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COLLIERVILLE By Jennifer Casey
Crew Helps Make Their City Shine

At the end of October, a group of Streets and Drainage Division: Clay Ticer, Bobby Kinney, Ricky Shoffner, William Watson, Justin Wilburn, Buddy
Town employees work daily stringing Kee, Britt Gamber, Dedrek Thomas, Jerry Kimble, Mark Murphy, Aaron Curl, DeMarco Yates. Photo by Cindy Thymius.
lights on Collierville Town Square and in
preparation for Christmas in Collierville. gold ornaments. No matter how high or group’s service to the community. Crews
They are our own Santa’s elves who low, the crews will make sure the Square is are responsible for street maintenance
officially work in the Streets and Drainage covered with white lights, green garland, or (repairs and overlay), street sweeping,
Division of Collierville Public Services. red bows. drainage maintenance, street signage, litter
collection, and emergency response during
Stringing lights is only part of the “The guys up here working do a great severe weather events.
Christmas in Collierville tasks that the job. They put a lot of time and effort into it,
Streets and Drainage Crews take on they take a lot of pride in it, and they really This crew is busy the entire year making
every year. They also spend time in their enjoy doing it,” said Clay Ticer, Streets and sure Collierville is a great place to be, but
workshop creating new ways to enhance Drainage Assistant Manager. during the holiday season, their work really
the holiday décor. This year they added shines.
features behind the Depot including Holiday displays are just part of this
lighted spheres to trees and a giant present.
The new section is called “The Avenue of
Lights” where a walkway takes you through
the present along the magical path next to
the trees.

The crew is always looking for something
new that will stand out from previous
years, but nothing stands out quite as much
as the 30-foot Cedar Tree that is adorned
with 6,000 lights. They even bring out
their lift trucks to decorate every foot with
multicolored lights and the large red and

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