The SewaneeMountain MESSENGER Vol. XXX No. 4 Friday, January 31, 2014 Free Tax IvyWild’s Moser Return Preparation Named Rising Star by

If your annual income was less Culinary Pros than $51,000 in 2013, the IRS program Keri Downing Moser, owner and chef at IvyWild in Sewanee, has been Volunteer Income Tax Assistance named a Rising Star by StarChefs, a magazine for culinary insiders. In its re- (VITA) off ers free assistance for prep- cent survey of culinary professionals in Kentucky and Tennessee, Moser was aration of tax returns. IRS-certifi ed selected as one of the chefs who represents the vanguard of the contemporary tax preparers are ready to help at no American dining scene. charge. They can inform taxpayers From Louisville to Nashville and Memphis, the StarChefs team visited chefs Members of the Sewanee Community Council celebrating the 50th anniversary of the about special tax credits for which they and artisans across eight cities and small towns, considering more than 100 can- group (fr ont row, fr om left ): Caitlin-Jean Anne Juricic (student representative), Pam may qualify, such as Earned Income didates in Kentucky and Tennessee through in-person tastings and interviews. Byerly, Shirley Taylor, Annie Armour, Frank Gladu and Th eresa Shackelford;(back Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit and “We have an amazing community of restaurants and food service profes- row, fr om left ) Michael Hurst, Dennis Meeks, Barbara Schlichting, Chet Seigmund, Credit for the Elderly or the Disabled. sionals in Sewanee. We plan events Pat Kelley, John McCardell, Drew Sampson, John Swallow and David Coe. VITA sites in our area will be the together and promote dining in the Sewanee Senior Center and Holy Village,” Moser said upon learning Comforter Episcopal Church in of the award. “It is gratifying to Council Celebrates Monteagle. Th is service is free, but an know this award is announced na- appointment is necessary. For more tionally. I want it to draw att ention information or to schedule an appoint- to what we’re doing here. Th is is such 50th Anniversary ment, call (205) 504-5306 or email an extraordinary place to live, learn, . play and eat.” In its review, StarChefs wrote: Renews Garbage Collection Contract “We’ll go out on a limb. IvyWild is by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer Fourth of July the best litt le restaurant you’ve never heard of. It’s hidden well enough At the Jan. 27 meeting of the Sewanee Community Council, University Planning Begins in the 2,000-ish-person mountain Vice-Chancellor John McCardell announced that this meeting marked the 50th town of Sewanee, Tennessee, but we anniversary of the council. Th e council posed for an anniversary photograph. It is time to start thinking about guarantee it’s worth pulling off exit At the Dec. 2, 2013, meeting of the council, they approved renewal of the Sewanee’s Fourth of July celebration 134 for a chance to eat Chef Keri current garbage collection contract with Joe B. Long through June 2015. for 2014. Moser’s playful, offb eat cuisine. Th e current contract for garbage collection expires on June 30. Anticipating Th e fi rst planning meeting will be “Moser sees compositions in col- the expiration of the contract, Barbara Schlichting, superintendent of leases, at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 4, at the ors and landscapes, and she works conducted a preliminary review of garbage collection and related issues. Sewanee Senior Center. backward to edit in ingredients Schlichting said more information was needed in order to prepare a request for At this meeting, the group will and techniques, building her plates Keri Downing Moser proposals (RFP) and invite bids. “Glass recycling costs $4,000 over what the select a theme for 2014. with improbably good and often glass makes,” she said by way of illustration. “We need enthusiastic and creative wild fl avor combinations. Moser nods occasionally to the region’s Southern Schlichting recommended the council extend the current contract for one people to help,” said Jade McBee Barry. foodways—and supports them wholeheartedly as a champion of local farm- or two years to allow time for research. Schlichting said Long agreed to a one- New committ ee members are always ers—but her food refl ects a deep curiosity, an artistic bent, and a creative streak or two-year extension without a rate increase. Th e current monthly rate for welcome. that’s unencumbered by the culinary establishment or her small-town status. residential pickup is $23.25. If you cannot make the meeting She’s defi ning her own path, one that more chefs should dare to follow,” the Council representative Chet Seigmund said he knew of several contractors but want to help, please contact Barry review concluded. who were interested in bidding on garbage collection services in Sewanee. at (931) 636-9829 or by email, . Salmon, Cracked Wheat and Black Barley, Elberton Blue Cheese, Tomatillos, extending the contract with Long for Romanesco and Chamomile-Lemon Aïoli; and Pork Shoulder, Pickled Peaches, one year with the stipulation the Lease Cornbread, Foie Gras Butt er and Sorghum Vinaigrett e. Offi ce prepare a RFP by January 2015. Moser said, “Food is so much more than sustenance—it can be an experi- Reporting on the plans to revital- Hike All 14 in 2014 in South ence, it’s exciting, it’s art, it’s community (both in- and outside the restaurant) ize the downtown area, Frank Gladu, and I want to share that.” the vice president of administrative (Continued on page 6) services, said the University would be Cumberland State Park working with the architectural fi rm Th e Friends of South Cumberland challenges area Ayers Saint Gross this spring to create hikers to “Hike All 14 in 2014.” In Mary Priestley’s guide Second City Improv the next steps in the process, building to hiking in the South Cumberland State Park, she lists on research and community input 14 hikes that cover all 10 parks that make up the South acquired over the past few years. Th ree Cumberland State Park in 120 miles of hiking. in Sewanee Th ursday workshops are planned. “If you hike all 14, you will have covered a lot of trail The next meeting of the council and seen some of the most spectacular scenery to be Th e Second City Improv All-Stars the globe. Founded in Chicago in 1959, is Feb. 24. found,” said Priestley. will take the stage at 7 p.m., Th ursday, Second City has become the training Th e Hike All 14 challenge will kick Feb. 6, in Guerry Auditorium. The ground for the comedy world’s best off on Sat., Feb. 8; registration will be event is free and open to the public. and brightest. Th e alumni list reads 9:30–10 a.m., at the State Park Visitor An evening of fully improvised like a who’s who of American comedy Center. Th e fi rst of the 14 hikes, Hike 4 comedy from the acknowledged mas- and includes Mike Nichols, Elaine on the Meadow Trail, will be 10–11:30 ters of the form, “Second City’s Improv May, Bill Murray, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, a.m., led by Mary Priestley. Lunch at All Stars” is an evening of improvised Horatio Sanz, Ryan Stiles, Jack Mc- Dutch Maid Bakery will follow at 12 sketches, games, songs and general Brayer, Tim Meadows, Mike Myers, p.m., with a program by Tennessee merriment. The troupe of “Second Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Tina Naturalist Rob Moreland. Aft er lunch, City’s Improv All Stars” amaze audi- Fey and countless others. Hike 3 at Grundy Lakes will begin at ences with their talent, skill and wit, Not only will an evening with 1:30 p.m. Participants may come for without the aid of script or set. Second City provide audiences with any or all of these opening events. Second City is one of the premiere the chance to see comedy stars in the Th ere is a $10 fee to sign up for the improv comedy groups in the country. making, but they will also have the challenge that includes registration Second City continues to develop the opportunity to see hilarious satire and and a copy of the trail guide. Hikers leading voices in comedy while touring cutt ing-edge improvisation. can also order a Hike All 14 T-shirt with a checklist of hikes on the back. Th ose who join the “I Hiked Em All P.O. Box 296 Club” will receive a certificate, trail Sewanee, TN 37375 map bandana and a year’s membership to the FSC. Everyone is invited to participate at no charge on any of the individual hikes. Scouts and other student groups are encouraged to take part. Nelson Byrd (left ) and Bill Elder are the new owners of Shenanigans, which will open For more information contact for business at 12 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 1. For the fi rst few days, there will be a limited Naullain Kendrick by email to . closed on Mondays, and 11 a.m. to “late,” Tuesdays–Saturdays. Th e grill will close each Th e next scheduled hikes take place day 2–5 p.m., and at 9 p.m. (Continued on page 6) 2 • Friday, January 31, 2014 • Th e Sewanee Mountain MESSENGER

THE SEWANEE MOUNTAIN MESSENGER Letters 418 St. Mary’s Ln. MORE ABOUT MARLOWE P.O. Box 296 To the Editor: Sewanee, Tennessee 37375 I would like to add more informa- Phone (931) 598-9949 tion to Kiki Beavers’ I Like To Watch Fax (931) 598-9685 column on Jan. 24 concerning Mi- Email [email protected] Contributors chelle Marlowe. Phoebe Bates Michelle, known as Mikii, visited www.sewaneemessenger.com Jean Yeatman Highlander Folk School as a college Laura L. Willis, editor/publisher John Shackelford student. She stayed in Summerfield Annie Armour Janet B. Graham, advertising director/publisher John Bordley for more than 20 years, married Sum- April H. Minkler, office manager merfield community member J.D. Virginia Craighill Ray Minkler, circulation manager Patrick Dean Marlowe and had two sons (who Leslie Lytle, staff writer Buck Gorrell graduated from St. Andrew’s) before K.G. Beavers, staff writer Margaret Stephens leaving the area in the late 1970s. Kevin Cummings, staff writer Peter Trenchi Mikii came to the area as a social Sandra Gabrielle, proofreader Pat Wiser activist and remains a supporter Geraldine H. Piccard, editor/publisher emerita Francis Walter of groups and individuals who pro- Published as a public service to the Sewanee community. 3,500 copies are printed on Fridays, mote social justice. She lives and owns 47 times a year, and distributed to 26 Sewanee-area locations for pickup free of charge. This publication is made possible by the patronage of our advertisers and by contributions shares in a land co-op in Texas. from The University of the South (print production) and the Sewanee Community Chest. Mikii, as well as innumerable com- SUBSCRIPTIONS $75 first class. munity members from Monteagle, All material in the Sewanee Mountain Messenger and on its website are copyrighted Summerfield and Grundy County and may not be published or redistributed without written permission. fought a long batt le together against prejudice and other social injustices. Marymor “Boo” Cravens Sewanee ■ Serving McDONOUGH WON’T SEEK Where RE-ELECTION To the Editor: Called I would like to inform my neigh- bors and constituents in Sewanee, Sherwood and Keith Springs that I Please keep the following indi- Lett ers to the Editor Policy viduals, their families and all those have decided not to see re-election as Th e WSMV Channel 4 Snowbird visited Sewanee Elementary School recently to talk representative for the fi ft h district to Lett ers to the editor are welcome who are serving our country in about how much he enjoyed reading. He brought two stories about penguins to share your thoughts and prayers: the Franklin County school board. with the schoolchildren. First-grade student Robbie Philipp (left ) helped Snowbird at the Sewanee Mountain Messen- While I have enjoyed my time on the during the talk. ger and are a vital part of our com- board a great deal, I feel it is time for munity’s conversation. Lett ers need Cole Adams me to move on. to be no longer than 250 words and Michael Evan Brown If you are at all interested in public A WINTER POEM So building a shelter will be our next may be edited for space and clarity. Mary Cameron Buck service, please consider running for of- To the Editor: project and benches will come later. We make exceptions from time Lisa Coker fi ce. Nomination papers can be picked For those weary of winter weather: At this time, we would like to get to time, but these are our general Jennifer Lynn Cott rell up from the Franklin County Election I heard a bird sing in winter’s ideas, proposals and (ultimately) bids guidelines. James Gregory Cowan Commission in the County Annex dark pall. for the shelter. It will probably consist Lett ers and/or their author must Nathaniel P. Gallagher Building, 839 Dinah Shore Blvd., A magical thing and sweet of a concrete floor and a room sup- have some relationship to our com- Nathaniel Andrew Garner Winchester, and must be returned by to recall. ported by four-by-fours. If you are munity. We do not accept lett ers on Tanner Hankins April 3. Th e election will be on August “We are nearer to spring than interested, contact Barbara Hart at national topics from individuals Robert S. Lauderdale 7 for the four-year term. we were in the fall,” 598-0110 or email . area. Please include your name, Byron A. Massengill ing me the privilege of serving as your dark pall. There cannot be a new shelter address and a daytime telephone Andrew Midgett representative these past four years. (Adapted from “I Heard a Bird without money. To make a contribu- number with your lett er. You may Alan Moody Chris McDonough, Sewanee ■ Sing” by Oliver Herford) tion, mail or deliver a check made mail it to us at Sewanee Mountain Brian Norcross Barbara Swygart out to “Sewanee Dog Park” to South- Messenger, P.O. Box 296, Sewanee, Christopher Norcross Sewanee ■ ern Community Bank in Sewanee. TN 37375, come by our offi ce, 418 Michael Parmley Southern Community Bank is one St. Mary’s Ln., or send your email Peter Petropoulos Correction DOG PARK UPDATE of the most faithful contributors to to .—LW Melissa Smartt senger, the list of sponsors for the The dog park has been a great program. Bagged aluminum cans (no J. Wesley Smith MLK Celebration was incorrect. success thus far. The last time Rosa trash, please) can be left in the small Charles Tate The 29th annual Martin Luther and I visited, there were fi ve diff erent trailer beside the White’s garage at 422 University Job Tyler Walker King Celebration was jointly spon- dog owners and their dogs all having Tennessee Ave., Sewanee. Jeff ery Alan Wessel sored by the African American a great time. Th e other patrons noted We thank all of you who have been Opportunities Nick Worley Alliance, the Cumberland Center that the park serves well as it is, but it generous donors and hope you and If you know of others in our for Justice and Peace, the Franklin needs more benches and a shelter. At new donors will continue to support Exempt Positions—Assistant Di- Mountain family who are serv- County NAACP, and the Offi ce the last meeting, the committ ee took the park. rector of Operations, School of Th eol- ing our country, please give their of Multi-Cultural Aff airs. Credit up those recommendations and de- Phil White ogy; Director of Marketing and Com- names to American Legion and for this year’s event also goes to Eric cided that although additional benches Sewanee ■ munications, School of Theology; Auxiliary member Louise Irwin, Benjamin, director of Minority would enhance visits, a modest shelter Health Promotion and Wellness Co- 598-5864. Aff airs. eTh François Clemmons becomes a virtual necessity when the ordinator; IT Administrator, School performance was a separate event sun is beating down in the summer of Th eology; Operations Manager, Se- sponsored by the University. or when there is a sudden shower. wanee Dining; Programmer/Analyst. MESSENGER DEADLINES Non-Exempt Positions—Cook, and CONTACTS Server and Utility Worker for Sewanee Dining. Apply online at . For FAX: (931) 598-9685 more information call 598-1381. 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Coff ee with the Coach on Monday Coff ee with the Coach, an opportunity to learn more about Sewanee’s sports teams, will resume at 9 a.m., Monday, Feb. 3 with Michele Dom- browski and Jenny Wiegand. Dombrowski is the coach of Sewanee women’s lacrosse team, and Wiegand is the assistant. Gather at the Blue Chair Tavern for free coff ee and good conversation. Eastern Star Cemetery Meeting Monday Th e Eastern Star Cemetery Association will meet at 5 p.m., Monday, Feb. 3, in the St. James Episcopal Church parish hall. Birders Gather on Tuesday Th e Highland Rim chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological Society will meet at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 4, at the Moore County Building in Lynchburg. Th is month there will be tips on winter bird care. Visitors are welcome. For directions or carpool information, call Lisa Trail at (931) 728-6045. Rotary Club Meetings Th e Grundy County Rotary Club meets at 11:30 a.m., Tuesdays, at Dutch Maid Bakery in Tracy City. Th e Monteagle Sewanee Rotary Club meets at the Smoke House Res- taurant on Wednesday mornings. Coff ee begins at 6:50 a.m.; breakfast and the meeting begins at 7 a.m. and ends by 8 a.m. On Wednesday, Feb. 5, Emily Partin will talk about “What’s Happening in Grundy County.” Th e sisters of Kappa Delta sorority celebrate on Shake Day, Jan. 25. Photo by Lyn Hutchinson Th e Monteagle Sewanee Rotary Club hosts a noon Th ursday meet- ing at the Blue Chair Tavern. On Feb. 6, Larry Williams, U.S. Army Sgt. Major (retired), will talk about Middle Tennessee honor fl ights. Members CAC Pantry of the community are welcome to att end. SEWANEE AUTO REPAIR EQB Club Gathers on Wednesday Sunday Feb. 2 —COMPLETE AUTO & TRUCK REPAIR— EQB Club members will gather for social time at 11:30 a.m. on -Tune-ups -Brakes Wednesday, Feb. 5, with lunch served at noon at St. Mary’s Sewanee. -Tires (any brand) -Shocks & struts Pantry Sunday for the Community -Tire repair -Steering & suspension Following lunch John Bordley will present an illustrated lead (talk) Action Committ ee (CAC) is Sunday, on the Sewanee Steam Laundry. Th e institution is long gone, but the -Batteries -Belts & hoses Feb. 2, for participating churches: St. -Computer diagnostics -Stereo systems installed building now houses IvyWild and Crossroads Café restaurants. Bordley James, Otey, Cumberland Presby- will explain how he got interested in the topic, tell about the people who terian and All Saints’ Chapel. Please $OO0DNHV 0RGHOV‡6HUYLFH&DOOV‡4XDOLW\3DUWV helped him unravel the details and cover the history of the laundry opera- bring your food off erings to Sunday $6(0DVWHU&HUWLILHG$XWR7HFKQLFLDQ‡. ters, Bett y Colquitt of Gallatin, Kaye Katherine; daughter Joan McBee; and Garner (Jack) Smoyak of Manchester granddaughter Sherry McBee. Christ Church Monteagle Robert Gillies and Barbara (Tim) Pack of Sherwood; She is survived by her son, George Sunday, Feb. 2, has been the Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple sisters, Hazel King of Sherwood and David (Jeri) Burnett ; daughter Bonita for hundreds of years. Christ Church Monteagle will celebrate this 40th day Lena Ray Garner of Estill Springs, (Herby) Hart; and fi ve grandchildren Bp. Gillies aft er Christmas with a service which includes both hymns and lessons telling and nine 17 grandchildren, great- and six great-grandchildren. the story of this event in the lives of Jesus, Mary, Joseph, Anna and Simeon. grandchildren and one great-great- Graveside services were on Jan. 26 Th e service is at 10:30 a.m., and the festivities continue through lunch and the grandchild. at Coalmont Cemetery with Minister Visits Sewanee early aft ernoon. Bp. William Millsaps will be the preacher. Funeral services were on Jan. 27 David VanHorn offi ciating. Th e Rt. Rev. Robert Gillies, bishop at Sherwood Church of Christ. Inter- In lieu of fl owers, donations may of Aberdeen and Orkney, Scotland, Otey Memorial Parish Church ment followed in Mt. View Cemetery, be made to Avalon Hospice or the will be bishop-in-residence at the Sherwood. For complete obituary go Alzheimers Association. For complete Th e “Faith and Film” series will continue at 6:30 p.m., today (Friday), Jan. 31, School of Th eology, Feb. 3–10. Th ere with the award-winning movie “Th e King’s Speech.” Carol Sampson will host to . obituary go to . the fi lm on the second fl oor of Brooks Hall. There will be light refreshments public is invited. and an informal discussion of the fi lm. Matt ie Lee Bishop Gillies will be the guest speaker at At Otey Parish at 10 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 2, the Christian formation committ ee Matt ie Lee Bishop, age 51 of Win- Ruby Pearl Garner the Dean’s Forum at 1 p.m., Th ursday, will preview programs planned for Lent. Nursery care is available for infants chester, died on Jan. 10, 2014, at Ruby Pearl Garner, age 99 of Sher- Feb. 6, in Hamilton Hall’s Hargrove six weeks to children 5 years old from 8:30 a.m. until aft er the second service. Medical Center of Manchester. She wood, died on Jan. 25, 2014. She was Auditorium. Bishop Neil Alexander was a machine operator at Monterey born on Oct. 22, 1914, in Sherwood, will moderate a question-and-answer St. James Episcopal Church, Midway Mills. She was born in Tullahoma to to W.M. and Bett y Birdwell. She was session. On Sunday, Feb. 9, Gillies Paul William Rollins and Carol Odelle preceded in death by her husband, On Sunday, Feb. 2, following the 9 a.m. service, Karen Vaughan and Sarah will preach at the 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sutherland of St. James give “a delegate’s report” about the 182nd Diocesan Baker Rollins. J.L. Garner. services at All Saints’ Chapel. She is survived by her daughter, She is survived by her son, Elbert Convention at St. Paul’s Murfreesboro on Jan. 24–25. More information about these and First Friday Family Fun Night is on Feb. 7. Th e fun begins at 5:30 p.m. Please Marsha Rollins of Cowan; sons, (Brenda) Garner; and three grand- other events is at . Chase, Derick and C. J. Willis; brother, View Cemetery, Sherwood. For com- Paul Rollins of Decherd; sister, Cheryl plete obituary go to . Ricky Dean Brownfield of Estill CHURCH CALENDAR Springs; fiancé, Carl Wayne Willis Monday–Friday, Feb. 3–7 Midway Baptist Church of Winchester; mother- and father-in- 10:00 am Sunday School law, Mary (Kenneth) Willis of Win- Death Notice 7:00 am Morning Prayer/HE, St. Mary’s (not 2/3) 11:00 am Morning Service chester; and three grandchildren, and 7:30 am Morning Prayer, Otey 6:00 pm Evening Service several nieces and nephews. 8:10 am Morning Prayer, Chapel of the Apostles Midway Church of Christ David W. Lumpkins 8:30 am Morning Prayer, St. Augustine’s Funeral services were on Jan. 26 in David W. Lumpkins, professor 10:00 am Bible Study the funeral home chapel with Bro. Tim 12:05 pm Healing Service, Otey (Th ursday only) 11:00 am Morning Service emeritus of Russian at the University 12:30 pm Noon Prayer, St. Mary’s (not 2/3) Brown and Bro. Vern Cole offi ciating. from 1968 to 2005, died on Jan. 28, 6:00 pm Evening Service Interment followed in Keith Springs 4:00 pm Evening Prayer, St. Augustine’s Morton Memorial United Methodist, Monteagle 2014. Funeral arrangements were not 4:30 pm Evening Prayer, Otey Cemetery. For complete obituary go available at press time. 9:45 am Sunday School to . 5:00 pm Evening Prayer, St. Mary’s (not 2/3) 11:00 am Worship Service 5:10 pm Evening Prayer, COTA (not 2/6) New Beginnings Church, Jump Off www.purerevitalizingenergy.com 10:30 am Worship Service Saturday, Feb. 1 Otey Memorial Parish 8:00 am Morning Prayer, St. Mary’s 8:50 am Holy Eucharist 10:00 am Monteagle 7th Day Adventist Sabbath School 10:00 am Christian Education 11:00 am Monteagle 7th Day Adventist Worship Service 11:00 am Holy Eucharist, Carpenter reception Seeking courage, boldness and energy 5:00 pm Mass, Good Shepherd Catholic, Decherd Pelham United Methodist Church 9:45 am Sunday School to share of your gifts with others? 11:00 am Worship Service Sunday, Feb. 2 • Pantry Sunday St. Agnes’ Episcopal, Cowan All Saints’ Chapel 11:00 am Holy Eucharist Rite I 8:00 am Holy Eucharist St. James Episcopal Member, Tennessee Licensed Professional Counselors Association 11:00 am Holy Eucharist 9:00 am Children’s Church School 6:30 pm Growing in Grace 9:00 am Holy Eucharist Bible Baptist Church, Monteagle 10:15 am Godly Play UPCOMING RETREATS 10:00 am Morning Service St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, Alto 5:30 pm Evening Service 8:00 am Mass Christ Church Monteagle St. Mary’s Convent LEAN IN TO LENT 10:30 am Holy Eucharist 8:00 am Holy Eucharist Sunday, March 9–Friday, March 14 10:45 am Children’s Sunday School 5:00 pm Evensong Mary Dwyer and Pamela Begeman, presenters 12:50 pm Christian formation class Sewanee Church of God Single Room, $650 Christ Church Episcopal, Alto 10:00 am Sunday School To register: www.contemplativeoutreach.org/ 11:00 am Holy Eucharist 11:00 am Morning Service stmarys2014Lean-In 11:00 am Children’s Sunday School 6:00 pm Evening Service Christ Church Episcopal, Tracy City Society of Friends 11:00 am Holy Eucharist 9:30 am Meeting, 598-5031 Call (931) 598-5342 LENTEN QUIET DAY 11:00 am Children’s Sunday School Tracy City First Baptist Church or (800) 728-1659 Saturday, March 15 Church of the Holy Comforter, Monteagle 9:45 am Sunday School www.StMarysSewanee.org 9:00 am Holy Eucharist 10:45 am Morning Worship $50, Lunch included Cowan Fellowship Church 5:30 pm Youth 10:00 am Sunday School 6:00 pm Evening Worship 11:00 am Worship Service Trinity Episcopal,Winchester Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Sewanee 11:00 am Holy Eucharist 9:00 am Worship Service 11:00 am Children’s Sunday School 10:00 am Sunday School Speak Up. Decherd United Methodist Church 9:45 am Sunday School Wednesday, Feb. 5 Help friends get information. 6:00 am Morning Prayer, Cowan Fellowship 10:50 am Worship Help local businesses succeed. Epiphany Episcopal Church, Sherwood 12:00 pm Holy Eucharist, Christ Church Monteagle Help our Mountain communities. 10:30 am Holy Eucharist 5:30 pm Evening Worship, Bible Baptist, Monteagle 10:30 am Children’s Sunday School 6:00 pm Youth (AWANA), Tracy City First Baptist Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Decherd 6:30 pm Prayer Service, Harrison Chapel, Midway Tell businesses when you see their ads. 10:30 am Mass 7:00 pm Adult Christian Formation, Epiphany Let businesses know what they’re doing right. Episcopal, Sherwood Grace Fellowship Write a Letter to the Editor. 10:30 am Sunday School/Worship Service 7:00 pm Evening Worship, Tracy City First Baptist Spread good news! Harrison Chapel Methodist 10:00 am Sunday School If your church is in our circulation area and would Your voice matters. 11:00 am Worship Service like to be listed here, please send service times, church Speak up. address and contact information to or phone 598-9949. Th e Sewanee Mountain MESSENGER • Friday, January 31, 2014 • 5

Senior KILLINGTHYME Center by Buck Gorrell News As I write, on Tuesday, Jan. 28, a fi ne snow is falling on a day when temperatures didn’t climb out of the teens. Th is is our second foray into Senior Menus “serious” winter conditions on the Mountain this season. A wind whips The Sewanee Senior Center a brief white-out from the inch-plus accumulation on the roof, giving serves lunch at noon on weekdays. the front window the perspective of a huge snow globe. Occasionally, Th e suggested donation is $3 (50 the scraping of a snow plow drift s over from the highway. or older) or $5 (under 50). Please Th us far, this winter has visited upon us one very serious stretch call by 9 a.m. to order lunch. of several days of this and single digit temps. Th e last go-round, my Feb. 3: Cabbage Patch soup, kitchen window thermometer reached .03 F. Bill Yelverton reported cornbread muffi n,dessert. below zero from his thermometer, a far more advanced weather station Feb. 4: Fried chicken, creamed overlooking Champion Cove. Spring will certainly be telling of these corn, pinto beans, cornbread, des- conditions in my garden. sert. Learning beekeeping skills. Since I began my garden on the corner of Prince Lane and Lake Feb. 5: Baked spaghett i, salad, O’Donnell Road almost six years ago, I have managed to establish a garlic bread, dessert. good clump or two of Brazilian verbena (Verbena bonariensis). Th e Feb. 6: Stuffed peppers, Beekeeping Classes Begin only reason this is a feat of any order is I consider this verbena a ten- mashed potatoes, green beans, der perennial. We really have not experienced such cold since I fi rst roll, dessert. Th e Elk Valley Beekeeping Association, in conjunction with the Franklin planted scraps from Alex and Zell Hoole’s Garnertown garden. Th ey Feb. 7: White beans and ham, County Extension Service, is holding a beginner’s beekeeping school at 6:30 have prospered. turnip greens, sweet potato cas- p.m., Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 10–11, at the Franklin County Extension Brazilian verbena is rated a USDA Zone 7–11 by the Missouri serole, cornbread, dessert. Service at 406 Joyce Lane,Winchester. Topics will include sett ing up an api- Botanical Garden, profi ting more from the heat and gentle winters ary, equipment requirements, seasonal hive management and integrated pest to our south. We are in Zone 6B, meaning temperatures from -5 to Inclement Weather Policy management techniques. 0 F are not unheard of. One record cold was minus 20 F, recorded in Th e Senior Center follows the Th is program is designed for youth, as well as adults, wanting to learn more mid-January 1985. Don Shadow of Winchester has recounted what the schedule of the Franklin County about starting a beekeeping project. Cost of the course will be $20 for the devastation of that blast taught him about some of our standby plants. School System when the weather Beekeeping in Tennessee manual. For more information or to register, contact Th e verbena sprouts multiple stems to 36” from a small rosett e. Th e is bad. If the county schools are John Ferrell at 967-2741 no later than Th ursday, Feb. 6. stems are thin and sparse of foliage, branching and sporting clusters closed, the center will be closed, Franklin County Extension Service is holding a Master Hobbyist Bee course of small, lavender blooms. Th e lack of bulk and positing the fl owers and no meals will be cooked, April 3–5. Th is course meets the requirements for the 50 percent cost share that high makes it a terrifi c, airy foil in front of taller or denser plants. served or delivered on that day. requirement through the Tennessee Department of Agriculture’s TAEP grant Th e fl owers themselves occur at the top of the stem and continue to program. For more information call the Franklin County Extension offi ce at put forth blooms above the spent blooms. Due to this, deadheading is Menus may vary. (931) 434-1697. a non-issue. Th is also makes Brazilian verbena a great self-seeder. Th e Th e center is located at 5 Ball Th e Cooperative Extension Program off ers its programs to all persons seedlings appear late in the spring as the soil warms, and are easily Park Rd., behind the Sewanee regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability and is an Equal transplanted for best use. Market. To reserve a meal or for Opportunity Employer. Tennessee State University and the U.S. Department However, for full disclosure, I must note that the Missouri Botanic more information, call 598-0771. of Agriculture are cooperating with this project. Garden website indicates a po- tential for invasiveness in wet areas. I have no experience with this behavior, but it does give me pause. Having seen how benign plants ACA Invites New Participants here (e.g., Lantana) become monsters farther south, invasiveness is always a concern. Our wetlands and the ecology they hold already have Adult Children of Alcoholics sphere of mutual respect. They dis- with these issues. They also build a enough problems. Native plants that require this niche and the critt ers (ACA) is a twelve-step, twelve-tra- cover how alcoholism and other family personal support network and practice that depend on them need every consideration possible. So, do your dition program of men and women dysfunction aff ected them in the past recovery and personal boundaries by homework and know what you are dealing with. My personal opin- who grew up in alcoholic or otherwise and how it infl uences them in the pres- giving service. Everything said in an ion is that this is not the case on the Mountain, being at the northern dysfunctional homes, modeled on the ent. Th ey begin to see the unhealthy ACA meeting is treated with confi den- boundary of its hardiness or beyond. Alcoholics Anonymous program. In elements of their childhoods. By tiality and the anonymity of partici- Sewanee, ACA meets weekly at 7:30 practicing the Twelve Steps, focusing pants is sacred. ACA meetings never p.m., Th ursday, in Brooks Hall, Otey on becoming one’s own loving parent, offer advice, criticism, commentary Parish. and accepting a loving Higher Power on others’ experiences. 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Why has women’s rep- exquisite presentation and, most important, delicious food wins a chef the Historian Ernest F. Freeberg will deliver a lecture on “Eugene V. Debs ies Program, and the Department resentation plateaued in recent years? designation of StarChefs Rising Star. Th ey are the future of American cuisine.” of History. Crowder-Meyer came to Sewanee “It is extremely important to me to know as much as possible about the in- and the Fight for Free Speech in World War I,” at 4:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. 3, in in 2011 aft er earning her Ph.D. from gredients I use to feed my friends, family and community,” Moser said. “Having Women in Politics on Th ursday Princeton University. Her research a personal relationship with the farmers and food artisans makes that possible. Convocation Hall. Th e talk will focus on the fi ght for American civil liberties Melody Crowder-Meyer, assistant and teaching focuses on American Th e Cumberland Farmers’ Market and South Cumberland Food Hub are a key politics, and she is particularly inter- part of our success—they help provide optimum conditions for the farmers to that developed as part of the eff ort to professor of political science at Se- free American socialist leader Eugene wanee, will give ested in how gender, race and class succeed. Helping in the eff ort to make sure my community and IvyWild have affect politics, as well as candidate access to a premium, responsible food supply is a critical goal.” Debs after his arrest and imprison- a talk on women ment for opposing American involve- in politics at 4:30 emergence, local politics, political be- Th e Community Action Committ ee is one of Moser’s favorite food-related havior and survey research methods. charities. She said, “Sewanee is a litt le bubble of privilege in a deeply depressed ment in World War I. p.m. Thursday, Freeberg, who is chairman of the Feb. 6, in Gailor area. Th e CAC works to make sure there is food available for people who need Meacham on Presidents’ Day it, whether that’s through boxes of groceries or organizing community meals. history department at the University Auditorium. Th e We host some of the community meals at IvyWild.” of Tennessee, was educated at Middle- talk will address Distinguished visiting professor IvyWild opened in 2010 in the building that once housed the old steam bury College and received his Ph.D. such questions of history and Pulitzer-Prize win- laundry at 36 Ball Park Road. It is open Th ursday through Sunday evenings. from Emory University. as: Where are all ning author Th e lecture is sponsored by Asso- the women? Why Jon Meacham, Hike (fr om page 1) ciated Colleges of the South Faculty does a group that Crowder-Meyer C’91, H’10, will CCJP Awards Advancement Program, the University composes a majority of the population give a Presi- on March 22, and include Hike 6, the dents’ Day talk Greeter Falls Loop and Laurel Trail, at noon Mon- combined with Hike 2, the Laurel Banquet on day, Feb. 17, in Falls Loop. Tennessee Naturalists Jack SUD Election Results, Board Guerry Audi- Furman and Naullain Kendrick will Feb. 22 torium. “The be the leaders. Authorizes Sewer Assessment Presidents on On April 6, Mary Priestley and the Presidents: Meacham Naullain Kendrick will lead Hike 10, Th e Cumberland Center for Justice by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer How Th ey Judge One Another” will the Collins Gulf Loop. Additional and Peace (CCJP) will host its annual Th e commissioner election votes were tallied at the Jan. 28 meeting of the examine how presidents have spoken hikes will be off ered during Trails & Awards Banquet at 6 p.m., Saturday, Board of Commissioners of the Sewanee Utility District of Franklin and of those who came before. Trilliums on April 12–13. Feb. 22, at the Sewanee Community Marion Counties with commissioners Randall Henley and Karen Singer When incumbent presidents in- With more than 24,500 acres in Center. This year’s keynote speaker re-elected to serve another four-year term. Following Manager Ben Beavers’ voke their predecessors, they are oft en separate parcels, South Cumberland is Jim Davidheiser, University of the overview of phase II of the collection system assessment project, the board seeing them as they wish to be seen, is spread out over a 100-square-mile South professor of German who will voted to approve the proposal. seeking sanction for present endeavors area. Approximately 81 miles of white- speak on the topic “Justice and Fairy In 2009 the Buried Asset Management Institute (BAMI), under the di- from the past. Meacham is teaching a and blue-blazed trails run through Sav- Tales.” rection of engineer Jim Harris, conducted phase I of the collection system course at Sewanee this semester titled age Gulf, Fiery Gizzard and all of the CCJP’s 2014 award honorees are assessment, GPS mapping of SUD sewer lines and manholes and accessing “Hours of Crisis in U.S. History.” other parks that make up the South Kathy Pack for tireless service through the condition of the manholes. Th e information collected was recorded in a Cumberland. Th e 14 hikes described her work with groups supporting database, along with existing data from camera inspection of sewer lines. in the guide include easy strolls and children, providing food, shelter, In phase II, Beavers said, the other elements of the sewer system would be Local more diffi cult day-long treks. To re- clothing, continuing education, and a located and accessed for condition and life expectancy, including the lift sta- ceive monthly announcements about sense of history for the people of the tions, grinder pumps and laterals. Next, the cost of all the components would be Hike 14, go to the FSC website and sign up for the terman for working with compassion, based on each component’s condition and life expectancy. free Trail Tracker mailing list. patience, and perseverance to promote Beavers recommended using BAMI for phase II, as well, citing the fi rm’s universal health care locally, state- superior engineering and technical support. Th e phase II collection system Information Keep the wide and nationally; and Duck River assessment was included in the 2014 budget, Beavers said. Th e board voted to Election time is fast approaching. Electric Membership Corporation for Mountain approve the $20,000 project. Two Sewanee incumbents announce promoting energy conservation and Updating the board on year-end fi nancials, Beavers said water sales for 2013 that they are not seeking re-election Beautiful! sustainable energy solutions. were $40,000 below budget. Beavers att ributed the shortfall to lower than nor- (Sherwood Ebey to the Franklin PLEASE RSVP is appreciated. For more mal water sales for irrigation. Water use from irrigation-only taps was 1.8 million County Commission and Chris Mc- information contact Leslie Lytle DON’T gallons less than in 2012. SUD’s total revenue for the year was, nonetheless, 9.4 Donough to the Franklin County at 598-9979 or email to . expenses for the year were 7 percent below the budgeted amount. 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Administrative building, 215 South WED: Barbecue, yogurt, College St., Winchester during regular Th e Nashville Ballet performed a ballet version of the story “Ferdinand the Bull” for the Sewanee Elementary School. Several cheese stick, muffin, baked offi ce hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please students joined the dancers on stage for part of the program. Many thanks to all who made the performance possible, including beans, corn, dill pickles, gar- see the receptionist upon entering the the SES PTO and to the University for the use of Guerry Auditorium. den salad, fruit, hamburger building, and she will escort you to the bun or bread bowl. viewing area. THU: Chicken Alfredo, crispito, steamed broccoli, vegetable juice, pinto beans, SES Friday fruit, roll. SAS Players Present Musical FRI: Pizza, dipping sauce, chicken fajita, garden salad, School baked potato, fruit, tortilla “Sweeney Todd” Feb. 13–16 shell or chips, cookie. Th is spring will mark the 38th year of Friday School at Sewanee Elemen- With a cast and crew of 61 students, St. Andrew’s-Se- Best Book, Best Original Score, Best Actress (Angela Lans- wanee School presents the musical thriller “Sweeney Todd: bury), and Best Actor (Len Cariou). It is this version that BREAKFAST tary School. Friday School is a unique enrichment program that gives SES Th e Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” Th ursday–Sunday, St. Andrew’s-Sewanee students will recreate for audiences Each day, students select Feb.13–16, at the McCrory Hall for the Performing Arts. on the Mountain. one or two items students in kindergarten through 5th grade a 45–60 minute “class” of their Th e story of Sweeney Todd has held the interest of many Th e show opens at 7 p.m., Th ursday, Feb. 13; there will MON: Biscuit, sausage, for more than 150 years. Th e original tale of revenge and also be shows at 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Feb. 14–15, condiments (gravy, jelly). choice four Fridays in the spring. Th ese special off erings are taught by parents, obsession was published as a “penny dreadful” in Edward with a Sunday show at 4 p.m. Tickets may be purchased at TUE: Toaster pastry or Lloyd’s 1846 “The People’s Periodical and Family Li- the door. Admission is $10 for adults and $7 for students. cini-minis. community members and University students. brary.” Th e following year it was adapted into a Victorian Th e show is not recommended for young children. WED: Biscuit, egg patty, melodrama. In 1959 it became a ballet. British playwright Th e role of Mrs. Lovett will be played by two actresses condiments (gravy, jelly) or Past classes have included hiking, basketball, poetry, French, exploring Christopher Bond wrote the stage version in 1973, and six who will alternate performances: Ruth Swallow will per- mini waffl es. years later, Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler adapted form on Th ursday and Saturday, and Emma Clare Holle- THU: Oatmeal, cereal bar, nature, Lego building, making healthy snacks and photography. the story into a Broadway musical. Th e Broadway version man will perform Friday and Sunday. French toast sticks, pancake of “Sweeney Todd” won Tony awards for Best Musical, sausage stick, syrup. If you are interested in helping FRI: Biscuit, chicken patt y, with Friday School by teaching a class, condiments (gravy, jelly). contact Bess Jenkins by email, . 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The University treasurer’s office When we conclude the interview, “When I was 5 or 6, I could take ev- he is off to a plumbing job. Perhaps occasionally calls Henley to say, “We ery remote control in our house apart Circuit Court Clerk have your checks”—payments for later in the day he will work on his Pelham business owner Melody Knight Oliver and clean it and put it back together,” house, a single-story brick home under caretaking—but he refuses to pick he says. has announced that she will seek the Democratic them up. construction in Midway. He is build- Party nomination for Circuit Court Clerk in He grew up in Sewanee and is the ing the house around a Seth Th omas “I don’t like doing that,” he says. “It’s sixth or seventh generation of his fam- Grundy County in the May 6 primary. A lifelong supposed to be about the history, not clock, a smaller version of the one in resident of Grundy County, Oliver has a B.S. from ily to live in this area. Th e redhead says Breslin Tower. about the money.” one relative came over from Ireland Middle Tennessee State University and a M.A. The even-keeled, super-polite in the early 1800s and worked for the in leadership from Tennessee Tech. She taught young man also voluntarily maintains Sewanee Coal Company. in several area schools before opening her own the clock at the Winchester Court- On the morning of our inter- business in 2011. house. He aims to restore it back to its view—another brutal day with temps UPCLOSE “My experience as a teacher has helped me full mechanical state. in the teens and oats of snow swirling communicate with people in various walks of life. “Poor thing was destroyed in the I believe it is important to treat everyone with in the biting wind—Henley is gracious Keith Henley Melody Knight Oliver 1950s; anything mechanical was enough to provide a tour of Breslin respect and courtesy. Th e Golden Rule of doing unto others as you would have them do to you is never outdated,” she said. ripped out. Th ere’s a motor that turns Tower, its clock room and belfry. Favorite TV Show: Doctor Who one revolution per minute, but the Th e wind speaks in an eerie voice Oliver is a member of Cumberland Baptist Church in Beersheba Springs and Personal dream: To go inside Big is the owner of Oliver’s Feed & Farm Supply in Pelham. “I grew up in a working clock doesn’t tick anymore,” he notes. as it meets resistance at the wall and Ben in London. The Winchester clock, a Seth home, and I am not afraid of hard work. If elected, I will work diligently for the fi nials at the top of the 100-foot tower Hobbies and Interests: Sci-Fi, Th omas No. 15, does operate with oc- and seeps through the louvres in the people of Grundy County,” Oliver said. casional problems that Henley hopes belfry. Talking over the wind, Henley tracing ancestry and collect- She is active in the American Cancer Society and Relay for Life. She serves to correct with his restoration. The is a wealth of information about the ing clocks. on the Executive Committ ee of the Grundy County Democratic Party. She is Breslin clock, a Seth Th omas No. 16, tower, the clock and the bells. Fun Fact: Owns about 20 clocks. a member of the Leadership Grundy class of 2013–14. is a slightly larger version with all the “Bett er cover your ears. It’s not a “I believe that my diverse education and work experiences have given me a original parts—gears, chains, weights, unique perspective that will enable me to be an eff ective circuit court clerk. I love pendulum, suspension spring, escape Grundy County. My goal, if elected, is to work hard every day as I conduct the wheel—you name it. business of our county. I pledge to treat everyone fairly and represent the people “The people who invented these of Grundy County in a friendly, courteous, and professional manner,” Oliver said. were very much geniuses,” Henley says. “I personally don’t think it takes a genius (to work on one) but you have to get over the fact that this is 2,000 pounds of metal sitting here; what does it do?” Henley is best known around town as a plumber and electrician. He works with his dad, Randall, who is a retired University electrician, and another partner. Email Valentine’s Down Home, Down the Street Dinner Valentine! Saturday, February 15, at 6:30 p.m. 754 West Main St., Monteagle THE BLACK LEATHER ANGEL CUFF. $40 per person. Call (931) 592-4832 (931) 924-3135 for reservations and menu. 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. 7 days a week It is fun to take your Sewanee angel everywhere. This very special bracelet is adjustable with two snaps, 7” to 8” long and 1/2” wide. 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Members of the SAS swim team are headed to the regional championship this weekend. Photo by St. Andrew’s-Sewanee SAS Competes in Buzzer Beaters Th e St. Andrew’s-Sewanee varsity boys’ basketball team defeated Donelson Christian Academy on Jan. 21, 53-52. SAS trailed by as many as 10 points in the third quarter, but took a one-point lead with 30 seconds left in the game. DCA’s Clay Hertel hit two free throws with six seconds left to give the home team a one-point advantage. James Beasley drove the length of the fl oor to hit a 15-foot buzzer beater. Beasley led SAS with 28 points; Eric Baynard, nine points; Andrew Heitzenrater, eight points; Andres Nylander, six points; Will Pratt , two points; FREE and Levi Higgins, four rebounds. SAS lost to Ezell-Harding Academy, 54-53, on Jan. 25. SAS trailed by 10 points early in the third quarter, but Home batt led back to take the lead with two minutes left in the game. However, Games CHECKING. Rayshawn Perry hit one free throw to give the host team the lead with seven This seconds left in the game. SAS was led by Levi Higgins, 17 points; Eric Baynard, 14 points; James Beasley, nine points; Week Andres Nylander six points; Andrew LUCKY YOU. Today, Jan. 31 Heitzenrater, three points; Kenneth 6 pm SAS V Girls’ Basketball At Southern Community Bank, there’s no magical formula to having a free checking account. Thomas, two points; and Will Pratt, v King’s Academy two points. Monday, Feb. 3 Our feature-filled checking account has no monthly fee from the get go. Perhaps, then, we’re 4 pm SAS V Wrestling v Multiple Teams your lucky charm. Switch to Southern Community Bank. We’re unlike all the rest. Monteagle Tuesday, Feb. 4 3:30 pm FCHS JV Girls’ Basketball v Shelbyville HS Baseball/Soft ball 4:45 pm FCHS JV Boys’ Basketball v Shelbyville HS Sign-ups 6 pm FCHS V Girls’ Basketball v Shelbyville HS Sign-ups for baseball and soft ball 6 pm GCHS V Girls’ Basketball v Marion County HS in Monteagle will be 9 a.m.–5 p.m., 7:15 pm FCHS V Boys’ Basketball Monday–Friday until Feb. 3 at Mon- v Shelbyville HS teagle City Hall. Please bring your 7:15 pm GCHS V Boys’ Basketball child’s birth certifi cate and a recent v Marion County HS picture (if this is the fi rst year the child Th ursday, Feb. 6 4:30 pm SES Girls’ Basketball will play). Th e sign-up fee is $10 per v Huntland at Townsend Gym child. For more information call (931) 5:30 pm SES Boys’ Basketball 924-2265. v Huntland at Townsend Gym Friday, Feb. 7 6 pm Tigers Women’s Basketball Like the Messenger? v Berry MEMBER FDIC www.mysoutherncommunitybank.com Let us know on 8 pm Tigers Men’s Basketball Facebook! v Berry Th e Sewanee Mountain MESSENGER • Friday, January 31, 2014 • 13 Men’s Swimming Leads McCarthy the Way at Rhodes Earns 95th OVERTIME by John Shackelford The Sewanee men and women’s of 1:52.13. His time was two seconds swimming and diving teams wrapped faster than any other conference com- Win at up their conference dual meet regular petitor in the race. I grew up in Asheville, N.C., on a quiet street a few hundred yards season at Rhodes, Jan. 25, with a num- In the men’s short distance free Sewanee off the main thoroughfare that cut across town. We had a drug store, a ber of great performances. events, Glatt touched the wall in the grocery store and a Kentucky Fried Chicken all within walking distance In the men’s competition, the third place in the 50 free. Th e sprint Th e women’s basketball team win on Jan. 25 at Oglethorpe marked of the house. When I was about 10, they built an S&H Green Stamp Tigers dominated against the Lynx specialist was only .40 seconds behind store right at the bott om of my hill. Th e idea was that if you saved up with a score of 149.5-50.5. Unfortu- winner Justin Morrell of Washington the 95th win in head coach Dickie McCarthy’s career at Sewanee. Th is enough stamps in your books, you could use them to make a purchase. nately, No. 14 Washington University (22.06). But that wasn’t my fascination with this new retail giant. earned victories over both Rhodes Rice was the runner-up in the wom- victory pushed him to first on the program’s all-time wins list. Th e building itself was 30 feet high and more than 100 feet long, and Sewanee. en’s 400 IM with a time of 4:50.84. constructed of solid brick with a fl at parking lot on one side. I could In the women’s 400 medley relay, Mac McNally and Dennis finished Three players in double figures helped the team to a 64-52 confer- walk down the street from my house when the store closed at 5 p.m., Sewanee fi nished third behind a pair in third and fourth place in the men’s about an hour before my dad came home for dinner, and hit a tennis of Washington squads. The Tiger 400 IM. ence victory, which pushed the Tigers’ record to 8-9 overall and 1-5 in league ball against the wall endlessly. It was impossible to hit it over the roof or team of Caty Hueske, Erin Neil, Astrid After Neil was the runner-up in around either side. No matt er how lousy I was, the ball always came Escobar and Carolyn Rice touched the the women’s 200 butt erfl y (2:16.13), play. In the first half, Sewanee played back. Th ere wasn’t a coach to tell me I was doing something wrong or a wall in 4:06.16. Th at mark was ahead Hueske fi nished second in the wom- scoreboard to tell me I couldn’t beat this wall that never failed to send it of both Rhodes teams. en’s 200 backstroke (2:15.21). well. Th e Tigers limited OU to a 27.6 field-goal percentage while making back. I imagined that I was rallying with Arthur Ashe, Stan Smith or Rod A race later, Sewanee’s men’s team Th e second-place fi nishes contin- Laver, all my heroes at the time. Th e sound of the ball echoing against of Will Ralston, Forrest Mayer, Ed- ued four races later, when Escobar set 42.1 percent of their att empts. Early on neither team led by more than four the wall was only interrupted by my father standing on the front porch ward Dennis and Brian Glatt fi n i s h e d an NCAA “B” cut time in the women’s and doing his best Tarzan impersonation as a call to dinner. third behind two Washington teams 200 breaststroke. Th e three-time All- points, until Emily Buck made a pair of free throws with 8:10 left in the Th e wall was a great friend. Th e wall was always there waiting for with a time of 3:44.23. American was just edged out with a me, and was as reliable as any tennis partner could ever be. Aft er awhile In the fi rst individual race, Emily time of 2:23.75. fi rst half. Sewanee responded with a 6-0 run. During that stretch, Casey you begin to personify a collection of mortared bricks like that wall and Gay won the women’s 1000 freestyle The final notable performance feel like you have ignored your friend if you don’t go down and give the by more than 12 seconds. Gay topped of the day came in the men’s 200 free Hassett , Paige Lowe and Kayla Sewell all scored. Both teams would stay tatt ered tennis ball a few whacks before dinner. the eight-person field with a time relay. Th e Tiger team of Cromer, Alex I thought about my old friend recently when I read about the north of 11:13.99. Linton, Michael Whitehead and Glatt close heading into halft ime. Sewanee led by one, 27-26, at the break, when Texas teenager who got on probation aft er killing four pedestrians In the men’s 200 free, Jackson fi nished second with a time of 1:31.51. while driving drunk. His lawyer convinced the judge that this blatantly Cromer placed fourth with a time Lowe made a three with three seconds remaining. irresponsible act was a result of “affl uenza,” a condition acquired like Entering the final 20 minutes a fatal disease by the very wealthy that prevents them from being held of play, the Tigers built on their accountable for their actions because of their life of privilege. Th e way Oglethorpe Pulls Away Late lead when Lowe, Sewell and Jamie the judge saw it, it wasn’t the teenager’s fault that he was driving drunk. A late scoring run in the second half helped conference rival No. 21 Ogle- Chauvin all scored on Sewanee’s It wasn’t his fault that he killed four people. It was his parents’ fault for thorpe pull away for a 82-69 victory over the Sewanee men’s basketball team opening three possessions. Th e Tigers raising him up as a spoiled, entitled child. on Jan. 25. Aft er Sewanee jumped out to a fast 5-2 lead, both teams stayed close advantage would eventually stretch to I wonder if that boy ever had a wall for a friend. I wonder if anyone the remainder of the half. Th e Tigers would take an eight-point lead, 27-19, with 40-31, aft er a three by Chauvin with ever called him to dinner with a crazy Tarzan yell and then expected 6:35 left in the fi rst half. However, OU closed the opening 20 minutes of play 15:35 left . Aft er an 8-0 spurt by OU, him to be there on time. Perhaps he grew up in a world where your on a 13-6 run. Sewanee answered back with consecu- mom can buy shredded lett uce in a bag for taco night, or peel open a In the second half, Oglethorpe took its fi rst lead of the game on a jumper. tive threes by Sewell and Savannah plastic wrapper containing sliced apples already washed with a litt le Aft er a 3-pointer by OU, Sewanee answered back with a pair of free throws Rose. Down the stretch, the Tigers tub of peanut butt er in the package. Maybe his best friend was his third and a three by Seth Brown. During the next 10 minutes of play, every time the stayed strong. An additional three by iPad aft er his fi rst two were carelessly cracked and quickly replaced. Stormy Petrels tried to pull away, Sewanee responded. With the score tied 43- Lowe and a number of free throws by I believe in chopping your own lett uce, slicing your own apples, and 43, OU scored six straight points before the Tigers answered with back-to-back Sewanee helped seal the win. dipping in the peanut butt er jar when your mom isn’t looking. threes from Marcellus Caldwell and Jorden Williams. Overall, Sewanee made a season- I like something solid like a brick wall that turns into Arthur Ashe Unfortunately, down the stretch, Oglethorpe slowly pulled away. Th e Stormy high 47.4 percent of its attempts. with a litt le imagination, and I like coming to dinner when everyone Petrels stretched their lead to double digits with less than fi ve minutes left . Th e Tigers also made a season-high is called. Despite consecutive threes by Brown and Williams, OU scored seven straight 22 free throws. Lowe led all scorers I believe in saving your stamps for a bigger payoff that only patience points to take command with 1:23 remaining. From there, Oglethorpe made with a game-high 18 points. Chauvin can bring. six straight free throws, which kept the lead for the Stormy Petrels. also played well with 17 points while I’d like to believe that you are accountable for your actions when Oglethorpe made 52.7 percent of its att empts. Th e Stormy Petrels also nett ed Sewell pitched in 16 points and nine you harm others, and I hope families can fi nd some peace when the a staggering 20 free throws on 34 att empts. rebounds. accused is excused due to his terrible case of “affl uenza.” Williams led Sewanee with 17 points. Leo Born added 12 points. Keshonn I come to work in an indoor tennis court these days surrounded by a Carter and Brown scored 10 points each. concrete block wall. When I am alone in the early mornings waiting for Fall All-Academic my day to begin, I like to bang the ball against the wall and know that it will always come back to me. I have hit enough balls to fi ll a thousand green stamp books and although that won’t even buy me a cup of coff ee, Sports Briefs Honor Roll somehow that simple act was its own reward. ished in double fi gures with 16 points, Th e Southern Athletic Association Men’s Basketball (SAA) announced that 73 Sewanee A 54.5 field-goal percentage, in- while Carter added 12 points, and Born pitched in 10. student-athletes earned SAA All-Aca- cluding a 14-of-21 effort in the first demic status for the 2013 fall semester. half, helped propel the Sewanee men’s To be named to the SAA All-Aca- basketball team to a 77-65 victory over Women’s Basketball demic Team, a student-athlete must Russell L. Leonard conference rival Berry on Jan. 24. A 23-8 run to open the game helped have achieved a 3.25 GPA or higher Along with its strong overall fi eld- Berry defeat the Sewanee women’s during their semester of competition. ATTORNEY AT LAW goal percentage, Sewanee also made basketball team, 66-58, on Jan. 24 Th e following teams had students 82.6 percent of its att empts from the Overall, Sewanee made 41.1 per- earn SAA All-Academic honors for the free-throw line. cent of its att empts. Th e Tigers also fall semester: women’s cross country Offi ce: (931) 962-0447 Defensively, the Tigers limited made 37.7 percent of their three-point (11); men’s cross country (10); fi eld Fax: (931) 962-1816 Berry to a 39.7 fi eld goal percentage. fi e l d g o a l .s hockey (8); football (17); women’s 315 North High Street Toll-Free (877) 962-0435 Sewanee also out-rebounded Berry, Chauvin led Sewanee with 13 soccer (8); men’s soccer (14); and vol- Winchester, TN 37398 [email protected] 39-26. points. She was joined in double fi gures leyball (5). Williams led all scorers with a by Lowe (12 points), Savannah Rose game-high 21 points. Brown also fi n- (10 points) and Hassett (12 points). ARM BALANCE ONLINE AND IN COLOR! 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Williams Ctr 12:30 pm Episcopal Peace Fellowship, Brooks Hall, Otey Why he left his home in the South to roam ‘round the Pole, God only knows. 1:30 pm Folks@Home support group, Brooks Hall, Otey He was always cold, but the land of gold seemed to hold him like a spell; Saturday, Feb. 1 3:30 pm Mountaintop Tumblers, beg/inter, Comm Ctr Th ough he’d oft en say in his homely way that “he’d sooner live in hell.” 10:00 am Silver Th reads, St. Mary’s Convent 4:30 pm Mountaintop Tumblers, adv, Comm Ctr 7:00 pm Film, “Th e Nut Job,” Alma Mater, Tracy City 4:30 pm Women in Politics talk, Crowder, Gailor On a Christmas Day we were mushing our way over the Dawson trail. 7:30 pm Film, “Th e Spectacular Now,” SUT 5:00 pm Weight Watchers, weigh-in 4:30 pm Talk of your cold! through the parka’s fold it stabbed like a driven nail. 6:00 pm Karate, youth, American Legion Hall If our eyes we’d close, then the lashes froze till sometimes we couldn’t see; Sunday, Feb. 2 • Pantry Sunday 7:00 pm Abuse survivors group, 330 W. Main, Monteagle It wasn’t much fun, but the only one to whimper was Sam McGee. 2:00 pm Film, “Money & Life,” (free), SUT 7:00 pm Second City Improv, Guerry 2:30 pm Aff ordable Health Care assistance, Julia’s, until 5 pm 7:30 pm Film, “Blue Jasmine,” SUT And that very night, as we lay packed tight in our robes beneath the snow, 3:00 pm Film, “Th e Nut Job,” Alma Mater, Tracy City 7:30 pm Karate, adult, American Legion Hall And the dogs were fed, and the stars o’erhead were dancing heel and toe, 4:00 pm Yoga with Helen, Sewanee Community Center He turned to me, and “Cap,” says he, “I’ll cash in this trip, I guess; 5:00 pm Women’s Bible Study, Midway Baptist And if I do, I’m asking that you won’t refuse my last request.” Friday, Feb. 7 7:30 pm Film, “Th e Spectacular Now,” SUT Curbside recycling, before 7:30 a.m. Well, he seemed so low that I couldn’t say no; then he says with a sort of moan; Monday, Feb. 3 8:30 am Yoga with Carolyn, Community Center “It’s the cursèd cold, and it’s got right hold till I’m chilled clean through to the bone. 9:00 am CAC offi ce open, until 3 pm 9:00 am CAC offi ce open, until 11 am Yet ‘tain’t being dead --it’s my awful dread of the icy grave that pains; 9:00 am Coff ee with the Coach, Dombrowski & Wiegand, 10:00 am Game day, Senior Center So I want you to swear that, foul or fair, you’ll cremate my last remains.” Blue Chair Tavern 12:00 pm Contract/release stretching with Kim, Fowler 9:00 am Yoga with Sandra, St. Mary’s Sewanee 3:30 pm Creative Movement,age 4–6, Community Center A pal’s last need is a thing to heed, so I swore I would not fail; 10:00 am Pilates with Kim, intermediate, Fowler Center 4:15 pm Creative Movement, age 7/up, Community Center And we started on at the streak of dawn; but God! he looked ghastly pale. 10:30 am Chair Exercise, Senior Center 5:30 pm World healing meditation, Community Center He crouched on the sleigh, and he raved all day of his home in Tennessee; 12:00 pm Pilates with Kim, beginners, Fowler Center 7:00 pm Bible study, Mtn of God Tabernacle, Monteagle And before nightfall a corpse was all that was left of Sam McGee. 5:00 pm Eastern Star Cemetery Assn. meeting, St. James 7:00 pm Film, “Th e Nut Job,” Alma Mater, Tracy City 5:30 pm Yoga with Sandra, St. Mary’s Sewanee 7:30 pm Film, “Blue Jasmine,” SUT Th ere wasn’t a breath in that land of death, and I hurried, horror-driven, 6:00 pm Karate, youth, American Legion Hall With a corpse half hid that I couldn’t get rid, because of a promise given; 7:00 pm Centering Prayer support group, Otey sanctuary It was lashed to the sleigh and it seemed to say: “You may tax your brawn and brains, 7:00 pm Community Council, Senior Center LOCAL 12-STEP MEETINGS But you promised true, and it’s up to you to cremate those last remains.” . . . 7:00 pm Sewanee Chorale rehearsal, Hamilton Hall “Pit” Friday 7:30 pm Karate, adult, American Legion Hall 7:00 am AA, open, Holy Comforter, Monteagle … Till I came to the marge of Lake Lebarge, and a derelict there lay; 7:00 pm AA, open, Christ Church, Tracy City It was jammed in the ice, but I saw in a trice it was called the “Alice May.” Tuesday, Feb. 4 Saturday And I looked at it, and I thought a bit, and I looked at my frozen chum; 8:00 am Contract/release stretching with Kim, Fowler Center 7:30 pm NA, open, Decherd United Methodist Th en “Here,” said I, with a sudden cry, “is my cre-ma-tor-eum.” 8:30 am Yoga with Carolyn, Community Center 7:30 pm AA, open, Brooks Hall, Otey 9:00 am CAC offi ce open, until 11 am Sunday Some planks I tore from the cabin fl oor, and I lit the boiler fi re; 9:00 am Pilates with Kim, beginners, Fowler Center 6:30 pm AA, open, Holy Comforter, Monteagle Some coal I found that was lying around, and I heaped the fuel higher; 10:30 am Bingo, Sewanee Senior Center Monday Th e fl ames just soared, and the furnace roared --such a blaze you seldom see; 11:30 am Grundy County Rotary, Dutch Maid, Tracy City 5:00 pm Women’s 12-step, Brooks Hall, Otey And I burrowed a hole in the glowing coal, and I stuff ed in Sam McGee 12:00 pm Pilates with Kim, intermediate, Fowler Center 7:00 pm AA, open, Christ Church, Tracy City 3:30 pm Centering Prayer, St. Mary’s Sewanee Tuesday Th en I made a hike, for I didn’t like to hear him sizzle so; 5:30 pm Fourth of July planning, Senior Center 7:00 pm AA, open, First Baptist, Altamont And the heavens scowled, and the huskies howled, and the wind began to blow. 7:30 pm AA, open, Brooks Hall, Otey It was icy cold, but the hot sweat rolled down my cheeks, and I don’t know why; Wednesday, Feb. 5 Wednesday And the greasy smoke in an inky cloak went streaking down the sky. 7:00 am Monteagle/Sewanee Rotary, Smoke House 10:00 am AA, closed, Clifft ops, (931) 924-3493 9:00 am CAC pantry day, until 11 am; 1–3 pm 7:00 pm NA, open, Decherd United Methodist I do not know how long in the snow I wrestled with grisly fear; 10:00 am Pilates with Kim, intermediate, Fowler Center But the stars came out and they danced about ere again I ventured near; 7:30 pm AA, open,Holy Comforter, Monteagle 10:00 am Writers’ group, Kelley residence, 212 Sherwood Rd. Th ursday I was sick with dread, but I bravely said: “I’ll just take a peep inside. 12:00 pm EQB Club, St. Mary’s Sewanee I guess he’s cooked, and it’s time I looked”; … then the door I opened wide. 12:00 pm AA, (931) 924-3493 for location 12:00 pm Pilates with Kim, beginners, Fowler Center 7:00 pm AA, closed, Big Book study, St. James And there sat Sam, looking cool and calm, in the heart of the furnace roar 1:30 pm Duplicate bridge, Templeton; call 598-9344 7:30 pm Adult Children of Alcoholics, Dys- And he wore a smile you could see a mile, and he said: “Please close that door. 5:15 pm Buddhist sitt ing group, St. Augustine’s Chapel functional Families, Brooks Hall, Otey I’m fi ne in here, but I greatly fear you’ll let in the cold and storm-- 5:30 pm Yoga with Helen, Community Center Since I left Plumtree, down in Tennessee, it’s the fi rst time I’ve been warm.” Th ere are strange things done in the midnight sun By the men who moil for gold; Monteagle Sewanee, REALTORS Th e Arctic trails have their secret tales Th at would make your blood run cold; Dedicated to Th e Northern Lights have seen queer sights, But the queerest they ever did see Service! Was the night on the marge of Lake Lebarge I cremated Sam McGee.

—fr om “Th e Cremation of Sam McGee,” by Robert William Service

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