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A group of equestrians hp out of the saddle and into the carriage.
By Marilyn Sadler |
January 1, 2010
In Wanda Chancellor's barn, along with her three horses, are several carriages she's accumulated through the years: a road cart made by the Amish; a two-wheeler built by a cabinetmaker; and a restored antique "dress-up" carriage with lanterns and wicker sides. But her favorite is tucked away in a trailer; it's a marathon carriage for cross-country driving: past hurdles, through water, up and down ravines.
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A Chernobyl survivor brings her art and insights to Memphis
By Marilyn Sadler |
December 1, 2009
in April 1986, she was a 6-year-old living at her parents' summer home in her native Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union), when a nuclear reactor erupted 13 miles away. That disaster, known as Chernobyl, exposed hundreds of thousands of people to radiation and its ravaging effects.
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Two Memphis friends publish a comic book about two Memphis friends publishing a comic book
By Michael Finger |
November 2, 2009
If Under Pressure, the newly released compilation of their online strip Let's Be Friends Again, becomes a best-seller, writer Curt Franklin and illustrator Chris Haley should give credit to Superman, David Bowie, Freddie Mercury, and Queen — the band, not Elizabeth. Haley, a graphic designer for Varsity Spirit Corporation, can't remember a day in his life when he wasn't fascinated by comic books.
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Mitch Omar turns hogs into works of art - and we're not talking about pigs.
By Michael Finger |
October 1, 2009
To say that Mitch Omar's company paints motorcycles is like saying Ferrari builds cars.
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A Civil War memorial outside Bolivar aims to shed light on a long-forgotten battle.
By Hannah Sayle |
September 1, 2009
In 210 B.C., Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China, ordered the construction of thousands of life-size statues of warriors and horses intended to be his protectors in the afterlife. More than 2,000 years later, in Hardeman County, Tennessee, Anderson Humphreys has a remarkably similar idea.
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Memories of Elvis from his motorcycle-building pal.
By Marilyn Sadler |
July 1, 2009
Drinking coffee and reminiscing, Marvin "Shack" Shackelford tells how he first met Elvis. Working in the mid-1950s as floor guard at the Rainbow Lake Skating Rink on Lamar, this native Memphian with a lean frame and sharp wit describes Rainbow as "a rough-and-tumble kind of place.
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The lights go up on a new era for a beloved local landmark.
By Marilyn Sadler |
June 1, 2009
As Anne Pitts looks back on the first season of the Levitt Shell in September 2008, she recalls a few opening-night jitters. "I worried that hardly anybody would show up, or that parking would be crazy, and that car alarms would go off all over the place," says the Shell's executive director.
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A local comic book artist takes his shot.
By Chris Davis |
May 1, 2009
Graphic Jetta, a beautiful Japanese woman from an old and powerful family, has been having violent, bloody nightmares. The dreams begin with her father standing over her in the night.
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