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VFW Post 5066 Commander Mickey Locke (left) and Alderman Tom Allen (right) present Collierville High School assistant girls’ soccer coach Ken Mears with money raised during a benefit pancake breakfast held Jan. 23 at the VFW. The breakfast and a T-shirt fundraising campaign by CHS senior soccer players Alexis Pugh and Amanda Smith have helped raise nearly $12,000 toward the purchase of a new motorized wheelchair for Mears. An additional fundraiser, the Mears on Wheels 5K, is slated for April 25 at 2 p.m. at W.C. Johnson Park.](http://matchbin-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/public/sites/701/assets/507RecieingMoney_copy.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0B7XE4Z9Y6MDGTWDRJG2&Expires=1268281735&Signature=jNtpqdpfG3pEJwRwAmAWWvLh2gM%3D&x-s=701 "[Courtesy of David Albert/David’s Photography & Video]
VFW Post 5066 Commander Mickey Locke (left) and Alderman Tom Allen (right) present Collierville High School assistant girls’ soccer coach Ken Mears with money raised during a benefit pancake breakfast held Jan. 23 at the VFW. The breakfast and a T-shirt fundraising campaign by CHS senior soccer players Alexis Pugh and Amanda Smith have helped raise nearly $12,000 toward the purchase of a new motorized wheelchair for Mears. An additional fundraiser, the Mears on Wheels 5K, is slated for April 25 at 2 p.m. at W.C. Johnson Park.")
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For Collierville High School assistant girls’ soccer coach Ken Mears, his motorized wheelchair bears the brunt of the daily grind of coaching and teaching at CHS. “It’s a nine-year-old chair,” said Mears, a former CHS student and soccer player who was paralyzed from the waist down at the age of 15 in a 1987 four-wheeler wreck. Mears, a teacher and coach at CHS since 1995, said because of his coaching, he is “probably a little bit rougher on this thing than the average person.” With Mears’ chair beginning to break down due to wear and tear, two Lady Dragon players stepped up to help lat...
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![The Collierville Dragons 12U
competitive basketball team
recently won the Bartlett
league playoff round beating the Memphis Tigers 48-44 in
overtime. This is the second championship of the season
for Collierville, which has
compiled a 34-20 record
and has played in four
championship games. Team members are (front, from left) Max Murray, Adam Walker, Brian Green, Jonathan McNeil, John Walker, (back) coach Bob Minford, Alex Minford, D Vonn Wilcher, Seena Ghelichkhani, Sam Meagher and
Ryan Carver.
[Courtesy of Bob Minford]](http://matchbin-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/public/sites/701/assets/12_U_copy.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0B7XE4Z9Y6MDGTWDRJG2&Expires=1268281737&Signature=sElcuEIKqQji4CtgmkYvtU0vbzs%3D&x-s=701 "The Collierville Dragons 12U
competitive basketball team
recently won the Bartlett
league playoff round beating the Memphis Tigers 48-44 in
overtime. This is the second championship of the season
for Collierville, which has
compiled a 34-20 record
and has played in four
championship games. Team members are (front, from left) Max Murray, Adam Walker, Brian Green, Jonathan McNeil, John Walker, (back) coach Bob Minford, Alex Minford, D Vonn Wilcher, Seena Ghelichkhani, Sam Meagher and
Ryan Carver.
[Courtesy of Bob Minford]")
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Justin Easterwood](http://matchbin-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/public/sites/701/assets/Easterwood_copy.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0B7XE4Z9Y6MDGTWDRJG2&Expires=1268281737&Signature=cVfDpgQJvKEZsX%2BMdBxXHRMusbc%3D&x-s=701 "[Courtesy of Randy Hensley]
Justin Easterwood")
[Courtesy of Randy Hensley]
Justin Easterwood
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After 13 seasons at the helm of the Collierville High School boys’ soccer team, Ken Mears turned over the head coaching reigns to Justin Easterwood for the 2009 season. A graduate of the Universi...
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Shelby County Schools Board of Education member and former Collierville High School football coach Joe Clayton will be inducted into the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) Hall...
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The Board of Mayor and Aldermen continued meeting with department heads in the second of two work sessions at Town Hall Feb. 26 in preparation for drafting the fiscal year 2011 budget. Development...
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While many Memphis-area residents dealt with power outages and hazardous driving conditions after a wintry mix of snow, sleet and ice blasted the area Jan. 29, Collierville firefighter Wilton Boshe...
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Two Collierville students won first place honors for their entries in the Tennessee State Fire Prevention Poster contest. Hannah Nelson (left), an eighth-grader at Schilling Farms Middle School, and Nicole Taylor, a ninth-grader at Collierville High School, were recognized as winners of their grade levels at a banquet in Nashville on Feb. 21. Each received a certificate signed by Gov. Phil Bredesen and a $50 prize.
- Courtesy of Mara Nelson
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