The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)

from April 15, 2007
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Restaurant Review

Couple Married 51 Years Remain Together in End

Rita Madden had just left the hospital where her mother had taken her last breath. Driving back to her parent's southeast Memphis home, she agonized over breaking the news to her father.

Deaths - Monday, September 8, 2008

SHELBY COUNTY Brunner, Timothy Michael

Seeking Spirituality Outside of Churches -- Pub Theologians Meeting Over Beer a Growing Religious Trend

With the late afternoon sun still shining, a dozen people from across Memphis ducked into a dark pub for cold drafts and a generous helping of God and religion. Most, having come straight from work, gathered around the red and white checkered tables at Kudzu's near Downtown and dove right in.

Mid-South Memories - Flying Home

Sept. 8 25 years ago: 1983

Where's the Beef? -- Pickle Eating Contest Whets the Appetite for the Main Course

Mcs to Search Colleges for Tutors -- District to Hire Students to Mentor 9,000 Struggling Elementary Children

Supt. Kriner Cash is framing what he hopes will be a hallmark of his administration in the idealism of college campuses. The district intends to hire 2,000 to 3,000 college students - paying $10 an hour - to lift the 9,000 children in Memphis City Schools' grades 3 to 5 who have already fallen behind their peers.

Doctor Tends to Impoverished On Mission of Mercy

The mission was both exhilarating and heartbreaking, often at the same time. Dr. Andrea Plummer, a Memphis native and captain in the Air Force, spent six weeks on the hospital ship USS Mercy, tending to sick children in some of the poorest areas of the world.

Around the Region

Tennessee Dress uniforms given updates

School Reunions

This Month Bartlett High School, 1988 : Friday-Saturday . J Class Reunions, Jennifer Stachowski, 382-9932.

Off to the Races -- Dachshunds Have Their Day in Germantown

Reader Snapshots

Shell's Opening Crowd Amazes -- Ecstatic Organizers Estimate Nearly 1,000 Attended Each Night

As an opener, the four-day inauguration of Overton Park's open- air band shell exceeded all expectations for those who helped make the $1.3 million renovation a reality. The newly refurbished , which had been closed since 2004 following many years of disuse and disrepair in the 1990 s, began its premiere concert season Thursday. Performances ranged from a well-received opener by local roots-rock musician and longtime stalwart producer/performer Jim Dickinson to homegrown jazz saxophonist Kirk...