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    Calkins: Gibson’s is open! And life has sprinkles again!

    There was a line of people waiting when Gibson's Donuts re-opened at 5 a.m. Friday. They weren't just there for the donuts. They were there for the joy. 

    By Geoff Calkins May 17, 2020
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    YMCA is more than gym-and-swim when kids need lunch

    The YMCA’s community meal plan is now running seven days a week. A week ago Friday, it fed 18,000 people in one day.

    By Jane Roberts May 11, 2020
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    ‘Data, not dates’ guide worship plans for many Memphis congregations

    The Memphis Clergy COVID-19 Response group remains cautious about resuming in-person worship despite receiving qualified permission from the state.

    By Tom Bailey May 11, 2020
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    After 44 years as an MUS institution, Coach T is stepping down

    Owls worked hard, played hard and had plenty of success under legendary coach Bill Taylor.

    By John Varlas May 11, 2020
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    Wade: Remembering Mom and a game otherwise better forgotten

    When your late mother was a passionate Kansas Jayhawks basketball fan, and you watched the title game vs. Memphis with her, you look at April 7, 2008, through a different lens. 

    By Don Wade May 11, 2020
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    Memphis College of Art celebrates final commencement via Facebook

    A class of 50 graduates were honored through a prerecorded program of remarks and awards during a Facebook Live ceremony, the final graduation of Memphis College of Art's 84-year history.

    By Jared Boyd May 11, 2020
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    For this Mother’s Day, letters (37 of them!) from my Mom

    Before Zoom, there were letters. My Mom was the best letter-writer I've ever known. 

    By Geoff Calkins May 11, 2020
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    Memphis Botanic Garden springing back to life

    Memphis Botanic Garden will begin allowing people in to stroll the grounds, starting with members on Thursday, May 7, under a reopening plan approved by city and health officials.

    By Wayne Risher May 11, 2020
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    U of M Middle School debate team wins national event, virtually

    This is school's first year in debate; it beat competitors from nation.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 11, 2020
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    ‘The Brave One': Sarla Nichols turned dying into living

    Friends and family are remembering longtime yoga studio owner Sarla Nichols, who passed away over the Memorial Day weekend.

    By Drew Hill May 27, 2020
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    Billboards around town inspire, encourage during social distancing

    In lieu of advertising services, some local businesses are using billboards to inform and inspire Memphians during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    By Jared Boyd April 19, 2020
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    Memphis nurse practitioner serving in NYC on front lines of pandemic

    Memphis nurse practitioner Charlene Bonner, working at New York City's Bellevue Hospital amid the COVID-19 pandemic, endures long days and sleeps short nights amid a "war zone." 

    By Don Wade April 07, 2020
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    High school athletic trainers reverse field to help out during COVID-19 crisis

    Pivot to COVID-19 screening keeping local high school sports trainers up and running.

    By John Varlas April 06, 2020
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    Pandemic stretches help for homeless

    Social distancing is creating big challenges for local organizations that provide services and meals to the needy in Memphis.

    By Toni Lepeska April 06, 2020
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    Calkins: What happens when a St. Jude kid plays golf in the pandemic

    Dakota Cunningham is the St. Jude patient who sank a 5-foot putt for $50,000 at the World Golf Championship-FedEx St. Jude Invitational last summer. This past Thursday, he did better than that. 

    By Geoff Calkins April 06, 2020
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    Herrington: Bootleg or DIY masks a sign of Memphis coming together to stay apart

    The bootleg T-shirts that inspire Rebecca Fava’s face masks were symbols of a city coming together. Her masks, and other homemade endeavors like them, are perhaps fitting symbols of the city in pandemic times — coming together by staying apart.

    By Chris Herrington April 04, 2020
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    Collierville gratitude touches health care workers’ hearts

    The beeping of horns, thank you signs, cheers and applause were loud in the Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville parking lot Sunday night as residents thanked health care workers for their service in the COVID-19 pandemic.

    By Abigail Warren March 30, 2020
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    Calkins: Even in a pandemic, the high school lunch table endures

    There's no lunch table with classes canceled, unless a group of friends gather via technology to debate sports, dating and the winner of a fight between a gorilla and a bear.

    By Geoff Calkins March 30, 2020
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    Pine cones, a milk jug and California dreaming

    Chemistry, camaraderie and no small amount of talent made Germantown's 1995 baseball team one for the record books.

    By John Varlas March 30, 2020
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    Calkins: In a time of pandemic, can construction paper save us all?

    Across-the-street neighbors Melinda Henson and Laura Allen realized they weren't seeing as much of each other as they should. So they took it upon themselves to connect as only two elementary school teachers could. In the process, they taught a lesson to us all.

    By Geoff Calkins March 28, 2020
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    Hive mentality: Bee 901 Co. using proceeds from honey to change lives

    "The 901 is like a beehive, and we’re all playing our small part. We’re doing what we can, and look at what we can produce.”

    By Michael Waddell March 25, 2020
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    Photographer documents social distancing with photos from afar

    Jamie Harmon's photography career has always been about connecting with Memphians. With citizens stuck inside, he came up with a way to keep capturing life around town.

    By Jared Boyd March 25, 2020
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    Berger: Lost my jobs and income, then I went for a run

    Yesterday I scraped up someone’s leaky trash bags from the side of the road and threw them into the back of a truck to haul off. It’s hard to believe just two weeks ago I was planning parties, booking bands and editing menus.

    By Taylor Berger March 25, 2020
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    For Silverfield and Memphis football staff, a different kind of grind

    The novel coronavirus and accompanying restrictions are changing the game for Ryan Silverfield and the Memphis football staff. But it isn't changing the goals: prepare, get better, be ready to score more points than the other guy. 

    By Don Wade March 25, 2020
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    Calkins: Help us ‘crazy’ Memphians save local journalism

    Memphians are just audacious enough to think they can can find solutions. That’s what defines us as much as anything else. We roll up our sleeves. We innovate. And at a time when the model for local journalism is broken — but the need for local journalism is as keen as ever — Memphians have come up with a solution to that. But it needs you.

     

    By Geoff Calkins March 25, 2020

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