׉?4ׁB!בCט(u׉׉ 7cassandra://0kQ-lpJevYY3rJ5aaHr0wHHFqmmCDCKKYDD9l-1iM3g`׉ 7cassandra://anAOnnyebgp5tZlTWUYKR03YQbT4HN4aPBifkUIiYaEͫ`s׉ 7cassandra://KqiaYfYSCp-jZqCAqiSGJVUhY29-JrPwT6VvSqx1moU0`׉ 7cassandra://Wv8UdCnG7UKvCGp5VXIfU-WkmlVu2AAl11LxoX8lWKY͠]^ &tgט(u׈pjנ^ &tg9׉Hhttp://iLoveShelbyCounty.comGׁ ׁ rנ^ &tg<9ׁH!mailto:NEWSCENEShelbyCo@gmail.comׁ ׁ Јנ^ &tg9ׁHhttp://iLoveShelbyCounty.comׁ ׁ Ј׈E^ &tgn׉E Vol. 1, Issue 11 November 2019 KEEPING YOU UP-TO-DATE MONTHLY WITH THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN SHELBY COUNTY, TN i LoveShe l b yCoun ty . com THE ACADEMY for YOUTH EMPOWERMENT and THE 22nd annual 2019 MEMPHIS CHRISTMAS PARADE! LETTER FROM THE EDITOR By Yvonne D. Nelson, Ph.D. NEWSCENE has just finished Milestone #1, our first full year of publication! We thank you, our subscribing audience, the Memphis City Council, Shelby County Commission, and our online and print readers for all of your support and advice during this, our first year of publication. Please remember to follow us and to subscribe online at iLoveShelbyCounty.com. For those of you who prefer hard copies, thanks for your subscriptions. Subscribe to our printed editions online 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 NEWSCENE, I Love Shelby County, P.O. Box 9146, Memphis, TN 38190-0146. HAPPY END TO 2019! On Thursday, November 21, 2019, the annual Graceland Lighting Ceremony kicked off the holiday season in Whitehaven, a mostly bedroom community at the southern edge of Memphis near the TN-MS state line. The annual lighting event is the ceremony that honors Elvis Presley’s traditional Christmas lights being turned on and the reason why they remain lit nightly until Elvis’ birthday on January 8th. The official Mayor of Whitehaven, Mrs. Hazel Moore, Founder of the Academy for Youth Empowerment youth intervention and development program, followed the lighting ceremony with the 22nd annual Whitehaven Christmas Parade Saturday morning. The parade, now called “Memphis Christmas Parade in Whitehaven,” began near the Southland Mall, 1212 E. Shelby Drive, shortly after 10 AM. The parade route blocked off Elvis Presley Boulevard, from Shelby Drive to just north of Raines Road where it ended in the Whitehaven Plaza, for hours as bands, schools, and other participants on floats and walking paraded through the streets waving, chanting, and handing candy to spectators of all ages. The weekend of events concluded in the sanctuary of Abundant Grace Fellowship, 1574 E. Shelby Drive, at 4 PM Sunday, with “Songs of the Season,” a festive concert of holiday music. 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Handy Heritage Awards held Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019, at the Holiday Inn Airport turned out “to be the best ever,” co-host Leon Griffin says many attendees told him. Created to honor “Authentic Beale Street Musicians,” the 2019 edition saluted Handy’s 146th birth date with the two-day Handy Birthday Bicentennial Celebration. Pre-events the night before the awards presentation included the W. C. Handy Birthday Bicentennial Parade, a showing of the documentary Mr. Handy’s Blues, and a book signing of Upright Bass: The Musical Life and Legacy of Jamil Nasser, written by his son Muneer Nasser. Griffin shared host duties with “International Queen of the Blues” diva Toni Greene. The pair was dressed to the nines and enthusiastically greeted the honorees whose personal histories underlined the theme aptly presented in the souvenir program given to each guest. “We are nearing the end of the Memphis Bicentennial Celebration and Memphis has put its best foot forward and showcased its history and accomplishments in grand style. But the celebration is not over yet. It is not over until we pause and give respect and honor to the one to whom much honor and respect is due, the man who put Memphis on the International map…When we learn in the media that Beale Street is the “Most Iconic Street in America” visited by millions of people every year, it is important to note that “Beale Street Blues” was written over 100 years ago by W. C. Handy giving it its popularity.” The same respect is due to event producer, Elaine Lee Turner, and posthumously, her sister and business partner Joan Nelson, for creating the award. Opened in 1983, their firm, Heritage Tours, has single handedly curated the W.C. Handy Home Museum on Beale Street for decades now and continues to do so at the company’s expense. Earlier this year, the City of Memphis awarded Turner a 15-year lease for the landmark, adding additional significance to this year’s awards. The company also owns and curates the Slave Haven commemorative museum, an authentic stop on the Underground Railroad. The night glittered with their commitment to keep our true musical roots alive. The Stax Music Academy kicked off the entertainment with Handy’s signature blues titles. Next came the procession entrance of The African Jazz Ensemble, who remained onstage as the house band. Among the powerful performances to follow were teenager Eliyahu Pinkney’s inspired performance of “Mr. Handy’s Blues” in a style evoking Louis Armstrong and a powerful performance by locally popular Melvia “Chick” Rogers saluting her late father, Rev. Melvin Rogers, who was honored by universally respected jazz guitarist Calvin Newborn, vocalist Rev. Melvin Rogers and widely known Mad Lads lead vocalist John Gary Williams. The 2019 W. C. Handy Heritage Awards Recipients are: saxophonist Robert (Bobby Lavell) Garner, recently named “King of Beale Street” Jonathan Ellison, gospel vocalists Frank Phillips, and Teresa Tate-Clardy. Posthumous awards were presented for jazz pianist Harold Mabern, jazz pianist & trumpeter Philip Joyner Jr. and bassist George (Jamil Nasser) Joyner. The Lifetime Music Achievement Award was presented to blues & jazz vocalist Joyce Cobb. She could not attend, but sent a thank you video accepting the honor. Cobb was one of the six original Handy Award honorees at their 1977 inception, an honor she shared with one of the night’s guest musicians, Barbara Perry-Wright. In addition to Stax Records Carla Thomas, saxophonist Herman Green, and Naseer, Perry-Wright was given special recognition as one of the founders of the first Beale Street Music Festival, which has grown to become the city’s biggest annual event, Memphis In May, further solidifying Handy’s importance and the necessary rationale for the event. 10 ׉ 7cassandra://2dB8SjvZPAymLWm2p-smsaUjZW1J18aNkgKeDid2Da801`^ &tgx׉EPhoto credit: Jamie Griffin/Whitehaven Branch Library THI S MONTH AT THE WHITEHAVEN BRANCH L IBRARY. . . Monday, December 2 @ 5 PM - Watchful Eye Neighborhood Association Meeting Thursdays @ 10AM - Scrabble Club *(NEW) Saturdays @ 10 AM - Operation Hope Meeting Wednesday, December 4 @ 6 PM - Millbranch-Borden Neighborhood Association Meeting Saturday, December 7 - 1 PM - 3 PM, Protecting Your Security: Cameras Saturday, December 14 @ Noon, Roblox Branch Tournament Monday, December 16 - 3:30 PM - 5 PM, Dixon Gallery and Gardens Meeting Wednesday, December 18, Whitehaven Branch Library Teen Innovation Center grand opening Saturday, December 21 @10 AM - Oak Acres Neighborhood Association Meeting Monday, December 30 (every 4th Monday) @ 5:45 PM - C.A.R.E. Meeting DECEMBER JOB FAIRS: December 3 and 10 AM– 1 PM, Randstad Job Fair December 13 10 AM—3 PM, Connection Point Job Fair All Memphis Public Library locations, including the Whitehaven Branch Library, will close at 6 PM on Monday, December 23, 2019, in observance of the Christmas Holiday. All Memphis Public Library locations will be closed on Tuesday, December 24 and will remain closed on Wednesday, December 25, 2019. All Memphis Public Library locations, including the Whitehaven Branch Library, will reopen at 10 AM on Thursday, December 26, 2019. All Memphis Public Library locations, including the Whitehaven Branch Library, will close at 6 PM on Tuesday, December 31, 2019, in observance of New Year’s Eve. All Memphis Public Library locations, including the Whitehaven Branch Library, will be closed on Wednesday, January 1, 2020. All Memphis Public Library locations, including the Whitehaven Branch Library, will reopen at 10 AM on Thursday, January 2, 2020. VI S I T FACEBOOK. c om/MPLWHI TEHAVEN . . .HAPPY HOL IDAYS ! 11 ׉ 7cassandra://eAQ-ca_ACR4sRrhpXHocKBXWJQ_LVKmVKmzi9RLR1Xg,w`^ &tgy^ &tgx(בCט(u׉׉ 7cassandra://QltATnzbMn6RrpTV2HNGSELv5vXILJOUrtDuNACa4tYqV`׉ 7cassandra://G7nvIwWF-r2aU27775fN1vgOW-piwwGpaJzo7buwBN8ͩ `s׉ 7cassandra://wbPRt1ysJ8Ozf21WgXXL_49E_w6_tfv1EOFSdrHCLl4/`׉ 7cassandra://LVL36bya423GudoDJarq1Worw14Ikk_HakboegGBNGc]͠]^ &tgט(u׉׉ 7cassandra://bu-Ypg2I3KaJ1w3KT7i7dxaKaTdYacUc9LogYWoXl2UU`׉ 7cassandra://GFSAeAhaY1TcH26Oswz7cXePNX6TzbxKw2TA3aYOkhs͉=`s׉ 7cassandra://-W0Jxx90gaKMcgBJWfXYjfE44fWPWepkdmWZBY13H1w%E`׉ 7cassandra://guhWtu9ugE8_QFOaNvAmoHMhLJt4AMpZb3kMB-l59kQRZ͠]^ &tgנ^ &tg̿M9׉HShttps://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stop-destroying-black-residential-neighborhoodsGׁ ׁ rנ^ &tg`M9׉HShttps://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stop-destroying-black-residential-neighborhoodsGׁ ׁ rנ^ &tg̡ԁ9׉H]https://www.thepetitionsite.com/753/756/130/demand-waste-connections-to-cease-operations-now/Gׁ ׁ rנ^ &tg̝9׉H_https://www.thepetitionsite.com/510/384/190/let%E2%80%99s-move-waste-connections-to-district-5/Gׁ ׁ rנ^ &tg]9׉H]https://www.thepetitionsite.com/753/756/130/demand-waste-connections-to-cease-operations-now/Gׁ ׁ rנ^ &tglq̉9׉H_https://www.thepetitionsite.com/510/384/190/let%E2%80%99s-move-waste-connections-to-district-5/Gׁ ׁ rנ^ &tg$9׉Hhttps://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fipt.io%2FFZRZW%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2yIcyq9GsmBTcxXypqR8cn2akSGx3bEj3itdJP4dKeUZdQzWhcRFK1aZY&h=AT2aVSqD8j3XzvWtZD4mJPWh9IEJIOZudmjRJzlA3fQcygxQk1b2t2piuUlsJNhv2rus99L8qaiCdUJ282UF8J_hoyMJ1KT8h8T_H636Fr_UP7Z-LnajgLTJdgsViGׁ ׁ r׉E Will you take a moment to help Dr. Yvonne D. Nelson? Please sign our petitions online... https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stop-destroying-black-residential-neighborhoods Help us to stop destroying predominantly black communities with environmentally-unfriendly business ventures that keep the rich, rich and the poor, poor, sick, and unhealthy. https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stop-destroying-black-residential-neighborhoods The facts: According to the Shelby County Board of Education website, Made in Memphis, LLC c/o Elvis Presley Enterprises, paid $200,000.00 for the 10.2 acre former site of Graves Elementary School, 3398 Graves Road, on December 3, 2019, for the purpose of creating "a light manufacturing facility for apparel, jewelry, home decor, and collectibles. They plan to train students in manufacturing and provide jobs." I say NO! My community is zoned single-family residential and no homeowner should have to open their door to semi-tractor trailers nor a light, medium, or heavy manufacturing facility. Why not put this and Waste Connections, LLC of TN in Chickasaw Gardens, Cordova, Bartlett, or Germantown? Jobs in Whitehaven, sure, but not at the expense of the replacing the serenity and comfort of our homes with a center focal point of a vocational training school bringing increased foot, bus, and large-vehicles traffic. We encourage you to tell Joel Weinshanker to put it in front of his front door or better yet, join our petition against this development in ours. What we need is not a light manufacturing facility in the middle of our beautiful neighborhood. What we need is a real community center. A center that will cater to everyone from the infant, through the teen, to include activities for our adult population and our seasoned citizens. What we desire is to provide reasonably-priced healthy food choices, free meals for the homeless, training and "enterpreneurshop" activities, safe and affordable housing for aging vets and their family members, 24-hour high-quality family and youth care, community meeting rooms, entertainment and recreation space for all ages, and similar programs that bring value to communities; not strategies that just make the rich, richer. Thank you SIGN OUR ONLINE PETITIONS NOW! CLICK THE LINK OR THE PICTURE... https://www.thepetitionsite.com/753/756/130/demand-waste-connections-to-cease-operations-now/ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/510/384/190/let%E2%80%99s-move-waste-connections-to-district-5/ DEMAND WASTE CONNECTIONS OF TN, LLC STOP THEIR WASTE TRANSFER STATION ACTIVITIES IN WHITEHAVEN HELP US TO MOVE WASTE CONNECTIONS OUT OF WHITEHAVEN TO DISTRICT 5 WHERE WORTH MORGAN IS COUNCIL REP. BECAUSE HE WAS THE ONLY VOTE FOR IT TO EXPAND. SIGN OUR ONLINE PETITIONS TODAY! 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Nelson, “Raptor,” is a generic term for all birds of prey. While I am no expert in the field of Ornithology, a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds, I am confident that these two were not robins! A couple of quick Google searches brought out the following information concerning birds of prey: 1. There are five (5) types of birds of prey. They are: a. Accipitridae: hawks, eagles, buzzards, harriers, kites, and Old World vultures. b. Pandionidae: osprey. c. Sagittariidae: the secretarybird. d. Falconidae: falcons, caracaras, and forest falcons. e. Cathartidae: New World vultures Raptors, according to the spruce (thespruce.com/types-of-birds-of-prey-387307), “are carnivorous birds with strong bills, large talons, and exceptional flight capabilities. There are more than 500 species of raptors found throughout the world and different types of raptors can be found in every type of habitat (including your front and/or backyard)! A few other special characteristics that set raptors apart from other birds are their curved claws, sharp feet, strong eyesight (to see this road kill from soaring heights in the heavens above), and hooked beaks (which are visible even from the distance I took these pictures at—which was safely behind the steering wheel of my car, with my foot on the brake and ready to hit the accelerator at a moment’s notice! It is important to note that these raptors were not interested in my meat, mainly because, with the exception of vultures (which are very unsightly to look at), raptors feast on animals that are already dead. Other birds of prey, like owls which are also present in our community, are hunters that eat mice, rats, rabbits, and sometimes small birds and maybe even cats (including my beloved pet NALA), though. The word “Raptor,” is derived from the Latin term ‘rapere’ which means “to capture.” CONTEST Please correctly identity which bird of prey is pictured in this story and where it was seen. Email your responses to us at newsceneshelbyco@gmail.com by midnight December 31, 2019, for a free dozen of Krispy Kreme donuts! 24 ׉ 7cassandra://LOAeQEyLBEPq24SLlWnX_TB1grEIYB1_L57K141FTgk$`^ &tg׉E-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. December 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. 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Parkway, was founded in September 2008 “to raise awareness about health inequity and provide monetary support to A Ministry of Sharing Health and Hope (AMOS), a partner organization in Nicaragua, while enabling college students to become aware of and use their privilege to empower those suffering from health inequities.” The Rhodes College chapter has partnered with AMOS “to implement home water filtration systems in rural communities.” On November 20, 2019, the nonprofit organization joined forces with the Rhodes Sustainability Coalition to sponsor “A discussion on environmental racism in Memphis,” featuring Dr. Tait Keller, a Rhodes College Associate Professor of History as the guest speaker. “I teach a variety of courses that focus on environmental history, war and society, and modern Europe,” said Keller. “Several of my courses, especially my environmental history courses, transcend national boundaries and place their subjects in a global context.” To bring a real-life context to his classroom environment, Keller is known for integrating educational off-campus adventures into his lectures and discussions. According to Keller and in the words of another historian, “A little ‘intelligent wandering’ will teach us more than ‘a half-semester of armchair study’.” The open-floor forum discussion, featured free Vegan Food provided by Pearl Walker founder of MRYE—Memphis Raise Your Expectations!!! Facebook page. The forum asked the question and the main topic of discussion was, “Why a re a l l t he t ox i c wa s t e p l an t s l oca t ed i n predomi nan t l y b la ck ne i ghborhoods ? ” Keller posits, “Communities are not all created equal and we know that. You’ll find that environmental injustice occurs 14 15 whenever some individual or group bears a disproportionate amount of environmental risk. Like being located near a hazardous waste dump or if they have unequal access to environmental goods like clean air or clean water; or they have less an opportunity to participate in environmental decision-making. In every nation of the world you find that poor people, minorities face greater environmental risk. They have less access to environmental goods; they have less ability to control the environmental insults imposed on them.” Although dining on vegan delights, the room was silent as all eyes and ears were focused on the truth to the words that Keller spoke so matter-of-factly about. It was time to bring the subject home. “Let’s focus our attention on the United States,” said Keller. “We all learned in the history of the United States institutional racism shapes our economy, it shapes our politics, and it shapes the ecological landscape…” Keller went on to explain that clear evidence exists that supports the hypothesis that being a minority or in fact ones’ race, or perceived race, is an “independent factor” in predicting which areas will experience excessive lead in water, higher levels of air pollution, industrial facilities placement, the enforcement of other inappropriate land uses including, but not limited to, highway routes. Minorities in the United States experience a disproportionate share of these environmental injustices and they have less power to prevent them from occurring. While Professor Keller did in fact mention that Buckman Hall was packed to a “standing room only” status that Wednesday evening, the population did not include, in my estimation, enough of the general public subject to and/or fighting against similar developments. My mother always taught me that “A closed mouth does not get fed,” so I speak up against injustice and, if you don’t want to lead, at least join the fight. 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Callier used the first letters of the word as acronyms to describe Living, Outstanding, Victorious, and Encouragement as he reminded those in attendance, “We must be more loving towards all people…” and then asked everyone [how], “Do you encourage yourself and others?” NE IGHBORHOOD BUS TOUR On Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at 1 pm several members of the McCorkle Road Neighborhood Development Assoc. (MRNDA), Inc. of Memphis gathered at the former site of Graves Elementary School to board a MATA bus and take a tour to identify city and county code violations in the northern part of Whitehaven. Within an hour of traveling only half of the predesignated route, nearly 3 dozen violations had been identified. While we did discover a neighbor with at least one Steve Shular, Special Assistant to Mayor Jim Strickland, spoke during the neighborhood violation tour held on November 5, 2019. chicken in their yard, a serious violation, the majority of the violations recorded involved vehicles. Home after home and house after house showed signs of inoperable vehicles parked on paved and/or unpaved surfaces, some s i t t i n g r i g h t i n p l a i n v i ew , in front yards and near the street. Items including broken garage doors, garbage carts left on the curb before and after the weekly garbage collection day, excessive junk/debris/furniture in yards, dead, dying, and fallen trees, and more. Since the area being toured was a mixed residential/industrial/commercial area, several county code violations were forwarded to Shelby County so the appropriate agency could follow up. The entire tour would have taken approx. 2.5 hours, so a second tour is being planned for sometime in 2020. Neighbors whose properties were in violation at the time of the tour will be receiving official city documentation of the specific violation and the length of time they will have to correct the violation before being sited to Environmental Court or fined. 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