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Downed power lines, uprooted trees and snapped utility poles still blocked some roads in Bartlett on Thursday, as crews worked through the blazing heat to restore power following Sunday’s devastating storm.

With temperatures approaching and possibly topping 100 today and Friday, June 29, as of this morning there were still more than 21,500 MLGW customers without power across the Greater Memphis area.

MLGW expects current power outages to continue through the weekend

“All of this Ellendale area got hammered,” Bartlett resident Debbie Evans said. “So we’ve been sharing generators and running errands for one another. We went and bought some battery-operated fans for some people. It’s a pretty tight community around here.”

She credits Stewart Brothers Hardware Company on U.S. 70, who despite not having power at their business, have been open for cash-only purchases. Employees have used flashlights to stay open after dark.

A volunteer crew from Disaster Relief Tennessee has worked in Bartlett since Monday to help clear roads and cut up large trees.

On Thursday, using a Bobcat and chainsaws, the crews cleared Oak Road, which has been partially inaccessible since the storm. Broken and tangled power lines were scattered up and down the street, with at least one very large uprooted tree completely blocking the road.

“Right now we’re focusing on the critical stuff,” Mike Morris said. “We’re clearing things so the power line people can get in here and do their jobs. We’ve had people bringing us water and watermelon to help keep us hydrated and as cool as possible. They appreciate the work we’re doing.”

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His crew mate and Bartlett resident Danny Kizer said residents came outside cheering when they arrived there with chainsaws on Wednesday.

Bartlett resident Kenny Street, also part of the relief crew, still is without power at his house off Germantown Road.

“We’re doing the best we can. We’ve got a little generator keeping our refrigerator and freezer running. We’ve been hot, but it’s alright. There are people who have it a lot worse than we do,” said Street, who hopes to have his power restored by the weekend.

Additional relief teams have arrived from Kentucky, Arkansas and Mississippi to help.

With water bottles lined up on the rail of his front porch at 4014 Oak Road, 82-year old Troy Feltz watched the crew hard at work. To escape the heat, earlier this week he stayed in his mobile trailer just over the Mississippi state line.

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“We’ve got plenty of electricity down there,” he said. “It’s hot here inside the house, but I’m staying pretty cool right now.”

The city has opened cooling stations with water and cell phone charging availability at Bartlett Baptist Church at 3465 Kirby-Whitten Road and Faith Baptist Church at 3755 N. Germantown Road.

A couple of miles away, traffic lights remained out at U.S. 70 and Appling Road and U.S. 70 and Yale Road. Nearby businesses like Fat Larry’s BBQ and those at the Appling Ridge Commons strip center were also still shut down without power.

Multiple Standard Electric crews were out repairing power lines down along the highway in that area.

“Several downed trees are intertwined with power lines that must be removed from the roadway before MLGW crews can restore service to these affected areas,” said Bartlett Mayor David Parsons in a statement released Thursday. He cited more than 10 roads and intersections with considerable damage. “Once these power lines are removed from the roadway, MLGW will be able to provide a more accurate update on when power can be restored to our citizens who are still struggling in the aftermath of the storm.”

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Further east on U.S. 70 into Lakeland, the new Lakeland Town Center’s residents and businesses were among those also still without power on Thursday.

Lakeland Mayor Josh Roman declared a state of emergency in the city on Wednesday.

“Sunday’s storm caused significant damage throughout our community,” he said. “Many of our residents and community facilities are still without power and feeling the impact. Lakeland’s staff is working tirelessly to clear the debris and assist our residents.”

He hopes state or federal funding will help with the substantial clean-up costs.

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TBC messengers elect officers, launch Acts 2:17 Initiative

By Lonnie Wilkey and David Dawson/Baptist and Reflector

CORDOVA, Tenn. (BP) – Tennessee Baptist Convention messengers adopted a $35 million budget for 2022-23, approved a constitutional amendment on second reading, renewed a missions partnership with Guatemala and dealt with a variety of resolutions among a myriad of business conducted Nov. 15-16 during their annual meeting at Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova.

The theme of the meeting was “Across the Streets, the States and the Seas.”

Messengers also received a final report from the Tennessee Baptist Sexual Abuse Task Force and received a resource entitled “Ministering Well: Best Practices and Resources Related to Sexual Abuse Prevention and Response.”

The convention drew 843 messengers and 104 visitors from 444 churches. Last year’s annual meeting at Brentwood Baptist Church, Brentwood, drew 943 messengers. The last annual meeting held in West Tennessee (2018, West Jackson Baptist Church, Jackson) drew 934 messengers).

Budget

In presenting the 2022-23 budget, Jeff Bowden, chair of the Budget and Ministry Committee of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board and associate pastor of education at Forest Hills Baptist Church, Nashville, noted that Cooperative Program gifts began strongly last year but dropped off toward the end of the year.

The committee decided to recommend the same $35 million budget as the previous year with the same allocation percentages — 52.5 percent for TBC causes and 47.5 percent for Southern Baptist Convention causes.

Acts 2:17 Initiative

The Acts 2:17 Initiative was officially launched during the Tuesday afternoon session (Nov. 15) of the annual meeting of the Tennessee Baptist Convention The initiative will provide Tennessee Baptists across the state the opportunity to speak into future priorities of the state convention.

Prior to the Summit, Randy C. Davis, president and executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, has written that the initiative “could become the most consequential process in the TBC’s recent history and at its heart is us working together in seeking God’s preferable future for our network of churches.”

TBC President Clay Hallmark, who was re-elected to a second term, called the Acts 2:17 Initiative “a watershed mark in our history. We have been working and praying for this day,” he said.

Officers

Messengers veered from tradition by re-electing Clay Hallmark, pastor of First Baptist Church, Lexington, to serve a second term as TBC president.

Hallmark ran unopposed and was re-elected by acclamation.

Joel Pigg, senior pastor of Salem Baptist Church in Trenton, was elected as vice president and Gene Nelson, senior pastor of Russellville Baptist Church, Russellville, was elected second vice president. Pigg and Nelson both ran unopposed and were elected by acclamation.

Since 1942, TBC presidents have generally served only one year on a rotating basis among the three grand regions of the state, although there have been two exceptions. Hallmark ran unopposed and was re-elected by acclamation.

Joel Pigg, senior pastor of Salem Baptist Church in Trenton, was elected as vice president and Gene Nelson, senior pastor of Russellville Baptist Church, Russellville, was elected second vice president. Pigg and Nelson both ran unopposed and were elected by acclamation.

Constitutional amendment

Tennessee Baptist messengers approved on second reading by a two-thirds majority an amendment to the Constitution which allows a church giving to the TBC-only portion of the Cooperative Program to seat messengers at the annual meeting.

David Worley, chair of the Committee on Constitution and Bylaws and pastor of Mount Gilead Baptist Church, Cedar Grove, reminded messengers that the amendment did not redefine the Cooperative Program. “It reaffirms the autonomy of the local church,” Worley said.

During discussion, Bartlett pastor Fred Shackelford of Ellendale Baptist Church expressed support of the amendment and noted that the change “better reflects Baptist polity,” but he encouraged Tennessee Baptists to remember that “cooperation is important. That is the heart of the Cooperative Program,” he said.

Ministering well

During the afternoon session on the first day, the TBC Sexual Abuse Task Force presented its report and introduced messengers to the booklet, “Ministering Well: Best Practices and Resources Related to Sexual Abuse Prevention and Response.” The task force was authorized by messengers during last year’s annual meeting and was appointed by TBC President Clay Hallmark.

Hallmark noted the task force was formed with the purpose of “being proactive in helping victims, churches and Baptist people del with the hurt, pain and challenges of sexual abuse, allegations and harassment.”

In a letter included in the booklet, Hallmark added that the goal of the task force “is not to just resource Tennessee Baptists but to equip them.”

Messengers also approved resolutions on avowing opposition to casinos in Tennessee, sexual abuse, revival, biblical sexuality and gratitude.

The 2023 annual meeting of the Tennessee Baptist Convention will be held Nov. 1-15 at the Chattanooga Convention Center in Chattanooga.

BGAV elects new executive director at 199th annual meeting

EDITOR’S NOTE: The location of the 2023 meeting has been updated.

HAMPTON, Va. (BP) – The 199th meeting of the Baptist General Association of Virginia (BGAV), held at the Hampton Roads Convention Center, ended Wednesday morning with a message of hope from Wayne Faison, BGAV’s newly elected executive director. Shortly after being voted into the position, Faison said, “God has called me to BGAV to keep hope alive! When we are able to recognize God for who he is, then we are able to keep hope alive.”

Faison, who was introduced as the candidate by the executive director search team the morning before, said that his ascent to the role was “a matching of callings. As the Lord was working with the executive director search team, the Lord was also working with me.”

He thanked the group of 476 registered attendees, 314 of whom were messengers from BGAV churches, and a virtual online audience. “I don’t take this honor for granted,” he said.

This year’s annual meeting was the first in a hybrid model, with hundreds in physical attendance and many others attending virtually using BGAV’s own ChurchPoint app and the event website. In-person messengers voted in Wednesday’s business session to pass an amendment to the constitution/bylaws that will allow those attending online in the future the ability to not only view and participate, but also to vote remotely.

Messengers approved a 2023 budget of $8,209,800, reflecting a slight decline from last year’s total of just over $8.6 million.

Also in Wednesday’s business session, messengers elected new leadership for the next year. Herbert Ponder, senior pastor of Mount Tabor Baptist Church in Richmond, was elected president to succeed outgoing president Ron Gravatt, who presided over most of the meeting.

Becky McKinney, member of Chatham Heights Baptist Church in Martinsville, was elected first vice president. She was also honored at the event as the outgoing chair of the BGAV executive board.

Mark Hughes, pastor of West End Baptist Church in Dinwiddie, was elected second vice president. Nathan Taylor, executive director of the Virginia Baptist Historical Society, was also elected to continue as clerk for the next year.

Highlights of the event included inspirational messages by best-selling author Carey Nieuwhof, who spoke to the group twice on Tuesday. Freddy Villarreal, Senior Pastor of Freedom Life Church in Hampton, also was a featured preacher. Villarreal spoke twice on Tuesday and led a segment during Wednesday’s closing worship session.

BGAV will celebrate its bicentennial anniversary next year at the 200th annual meeting, Nov. 13-15, 2023, at Bon Air Baptist in North Chesterfield, Va.

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The aftermath of Sunday’s devastating storms is still being felt Friday, especially in several Memphis suburbs.

Even though Memphis Light, Gas, and Water has made progress restoring power, nearly 15,000 customers still don’t have electricity, like some in Bartlett.

Along Oak Road in Bartlett, it’s day two of the heatwave that’s putting a stranglehold on the Mid-South.

“My house right now is about 85 degrees. I try to spend as little time in there,” said Bartlett homeowner Micah Pugh.

It’s also another day for some MLGW customers who are struggling without any power in their homes or churches after Sunday night’s storms.

“It’s been hard. We are just hopeful and praying that everybody can their power back on,” said Dennis Foster, Ellendale United Methodist Church trustee.

Neighbors say this area has loss electricity over and over again this week as MLGW crews work around the clock to restore power to thousands.

Friday was no different for Mellissa Sisscil. She says with every glimmer of hope she gets when the lights come on, she loses hundreds of dollars in groceries.

“It’s extremely frustrating,” Sisscil said. “You make plans for groceries kids and work and just like that you have to start all over.”

Uprooted trees, snapped utility poles, and downed power lines still cover some roads in Bartlett. Friday’s update from the City of Bartlett says there are still several roads that are impassable because of storm debris.

Bartlett Mayor David Parsons says he’s aware of the challenges people are facing.

“We understand the temperature. We understand the length of time. There’s a lot of helping hands trying to resolve getting you back your power,” Parsons said.

MLGW president Doug McGowen, who was with the mayor in Bartlett, says crews are making headway.

“I am pleased to report that we have restored more than 112,000 of the 122,000 customers who were impacted by the storm,” McGowen said.

Restoration efforts are concentrated in several hard-hit areas of the county.

“There are some large clusters of outages in the Millington, Shelby Farms, and Northaven area and here in the Barlett area. There’s a small cluster in the Lakeland area, in the city of Memphis, in the Raleigh neighborhood,” McGowen said.

As for full restoration, McGowen admits there will likely be a small number of people still without electricity going into the weekend, but the work will continue to get their power back.

“Today, we are approaching 99 percent of our customers back on,” McGowen said. “For the remaining one percent that’s little solace because every single customer counts. So, we’re not going to stop working until we get everybody restored.”

McGowen says while the power is out, he recommends people take advantage of the various cooling centers around Memphis and Shelby County.

The Tennessee Baptist Mission Board is also providing chainsaw crews to help with cleanup. All you have to do is fill out a form at City Hall or Bellevue Baptist Church and return them to Bellevue to get help.

On the new episode of Food Network’s Restaurant: Impossible, host Chef Robert Irvine and the crew rewatch the episode featuring Ellendale’s in Nashville. The restaurant closed in 2018.

According to the episode synopsis, tonight’s episode will also include some behind-the-scenes moments that viewers never saw.

“One of the craziest ambush episodes we’ve ever done,” Irvine said in the teaser for the upcoming episode. “We’re going to relive all the gory details… and reveal behind-the-scenes secrets no one has ever heard until now.”

Ellendale’s Restaurant Closed Permanently In 2018

Four years after filming their episode of Restaurant: Impossible, the restaurant closed its doors permanently according to The Tennessean.

Ellendale’s Restaurant posted on its Facebook page to announce the closure.

“After nineteen years in business, Ellendale’s Restaurant will be closing its doors on Sunday, July 1st, immediately following Sunday Brunch,” the post reads. “It is with a very heavy heart that we must announce the closure of Ellendale’s Restaurant. As the proprietor of Ellendale’s, it has been an unbelievable journey to own and operate this restaurant and serve the Donelson community for nineteen years.”

The post, which was written by Julie Buhler, continues, saying that she was thankful for the patrons, staff and relationships built by Ellendale’s and that opening the restaurant was a dream of hers.

“I also want the opportunity to say thank you to all of our loyal customers, who, without their support love and friendship we would be nothing,” the post reads. “Our intimate conversations and friendships will endure. What a blessing it has been to share your holidays, weddings, births, birthdays, and the passing of the ones we love.”

The post invited the patrons to one final Sunday Brunch.

The Ellendale’s Owner is Now the Owner and Creator of Phat Bites in Nashville

Most Recently, the Ellendale’s Restaurant Facebook Page is used to promote Phat Bites, which is owned by Julie Buhler, the owner and executive chef of Ellendales. Following the closure of the restaurant, gift cards were honored at Phat Bites.

The most recent post on Ellendale’s Facebook page came a year after the closing and promotes Phat Bites restaurant.

“Ellendale’s fans come to Phat Bites today for Yazoo smoked ribs, pickle smoked chicken, Granny’s cowboy caviar & loaded potato salad,” the post read. “It’s not raining in here!!! (Vegan bbq too).”

Buhler began her career in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where she ran her own catering business while also attending college. She also worked as a personal chef to Dolly Parton and later cooked for Reba McEntire, Vince Gill and Garth Brooks before opening Ellendale’s.

Following the Restaurant: Impossible makeover, reviews were mixed, but the majority of them were positive according to Chew Boom.

Many of the reviews mentioned delicious food, good staff and beautiful decor. The negative reviews mentioned that the prices were increased following the Restaurant: Impossible renovations. One reviewer said they had the steak and that they have “had better steaks at Waffle House.”

Restaurant: Impossible airs on Thursday nights at 9 p.m. on the Food Network.

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Robert Irvine and the Restaurant Impossible crew are off to Ellendale’s Restaurant in Nashville, for Thursday night’s latest Ambush episode “Stay … Or Go,” where former employees reach out to Robert and the Restaurant Impossible crew for help. The makeover at Ellendale’s took place on September 16 and 17.

With the owner Julie Buhler’s management style leaving the staff frustrated and unmotivated, the employees see the potential in this historic Nashville staple, but the owner is worried about how being on TV will affect her restaurant’s reputation.

Owner and Executive Chef Julie Buhler started her culinary career in Milwaukee Wisconsin, where she launched her own catering business while attending college.

In 1998 Buhler was the personal chef to Dolly Parton, where she cooked for many Nashville country music stars including Reba McEntire, Vince Gill and Garth Brooks. In 1999 she opened Ellendale’s.

Here’s a look at some of the changes the Restaurant Impossible team made at Ellendale’s.

To celebrate the Restaurant Impossible makeover, Ellendale’s is hosting a reveal party during Thursday night’s broadcast. The viewing party costs $20 per-person, but that includes a 9 course tasting menu.

The reviews are in

Since the makeover, reviews are mixed, but mostly positive. Most of the negative reviews pertain to small portions and high prices.

Below you will find a sample from some of the positive reviews that appeared on Yelp post makeover:

Below you will find a sample from some of the negative reviews that appeared on Yelp post makeover:

Some of the food being served since the makeover

Seared Atlantic Salmon with cioppino vinaigrette, sauteed spinach, and garlic from Ellendale's in #Nashville. View the full review #ontheblog. ?? | 2015. ?? | #nashvilletn #instayum #eeeeeats #tennessee #tn #foodphotography #salmon #nashvilleeats #ellendales #instaphoto #instafood #foodpics #foodpic #foodgram #foodporn #foodspotting #workitberk #foodstagram #igfood #onthetable #foodblogger #food #nashvillefood #foodie #sfblogger #nashvillefoodfan #spoonfeedvandy

A photo posted by Brittany (@workitberk) on Oct 12, 2015 at 6:54pm PDT

You can read the review for the above meal (Seared Atlantic Salmon with cioppino vinaigrette, sauteed spinach, and garlic), as well as Ellendale’s Braised Short-Rib with Seared Shrimp and Grits with aged cheddar, green beans, pimento relish, and shoestring potatoes at Work It, Berk.

A photo posted by DeJuan Fields (@mr._lets_make_memories) on Sep 27, 2015 at 11:46am PDT

Moments from Ellendale’s during the Restaurant Impossible mission

Me and the crew are hard at work on ellendale's restaurant in Nashville Tennessee and I need help! Another #restaurantimpossible ambush! We got a late start and I need all the hands I can get! Please come by and ask for Tom!

A photo posted by Tom Bury (@tombury1) on Sep 16, 2015 at 3:07pm PDT

Robert Irvine, Restaurant Impossible. #nashville #restaurantimpossible #imhungry

A photo posted by Annie (@annniebird) on Sep 17, 2015 at 5:21pm PDT