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The SewaneeMountain MESSENGER Vol. XXX No. 12 Friday, April 4, 2014 Weekend SUD Considers Events Amending Cross- Shenanigans Offi cial Grand Opening Connection Policy Shenanigans is hosting a weekend full of festive events to celebrate the by Leslie Lytle Th e board instructed Beavers to de- reopening of the 40-year-old restau- Messenger Staff Writer cline the invitation to address the town rant. Th e activities will kick off with At the March 25 meeting, the meeting and to encourage customers the offi cial ribbon cutt ing at 11 a.m., Board of Commissioners of the Se- with questions about rates to contact Friday, April 4. Continuing through- wanee Utility District of Franklin and Beavers directly or to raise the question out the weekend, there will also be a Marion Counties discussed amending at a SUD board meeting. Friday night dance party, door prizes, the cross connection policy to ad- Commissioner Ken Smith was con- live music and the opening of the dress customers’ failure to have their tacted on behalf of an elderly customer new Boardroom in the back of the backflow prevention devices tested and asked why SUD’s late-fee penalty building. annually. Th e board also responded to was so high. SUD’s late-fee penalty, 10 questions about SUD’s rate structure percent, is the same as that charged by and late payment penalty. the city of Decherd. Monteagle and Friday Night Angel Fest Tracy City charge 10 percent plus $2. The Friday Night Angel Fest on SUD manager Ben Beavers ex- pressed concern about customers’ Winchester charges a 5 percent penalty. April 4 will bring together University Beavers said, “Th ere must be a pen- students and the greater community failure to report their backflow pre- vention device test results. In keeping alty” for failure to pay by a set date to for music, food and conversation. encourage customers to pay in a timely Musicians and bands from both the with requirements of the Tennessee Department of Environment and fashion. To assist low-income custom- community and University will play ers, SUD annually contributes Project at Angel Park Pavilion 6:30–9:30 p.m. Conservation (TDEC), SUD’s cross- connection policy requires customers Help funds to the Community Action Food will be available for purchase by Committ ee (CAC) in Sewanee. CAC local restaurants, and admission is free. to install a backfl ow prevention device anytime there is a possibility water decides who receives assistance and from other sources could enter SUD’s how much. Beavers said in hardship Perpetual Motion Dance Sewanee Elementary School students Madison Arp and Kylie Coker spoon feed a turtle distribution lines. Beavers will research cases or extenuating circumstances, Sewanee’s annual performance at the fi rst meeting of Friday School on March 28. Margaret Matens did a program the fee charged by other utilities for arrangements could be made for late by Perpetual Motion will be at 7:30 on wildlife for the children. testing backfl ow prevention devices. payment with a penalty adjustment p.m., today and Saturday, April 4–5, University Superintendent of Leas- by contacting SUD before the bill due in Guerry Auditorium. Th e event will es Barbara Schlichting contacted date had passed. feature 22 pieces of original student SES Presents Living Wax Beavers on behalf of the University’s Reporting on the meter replace- choreography, ranging in style from Board of Trustees Community Re- ment program and automated meter reggae to jazz to ballroom, and will lations Committee. A resident had reading (AMR) technology being include more than 60 University stu- Museum on Wednesday posed a question to the committee installed by SUD, Beavers said about dent dancers. about why SUD’s rates were “so high.” one-third of the customer meters have Second-grade students at Sewanee Elementary School will present a Living been replaced and are AMR-equipped. Wax Museum at 1 p.m., Wednesday, April 9, in the front foyer of the school. Th e Schlichting asked if Beavers or a SUD representative would address the topic Recent accuracy testing revealed that MGTA Fun Run & Walk classes of Mrs. Casey and Mrs. Wall are organzing the event. Badger brand meters would not need to Mountain Outfitters and the A long-standing tradition at SES, the Living Wax Museum project requires at the April 3 town meeting hosted by this committ ee. be replaced when fewer than 250,000 Mountain Goat Trail Alliance are that each student research and write a report on a historically signifi cant fi gure. gallons had passed through the meter. sponsoring a fun run and walk on Selections are oft en people from history, sports and popular culture. eTh stu- In discussing the rate question, Beavers pointed out that SUD’s rates Th is will reduce the number of meter Saturday, April 5. Th e fi ve-mile run dents dress as the subject of their report and at the museum, become statues replacements by 300, Beavers said. As a will begin at 10:30 a.m. in downtown of wax. Each character comes to life when an imaginary butt on is activated and were based on the annual review and recommendations of the consulting result, he anticipates the AMR project Sewanee; the 2.7-mile walk will begin the fi gure describes his/her life. coming in under budget. at 10:30 a.m. at St. James Church in Guests are welcome. Please check in at the SES offi ce. fi rm Raft elis Financial Inc., taking into account SUD’s present and projected Th e next meeting of the SUD board Midway. Both will fi nish at Mountain is scheduled for April 22. Outfi tt ers in Monteagle. Registration expenses. and more information is available at College Students Make Mountain Outfitters and online at <htt p://mountaingoatt rail.org >. Unusual Pledge to Support Dance Conservatory Sewanee Dance Conservatory Blue Monarch (with Alabama Youth Ballet) will Th e staff and residents of Blue Monarch were surprised by an unexpected act host its annual demonstration-perfor- of generosity from the Gamma Sigma Phi fraternity at Sewanee. Th e members mance at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 5, in worked together in February to raise money for the local nonprofi t in a very Guerry Auditorium. Th is year’s dances unique way, by abstaining from any kind of alcohol or drug for the entire month. will feature excerpts from “Peter Pan.” Aft er helping with the annual Turkey Trot that benefi ts Blue Monarch last fall, fraternity member Ike Holmes said that the Gammas, “simply fell in love Animal Harbor with Blue Monarch and what it stood for. Since then we had to try to come up Children’s Festival with a way to contribute more to the powerful organization.” Th e third annual Animal Harbor During the month Festival will be 1–5 p.m.,Saturday, of February, Holmes, April 5, on the University Quad. Th ere along with his fra- will be children’s games, food, kids’ ternity brothers, Critically acclaimed contemporary artist Laurel Nakadate will be on campus to activities, a dunk tank, a silent auction, pledged to abstain discuss her work at 4:30 p.m., today (Friday), in Convocation Hall with a reception and puppies and kitt ens available for from any sort of al- aft erward. “Strangers and Relations” is an exhibition of large-scale color portrait adoption. cohol or drug for the photographs including Kalispell, Montana #1, 2013 (above.) Th e photographs off er Th e $5 admission includes unlim- entire month, and records of fi rst-time encounters, taken at night in isolated locations, lit by moonlight ited access to games and food. reached out to the and a single handheld fl ashlight. The exhibition at the University Art Gallery closes entire student body Sunday, April 6. to join their efforts. Barbecue and NCAA Final Th e Gammas set up Four Games a system where an P.O. Box 296 individual pledged a Fraternity members (fr om left ) Ike Holmes, Oliver Th is University Cornerstone Event Larkin and David Vargas with Susan Binkley. Sewanee, TN 37375 will include activities on the Quad determined amount and the announcement of the win- of days to be sober and donate a certain dollar amount each day. ner of the faculty-student barbecue When Holmes informed Blue Monarch of their eff orts, it took the staff com- competition. pletely by surprise. Holmes presented more than $600 to Blue Monarch in It will conclude with a broadcast March. of the Final Four games in McClurg “I am so incredibly impressed that Gamma Sigma Phi took this very bold Dining Hall. Enjoy a delicious dinner step to demonstrate their support for Blue Monarch. It’s very moving,” said and the semifi nal games of the NCAA Susan Binkley, founder and director of the program. men’s basketball tournament. Blue Monarch, a long-term recovery program for women and children Events begin at 5 p.m., Saturday, struggling with abuse and addiction, off er women an opportunity to break April 5. their destructive cycles and start a new way of life. 2 • Friday, April 4, 2014 • Th e Sewanee Mountain MESSENGER THE SEWANEE MOUNTAIN MESSENGER 418 St. Mary’s Ln. P.O. Box 296 Sewanee, Tennessee 37375 Phone (931) 598-9949 Fax (931) 598-9685 Email [email protected] Contributors Phoebe Bates www.sewaneemessenger.com Jean Yeatman Laura L. 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