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U.S. Postage PRSRT STD Franklin, TN Permit #357 PAID WIN FREE Wednesday, MOVIE TICKETS February 4, 2009 See the Where’s Wally ad for details on how to win FREE Movie Vol. 33 No. 5 Passes to Bellevue Regal 12! Logan’s Roadhouse To Open In Nashville West Center In March This March, residents of Roadhouse®,” is a restaurant Roadhouse. “We see a lot of Shopping Center will seat 237 west Nashville will have a new that revisits the classic road- opportunity in this neighbor- guests and is reminiscent of Confederate place to enjoy great steaks, ice- house from days past and hood. We plan to be a valuable American roadhouses of the cold longnecks and a kickin’, brings it to life in a relevant, part of the community by bring- past, complete with neon signs pancake upbeat atmosphere with friends modern way. ing to west Nashville a place and an interactive jukebox. and family. Construction is “Our team searches the where guests will feel comfort- The new Logan’s under way on the new Logan’s country for the best restaurant able and enjoy high quality Roadhouse will employ breakfast Roadhouse® restaurant located sites, and we’re excited about steaks in a kickin’, upbeat approximately 130 area resi- at 6804 Charlotte Pike in the opening our 12th location in the atmosphere, all at a great dents. More information about The Sons of Confederate Nashville West Shopping Nashville area,” said Tom price.” Logan’s Roadhouse can be Veterans Capt. W.H. McCauley Center. Nashville-based Vogel, president and chief exec- The 6,336-square-foot found at www.logansroad- Camp 260 will hold a pancake Logan’s, “The Real American utive officer of Logan’s restaurant in the Nashville West house.com. breakfast this Saturday, 7-9 a.m. at Applebee’s on Highway ‘Suicide Survivors’ group 46 in Dickson. offers help with grief process Part 1 in a series a group of college students gathered at the offices of By Richard Edmondson Family and Children’s Service Ed and Winnie Elberson (FCS). The students were there Tickets are $5 each and all are what mental health profes- to undergo training as coun- proceeds will benefit the sionals refer to as “survivors of selors for a crisis call line, and restoration of St. Paul Church suicide.” On March 15, 2007 what the Elbersons had to say in Charlotte, which is celebrat- their twenty-six-year-old son, hopefully will help instill in ing its 100th anniversary this Ken, killed himself by placing a them the perspective necessary year. Servers at the breakfast loaded gun to his head and to carry out life-saving inter- will be dressed in 1860s attire, pulling the trigger. vention at some point in the so bring your camera. They have spent nearly the future. last two years trying to recover But the real reason Ed and from the psychological trauma Winnie are going public with of that event and get on with their story at this time is so that their lives. But it’s not easy. others who have experienced Because with suicide there is tragedies similar to theirs will not only the normal grief asso- come to understand that help is Ed and Winnie Elberson ciated with the passing of a available. The Elbersons are loved one; there are also a myr- members of Survivors of think I do. And I know that he of suicide—they have all the iad of unanswered questions. Suicide, or SOS, a group which had a lot of turmoil in his life all normal parts of grief, plus more For tickets or more infor- Questions such as why did he meets weekly at FCS’ offices at his life. But did I ever in a mil- layers. It’s got extra stigma. It’s mation call Dale or Whitney do it? What could I have done 201 23rd Ave. N. lion years think he was going to more traumatic, more challeng- Qualls at 615-446-8939. to prevent it? “When this happened, after kill himself? No.” ing. You know, if your grand- Tickets will be available at the “Every emotion that you the funeral, that was the first Social worker Granger mother passes away at the age door as well. can think of you will experi- thing we said is we’ve got to Brown, a mental health profes- of 83 after a long illness, you ence it, guilt, pain, anxiety— find a place to go where we’re sional who works with SOS, sort of expect that. You don’t To Advertise in the Westview, just everything. You hate your- with people that understand us says a survivor of suicide is expect your 24 year old son to call 615-646-6131 or email publishwestview@ self, you hate the world, you’re and can guide us and help us,” defined as “anyone who has commit suicide,” Brown said. aol.com. down—I mean you feel every said Winnie. “To this day I keep lost someone to suicide,” and He said one of the positive Westview goes into Franklin, emotion that you can. It’s a hor- thinking that it’s all been not he says that people who fall into benefits of a group like SOS is Fairview, White Bluff, rible feeling,” said Ed. true. And to this day I keep that category are at six to eight it helps survivors get off of Dickson, Pegram, Kingston Recently the Elbersons, thinking, ‘there’s no way my times greater risk of actually what they often describe as a Springs, as well as West who live in Hendersonville, son could have done that.’ I try committing suicide themselves. “roller coaster ride”—of living Nashville, Belle Meade and shared their experiences before to understand why he did it. I “People that are survivors (Continued on page 5) Bellevue. n’t glow; if they did, your the time one saved was often clothes were sure to scorch). not worth the energy (or risk) Given that heating any one expended. iron for too long could defeat the purpose, keeping too many Karlen Evins, author of irons in the fire more often “I Didn’t Know That” It’s been one of those same color: namely, black), it with which iron was hot; than not, led to more confu- welcomes your feedback. weeks. And I don’t think I’m was no small feat to keep up which was cold (for they did- sion than simplification, thus www.karlenevins.com unique. For every one step for- ward, there’ve been two steps back. Astrologically, maybe Mercury’s in retrograde, but honestly, I just think we as Americans are tackling too much, stretching ourselves too thin, and making an art of multitasking as if it’s an Olympic sport in which we hope to medal. Rather than savor the moment in any given task, we text while driv- ing, talk while cooking, com- pute while conversing. In short we’ve learned to pattern our days, our lives, our careers around an impossible list of “to do’s” made worse by our blackberries and cell technol- ogy. As my grandma would say, we’ve got too many irons in the fire, and nary a clue as to where the expression origi- nated in the first place. In case you’ve ever won- dered, the irons are literal, dat- ing pre-electricity, wherein laundry day was no fun task. As it pertained to pressing matters, heavy irons were placed within the fireplace itself, which yes, made the irons fiery hot (necessary for the heaviest fabrics), but the bad news was this heat was temporary. So to compensate for the cool off factor, several irons were used in rotation, making for a heated shuffle as one exchanged cold irons for hot throughout the ironing process. As you might imagine (given that irons were all the Looking For A New Friend? Call Adopt A Pet 373-0832 Page 2 -- Wednesday, February 4, 2009 www.westviewonline.com www.publishedbywestview.com Westview NEWSpapers Bellevue Woman of the Year? Nashville You know her and can nominate her! The first year the Bellevue Community website at Nostalgia Chamber of Commerce decided www.thebellevuechamber.co By E.D. Thompson to sponsor this award it was for m . You may also submit in Email: [email protected] the “Bellevue Business writing up to 300 words why Woman of the Year” and you feel your nominee should Do You Remember? Dell, Larry Gilbert, and the Evelyn Underwood-Miles, be honored as the 09 “Bellevue Here is another variety of Nashville Vols quite well. Do Owner of the Westview Woman of the Year”. Mail or memories—another smorgas- you remember when Larry Newspaper received this Honor. hand deliver your nomination bord of Nashville’s nostalgic Schmittou brought minor league One reason Underwood-Miles to the Bellevue Chamber @ tastes. baseball back to Nashville? The was honored was for her dedi- 177-A Belle Forest Circle, Do you remember the old Nashville Sounds played their cation to keeping Bellevue resi- Nashville, TN 37221. Jackson Building which sat at first season in 1978. That year a dents informed through her A special luncheon honor- the corner of Fifth Avenue and total of 380,000 fans enjoyed local Westview newspaper that ing the nominees will be held in Church Street? This building good baseball at Greer Stadium. her late husband started… a Evelyn Underwood-Miles March and the winner of the was there before Cain-Sloan Greer Stadium was named newspaper that has been in cir- Chamber decided to modify the “Bellevue Woman of the Company moved from across for Herschel Greer who was the culation since 1978! Over the title and recognize the Year” will be announced at that the street to that corner.