The SewaneeMountain MESSENGER Vol. XXVII, No. 24 Friday, June 24, 2011 Weekend Event Reminders Area Markets Count Butt erfl ies and See the Domain Meet at 9 a.m. at the Lake Cheston pavilion to participate in Sewanee’s 15th Annual Census of Butt erfl ies on Saturday, June 25, sponsored in conjunction Off er Fresh, with the North American Butt erfl y Association. No prior knowledge of butt erfl ies is required, only a sharp eye, a bit of pa- Local Food tience and a willingness to learn. Participants are encouraged to bring binocu- Summer has begun and farm-fresh lars, water and a snack/lunch, and to wear long pants, sturdy shoes and insect foods are plentiful! repellent. Th ose wishing to join the count later in the day can do so at 1 p.m. at On Th ursday mornings in the Mon- the War Memorial Cross. teagle Assembly, growers have a produce Th ere is a $3 per person administrative fee. Th e count will begin at 9 a.m. market on the MSSA mall. It opens at at the Lake Cheston pavilion. In case of rain, the count will be held on Sunday, 7 a.m. June 26. The Grundy County Farmers’ Tour Beautiful Homes and Support Blue Monarch Market, located in front of the old high school in Tracy City, is open 2:30–5:30 Th e Second Annual Tour of Mountain Homes to benefi t the Blue Monarch p.m. on Fridays and 8–11 a.m. on Satur- will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, June 25. days. S.N.A.P. cards can now be used to Ticket prices are $30 for the tour only and $50 for the tour and a reception purchase food at the market. Fresh from at the Barn at Myers Point. Tickets and maps are available at the Blue Chair in local farms, they have fruit, vegetables, Sewanee and at Citizens Tri-County Bank, Citizens State Bank, Mountain State herbs, meat and eggs. Bank and the Edgeworth Inn in Monteagle. Th e Sewanee Gardener’s Market is Start Celebrating Fourth of July Early in Sherwood held every Saturday, 8–10 a.m., rain or Th e Th ird Annual Pre-Independence Day Celebration in Sherwood will be shine, next to the old pharmacy. Locally Don Braden and Mark Rapp from noon to 11 p.m., Saturday, June 25, at the Sherwood Community Center. grown vegetables and fruit, plants, fl ow- Th e event will include food, a water slide, face-painting, bingo, entertainment ers and baked goods are available. and fi reworks. Th e Cumberland Farmer’s Market Sign-up for the horseshoe tournament is at 1 p.m.; the entry fee is $10. Also is overfl owing with fresh and delicious SSMF Opens Season, at 1 p.m. is sign-up for the corn hole tournament; the entry fee is $5. Th ere will produce and baked goods. Learn be karaoke at 4 p.m., and Benny Berry will perform at 5 p.m. more online at or contact Jess Wilson at Welcomes New Talent about 9:30 p.m. For more information call Kathy Pack at 598-0570 or (931) (931) 924-4539. Th e Sewanee Summer Music Festival will open its season at 7:30 p.m. Satur- 691-3603. day, June 25, with a performance by the Festival Orchestra. Miriam Burns will be the conductor; William Wolfram will be the pianist. Among the pieces they will play are Tchaikovsky’s “Slavonic March” and Liszt’s “Piano Concerto No. 2.” Celebrated jazz musicians Don Braden and Mark Rapp will perform at the SSMF at 7:30 p.m., Friday, July 8. A week later on Th ursday, July 14, the adventur- Youth Soccer ous, genre-defying string quartet Brooklyn Rider will appear in concert. Braden and Rapp will present “Th e Strayhorn Project,” a tribute to Duke Ellington’s legendary collaborator Billy Strayhorn. Braden has toured the Registration world leading his own ensembles, and as a sideman with greats such as Bett y Carter, Wynton Marsalis, Freddie Hubbard, Tony Williams, Roy Haynes and Extended many others. He is an imaginative, technically excellent, soulful saxophonist, Mountain Youth Soccer, an Ameri- and his harmonic and rhythmic sophistication give him a unique approach to can Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) improvising, as well as composing and arranging. member region, is extending early regis- Rapp was named a “top emerging trumpeter” by Downbeat Magazine, tration for the upcoming fall season. featured on a Travel Channel documentary and has played with such diverse It is critical to the formation of artists from Branford Marsalis to Hootie and the Blowfi sh. possible teams in Tracy City and Mon- Brooklyn Rider combines a wildly eclectic repertoire with a gripping perfor- teagle, as well as the older age groups, mance style that is att racting legions of fans and drawing critical acclaim from that players be signed up during this classical, world and rock critics. NPR credits Brooklyn Rider with “recreating the early time period. Th ere are some age- 300-year-old form of string quartet as a vital and creative 21st-century ensemble.” group teams that will not form if there Th e musicians play in concert halls and clubs, in venues as varied as Joe’s Pub is not enough interest. in New York City, the San Francisco Jazz Festival, Todai-ji Temple in Japan, the Registration is $45, and scholarships Library of Congress and the South By Southwest Festival. Th e mission of the are available. Aft er July 15, the fee goes SSMF is to educate talented young musicians from around the world through up to $65. Mountain Youth Soccer close work with faculty mentors, intensive orchestral and chamber music study is open to all players, ages 4–14. Th e and frequent performance. Th e SSMF fosters an atmosphere of collaboration child must be age four by July 31, 2011, and inspiration and promotes the belief that all people are elevated through the and must not turn 14 until aft er July 31, experience of making and hearing great music together. 2013, in order to participate. Advance tickets are available online at To register now, send an e-mail to or by calling 1-866-55-TICKETS (which charges an extra fee). Print-at-home Ty Burnette at and put “soccer registration” in Sign up online for the SSMF e-mail newslett er and instantly receive a sig- the subject line. nifi cant coupon. Brooklyn-Rider and Braden-Rapp tickets are $20, regular “Saint Caff eine” by Diane Gett y concerts are $12, and a season ticket to all regular concerts is $100. Children under 12 are admitt ed free. SUD Meeting Gett y Opens New Art Show All you need to Diane Getty, textile and mixed-media artist, has a show of new works, “Modern Saints,” opening at Stirling’s on Monday, June 27. Th e opening artist’s start planning Agenda reception will be 4–5:30 p.m., on that day. Th e next meeting of the Sewanee Gett y will display some pieces that will only be seen during the reception, your Fourth of Utility District Board of Commission- including her new series of altered dolls: Tatt oo Barbie, Buddha Barbie under ers will be at 5 p.m., Tuesday, June 28. the Bodhi Tree and Her Holiness Pope Barbie I. July holiday is Th e agenda will include: approval “Modern Saints” includes “Saint Caff eine” and “Saint Cellphone,” as well as of the agenda, approval of the May a series of coff ee-related works. Gett y uses hand-painted and found fabrics to on page 5. minutes (as distributed), the gen- create fabric collage. eral manager’s report and the fi nan- cial report. Unfinished Business on P.O. Box 296 the agenda is: purchase approvals Sewanee Herbarium Events Sewanee, TN 37375 (automating chemical pumps for the Th e Sewanee Herbarium is host- repellent if desired. water treatment plant and spare parts ing a number of upcoming events of Nature Journaling—Nature inventory). New Business is: discus- interest. Lake Cheston Stroll—Join journaling continues on Thursdays, sion and possible action regarding Jean and Harry Yeatman at 4 p.m., 8:30–11:00 a.m., with Mary Priestley. the Tennessee Comptroller’s eff orts Tuesday, July 5, for a stroll around Lake Meet at the gazebo in Abbo’s Alley to eliminate elected utility boards and Cheston with these eminent Sewanee with paper, a pen or pencil, and some- a report on the water plant. Th ere will naturalists and see what can be found: thing to sit on. also be time for visitor comment and wetland and aquatic plants, meadow For more information on these announcements. plants, trees and shrubs, maybe even or other Sewanee Herbarium events, The next scheduled SUD board some bird-watching. Meet at the contact Yolande Gott fried at 598-3346 meeting will be at 5 p.m., Tuesday, Lake Cheston pavilion for this easy or by e-mail at . 2 • Friday, June 24, 2011 • Th e Sewanee Mountain MESSENGER tornado/high wind locales and those who have not: the fi rst group sends in THE SEWANEE MOUNTAIN MESSENGER Letters e-mails of appreciation for the detailed 418 St. Mary’s Ln. and timely warnings, while the latt er P.O. Box 296 Sewanee, Tennessee 37375 shrugs and goes about business as r'BY SUCCESS FOR THE CULPRITS hours per week and sometimes much usual. Th e third element in the process To the Editor: more. Additionally, I am a graduate of is that Sewanee is ideally located to www.sewaneemessenger.com Hello Sewanee friends! Once the college. take the brunt of spring and summer Laura L. Willis, editor/publisher As far as purchasing a house on again, thank you for your support in violent fronts, including tornados, and Janet B. Graham, advertising director/publisher Contributors the Bonnaroo competition! Unfortu- the Domain, I got treated identically that both current climate conditions April H. Minkler, office manager Annie Armour nately the Culprits were not selected to someone who has no connection and those expected in the future are Ray Minkler, circulation manager Phoebe & Scott Bates for a performance slot in this year’s whatsoever to the University. Despite not going to make that situation any Leslie Lytle, staff writer Jean & Harry Yeatman festival, but it was amazing to see our- letters to the Lease Committee and bett er. Sandra Gabrielle, proofreader John Shackelford selves fl y up the charts. We ended with Mr. Forster, my request for a reduction Ultimately, we’re going to have Avery Shackelford, summer intern John Bordley the second most downloaded song out of the transfer fee was denied without to adopt to a new reality. Th resholds Geraldine H. Piccard, editor/publisher emerita Pat Wiser of nearly 800 bands nationwide! We allowing me an opportunity to make for warnings are, of course, open to Published as a public service to the Sewanee community. 3,500 copies are printed on Fridays, couldn’t have accomplished this in- my case. administrative policy-making, but 46 times a year, and distributed to 26 Sewanee-area locations for pickup free of charge. credible feat without the tremendous If you are in need of emergency at present, they amount to either the This publication is made possible by the patronage of our advertisers and by contributions help of the local community. services, you want those responders National Weather Service saying that from The University of the South (print production) and the Sewanee Community Chest. coming from as close to campus as SUBSCRIPTIONS $75 first class. Our success in the Bonnaroo we’re about to get smeared or the radar All material in the Sewanee Mountain Messenger and on its website are copyrighted competition led us to an opportunity possible. Th e transfer and ground rent indicating the same. That results in and may not be published or redistributed without written permission. to play in the Chatt anooga Nightfall policies are pushing volunteers and a number of cases—the majority at Concert Series on May 27. We’ll be potential volunteers far away from the least—that pass without damage or station. Grumbling, I paid the lease ABBO’S ALLEY NEEDS HELP playing in front of the Hunter Mu- with scatt ered falling trees that likely To the Editor: seum in Chatt anooga at 1 p.m. EST, transfer fee in full in order to provide did not trap someone underneath. Serving quick response in fire and medical On behalf of the Friends of Abbo’s Sunday, July 3, for anyone who can Overall, dispatchers are faced with Alley, I would like to thank those who make the trip. We’d love to see you emergencies. I am now eff ectively pay- protecting the community to the best Where Called there! Closer to home, we’d like to ing to volunteer. responded to our recent member- Tyler Cooney of their ability, and certainly do not ship appeal. Since only seven people Please keep the following indi- invite everyone to hear us when we want to face the day when they knew play from 7 to 10 p.m., Friday, July 1, Sewanee ■ responded, we are making our appeal viduals, their families and all those there was an imminent threat, did again. We do not have any other means who are serving our country in your at Harton Park in Monteagle. nothing, and disaster struck. We would also like to invite every- READER WEIGHS IN ON Timothy Keith-Lucas of support for the work that we do thoughts and prayers: NEW DESIGN Sewanee ■ there, and we really need you. one to Lake Cheston on Monday, July During the semester, both fall and James Gregory Cowan 4, to enjoy a concert featuring Charlie To the Editor: Roger Fox This is my vote to put back the spring, we have students who work Smith, Bran Pott er & Friends at 7 p.m. OFFER OPTIONS FOR KIDS limited schedules, supported by the Tanner Hankins and the Culprits around 8 p.m. We’ll masthead used on the June 10 issue To the Editor: Brian Jackson of the Messenger with the “Ex Cineri- work-study program. Summer work- stop to enjoy the fi reworks, and then Just two short weeks aft er the end ers do not fall under the work-study Robert S. Lauderdale continue playing well into the night. bus Sirenis 1967-1984” coat of arms. of school, my church in Tracy City Dakota Layne Without it, the masthead is boring program and are paid from contribu- We’ve been writing new songs and held a week of Vacation Bible School. tions by “Friends.” Th e University is Byron A. Massengill can’t wait to share them with every- and, except for the name, loses all of We averaged more than 120 kids each Alan Moody its connection to its past. Without the very helpful with things we cannot do, one! Hope to see y’all there—we’re night. My church doesn’t have a gym such as removing large downed trees Brian Norcross looking forward to it! coat of arms, the newest masthead or playground. We have a basketball Christopher Norcross Th e Culprits borders on being disrespectful—to and some basic maintenance on our goal, a volleyball net and a ping-pong larger machinery. Dustin “Dusty” Lee Parker Nick Evans, Will Evans Geraldine Piccard [publisher emerita] table. Why did so many kids show up? I Brandon Parks and Zach Blount ■ and her predecessors, to the Messen- Only through the generous support think it was because we provided a safe of our members can we continue to Michael Parmley ger’s faithful readers and to Sewanee place for children to do what children Greg Rinkes in general. care for Abbo’s Alley, which is such an TRA NSFER FEE WAIVER NOT do best: Hang out! important legacy for all of us. Charles Schaerer APPLIED FAIRLY Other than that, y’all are doing a Every week this summer a church Melissa Smartt crackerjack job. But change the mast- Do consider a membership if you To the Editor: on this Mountain will host a Bible have not joined yet. You may make a J. Wesley Smith One small, but important, detail head back, please. School every bit as successful as ours. Charles Tate was omitt ed from the June 17 article in Jim D. Jones gift to Friends of Abbo’s Alley, P.O. Box Sewanee ■ 4-H Camp will be teaming with 128, Sewanee, TN 37375 Jeff ery Alan Wessel the Messenger on the Lease Commit- youngsters. Mountain Top Day Camp And again, thank you to those of tee meeting. “Forster speculated that a will be at capacity. Football camp, Robyn Cimino-Hurt complet- VOICE SIRENS NEEDED FOR you who have already sent in your ed his deployment and has returned secondary aim of the lease transfer-fee basketball camp, volleyball camp and membership for this year. policy ... was to give University employ- COMMUNITY SAFETY band camp will all draw a crowd. home. He received a Bronze Star Louis Rice, while serving and is greatly thanked ees a purchase price advantage....” To the Editor: Our youth are searching. For every Friends of Abbo’s Alley ■ Not only has this goal not been In response to people who are child that attends some camp this for his service to our country. realized as his own statistics show, but upset about the new voice sirens, let summer, there will be many who didn’t Kimberly Jacobs Holen is the transfer fee is only waived if the me off er a response. First, it is an emer- get the chance, maybe because of about to be deployed to Iraq. She is University considers you a full-time gency warning system: no dispatcher transportation or fi nancial issues, or a Births the daughter of Kenny and Becky employee. is going to hit that butt on and disrupt lack of interest from the adults around. Jacobs of Jasper and the grand- When I bought my home on the 2,000 lives unless, in his or her best Th ose children may be giving up. Let’s Wilfred Antony John King daughter of Evelyn Jacobs of Mid- Domain in 2009, I was gett ing paid judgement and with the best available not fail them. Wilfred (Fred) Antony John King way. by the University for about 23 hours information at that moment, people Watch for opportunities to get was born on June 17, 2011, at Southern If you know of others in our of work per week in the sculpture on campus (and particularly outdoors) involved. Volunteer at a camp or ask a Tennessee Medical Center, to Leyla Mountain family who are serving studio. On top of that, I was volun- are at risk of gett ing killed. That said, neighbor if he/she needs a ride. and Ben King of Sewanee. He weighed our country, please give their names teering with the fi re department and responses seem to be split between Take notice of positive events 7 lbs., 14.6 oz., and was 20”long. to American Legion and Auxiliary member Louise Irwin, 598-5864. the ambulance service for at least 15 people who have previously lived in happening on the Mountain. These Emily Mozella Tate healthy alternatives are needed if we are going to gain the att ention of our Emily Mozella Tate was born on June 20, 2011, at Southern Tennessee MESSENGER DEADLINES children. They are going to “hang News & Calendar: out” no matt er what. Let’s give them a Medical Center to Sabrina Alexandra Sanders and Jesse James Tate of Tracy Tuesday, 5 p.m. safe place! Even bett er, let’s give them Display Ads: “lots” of safe places! Let’s give them City. She weighed 6 lbs., 14 oz. and was 19” long. She is the couple’s fi rst child. Monday, 5 p.m. all we got! Classifi ed Ads: Maternal grandparents are Jeanette Emily C. Partin Wednesday, noon Director, Family Resource Center and Leslie Sanders of Tracy City. Grundy County Schools ■ Paternal grandparents are Sarah and MESSENGER HOURS Richard Tate, also of Tracy City. 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