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Memphis Greek Festival Begins Friday May 6th

Memphis Greek Festival Begins Friday May 6th

 

May 6 & 7, 2011 (Fri. & Sat.) from 11 am – 10 pm

Authentic food, Greek Dancers, Youth Olympics, Church Tours, Musical Performances, Local Artisans and much more. 

 

For more click on this link: memphisgreekfestival.com

 

 

 

Memphis zookeeper to lead polar bear trip

Memphis zookeeper to lead polar bear trip

The Memphis Zoo is teaming up with Classic Escapes for a trip to Manitoba, Canada.

The trip is Sunday Nov. 6 through 13.

Little boy celebrates holiday with little deer

Little boy celebrates holiday with little deer

A viewer submitted this picture of a little boy getting up close to a deer during the Christmas holiday.

If you're interested in showing us your pictures, just email them to My5@WMCTV.com.

Rainbow trout to be released in Valentine Lake

Rainbow trout to be released in Valentine Lake

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) will release rainbow trout in Valentine Lake in Munford on Thursday, January 20th with fish measuring between nine and thirteen inches. 

Anyone  wishing to fish must have a Tennessee total sportsman's license or a fishing license and trout stamp for anglers 16 years of age or older; no license is required for those under 13 or over 65. 

A catch limit has been set for seven trout per person with no minimum length limit; catch and release is not permitted.

Recommended tackle include a 4-6 pound test line, Number 10, 12 or 14 hooks, (depending on bait used), and bait of whole kernel corn, chartreuse and orange colored salmon eggs, night crawlers or red worms

Valentine Lake is located inside Valentine Regional Park at 1020 Beaver Road. 

In addition to the lake, the park contains playground areas, a picnic pavilion area, air gunner range, disc golf course, soccer fie

Gomphothere to go on display at Pink Palace

Action News 5 received this press release from Pink Palace Museum:

Prehistoric find?  Call the Pink Palace! 

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE (July 8, 2010) – All they wanted was a swimming pool.  What the Leyden family of Brighton, TN got was the jawbone of a gomphothere. 
Wednesday, June 1, 2010, a pool contractor’s backhoe uncovered what looked to be a dinosaur bone in the Leyden’s backyard.  Conservator Roy Young from the Memphis Pink Palace Museum was called in and tentatively identified it as the jawbone and tooth of a gomphothere.  These extinct, elephant-like animals are related to mastodons, but they lived far earlier.  It could be anywhere from 10,000 to 30,000 years old.  Home and jawbone owners Jim and Deanne Leyden have graciously allowed the Pink Palace Museum to study the jawbone as well as make a cast of it.  Director of Museums Steve Pike says this find is a first for the Mid-South, “We are extremely grate