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The SewaneeMountain MESSENGER Vol. XXVIII, No. 41 Friday, November 9, 2012 Sewanee Elementary Tracy Cit y Leads the Way in TCAPs Looks at Broadview & North Lake Named Reward Schools by K. G. Beavers, Messenger Staff Writer Downtown With Tennessee’s new accountability system to show progress in public school testing, there are new reporting categories including reward, focus and priority status. Th ese new categories replace the No Child Left Behind Renewal status designations of target, school needs improvement, corrective action A steering committee in Tracy and restructuring. City is developing a downtown revi- In Franklin County, North Lake Elementary and Broadview Elementary talization plan. On Oct. 11, the mayor are reward schools based on performance. A reward school can be in the top 5 and board of aldermen of Tracy City percent of overall performance in profi cient and advanced achievement goals. approved the plan. Members of the A reward school can also be in the top 5 percent of schools where progress is committ ee are Jeremy Fultz, president achieved the fastest, based on value-added scores and growth in TCAP reading/ of Tracy City Business Club; Nadene language arts, math and science. Moore, chairman of the water board While SES had the top TCAP scores in almost all testing categories across of Tracy City Utility District; Sue the county, SES is not a reward school. Parrott, Grundy County member “We did not meet the gap closure with our economically disadvantaged of Southeast Tennessee Tourism students,” said SES principal Mike Maxon. “Th at subgroup did not grow enough Board; Emily Partin, commissioner, Grundy County Board of Commis- academically,” he said. Sewanee United at the Area 5 AYSO tournament on Nov. 3 only allowed one goal dur- SES also had a decline in two subgroup scores between the 2011 and 2012 sioners; and Larry Phipps, mayor ing 180 minutes of regulation soccer. Goalie Larson Heitzenrater (far right) stopped of Tracy City. reading/language arts TCAP test. In 2011, 60.5 percent of economically dis- this att empt. Photo by Paul Klekott a advantaged students were profi cient and advanced. In 2012, 55.3 percent were Th e steering committ ee applied to profi cient and advanced. the Tennessee Department of Eco- In 2011, 81.8 percent of SES students with disabilities scored profi cient and nomic and Community Development advanced in reading/language arts. In 2012, 78.5 percent scored profi cient and for admission to its Tennessee Down- advanced profi cient/advanced in reading/language arts. Civic Association Considers towns program; the group hopes to (Continued on page 10) learn if it has been accepted by the end of 2012. Tennessee Downtowns Future of Local Playgrounds is designed to help communities as by Kevin Cummings, Special to the Messenger they embark on a comprehensive Fiction Readings by Tony Th e pirate ship “set sail” last spring, and Elliott Park is sparse, but community revitalization eff ort. In developing its momentum is building to improve playgrounds in Sewanee. Tennessee Downtowns application, Earley and Randall Kenan Emily Puckett e, a Sewanee math professor and mother of a six-year-old, is members of the steering committ ee one of the strongest voices for bett ering local play areas. Puckett e began discus- have seen great enthusiasm within Fiction writers Tony Earley and Times Notable Book. He has writt en sions with University offi cials about playgrounds aft er the University removed a the downtown business community Randall Kenan will read from their a young adult biography, “James Bald- wooden pirate ship, a log cabin and a metal car that were in disrepair from Elliot for revitalization. work at 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 14, win: Author,” and two works of non- Park. Now basically all that remains is a swing set and chin-up bar. Th ere are 55 active businesses and in Gailor Auditorium. Th e readings, fiction, “Walking on Water: Black “I’m really involved because I saw the diff erence when things were in that organizations in the downtown area book signings and reception that will American Lives at the Turn of the park and people would come,” she said. “And the absence of things in that park of Tracy City and 19 commercial follow are free and open to the public. Twenty-First Century,” which was ... A whole summer was going by without people gathering there, and children buildings vacant, leaving a vacancy Earley is the author of a story col- nominated for were missing that opportunity.” rate in excess of 25 percent. Th ere are lection, “Here We Are in Paradise,” the Southern Puckett e, who grew up in Sewanee, said this is a unique and diverse com- two buildings in the downtown area which won him recognition from Book Award, munity and the playground off University Avenue was a prime spot for people that have been placed on the National both Granta and the New Yorker as and “The Fire to “associate and communicate.” Register of Historic Places. Th ere are one of America’s best young fiction Th is Time.” He She told the Sewanee Civic Association at its regular meeting on Nov. 7 fi ve additional sites that have historical writers, and two novels, “Jim the Boy” is also the au- at the EQB Building that she is seeking help from local stakeholders to bett er or recreational value: the gymnasium and “Th e Blue Star.” He has also pub- thor of the text playgrounds by considering the best locations and new equipment, and possibly of the former Grundy County High lished a collection of personal essays, for Norman consolidating maintenance of playgrounds. School; the former Tracy City depot, “Somehow Form a Family.” His stories Mauskopf’s roundhouse and engine repair shop, Tony Earley Money and manpower will be available, and the University has expressed have appeared in numerous publica- book of pho- willingness to help, Puckett e noted. She added that the Civic Association might along with the contiguous Boy Scouts tions, including the New Yorker (most tographs, “A be a prime candidate to handle maintenance. of America park, the site of the former recently “Jack and the Mad Dog”), Time Not “I really think (helping with playgrounds) is right down our mission and we Shook School with the remaining Harper’s, Granta and Esquire. Earley Here: Th e Mis- can really get something done if we get a litt le more focus and numbers together,” gymnasium; the site of the Wooten held a Tennessee Williams Fellowship sissippi Delta.” said Th eresa Shackelford, association president. “It goes right along with what Mine and Coke Ovens; and the site as Writer-in-Residence at Sewanee in He teaches cre- the Civic Association of old did.” of the former Sam Werner Lumber 1997. He is the Samuel Milton Fleming ative writing at Association member Doug Cameron, assistant Sewanee fi re chief and a Company. Professor of English at Vanderbilt Uni- the University lifelong resident, noted that in the past there were community workdays at the Tracy City’s application is available versity. In the New York Times Book of North Car- playgrounds, and citizens have a history of spearheading large projects, such for review at the Grundy County His- Review, Ellen Currie praised Earley for olina at Chapel Randall Kenan as Sewanee Elementary School. torical Society Heritage Center, 465 his “wonderful gift for deep observa- Hill. Some of the other public play areas are at St. Mark’s Community Center, Railroad Ave., Tracy City. To provide tion, exact and wise and oft en funny.” Author Terry McMillan said, “Ran- the playgrounds in the Woodlands community, at the Sewanee Community comments or for more information, Kenan is the author of a novel, “A dall Kenan is a genius; our black Center and at the Sewanee Youth ballfi elds. contact Parrott at (931) 592-5201 or Visitation of Spirits,” and a collection Márquez. He weaves myth, folktales, In other business at the Nov. 7 meeting, Lisa Rung was selected as the Civic (931) 592-6008. of stories, “Let the Dead Bury Th eir magic and reality like no one else I Association’s new treasurer. Rung, who works at Otey Parish and is an active Dead,” which was a finalist for the know, and he doesn’t miss a beat.” Scout leader and community volunteer, replaces longtime treasurer Rocky Mor- National Book Critics Circle Award, Th is event is presented by the Se- ris, who stepped down to pursue a new business venture, the Monteagle Diner. a nominee for a Los Angeles Times wanee Writers’ Conference and the Kiki Beavers announced that the Sewanee Community Chest, the Civic Election Book Prize for fi ction and a New York department of English. Association’s program to help local Results charities, has reached 32 percent of its fund-raising goal of $90,000. on page Th e next meeting of the Sewanee 6 Civic Association is tentatively sched- uled for sometime in January.
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“Clear Cut” by Jason Brown (above) is one of the pieces by Knoxville-artist Jason Brown in his exhibition, “SEAM,” opening at the Carlos Gallery in the Nabit Art Building on the Sewanee campus. Brown will give an artist’s talk at 4:30 p.m., today, Nov. 9, in the Carlos Gallery, followed by a reception. See page 8 for details about the exhibit. 2 • Friday, November 9, 2012 • Th e Sewanee Mountain MESSENGER
THE SEWANEE MOUNTAIN MESSENGER Letters 418 St. Mary’s Ln. P.O. Box 296 Sewanee, Tennessee 37375 BOXTOPS BIG BOON FOR SES Phone (931) 598-9949 To the Editor: Fax (931) 598-9685 Sewanee Elementary School and Email [email protected] Contributors the SES Parent-Teacher Organization www.sewaneemessenger.com Phoebe & Scott Bates would like to thank everyone in the Jean & Harry Yeatman John Shackelford community who has clipped, collected Laura L. Willis, editor/publisher Annie Armour and submitt ed BoxTops. Janet B. Graham, advertising director/publisher John Bordley BoxTops can be submitted only April H. Minkler, office manager Daniel Church twice a year. On Monday we sent in our Ray Minkler, circulation manager Virginia Craighill fall submission with 5,229 BoxTops! Leslie Lytle, staff writer Buck Gorrell K.G. Beavers, staff writer Margaret Stephens Th is means that a $522.90 check will Peter Trenchi be made out directly to our school in Sandra Gabrielle, proofreader Pat Wiser a couple of months. Th is submission is Geraldine H. Piccard, editor/publisher emerita Francis Walter a 54 percent increase over our submis- Published as a public service to the Sewanee community. 3,500 copies are printed on Fridays, sion from this same time last year and 46 times a year, and distributed to 26 Sewanee-area locations for pickup free of charge. is almost 70 percent of our $750 goal This publication is made possible by the patronage of our advertisers and by contributions from The University of the South (print production) and the Sewanee Community Chest. for this year. SUBSCRIPTIONS $75 first class. Please continue to clip the Box- All material in the Sewanee Mountain Messenger and on its website are copyrighted Tops. Th ere are collection boxes at SES Second-graders at Sewanee Elementary School have been studying the presidential and may not be published or redistributed without written permission. and the Sewanee post offi ce. Th ey can election process and the men who have become president. Marilyn Davidheiser, SES also be SPOed to Ryan Cassell. volunteer, shares “A President From Hawaii” with students, a book about the 44th Let’s surpass our $750 goal for this president, Barack Obama. Like President Obama, Davidheiser’s family is fr om Hawaii. school year! Public Safety Reports Erin Cassell ■ THANKS TO SENIOR CITIZENS Sewanee Fire Department SES BoxTops Coordinator To the Editor: Serving In October 2012, the Sewanee Volunteer Fire Department (SVFD) an- FUTURE HOPES AUCTION Th e Senior Citizen’s Center board graciously allowed the Sewanee Civic Where Called swered 24 calls, including a major fi re at a home on Bob Stewman Road. eTh A SUCCESS call came in shortly aft er 1 p.m. on Oct. 29. When the fi rst units arrived, the To the Editor: Association to use their space in order to complete the Community Chest residence was fully involved. Th e occupants were safely out of the building, Th e St. Andrew’s-Sewanee Parents’ Please keep the following according to Art Hanson of the SVFD. Th e cause of the fi re is unknown, and Council wishes to thank all those who fund-raiser mailing. Special thanks to individuals, their families and all Pete McBee, Alice Sholey and Louise the State Forestry Department was called in to assist with some small brush donated and bid on items for the SAS those who are serving our country fi res around the property. Hanson said the house was declared a total loss. Future Hopes Auction, as well as ev- Irwin for helping stuff and address the in your thoughts and prayers: lett ers. We most certainly could not Also in October, SVFD had 15 calls to University dorms, fraternity or so- eryone who att ended the event. With Michael Evan Brown rority houses (all had no apparent cause, burnt food or deemed trivial); one to support from parents and community have completed our task without the help of mailing professional Bonnie Jennifer Lynn Cott rell a University building with no cause; one search for two missing persons; and members, the Parents’ Council raised James Gregory Cowan two to other community residences. approximately $16,000 in support Green. She shuffl ed all those envelopes like a deck of cards. Volunteers such as Nathaniel Andrew Garner One call in October was for a helicopter landing at Emerald-Hodgson Hos- of faculty development at the school. Robert S. Lauderdale pital. Two calls were to community businesses (smoke and water issues). One In particular, we would like to these help keep the community strong and vital. Dakota Layne call provided mutual aid to the Monteagle Fire Department. thank the decorating crew of Sherri Byron A. Massengill For the month of September 2012, the SVFD answered 28 calls: 16 to Bergman, Veronique Durant, Lisa Th eresa Shackelford, President Sewanee Civic Association ■ Alan Moody University dorms, fraternity or sorority houses (one fi re, 15 had no apparent Howard, Linda Mays, Katie Oliver and Brian Norcross cause, burnt food or trivial); one to a community residence with a malfunc- Sarah Toomey, and event helpers Beth Christopher Norcross tioning smoke detector; two to University buildings (gas leak, smoke detector Wiley, Delanna Rhoton, Amy Evans, Gilliam Benefi t Dustin “Dusty” Lee Parker malfunction). Lizzie Duncan, Steve Blount, Frank Michael Parmley Th ree calls were for support for helicopter landings at Emerald-Hodgson Lundie, David Tobitt , Carla Clay and Peter Petropoulos Hospital. Four calls were to community businesses (two unintentional alarm Sarah Butler. And for those of you who Saturday Charles Schaerer activations and two fi re drills); and one call was to clear a tree from a roadway. missed the event, emcee Joe Wiegand Melissa Smartt and auctioneer Rocky Morris should Th ere will be a benefi t chili supper J. Wesley Smith Sewanee Police Department take their act on the road! Finally, the for Billy Gilliam at 4 p.m., Saturday, Charles Tate Th e Sewanee Police Department (SPD) recently issued its report on its auction would not have been possible Nov. 10, at the Sewanee Senior Center. Tyler Walker without the brilliant work and unbe- activities for the month of October 2012. In addition to chili, there will be hot Jeff ery Alan Wessel Last month, the SPD patrolled 6,255 miles, investigated three vehicle ac- lievable energy of Kiki Beavers. dogs, dessert and drinks. Dinner is $6 Nick Worley The Parents’ Council of St. An- cidents and issued 10 moving violations. It also issued 318 non-moving traffi c per person; carry-out will be available. violations and 27 warnings. drew’s-Sewanee School is deeply Also at the supper will be an auc- If you know of others in our grateful to all who were involved. We Mountain family who are serv- It made 15 arrests for drug law violations, 16 arrests for liquor law violations, tion and live entertainment. and fi led one theft report. One DUI arrest was made in the month. are blessed to live in such a generous Gilliam was in an accident on Sept. ing our country, please give their and caring community. names to American Legion and SPD off ered mutual aid to Franklin County three times last month and to 3 and spent more than six weeks in the other jurisdictions three times. David B. Coe hospital. All funds raised will be used Auxiliary member Louise Irwin, SAS Parents’ Council President ■ 598-5864. SPD physically checked buildings on 633 occasions and assisted with lock- to help off set his medical bills. ing or unlocking buildings 111 times. MESSENGER HOURS MESSENGER DEADLINES Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday News & Calendar: 9 a.m. –5 p.m. Tuesday, 5 p.m. Th ursday—Production Day Display Advertising: 9 a.m. until pages are completed Monday, 5 p.m. (usually mid-aft ernoon) Classifi ed Advertising: Friday—Circulation Day Closed Wednesday, noon
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Th ey choose another candidate to run against him—the only and installations by Knoxville artist problem is that this new candidate, Marty Huggins (Zach Galifi anakis) Jason Brown. has essentially no political experience. Also starring Jason Sudeikis and Th e artist’s talk and opening recep- Dylan McDermott . As one reviewer wrote, “It’s loud and profane and tion are at 4:30 p.m., today, Nov. 9, in Th e Franklin County High School Drama Club will perform Larry Shue’s comedy, relentlessly vulgar. It’s also occasionally funny.” Rated R for crude sexual the Carlos Gallery. Th e exhibition will “Th e Foreigner,” at 7 p.m., today and Saturday, Nov. 9–10, at the FCHS auditorium. content, language and brief nudity. run through Dec. 18. Tickets are $3 for students, $5 for adults. Th e show stars (fr ont row, fr om left ) Maggie Brown’s work explores the con- Martin, Robby Dial, James Amacher, Tori Hinshaw, (back row, fr om left ) Jonathan Th ere is no Cinema Guild fi lm on Wednesday, Nov. 14. troversial practice of mountaintop Nunley and Grant Gipson. removal coal mining. Particularly Sewanee Union Th eatre Next Week interested in this mining practice that Wednesday–Sunday, Nov. 14–Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m. dramatically changes our regional Liberal Arts landscape, Brown explores transitional BOOKMARKED Rated PG-13 • 97 minutes • $3 spaces where growth and decay are Jesse Fisher (played by Josh Radnor, who also wrote and directed happening simultaneously. A Column for Young Adult Readers and the fi lm) is a 35-year-old admissions counselor who returns to his alma Large sculptural works such as Adults Who Appreciate Th e Genre mater to att end a retirement ceremony for one of his former professors. “Clear Cut” and “Cul de Sac” hang on by Margaret Stephens While on campus, he encounters 19-year-old student Zibby (Elizabeth the wall, and assemble construction Olsen) and forms a bond with her over their mutual love of literature, materials with photographic depic- “With Malice Toward None” launching them into a romantic relationship. Veteran reviewer Peter Trav- tions of the natural world as it is being developed, mined or permanently It’s over—at least, I assume it will be by the time this goes to press. Th e ers described it this way: “Elizabeth Olsen is beguiling in ‘Liberal Arts,’ election. Time now to stop snarking at the other side and use that energy to and Josh Radnor has a true fi lmmaker’s eye for detail and atmosphere.” changed. These objects invite the viewer to engage in a dialogue about create solutions. Rated PG-13 for sexual references and teen drinking. Th e last year or more of the campaign hasn’t been war—though we use the —CG individuals, community and place. For this exhibit, Brown is spe- same word for both kinds of batt le with good reason. And certainly not civil cifically interested in the Sewanee war as in “Th e.” But hasn’t it sometimes felt that way? Upcoming Movies at SUT (subject to change) coal seam that lies under much of the I think that’s why I keep wanting to hear those famous lines from Lincoln’s Cumberland Plateau. “Second Inaugural Address”: “With malice toward none, with charity for all.” And why I’m looking forward to Nov. 16, when Steven Spielberg’s fi lm Nov. 29–Dec. 2, “Th e Amazing Spiderman” “I want to initiate a dialogue about the complex layers and issues con- “Lincoln” will open. Daniel Day-Lewis is supposed to be awesome in the title Dec. 6–9, “Th e Beasts of the Southern Wild” role, though it will be hard for me to give up my image of Lincoln as portrayed Dec. 13–16, “Elf” nected to the system of coal mining and the consequences of our collec- by Sam Waterston in the 1988 television movie based on Gore Vidal’s novel. tive dependence on coal as an energy Meanwhile, this is a good time to be brushing up on the real story. I’m going source,” Brown said. to re-read bits of “Abraham Lincoln’s World” by Genevieve Foster. I know it’s “I am also exploring other extrac- old—fi rst published in 1945—but like all Foster’s books for younger readers, tive industries in my artwork, such as it combines careful research with lively narration and even has illustrations to Thank you, Veterans! hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. break up the text. Th e impact of this contentious practice When Foster says “world,” she means it. Her books trace the lives of a number on our watersheds and landscape is just of other famous fi gures, along with that of the main man. Th us we read about beginning to be understood, especially Napoleon, the “human volcano,” and Venezuela’s hero of independence, Simon as new gas wells are opened in East Bolivar, along with Lincoln’s birth in a Kentucky log cabin. And Harriet Beecher Tennessee.” Stowe and Queen Victoria-to-be, as a young Abe shucks corn to pay for the Brown received an M.F.A. from borrowed biography of Washington that he ruined in the rain. Each chapter, the Rhode Island School of Design. devoted to a diff erent character, is only a few pages long; each fi ts into a larger He has been teaching sculpture at the section organized around signifi cant events in Lincoln’s life. As a child, I loved University of Tennessee in Knoxville just looking at the two-page spread of illustrated sketches that introduce each since 2001. Brown’s artwork has been section, puzzling over names like Alexandre Dumas and Tecumseh. As an 36 Ball Park Road, Sewanee, Tennessee. (931) 598-9000 exhibited nationally. adult, I enjoy the fast-paced narrative which is complete enough to use as a basic introduction to the time period. (I did www.ivywildsewanee.com with each of my homeschoolers.) Fortunately for us, Foster wrote a bunch of these, presenting the various Fine Dining worlds of Augustus Caesar, Wash- Seating from 5:00 to 9:00 ington, Columbus, John Smith and Thursday - Sunday evenings William Penn. For younger readers, there is the wonderful illustrated “Abraham Lin- BYO Wine coln” by Ingri and Edgar D’Aulaire, the same couple who gave us the denser but still child-friendly book of Greek myths. COMMERCIAL MOUNTAINTOP Th e duPont Library has the newer book, “The Lincolns: A Scrapbook PROPERTIES Look at Abraham and Mary” by Candace Fleming (2008). 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Also, if a school had measures that declined they could Nov. 12–16 not be a reward school,” said Franklin County Director of Schools Rebecca LUNCH Sharber. MON: Chicken tenders, roll, mini corn dogs, green beans, For SES, 77.8 percent of all students mashed potatoes. were profi cient and advanced in math, TUE: Hamburger, meatball sub, baked fries, baked beans. compared to 67.2 percent of Broad- WED: Beefy nachos, barbecue baked potato, roll, refried beans, view and 66.4 percent of North Lake vegetable blend. students. In reading/language arts, THU: Chicken nuggets, beef stick, gravy, roll, mixed vegetables, 77.8 percent of all SES students were pinto beans. profi cient and advanced. For Broad- FRI: Pizza, Korean barbecue chicken, brown rice, spinach, view, 61.6 percent of all students were Mediterranean blend vegetables. proficient and advanced. For North Options available every day: turkey or ham sandwich, with or Lake, 67.7 percent of all students were without cheese; peanut butt er and jelly. A variety of fr uits and veg- profi cient and advanced. etables are served. In science, 82.1 percent of all SES students were profi cient and advanced, BREAKFAST compared to Broadview with 75.5 per- A student at Cowan Elementary proudly displays her new shirt. MON: French toast sticks. cent and North Lake with 78.1 percent. TUE: Breakfast pizza. In social studies, 93 percent of all SES Rotary Expands “Don’t Meth WED: Breakfast on a stick. students were profi cient and advanced. THU: Egg and cheese biscuit. For Broadview, 96.5 percent of stu- FRI: Waffl es. dents were profi cient and advanced, With Us” in Area Schools Options available every day: Scrambled eggs, sausage, biscuit, gravy, variety of fr uit. Milk or juice served with all meals. while North Lake had 92.7 percent As part of Red Ribbon Week (or Drug Awareness Week), the Rotary Club scoring profi cient and advanced. of Monteagle Sewanee hosted “Don’t Meth With Us” programs for fi ft h-graders Menus subject to change. SES also led in TCAP scores be- in area elementary schools. Last year the programs included Monteagle Elemen- tween the subgroups, except for the tary School and Sewanee Elementary School. Th is year the club expanded its economically disadvantaged subgroup eff orts to include Cowan Elementary School. Instead of just saying “Don’t do in reading/language arts. drugs,” this program focuses on the danger of methamphetamines. In the fifth grade TCAP writing Th e program featured school personnel, members of drug prevention co- State Releases TCAP Scores assessment, SES had the highest score alitions, a child of a meth addict and law enforcement personnel. During one Franklin County School System at Intermediate Status in the county with a score of 4.5 out of of the presentations, more than one-fi ft h of the students raised their hands 6. Cowan Elementary was next with a when asked if they knew someone who had died from using meth, a refl ection by K. G. Beavers, Messenger Staff Writer score of 4.4. Broadview and Decherd of the toll that meth addiction has had on these communities. Th e presentations Th e 2011–12 Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) both scored a 4.2. North Lake and also alerted students to community resources that can intervene to help meth Clark Memorial both scored a 4.1. achievement test and End of Course (EOC) scores for individual schools were users and their families. Both the community resource and law enforcement released by the Tennessee Department of Education on Nov. 1. Th e TCAP and Huntland and Rock Creek both scored representatives stressed gett ing help if there is someone among the students’ a 3.9. the EOC tests are mandatory for students in grades 3–8 and in grades 9–12. peers or family that is using meth. With Tennessee’s waiver from No Child Left Behind, achievement and SES also had the highest grade At each session, students were given a yellow T-shirt with the “Don’t Meth in achievement, which is a measure progress targets are under a new accountability system that includes annual With Us” logo, with a broken heart in the center. Th e shirt was designed last measurable objectives (AMO) for each school and school district. Th e state of overall student performance. year by Haley Lucy, a student at Monteagle Elementary School. It emphasizes At the middle schools, North Mid- also has specifi c targets to reach in the new accountability system. the broken hearts and broken families that are a result of addiction. In addition, As a district, Franklin County is at intermediate status since the school dle School improved in math with each student received a key ring and fob. 39.4 of all students scoring profi cient system did not meet certain gap-closure goals. Franklin County did not Rotary Club members Bob Askew, Bill Davis, Dan Hatfield and Chip meet the goal for all students versus non-white students in English II, grades and advanced. In reading/language Manning led this initiative. Launching and sustaining this program has been arts, North declined slightly from last 3–8 aggregate math and grades 3–8 aggregate reading/language. Franklin made possible by generous funding from Rotary International District 6780 County also did not meet the goal between economically disadvantaged and year’s testing results to 44.6 percent and community schools and businesses. Th is is an ongoing program of the of all students profi cient and advanced. non-economically disadvantaged in Algebra I and English II. For achievement, Monteagle-Sewanee Rotary Club. It is hoped that the program can include Franklin County met all goals except seventh grade reading/language arts, South Middle School improved to even more schools next year. 32.4 percent of all students profi cient English II and the graduation rate. and advanced in math. South had a As a district, Franklin County had a target of 3.5 percent growth for all slight decline in reading/language students in grades 3–8 math, with 42.6 percent being profi cient and advanced. arts with 48.8 percent of all students University Job Opportunities Clark Memorial and Huntland did not reach that district target. Th ere was also profi cient and advanced. Exempt Positions—Assistant Non-Exempt Positions—Com- a 3.1 percent growth target for all students in grades 3–8 reading/language arts, For complete information, go to University Counselor/Staff Psycholo- puter Systems Administrator; Cook, with 50.9 percent being profi cient and advanced. 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Evan Contributing to the tough defense The Sewanee men’s soccer team Fox scored for Sewanee in the fi rst 30 were John Beavers, Alexander Milford, closed out its season with a 5-0 loss seconds of play off of a nice pass from Delana Pierce and Aden Rung, who all against No. 2 seed, Berry College Isaac Smith. Huntsville came back to shared time on the back line, as well as on Nov. 2 at the Southern Athletic tie the score, and the teams batt led to midfi elders Kase Johnson and Tyanna Association (SAA) Men’s Soccer a draw until the final minute of the Klekott a. Championships. game. Aidan Smith scored the winning Tessa Shackelford and Cate Bach- With the loss, Tigers end their goal aft er receiving a beautiful assist man played forward and did well to season with a 4-12-3 record. from Sylvan Huber-Feely. keep the ball up field against tough In the second game, Monrovia competition. Women’s Soccer and Sewanee played another tight Sewanee United finished their batt le that went back and forth over 60 season at 9-4-1, and coaches Ken Th e Sewanee women’s soccer team minutes. Th e game ended in a scoreless Smith and Don Rung expressed their lost 2-1 against Millsaps during open- tie. Tournament rules dictated that the thanks to the parents for traveling to ing round action of the SAA Women’s two teams enter into a sudden death all the games, and to the AYSO admin- Punt, Pass and Kick Winners, Front row: Madison Taylor, Samuel Dykes, Mac Soccer Championships on Nov. 2. shootout to determine who would go istration and volunteers for keeping Croom. Back row: Lakin Laurendine, Damon Marshall and Katie Finn Hurst. With the defeat, the Lady Tigers on to the semifi nal round. Unfortu- Sewanee’s home field in such great fi nish the 2012 season with an 8-10 nately, Sewanee lost the shootout 1-0, shape throughout the year. overall record. Friday also marked SES Punt, Pass the final contest for seniors Caitlin Sneeden, Sam Hutt on and Bess Good- man. & Kick Winners Volleyball Several students from Sewanee Elementary will be participating in the The Sewanee volleyball team Sectional Punt, Pass, and Kick Competition in Chatt anooga, Sunday, Nov. 11. closed out an incredible season with Th e students qualifi ed for the sectional competition by placing fi rst in their age a 3-0 loss against Birmingham-South- group at the local competition held recently at the school. ern on Nov. 2 at the SAA Volleyball Championships. As a team, Sewanee fi nished with a .186 attack percentage. Caroline SAS MS Basketball Update Montgomery led the offense with Mountain Lions 10 points for SAS, and Ryan Toomey eight kills, while Jamie Sue Wilson An experienced Tracy City team, had six points. SAS lost 40-21. paced the defense with 10 digs. looking to repeat as Big-8 champions, Lady Mountain Lions hosted the SAS Mountain Lions on Field Hockey Oct. 30. The St. Andrew’s-Sewanee Lady Two early goals lifted SAA rival SAS responded well to the chal- Mountain Lions played their first Rhodes past the Sewanee fi eld hockey Sewanee United player Evan Fox att empts a goal during the Monrovia game shoot- lenge: Tracy’s vaunted man-to-man home game of the season on Nov. 1 in out. Th e team placed fi ft h in the tournament. Photo by Paul Klekott a team during second-day action of the defensive pressure produced almost a matchup with the Palmer Bulldogs. SAA Field Hockey Championships on no turnovers. Sam Smith played hard The athletic, experienced Bulldogs Nov. 3. With the loss, the Lady Tigers and ended up with 13 points, and John came out fast and never looked back. fi nish the season with a 7-10 overall Grammer earned four points off the The young Mountain Lions tried to record. bench. SAS lost the contest, 45-27. stay in the game, but ended up falling Saturday marked the fi nal match Th e SAS Mountain Lions had a dif- to Palmer, 50-14. for seniors Anna Morrow, Anne fi cult time with the size of the visiting Kate Butler once again led the team Booke, Mallory Silver, Molly Kennedy Palmer Bulldogs’ squad on Nov. 1. in scoring with six points, with Lexie and Cameron Herndon. Th e SAS defense woke up in the sec- Laurendine close behind with four ond half and caused numerous turn- points. Mariel Rinck and Emily True overs. Th e team also shot bett er than in also contributed to the scoring with the Tracy City game. Sam Smith scored two points each.
David Gilliam, physical education teacher at Sewanee Elementary, att ended the 43rd Annual Tennessee Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance convention in Murfr eesboro Oct. SAS senior Katie Craighill was named to the All-Region D-II Soccer Team. 29–30. More than 700 participants fr om Photo by St. Andrew’s-Sewanee across the state att ended the convention. 1870 One-Stop Transportation Hand-Hewn Information: dial 511 Log Cabin for Sale Thank you to all who served, and thank you to your families. 16x24. Buyer takes down. Excellent shape. In Tracy City. (423) 364-3595. Email [email protected]. $10,000 Veteran’s Day and Remembrance Sunday Join us Sunday, Nov. 11, for our 10:30 service, followed by lunch for all. Christ Church
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Weather DAY DATE HI LO Mon Oct 29 51 31 Slate-colored Junco, fr om “Birds of the South” Tue Oct 30 48 36 Junco Returns Wed Oct 31 55 37 Jean Yeatman Th u Nov 01 58 36 reports: “What a thrill on Nov. 1 to look out at our feed- Fri Nov 02 67 44 ing area to see the Slate-colored Junco, back from its northern breeding Sat Nov 03 74 43 grounds to spend the winter with us. Some people call it the Snowbird, Sun Nov 04 74 41 and this poem is Harry’s favorite. He loves to recite it: Winston Shock Week’s Stats: “From out the white and pulsing storm Avg max temp = 61 I hear the snowbirds calling; Pets of the Week Avg min temp = 38 Th e sheeted winds stalk o’er the hills, Avg temp = 44 Precipitation = 0.18" And fast the snow is falling. Meet Winston and Shock October Monthly Averages: On twinkling wings they eddy past, Th e Franklin County Humane Society’s Animal Harbor off ers these two Avg max temp = 67 At home amid the drift ing, delightful pets for adoption. Avg min temp = 48 Or seek the hills and weedy fi elds, Winston is a cute Yellow Lab-mix puppy. He is active and funny. Winston Avg temp = 53 Where fast the snow is sift ing. Total Precipitation = 5.77" is up-to-date on shots, and he will be neutered as soon as he has been reserved. October 54-Year Averages: Shock is a unique-looking Tortoiseshell kitt en with gorgeous orange eye- “Th is bird is short and plump,” she continues, “about the size of an brows. She is super happy and friendly, and she loves to play. Shock is negative Avg max temp = 68 English Sparrow, but stockier, and is slate gray in color, with a white for FeLV and FIV, house-trained, up-to-date and spayed. Avg min temp = 49 belly that looks like a white-bibbed apron. It sometimes breeds with Animal Harbor is off ering a “Fall in Love” cat adoption special from now until Avg temp = 57 White-throated Sparrows, and you oft en see them in a fl ock together the end of the year. Take $10 off the regular adoption fee for cats and kitt ens at Precipitation = 3.82" in the winter. least 4 months old. In addition, take home a free bag of food with your new kitt y. YTD Avg Rainfall = 49.95" “While watching a fl ock of robins eating the berries on a black gum Every Friday is Black Friday at Animal Harbor! On Fridays, adoption fees YTD Rainfall = 46.69" tree,” she commented, “I saw an amazing sight. One robin would hover will be reduced 50 percent for black or mostly black pets over 4 months old who Water Table Depth= 26.7 ft . like a hummingbird to pick the berries from the tips of the branches.” have been at Animal Harbor for more than a month. Reported by Nicole Nunley Pets adopted from Animal Harbor qualify for a free post-adoption wellness Forestry Technician exam by local veterinarians. Call Animal Harbor at 962-4472 for information and check out their other pets at
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BARDTOVERSE Friday, Nov. 9 5:30 pm Yoga with Helen, Community Center Ragner Relay runners on Highway 41-A. 7:00 pm Bible study, Midway Baptist Church by Scott and Phoebe Bates 8:30 am Yoga with Rebeca, Community Center 7:00 pm Catechumenate, Women’s Center Nov. 11—Veterans Day 9:00 am CAC offi ce open, until 11 am 7:30 pm “Liberal Arts,” SUT 10:00 am Games day, Senior Center 1:00 pm Tracy City Farmers’ Market open, until 5 Th ursday, Nov. 15 … Happy the soldier home, without a notion 3:30 pm Modern Dance, 7–11, Community Center 9:00 am CAC offi ce open, until 11 am; 1–3 pm How somewhere, every dawn, some men att ack, 4:00 pm “Isle of Klezbos,” Klezmer music, St. Luke’s Chapel 9:00 am Nature journaling, Spencer Hall Room 171 And many sighs are drained. 4:30 pm Artist talk & reception, Brown, Nabit Building 9:30 am Hospitality Shop open, until 2 pm Happy the lad whose mind was never trained; 4:30 pm Creative Dance, 5–6, Community Center 10:30 am Chair exercise, Senior Center His days are worth forgett ing more than not. 6:00 pm Grundy Area Arts Council holiday party, GCHS 10:30 am Tai Chi with Kat, Community Center He sings along the march 12:00 pm Which we march taciturn, because of dusk, 7:30 pm “Th e Campaign,” SUT Monteagle/Sewanee Rotary, McClurg Th e long, forlorn, relentless trend 9:00 pm Jazz, Kimberly Nichole, Ayres Center 12:30 pm Episcopal Peace Fellowship, Brooks Hall, Otey From larger day to huger night … 1:00 pm Tracy City Farmers’ Market open, until 5 Saturday, Nov. 10 1:30 pm Folks@Home support group, Brooks Hall, Otey But cursed are dullards whom no cannon stuns, Ragner Relay runners on Highway 41-A. 3:30 pm Emeritus Association, Hearth Room, Sewanee Inn Th at they should be as stones; 9:00 am Tracy City Farmers’ Market open, until noon 3:30 pm Mountaintop Tumblers, beginners, Comm Ctr Wretched are they, and mean 10:00 am Hospitality Shop open, until noon 4:00 pm Gentle Yoga with Hadley, St. Mary’s Sewanee With paucity that never was simplicity. 10:00 am Painting workshop, Sanson, SAS Gallery 4:30 pm Mountaintop Tumblers, advanced, Comm Ctr By choice they made themselves immune 10:00 am Silver Th reads, St. Mary’s Convent 4:30 pm STHP, Benson, Hearth Room, B.C. To pity and whatever moans in man 10:30 am Mountaintop Tumblers, tiny tumblers, Comm Ctr 5:00 pm Healing Child Soldiers lecture, Gailor Before the last sea and the hapless stars; Whatever mourns when many leave these shores; 11:30 am Mountaintop Tumblers, intermediate/adv, Comm Ctr 5:00 pm Weight Watchers, Otey parish hall, weigh-in 4:30 Whatever shares 4:00 pm Billy Gilliam benefi t, Sewanee Senior Center 5:15 pm Buddhist sitt ing group, St. Augustine’s Chapel Th e eternal reciprocity of tears. 7:30 pm “Th e Campaign,” SUT 6:30 pm Acoustic jam, Miss Gracie’s Restaurant, Cowan 7:00 pm Open house, EQB Building —“Insensibility” by Wilfr ed Owen Sunday, Nov. 11 • Veterans Day 7:30 pm “Liberal Arts,” SUT (Killed in combat Nov. 11, 1918) 11:11 am Ringing of the Chocolate Bells, St. Andrew’s-Sewanee 7:30 pm Organ recital, Th évenot, All Saints’ Chapel 1:30 pm Workshop, Farmer, Sewanee Community Center 4:00 pm Yoga with Helen, Community Center Friday, Nov. 16 Grand Opening Sale 5:00 pm Women’s Bible Study, Midway Baptist Curbside recycling, before 7:30 a.m. 7:30 pm “Th e Campaign,” SUT 8:30 am Yoga with Rebeca, Community Center and Open Greenhouse 9:00 am CAC offi ce open, until 11 am Monday, Nov. 12 10:00 am Games day, Senior Center @ Grundy Greens Farm Veterans Day observed 2:00 pm Ethics debate, Cushman Room, Women’s Center 9:00 am CAC offi ce open, until 3 pm 3:30 pm Modern Dance, 7–11, Community Ctr 10392 Hwy 56 in Tracy City, in same lot as the new 10:00 am Chair Exercise, Senior Center 4:30 pm Creative Dance, 5–6, Community Ctr Tracy City Farmers Market. 12:00 pm Sewanee Woman’s Club, DuBose Center, Monteagle 7:30 pm “Liberal Arts,” SUT 3 heads of lettuce for $5 4:30 pm Lecture, Philpot, Gailor Auditorium 5:00 pm Panel, “An Injustice Anywhere,” Convocation Hall Local 12-Step Meetings 5:30 pm Gentle Yoga with Hadley, St. Mary’s Sewanee 5:30 pm Naam Yoga with Lucie, Community Center Friday 6:00 pm Veterans Day celebration and potluck, Legion Hall 7:00 am AA, open, Holy Comforter, Monteagle 6:30 pm Franklin Co. School Board, Board of Education offi ce **While supplies last, additional heads at $2.50 each 7:00 pm Centering prayer, Otey sanctuary 7:00 pm AA, open, Christ Church, Tracy City Limit one coupon per adult. Void if copied. May only be redeemed at rehearsal, Hamilton Hall Saturday Grundy Greens Farm or Tracy City Farmer’s Market operating hours. 7:00 pm Sewanee Chorale Cash value 1/10 of one cent. Valid only 11-1-12 to 11-17-12 7:30 pm NA, open, Decherd United Methodist Tuesday, Nov. 13 7:30 pm AA, open, Brooks Hall, Otey Sunday SHARE YOUR NEWS! 8:30 am Yin Yoga with Carolyn, Community Center 9:00 am CAC offi ce open, until 11 am 6:30 pm AA, open, Holy Comforter, Monteagle Monday 9:00 am Blood Assurance blood drive, SAS gym, until 3 [email protected] 5:00 pm Women’s 12-step, Brooks Hall, Otey 9:00 am Yoga with Hadley, St. Mary’s Sewanee 9:30 am Hospitality Shop open, until 2 pm 7:00 pm AA, open, Christ Church, Tracy City Tuesday 10:30 am Bingo, Senior Center Russell L. Leonard 11:30 am Grundy County Rotary, Dutch Maid, Tracy City 7:00 pm AA, open, First Baptist, Altamont 3:30 pm Centering prayer, St. Mary’s Sewanee 7:30 pm AA, open, Brooks Hall, Otey 6:30 pm Health Energy Campaign meeting, 170 Faculty Circle 7:30 pm Al-Anon, Brooks Hall, Otey ATTORNEY AT LAW Wednesday 8:00 pm Environmental Justice talk, Blackman Auditorium 8:00 pm Sewanee Review open house & celebration, McGriff 7:00 pm NA, open, Decherd United Methodist Offi ce: (931) 962-0447 7:30 pm AA, open,Holy Comforter, Monteagle Fax: (931) 962-1816 Wednesday, Nov. 14 Th ursday 315 North High Street Toll-Free (877) 962-0435 Lease Committ ee meets 7:30 pm ACA, Brooks Hall, Otey Winchester, TN 37398 [email protected] 7:00 am Monteagle/Sewanee Rotary, Smoke House 9:00 am CAC pantry day, until 11 am; 1–3 pm 12:00 pm Fund-raiser bake sale, McClurg, until 7 Tell them you The Art of Building 4:30 pm Readings, Earley & Kenan, Gailor Auditorium 5:30 pm Yoga with Hadley, fl ow, St. Mary’s Sewanee read it here! 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