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Driving Under the Influence (8.15-19; four): Highway 385/Byhalia – Officer stopped to check a vehicle parked on the shoulder with lights on and engine running. Driver, DERRICK OVELL BERRY , 3...
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Moscow Community Food Pantry volunteers accept the Mid-South Food Bank 
Outstanding Performance Award. Pictured from left are Jimmy Deaton, Joe Black, Paul Seawright, Mid-South Food Bank senior vice president and COO Estella Mayhue-Greer, Lon Holt, Moscow Community Food Pantry director Nancy Leggett, Bobby Crisp, 
Mid-South Food Bank president and CEO Susan Sanford, Ray Leitschuh and Robin Bowen.
Moscow community pantry receives performance award
The Moscow Community Food Pantry was recognized recently with Mid-South Food Bank’s Outstanding Performance award at its 2010 agency conference. Moscow Community Food Pantry provides food to hung...
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Luttrell taps Norris for transition team; ‘Sense of optimism … good things to come’
BY MICHAEL WARD Tennessee’s Senate Majority Leader and Collierville resident Mark Norris is embracing his role as a member of new Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell’s transition team. “I’m happ...
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Change orders extend Houston Levee project
BY MICHAEL WARD The Board of Mayor and Aldermen has approved more money and extended the time limit to complete Houston Levee Road widening. The project includes making Houston Levee six lanes...
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Biz Buzz
Thompson and Berry promotes Wassmer   Thompson & Berry Public Relations, a Memphis-based public relations firm and division of Thompson & Company, recently announced the promotion of Kati...
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Unemployment county rates down in 87, up in 5, same in 3
Tennessee’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for July was 9.8 percent, down two-tenths of a percentage point from the revised June rate of 10.0 percent. The national unemployment rate for Jul...
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[Courtesy of Collierville Chamber of Commerce]

The Collierville Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for new member Oh My Ganache! Bakery, located at 616 West Poplar Avenue in Collierville. Pictured are 
owners Mike and Elena Foulks (front); (back) Fran Persechini, Collierville chamber president; Kim Coletta, Coletta Graphix; Martha Flanigan, Clipper Magazine; Bonnie Allman, Kelly Services; Becky Hammond, Collierville chamber.    Ribbon Cuttings

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The crystal bowl Leslie Dunavant is 
displaying is just one 
of many items being 
accepted daily for Stock Exchange, nonprofit Les Passees’ 24th annual consignment sale. 
Tickets for the Preview Party, on Thursday, 
Sept. 9, 7-10 p.m., are $25 and may be 
purchased online at 
LPMemphis.org. Located at 10217 East Shelby Drive and Houston 
Levee Road in the 
Carriage Crossing 
Market Place shopping center, Stock Exchange opens to the public on Friday, Sept. 10. Hours are Tuesday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; and Sunday, 1-4 p.m. Consignments are 
accepted through 
Oct. 29. The sale ends Oct. 30. For more 
information, call the store, 853.1435; Les Passees, 761.5525; or visit LPMemphis.org.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
NOW : PILOT LIGHT -UP INSPECTIONS , free through Memphis Light, Gas and Water, for all customers prior to Oct. 5 and after Dec. 31. Available times: 8 a.m.-noon, noon-4 p.m. and 4-8 p.m. Appo...
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