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Two volunteers share Alexia Hampton Award for 2011

By Staff on February 8, 2012

By June Hurt Every year, the CYCA Board of Directors has the difficult task of choosing an individual or a couple who has gone above and beyond in their role as volunteers in our community to be awarded the Alexia Hampton Award. Although we were blessed with a number of great volunteers in 2011, this [...]

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Peabody parents receive honors

By Staff on December 6, 2011

By Josh Spickler While we have no data to back this up, it is highly likely that Peabody Elementary is the only school in Memphis that can boast three parents on the recently announced Memphis Business Journal “Top Forty Under Forty” list. The 15th annual edition of the list was released in November by the editors of [...]

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By Antrell Kendrick, Grandview Heights Elementary

CY Young Artist Contest winners

By Staff on December 6, 2011

By Tamara Cook The Cooper-Young Business Association is proud to announce this year’s winners of the 2011 Young Artist Contest. This post-Festival event is held annually to encourage the love of art in school age children. The CYBA received 266 entries for the contest which had a theme of “Communities Going Green.” A reception for [...]

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GREAT PUMPKIN AWARD: CY gets creepy

By Staff on October 31, 2011

By Debbie Sowell Well, leave it to Cooper-Young to show out for Halloween. As the judges were driving around to choose the Great Pumpkin Award winners, it was great to see the creativity of our neighborhood. There were moving body parts, noise makers, fog machines, and lights. There was everything from creepy, homemade tombstones to a store bought, [...]

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