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The Sewanee Mountain MESSENGER Vol The Sewanee Mountain MESSENGER Vol. XXXII No. 5 Friday, February 5, 2016 GSA at FCHS Draws County-wide National Att ention Forum on Rally of Support Planned for Feb. 8 Drug Abuse by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer Th e newly formed Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) club at Franklin County Prevention High School (FCHS) has att racted national att ention. e Th group held its fi rst A public forum about Franklin meeting on Jan. 19 under the direction of faculty advisor Jenny Turrell, FCHS County’s problem of drug abuse and art teacher and a resident of Sewanee. the best ways to combat it will be at A fi restorm of comments followed on the social media outlet Facebook, both 6 p.m., Monday, Feb. 8, in the com- condoning and condemning the club. Said one critic, “the next thing you know munity room of the Franklin County they will have F.I.M.A. (Future ISIS Members of America).” Annex, 855 Dinah Shore Blvd., Win- Under the 1984 Equal Access Act, all federally funded secondary schools chester. Th e event will begin with a must provide equal access to extracur- chili supper. ricular clubs. Panelists will include Franklin Citing the law, Director of Schools County Sheriff Tim Fuller; Buddy Amie Lonas said, “If we choose not to Perry and Ron Bailey from the Drug allow this club to be established, then Court Program; Mary Beth Best, who we would be required to prohibit all runs a local rehab center; and Tabatha noncurriculum clubs or give up federal Barbara King was selected as Sewanee Elementary School’s Teacher of the Year. King Curtis with the Prevention Coalition. funding.” has been teaching for 14 years, 12 of those at Sewanee Elementary. In her career, she This event is sponsored by the The GSA “is not a recruitment has taught kindergarten, fi rst and fourth grades. She will be moving on to compete at Franklin County Democratic Party. tool or trying to promote an alternate the district level. It is free and all are welcome. lifestyle,” Lonas stressed in response to critics. “It’s more about tolerance and trying to treat people equally and with respect.” Civic Wiman to Receive 30th Prior to the Feb. 8 school board meeting at FCHS, there will be a rally in sup- port of the GSA in the parking lot left of the entrance off Georgia Crossing Road. Association Th e board meeting begins at 6:30 p.m.; however, there is no item on the board’s Aiken Taylor Award agenda that deals with GSA or student clubs. Winchester Police Chief Dennis Young said critics of the GSA have not applied for a permit to demonstrate. Returns to Christian Wiman will be this year’s recipient of the Aiken Taylor Award in FCHS junior Allie Faxon of Sewanee said her involvement with the GSA Modern American Poetry, the Sewanee Review announced recently. In addition has made her “feel more confi dent.” Student participation in the GSA has more EQB for Feb. to his writing, Wiman is also respected for translation, criticism and editing. than doubled since the fi rst meeting, with nearly fi ft y students att ending the Th e Review described him as “an important citizen in the republic of lett ers, meeting on Feb. 2. not just for his creative work, but also for the ways he has fostered the careers But there has also been “backlash,” Faxon said. 17 Meeting of others—primarily as a landmark editor of Poetry magazine, joining the “Students who oppose the club have made straight-pride signs and paraded ranks of great past editors.” around LGBT students and defaced our signs. Th ey have thrown water bott les The first meeting for the Easter At 4:30 p.m., Thursday, and food at LGBT students,” she said. semester of the Sewanee Civic As- Feb. 18, in Convocation Hall, School board policy clearly prohibits “any employee or any student to sociation will be Wednesday, Feb. 17, Vice-Chancellor John McCa- discriminate against or harass a student through disparaging conduct or com- at the EQB House. Please note the rdell will make the presenta- munication that is sexual, racial, ethnic or religious in nature.” change of venue. tion of the award, followed Students have been encouraged to report harassment, but explaining the Social time with wine begins at 6 by a reading by Wiman and a process Turrell said, “for reasons of privacy the administration cannot reveal p.m., and a buff et dinner ($13) begins reception. to the accuser the administration’s response or the nature of any reprimand or at 6:30 p.m. The business meeting Adam Kirsch (poet and disciplinary action.” begins promptly at 7 p.m., followed critic for the New Yorker, the (Continued on page 3) by a brief program. Th e program part New Republic and the New of the evening is free and open to the York Review of Books) will public. give a lecture on Wiman’s ca- Same Bank , New Name Th e business portion of the meet- reer at 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, ing will include an update on the Se- Feb. 17, in the McGriff Alumni Citizens State Bank Is Now Tower Community Bank wanee Community Chest, park main- House, also followed by a re- Aft er an extensive branding initiative, executives with Tower Community tenance, the 2016–17 SCA budget and ception. [See story on page 4.] Bank recently unveiled its new name. nominations for board positions. Events celebrating Wiman “We’re a solid bank that’s here to stay,” Tower Community Bank President Latham Davis, president of Friends and the Aiken Taylor Award and CEO Geoff rey Post said. “We wanted a name that bett er refl ects our years of South Cumberland, will present the in its 30th year will be pre- of stability, our position as a pillar of advocacy for this community and our program on the South Cumberland sided over for the final time reputation for being a valued advisor and friend.” Park activities and the Fiery Gizzard by George Core, editor of the trail reroute. Latham and his wife, Bank executives chose the name Tower in part for the physical tower at Sewanee Review for the past Christian Wiman several of the branches and for what a tower represents—a higher standard. Mary, moved to Sewanee in 1977, 43 years. “We don’t consider ourselves just bankers; we’re community leaders, neigh- when he joined the University staff . Wiman has published six collections of poetry, including “Every Riven bors and partners who provide real fi nancial solutions that make people’s lives Latham was elected to the board Th ing” (2010), named one of the New Yorker’s best poetry collections of the bett er,” Post explained. of the Friends of South Cumberland year, and “Once in the West” (2014), a fi nalist for the National Book Critics’ Tower Community Bank, formerly Citizens State Bank, was founded in 1998 and co-chaired with Mary Circle Award. Wiman has taught at Northwestern University, Stanford Uni- in 1970 and is a locally owned, locally managed bank serving the citizens Priestley the Friends’ Saving Great versity, Lynchburg College and the Prague School of Economics. In 2003 of the Sequatchie Valley, Spaces Campaign, which exceeded its he became editor of Poetry magazine. During his tenure, the magazine was Monteagle mountain $600,000 goal. He served as president honored with two National Magazine Awards. Wiman now teaches literature and South Central Ten- from 2003 to 2005. He was elected and religion at Yale Divinity School and the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. nessee. again to the Friends’ board and then Th rough the generosity of K. P. A. Taylor, the Sewanee Review established Bank executives say to vice-president in 2014, and became in 1986 an annual award honoring a distinguished American poet for the work they wanted a name that president last July. of a career. Howard Nemerov was the fi rst poet honored and was followed by spoke strongly to the fi - Th is year, the Sewanee Civic Asso- Richard Wilbur, Anthony Hecht and W. S. Merwin. Th e other recipients of this nancial institution’s core ciation is celebrating 108 years of civic prize include Maxine Kumin, Wendell Berry, Donald Hall, Louise Glück, Billy values of being strong, opportunities in the community. Th e Collins, William Logan, Debora Greger, Dana Gioia and last year, Marie Ponsot. solid, permanent, com- association brings together communi- mitted and visionary. ty members for social and community Bank offi cials are quick awareness. Th e SCA is the sponsoring P.O. Box 296 to point out that the organization for Cub Scout Pack 152 Sewanee, TN 37375 bank is still the same— and was instrumental in placing the same employees, same historical marker at Sewanee Elemen- branches, same website. tary School and developing the Elliot Customers can continue Park project. to use their same checks, Since 1943, the Sewanee Civic credit cards and debit Association has organized the Com- cards. They can con- munity Chest, which now raises tens tinue with their same of thousands of dollars yearly for local automatic payments and organizations. direct deposits. For more information, go to <www. sewaneecivic.wordpress.com>. 2 • Friday, February 5, 2016 • Th e Sewanee Mountain MESSENGER Letter Ragtime Genius Performs THE SEWANEE MOUNTAIN MESSENGER FUTURE OF LEGION POST #51? 418 St. Mary’s Ln. To the Editor: P.O. Box 296 Today, the future of Sewanee’s on Feb. 12–13 Sewanee, Tennessee 37375 American Legion Post #51 is precari- Renowned ragtime pianist Bob Milne will be on the Sewanee campus, Friday Phone (931) 598-9949 ous at best.
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