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DAVIDSON COUNTY • DICKSON COUNTY • CHEATHAM COUNTY • WILLIAMSON COUNTY PUBLIC RECORDS NOW INSIDE West NOVEMBER 19 -25, 2010 www.westviewonline.comview VOL. 34, NO. 45 FALLEN STAR Local legend Cory Fleming’s descent from hero to felon Pg 21 GRATEFUL TO THE DEAD BLUEGRASS LEGEND Jesse McReynolds gets a lot of strange looks when he tells people about his album tribute to the Grateful Dead. Page 22 Williamson County Cheatham County Dickson County Davidson County News From… ON THE RIGHT PATH BeLLeVUe’S ROaDS ap- pear to be a perfect match for Mayor Karl Dean’s Complete Streets initiative. Page 6 A JEWELERS’ BEST FRIEND SHOULD YOU SPEND two to three months salary on an engamentt ring? Only if you want to throw away good money. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Pages 4 INSIDE Editorial Sections Vet’s View ....................................2 Community Calendar ..................5 Week In Review ..........................3 Dave Ramsey ..............................4 Newsmakers .............................43 Public Notices .............................7 Nashville Nostalgia ......................4 Business Services .....................44 Karlen Evins .................................4 © 2010 Westview Newspaper, LLC • 8120 Sawyer Brown Rd. • Nashville, TN 37221 • 615.646.6131 • westviewonline.com Page 2 www.westviewonline.com NOVEMBER 19 - 25, 2010 Be seen by your neighbors. Westview Advertising 646.6131 FDR’s 1943 address Thanks in wartime Florence dedicate Thursday, November Slavin is 25, 1943, as a day for express- a veteran ing our thanks to God for His of World blessing. War II November, having been and a past set aside as “Food Fights for post com- Vet’s Freedom” month, it is fi tting that mander of View Thanksgiving Day be made the American By JOHN FURGESS culmination of the observance Legion on the month by a high resolve Post 5. She on the part of all to produce and recently gave Vet’s View a copy save food, and to “share and play of one of her favorite pieces square” with food. May we on of memorabilia, Pres. Franklin Thanksgiving Day and on every Delano Roosevelt’s Thanksgiv- day, express our gratitude and ing message of 1943, in the zealously devote ourselves to midst of war. our duty as individuals, and as a In the spirit of Thanksgiv- nation, may each of us dedicate ing, best wishes to all Westview his utmost effort to speeding readers, here is the message: the victory which will bring “God’s help to us has been new opportunities for peace and great in the year of march toward brotherhood among men.” worldwide liberty. In brother- FDR, of course, died before hood with warriors of other the war’s end, but his fi erce united nations, our gallant men determination guided our na- have won victory, have freed our tion during those trying days homes from fear, have made tyr- of almost 70 years ago. History anny tremble, and have laid the records that our nation’s great- foundations for freedom and life est generation, at home and in a world that will be free. Our overseas, left a legacy for all to forces and hearth and mills have follow. Someone surely said, wrought well, and our weapons during those wartime years, have not failed. Our farmers, that freedom is not free, and victory gardens, and crop volun- that the price of liberty is great. teers have gathered and stored a We have been reminded of heavy harvest in the barns and that again and again, in Korea, bins for the year is the greatest in Vietnam, Desert Storm, Iraq, the annals of our country. Afghanistan and other places For all of these things we where freedom must be fought are devoutly thankful, knowing for and preserved. also that so great mercies exact This Thanksgiving Day, from us the greatest measure of when we gather around the sacrifi ce and service. table with family and friends, Now, therefore, I, Franklin may we remember those, who D. Roosevelt, President of even now, guard the gates of the United States, do hereby freedom. Westview is published weekly by the Westview Newspaper, L.L.C. 8120 Sawyer Brown Road, Suite 107, Nashville, TN 37221 (615) 646-6131 FAX: (615) 662-0946 [email protected] • www.westviewonline.com • monday-friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m ADVERTISING: Advertising Deadline is Friday 5 p.m. ARTICLES: deadline for articles and photos is monday 9 a.m. PUBLISHER Eric Barnes GENERAL MANAGER ADVERTISING CONSULTANT Lyle Graves Linda Scolaro EDITORIAL DESIGNER ADVERTISING DESIGNER Cynthia Hester Alyson Arnold ADVERTISING DIRECTOR BUSINESS MANAGER Dianna Chambers Kim Kale Week In Review NOVEMBER 19 - 25, 2010 www.westviewonline.com Page 3 Bridgestone announces contributions. the band’s profits after she left to pursue because all children born in the U.S. are 425 job cuts, restructuring IMLS Acting Director Marsha L. Sem- a solo career five years ago. citizens. mel said the winners are “the nation’s Sugarland, which last week was Todd initially acknowledged that he role models.” named the Country Music Association’s was wrong to use those words, but as Nashville-based Bridgestone Americas The institute is the primary source of vocal duo of the year, was set to go to recently as Thursday said he was “not Inc. is cutting 425 jobs nationwide and federal support for the nation’s 123,000 trial Monday with founding member apologizing to anyone who may have moving two unit headquarters to the libraries and 17,500 museums. Kristen Hall over claims she was owed been offended.” Music City. —Associated Press one-third of the band’s profits even He has been criticized by immigrants’ The restructuring includes relocat- though she quit the band in December rights groups, newspaper editorials and ing the headquarters of its Bandag new 2005. Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen. and retreaded commercial tire unit to Bredesen’s solar venture U.S. District Judge Timothy Batten —Associated Press Nashville from Muscatine, Iowa, by next added to disclosure form signed a court order Friday saying the summer. The company will also relocate parties reached a settlement. Terms of the headquarters of the Bridgestone Vanderbilt med center Gov. Phil Bredesen has amended his the agreement were not disclosed, but Americas Original Equipment tire unit state personal disclosure form to include Batten gave both sides until Dec. 13 to to get charging stations from Lovi, Mich. his investment in a solar venture headed complete the agreement. Attorneys for The company says all the current by a former top cabinet aide. the parties could not immediately be Electric vehicle charging stations will Bridgestone locations, including Mus- The Chattanooga Times Free Press reached for comment. be installed at Vanderbilt University catine and Lovi, will continue to house reported for Tuesdays editions that the Hall sued Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Medical Center in Nashville. important operations. amendment to the Democratic gover- Bush in 2008, claiming that she should It will be part of the EV Project, the Company spokesman Dan MacDonald nor’s form was filed Nov. 10 after news have been given a third of the group’s largest deployment of EV charging infra- said 25 positions were eliminated at the accounts revealed Bredesen was the profits — a sum her lawyers said could structure in history. Nashville headquarters, but there will be main backer of Silicon Ranch Corp. exceed $14 million. The medical center said in a news a net gain of about 100 jobs there with The startup company has been run by —Associated Press release that it will participate in the pilot transfers from other sites. There were no former Revenue Commissioner Reagan rollout that will install more than 15,000 cuts in the manufacturing plants. Farr since he left office on Sept. 1. An- charging stations by June 2011 in 16 cit- —Associated Press other top Bredesen aide, Economic and Davis-Kidd’s parent ies in six states and Washington, D.C. Community Development Commissioner closing Nashville store The center will receive six to 10 sta- Bredesen appoints new Matt Kisber, is listed in corporate filings tions free of charge to be used in public as an officer in the company. Nashville’s beloved Davis-Kidd book- parking areas. The estimated installation finance commissioner Bredesen’s form describes his invest- sellers will close in December, the result date is February. ment in Silicon Ranch as “passive.” of its parent company, The Joseph-Beth Center officials said they already have Gov. Phil Bredesen has appointed —Associated Press Group, filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy and received calls from staff members on Mike Morrow as the new Finance and closing several stores. the waiting list for a vehicle who want Administration commissioner. An inventory liquidation sale begins to know if charging will be available on Morrow is deputy commissioner at Fi- Opryland Hotel reopens this month, and the store is closing in campus. nance and has been with the department following flood damage December. for 22 years. He replaces Dave Goetz, The company said its decision was an who resigned last week. Dry spell hurts Decked out in more than 2 million economic one, driven by a landscape Bredesen said in a statement that his Christmas lights, the sprawling Gaylord transformed by the rise of digital e-book tobacco crop administration will work hard to ensure Opryland Resort and Convention Center devices and a general slump in consum- continued financial stability and account- reopened Monday after historic Nash- er spending. This autumn has not been kind to ability during the transition to the next ville flooding shuttered the cornerstone Under Chapter 11 bankruptcy, compa- burley tobacco farmers in Kentucky and administration. of the city’s tourism business for six nies generally stay open as they seek to Tennessee, the top two burley-produc- Bill Haslam was elected this month to months.

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