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1 week ago | 
colliervilleh-i.com | Jennifer Preston |Jennifer Deshazo
A third-generation firefighter with deep community rootsBy Jennifer PrestonTown of ColliervilleThe Collierville Fire Department is proud to announce the promotion of Joe Lee Rape to EMS Chief, a role he steps into with over two decades of service and a lifelong connection to the fire service. A Collierville native and graduate of Collierville High School (1998), Chief Rape represents the third generation in his family to wear a firefighter uniform.
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2 weeks ago | 
colliervilleh-i.com | Jennifer Preston |Jennifer Deshazo
Collierville Fire Assists in Selmer Tornado ResponseBy Jennifer PrestonTown of ColliervilleThursday, April 3, 2025, members of Tennessee Task Force One (TN-TF1), including personnel from Collierville Fire Department, were deployed to Selmer, TN, after an EF3 tornado devastated parts of the community. Chief John Selberg, who also serves as the West TN Fire Mutual Aid Coordinator, received the call early Thursday that Selmer needed advanced search and rescue support.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
gigharbornow.org | Jennifer Preston
Arts & Entertainment CommunityFor health, wellness and fun, it’s time to push the boundaries of community engagement beyond annual holiday tree lightings and parades. It’s time to blend public art and craft community. What is public art? When people think of “public art,” they may imagine an abstract sculpture located near a civic center. Or perhaps a figure, cast in bronze, memorializing a tradition or historic person — like the fisherman pulling in his net at Skansie Brothers Park.
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Jan 17, 2024 | 
gigharbornow.org | Jennifer Preston
Arts & Entertainment Community Education Health & WellnessThe purpose of play“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” – George Bernard ShawForward-thinking municipalities know good things happen when citizens have a place to gather and grow. A thriving, local community provides both space and events for people of all ages and abilities to interact. You can judge a city’s attitude towards its citizens by looking at what it has to offer.
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Dec 6, 2023 | 
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Dec 6, 2023 | 
gigharbornow.org | Jennifer Preston
Arts & Entertainment Business Community EnvironmentI don’t need to tell you that holidays whip us into a frenzied state. For a time of year dedicated to bonhomie brimming with sparkling frivolity and wishes for peace, this season can be downright overwhelming. The seasonal focus on gifting also has a tremendous impact on the environment. Christmas alone accounts for a 25-30% increase in global waste from packaging, gift wrapping, cards and food.
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Nov 15, 2023 | 
gigharbornow.org | Jennifer Preston
Community Environment Health & WellnessEditor’s note: This is the second in Jennifer Preston’s two-part series about mushrooms. Read the first here. The Pacific Northwest is known for its wide variety of wild mushrooms. They sprout up throughout the year from the coast to the Olympics Peninsula’s temperate rainforest, in local parks, perhaps even in your backyard.
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Nov 8, 2023 | 
gigharbornow.org | Jennifer Preston
Community Environment Health & WellnessThey help turn wheat into bread and fruit into wine. They ferment cacao beans, making it possible for us to enjoy one of the world’s favorite treats — chocolate. They give us penicillin, forever altering the way we fight infection. These mostly invisible, seemingly magical organisms quietly go about their work sustaining forests and enriching the soil. Without them, life as we know it would cease.
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Sep 6, 2023 | 
gigharbornow.org | Jennifer Preston
Community Environment Health & WellnessWhen I was young, my family struggled through some tough times and we were on government assistance. I remember standing in line at my mother’s side for yellow bricks of cheese at a government warehouse. I recall accompanying her up and down the grocery store aisles as she painstakingly selected food and household supplies.
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Aug 2, 2023 | 
gigharbornow.org | Jennifer Preston
Community EnvironmentReusable and recyclable Swedish dishtowels last for months and are made from cotton and cellulose (wood pulp). Swedish inventor Curt Lindquist created them in 1949. Now, they’re manufactured all over the world in beautiful patterns and whimsical designs. Most kitchen cleaning tools are made of plastics, like polyester or polyurethane. They are non-biodegradable, contribute to landfill waste and add microscopic plastics (a.k.a. “microplastics” or “MPs”) to our environment.
