{"id":9255,"date":"2011-03-29T22:51:50","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T03:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=9255"},"modified":"2011-03-29T22:51:50","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T03:51:50","slug":"allergy-ridden-late-tuesday-update-coach-p-gets-a-raise-mim-hiring-seasonal-help-ribbon-cutting-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/29\/allergy-ridden-late-tuesday-update-coach-p-gets-a-raise-mim-hiring-seasonal-help-ribbon-cutting-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Allergy-ridden late Tuesday update: Coach P gets a raise, MiM hiring seasonal help, ribbon cutting and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All right, catching up on two days&#8217; worth of news&#8230; first of all, congrats to the U of M and Coach Josh Pastner. They agreed to a new deal that will extend Coach P&#8217;s contract for 5 years and pay him $1.7 mil\/year. Excellent move by the University. Details on the deal can be found in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/memphis\/news\/2011\/03\/29\/josh-pastner-inks-5-year-17m-deal.html\">this MBJ article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>ServiceMaster by Stratos is holding a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Lowenstein Building at Main and Jefferson this Friday, April 1, at noon, and the public is invited. This is a rather significant event, as the Lowenstein Building was saved from demolition on several occasions in the past two decades. Photos of building construction progress can be seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/album.php?id=131147560229488&amp;aid=55990\">here<\/a>. The public is invited, and there will be an assortment of appetizers on hand from City Market. Free food? Wonder if the Nuh-Uh Girl will show up.<\/p>\n<p>The busy season is approaching for Memphis in May, and they&#8217;re looking to hire seasonal help. View opportunities <a href=\"http:\/\/memphisinmay.org\/careeropportunities\">here<\/a>. A friend of mine has worked some of these positions the past several years, and she&#8217;s found it to be a tremendously rewarding opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>The Madison Hotel&#8217;s Sunset Atop the Madison Thursday rooftop parties will begin April 21. Band for the first week will be Elmo &amp; the Shades.<\/p>\n<p>AutoZone Park has announced a number of improvements, including right-field picnic dining and the ability to use credit and debit cards at concession stands. Full story in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/news\/2011\/mar\/29\/picnic-in-the-park\/\">this CA article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all for now. Hopefully this blog will be back on its normal schedule tomorrow. Just took medication to ensure that my allergies won&#8217;t keep me awake all night tonight, so all will hopefully be good in the morning&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All right, catching up on two days&#8217; worth of news&#8230; first of all, congrats to the U of M and Coach Josh Pastner. They agreed to a new deal that will extend Coach P&#8217;s contract for 5 years and pay him $1.7 mil\/year. Excellent move by the University. Details on the deal can be found &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/29\/allergy-ridden-late-tuesday-update-coach-p-gets-a-raise-mim-hiring-seasonal-help-ribbon-cutting-and-more\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Allergy-ridden late Tuesday update: Coach P gets a raise, MiM hiring seasonal help, ribbon cutting and more&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9255"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9255"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9258,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9255\/revisions\/9258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. The path to wp-cache-phase1.php in wp-content/advanced-cache.php must be fixed! -->