The SewaneeMountain MESSENGER Vol. XXVII, No. 36 Friday, September 30, 2011 Walk Abbo’s Council Considers Alley with Speed Limit Changes Ramseur by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer Join George Ramseur, profes- Sewanee Police Chief Robert White presented several options for changes sor emeritus of botany, at 7:45 a.m., to the speed limit at the Sept. 26 Sewanee Community Council meeting. Th e Saturday, Oct. 1, for a walk through council also reviewed the 2011 deer cull goals and the deer population study Abbo’s Alley. conducted by University students, with the assistance of domain manager Th e Abbott Martin Ravine Garden Nate Wilson. is a lovely mix of native and cultivated Th e speed limit in Sewanee is 25 mph, except on Highway 41A. Based on a plants, and the ravine is steeped in police department survey of vehicle and pedestrian traffi c, White introduced Sewanee history. Ramseur has spent three changes to the speed limit for the council’s consideration: lower the speed countless hours working in the garden limit to 20 mph on University Avenue as it moves west and south through and knows it well. Meet on the cam- campus and the Village (from Emerald-Hodgson Hospital to Highway 41A); pus Quadrangle (beside All Saints’ increase the speed limit to 35 mph on University Avenue as it moves east from Chapel) for this easy one-hour walk, the hospital to Highway 41A; and decrease the speed limit to 15 mph on Georgia a Sewanee Family Weekend event but Avenue. White also said there were 20 streets in Sewanee with no speed limit also open to the public. signs, including Florida Avenue, Carruthers Road, Proctor’s Hall Road, Missis- Picking fl owers and digging plants sippi Avenue and Morgan’s Steep Road. White suggested the council consider are prohibited in Abbo’s Alley. For lowering the speed limit on the streets without signage. more information call the Sewanee Vice-Chancellor John McCardell recommended the council defer taking Herbarium at 598-3346, or visit its action on the speed limit issue until the October meeting, so the public could website
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Events at Senior Center News IONA: Art Upcoming Events Th e GoGo Gang will go to the Corner House in Cowan for lunch on Saturday, Oct. 8. Meet at the center at 11:30 a.m. to carpool. Sanctuary On Saturday, Oct.15, the center will host a covered-dish luncheon at IONA: Art Sanctuary will be open noon. Leslie Lytle and April Minkler will provide musical entertainment. to the community and visiting families Come join the fun and bring a dish to share. from 3 to 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 30, and Saturday, Oct. 1. Volunteers of the Week On Sunday, Oct. 9, IONA will host Th anks to John Wendling, who fi xes everything all the time (our a poetry tribute to Phoebe and Scott property man). Bates at 2 p.m. For many years the Bates have con- Joseph’s Breakfast on Monday tributed to the Mountain community by publishing a poem each week in the “Joseph’s Breakfast” will be at 8 a.m., Monday, Oct. 3. A full breakfast first newspaper, the Sewanee Siren will be served. Th e suggested donation is $3 (50 and over) and $5 (under (edited by Phoebe), and for the past 50). A dishwasher is needed for this meal if you would like to help with Slandered Banshee, an Irish music group, will perform 6–9 p.m., tonight (Friday), the cleanup. All are welcome. 26 years, in the Sewanee Mountain Sept. 30, at the Celtic Cup in Tullahoma. Band members are (fr om left ) Leslie Lytle, Messenger. Burki Gladstone, April Minkler, Regina Rourk Childress, Roger McCoy and Jeanie “Favorites from our Table” on Sale Now A number of individuals will read Stephenson. poems from the Bates’ collections of Th e Sewanee Senior Center still has copies of its new cookbook, collected and writt en poetry. “Favorites from our Table.” Th e price is $10. All profi ts go toward the Readers will include Doug Cam- purchase of a much-needed new steam table. eron, Liz and Ed Camp, George Dick, Louise Irwin, Luann and David Prater’s Mill Country Fair Senior Menus Landon, Maryellen McCone, Waring Th e 40th annual Prater’s Mill Country Fair will be Saturday and Sunday, Th e Sewanee Senior Center serves lunch at noon Monday through McCrady, April Minkler, Geraldine Oct.8–9, at the historic gristmill located near Dalton, Ga. Friday. Th e suggested donation is $3 (50 or older) or $5 (under 50). Please Piccard, Peter Trenchi and Laura Th is is a family-friendly festival centered around the old water-powered, call by 10:30 a.m. to order lunch. Willis. Th e event is free and open to still-operating gristmill which was established in 1855 to grind wheat into fl our the public. Th ere will be refreshments and corn into meal. Oct. 3: White chili, grilled cheese sandwich, crackers, dessert. aft er the poetry readings. Guests are Th e fair has grown into a celebration of music, Southern food, live history Oct. 4: Turkey and dressing, macaroni and cheese, green beans, encouraged to bring a folding chair. exhibits and handmade craft s and original art created by more than 185 talented roll, dessert. IONA: Art Sanctuary is located at artists and artisans. Live demonstrations include blacksmithing, quilting, Oct. 5: Meat loaf, pinto beans, slaw, cornbread, dessert. 630 Garnertown Road, off Highway woodcarving and Oct. 6: Lasagna, corn on cob, salad, garlic bread, dessert. 56-S (Sherwood Road) from Highway rug hooking. Oct. 7: Potato soup, salad, corn muffi n, peaches, cott age cheese. 41-A. Th ere will also be a living Civil Menus may vary. Th e center is located at 5 Ball Park Rd. (behind the War encampment, Sewanee Market). To reserve a meal or for more information about any Sewanee Chorale antique engines of the programs, please call the center at 598-0771. in operation, and handcrafted bed- Welcomes New spreads on dis- play. Members In addition to self-guided tours of the mill, visitors can take canoe rides on Th e Sewanee Chorale, under the Coahulla Creek or a short hike down the nature trail. direction of Gary Sturgis, continues A continuous entertainment schedule on two stages off ers traditional fare to welcome new members. such as Appalachian-style clogging exhibitions, country bands and gospel sing- Rehearsals are at 7 p.m., Mondays, ers, as well as a contingent of wandering musicians and storytellers. at “Th e Pit” in Hamilton Hall at the Th e Prater’s Mill Country Fair is sponsored by the Prater’s Mill Foundation, a School of Th eology. nonprofi t organization dedicated to historic preservation and education. Thirty- Please consider joining this fun nine civic clubs, churches and schools participate in the regional event. group that gathers for the joy of sing- Fair hours are 9 a.m.–6 p.m. on Saturday and 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Sunday. Admis- ing together. sion is $5; children 12 and under enter free. CLAYTON Dues are $20 per semester. For Prater’s Mill is located on Georgia Highway 2, 10 miles northeast of Dalton more information, contact Sturgis by and about 30 miles south of Chatt anooga. For more information call (706) ROGERS email at
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But Marlena is married to the head for the event on Saturday, Oct. 8. animal trainer, August (Christoph Waltz), who is oft en cruel to both the Among the performers will be animals and the performers. As Jacob and Marlena fall in love, August Johnny Neel (formerly with Allman becomes incensed, and the circus “family” begins to crumble. Some of Brothers and Government Mule), the train scenes were fi lmed in Chatt anooga. It is very hard to make a Shane Lamb, The Culprits, Hard movie from a beloved book, so fans of the novel are bound to be disap- Times Band and Bazzania. pointed. Th e lack of chemistry between Patt inson and Witherspoon is In addition to live music, there will frustrating, but director Francis Lawrence (“I Am Legend”) tries to coax be art to enjoy, food to savor and space some romance out of them, as well as create an entertaining fi lm. Rated Felted scarves fr om “Recollection” to dance. Th e festival begins at 5 p.m. PG-13 for moments of intense violence and sexual content. Cinema Guild Th is Week Th ursday, Oct. 6, at 7:30 p.m. Freeman and Teasley at Th e Birdcage Gallery 117 minutes • R • Free “Th e Birdcage” is the 1996 American version of the French farce, Shenanigans Gallery Notes “La Cage aux Folles.” Armand (Robin Williams) is the owner of a drag club in South Beach where his long-time partner, Albert (Nathan Lane) Ginger Freeman and Christi Tea- Shenanigans Gallery is located in Locals Gallery—Hand-built pot- performs his elaborate show to a loving crowd. When Armand’s son ar- sley will be the featured artists at the back of Shenanigans Restaurant tery by Mary L. Lynch; works of 10 rives to announce his engagement, he and Albert pretend to be straight Shenanigans Gallery for the month of at 12595 Sollace M. Freeman Hwy. in local and regional artists, through Dec. for the sake of the in-laws-to-be. Director Mike Nichols fi lled the movie October. In an exhibit titled “Recol- Sewanee. Th e gallery is open Tuesday– 24. 598-0400. with a terrifi c cast that includes Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest, Hank lection,” Freeman and Teasley will Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. For Shenanigans Gallery—“Recol- Azaria and Christine Baranski. Rated R for language. display new paintings and textiles that more information visit the Shenani- lection” by featured artists Ginger have been dyed using locally grown gans Art Gallery page on Facebook. Freeman and Christi Teasley; works Sewanee Union Th eatre Next Week plants including indigo, onions, oak, Artists with work in the gallery of 20 other local artists, through Oct. Wednesday, Friday–Sunday, Oct. 5, Oct. 7–9, at 7:30 p.m. marigolds and sourwood. include: Bob Askew, watercolor and 31. 598-5774. Th e Help Freeman has created a line of oil paintings; Larry Carden, weaving; St. Andrew’s-Sewanee Gallery— Set in Jackson, Miss., in the mid-1960s, “Th e Help” tells the story of re-purposed garments incorporat- Jill Carpenter, patchwork and quilting; “Dwell,” photography and sculpture struggles within individual homes about domestic help and the civil ing hand-felted elements. Many of Tom and Susan Church, woodwork- by Emily D. Cameron, through Oct. 7. rights movement. Skeeter (Emma Stone) is a headstrong young writer these garments and her new batch of ing; David B. Coe, photography; 598-5651, ext. 3151. who decides to interview black housekeepers and cooks so she can tell felted scarves are also dyed with indigo Ginger Freeman, mixed media; Diane Stirling’s Coff ee House— “Mod- their story to the country. Aibileen (Viola Davis), Skeeter’s best friend’s grown in her Monteagle garden. Her Gett y, fi bers; Robley Hood, handmade ern Saints,” textiles and mixed-media housekeeper, is the fi rst to open up to Skeeter, and as a result, change paintings are each based on a word that books; Barbara Hughes, ceramic by Diane Gett y. 598-1885. begins to occur across the tight-knit Belhaven community. Th e movie is both a noun and a verb: plant, fl ower, sculpture and painting; Diane Jones, The University Art Gallery— is based on Kathryn Stockett ’s best-selling book, “Th e Help,” which bloom and cloud. calligraphy; Sanford McGee, copper Greg Pond’s documentary video people either love or hate. As one noted reviewer said, “Both taste and Teasley’s work includes both wear- and mixed media; Dan Pate, paint- installation, “Born in Trenchtown,” perspective will inform whether viewers will fi nd ‘Th e Help’ a revelatory able textiles and work for the wall ing and sculpture; Claire Reishman, through Oct. 2. 598-1223. celebration of interracial healing and transcendence, or a patronizing created with merino wool sandwiched pottery; Peggy Solomon, fiber art; Hunter Museum of American portrait that trivializes those alliances by reducing them to melodrama between layers of naturally dyed Jeanie Stephenson, bronze; Christi Art, Chatt anooga—“Th e Kunstmu- and facile uplift .” Rated PG–13 for thematic material. cloth. Her series of new paintings, Teasley, textiles; Merissa Tobler, pot- seum Wolfsburg at the Hunter Mu- —LW “Indulgences,” incorporates a wide tery; and Laurel York, printmaking seum” and “Beverly Semmes Starcraft .” variety of wet and dry media, including and basketry. On Sunday, Oct. 2, Sewanee’s “Cricket walnut ink. & Snail” (Lucie and Jim Carlson) will be performing, 1–3 p.m., free. (423) Italian Art 267-0968. “Putnam County Spelling Bee” In-Town Gallery, Chatt anooga— & Pottery Sale ”Th e Art of Wood,” by Doug Barker, This Weekend on Stage in Tullahoma through Oct. 31. (423) 267-9214. Th e Community Playhouse Inc. in Tullahoma will present its season opener, River Gallery, Chattanooga— Everything “Th e 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” a one-act musical comedy, “Looking Up,” paintings by Scott Hill Sept. 30–Oct. 2 and Oct. 7–9. Friday and Saturday shows begin at 7:30 p.m., and Deborah Koh, through Oct. 31. 10% Off and Sunday aft ernoon performances at 2 p.m. (423) 265-5033. Th is Tony award-winner features six anxious adolescents competing in the Marly Berger Gallery at the Arts bee, as well as three quirky adults trying to supervise the event. 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Th e students I see look like they are either will be performed at 7:30 p.m., tonight going to cocktail parties or costume balls, while the adults run the gamut fr om (Friday), Sept. 30 and Saturday, Oct. 1. Friday casual to cargo shorts and tank tops. What should I do? Th e performances are free and open to Signed, Sewanee Newbie the public. Directed by theatre majors Cam- Dear Sartorially Challenged Newcomer, eron Jeft s, Anthony Caskey, Michael To put it bluntly, you really needn’t worry about your att ire because, Caskey and Buck Hinkle, Roby de- with all of the above passing in front of our eyes, no one’s going to be look- scribes the work as “Four plays about ing at you. As you have so astutely observed, Sewanee’s football games are meat and bread and cheese.” a combination of a haute couture fashion show in Milan, the Halloween The plays span four centuries parade in Greenwich Village and a three-ring circus. You would have to beginning with John Montagu, the work awfully hard to fi nd an outfi t that would cause the crowd to look Fourth Earl of Sandwich and his need away from young men in short kilts and co-eds in cowboy boots tugging to invent fi nger food. It then moves to Music at their unwieldy strapless dresses. a married couple in the 19th century Most people who att end Sewanee football games are not there to watch who witness a truly astounding phe- Trapper Haskins – Oct. 7 football; they are there to people-watch, and Sewanee’s undergraduates do Slandered Banshee – Oct 14 nomena in their backyard. Next is a not disappoint, so the other fans can rest easy and dress in whatever feels salesman trying to peddle off his bak- Gallery Exhibits-October comfortable. We community members realize that we are not the stars ing fl our to a reluctant housewife. The Special Reception-Oct. 8 from 2:00 to 4:00 of this show. It is true that at Homecoming, the stakes get a litt le higher work ends with a monologue about the since the alumni come back and make their fashion statements with a various allergies and intolerances that Textiles & Paintings vengeance in order to outshine the undergraduates; in an inversion of the plague people today. Ginger Freeman natural world, the females wear the brightest colors and have the highest Christi Teasley heels, while the drab male alums are att ired in “dress code” khakis and blue blazers, or if they are show-males, madras jackets and whale pants. Visit the Sewanee Facebook In a word, relax. Your anxiety is misdirected and would be bett er spent Like us for daily specials, other items & events Food & Flower on concern for poverty, world peace and bett er cell phone reception. If you Family Weekend! must have advice on what to wear in our town, I’d suggest a functional GARDENERS’ pair of black slacks, and you’re good to go. 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MLS 1305453 - 974 Old Sewanee Rd., Sewanee. $324,000
BLUFF - MLS 1198478 - 3335 Jackson MLS 1298102 - 1521 Jackson Point Rd., Point Rd., Sewanee. $289,900 Sewanee. $149,900 MLS 1302707 - 656 Raven’s Den Rd., Sewanee. $329,000
MLS 1260369 - 188 Laurel Dr., Sewanee - $359,000 MLS 1274914 - Pearl’s, 15344 Sewanee Hwy. $375,000 MLS 1264861 - 170 Tate Rd., Sewanee. MLS 1262738 - 925 Dogwood Dr., $325,000 Clifftops. $175,000
MLS 1302421 - 621 Dogwood Dr., MLS 1142954 - 1200 Little St., Clifftops. $178,000 MLS 1221591 - 1290 Old Sewanee Rd., Winchester. $98,000 MLS 1257094 - 1811 Bear Court, Sewanee. $249,500 Monteagle. $289,000
MLS 1262670 - 937 Dogwood Dr., MLS 124424 - 714 Basswood Ct., Clifftops. $278,000 Clifftops. $549,000 MLS 1264144 - 17 Bluff Circle, Monteagle. $119,000 MLS 1214614 - 336 Nancy Wynn Rd., Sewanee. $249,999
MLS 1254696 - 921 Poplar Place, BLUFF - MLS 1177179 - 668 Rattlesnake Clifftops. $590,000 MLS 1242107 - 115 North Carolina Ave., Spring Road, Sewanee. $466,000 Sewanee. $490,000 MLS 1252128 - Sewanee area home. $1,200,000
BLUFF - MLS 1101481 - 196 Oleander Lane, Sewanee. $859,000 PENDING BLUFF TRACTS MLS 1274378 - 114 Parson’s Green MLS 1286804 - 296 Sherwood Rd., MLS 1280278 - 615 Breakfield Rd., Stagecoach Rd 1308657 $165,000 Sewanee. $339,900 Stagecoach Rd 1308659 $185,000 Circle, Sewanee. $279,000 Sewanee. $104,900 Ravens Den Rd 1297607 $ 80,000 LOTS & LAND Saddletree Lane 1207074 $ 85,000 Laurel Branch Trail 1286031 $79,900 Jackson Point Rd 1111807 $ 99,000 Jump Off/Haynes Rd 1254930 $98,000 Jackson Point Rd 1111815 $ 99,000 Sarvisberry Place 1207077 $83,000 Jackson Point Rd 1099422 $218,000 Sarvisberry Place 1244981 $85,000 Jackson Point Rd 1101401 $ 99,000 Lot 48 Jackson Pt Rd 1222785 $96,000 Lot 36 North Bluff 1064111 $ 99,900 Sarvisberry Place 1207077 $83,000 Saddletree Lane 892954 $38,000 Saddletree Lane 836593 $ 75,000 Saddletree Lane 892958 $35,700 Raven’s Den 1015362 $129,000 MLS 1307172 - 569 Haynes Rd., MLS 1233623 - 824 Jim Long St., Saddletree Lane 892961 $28,700 Jackson Point Rd 850565 $ 80,000 Jackson Point Rd 686392 $29,000 Sewanee. $539,000 Monteagle. $249,900 SEWANEE FAMILIES: Keep up when you return home. www.sewaneemessenger.com Th e Sewanee Mountain MESSENGER • Friday, September 30, 2011 • 11 Geoarchaeologists Visit SES Sewanee, Tour Plateau Menus Th e University and St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School recently hosted 26 ar- chaeologists, geologists and geoarchaeologists for a day-long fi eld trip as part Oct. 3–7 of the annual DIG (Developing International Geoarchaeology) conference at the University of Tennessee. LUNCH Researchers participating in the fi eld trip (pictured below) came from MON: Barbecue pork sand- Brazil, Germany, the Philippines, Mexico, Scotland, Japan, Greece, Vietnam, wich, chicken nuggets, tossed India, Canada, the Ukraine and the U.S. Sewanee professors Sarah Sherwood salad, steamed corn, broccoli (environmental studies) and Martin Knoll (forestry and geology) and SAS sci- with cheese, chilled fruit. ence teacher Marion Knoll took the group to look at the geoarchaeology of rock TUE: Cheeseburger, meatball shelters on the Southern sub, baked beans, tossed salad, Cumberland Plateau. Th ese green beans, chilled fruit. rock shelters chronicle the Students in Rachel Reavis’ fourth-grade class at Sewanee Elementary created dioramas WED: Beef soft taco, hot dog, cultural history of Native to share their mystery book selections with their classmates. Shown are Damon Marshall tossed salad, Spanish rice, pinto Americans in this region (left ) and Matt hew Gilliam. beans, chilled fruit. and have received only lim- THU: Chicken sandwich, Salis- ited att ention to date. bury steak with gravy, broccoli, Current research focuses mashed potatoes, tossed salad, on analysis of the cultural SES Celebrates Walk to chilled fruit. features preserved at these FRI: Pizza, fi sh and hush pup- sites as well as the geological pies, steamed carrots, baked processes involved in shelter School Day Wednesday DIG att endees. Photo by Buck Butler fries, tossed salad, chocolate formation. Sewanee Elementary School will joins schools around the world to celebrate chip cookie. International Walk to School Day on Wednesday, Oct. 5. Options available: turkey and Approximately 125 students from SES will be walking along with parents, cheese sandwich or ham and cheese teachers and community leaders. sandwich. Th e event will begin at 7:40 a.m., with everyone walking from the University Bookstore. Walkers should arrive at SES by 7:55 a.m. BREAKFAST In the U.S., International Walk to School Day is expected to be celebrated MON: Pancakes. with more than 3,500 events at participating schools; more than 40 countries TUE: Egg and cheese biscuit. participate in the celebration. WED: Pancake pup. Walk to School events work to create safer routes for walking and bicycling THU: French toast sticks. and emphasize the importance of issues such as increasing physical activity FRI: Cinnamon rolls. among children, pedestrian safety, traffi c congestion, concern for the envi- ronment and build connections between families, schools and the broader Options available every day: community. Scrambled eggs, sausage, biscuit, gravy and a variety of fr uit. Milk or juice served with all meals. Menus New Play on Stories at May subject to change. Stage at FCHS Justus Library “Th e Curious Savage,” a play writ- Story time at the May Justus Me- ten by John Patrick, will be performed morial Library will begin in October. at 7 p.m., Thursday–Saturday, Oct. Th e fi rst meeting will be at 10 a.m., UNIVERSITY 6–8, by students at Franklin County on Oct. 5 and the group will meet on LIBRARY HOURS High School. Th e understudy perfor- the fi rst and third Wednesday of each mance will be at 2 p.m., Sunday, Oct. month. Mon-Th u 7:45 a.m.-1 a.m. 2. All performances are in the FCHS Th e May Justus Memorial Library Friday 7:45 a.m.-9 p.m. SES teacher Alicia Wall and her students took a video fi eld trip to Germany recently auditorium. Tickets are $5 for adults is located at 24 Dixie Lee Ave., Mon- Saturday 9 a.m.-6 p.m. with the help of Skype. Cate Bachman and her family are living in Germany for the and $3 for students and will be avail- teagle. Sunday 12 p.m.-1 a.m. year, and Cate wanted to visit with her fr iends about her new school. able at the door.
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Wilson’s recommendation 1, Oct. 15 and Oct. 29. emphasizes increasing the doe harvest. He said the deer herd needs to be reduced Th ese outages are scheduled from by 33 percent each fall to maintain the population at a sustainable level. Th e goal 7 a.m. until approximately 11 a.m. for the 2011 cull is to reduce the herd by 40 percent by harvesting 236 deer and and are necessary for TVA to replace reducing the doe-buck ratio to 3:1. damaged poles. These outages will Last spring, McGrath’s ecology class worked with Wilson to conduct a cen- only aff ect the Sherwood and Ander- sus of the deer population in Sewanee and to design a herd management plan. son communities. Th is will not aff ect Students Katie Wakefi eld, Alexandria Higdon and Patrick Dienzo presented consumers in Sewanee, Cowan or the the results of their study, “Deer Sewanee.” Sinking Cove area. From 1700 to 1900, excessive hunting nearly decimated the white-tailed In the event of inclement weather, deer population in the region. From 1900 to present, hunting regulations, the outage will be rescheduled for laws forbidding the sale of deer meat, disappearance of macro-predators like another date. Duck River Electric mountain lions, and hunters’ preference for killing only large “trophy” bucks appreciates the cooperation and un- has resulted in a dramatic increase in the deer population. derstanding of its members during this “Biological K,” or carry capacity, refers to the number of deer a region can planned outage by TVA. sustain before the health of the population declines due to disease and starva- tion. “Social K” refers to the maximum tolerance of the human population for the nuisances posed by deer. Nuisances include highway dangers, destruction 2nd Annual of gardens and landscaping, the spread of Lyme disease from deer ticks and loss of forest biodiversity due to excessive browse of understory vegetation. Th e Sewanee area deer population has reached Social K and is approaching “Let Freedom Biological K. Th e sustainable number of deer for the Sewanee habitat is 25–30 per square Ring” Event mile. Th e census revealed that Sewanee has 48 deer per square mile and 592 deer Th e second annual “Let Freedom in the central campus region. Th e area deer weigh 30 percent less than average, Ring” Military Community Appre- and does outnumber bucks 7:1. Th e sustainable doe-buck ratio is 1:1. ciation Day will be 1–4 p.m., Satur- Possible solutions include deterring deer with slingshots, alarms, fences and day, Oct. 15, at Monterey Station in habitat manipulation (using plants the deer won’t eat). Injectable birth control Cowan. drugs are available but expensive, costing $200-$1,000 per doe. Achieving popu- The event recognizes and shows lation control by hunting can be accelerated by baiting the deer with feed, which appreciation to the entire military is regarded as a last “desperate” option, and by increasing the doe harvest. Monteagle Mountain community. Active duty personnel, as Sewanee began holding an archery-only deer cull in 2000 to try to bring the well as National Guard, reserve forces, deer population under control. Now there is a pre-cull that begins in September, Homecoming Saturday retired military and the families of with the main cull held during Christmas break. In 2010, hunting with muzzle our proud legions, are all encouraged loaders was allowed in the main cull for the fi rst time. Th e 2011 cull goal is to Monteagle will host its annual Mountain Homecoming and Civil War Event to att end. reduce the herd by 40 percent. on Saturday, Oct. 1, at Hannah Pickett Park. Whether you have spent a vacation, Th ere will be speakers, local enter- a summer, a childhood, or a lifetime on historic Monteagle Mountain, this is a tainers, displays of military equipment great opportunity to reconnect with old friends and family. and helicopter fl y-overs, as well as live Opening ceremonies will begin at 9:30 a.m. Th ere will be Civil War living cannon fi re. history demonstrations at 10 a.m. and noon, and a Civil War reenactment batt le For more information contact at 2 p.m. Local gospel musicians will perform throughout the day; a country event founder Gayle Haywood at music concert will begin at 6 p.m. Bring a lawn chair and your dancing shoes (931) 841-0715 or organizer Larry for a fun day. All events are free and open to the public. Williams at (931) 924-3000. Coff ee at the German House A kaffeeklatsch and open house will be held at Sewanee’s German House, 4–6 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 9. Th is is an opportunity for the com- munity to see the house and meet the students who live there, including Vikki Knotz, a German exchange stu- dent from Baden-Wuertt emberg. eTh students who live there speak German with each other and are steeped in Ger- man culture. For this event, however, they are looking forward to speaking English and describing their experi- ences in Germany. Students found creative ways to participate in the Moving Planet Sustainability Please stop by for cake and coff ee Parade on Sept. 24 on University Avenue. Photo by Lyn Hutchinson and meet the students. Th e German House is on the corner of Louisiana Circle and University Avenue across J & J GARAGE from Benedict Dorm. COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR ● Import & Domestic Keep the ● Computerized 4-Wheel Alignments ● Shocks & Struts ● Tune-ups ● Mountain Brakes Beautiful! ● Our Work is Guaranteed. Jerry Nunley ● OVER 26 YEARS EXPERIENCE. 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She has a master’s degree in Stone Fort recently. school guidance and counseling from Pictured at right are (from left ) MTSU and a Doctorate of Education Thomas Stapleton, Aidan Baugh from Trevecca Nazarene University. (with his back to the camera), Tra- Professionally, she worked with the vis Kershner and Gus Goldsmith Coffee County Board of Education in chair). from 1989 to 2008. She worked as a You can support Scouting in licensed school counselor responsible Sewanee by ordering popcorn from for leading programs for troubled your neighborhood Cub Scout any- youth, organizing college and career time between now and Oct 13. planning, and coordinating health Luwin Lewis and psychological wellness programs and intervention by collaborative networking with system, community and statewide services. She has won many awards for her work and has been a volunteer at CAC Southern Tennessee Medical Center / Emerald Hodgson Hospital and Contact Lifeline and off ered Bible studies in the Coff ee County Jail. She has also volunteered with committ ees Rita Milner, FNP, BC on mental health, education and child Welcomes abuse. Nurse Practitioner CAC board chairwoman Pixie Dozier said, “We welcome Ms. Lewis as a professional in many areas and as a to its medical community. dedicated and faithful servant of God’s work in our community.” CAC is an outreach ministry that serves the greater Sewanee commu- nity, based at Otey Parish. For more information, call 598-5927. Community Rita Milner Chest Deadline Mountain Medical Clinic October 15th The deadline for Community Chest applications for funding is Saturday, Oct. 15. Th e application can be completed online at