Vol. 1, Issue 5a May 2019 KEEPING YOU UP-TO-DATE MONTHLY WITH THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN SHELBY COUNTY, TN LETTER FROM THE EDITOR By Yvonne D. Nelson, Ph.D. Let me begin by thanking our readership for their patience while waiting for our May edition of NEWSCENE to be published. Our delay was directly related to our desire to meet the noon, May 1, 2019, deadline to submit our application for financial support through the city of Memphis’ Budget Committee. If approved, this funding will ensure our continued ability to bring you news about things that have happened around Shelby County through NEWSCENE, The NEW SCENE where NEWS is SEEN! With our April edition, we have now published NEWSCENE for our first full quarter. We hope you have enjoyed the variety of news and feature stories each edition has covered and encourage you to share your copies with others. We are looking forward to being able to produce a few hundred printed copies beginning this quarter and we invite you to join our advisory board and to make a taxdeductible contribution to our success. As you know, we depend heavily on you to spread the word about NEWSCENE. Your willingness to share links to featured stories online, your desire to submit calendar events, pictures, and stories about events that have recently taken place, and your desire to support us through advertisements featuring local businesses and activities is appreciated. NEWSCENE is for you and about you and the things you know about that are happening in your community. Let me know what’s going on because I depend on you to make sure I have accurate and fresh content for each monthly edition. Feel free to call me at (901) 300-0250, write me at I Love Shelby County, Attn: Senior Publicist, P.O. Box 9146, Memphis, TN 38190-0146, or you can email us at Memphis.Meetings@gmail.com. Thank you, Yvonne UT Martin Wildlife and Fisheries graduate and Naturalist, Tel Glenn, an employee at Reel Foot Lake State Park, is shown with Storm, a five-year old Bald Eagle who was injured in the park during a storm. Story and Pictures by Dr. Yvonne D. Nelson SCOUTS ROCK AT GRACELAND Hundreds of Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts from all over the country look forward to the Scouts Rock at Graceland day, an annual event where they can learn new skills and earn achievements toward ranks or pin/belt loop/merit badge requirements in American Heritage, citizenship, collections, forestry, service opportunities, journalism and photography. This year’s event was held from 10 am until 3 pm on Saturday, April 6, 2019, at the Graceland Soundstage A, a 20,000 square-foot venue for live music performances, movie screenings, video productions, private events, corporate meetings, conference, and trade show exhibitions located in the new Graceland entertainment and exhibit complex in Memphis, TN. Scouts and those accompanying them were treated to a tour of the Graceland Mansion, visited the two airplanes on the property, saw the horses grazing, enjoyed special Scout Day events and activities, and had access to the entire Elvis Presley’s Memphis Entertainment Complex featuring 12 exhibits and attractions. In addition to bringing nonperishable food items to be donated to the Mid-South Food Bank, scouts were able to design a card to be sent to the U.S. Military through the American Red Cross and earned various badges and achievements that increased their scouting knowledge and abilities through activities finding and identifying trees, learning about museums and careers in museum studies, and
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