Every year, yard sale bargain hunters flock to Cordova, Tennessee for the annual Countrywood Neighborhood Sale sponsored by the Countrywood Neighborhood Association.

On Friday, September 22, the huge yard event will draw crowds from all over the Greater Memphis area and from neighboring states.

Last year the sale was a huge success.  More than 200 residents participated

Rain or shine, the participating vendors will sell their almost brand new or slightly used items from furniture to clothing and televisions to motorized vehicles to make a buck.  Not to mention the local economy benefited as people booked hotel rooms for a few days to stay and visit the grand city of Memphis to shop it’s local stores and dine in local restaurants.

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Exploding interest rates, reckless spending, 5-figure debt. For thousands of credit card users, the writing was on the wall.

Now, it appears they're ignoring the writing on their card statements.

Despite federal regulations passed two years ago that require card-issuers to print the toll-free numbers of credit counseling agencies on every credit card statement, the National Foundation for Credit Counseling said its member agencies have only received 150,000 calls generated from credit card statements.

The Methodist Le Bonheur Women’s & Children’s Pavilion was awarded two awards in this year’s Best of 2010 awards program presented by South Central Construction, a division of McGraw Hill Construction.

The hospital was awarded Best Green Building and given an Award of Excellence for Architectural Design in the annual competition which draws project entries from Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi & Tennessee. Submitted by TRO Jung|Brannen, the awards were given to the entire construction and design team, including Methodist Le Bonheur, TRO Jung|Brannen, Flintco, Inc., Allen and Hoshall, and Burr and Cole Consulting Engineers.

“The jury awarded projects based on entry criteria including safety, innovation, contribution to the community or industry, construction quality and craftsmanship, and function and aesthetic quality of design,” said McGraw Hill.