 Court Square, Cov-ington, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Garrett E. kuyk-endall, to Charles M. Ennis, Trustee, as trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Patriot Bank on February 28, 2014 at Book 1617, Page 320, Instrument No. 174910; conducted by Shapiro & Ingle, LLP, having been appointed Substitute or Successor Trustee, all of record in the Tipton County Register’s Office. Default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of said Deed of Trust and the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable.



Described property located at Tipton County, Tennessee, to wit:Tract 1:Beginning at a stake in the center of Highway 54 at the southwest corner of the E.L. Haynie tract, thence with the southwest corner of the E.L. Haynie tract, thence with the center of said Highway 54 west 618 feet to a stake at the southeast corner of the present Marshall Hughey lot; thence north with the east line of the present Hughey lot 178 feet to a stake, being the northeast corner of the present Hughey lot in the center of the old abandoned Covington-gift road; thence east with the center of the old Covington-Gift abandoned dirt road 682 feet to a stake in Haynie’s west line; thence with Haynie’s west line south 190 feet to the point of beginning and being a portion of the land conveyed to us by R.S. Hasting and wife by deed recorded in Book 196, Page 9, in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee.Tract 2: Beginning at a point in the centerline of Highway 54 East said point being the southeast corner of Ray’s property also being the southwest corner of the 1.00 acre tract conveyed in Deed book 267, Page 461, from said point northwestwardly along the centerline of Highway 54 East, north 77 de-grees 29’ 19” west 109.77 feet to the southwest corner of this survey, thence northeastwardly along the west line of this surey and along an old fence line, north 12 degrees 06’ 18” east, 29.70 feet to the north-west corner of this survey being in the centerline of the old abandoned Covington Gift Road, thence south-eastwardly along the old abandoned Covington Gift Road being the north lie of said survey, south 68 degrees 41’ 43” east, 62.45 feet to an angle point, thence continuing along said abandoned road, south 68 degrees 47’ 04” east, 26.42 feet to the northeast corner of said 1.00 acre tract as recorded in Deed Book 267, Page 461, thence southwestwardly



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19, 2004 at Record Book 1152, Page 869; conducted by Shapiro & Ingle, LLP, having been appointed Substitute or Successor Trustee, all of record in the Tipton County Register’s Office. Default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of said Deed of Trust and the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable.

Party Entitled to Enforce the Debt: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., its suc-cessors and assigns.


Described property located at Tipton County, Tennessee, to wit:Lot 101, Section C, Rolling Meadows Subdivision, as shown on plat of record in Plat Cabinet C, Slide 68, in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said lot.This being the same property conveyed to Philip L. Faulkner, by Warranty Deed of record at Book 1152, Page 867, in the aforesaid Register’s Office.Street Address: 131 Country Meadow Lane, Atoka, Tennessee 38004Parcel Number: 145C D 045.00Current Owner(s) of Property: Philip L. Faulkner

The street address of the above described property is believed to be 131 Country Meadow Lane, Atoka, Tennessee 38004, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description herein shall control.



Terms of Sale will be public auction, for cash, free and clear of rights of homestead, redemption and dower to the extent disclaimed or inapplicable, and the rights of Philip L Faulkner, and those claiming through him/her/it/them.



This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or trustee. This sale may be rescinded only by the Substitute Trustee at any time. If the Substitute Trustee rescinds the sale, the purchaser shall only be entitled to a return of any money paid

towards the purchase price and shall have no other recourse. Once the purchaser tenders the purchase price, the Substitute Trustee may deem the sale final in which case the purchaser shall have no remedy. The real property will be sold AS IS, WHERE IS, with no warranties or representations of any kind, express or implied, including without limitation, warranties regarding condition of the property or market-ability of title.




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in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated January 29, 2010, and the Deed of Trust of even date securing the same, recorded Febru-ary 10, 2010, in Book No. 1466, at Page 805, in Office of the Register of Deeds for Tipton County, Tennessee, executed by Billy O. Smith and Mary C. Smith, conveying certain property therein described to Arnold M. Weiss, ESQ as Trustee for Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.; and the undersigned, Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., having been ap-pointed Successor Trustee by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A..

NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable; and that an agent of Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue of the power, duty, and author-ity vested in and imposed upon said Successor Trustee, by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., will, on March 1, 2018 on or about 10:00 AM, at the Tipton County Courthouse, Covington, Ten-nessee, offer for sale certain property hereinafter described to the highest bidder FOR certified funds paid at the conclusion of the sale, or credit bid from a bank or other lending entity pre-approved by the successor trustee. The sale is free from all exemptions, which are expressly waived in the Deed of Trust, said property being real estate situated in Tipton County, Tennessee, and being more particularly described as follows:

The following described property: Ly-ing and being in the 1st Civil District of Tipton County, Tennessee, and thus described: Being Lot No. 99 of Phase One, The Links Subdivision, as recorded at Plat Cabinet D, Slide 111-114 in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee, to which reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said property.ALSO KNOWN AS: 68 Eagle Trace Road, Covington, TN 38019-3588

This sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov-enants, easements, or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory rights of redemption of any governmen-tal agency, state or federal; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. In ad-dition, the following parties may claim an interest in the above- referenced property:BILLy O. SMITH MARy C. SMITH BANkTENNESSEE

The sale held pursuant to this Notice may be rescinded at the Successor Trustee’s option at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. In the event of inclement weather, the trustee hereby announces that the sale will be postponed for a period of two weeks. In such situations, notices

nessee 38053, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description herein shall control.


The following parties may claim an interest in the above-referenced property to be affected by the fore-closure: any judgment creditor or lien holder with an interest subordinate to the said Deed of Trust or any party claiming by, through, or under any of the foregoing. Such parties known to the Substitute Trustee may include: All parties claiming by, through, or under Ray Davis.

Terms of Sale will be public auction, for cash, free and clear of rights of homestead, redemption and dower to the extent disclaimed or inapplicable, and the rights of Ray W. Davis, and those claiming through him/her/it/them.







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March 1, 2018 at 10:00AM local time, at the north door, Tipton County Courthouse, 100 Court Square, Cov-ington, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Philip L Faulkner, to kathy Winstead, Trustee, as trustee for Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corpora-tion, a New Jersey Corporation on July

along the east line of said survey, also being the west line of the 1.00 acre lot south 06 degrees 12’ 22” east, 217.43 feet to the point of beginning. According the survey of van e. Boals, dated July 6, 1978.However there is excepted out of the above all that part occupied by Highway 54 East.Tract 3:Beginning at the southwest corner of the Gracie E. Dowdproperty as recorded in Deed Book 461, Page 217, which this 0.63 acre partition is a part, also being the southeast corner of Marshall Hughey (274/455) and being in the centerline of Highway 54; thence in a northeastwardly direc-tion along the west line of Dowd and the east line of Marshall Hughey, N 03 degrees 30” 00” E, and passing through a fence corner at 36.70 feet and continuing along the general alignment of a post and wire fence, a call distance of 183.70 feet, but in all a measured distance of 182.66 feet to a found I.P. at a fence corner being the northwest corner of Dowd, also being an exterior corner of James F. Blanchard, III, (378/340); thence in a southeastwardly direction along the north line of Dowd and a south line of Blanchard, S 84 degrees 52’ 35” E, with the general alignment of a post and wire fence, a distance of 150.24 feet to a fence corner being the northeast corner of this partition; thence in a southwestwardly direction along the east line of this partition, S 06 degrees 10’ 39” W, with the general alignment of a post and wire fence and passing through a fence corner at 162.90 feet, but in all a distance of 96.88 feet to the south-east corner of this partition, being in the centerline of Highway 54; thence in a northwestwardly direction along the centerline of Highway 54, 79 degrees 07’ 12” W, 142.16 feet to the point of beginning and containing 0.63 acres, more or less.However, there is to be excepted from the above described survey all that portion which is occupied by the R.O.W. of Highway 54.Being the same property convey to Garrett E. kuykendall by deed of record in Book 1617, Page 316, in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee. Property also known as 2800 Highway 54 E., Covington, TN 38019Map 042, Parcel 029.00Street Address: 2800 Hwy 54 East, Covington, Tennessee 38019Parcel Number: 042-029.00Current Owner(s) of Property: Garrett E. kuykendall

The street address of the above described property is believed to be 2800 Hwy 54 East, Covington, Ten-nessee 38019, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description herein shall control.


The following parties may claim an interest in the above-referenced prop-erty to be affected by the foreclosure: any judgment creditor or lien holder with an interest subordinate to the said Deed of Trust or any party claiming by, through, or under any of the foregoing. Such parties known to the Substitute Trustee may include: Discover Bank c/o Michelle S. Moghadom, attorney.

Terms of Sale will be public auction, for cash, free and clear of rights of homestead, redemption and dower to the extent disclaimed or inapplicable, and the rights of Garrett E. kuykendall, and those claiming through him/her/it/them.

Any right of equity of redemption,

statutory and otherwise, and home-stead are waived in accord with the terms of said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee.






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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALESale at public auction will be on Feb-

ruary 27, 2018 at 11:00 am local time, at the north door, Tipton County Court-house, 100 Court Square, Covington, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Ray W. Davis, to Nation-wide Trustee Services, Inc., Trustee, as trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC on October 26, 2015 at Record Book 1702, Page 526; conducted by Shapiro & Ingle, LLP, having been appointed Substitute or Successor Trustee, all of record in the Tipton County Register’s Office. Default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of said Deed of Trust and the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable.

Party Entitled to Enforce the Debt: Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC, its successors and assigns.


Described property located at Tipton County, Tennessee, to wit:Lot #63 of Quito Estates Section C as recorded in Plat Cabinet C, Slides 46 & 47-A of the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee.And being the same property conveyed from Dick Moore, Inc., the Grantor, to Ray W Davis, Peggy M. Stirrat and Gail E. Stirrat, as joint tenants with full rights of survivorship, the Grantees by virtue of Deed dated 01/10/1996, and recorded 01/16/1996, in Book 762 at Page 784 among the aforesaid Land Records.Street Address: 205 Jamestown Dr, Millington, Tennessee 38053Parcel Number: 146F A 029.00Current Owner(s) of Property: The Heirs of Ray W. Davis

The street address of the above described property is believed to be 205 Jamestown Dr, Millington, Ten- Continued on Page 36


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in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated July 13, 2011, and the Deed of Trust of even date secur-ing the same, recorded July 15, 2011, in Book No. 1519, at Page 673, in Office of the Register of Deeds for Tipton County, Tennessee, executed by Nathan A. Hammett, conveying certain property therein described to Robert L. Crawford as Trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Evolve Bank & Trust, its successors and as-signs; and the undersigned, Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., having been appointed Successor Trustee by Wells Fargo Bank NA.

NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable; and that an agent of Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue of the power, duty, and author-ity vested in and imposed upon said Successor Trustee, by Wells Fargo Bank NA, will, on February 28, 2018 on or about 9:00 AM, at the Tipton County Courthouse, Covington, Ten-nessee, offer for sale certain property hereinafter described to the highest bidder FOR certified funds paid at the conclusion of the sale, or credit bid from a bank or other lending entity pre-approved by the successor trustee. The sale is free from all exemptions, which are expressly waived in the Deed of Trust, said property being real estate situated in Tipton County, Tennessee, and being more particularly described as follows:

The Alan Motes and wife, Cynthia

Motes tract In the 3rd Civil District of Tipton County, Tennessee and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point in the center line of Hawkins Road said point being in the Southwest corner of Moles tract as described in Book 622, Page 804 In the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennes-see; thence North 17 degrees, 45 minutes, 43 seconds West along the center line of Hawkins Road, 37.32 feet to a point; thence North 26 de-grees, 20 minutes, 36 seconds West along the center line of Hawkins Road, 36.08 feet to a point; thence North 33 degrees, 64 minutes, 49 seconds West along the center line of said road, 47.12 feet to a point; thence North 79 degrees, 51 minutes, 33 seconds East, 38.01 feet to a point; thence North 72 de-grees, 65 minutes, 03 seconds East, 150.00 feet to an iron pin; thence North 89 degrees, 44 minutes, 20 seconds East, 173.57 feet to an iron pin; thence South 00 degrees, 07 minutes, 40 seconds West, 159.17 feet to an iron pin; thence North 89 degrees, 62 minutes, 20 seconds West, 300.32 feet to the point of beginning. (The legal description has been revised in accordance with an Attorney’s Affidavit to be recorded prior to foreclosure.)ALSO KNOWN AS: 164 Hawkins Road, Burlison, TN 38015

This sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov-enants, easements, or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory rights of redemption of any governmen-tal agency, state or federal; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. In ad-dition, the following parties may claim an interest in the above- referenced property:NATHAN A. HAMMETT

The sale held pursuant to this Notice may be rescinded at the Successor

Trustee’s option at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. In the event of inclement weather, the trustee hereby announces that the sale will be postponed for a period of two weeks. In such situations, notices will be mailed to interested parties of record. W&A No. 238537



SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALESale at public auction will be on March 1, 2018 at 10:00 a.m., local time, at the north door of the Tipton County Courthouse, 100 Court Square, Cov-ington, TN 38019, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Brian k. Adkins and wife, Mary Adkins, to Monte S. Con-nell, as Trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”) as nominee for American Mortgage Services, Inc., dated March 9, 2016, of record in Record Book 1679, Page 875, in the Register’s Office for Tipton County, Tennessee (“Deed of Trust”), conducted by Padgett Law Group, hav-ing been appointed Substitute Trustee, all of record in the Tipton County Regis-ter’s Office. Default in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of said Deed of Trust has been made; and the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable.Party entitled to enforce the debt: Frank-lin American Mortgage CompanyThe hereinafter described real property located in Tipton County will be sold to the highest call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encum-brances of record:. Legal Description: Lying and being in Tipton County, Tennessee, and thus described: Being a 7.05 acre partition of the Dr. Sid Witherington, Jr. property located on the north side of Burkhardt Road in the 5th Civil District of Tipton County, Tennessee, and being more

particularly described as follows: Be-ginning at the southeast corner of said partition, and being a southwest corner of B. E. Mathis, as shown of record in Deed Book 359, Page 246, of the Register`s office of Tipton County, Ten-nessee, also being an interior corner of Dr. Sid Witherington property as shown of record in Deed Book 256, Page 241, of the Register`s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee, being a part of Item No.3 of which this 7.05 acre partition is a part, and being in the centerline of Burkhardt Road (being a 12 foot wide gravel road), thence Southwestwardly along the centerline of said road, also being the south line of said partition S 81 degrees 11` 23” W, 322.10 feet to the southwest corner of said partition, thence Northwestwardly along the west line of said partition, N 07 degrees 00” W, and passing through a power pole at 47.00 feet but in all 986.72 feet to the northwest corner of said partition, being in the centerline of a field road, also being in the south property line of the Robert Thompson property as recorded in Deed Book 332, page 10, and in a north property line of Wither-ington, thence southeastwardly along the centerline of said field road, being a north line of Witherington and the north line of said partition, also being the south line of Robert Thompson, S 87 degrees 23` 59” E, 326.47 feet to the northeast corner of said partition, also being the northwest corner of B.E. Mathis, and being in the south line of Robert Thompson, thence southeast-wardly along the east line of Withering-ton, also being the west line of B.E. Mathis, S 07 degrees 00` E 922.10 feet to the point of beginning.Street Address: The street address of the property is believed to be 496 Burkhardt Road, Drummonds, TN 38023, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property. In the event of any discrepancy, the legal description herein shall control.Map/Parcel Number: 093 03702 000Current owner(s) of Property: Brian k. Adkins and wife, Mary Adkins, as ten-ants by the entiretyThis sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded Plat or Plan; any unpaid taxes and assessments; any restrictive covenants, easements or setback lines that may be applicable; rights of redemption, equity, statutory or otherwise, not otherwise waived in the Deed of Trust, including rights of redemption of any governmental agency, state or federal; and any and all prior deeds of trust, liens, dues, assessments, encumbrances, defects, adverse claims and other matters that may take priority over the Deed of Trust upon which this foreclosure sale is conducted or are not extinguished by this Foreclosure Sale. THE PROPERTy IS SOLD WITHOUT ANy REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, RELATING TO TITLE, MARkETABILITy OF TITLE, POSSESSION, QUIET ENJOyMENT OR THE LIkE AND FITNESS FOR A GENERAL OR PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE. The title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee.The right is reserved to adjourn the sale to another time certain or to another day, time, and place certain, without further publication upon an-nouncement on the day, time, and place of sale set forth above or any subsequent adjourned day, time, and place of sale. If you purchase a property at the fore-closure sale, the entire purchase price is due and payable at the conclusion of the auction in the form of a certified check made payable to or endorsed to Padgett Law Group. No personal checks will be accepted. To this end, you must bring sufficient funds to out-bid the lender and any other bidders. Insufficient funds will not be accepted. Amounts received, in excess of the winning bid will be refunded to the successful purchaser at the time the foreclosure deed is delivered. This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or trustee. This sale may be rescinded by the Substitute Trustee at any time. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT

A DEBT, AND ANy INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Padgett Law Group, Substitute Trust-ee 6267 Old Water Oak Road, Suite 203 Tallahassee, Florida 32312 PH: (850) 422-2520 FX: (850) 422-2567PLG#17-011459Feb. 2, 9, 16, 2018 Fnn13674


in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note dated March 16, 2015, and the Deed of Trust of even date securing the same, recorded March 18, 2015, in Book No. 1649, at Page 234, in Office of the Register of Deeds for Tipton County, Tennessee, executed by Heath A. keith, conveying certain property therein described to Sherrell Armstrong as Trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for First Citizens National Bank, its successors and assigns; and the undersigned, Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., having been appointed Suc-cessor Trustee by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association.

NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable; and that an agent of Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue of the power, duty, and author-ity vested in and imposed upon said Successor Trustee, by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, will, on March 1, 2018 on or about 10:00 AM, at the Tipton County Courthouse, Cov-ington, Tennessee, offer for sale certain property hereinafter described to the highest bidder FOR certified funds paid at the conclusion of the sale, or credit bid from a bank or other lending entity pre-approved by the successor trustee. The sale is free from all exemptions, which are expressly waived in the Deed of Trust, said property being real estate situated in Tipton County, Tennessee, and being more particularly described as follows:

Lot 6, Franklin Estates as shown on plat of record in Plat Cabinet C, Slide 167 in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said property. Subject to building lines and easements at Plat Cabinet C, Slide 167 in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee.ALSO KNOWN AS: 434 Jim Mckenzie Road, Brighton, TN 38011

This sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive cov-enants, easements, or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory rights of redemption of any governmen-tal agency, state or federal; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. In ad-dition, the following parties may claim an interest in the above- referenced property:HEATH A. kEITH





March 15, 2018 at 10:00AM local time, at the north door, Tipton County Courthouse, 100 Court Square, Cov-ington, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Daniel R. Born and Theresa Born, to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee,


Shelby County Government owns thousands of raw land and properties zoned COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL and RESIDENTIAL that it needs to SELL. Come to the Shelby County Real Estate Road Show co-sponsored by Shelby County Trustee David Lenoir and Chandler Reports to learn more about the tax sale process, the Shelby County Land Bank and learn about how to acquire these properties through our NEW online process. Attorneys will be on hand to address legal questions.

SPEAKERS:David Lenoir, Shelby County TrusteeDonna Russell, Clerk & MasterGreg Gallagher, Shelby County Trustee Tax AttorneyPresenter and Facilitator: Donnell Cobbins, Property Reclamation Specialist

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as trustee for Bank of America N.A. on January 22, 2009 at Record Book 1423, Page 845, Instrument No. 124564; and modified by agreement recorded June 6, 2016 in Record Book 1688, Page 462; conducted by Shapiro & Ingle, LLP, having been appointed Substitute or Successor Trustee, all of record in the Tipton County Register’s Office. Default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of said Deed of Trust and the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable.

Party Entitled to Enforce the Debt: Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Mr. Cooper, its successors and assigns.


Described property located at Tipton County, Tennessee, to wit:Lot 12, Section A, Templeton Farms Subdivision, as shown on plat of re-cord in Plat Cabinet H, Slide 230, in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said property.Street Address: 55 Christmas Drive, Atoka, Tennessee 38004Parcel Number: 128G A 012.00Current Owner(s) of Property: Daniel R. Born and Theresa Born

The street address of the above described property is believed to be 55 Christmas Drive, Atoka, Tennessee 38004, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any dis-crepancy, the legal description herein shall control.


The following parties may claim an interest in the above-referenced property to be affected by the fore-closure: any judgment creditor or lien holder with an interest subordinate to the said Deed of Trust or any party claiming by, through, or under any of the foregoing. Such parties known to the Substitute Trustee may include: Internal Revenue Service, Area Direc-tor - Compliance; Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC assignee of GE Capital Retail Bank c/o McLemore & Edington, PLLC; Capital One Bank (USA), N.A., c/o Shon Leverett, Attorney; Midland Funding LLC, as successor in interest to “GE Capital Retail Bank Sam’s Club” c/o Shon Leverett, Attorney.

The United States Internal Revenue Service has filed notice(s) of lien at: Federal Tax Lien in favor of the Internal Revenue Service recorded on November 17, 2015 in Lien Book 20, page 160; Instrument Number 190375 in the total amount of $85,103.30. Tipton County Registry. Notice required by 26 U.S.C. § 7425(b) to be given to the United States has been timely given. The sale of the land described above will be subject to the right of the United States to redeem the land as provided for in 26 U.S.C. § 7425(d)(1).

Terms of Sale will be public auction, for cash, free and clear of rights of homestead, redemption and dower to the extent disclaimed or inapplicable, and the rights of Daniel R. Born and Theresa Born, and those claiming through him/her/it/them.


The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. If you purchase a property

at the foreclosure sale, the entire purchase price is due and payable at the conclusion of the auction in the form of a certified/bank check made payable to or endorsed to Shapiro & Ingle, LLP. No personal checks will be accepted. To this end, you must bring sufficient funds to outbid the lender and any other bidders. Insufficient funds will not be accepted. Amounts received in excess of the winning bid will be refunded to the successful purchaser at the time the foreclosure deed is delivered.





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March 15, 2018 at 10:00AM local time, at the north door, Tipton County Courthouse, 100 Court Square, Cov-ington, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Lori Coleman and Charles Coleman, to Charles M Ennis, Trustee, as trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Patriot Bank on March 29, 2012 at Record Book 1545, Page 1007; conducted by Shapiro & Ingle, LLP, having been appointed Substitute or Successor Trustee, all of record in the Tipton County Register’s Office. Default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of said Deed of Trust and the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable.

Party Entitled to Enforce the Debt: Wells Fargo Bank, NA, its successors and assigns.


Described property located at Tipton County, Tennessee, to wit:Lot 15, Hunters Hollow Subdivision, as shown on plat of record in Plat Cabinet H, Page 479, in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said property.Being all or part of the same prop-erty conveyed to Grantor(s) herein as shown in Warranty Deed of even date being recorded simultaneously herewith.Property Address: 134 Tanner Lane, Brighton, Tennessee 38011Parcel Number: OSOL-C-00517-000Street Address: 134 Tanner Lane, Brighton, Tennessee 38011Parcel Number: 080L C 005.17Current Owner(s) of Property: Lori Coleman and Charles Coleman

The street address of the above described property is believed to be 134 Tanner Lane, Brighton, Tennessee 38011, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any dis-crepancy, the legal description herein shall control.

This sale is subject to, without limi-tation, all matters shown on any appli-cable recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements, or setback lines that may be applicable;

any statutory right of redemption of any governmental agency, state or fed-eral; any prior liens or encumbrances including those created by a fixture filing or any applicable homeowners’ association dues or assessments; all claims or other matters, whether of record or not, which may encumber the purchaser’s title and any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose.


Terms of Sale will be public auction, for cash, free and clear of rights of homestead, redemption and dower to the extent disclaimed or inapplicable, and the rights of Lori Coleman and Charles Coleman, and those claiming through him/her/it/them.







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March 15, 2018 at 10:00AM local time, at the north door, Tipton County Courthouse, 100 Court Square, Cov-ington, Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by Carlton David Thompson, Jr., to Sherrell Armstrong, Trustee, as trustee for Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for First Citizens National Bank on July 15, 2013 at Record Book 1597, Page 422, Instrument No. 169120; conducted by Shapiro & Ingle, LLP, having been appointed Substitute or Successor Trustee, all of record in the Tipton County Register’s Office. Default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of said Deed of Trust and the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable.

ORDER OF PUBLICATIONIN THE CHANCERy COURT OF SHELBy COUNTy, TENNESSEE

No. CH-18-0106-2IN RE: NAkIA DANIELLE MORRIS, (DOB: November 29, 2017), A Minor,HANNAH’S HOPE UNITED METHODIST ADOPTION AND PREGNANCy COUN-SELING, Petitioner,vs.MARQUIS TURNER and ANy UNkNOWN FATHER, Respondents. It appearing from the sworn petition for termination of parental rights filed in this cause, that the whereabouts of the Respondents Marquis Turner and Any Unknown Father are unknown and can-not be ascertained upon diligent inquiry. It further appearing that conception occurred at a private residence in north Jackson, Tennessee. It further appear-ing that Respondent, Marquis Turner is an African-American teenager. It is therefore ordered that Re-spondents, Marquis Turner and Any Unknown Father, make their appear-ances herein at the Chancery Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, 140 Adams Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee on Friday, the 20th day of April, 2018, at 9:00 a.m. and answer petitioner’s petition for termination of parental rights or the same will be taken for confessed as to Respondents and this cause proceeded with ex parte, and that a copy of this order be published once a week for four consecutive weeks in The Memphis News of Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee. This 9th day of February, 2018.

CHANCERy COURT OF SHELBy COUNTy

By:Sarah Dixon /skevin W. WeaverWEAvER & CRAIG, P.C.Attorneys for Petitioner51 Germantown Court, Suite 112Cordova, Tennessee 38018(901) 757-1700Feb. 16, 23, Mar. 2, 9, 2018 Cnn13681

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Party Entitled to Enforce the Debt: Specialized Loan Servicing LLC, its successors and assigns.


Described property located at Tipton County, Tennessee, to wit:Lot 1, Thompson-Lavelle Road Minor Subdivision, as shown on plat of re-cord in Plat Cabinet H, Slide 822, in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said lot.This conveyance is subject to building lines and easements in Plat Cabinet H, Slide 822, in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee.Being the same property conveyed to Grantor(s) herein at Book 1551 Page 890 of the Tipton County Reg-ister’s Office.Street Address: 219 Lavelle Rd, Burlison, Tennessee 38015Parcel Number: 038 039.01Current Owner(s) of Property: Carlton David Thompson, Jr

The street address of the above described property is believed to be 219 Lavelle Rd, Burlison, Tennessee 38015, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any dis-crepancy, the legal description herein shall control.


The following parties may claim an interest in the above-referenced property to be affected by the fore-closure: any judgment creditor or lien holder with an interest subordinate to the said Deed of Trust or any party claiming by, through, or under any of the foregoing. Such parties known to the Substitute Trustee may include: Capital One Bank; American Express Bank, FSB; Internal Revenue Service, Area Director - Compliance.

The United States Internal Revenue Service has filed notice(s) of lien at: Federal Tax Lien in favor of Carlton Thompson and Jacqueline Thompson filed on August 11,2017 and recorded on August 22,2017 in book 20 and page 463 in the amount $60570.04 (SUB) Federal Tax Lien in favor of Carlton D. Thompson, a Corporation Flex a Chart filed on June 29, 2017 and recorded July 11,2017 in Book 20 and Page 448 in the amount of $85,947.34 (SUB) Federal Tax Lien in favor of Carlton D. Thompson, a Corporation Flex a Chart filed on August 22,2017 and recorded August 29,2017 in Book 20 and Page 467 in the amount of $63,237.56 (SUB) Tipton County Registry. Notice required by 26 U.S.C. § 7425(b) to be given to the United States has been timely given. The sale of the land described above will be subject to the right of the United States to redeem the land as provided for in 26 U.S.C. § 7425(d)(1).

Terms of Sale will be public auction, for cash, free and clear of rights of homestead, redemption and dower to the extent disclaimed or inapplicable, and the rights of Carlton David Thomp-son, Jr., and those claiming through him/her/it/them.


The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. If you purchase a property at the foreclosure sale, the entire

purchase price is due and payable at the conclusion of the auction in the form of a certified/bank check made payable to or endorsed to Shapiro & Ingle, LLP. No personal checks will be accepted. To this end, you must bring sufficient funds to outbid the lender and any other bidders. Insufficient funds will not be accepted. Amounts received in excess of the winning bid will be refunded to the successful purchaser at the time the foreclosure deed is delivered.





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You know the drill: Meet in the conference room and watch the PowerPoint presentation on the company’s sexual harassment policy. Box checked. Everyone

knows the rules; everyone’s been warned. Human resources breathes a sigh of relief.

But too often, this corporate ritual tiptoes around sensitive issues without addressing larger ones at play, including an ongoing lack of accountability and the tendency to make excuses or look the other way when victims speak up.

The #MeToo and Time’s Up movements aren’t addressing new issues. They’re simply drawing attention to longstanding problems by amplifying victims’ voices and helping some of them find the courage to speak up for the first time.

And as more victims speak up, it becomes undeniable that the problem stretches far beyond women in entertainment or other high-visibility roles.

Look no further than our city’s own scandal of 12,000-plus rape kits put on a shelf and forgotten for decades. More than five years after the backlog came to light, around 20 percent of the rape kits have yet to be analyzed.

Marginalization and harassment are is-sues women shouldn’t have to face – on or off the job.

Women are in the workplace to stay. That’s the reality whether or not our culture chooses to recognize it.

And by “our culture,” we mean men. This is quite simply a man’s issue. Women and minorities are not holding themselves back

from equal pay and aren’t creating hostile work environments – men are.

It is a reaction that fails to acknowledge that women can find the same kind of fulfill-ment and harbor the same ambitions as men in the workplace. It also ignores that women should be able to expect the same level of professionalism.

Yet, as our cover story points out, when women leaders speak with other women about the road ahead, they still feel the need to temper their encouragement with a dose of reality about the glass ceiling many will face.

As Rhodes College president Marjorie Hass put it, “Being outstanding is necessary, but even that is not sufficient. You need a support network and relationships.”

Along with the advice and networking, all of us should be willing to call this what it is – an issue of how men use power and how their need to control can be driven by fear of long-overdue change.

It is time to stop blatant pay inequities for the same jobs. What needs to stop is the concept that women in the workplace are somehow still paying their dues.

The workplace, for all of its competitive-ness, isn’t immune from the necessity of changing to match what all of us expect and strive for in the world away from work. You shouldn’t be able to extol competitiveness in the name of innovation by means of dis-crimination and intimidation.

We still live in a society where women are among those who feel they have to be head-and-shoulders better and where dealing with sexual harassment is a job skill. It’s not. It’s immoral, unethical and illegal.

DISTRACTION.Spoon hated squirrels.Every so often, I would yell, “SQUIR-

REL!”, and Spoon would charge the win-dow from wherever she was in full and frantic bark mode, whatever she was doing forgotten in the urgency of the moment. Sometimes there actually was a squirrel, but most of the time I did it for the reaction.

Before I can join Spoon in the afterlife, I’m pretty sure I’ll have to atone for that.

A friend and fraternity brother called the other day to talk about the state of this and that. He spent a number of terms in Congress in the House and after retiring he now splits his time between home and Washington where he does some consult-ing. Before leaving office, he rose pretty high in NATO civilian ranks and sat in the meetings when pretty heavy things were on the table. How high and how heavy and his name aren’t the subject of this column, because that would just be a distraction. Distraction is the subject of this column. Suffice it to say he’s a credible source.

He told me a story. In 2010 … 2010, people … he sat in a NATO intelligence briefing about Russia’s plans and priorities. He told me it boiled down to three:

1. Disrupt the European Union and “weaken long-standing Western alliances.”

2. Undermine bedrock American in-stitutions and beliefs, “specifically the free press and an independent judiciary.”

3. Employ cyber attacks to aid in all of that, and to target the electoral process in Western democracies. “When they started in on this one, I had no idea what they were talking about. We all know now.”

Well, it’s Russia-3, us-0.When we jerked to the window to look

at email squirrels in the basement in a pri-vate server, Russia was in our social media like hashtags in Twitter. When we were being told past president squirrels were spying on current presidential candidates, Russia was up in our private business like Julian Assange in a WikiLeaks staff meeting. When deplorable squirrels and small-hand insults were breaking out on every side here, Brexit was actually breaking away in Europe and Russian hackers were breaking in everywhere.

When we were told by every U.S. intel-

ligence agency what Russia was up to, we were then told that it’s just fake news about squirrels in the attic.

When there’s more evidence of Russian involvement in our election than Russian dressing on a Reuben, we’re asked to swal-low a tin foil hat memo claiming that it’s all deep state squirrels in the FBI and Justice Department.

This is Russia. You remember Russia, right? As in James Bond and Lotte Lenya and that poison blade in the boot thing. As in Khrushchev, Kennedy and missiles in Cuba. As in Putin in the KGB, in Ukraine, and evidently in your inbox.

This isn’t about squirrels. This is about a hungry Russian bear. He’s really out there and he’s not playing.

I’m a Memphian, and this is a threat to all of us.

Dan Conaway, a communication strategist and author of “I’m a Mem-phian,” can be reached at [email protected].

‘Time’s Up’ and Promises That Must Be Kept

February 16-22, 2018This week in Memphis history:

This is Not a Squirrel

MEMPHASISDAN CONAWAY

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the memphis news almanac

1978: A group of 50 local restaurant owners mail menus to

the White House, along with letters opposing plans by President

Jimmy Carter to limit business meal deductions in the federal

tax code. It is part of a national “menu mail-in” protest by the Na-

tional Restaurant Association. “If enough people respond, we can

convince the president that business luncheons rarely exceed $5,

much less the $55 mentioned during the discussion of the ‘three-

martini lunch,’” says Herbert Anderton, president of the Mem-

phis Restaurant Association. Meanwhile, Paul and Marti Savarin

open Blues Alley Restaurant at 60 S. Front St. The Cotton Row

nightspot becomes a home and outpost for such blues all-stars

as Little Laura Dukes and Prince Gabe and the Millionaires in the

years before the new Beale Street Entertainment District opens.

1958: On the front page of The Daily News, 1957 year-end fig-

ures with the Shelby County clerk’s office show 6,201 Fords were

registered with the county, compared with 5,550 Chevrolets.

Attorneys for Greyhound Rent-A-Car and Dixie Drive-It-Yourself

System petition the City Commission to have car-rental counters

and facilities at Memphis Municipal Airport. Attorneys for Hertz

and Avis Rental Car systems request time to respond. Ed Rice,

spokesman for the Frayser Community Council, asks the City

Commission to equalize the pay of teachers in Frayser schools

now that Frayser has been annexed by the city. And Jules Cern of

the Christian Science Board of Lectureship speaks at Ellis Audi-

torium, telling those present: “God being perfect life – He created

man in the perfect spiritual image of life. He did not make him a

material victim of sin, disease and death.”

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The Weekly Crossword by Margie E. Burke

Copyright 2018 by The Puzzle Syndicate

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SUDOKU Edited by Margie E. Burke

Copyright 2018 by The Puzzle Syndicate

Difficulty: Easy HOW TO SOLVE:

Answers to Last Week’s Sudoku:

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Calvary Episcopal Church’s 2018 Lenten Preaching Series and Waffle

Shop is open Tuesdays to Fridays through March 27 at Calvary, 102 N.

Second St. The Waffle Shop is open from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the

preaching series takes place from 12:05 p.m. to 12:40 p.m. The eve-

ning series, Lent After Dark, is Wednesdays, with dinner from 5:15 p.m.

to 6:15 p.m. and a speaker at 6:30 p.m. Visit calvarymemphis.org/len-

tenpreaching for the Waffle Shop menu and speaker schedule

The Al Chymia Shrine Circus returns for two shows daily through Sunday, Feb. 18, at Agricenter ShowPlace Arena, 105 S. Germantown Parkway. Now in its 76th year, the circus benefits the Al Chymia Shrine Center’s operating fund. Tickets are $10. Visit alchymiashrine.org for show-times and advance tickets.

The 33rd annual Bowlin’ on the River Bowl-a-thon benefiting Junior Achieve-ment of Memphis and the Mid-South will be held Saturdays and Sundays, Feb. 17-18 and Feb. 24-25 (other dates available), at Winchester Bowl, 3703 S. Mendenhall Road; Billy Hardwick’s All Star Lanes, 1576 S. White Station Road; and FunQuest, 440 U.S. 72 in Collierville. Teams of five are asked to raise a minimum of $350 and each member will receive a souvenir T-shirt. Contact Ellen Celosky at 901-366-7800 or [email protected] to reserve a lane.

The Mid-South Sports & Boat Show takes place Friday through Sunday, Feb. 16-18, at Agricenter International, 7777 Walnut Grove Road. The show features boat and tackle dealers, fishing seminars, a trout fishing pond for kids, and more. Tickets are $10 for adults and free for children 12 and younger. Visit memphis-boatshow.com for hours and details.

Ballet Memphis will present “Small Places,” the third and final installment in its new mixed- repertory series, Friday through Sunday, Feb. 16-18, at Playhouse on the Square, 66 S. Cooper St. The show includes three new original works by choreographers Stephanie Martinez, Brian McSween and Julie Marie Niekrasz. Visit balletmemphis.org for showtimes and tickets.

Memphis Symphony Orchestra will pres-ent “Tchaikovsky's Fifth” Saturday, Feb. 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Cannon Center, 255 N. Main St, and Sunday, Feb. 18, at 2:30 p.m. at Germantown Performing Arts Cen-ter, 1801 Exeter Road. The concert features Tchaikovsky’s “Symphony No. 5” along with works by Korngold and Mozart. Buy tickets at memphissymphony.org. Memphis Botanic Garden will host a Signs of Spring Walk with master gardener

Judith Hammond on Sunday, Feb. 18, at 1:30 p.m. at MBG, 750 Cherry Road. Free to members or with paid MBG admission; no reservations needed. Visit memphisbo-tanicgarden.com.

Talk Shoppe will meet Wednesday, Feb. 21, from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Pinot’s Pal-ette, 8225 Dexter Road, suite 103. David Althizer of SOS Systems Inc. will present “Keeping Your Computer Safe in 2018.” Cost is free. Visit talkshoppe.com.

Tennessee Small Business Development Center will host a workshop titled “De-veloping Your Financial Projections & Statements” Thursday, Feb. 22, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the City of Memphis Business Development Center, 555 Beale St. Cost is free; registration required. Visit tsbdc.org/training for details.

Celtic Crossing will host An Evening of Irish Whiskey Tasting Thursday, Feb. 22, from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at 903 S. Cooper St. The fourth edition in a series of private tasting events includes a selection of four Irish whiskeys and light hors d’oeuvres. Attendees must be 21 or older. Tickets are $44 and must be purchased through Eventbrite. Visit facebook.com/celtic-crossingirishpub for details.

The Morris and Mollye Fogelman Inter-national Jewish Film Festival continues with a screening of “Big Sonia” Thursday, Feb. 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the Memphis Jew-ish Community Center’s Belz Theatre, 6560 Poplar Ave. Tickets are $5 for MJCC members and $7 for the community. Visit jccmemphis.org/film for details and tickets.

The University of Tennessee Health Sci-ence Center College of Health Profes-sions will host an open house Friday, Feb. 23, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Student-Alumni Center’s O.D. Larry Dining Hall, 800 Madison Ave. Learn about careers in physician assistant studies, physical or occupational therapy, medical laboratory science and more. For details, visit uthsc.edu/health-professions/ or call 901-448-2187 or 901-448-5581.

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