Vol. 1, Issue 11 November 2019 KEEPING YOU UP-TO-DATE MONTHLY WITH THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN SHELBY COUNTY, TN i LoveShe l byCoun t y . com The McCorkle Road Neighborhood Development Association celebrated National Night Out in October! PHOTO By Tony Wright LETTER FROM THE EDITOR By Yvonne D. Nelson, Ph.D. We trust that you have enjoyed reading NEWSCENE as much as we’ve enjoyed writing it and our prayer is that you will find it in your pocket to support our efforts by subscribing to our monthly newsmagazine! Please remember to subscribe online at iLoveShelbyCounty.com to get reminders about when monthly editions are published and more. For those of you who prefer a hard copy, thanks! Subscriptions are available year round for $84/year, $42/bi-annually, or $7/ month. You can call us at 901-300-0250, subscribe and/or pay online, or make your check made payable to DI’MANS, Inc. We are always looking forward to getting your emails at NEWSCENEShelbyCo@gmail.com. We can also be contacted by mail at DI’MANS, Inc. dba I Love Shelby County, P.O. Box 9146, Memphis, TN 38190-0146. Thank you, According to a February 1996 The Commercial Appeal article written by John Hubbell, the McCorkle Road Neighborhood Development Association (MRNDA), Inc. of Memphis, founded in March 1994, was already celebrating National Night Out at the time of his writing. The MRNDA celebrated National Night every second Tuesday in August until 2014. For years, the group encouraged Raines Station, and anyone else who would listen, to celebrate the event in October because the August heat was just to brutal. Besides, Texas was already celebrating in October so why couldn’t Tennessee? The MRNDA had complained for years to host the event in October, but no one seemed to be listening. Can you imagine the joy felt reading in mid-November 2018 that the Memphis Area Neighborhood Watch Office had succeeded in changing the date to October? We were elated and immediately began to announced our intentions to once again participate in the annual event for the first time in the past five years. We knew we had to come back strong after being gone from participating for so long, so our efforts were addressed to attack neighbors from all, especially the young homeowner, age groups. We did and after it was all said and done, we deemed the event a full success! Continued on Page 8
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PHOTOS By Tony Wright Thank you for supporting your 25-year old neighborhood association where the dues are still $25/household per year. There are not many neighborhoods that equal the one you live in which I’m sure is why you moved here in the first place. It is and has always been our goal to preserve McCorkle Road and its surrounding areas which include all of 38116. If you cannot pay $25.00 at once, please get on our 4-Pay Plan which allows you to pay a flat $5.00 once a quarter in January, April, July, and October or our 5-Pay Plan where you pay a flat $5 in January, March, May, July, and September. To enroll in either plan requires your initial payment to be paid no later than January 31st of every year and plans that are not fulfilled as agreed must be brought current before requesting to re-enroll in your neighborhood association. In the past, we have sponsored several End-of-Year Celebrations where we invite neighboring associations to join us as we bring our city leaders and administrators out of their offices to tell you what they are in charge of in our great city. These lunch- or dinner-type come-as-you are events include the majority of the cost of member’s dinners, may include musical entertainment, administrators, and special guests listening sessions. This is not the place where we air our concerns, so please don’t plan to come to complain. After all, it will be the holiday season and we want to remain joyous! Please remember to email mccorkleroad@aol.com or to phone (901) 300-0250 to express your desire to attend today. 8
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TOILET PAPER TRASH WAS LEFT ON THE GROUND ALL THE WAY UP AND DOWN THE ENTIRE STREET WHAT A SHAME TOILET PAPER Every Day of the Year in my Neighborhood Post Office Box 9695 Memphis, TN 38190-0695 Dear Mr. Sanitation Worker, What makes you feel that leaving trash in front of my house is acceptable? Do you leave trash on the other side of town when you empty garbage carts in front of homes? Well, I’ve never seen any and that is because you don’t do it in certain areas. Tell me it isn't so and I’ll prove it to you that it is. When you are in predominately African American neighborhoods, Mr. Sanitation Worker, please remember that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lost his life fighting for your rights. Dr. King, as you know, was assassinated right here on these very same streets fighting for you and your co-workers and all of your predecessors to have the ability to insist you be treated like human beings (hence, the I AM A MAN signs) and not be treated like the trash you pick up for a living. For God’s sake, if not for your own, Dr. King’s, or the communities you serve, please do your job with the pride Dr. King has made it possible for you to have in being a Sanitation Worker. We are tax paying citizens and we are not going to continue to watch as you destroy the very communities you live in for lack of caring for anything other than your check. I have your pictures and will assimilate a group of concerned citizens who will follow your garbage trucks in their areas, taking pictures of your sloppiness, and turning each and everyone of you in and demanding your immediate termination. 10
The Historic Orange Mound Centennial Celebration Committee and Mo the r Ma r y Mi tche l l needs your help to develop… A Pictorial and Oral History of the Orange Mound Community! Meeting Announcements forthcoming! SEEKING: Historical Pictures & Papers Business, Civic, Social, and School News Resident’s Highlights Political Highlights and more! EMAIL: HOMCCPROJECT@GMAIL.COM or Phone: (901) 300-0250 THI S MONTH AT THE WHITEHAVEN BRANCH L I BRARY. . . Saturday, November 2 @11:15 AM - McCorkle Road Neighborhood Development Association monthly meeting TOLL-FREE CALL-IN: PHONE #: (605) 313-6175; ACCESS CODE: (691540); Saturday, November 2 @ 10 AM Meeting and 11 AM - Book Club Reading (“Death on the Nile,” by Agatha Christie” Saturday, November 2 @ 1 PM - Whiteville-Alice Neighborhood Association Meeting Monday, November 4 @ 5 PM - Watchful Eye Neighborhood Association Meeting Tuesday, November 5 @ 10 AM- Randstad Job Fair Thursdays, beginning November 7 @ 10:30 AM - Scrabble Club *(NEW) Thursday, November 7 @ 2:30 PM - Inspiring Visionaries Non-Profit Workshop Thursday, November 7 @ 6 PM - Oakwood Drive Neighborhood Association Meeting Friday, November 8 (every 2nd Friday) @ 2:30 PM - Police/Community Partnership Meeting Saturday, November 9 @ 10 AM - Operation Hope Saturday, November 9 @ 2:30 PM - EumeRose Natural Soaps and Body Care Products Bath Bomb Workshop with Ella Oji Monday, November 11 - ALL LIBRARY BRANCHES CLOSED IN OBSERVATION OF VETERAN’S DAY Tuesday, November 12 @ 10 AM- Randstad Job Fair Wednesday, November 13 @ 6 PM - Millbranch-Borden Neighborhood Association Meeting Saturday, November 16 @10 AM - Oak Acres Neighborhood Association Saturday, November 16 @ 10 AM - Operation Hope Tuesday, November19 @ 10 AM- Randstad Job Fair Saturday, November 23 @ 10 AM - Operation Hope Monday, November 25 (every 4th Monday) @ 5:45 PM - C.A.R.E. Meeting Tuesday, November 26 @ 10 AM- Randstad Job Fair Wednesday, November 27 @ 6 PM through Friday. November 29 @ 6 PM - ALL LIBRARY BRANCHES CLOSED, HAVE A... . . .HAPPY THANKSGIVING ! Saturday, November 30 @ 10 AM - ALL LIBRARY BRANCHES REOPEN for regular hours or UNTIL 6 PM VI S I T FACEBOOK. com/MPLWHI TEHAVEN 11
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The Election Commission of Shelby County, Election Operations Center, 980 Nixon Dr., Memphis, TN 38134, (901) 379-4360, shelbyvote.com hosts, among other things, Shelby County Election Commission Meetings. On October 21, 2019, at 4 PM CST, the minutes of the August 20th, September 17th, and October 2nd meetings were approved, the results of the City of Memphis’ Municipal election held October 3rd were certified, resolutions for the run-off election were made, a review of rejected voter registration applications was discussed, and attorney and administrator reports were given before new business and public comments were addressed. The next regularly scheduled meeting will be November 19, 2019, at 4 PM at 980 Nixon Drive. 13
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NEWSCENE NOVEMBER AUTHOR ’ S CORNER. . . Time Is Tight: My Life, Note by Note Hardcover – October 29, 2019 By Booker T. Jones The long-awaited memoir of Booker T. Jones, leader of the famed Stax Records house band, architect of the Memphis soul sound, and one of the most legendary figures in music. PURCHASE YOUR COPY ONL INE AT AMAZON. COM TODAY ! Support DI’MANS, Inc. dba NEWSCENE https://smile.amazon.com/Time-Tight-My-Life-Note/dp/0316485608/ ref=smi_www_rco2_go_smi_g3905707922?_encoding=UTF8&%2AVersion% 2A=1&%2Aentries%2A=0&ie=UTF8 HARDCOVER - $27.00 AUDIO - $19.72 KINDLE - $15.99 Booker T. & The MG’s leader Booker T. Jones hosts a book signing for his memoir Time Is Tight: My Life Note By Note, Friday, November 1st, 7 p.m., at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, 926 E. McLemore Avenue to bring back to the remarkable music career that began with him and David Porter running errands in their band teacher’s car when students together at Booker T. Washington High School, where Jones’s father was also a math instructor. Now 74 years old, the Memphis music icon takes the reader on an easy ride that often makes you pause to realize what you just read. The most subtle punch is when he outlines his formative years from his family’s home on Edith Street. Reading it makes you sigh in reverence, with a trickle of empathy and exhaustion for his parents, as you are drawn into the tight knit neighborhood support bolstering the foundations his father and gifted vocalist mother built for him. Through his story you come to realize how remarkably young was the talent that created Stax’s legacy. Jones’s parents made the decision that he should give up his long-standing paper route, spring-boarding him as the baby boy centerpiece of the label’s house band, Booker T. & The MG’s. In the time of new vistas for Black America, from the corner of College and McLemore his career took flight all over the world. Jones’s far-reaching success lie in his skills as an arranger. He credits a dual education as a teenage prodigy doing playing live around town and session work at the studio, from whence he would drive 400 miles to Indiana University Music School to earn his bachelor’s degree. A good way to enjoy Time Is Tight is to have your favorite internet accessible device close at hand. One second you want to Google musical references such as “contrapuntal” and other deep-seated musical devices you’d never associate with the earthy R & B Stax produced, and then the next sentence might push you to grab up the beat on “Hiphugger”, “Soul Limbo”, and of course, “Green Onions”, among the many hits that fall naturally into the book’s narrative. Well indexed, it’s fun to look up the famous and obscure influences he notes, or even “chateaubriand avec frittes”, the gourmet French steak preparation he came to love while working in France composing the soundtrack for the 70’s movie Youngblood, his first of several. And groovy enough, perhaps the best cut you will find online is a live video of Booker T. & the MG’s putting down a scorching performance of Time Is Tight stamping why the group’s power commanded southern soul in so few quick years. Ultimately, like the tense beginning of his soundtrack hit for Clint Eastwood’s film Hang ‘Em High, Time Is Tight is not a sugar-coated rendition of a life’s greatest hits. Jones left well before Stax’s demise, and made very significant contributions throughout the pop music spectrum, from Bill Withers to Willie Nelson to Earl Klugh and further. He confronts intrigue behind Stax’s door, including purloined publishing rights, the death of Otis Redding, his musical rock Al Jackson Jr., and the original Bar Kays, his pain at MG mate Steve Cropper’s quoted blaming of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memphis’s racial strife in Memphis, his sad first marriages, house fires, and more. A must for Memphis music buffs, a fun read for those who enjoy more than virtual reality. (NEWSCENE contributor Tony Jones, INK! is a Memphis based independent writer & publicist.) 16
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Harris Turns 80! C. 3 4 Mother Bobbie J. Harris celebrated 80 years of life, a few days after her October 15th birthday, with over 100 family members and friends. The celebration of life, themed “Life, Long Journeys are Led by God” was hosted and paid for by Harris’ grandchildren. Deacon Tyrone Harris gave the program’s devotion followed by selections sung by members of the True Love Praise Team. Granddaughter Cameara Harris Fowler recited the welcome and occasion. Gwen Albright performed a solo performance of “Amazing Grace,” followed by selections from the True Love Male Chorus. Sons Dr. Cameran Harris and Minister Tarvis Dancy spoke personally about their mother and Deacon Fred Mitchell gave his own special words about his life growing up under Harris’ watchful eyes. Harris’ female grandchildren performed and dinner was served before Harris gave her own gratitude to all those in attendance, especially mentioning her grandchildren and their work to make the day such a special one commemorating her 80 years on Earth. The program closed with Dr. Cameran Harris providing words of thanksgiving and blessings to all in attendance. 19
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Bluff City Law & The Secret Of Dry Rub Barbecue Richard Ross (from left), NBC’s Senior Vice President of Production, is pictured receiving several slabs of the famous Rendezvous dry rub ribs from chef Pat Donahue, Robert Stewart Jr. and Betty Robinson at the Memphis City Council’s October 15th meeting. The Memphis City Council presented a resolution and a rack of ribs from the Rendezvous to creative team of NBC Universal’s Bluff City Law at the council’s Tuesday, October 15th meeting to honor their choosing to film the show here in it’s namesake locale. Recreating an episode from the series’ first season, the fun moment was well featured in the news here, and NEWSCENE was able to get a capture an inside moment we thought you’d enjoy. Bluff City Law has created quite a buzz here for quite a while now, readily evident as council chairman Kemp Conrad read the resolution into the record. NBC’s Senior Vice President of Production Richard Ross gracefully accepted, and the Rendezvous team were called up. Betty Robinson, Robert Jr., and chef Pat Donahue, comprised the three-person team from the Memphis landmark that brought the ribs properly wrapped in aluminum foil on a silver tray. Surrounded by city, county and state election officials there to get souvenir credit for the $10 million incentives grouped together for the production, NBC exec and staff members from the show, after the official photos were taken, Ross proved his stated sincerity about filming in Memphis when he rushed over to chef Donahue to grill him about grilling. Specifically, how do you get dry rub ribs right? “I grill in my backyard, and in Los Angeles, nobody has this,” he said. “How long do you cook it? Do you leave the membrane on or take it off?” he gleefully asked Donahue, and kept on going, getting tips to use when he cooks—excuse us—grills, his ribs back home. Visibly pleased with the brief primer, the grilling tips underlined what Ross has stated to media about filming Bluff City Law here. “The city officials have gone way above and beyond but it’s also the citizens of Memphis that have opened their arms to being very helpful to being just supportive as no place I’ve ever been.” Such person to person moments are a hidden, but potentially valuable plus Convention and Visitors Bureau chief Kevin Kane says is part of the business of marketing Memphis to the world. “I rushed home to watch the premiere. It made me feel great. This is a billboard for the city,” he continued. “Memphis scenery going out to millions of people every week is good for the Memphis brand, and quite honestly, the subject matter they’re dealing with, taking on tough issues, I think that speaks well of Memphis.” (NEWSCENE contributor Tony Jones, INK! is a Memphis based independent writer & publicist.) 22
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LISTEN UP! COUNTLESS NUMBERS OF PEOPLE ARE LEAVING HERE DAILY WITHOUT MAKING PREPARATIONS… ...WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE ONE OF THEM. November 1, 2019 DI’MANS, Inc. Post Office Box 9146 Memphis, TN 38190-0146 RE: Technology Seminars for Seniors My ZIP - My Email Meetings Free Announcement Calendar Greetings, The board and staff of DI’MANS, Inc., a nonprofit, IRS recognized organization founded in 1999, wishes to invite you to join us as we begin to reintroduce Shelby County to our series of informational presentations on subjects we believe you need to know about. Subscribe to our online newsmagazine NEWSCENE at iLoveShelbyCounty.com TODAY, to stay informed... We will begin offering free classes on topics that include: Gardening for Survival Navigating Your Mobile Device with Confidence, Especially for Seasoned Citizens Social Security Disability: Application Submitted, Approval Received Securing loved ones’ futures by preparing for the End-of-My-Life Student loan management: What You Should Know Before and After Signing The Real ID: What’s Happening after October 1, 2020? Hosting Voter Registration Drives: What you need to know Who are You Voting For? Meet the Candidates Thank you, Phone (901) 300-0250 for information, to make a donation, or for volunteer opportunities! 25
BLUE LIGHT CAMERAS, ARE THEY COMING TO 38109 & 38116? A neighborhood meeting regarding blue light cameras sponsored by the Greater Paradise Church and hosted by Shelby County Commissioners Ed Ford Jr. and Eddie Jones, from 5 to 7 PM on Thursday, October 10, 2019. The free event, designed for residents in the areas each commissioner oversees, featured SkyCop, Inc., a local organization that works with local law enforcement to “equip, support, and educate them on how they can better utilize technology to keep Memphis safe.” The next meeting to address this process will be held at 3 PM on Monday, November 4, 2019. Please make plans to attend today. POTENTIAL BLUE LIGHT CAMERA LOCATIONS for 2020 INSTALLATIONS Fields Avenue @ Kansas Street—35th Ward Civic Club Autumn Branch Lane @ Raines Oak Drive—Audubon Oaks Neighborhood Lakeview Road @Shady Hollow Road—Bluebird Park Estates Association Shelby Drive @ Hodge Road—C.A.R.E. Mill Branch Road at Shelby Drive—Gardenview/Graceland Farms Neighborhood Association Levi Road @ Ford Road—Indian Hills Neighborhood Association Holmes Road @ Leonard Road—Holmes-Tulane Neighborhood Eyers Road @ Fields Road—Mt. Pisgah Heights Neighborhood Association 14 15 Old Hickory Hill Road @ Graceland Drive—Old Hickory Hills Neighborhood Association Fairway Avenue @ Marty Street—Valley Forge Civic League McCain Road @ Western Park Drive—Westwood Neighborhood Association Shelby Drive @ Mickey Drive—Whitehaven Woodland View Third Street @ East Rollins Road—Barton Heights Neighborhood Watch Association Baskel Drive @ Carol Drive—Watchful Eye Neighborhood Dearborn Street @ Levi Road—Westwood Meadows Neighborhood Association Brooks Road @ McCorkle Road—McCorkle Road Neighborhood Development Association Birchleaf Road @ Whitaker Drive—Oaks Acre Neighborhood Association Mitchell Road @ Rochester Road—Walker Homes West Junction Neighborhood Association Peebles Road @ Ford Road—Boxtown Neighborhood Association Horn Lake Road @ Horn Lake Cove—Lakeview Gardens Neighborhood Association 26
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DID YOU KNOW? There are several moneyless ways you can support nonprofits like DI’MANS, Inc. dba NEWSCENE and the McCorkle Road Neighborhood Development Association, Inc. of Memphis (serving all of ZIP Code 38116). When you shop at Kroger you can, AT NO COST TO YOU, support DI’MANS, Inc. by enrolling in the Community Rewards Program and earning rewards for DI’MANS every time you shop! Visit Kroger.com/ communityrewards and support Organization #DN098. Smile.Amazon.com is a website operated by Amazon with the same products, prices, and shopping features as Amazon.com. The difference is that when you shop on AmazonSmile, again, AT NO COST TO YOU, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products to DI’MANS Inc., the charitable organization of choice. Email us at NEWSCENESHELBYCO@gmail.com for details today! 28
Mother Georgia King, 79, needs our help sponsoring the 3rd annual City-Wide Thanksgiving MLK50 Food Drive. The event is designed to raise funds to purchase "Pop-Top" food items for the homeless during Thanksgiving. Please drop off items at Martyrs' Hall, St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, 700 Poplar Avenue on Saturday, November 16th, between 10 am and 3 pm or use the following links to make a donation. Please share and pay it forward to help those having hard times have an easier life. Call Mother King at (901) 650-7321, visit http:// www.stmarysmemphis.org/ministr…/community-ministries/ or iLoveShelbyCounty.com or make your donations through NEWSCENE here... 48 Vienna Sausages ($12): https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/ webscr… 12 Sardines ($18): https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr… 12 Crackers ($12): https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr… 14 Chips ($21): https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr… 12 Mixed Fruit Cups ($12): https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/ webscr… Please do something nice for someone you may not know this year by donating the amount you normally pay for lunch to this most worthy cause today. And please pay it forward and ask several friends or relatives to get their blessing by doing so too! We thank you, Dr. Yvonne D. Nelson, Owner DI'MANS, Inc. dba NEWSCENE Questionable things in Memphis?!! VIEW FROM RIVERSIDE DRIVE... 29
MONTHLY COMMUNITY PRAYER PARTNERSHI P MEET ING WHO: WHAT: WHEN: WHERE: WHY: Everyone is welcome! Organizer, Wendell Donelson, Bluebird Estates Community Prayer Partnership Meeting 4th Tuesday of every month at 6 pm Raines Station Police Department, 791 E. Raines Road To assist in the reduction of crime through prayer Monthly community prayer partnership meetings have been held “practically every month since the spring of 2018,” said prayer organizer, Wendell Donelson, a resident of Bluebird Estates. “We have been told by Raines Station MPD that our prayers have made a measurable difference.” The group meets in the meeting room near the parking lot entrance of the Raines Station Police Department to pray for the community on a monthly basis. “There is power in agreement, so let’s unite our spirits and voices on behalf of our community,” said Donelson. “We can make a difference. We are inviting all to join us in prayer as we pray for our community. This effort is meant to impact all ills of our community, particularly crime. We don’t want to just murmur and complain, but instead invite God into our circumstances.” 30
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CFC #46643 AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon with the same products, prices, and shopping features as Amazon.com. The difference is that when you shop on AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products to the charitable organization of your choice. Location: Memphis, TN | Year Founded: 2009 DI’MANS, Inc. (Click here) to shop at SMILE.AMAZON.COM Mission: DI'MANS, Inc. was formed to establish a positive, proactive force in the fight against juvenile crime and juvenile delinquency. The goal of DI'MANS, Inc. is to bring adults dedicated to positively shaping future generations together to assist disadvantaged youth in becoming productive citizens as adults. Help Support Causes in Your Community! (Click here to sign up) Did you know you can support nonprofit organizations in your community just by shopping at Kroger? It's easy when you enroll in Kroger Community Rewards®! To get started, sign up with your Plus Card below, and select a local organization you wish to support. Once you're enrolled, you'll earn rewards for your chosen organization every time you shop and use your Plus Card! Enroll now for the Kroger Community Rewards Program. And remember….all participants must re-enroll each year to continue earning rewards for their chosen organization. DIRECTIONS: 1) Go to Kroger.com; 2) Create an account or sign in; 3) Drop down the arrow at your name 4) Select “My Account” 5) Click on Community Rewards on the left side of the screen) Make a One-Time donation to DI’MANS, Inc. 32 Make a Recurring Donation (Click here)
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