On July 16, Memphis will host its first Natural Hair Care Expo.

The Tennessee Natural Hair Care and Wellness Expo will be a fun-filled event with vendors, workshops and classes, held at the Memphis Airport Hotel and Conference Center (2240 Democrat Road) and will run from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tickets are $10.

Natural hair is taking over the world and this conference is a part of that phenomenon, showcasing stylists, fashion, natural hair models and beauty and wellness products.

Classes Include:

Beauty With A Conscience: Choices for Your Whole-istic Health - Leah Patterson of Etniq Minerals

This summer Ellery Ammons won’t be spending her summer like every other high school senior.

She will be using her summer break to take on an important project. Ammons, a Girl Scout, will be working towards her Gold Award. She has decided that this year in Memphis’ history is one that is worthy of documentation. Ellery will be soliciting, cataloging and archiving community photos of this year’s flood to create the 2011 Flood Collection.

Ammons will be creating a digital archive of flood photographs for the library so that future generations will understand the impact that the massive floods had on the city. Her work will be featured alongside the existing Mid-South Flood Collection which features documents from the 1927 and 1937 floods.

As your children play outside during the hot summer months, be aware of the danger that is present when young children are around swimming pools, lakes and streams.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “Every day, about ten people die from unintentional drowning. Of these, two are children aged 14 or younger. Drowning is the sixth leading cause of unintentional injury death for people of all ages, and the second leading cause of death for children ages 1 to 14 years.”