Museum's Pink Gala raising money to fight cancer

Submitted by Jerica Phillips, JCFN Social Marketing Coordinator

Thursday, October 7th, 2010, 5:14pm

*Action News 5 received the following press release to our news desk*

Don’t be left out! We are having the 1st Annual All Pink Gala at The Pink Palace Museum to have a social event to go along with the Women’s 5K Classic. This is a semi-formal event and we are asking all attendees to attempt to incorporate pink into your attire for the evening.

The money collected though business sponsors will be donated to the American Cancer Society and to local cancers survivors though the Mid South.

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Memphis Boychoir offers free recital

Submitted by Samantha Davidson on Thursday, October 7th, 3:56 pm

Friday, Oct. 22, you have the opportunity to share an evening of music with the Memphis Boychoir.

The Memphis Boychoir and the Memphis Chamber Choir will hold a recital at Saint John's Episcopal Church at 3245 Central Avenue at 7:30 p.m.

A freewill offering is the only cost of admission.

The recital will feature music by William Walton, Ralph Vaughan Williams and by Memphis resident Owen Brophy.

Photo courtesy Flickr user Jon... in 3D.

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Mayor gets fit with Funz-ercise

Submitted by Samantha Davidson on Thursday, October 7th, 3:43 pm

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton is ready to get fit with Funz-ercise.

Mayor Wharton will announce his support for the program Monday, Oct. 11 at a press conference, followed by a fitness rally at noon on Court Square.

Funz-ercise is a Watoto performance program that introduces Mid-South children to health education in a meaningful and entertaining manner.

It is funded in part by the Tennessee Arts Commission and Arts Memphis.

This Monday, 50 students will also participate in a weigh in and will take part in the "Thy Shall Not Eat" nutrition program.

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UTHSC names outstanding doctors for 2010

Submitted by Samantha Davidson on Thursday, October 7th, 2:38 pm

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has announced the winners of the 2010 Outstanding Alumni Awards.

These outstanding physicians will be honored during a presentation Friday, Oct. 15, for their commitment, creativity, and courage in improving the health care industry.

And the winners are...

James C. Fleming, MD, FACS, Class of 1974
Ann McGuire Grooms, MD, Class of 1966
Phyllis E. Miller, MD, Class of 1972
Jesse C. Woodall, Jr., MD, FACOG, FACS, Class of 1964

Photo courtesy Flickr user a.drian.

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Grant awarded to Rhodes College

Submitted by Samantha Davidson on Thursday, October 7th, 11:58 am

Rhodes college is one of 34 institutions in the United States receiving a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences.

That money will allow Rhodes to partner with the Memphis Public Library, the National Civil Rights Museum and other community partners to create the Memphis Coalition for Cultural Heritage.

The goal of the new coalition will be to engage communities in preserving and telling the stories of their neighborhoods as part of a dialogue to address past and present social inequities and their impact on Memphis and the Mid-South.

The grant will build on Rhodes' Crossroads to Freedom initiative.

Established in 2006, Crossroads is a digital library of oral history interviews and other primary sources related to the civil rights era as well as the cultural history of Memphis.

Information provided by Rhodes College.

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Memphis Zoo polar bear may be expecting

Submitted by WMCTV Web Staff

Wednesday, October 6th, 2010, 5:29pm

By Ben Watson - bio | email

MEMPHIS, TN (WMC-TV) - Zookeepers at the Memphis Zoo believe one of their polar bears may be pregnant.

The Memphis Zoo's Tiffany Langston said Haley, the zoo's 700 pound female polar bear, is picking up weight and showing other signs of being an expectant mother.

If Haley is pregnant, Langston said, she is likely about five months along.

"We are pretty sure - not 100 percent positive - but pretty sure that she is pregnant," Langston said. "This will be her first. She will be a first time mom."

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