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Re: Reaching the summit: Panthers survive in grand fashion over Spartans, but Farragut is too much in semifinals

Fred Matthews — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 15:50:51 -0000

It was a great team win and I was beyond excited that Brayden recorded not only the win, but his first High School home run...and in epic fashion. It was the last win for our six graduating Seniors and they each played a role which made it even more special.

Re: Best of the ’50s: Bon Lin principal gets birthday surprise

Mello Hello — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 19:28:45 -0000

This is so sweet! Cage Landsdown is 14 now, (I´m 15) and I just found this when I googled his name. I immediately recognized him from the image. He´s my current boyfriend, and to see he was so a sweet child is so heart warming!

Re: TN Baptist Children’s Homes to close Bartlett campus

ConfederateBorn — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 09:42:53 -0000

I was a houseparent in Brentwood from 1992 - 1996 and can't understand the costs per child.

My wife and I only made about $8,000 - $12,000 a year COMBINED working 24/7 up to 4 months straight without a day off and 30% went toward paying for our health insurance.

The cost was the overpaid bigshots and social workers, not the houseparents that did 90% of all the work.

Re: Salvation Army opens Angel Tree program for 2018

BartlettExpress — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 02:45:30 -0000

Thanks for the suggestion; we will try to include that in future stories. Typically we only receive press releases from organizations when they are asking for people to donate or volunteer time, not when they are asking for people in need to apply for help. But I found these answers for you:

Salvation Army Angel Tree program: "Registration for Angel Tree assistance takes place from late September to early November. Please contact your local Salvation Army for details." The phone number for their Memphis administrative offices is 901.543.8586.

Holiday Heroes: This serves only children who are under the care of Youth Villages.

Samaritan's Purse "Operation Christmas Child" is a program that serves needy children in more than 160 countries; it appears from their site that it doesn't apply to children in the U.S., but you can call their main office at 828.262.1980 to inquire.

V/r,

Carolyn Bahm, Editor

Re: Salvation Army opens Angel Tree program for 2018

Cranky Old Woman — Sat, 10 Nov 2018 16:56:09 -0000

These news sites always tell people how to donate but never how to sign up for the help.

Re: Stop writing about alleged sexual scandals with minors

Tom Dolan — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 14:23:33 -0000

What the Bartlett Express is doing is reporting the NEWS! That is their JOB! I sometimes become depressed when watching cable news channels but, their again, they are reporting the NEWS! Just because it’s awful doesn’t mean we should be prevented from seeing/hearing it. The news today is so bad because it is a reflection of just how bad our society has become. The standard of decency in this country is at an all time low.

If you want to see better news, then work to improve the society that we live in. From the politicians to the CEO’s to the schools and even the churches, they ALL need to strive to “raise the bar” of decency. Until then, let’s encourage all media to continue to do their JOB of reporting ALL the news. “Provide the light, so people can find their way”.

Re: Bartlett gets all Seussed up one week

Susan — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 15:01:24 -0000

My SISTER is awesome for doing this each year. Great JOB Sis!

Re: Bartlett resident named Mrs. Tennessee International

Vicki Strobel Keele — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 02:21:02 -0000

I am so proud of this young woman!

Re: Bartlett resident named Mrs. Tennessee International

drugsNmakeup — Sun, 09 Feb 2014 19:28:25 -0000

Thank you so much for featuring me! <3

Re: A surprise in fatigues

sontti — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 21:07:24 -0000

hello tis is sontti. let me give you some correct information. first of all im a gril not a boy. secong of all i sontti, my little sister is not a swimmer, im the swimmer in the picture. and third of all i as at practice not a swim meet. stop twisting peoples words around. youre just making youreself look bad. just saying

Re: Book Stop Plus gets new owner

JM — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 17:27:51 -0000

Put the address of the store in the article? I am not familiar with this store so I have no idea where this is.

Re: City ranks third in sales tax revenue

gene — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 12:45:06 -0000

wanna talk about a loss in sales tax revenue,wait till they get their next report after closeing down the memphis auto inspection stations.and if you dont see the point,think about this. every time a car fails inspection and the people have to get their car worked on sales tax was generated. not to mention the loss of business that will create for automotive shops. and the junk that will be on the streets.

Re: Teacher faces charges of assaulting special education students

Faye Whiddon — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:27:29 -0000

Some individuals are not meant to be teachers...they need to understand themselves before they have the ability to deal with children in a classroom setting. (I should not be a teacher...and I am aware of that fact.)

Re: School system finds solution to paycheck problem

Coach — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 22:42:12 -0000

Okay, but what about us teachers who were accustom to receiving a take home pay of over $1,700 a month and now don't even receive $1,200? Nothing has changed except the new insurance. As I calculated the numbers my take home yearly salary would be less than half! That is crazy, with this new merger, I am paying over half my salary in benefits!!!

Re: Records supervisor retires after 25 years

Ziggy — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 17:32:08 -0000

Congrats Vickey! So glad you are going to be able to spoil those grand babies!

Re: Teacher faces charges of assaulting special education students

M. Gwyn — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 23:43:01 -0000

Mr. Patchuki has his dates wrong. Bon Lin Elem has only been open 8 years. Did he mean she's been in "Shelby County Schools" since 1997?

Re: Math teacher still at it after 36 years

Beth Luster — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 22:06:26 -0000

Carl Price is one of the best teachers I have ever had the honor of working with. His kindness and passion for education radiates through every pore of his existence. He is what all educators should aspire to become!

Re: Math teacher still at it after 36 years

Jennifer Proseus — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 23:12:57 -0000

I hope my children have him someday for math at Bartlett High School. He's fantastic! Both my daughters had his awesome wife for 1st grade and LOVED her. These are the cream of the crop when it comes to teaching. We LOVE the whole Price family!!!

Re: Giving it a twirl: Bartlett teen to compete internationally

Nancy Jo Young — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 10:09:13 -0000

This is my great niece and I am very proud of her.

Re: It’s OK, Mayor; no need to apologize

Batman — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 11:26:13 -0000

Things happen. They should have said something over the PA system rather than make everyone sit there for over a hour wondering if they were going to happen or not though. It was bad form.

Re: Bartlett holds fireworks festival

Batman — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 11:16:26 -0000

The fire at the end was the same as last year. The delay I heard was due to the controller board cooking itself right before the start so they had to rewire in a new one.They should have told the crowd what was going on rather than letting everyone sit there for over an hour with nothing said.

Re: Fire heavily damages barbecue eatery

Frank — Sat, 06 Jul 2013 11:28:37 -0000

Get this business up and running as soon as possible because the people deserve good food and a friendly atmosphere. Unfortunately, the BBQ capital of the world has a lot of BBQ businesses in Memphis that have one or the other but not both!

Re: Bartlett holds fireworks festival

Seth — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 00:26:21 -0000

The fireworks were good, but there was some sort of fire followed by an explosion at the end, not a firework explosion, but a fireball, felt a heat-blast from where I was a good few hundred yards away. No clue what happened.

Re: Bartlett holds fireworks festival

KT — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 23:16:09 -0000

Left our viewing spot after 10:00 pm because we never saw any fireworks!!!! Wonder what was happening??

Re: Rally kicks off push for school referendum

D. Day — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 12:33:35 -0000

Lollar was "chocked" up?