The SewaneeMountain MESSENGER Vol. XXXI No. 9 Friday, March 6, 2015 Monteagle SUD Seeks Solution for Sewanee Midway Customers Rotary Hosts Low Water Pressure in Community Continues by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer Cajun Supper At the Feb. 24 meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the Sewanee Util- ity District of Franklin and Marion Counties, commissioner Randall Henley The Monteagle Sewanee Rotary again raised the issue of low water pressure in the Midway community. “Mid- Club is hosting a Cajun Supper on way residents feel like they’re being overlooked because they’re off campus,” March 7 on the grounds of the Se- Henley said. wanee American Legion and the Commissioner Ken Smith agreed with Henley’s concern. adjacent Angel Park. Nearly three years ago, SUD set in motion plans to install a pressure boosting Th e event is a fund-raiser for Ro- station in the Midway community. Aft er repeated eff orts to get the necessary tary’s collaboration with the Haiti easements failed, SUD abandoned the project. Outreach project, which is coordinated SUD manager Ben Beavers said another remedy would be a water tank. To by the University of the South’s biology be eff ective, the tank would need to be elevated 120 feet, Beavers said. department and outreach offi ce. At the Relocating the pumping station would be the less costly option, Beavers said, supper, live music will provide a festive but relocating the site will increase expenses for electric power, tree trimming atmosphere, while diners enjoy the and tree removal. Beavers will talk with the University about relocating the site to freshly prepared Cajun fare, including University land. If the University agrees to the project, Beavers will contact Duck crawfish étouffée or vegetarian red River Electric about the cost of supplying electric service to the site. Beavers beans, rice, sides, a dessert and bever- estimated the cost, excluding power and related relocation expenses, at $36,000. ages. To-go plates will be available, and In regular business, new board member Ronnie Hoosier was sworn in to beer can be purchased. serve a four-year term as SUD commissioner. Tickets are $20 per person, with Th e board elected the following slate of offi cers to serve in 2015: Karen discounts for multiple ticket purchases Singer, president; Art Hanson, vice president; and Ken Smith, secretary. ($35 for two; $50 for four). Tickets are Yolande and Robin Gott fr ied (above) will be awarded the 2015 Harry C. Yeatman Forestry professor Scott Torreano updated the board on the trial wetlands available from any Monteagle Sewanee Environmental Education Award fr om the Friends of South Cumberland on April 11 slated for construction at the SUD wastewater treatment plant in conjunction Rotarian; from Sandy Layne at Re- at Trails & Trilliums. Robin is executive director of the Center for Religion and Envi- with a research project undertaken jointly by the University of the South and the gions Bank in Sewanee; Barry Rollins ronment at Sewanee, a University professor of economics, emeritus, and has published University of Georgia. Th e University signed the licensing agreement allowing at Citizens State Bank in Monteagle; widely on the subject of eco-theology. Yolande, one of two curators of the Sewanee Her- the researchers to conduct the project on SUD property. Beavers will present barium, leads wildfl ower walks and is the author of a trail guide to Shakerag Hollow. or Tracy Temples at Franklin County (Continued on page 6) United Bank in Decherd; or by going online to . Rabies Clinics EQB Off ers Scheduled New Model for Tennessee state law requires that all dogs 3 months old and cats 4 months Seminarian old and over have current rabies vacci- nations. Area veterinarians cooperate to make it easy for residents of rural Living communities to comply. Th e School of Th eology is launch- On Saturday, March 7, the mobile ing a new seminary program, the unit will be at the Cowan police de- EQB Fellowship, to address the issues partment from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., of eliminating seminarian debt and at the Midway Market from 9:45 a.m. forming future leaders for the Episco- to 10:45 a.m.; and at the Sherwood pal Church. Community Center from 11:15 a.m. Marie Ponsot Th e EQB Fellowship program will to noon. create a new model of sustainable On Saturday, March 21, clinics will living and learning in a residential be 1–2 p.m., at Sewanee Elementary Marie Ponsot to Receive community for 12 seminarians. Each School; 2:30–3 p.m., at the commu- student will receive a full scholarship, nity center in Oak Grove; and 3:30–4 including living expenses, which will Snow-covered banks of a stream in Lau- p.m., at the new city hall building in 29th Aiken Taylor Award not only allow them to graduate debt- rel Brae on Feb. 26. Photo by David Coe Decherd. Cost for the vaccination is Marie Ponsot is the recipient of this year’s Aiken Taylor Award for Modern free, but will provide a rich environ- $11 per animal. American Poetry, announced the Sewanee Review. Known for her poetry and ment for leadership formation. her translation, Marie Ponsot is a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets Four students will be admitted and in 2013 won the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, one of the most prestigious awards to the program each year, beginning in American poetry. in the 2015–16 academic year, with Grants for Home Rehab Sewanee Vice-Chancellor John McCardell will present the award to Ponsot a maximum of 12 overall. These 12 at 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 25, in Convocation Hall; aft er the presentation, students will be selected for their Ponsot will give a reading, and there will be a reception in her honor. commitment to “change the world” Available from County On Tuesday, March 24, David Yezzi, poet and critic of Johns Hopkins projects and programs. Franklin County has received HOME grant funds in the amount University and the New Criterion, will give a lecture on Ponsot’s career at 4:30 Students will live in the EQB of $250,000 from the Tennessee Housing Development Agency. Th ese funds p.m., in the McGriff Alumni House, also followed by a reception. At both events House, located on the campus of the are for rehabilitating owner-occupied homes within Franklin County. Th e there will be opportunities to purchase books. University. funds will be used to bring homes up to code. Th e deadline for applications is Twenty-nine years ago, through the generosity of Dr. K. P. A. Taylor, the EQB, or Ecce Quam Bonum, is the Friday, March 13. Sewanee Review established an annual award honoring a distinguished Ameri- University’s mott o. Th e translation is Eligible applicants must be low-income, show proof of ownership (warranty can poet for the work of a career. Howard Nemerov was the fi rst poet honored “How good it is” shortened from “How deed, 99-year lease, life estate), have lived in the home for at least one year, and and was followed by Richard Wilbur, Anthony Hecht and W. S. Merwin. Th e good it is when brothers and sisters be current on all property taxes. Proof of income is required. Mobile homes other recipients of this important prize include Maxine Kumin, Wendell Berry, dwell together in unity” (Psalm 133). are not eligible. Donald Hall, Louise Glück, Billy Collins, William Logan, Debora Greger and Eligible students will be single Applicants will receive points in the following categories: income based on last year, Dana Gioia. (Continued on page 4) family size, number in household, number of elderly, number of disabled (must A native New Yorker, Ponsot show proof of disability), single head of household, number of persons under moved to Paris for three years at the 18 and the condition of the dwelling. end of World War II—a decision that P.O. Box 296 Applications are available at the Franklin County mayor’s offi ce, 855 Dinah altered the course of her life. On her Sewanee, TN 37375 Shore Blvd., Winchester. Applications are due back to the mayor’s offi ce by 4 Atlantic crossing she became friends p.m., Friday, March 13. with Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who For more information call Sara Brown at (931) 379-2915. later published her fi rst book of po- Th e HOME Investment Partnership Act was approved in 1990 as part of the ems, “True Minds” (1957), on his City National Aff ordable Housing Act. Th e program provides Federal funds to state Lights Books press. In Paris she met and local participating jurisdictions to carry out multi-year housing strategies the man who would be her husband through acquisition, rehabilitation and new construction of housing units and for a time and father to seven of her through tenant-based assistance. Th e purpose of the program is to expand the children. While raising her children supply of decent, safe, sanitary and aff ordable housing for low- and very low- as a single mother, she never gave up income households. Th e State of Tennessee has chosen to focus its HOME on poetry. program on homeowner rehabilitation projects and home ownership activities. (Continued on page 10) 2 • Friday, March 6, 2015 • Th e Sewanee Mountain MESSENGER Letters THE SEWANEE MOUNTAIN MESSENGER 418 St. Mary’s Ln. BOX TOPS SUCCESS beautiful renditions of sculpture, P.O. Box 296 To the Editor: lighting, mechanical fi gures, jewelry, I want to thank the community painting and digital art. Sewanee, Tennessee 37375 once again for supporting Sewanee I entered the fi rst Steampunk Con- Phone (931) 598-9949 Elementary through the Box Top for vention in Chatt anooga in 2014. The Fax (931) 598-9685 Education Program. I mailed a big convention was a great success, and Contributors Email [email protected] Phoebe Bates box full of Box Tops to be processed. planning is in the works to continue Jean Yeatman Th is spring submission brought our this fascinating genre. I have an inter- www.sewaneemessenger.com John Shackelford total earnings for this school year to est in forming a South Cumberland John Bordley $1,001.50. Steampunk Club, where artists may Laura L. Willis, editor/publisher K.G. Beavers Janet B. Graham, advertising director/publisher Virginia Craighill Th at is a record for SES and sur- share their ideas and make plans for April H. Minkler, office manager passes our goal of $1,000! entering the next Steampunk Con- Patrick Dean Ray Minkler, circulation manager Buck Gorrell Everyone at Sewanee Elementary vention. If interested, contact me via Leslie Lytle, staff writer Margaret Stephens thanks you for your contributions. email at or Kevin Cummings, staff writer/sports editor Peter Trenchi Th e money goes directly to our school call 598-0321. Th ank you. Sandra Gabrielle, proofreader Francis Walter to support our teachers and children. Tom Jarrett Geraldine H. Piccard, editor/publisher emerita Pat Wiser If you forgot to submit your Box Sewanee ■ Published as a public service to the Sewanee community. 3,700 copies are printed on Fridays, Tops this time around, it is okay. Just 47 times a year, and distributed to 26 Sewanee-area locations for pickup free of charge. drop them off at SES or in the box in APPRECIATION FOR Where are these beautiful, fully stocked This publication is made possible by the patronage of our advertisers and by contributions bookcases? In Sewanee’s Th urmond Li- from the University of the South (print production) and the Sewanee Community Chest. the lobby of the Sewanee post offi ce, DUPONT LIBRA RY SUBSCRIPTIONS or send them to me via SPO. We’ll To the Editor: brary, of course. Th e library is moving into $75 first class. include them as part of our next sub- An open lett er of appreciation to newly renovated space in Claiborne Parish All material in the Sewanee Mountain Messenger and on its website are copyrighted mission in the fall. duPont Library: House at Otey. It will be open again soon, and may not be published or redistributed without written permission. Also, don’t forget to drop off your When my husband and I retired to off ering children’s books, fi ction and non- Labels for Education. We had over Sewanee 15 years ago, the fi rst place we fi ction and audio books. Watch for details www.sewanee 5,000 Labels for Education points visited was duPont Library. On enter- about the grand opening in the coming that SES will be able to use for school ing we felt a pleasant and welcoming weeks! Photo by Trudy Cunningham messenger.com Serving supplies. Th ank you. atmosphere. As we began using the Erin Cassell library, we realized more and more Where SES Box Tops Coordinator ■ what an excellent collection of books is available at duPont, and what a great DREMC Plans Outage for Called CALLING ALL staff is there doing full justice to the STEAMPUNK FANS books and the University. Saturday–Sunday March 14–15 Please keep the following indi- viduals, their families and all those To the Editor: The other day I searched the The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has scheduled an eight-hour A rapidly growing hybrid genre Fooshee Collection for a new novel, who are serving our country in planned power outage for DREMC members living in the Sewanee area on your thoughts and prayers: known as steampunk has been gaining “The Girl on the Train” by Paula Saturday, March 14. Th is outage is scheduled to last from 10 p.m. Saturday until recognition worldwide. Steampunk Hawkins. My home computer had told Cole Adams approximately 6 a.m., Sunday, March 15. TVA will be performing substation Michael Evan Brown conventions are gaining in popularity me that duPont had it, but I couldn’t maintenance that requires the system be taken offl ine. Th is outage only aff ects due to the wide variety of art forms fi nd it on the shelf. Mary Cameron Buck customers served out of the Sewanee substation. Lisa Coker loosely based on the Victorian Age, As Cari Reynolds was checking Not aff ected by this scheduled outage are the communities of Sherwood, the Age of Steam, science fi ction, fan- out my other books, I mentioned that I Jennifer Lynn Cott rell Anderson, Sinking Cove and Cowan. James Gregory Cowan tasy, historical fi ction, movies, do-it- had been unable to fi nd the book I had Duck River Electric appreciates the cooperation and understanding of its yourself craft s, fashion, art and design. come for, which might be in the pro- Nathaniel P. Gallagher members during this planned outage by TVA. In the event of inclement weather, Nathaniel Andrew Garner Many examples of the images may be cess of being catalogued. Cari asked the outage will be rescheduled for Saturday, March 21. found on the Internet. Artists from for the book’s title. I said, “Oh, don’t Peter Green around the world have constructed bother, I’ll check next time I’m in.” Cari Tanner Hankins persisted, “Please, let me check on it. Spring Forward MESSENGER DEADLINES Robert S. Lauderdale Title and author?” My aged and over- and CONTACTS Dakota Layne crowded brain came up with “‘Woman on March 8 PHONE: (931) 598-9949 Byron A. Massengill Messenger on a Train’ by Paula McClain.” FAX: (931) 598-9685 Andrew Midgett Cari went to work on the computer Daylight Savings Time begins on Alan Moody Sunday, March 8, at 2 a.m. Don’t forget News & Calendar Brian Norcross and in less than a minute, she said, Tuesday, 5 p.m. Spring Break “Could it be ‘Th e Girl on the Train’ by to set your clocks ahead by one hour Christopher Norcross before you go to bed Saturday night. 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Please bring a voter’s Th e Cumberland Center for Justice and Peace will registration card or Tennessee driver’s license if you Th e Cub Scout Weblos visited the studio of local artists Dan Pate and Christopher have its quarterly board meeting at 8:30 a.m., Saturday, plan to att end. Young recently and learned about working with clay on pott ers’ wheels. Among those March 7, in the Sewanee Senior Center. For more in- who participated were (fr om left ) Stella Wilson, Eli Seavey, David Dolack, Dan Pate, formation contact Charles Whitmer at (931) 636-7527 American Legion Meets March 14 Eli Th ompson and Eli Wilson. Th e Weblos and their parents appreciate Dan and Chris or email . American Legion Post 51 will hold its regular for hosting the group. monthly meeting at 9 a.m., Saturday, March 14, in the Coff ee With the Coach Legion Hall on University Avenue in Sewanee. Coff ee with the Coach will meet at 9 a.m., Monday, March 9, at the Blue Chair Tavern for free coff ee and United Daughters of the Confederacy conversation. Th e guest will be Ryan Cassell, assistant Th e UDC, Kirby-Smith Chapter 327 Sewanee, will director of admissions at Sewanee. For more informa- meet at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 14, at the Franklin- tion call 598-0159. Pearson House in Cowan. All meetings are open to Sewanee Woman’s Club Meets Monday the public. Th e Sewanee Woman’s Club will meet on Monday, Book Club Meeting on March 16 March 9, at the DuBose Conference Center. Th e op- tional social hour begins at 11:30 a.m.; lunch is served Th e Sewanee Book Club will have its next meeting at noon; programs begin at 12:30 p.m. Club business at 1:30 p.m., Monday, March 16, in the home of Con- matt ers are on the agenda at 1 p.m. Sewanee history nie Kelley. Flournoy Rogers will review “Th e Forger” professor Woody Register will present the program by Paul Watkins. For more information or directions about “Turning Bad Boys into Good Men: One New e-mail Debbie Racka at York City Street Urchin’s Troubled Rise to Respect- or contact Flournoy Rogers at 598-0733 or e-mail her ability, 1890–1930.” at . Visitors are always welcome! Franklin County Democrats Meet Monday First-graders in Tiger Den Pack 152 recently visited the offi ces of the Sewanee Moun- Lease Agenda Deadline March 17 tain Messenger to learn about how to make a newspaper. Standing in fr ont of 30 years Th e Franklin County Democrats will have their The next meeting of the Lease Committee will of bound copies of the paper are (fr om left ) Miles Mundkowsky, Judah Thomas (in monthly meeting at 5 p.m., Monday, March 9, in the fr ont), Cal Makins, Sam Weintraub and Th omas Anderson. Franklin County Annex small meeting room (front be on Tuesday, March 24. Agenda items are due in of the building), 839 Dinah Shore Blvd., Winchester. the offi ce of the superintendent of leases, in the Blue House on University Avenue, by 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, La Leche League Meeting on Tuesday March 17. Winchester Podiatry La Leche League will meet at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Republican Women Meet March 19 charlesc d. ganime, dpmdpm March 10, at the Sewanee Community Center. All mothers are welcome, whether pregnant, nursing a Th e Franklin County Republican Women-Feder- Board Certified in Foot Surgery ated will have its monthly lunch and meeting at 11:30 Diplomate,Dip American Board of Podiatric Surgery newborn or a toddler, or just wanting to support other NewNew PatientsP of All Ages Welcome! We Treat Your Feet!t! nursing mothers. And of course, babies and toddlers a.m., Thursday, March 19, in the Franklin-Pearson House in Cowan. Th e speaker will be Sergeant Major MostM Insurance Accepted, Including TennCare are welcome. For more information call Michelle at We are at 155 Hospital Road, Suite I, in Winchester. (316) 321-9400. Larry E. Williams. For more information call (931) 924-3000. www.winchesterpodiatry.com Area Rotary Club Meetings 931-968-9191 Civic Association Seeks Nominees Th e Grundy County Rotary Club meets at 11:30 a.m., Tuesdays, at Dutch Maid Bakery in Tracy City. Th e Sewanee Civic Association invites nominations Th e Monteagle Sewanee Club will not meet on for the 31st annual Community Service Award. The The true mystery of the world is the visible, March 12. award recognizes the person or organization that has made outstanding contributions to the community. not the invisible. —Oscar Wilde Council Agenda Items Due Wednesday Th e kind of contribution varies widely, but the recipient www.stillpointsewanee.com is one who has helped make Sewanee a bett er place and Agenda items are due by noon, Wednesday, March improved the quality of life for everyone in the area. 11, for the next meeting of the Sewanee Community Nominations are due by Friday, March 20. Send Council, which is tentatively scheduled for 7 p.m., the name of your nominee, along with the reasons Monday, March 23, in the Senior Center. Items should you are nominating this person and/or group, to Individual and Group Acupuncture, Massage and be submitt ed to the provost’s offi ce. . Nominations Psychotherapy Body/Energy Work can also be mailed to the Sewanee Civic Association, P.O. EQB on Wednesday Box 222, Sewanee, TN 37375. Robin Reed, Ph.D. 931-636-0010 Regina Rourk Childress, LMT, CNMT EQB will meet for lunch at noon, Wednesday, Wanda D. Butner, LSPE 931-636-4806 March 11, at St. Mary’s Sewanee. Tom Bentley, retired Curbside Recycling on March 20 931-361-1333 Lucie Carlson, Reiki scientist and engineer, will present a lead at 12:30 p.m., Bennett Bridgers-Carlos, MFA, MSW, LCSW [email protected] Residential curbside recycling pickup in Sewanee 828-331-9928 David Tharp, Acupuncture on “How Not to Sail a Sailboat.” Th e group will also is on the fi rst and third Friday of each month. Friday, meet at noon, Wednesday, March 18. Kate Gundersen, LCSW 931-235-4498 423-870-8870 March 20, will be a pickup day. Recyclable materials Maryellen McCone, LPC/MHSP Eva Malaspino, RN, Reiki Master must be separated by type and placed in blue bags by 931-636-4415 423-413-0094 Lifelong Learners Gather on March 12 the side of the road no later than 7:30 a.m. Th e Academy of Lifelong Learning will meet at Please do not put out general household trash on noon, Thursday, March 12, at St. Mary’s Sewanee. this day. Blue bags may be picked up in the University Th e program will be a presentation by William Shealy, Lease and Community Relations Offi ce, 400 Univer- University landscaping manager. Shealy has a master’s sity Ave. (the Blue House), at the Physical Plant Services degree in landscape architecture from the University administrative offi ce on Alabama Avenue or at the PPS of Georgia and has worked in urban sett ings and atop warehouse on Georgia Avenue. Mt. LeConte in the Smokies. New members are wel- come to join the group at any time during the year. Democrats Reorganize on March 21 Annual dues are $12. Individual sessions are $2. Th e Franklin County Democratic Party will have To order lunch ($12) contact Debbie at 598-5342 a reorganizational meeting at 9 a.m., Saturday, March three days before the event. For more information call 21, in the Franklin County Annex large meeting Stephen Burnett at 598-5479. room (back of the building), 839 Dinah Shore Blvd., Winchester. Community Health Conversations Continue Participants will vote for chairman, vice-chairman, Th e South Cumberland Plateau Health Network secretary or treasurer, as well as collect ideas for the will continue its community conversations on health direction of the party. Th ere will be doughnuts and care on Th ursday, March 12, in Pelham, at the Pelham coff ee. United Methodist Church, 2440 Hwy. 50; and Th urs- day, March 19, in Monteagle and Sewanee at the Smoke Weight Watchers Meetings End House Restaurant, 850 W. Main Street, Monteagle. Th e Weight Watchers meeting that was at 6:30 p.m., Each meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. Th e Smoke House Tuesdays, at Morton Memorial, has been discontinued Restaurant serves dinner, and there are door prizes; due to insuffi cient participation. At this time there child care is available. All events are free. Please note: is not an active chapter of Weight Watchers on the If Grundy County Schools are closed on Th ursday Mountain. due to inclement weather, then the conversation will 4 • Friday, March 6, 2015 • Th e Sewanee Mountain MESSENGER EQB (fr om page 1) Church News Obituaries adults age 30 and under; be apprecia- Ross Th omas Barry of Nashville; sister, Jo Ann Hill King tive of the transformational power All Saints’ Chapel of living in community; be seeking Ross Th omas Barry, age 82 of Win- of Decherd; sisters-in-law, Sandy Growing in Grace will meet at 6:30 p.m. in All Saints’ Chapel on Sunday, (Tim) Pearson Knapper of Estill a structured experiential context for chester and formerly of the Midway further discernment; already be par- March 8, in All Saints’ Chapel. Th e speaker will be Dixon Myers, coordinator community near Sewanee, died on Springs and Kay Pearson Brown of outreach ministries. Th e six Spring Break outreach trip participants will be of Cowan; and one grandson, and ticipating in ministry; have a proven Feb. 26, 2015, at Emerald-Hodgson track record of leadership; and have a commissioned at this service. For more information contact Rob McAlister by Hospital. He was a U.S. Army veteran several nieces and nephews. email to . Funeral services were on March 4 willingness to take risks and collabo- and a member of St. James Episcopal rate with others. Church. He was preceded in death in the funeral home chapel with Bro. Brian Tipps offi ciating. Interment fol- The School of Theology invites Christ Church, Monteagle by his parents, Arthur C. and Sarah those interested in the program to apply Lenten activities at Christ Church Monteagle continue as they keep the Th ird Long Barry; wife Sylvia Ann Barry; lowed in Cowan Montgomery Cem- etery. Th e family requests memorials through the School’s regular channels. Sunday in Lent on March 8 and prepare for a special Mid-Lent Sunday service brother William E. Barry; brother-in- Go to for the application. immediately following the noon services. Services on Sunday begin at 10:30 Patricia Beck and Jeanne Merck. Students who have been accepted a.m., and lunch is served following the service. He is survived by wife Mary Helen Fund,” P.O. Box 427, Winchester, TN 37398. For complete obituary go to by the School’s admissions offi ce may Barry of Winchester; son, Timo- apply for the EQB Fellowship. thy Alan Barry of Murfreesboro; . Daughters of the King Funding for this program has been Daughters of the King will meet at 6 p.m., Tuesday, March 10, in the parish daughter, Karen Annette (Richard) made possible by many generous McCallie of Winchester; brother Karen Faye Taylor hall of St. James Episcopal Church in Midway. All women are invited to att end benefactors, including a grant from the to learn more about the organization. James A. (Judy) Barry of Monteagle; Karen Faye Taylor, age 64 of Win- Lilly Endowment Inc. and a partner- sisters, Evelyn Ann Jacobs of Sewanee chester, died on Feb. 27, 2015, at Har- ship with the Society for the Increase and Patricia Jean (Martin) Shetters ton Regional Medical Center. She was of the Ministry. Most recently, a grant Otey Memorial Parish of Sewanee; sister-in-law, Juanita a homemaker and a member of Beech of $75,000 was received from the E. At Otey Parish on Sunday, March 8, adults may att end the Rector’s Forum Barry of Sewanee; stepdaughter Tina Grove Missionary Baptist Church. She Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foun- between services. Th e Lectionary Class will also meet. Children ages 3–11 can Brannon; stepson, Sam Martin; and was preceded in death by her parents, dation. Th e EQB Fellowship program att end Godly Play, while youth are invited to meet Neil Patt erson at Brooks Hall. one grandchild and nine step-grand- J. D. and Geneva Rose; son, Ray Taylor; has also received support from St. Nursery care is available for children 6 weeks old to 4 years old from 8:30 children. and sisters Diane Smith and Dolly George’s Episcopal Church in Nash- a.m. until aft er the coff ee hour following the 11 a.m. service. Funeral services were on March Caldwell. ville and from the Kenan Foundation 2 in the funeral home chapel with She is survived by her husband, of North Carolina. Unitarian Universalist, Tullahoma Jarod Pearson of St. Agnes Episcopal Bobby R. Taylor of Winchester; daugh- Church offi ciating. Interment followed ters, Karen Michelle (Shane) Stovall Th e Unitarian Universalist Church of Tullahoma’s speaker at 10 a.m., Sun- in Eastern Star Cemetery in Sewanee. and Christy (T.J.) Owens of Win- day, March 8, will be Chuck Morgret. He will discuss “I Th ink, Th erefore, I Am For complete obituary go to . of Decherd, Zella Ruth (George) Lynn Call CONTACT LIFELINE Th e church is located at 3536 New Manchester Hwy., Tullahoma. of Hillsboro and Vesta (Hershall) of Franklin County A Zen Buddhist Zazen (meditation) group is being formed at the church. James C. Hill Jr. Brady of Altamont; brothers, Steve 967-7133 Th e fi rst session will be at 6 p.m., Sunday, March 29. (Becky) Rose and Johnny (Kim) For more information, call Doug Traversa at (931) 455-8626, or go to . of Winchester, died on March 1, 2015, Rose of Monteagle, Joe (Linda) Rose at his home. He was born in Franklin of Tullahoma, Billy (Marsha) Rose County and worked for CSX Trans- and Jack Rose of Decherd; and seven portation Corp. He was preceded in grandchildren. death by his father, James C. Hill Sr. Funeral services were on March 1 CHURCH CALENDAR He is survived by his mother, in the funeral home chapel. Interment Harrison Chapel Methodist followed in Walnut Grove Cemetery. Weekday Services, March 6–20 Virginia Moore Hill of Decherd; 7:00 am Morning Prayer/HE, St. Mary’s (not 3/9 or 3/16) 10:00 am Sunday School wife, Lucy Pearson Hill of Win- For complete obituary go to . 7:30 am Morning Prayer, Otey chester; daughter, Jamie (Brian) Tipps 8:10 am Morning Prayer,Chapel of Apostles (3/6, 3/9–11) Midway Baptist Church 8:30 am Morning Prayer, Christ the King, Decherd (3/10, 17) 10:00 am Sunday School 8:30 am Morning Prayer, St. Augustine’s (3/6, 3/9–12) 11:00 am Morning Service 11:00 am Holy Eucharist, Chapel of Apostles (3/11) 6:00 pm Evening Service Memorial Service 12:00 pm Holy Eucharist, Chapel of Apostles (3/6, 3/9, 10) Midway Church of Christ Marvin E. Goodstein 12:25 pm Lenten Eucharist, St. Augustine’s (3/6, 3/9–12) 10:00 am Bible Study 12:30 pm Noon Prayer, St. Mary’s (not 3/9 or 3/16) 11:00 am Morning Service Th ere will be a memorial service for Marvin Goodstein at 2 p.m., Saturday, 4:00 pm Evening Prayer, St. Augustine’s (3/6, 3/9–12) 6:00 pm Evening Service March 7, in the Mary Sue Cushman room. All are welcome to att end. 4:30 pm Evening Prayer, Otey Morton Memorial United Methodist, Monteagle Goodstein died on Jan. 6, 2015. 5:00 pm Evening Prayer, St. Mary’s (not 3/9 or 3/16) 9:45 am Sunday School Born in New York City, he served in the U.S. occupation forces in Germany. 5:10 pm Evening Prayer, Chapel of Apostles (3/6, 3/9–11) 11:00 am Worship Service Upon returning, he earned an undergraduate degree from New York University New Beginnings Church, Jump Off and a Ph.D. in economics from Cornell. Goodstein’s professional work focused Saturdays, March 7 and March 14 10:30 am Worship Service on poverty and economic development. Goodstein was an economics professor 8:00 am Morning Prayer, St. Mary’s Otey Memorial Parish at the University, 1954–1989. 10:00 am Sabbath School, Monteagle 7th Day Adventist 8:50 am Holy Eucharist Along with his wife, the late Anita Goodstein, he was active in the civil rights 11:00 am Worship Service, Monteagle 7th Day Adventist 10:00 am Christian Education movement, including as a party to the lawsuit that resulted in desegregation of the 5:00 pm Mass, Good Shepherd Catholic, Decherd 11:00 am Holy Eucharist Franklin County Schools. He served for several decades as the treasurer of the Pelham United Methodist Church Franklin County chapter of the NAACP. During his retirement, Goodstein Sundays, March 8 and March 15 9:45 am Sunday School was a founding board member of the Cumberland Center for Justice and Peace. All Saints’ Chapel 11:00 am Worship Service He is survived by his children, Sarah Doyi of Sewanee and Eban Goodstein 8:00 am Holy Eucharist (3/8 and 3/15) St. Agnes’ Episcopal, Cowan of Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., and four grandchildren. 11:00 am Holy Eucharist (3/8 only) 10:00 am Lenten Bible study In lieu of fl owers, memorial donations may be made to the Cumberland Cen- 6:30 pm Growing in Grace (3/8 only) 11:00 am Holy Eucharist Rite I ter for Justice and Peace, P.O. Box 307, Sewanee, TN 37375, or Folks at Home, Bible Baptist Church, Monteagle St. James Episcopal P.O. Box 291, Sewanee, TN 37375. 10:00 am Morning Service 9:00 am Holy Eucharist 5:30 pm Evening Service St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, Alto ROB MATLOCK Christ Church, Monteagle 8:00 am Mass CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 10:30 am Holy Eucharist St. Mary’s Convent HOME BUILDING NEW 10:45 am Children’s Sunday School 8:00 am Holy Eucharist REMODELING AND 12:50 pm Christian formation class 5:00 pm Evensong Christ Church Episcopal, Alto MEMBER, U.S. GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL Sewanee Church of God 11:00 am Holy Eucharist 10:00 am Sunday School PHONE 931-598-5728 11:00 am Children’s Sunday School 11:00 am Morning Service Christ Church Episcopal, Tracy City 6:00 pm Evening Service 11:00 am Holy Eucharist Society of Friends 11:00 am Children’s Sunday School 9:30 am Meeting, 598-5031 Christ the King Anglican, Decherd Tracy City First Baptist Church 5VCVG.KEGPUGFr(WNN[+PUWTGF 9:00 am Worship Service 9:45 am Sunday School 10:40 am Adults’ and Children’s Sunday School 10:45 am Morning Worship Church of the Holy Comforter, Monteagle 5:30 pm Youth 9:00 am Holy Eucharist 6:00 pm Evening Worship Cowan Fellowship Church Trinity Episcopal,Winchester 10:00 am Sunday School UPCOMING RETREATS 11:00 am Holy Eucharist 11:00 am Worship Service 11:00 am Children’s Sunday School One River Wisdom School: Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Sewanee Valley Home Community Church, Pelham 9:00 am Worship Service 10:00 am Sunday School Cultivating Gratitude 10:00 am Sunday School 11:00 am Worship Service March 20–22 The Rev. Dr. Gordon Peerman Decherd United Methodist Church 5:00 pm Evening Service and Rabbi Dr. Rami Shapiro, presenters 9:45 am Sunday School St. Mary’s Hall, $350 (single); The Anna House, 10:50 am Worship Wednesdays, March 11 and March 18 $450 (single); Commuter, $250 Epiphany Episcopal Church, Sherwood 6:00 am Morning Prayer, Cowan Fellowship 10:30 am Holy Eucharist 12:00 pm Holy Eucharist, Christ Church, Monteagle 10:30 am Children’s Sunday School 5:30 pm Evening Worship, Bible Baptist, Monteagle Centering Prayer as an Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Decherd 10:30 am Mass 6:00 pm Youth (AWANA), Tracy City First Baptist Call (931) 598-5342 11th-Step Practice 6:30 pm Prayer Service, Harrison Chapel, Midway or (800) 728-1659 March 27–29 Becky Hannah and Grace Fellowship www.StMarysSewanee.org 10:30 am Sunday School/Worship Service 7:00 pm Adult Christian Formation, Epiphany The Anna House, $450 (single) 7:00 pm Evening Worship, Tracy City First Baptist Th e Sewanee Mountain MESSENGER • Friday, March 6, 2015 • 5 Senior Center News Lease Cook Needed Committ ee Th e Senior Center is in need of a part-time substitute cook. Th is is a paid position. To learn more, call the center at 598-0771. Report Th e following items were approved Senior Menus at the February 2014 meeting: January minutes; request to transfer Lease No. Th e Sewanee Senior Center serves lunch at noon on weekdays. Th e 576 (McBee), located at 15 Oklahoma suggested donation is $3 (50 or older) or $5 (under 50). Please call by 9 Ave., to Robert M. and Joan R. Berndt; a.m. to order lunch. If you make a reservation for lunch but do not come request to transfer Lease No. 1023 eat, please be prepared to pay for your meal. Menus may vary. (Wu), located at 145 Parson’s Green March 9: Pork and pinto salad, dessert. Circle, to Cheryl A. Norris and to put March 10: Fish, white beans, turnip greens, hush puppy, dessert. a fence along the side and back of the March 11: Sweet and sour chicken, rice, egg roll, dessert. property; request to add an addition to March 12: Pork loin, mashed potatoes, fried okra, roll, dessert. the house on Lease No. 876, located at March 13: Hamburger steak, baked potato, salad, roll, dessert. 201 Kentucky Ave.; request to change the exterior color of the house on Inclement Weather Policy Lease No. 832, located at 77 Kentucky Ave.; and request for a garden project Th e Senior Center follows the schedule of the Franklin County on Lease No. 240, located at 214 Uni- School System when the weather is bad. If the Franklin County schools versity Ave. are closed due to snow or ice, the Senior Center will be closed, and no Leasehold information is available meals will be cooked, served or delivered on that day. online at or by Th e Sewanee Senior Center does not charge any membership fee. All Saints’ Chapel in the snow with Shapard Tower peeking out of the fog early on calling the lease offi ce at 598-1998. A All persons 50 or older who take part in any of the activities are con- the morning of March 5. Photo by Teresa Taylor county building permit is required for sidered members. structures with roofs; call 967-0981 Th e center is located at 5 Ball Park Rd., behind the Sewanee Market. SHARE YOUR NEWS! for information. Agenda items for the To reserve a meal or for more information, call 598-0771. March meeting are due in the lease [email protected] offi ce by March 17. Crow Creek Cemetery Assn. Unique Mountain Properties Seeking Lawn Care Bids Th e Crow Creek Cemetery Preser- vation Committ ee is seeking bids for lawn mowing and other maintenance 1205 CLIFFTOPS AVE. Outstand- needs for the 2015 season for Moun- THE AERIE. 2015 Laurel Lake ing kitchen, great room, wet bar, 245 HUNZIKER RD. RQ  DFUHV Dr. Aviator-like view, sitting on a 622 FIRST ST. WEST. 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Th e customers will receive a revised bill and given a year to make catch-up pay- ments, if needed. With data adjusted to reflect the residential metering error and a soft - ware error resulting in inaccurate reporting for two-inch commercial meters, SUD showed a decrease in MEETYOURNEIGHBOR unaccounted-for water loss in 2014, by Kevin Cummings would be doing outdoors and what Beavers said. Unaccounted-for water Messenger Staff Writer resources they would need. loss is the difference between water The Gulf of Mexico threatened “Th at was a lot of fun, working in produced and water registered as pass- Doug Cameron Nashville with legislators, national ing through customer meters, meaning to swallow their sailing canoe as seven- and eight-foot waves tossed the parks and forests and state parks SUD is not paid for the water. SUD is in the face of a tall bootlegger who Lake Cheston. You can see the pride people,” he says. aggressively pursuing leak detection to boat. Th ey were 12 miles off the coast fi nally brought his child to see her aft er and love clearly as he talks about Ann of Naples, Fla., the tops of the condos He eventually returned to St. further reduce unaccounted-for loss. five days with a temperature of 105 and their two children and fi ve grand- Andrew’s-Sewanee School to teach The SUD board meets next on barely visible. degrees. children. Doug Cameron loves adventure, biology and found success running March 24. Both of his parents were also in- Just before he gives the tour of their a summer school camp that gained and the annual Everglades Challenge, a volved in the Highlander Folk School life in pictures, he reminisces about 300-mile boat race from Tampa to Key national att ention and benefi ted kids and the Civil Rights movement, and an earlier time in the 1970s when from places like the Bronx and Lakota University Job Largo, is one of the ways he tests his they passed their sensibility for social he and his dad and brother visited mett le. On March 7, he and a friend will Indian Nation. justice to their three kids. campgrounds in the eastern U.S. for Aft er his retirement from teaching Opportunities again race in the Everglades Challenge. “They always told us that people their project, the “New York Times Doug, 67, has always been a zealot in 1996, he ran for state representative were human beings, and everybody Guides to Outdoor USA.” Th e market and fi nished in a dead heat with four Exempt Positions: Administrative for the outdoors, be it rock climb- needed to be treated with respect,” he tester book the trio created about Assistant and Training Coordinator; ing, exploring Antarctica, running others, but didn’t win the seat. says. “There were always interesting campgrounds in Florida sold tens Since Ann had a good job as a CPA, Assistant Dean of Students for Student marathons or traversing rivers like the discussions going on at our house, and of thousands of copies, but the New Life; Construction Project Manager, French River off Lake Superior in the Doug turned his att ention to working fascinating people would come over York Times Book Company ended the with a broad spectrum of nonprofi ts, Physical Plant Services; Energy Spe- Canadian wilderness. and sit down, like Freedom Riders.” project aft er the 1973 OPEC oil em- cialist, Physical Plant Services; Farm “I think I’ve survived enough that including the Community Action The radio scanner in the back- bargo squashed travel plans for many. Committee in Sewanee, the Land Manager; Health Promotion and Well- I’m making good decisions now,” he ground of his garage relays fire and With the advances for the books ness Coordinator; IT Administrator, says. “More and more I just like cruis- Trust of Tennessee and Housing police business as we sit on the boat. gone, Doug needed to find a job, so Sewanee Inc., which he helped found. School of Th eology. ing, like paddling down the river and Cameron has been a member of the he started as a history teacher at St. Non-Exempt Positions: Cook, camping.” Doug still has numerous interests Sewanee Volunteer Fire Department Andrew’s School in Sewanee. There and endeavors, with each suff ering a bit Server, Utility Worker, First Cook, Se- Today, Doug sits with me on the for 42 years, and he is currently assis- he started the outdoors program and wanee Dining; Police Dispatcher (two 20-foot cat ketch boat they will use in because he has so many. You just don’t tant chief. It’s a family he’s very proud later became outdoor director for the want to slow down,” he says. part-time positions). To apply online or this year’s Everglades Challenge, a boat to be a part of. University of the South. learn more, go to or call 598-1381. the Gulf of Mexico almost swallowed of people, but if somebody’s in trouble, degrees in clinical psychology and them near Naples, he and his friend they’ll do anything to help them,” he social anthropology. won the Challenge in their class, fi nish- says. “At this level being chief or as- “I always thought I’d end up as UPCLOSE ing in three days and fi ve hours. sistant chief, our job is to bring them a child psychologist, and almost all Doug Cameron A lifelong Sewanee resident, Doug all home, especially the younger ones, of my career has been outdoors and is the oldest son of a father who was a they’re fast and they’re fit, but they working with young people.” Pet: Moki, a Cairn Terrier chemistry professor and later direc- don’t have much sense of their own One of the biggest influences in Childhood heroes: Lewis and tor of admissions at Sewanee, and a mortality.” his life is the time he spent at Camp Clark mother who was one of the fi rst female Part of our interview takes place Merrie-Woode in North Carolina, a Favorite places: Mountains pediatricians in this area. in Doug’s living room, and he walks place where he has worked since 1979. of North Carolina and north- “She may have been just fi ve feet tall, around pointing to pictures on the Doug’s outdoors knowledge, es- ern Wisconsin lake country but she was just a ball of fi re,” he says wall of he and his wife, Ann. Th ey fi rst pecially about navigating rivers, led Future goal: Navigate the Colo- with a big grin. started dating when they were 16 years to Gov. Lamar Alexander appointing rado River through the Grand Doug recalls her shaking her fi nger old aft er friends played matchmaker at him in the 1980s as executive director Canyon of the Governor’s Commission of Ten- Favorite musical instrument: nesseans Outdoors to look ahead 20 Banjo SEWANEE SUMMIT. 60 acres, build on it or hunt on it. $89,000.91 University Ave. Sewanee years and determine what Tennesseans (931) 598-9244 SEWANEE Ed Hawkins (866) 334-2954 GO FOR A HIKE. TENNESSEE Lynn Stubblefield (423) 838-8201 You’ve lived here for a week and want to explore Bridal Veil Falls. You’ve lived here for a decade and are embarrassed to admit you’ve never hiked REDUCED Shakerag Hollow. Learn more about these hikes and many others at www.TheMountainNow.com.

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Winchester, TN 37398 [email protected] Th e Sewanee Mountain MESSENGER • Friday, March 6, 2015 • 7 SES Trails & Trilliums to Focus HAIR DEPOT on Children and Nature KAREN THRONEBERRY,Ûgof]j£klqdaklÛ Menus DANIELLE HENSLEY,Ûklqdakl£fYadÛl][` Th e 12th perennial Trails & Trilliums, April 10–12, will showcase the talents of area children in both music and art. =af\ÛmkÛgfÛ=Y[]Zggc›Û March 9–13 “Children are a focus of this LUNCH year’s festival since we are for- ~„ÛCYc]ÛF¿;gff]ddÛI\ÛÝÛ¨†€~©Û‚† ¤‡‡€€ÛÝÛJ]oYf]] MON: Chicken nuggets, tunate enough to have Richard Louv, noted author of ‘Last Km]k\YqkÛl`jmÛ=ja\Yqk•Û†ÛYeÛlgۂÛheÛ Salisbury steak, mashed pota- JYlmj\Yqk•Û†ÛYeÛladdÛdYklÛYhhgafle]flÛ toes, gravy, steamed broccoli, Child in the Woods,’ as our carrots/dip, apple slices, man- keynote speaker,” said Friends darin oranges, roll, cookie. of South Cumberland Presi- TUE: Barbecue, peanut dent Ty Burnett. The Trails butter and jelly sandwich, & Trilliums Children’s Choir baked beans, potato smiles, Concert featuring the music peaches, fruit juice, Doritos, of Appalachia will open the fes- hush puppies, bun. tival at 5:30 p.m., Friday, April 10. Children from area schools Students at Tracy City Elementary School work WED: Taco, cheese cup, on nature-themed art for Trails & Trilliums. chicken filet, pinto beans, are submitt ing nature-themed fries and salsa, lettuce/to- artwork for the Art for the Park mato cup, fresh fruit, raisins, exhibition during the weekend. A generous grant from the South Cumberland tortilla chips, roll. Community Fund is helping support the Children’s Choir. THU: Chicken fajita, pea- Th e Children’s Choir Concert will be in the Monteagle Sunday School Assem- nut butter and jelly sand- bly Auditorium, and will be free and open to the public. Th e choir is composed wich, roasted vegetables, of 120 area children in grades four–eight from elementary schools across the corn, Caesar salad, fresh fruit, area. Several home-schooled children are also taking part. Nancy Boone Alls- pineapple, tortilla shell. brook is organizing this event. She has many years of experience conducting FRI: Pizza, mozzarella children’s choirs; helping her are Teresa Brown, Tricia Hiers and other volunteers. sticks, dipping sauce, garden According to Allsbrook, children have been working to prepare music for salad, potato wedges, frozen the festival, when they will come together under the direction of composer and fruit cup, pears, cookie. conductor Mary Goetze of Bloomington, Ind. Singer Carol Ponder will be a special guest artist. Th ose interested in participating or volunteering with Trails Down Home, Down the Street BREAKFAST & Trilliums music should email Allsbrook, . Each day, students Nature-themed artwork by school children from Grundy, Marion and Frank- 754 West Main St., Monteagle select one or two items lin counties in grades one–six will be on display in Art for the Park. Jana Barrett , (931) 924-3135 MON: Biscuit, chicken mayor of Altamont and Grundy County art teacher, is collecting works from her patt y, condiments. students. A gift from Margaret Donohue of Sewanee Realty helps defray the cost 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. 7 days a week TUE: Cinnamon roll or of art supplies. Dede Clements and Bett y Barton Blythe are coordinating the breakfast pizza. project. For information email . WED: Pop tart or peanut “Both of these events will be great enrichment opportunities for the children butt er and jelly sandwich. who participate. We are delighted to include the arts, along with our focus on THU: Biscuit, egg patty, connecting children to nature,” said SPREAD GOOD NEWS. ham slice, condiments. Linda Parrish, chair of this year’s Trails FRI: Yogurt, graham crack- & Trilliums. For more information go ers or banana bread slice. Help friends get information. to . ACT Prep Help local businesses succeed. Menus subject to change. Workshop Help our Mountain communities. Marion Co. Town Meeting at SAS St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School will n’s Body in Jump Off on March 18 host a one-day ACT prep class, 9 a.m. row Sho to 3 p.m., Saturday, March 29, in Sim- B p Th ere will be a Town Hall meeting at 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 18, at monds Hall, Room 28. Students from Leonard Brown - Owner the New Beginnings Church, 320 Jump Off Mountain Rd., for Marion County all schools in the surrounding area are residents who live along the Hwy. 156 corridor. Marion County Mayor David invited to participate. Register online Steve Young - Gen. Mgr. Jackson and three council members from the district will att end to hear concerns at . Th e cost of the of residents and answer questions. workshop is $79. 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Th ere’s nothing on the planet more sity. Her honors include the Delmore critical than cats, so one or more movies each week Schwartz Memorial Prize, a creative is rated from one to fi ve Tobys. eTh more Tobys it “Dancing by the Light of the Moon” by Nancy Wallace writing grant from the National En- has, the bett er it is. Sir Toby dowment for the Arts, the Shaughnessy Medal of the Modern Language Asso- Wild “Moon” Art Show ciation and the Robert Frost Medal for 7:30 p.m. • Friday–Monday, March 6–9 Lifetime Achievement from the Poetry 2014 • Rated R • 115 minutes Society of America. Oscar-nominated actress Reese Opens in Cowan Ponsot is a formalist—saying Witherspoon stars in this tour de that forms “create an almost bodily force as Cheryl Strayed, a woman pleasure in the poet. ... Th e forms are who comes to grips with her inner Th e theme for the second Community Arts Show of 2015 is “Moon.” Th e not restrictive. They pull things out demons by hiking more than 1,000 miles of Pacifi c Crest Trail, alone. show will open at the Artisan Depot in Cowan on Th ursday, March 12. A of you. Th ey help you remember.” She Based on the memoir of the same name, there were challenges bringing reception to meet the artists will be at 5 p.m., Friday, March 13. Th e show will also thinks poetry should be deeply it to the big screen since the memoir is mostly comprised of Strayed’s run through April 25. pleasurable, even fun: “We need to get thoughts. What results is a narrative that is charged with fl ashbacks to a Various interpretations of the “Moon” theme will be exhibited in a variety back to the joy of being a poet—not bleaker time in Strayed’s life, involving the death of her mother and her of media and styles by local artists. Th is is the kind of show you will only see have it always be writt en in anguish, or own heroin usage. Jean-Marc Vallée, who directed last year’s Oscar- once in a blue moon. have to be mean spirited or edgy and winning fi lm “Dallas Buyers Club,” focuses on Witherspoon with laser- Th e Artisan Depot is operated by the Franklin County Arts Guild and is black-browed and ominous. ... Poetry like intensity, and she does not shy away. Intense but uplift ing and rated located at 201 Cumberland St. East in Cowan. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m., should just be a great joy, and we should R for sexual content, nudity, drug use and language, this tale is defi nitely Th ursdays and Fridays, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays. have perfect freedom to enjoy it in that one strictly for older teens and adults. 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Th ree journalists will participate in a panel discussion on how business news and the marketplace interact at this semester’s Bryan Viewpoints Lecture at and Farming 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 10, in Gailor Auditorium. A reception will follow the event. “Our Hungry Food” blog and the “Whose Business is It? Th e Intersection of Journalism and the Marketplace,” Greenspace Collective at Sewanee in- brings to campus three veteran business journalists: Margaret Chadbourn, vite the community to participate in an C’04; David Johnson, C’71; and Laura Sanders, C’76. aft ernoon focused on community and Chadbourn, a fi eld producer for Fox News, previously covered fi nancial local food systems. Th e event will be at policy for Reuters and was a White House correspondent during the 2012 4 p.m., Sunday, March 8, in the collec- presidential election. She has also worked as a banking reporter for Bloomberg tive’s space, the green building behind Woody’s Bicycle Shop in Sewanee. News and a fi nancial reporter for Market News International. Robert Delcamp Johnson is a veteran business analyst for CBS. For nearly two decades, he The group will watch “Green- was also a regular on the American Public Media business show, “Marketplace.” horns,” a 50-minute documentary Johnson combines his media role with work as a broker with Morgan Stanley. Easter Term Organ Recital fi lm made in 2011 that explores the He estimates he has done more than 5,000 interviews with CEOs and other lives of America’s young farming leaders, including Richard Branson and Nobel laureate economist Milton community. Th ere will be discussion Friedman. Series in All Saints’ Chapel aft erward with local farmers, partici- Sanders specializes in reporting on taxes. She is now with the Wall Street pants from World Wide Opportunities Journal and previously worked at Forbes, the big fi nancial media company. 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Aft er clearing 3.35m on his third att empt, the bar was set at 3.40m. Aft er a strong sprint Walters took off and cleared the bar. Second-place fi nisher David Campbell of Birmingham-Southern att empted 3.40m on his fi nal att empt, but failed to clear the bar. Also winning Saturday was the Tiger 4x800m relay team. Sewanee’s Bradford Lepik, Alec Hill, Taylor Th omas Walters won the pole vault in the indoor track meet on Feb. 28 in the Fowler Jetmundsen and Amiel Emerson fi n- Center. Photo by Lyn Hutchinson ished with a winning time of 8:33.69. Also in the mid-distance events, Logan Stockton won the men’s mile with a new personal record of 4.32.34. Additionally, Tyler Fishback set a new personal record with a second-place fi nish in the high jump. Fishback’s leap of 1.90m was just behind winner Tanner Home By April 4, the snow and ice will be gone (maybe?), and the Mountain Goat Trail will Stepp of Carson-Newman. be clear for the second annual Run and Walk. Until then Marcia Medford(above) has Back on the track, Cortez Brown fi nished fourth in the 55m dash (6.75 Games found a great way to use the trail even in the middle of winter. seconds) and sixth in the 200m (24.36). Finally, Lonnie Scott (third) and Elijah Brooks-Davis (fourth) in shot put; This Week L’Or Puymartin (fourth) and Davis Couch (fourth) in 400m; and Ky-Edward Mountain Goat Trail Anderson (seventh) in 200m, all added top-10 fi nishes. Today, March 6 “We saw a lot of improvements today,” said Sewanee head coach Jeff 2 pm Tigers Baseball v Rhodes Saturday, March 7 Run & Walk Set for April 4 Heitzenrater. “Our team is working hard in practice every week, which is leading 11 am Tigers Baseball v Rhodes to bett er and bett er results.” 3 pm Tigers Baseball v Rhodes Th e second annual Mountain Goat Trail Run and Walk, sponsored by Sunday, March 8 Mountain Outfi erstt and the Mountain Goat Trail Alliance, will be on Saturday, 12 pm Tigers Women’s Lacrosse April 4. v Carthage Th e fi ve-mile run will begin at 10 a.m. in downtown Sewanee; a two-mile Monday, March 9 5 pm Tigers Women’s Lacrosse walk will begin at 10 a.m. at Pearl’s Foggy Mountain Café. Both will fi nish at v Wooster Mountain Outfi tt ers in Monteagle. 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Wins Two It’s 4:30 a.m., and the 15-passenger van is slowly snaking its way across the StayBridge Suites parking lot in Plainfi eld, Ind. Inside are Th e St. Andrew’s-Sewanee Middle nine women’s tennis players and a very tired (but beautiful) head School volleyball team defeated Palmer coach. Just behind, in a minivan fi lled with suitcases, tennis rackets Elementary, 25-9 and 25-23, in its fi rst and a load of equipment, is assistant coach Currie Martin. Th e cara- match on March 3. In the second van had left this same hotel 22 hours earlier at 6:30 a.m., headed for match, SAS defeated Tracy City, 25-14 DePauw University and their second-round match at the ITA National and 25-22. Katie Finn Hurst led the Indoor Championships against the host school that was ranked 11th team in serves, serving seven in a row nationally. 6:30 a.m. is early for college students, but they were excited against Palmer. and enthused aft er a close 6-3 fi rst-round batt le the day before against Mary B. Smith, Kendale James and three-time defending national indoor champion Johns Hopkins Uni- Morgan Phares had strong serving versity that had lasted fi ve-and-a-half hours. Th e group consisted of a games. Smith and Hurst led the team lone senior, four juniors and four wide-eyed freshmen. Th ey weren’t in receptions and digs. Outstanding convinced that they were the best team in this prestigious event, but performances were also turned in by they had decided amongst themselves that they were the smartest, Polly Th urman and Zoe Wallace. prett iest, best-dressed and most socially adept. Head coach Christian Whitt emore Th e second-round match against DePauw began at 8:30 a.m. on said, “I am so proud of the way we three indoor courts. Sewanee took a 2-1 lead aft er the doubles competi- played tonight. We are young and SAS middle school student Isabella Randolph during a recent volleyball team tion, thanks to some timely volleys, good serving and wise coaching will learn so much as the season practice. Photo by Paul Klekott a that was fueled by coach Conchie Shackelford’s fi rst Diet Coke of the progresses.” day. Th e singles competition was equally intense, and points went back and forth between two evenly matched opponents. Th e fi rst two singles SAS Middle School Soccer matches went Sewanee’s way aft er another hour-and-a-half of good Savage Gulf tennis. Freshman Maggie Crumbliss is about a foot-and-a-half shy of my six feet, but has legs that run forever and a heart that gives up Narrowly Drops Opener once every other century. Her singles match at number three lasted Marathon just over four hours (or two more Diet Cokes) before dropping the Th e St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School scored a penalty kick. In the last 10 point to a more experienced DePauw player. March 21 boys’ middle school soccer team fell minutes of the match, SAS created Sewanee put three more freshmen on the court, needing one win short to Cascade School 3-2 in their many scoring opportunities. Forwards to clinch the match. Freshman Christina Merchant from Greenville, opening match of the season on Sean Willis and Spencer Davis worked S.C., says yes-sir more oft en than the bells chime in Shapard Tower, Th e Savage Gulf Marathon is set for March 3. hard up top, but couldn’t find the Saturday, March 21. Th is course, which but despite her proper Southern upbringing has the steely nerves and It was a hard-fought duel on a mud- equalizer. killer instinct of a Bengal tiger on the Paleo diet. She clinched the win covers 26 miles of boulder-strewn soaked fi eld. Cascade struck fi rst, with Goalkeeper Larson Heitzenrater, trails, is sponsored by the Tennessee for the Sewanee Tigers and sent them into the fi ft h-place match against two goals in the fi rst 15 minutes of the who recorded eight saves, and cen- rival Washington and Lee University; the match was scheduled to Park Rangers, needs volunteers to help match. SAS answered in the second ter backs Evan Fox and Alexander with registration, sell T-shirts and pro- begin in just four short hours. half when seventh-grader Isaac Smith Milford, did a good job keeping the Th e balcony of the DePauw tennis center was scatt ered with young vide general assistance to rangers. To slotted home his first career goal at Mountain Lions defense organized. lend a hand on race day, email . Cascade again found the back played. We made some mistakes, but Beginning and ending at the Stone in textbooks between their own matches. 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Also, the decidu- Waterfall Challenge (WC15) kick- Pets of the Week ous forests are dormant off hike is Saturday, March 14, at Fiery Meet Walter & Smoochie and don’t take up and Gizzard, with a chance to visit five transpire groundwater at of the waterfalls on the list. The Franklin County Humane for his forever home. He is negative for this time of year, leaving Gather at the Grundy Forest park- Society’s Animal Harbor off ers these FeLV and FIV, house-trained, up-to- more water available to ing lot pavilion (131 Fiery Gizzard two delightful pets for adoption. date on shots and neutered. replenish streams via the Rd., Tracy City); check-in begins at Walter is one smart cat. He was Smoochie is a beautiful B oxer who ground. Some streams, 9 a.m., with hikes departing by 9:30 smart enough to be very sweet to ev- has matured to perfection. Th is previ- such as the one in Abbo’s a.m. Hikers will have an option to do eryone around his favorite restaurant ously owned girl loves people, and Alley, do carry water all the full five-mile hike to Sycamore and frequently got snacks from the you might’ve guessed from her name year (thanks in part to Falls, which will take approximately diners. Finally, someone rescued him that she’s a smoocher. Smoochie is springs) and are termed four hours, or a shorter hike on the from the parking lot and brought him heartworm-negative, up-to-date on perennial. As the streams Day Loop, which will include four to Animal Harbor, where he is waiting shots and spayed. cascade off the plateau Perimeter trail stream crossing above waterfalls and take about three hours. Every Friday is Black Friday at edges, they are soon swal- Cedar Hollow. Challenge chair Naullain Kendrick Animal Harbor. On Fridays, adoption lowed up by cave systems notes that all who complete the WC15 fees are reduced 50 percent for black in the limestone. Th us surface streams on the plateau sides carry water will receive a certifi cate, but the big- State Park or mostly black pets over 4 months only directly aft er heavy rains. Th ese streams are termed ephemeral. gest reward will be sett ing a goal to old who have been at Animal Harbor see these amazing, varied waterfalls. Blooming Flowers Update for more than a month. Pets adopted When the weather warms up, the Off erings from Animal Harbor qualify for a free Lorett a Whalen reports that she has yellow crocuses in full bloom Friends plan to invite willing hikers post-adoption wellness exam by local in her yard, and her jonquils budding out, with blooms to come soon. to take a photo of themselves standing Saturday, March 7 veterinarians. underneath a waterfall and post it on Skunk Cabbage Hiking Th rough History—Meet Animal Harbor is now open at the FSC Facebook page. Ranger Park at 1 p.m. at Grundy Lakes its new shelter at 56 Nor-Nan Rd., While we are looking for harbinger-of-spring (pepper and salt) or he- “We are going to start our own ver- parking lot for a moderate 2.3-mile off AEDC Road in Winchester. Call patica as the fi rst wildfl ower of the season to bloom, farther north the hunt sion of the ice bucket challenge,” said hike around Grundy lakes to view and Animal Harbor at 962-4472 for infor- is on for something else—skunk cabbage, reports Yolande Gott fried. Kendrick, “but we’ll be using icy creek learn about the turbulent past associ- mation, and check out their other pets “Since I found myself in Pennsylvania at the end of February, I took water instead.” ated with the coal mines. Wear sturdy at . Enter the opportunity to hike a nature trail where I had seen skunk cabbage Th e 15 falls selected for WC15 are shoes and bring water. their drawing on this site for a free spay before in a wetland area. In spite of snow and ice still covering most of the located across the 10 parks that make or neuter for one of your pets. ground, there were places where the ground was mostly snow-free and up South Cumberland. Th e waterfalls Sunday, March 8 Please help Animal Harbor by in the trickling water, there were numer- in the challenge are Greeter Falls sending your donations to the Franklin ous skunk cabbage plants emerging. (Upper, Lower, Main Greeter Falls), Lost Cove Hike—Join Ranger County Humane Society, P. O. Box 187, “They didn’t look like much—a Boardtree Falls (Upper and Lower), Park at 8 a.m. at Carter State Natural Winchester, TN 37398. thick, fl eshy, twisted, maroon or green- Laurel Falls, Ranger Creek Falls, Area parking lot (on Sherwood Road) and-yellow structure called a spathe a Horsepound Falls, Suter Falls, Savage for a strenuous five-mile roundtrip few inches high, which you probably Falls, School Branch Falls, Hanes Hole hike to Lost Cove Cave. Winter is a wouldn’t notice if you weren’t looking Falls, Blue Hole Falls, Black Canyon great time to see the shape of the lime- for it. I was hoping to perhaps see it Cascade, Sycamore Falls, Yellow Pine stone cliff s and pits. Bring a snack and Weather emerging from the snow itself, because Cascade, Anderson Falls and Foster water and wear sturdy shoes. this plant has the ability to generate its Falls. Th e South Cumberland State Park DAY DATE HI LO own heat. A study by biologist Roger For more information, contact Visitors’ Center is located on Highway Mon Feb 23 35 25 Knutson found that the fl owering part Kendrick by email, , or go to the FSC website Tracy City and is open 8 a.m.–4:30 Wed Feb 25 33 20 a spadix, can raise its temperature to for maps p.m. seven days a week. For more in- Th u Feb 26 33 26 Skunk cabbage emerging formation call (931) 924-2980. around 20 degrees above the surround- fr om the snow. and directions to all of the parks. Fri Feb 27 37 20 ing air temperature and even melt the Sat Feb 28 33 20 snow around the plant. It does this by breaking down carbohydrates Sun Mar 01 50 31 stored in its massive root system, using large amounts of oxygen, making Weekly Averages: its metabolism, for that period of time, like that of a mammal of similar Avg max temp = 36 size. In Tennessee, skunk cabbage is only found in a few counties in the Avg min temp = 23 mountains in the northeastern part of the state. It is in the same family Avg temp = 22 as Jack-in-the-Pulpit, whose spathe is the ‘pulpit’ and whose spadix is Precipitation = 1.58" the ‘Jack.’” February Monthly Averages: Hawk Watch 2015 wm.c.mauzy construction co. Avg max temp = 39 Bill Mauzy, Owner, General Contractor Th e residents around the Woodlands and Abbott Martin Lane are Avg min temp = 21 again watching a pair of Red-Shouldered Hawks build their nest in an Avg temp = 27 www.mauzyconstruction.com 931.598.0686 (office) Total Precipitation = 3.77" easy-to-see tree. 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Sunday, March 8 • Daylight Savings Time begins Tuesday, March 17 • St. Patrick’s Day 1:00 pm VITA tax assistance, Holy Comforter, until 5 pm 8:30 am Yin Yoga with Carolyn, Comm Ctr 3:00 pm Knitt ing circle/instruction, Mooney’s, until 5 pm 9:00 am CAC offi ce open, until 11 am 4:00 pm Yoga with Helen, Community Center 9:00 am Pilates with Kim, beginners, Fowler Center 5:00 pm Women’s Bible Study, Midway Baptist 9:30 am Craft ing Ladies, Morton Memorial, Monteagle 6:00 pm Sewanee Sportsman’s Club free fi lms at SUT 10:30 am Bingo, Sewanee Senior Center 7:30 pm Film, “Wild,” SUT 11:00 am Tai Chi with Kathleen, beginners, Comm Center 11:30 am Grundy Co. Rotary, Dutch Maid, Tracy City Monday, March 9 12:00 pm Pilates with Kim, inter/adv, Fowler Center 9:00 am CAC offi ce open, until 11 am 3:30 pm Centering Prayer support group, St. Mary’s Sewanee Check out www.woodysbicycles.com for rates, trail maps, 9:00 am Coff ee with Coach, Ryan Cassell, Blue Chair Tavern 4:30 pm Lease agenda deadline, Lease offi ce photos, bike club links, races and much more! 9:00 am Yoga with Sandra, St. Mary’s Sewanee 5:00 pm Acoustic jam, old GCHS annex, until 6:30 pm 10:00 am Pilates with Kim, intermediate, Fowler 6:30 pm Prayer and study, 7th Day Adventist, Monteagle 10:30 am Chair exercise with Ruth, Senior Center 7:00 pm Community poetry night, Blue Chair DREAM GROUPS AT STILLPOINT 12:00 pm Sewanee Woman’s Club, DuBose, Monteagle 12:00 pm Pilates with Kim, beginners, Fowler Wednesday, March 18 Dream Coach and Spiritual Director Marsha Carnahan is now accepting clients 5:30 pm Yoga for Healing with Lucie, Comm Center 9:00 am CAC offi ce open, until 11 am; and 1–3 pm and hosting Dream Groups in her new office at Stillpoint. 5:30 pm Yoga with Sandra, St. Mary’s Sewanee, until 7 pm 10:00 am Pilates with Kim, intermediate, Fowler Center The next Dream Group will meet on February 18 from 1 to 3 p.m. 6:00 pm Karate, youth, American Legion Hall 10:00 am Senior Center writing group, Kelly residence The cost is $12 per person. (Limited to 8) 7:00 pm Centering Prayer, Otey sanctuary 12:00 pm EQB Lunch St. Mary’s Sewanee To register for a Dream Group or for a private appointment contact: 7:00 pm Sewanee Chorale rehearsal, Hargrove Aud 12:00 pm Pilates with Kim, beginners, Fowler Center Marsha Carnahan - [email protected] 931-626-7565 7:00 pm Karate, adult, American Legion Hall 5:30 pm Lenten study, Embracing Forgiveness, St. James 7:30 pm Film, “Wild,” SUT 5:30 pm Yoga with Helen, Community Center 3TILLPOINTs3EWANEE(IGHWAY 3EWANEE stillpointsewanee.com 7:00 pm Bible study, Midway Baptist Church Tuesday, March 10 8:30 am MES Kindergarten registration, until 2:30 pm Th ursday, March 19 8:30 am Yin Yoga with Carolyn, Comm Ctr 9:00 am CAC offi ce open, until 11 am June Weber 9:00 am CAC offi ce open, until 11 am 9:00 am Nature journaling, Spencer Hall, until 11 am 9:00 am Pilates with Kim, beginners, Fowler Center 9:00 am Pilates with Kim, beginners, Fowler Center Gooch-Beasley Realtors 9:30 am Craft ing Ladies, Morton Memorial, Monteagle 10:30 am Tai Chi with Kathleen, advanced, Comm Center 9:30 am Hospitality Shop open, until 2 pm 12:00 pm Pilates with Kim, intermediate, Fowler Center Serving the Sewanee and Monteagle area 10:00 am La Leche League, Comm Ctr with quality real estate service: 12:30 pm Episcopal Peace Fellowship, Otey 10:30 am Bingo, Sewanee Senior Center 1:30 pm Folks@Home Support Group, 598-0303 -42 years of experience 2:00 pm -Mother of Sewanee alumnus 11:00 am Tai Chi with Kathleen, beginners, Comm Center Knitt ing circle, Mooney’s, until 4 pm 11:30 am Grundy Co. Rotary, Dutch Maid, Tracy City 5:30 pm Grundy Health conversation, Smoke House www.gbrealtors.com [email protected] 12:00 pm Pilates with Kim, inter/adv, Fowler Center 6:00 pm Karate, youth, American Legion Hall June Weber, CRB, CRS, GRI Broker 931.636.2246 3:30 pm Centering Prayer support group, St. Mary’s Sewanee 7:00 pm Karate, adult, American Legion Hall GOOCH-BEASLEY REALTORS 931.924.5555 4:30 pm Business/journalism panel discussion, Gailor 7:00 pm Survivors’ support group, Morton Memorial 5:00 pm Acoustic jam, old GCHS annex, until 6:30 pm 6:00 pm Daughters of the King, St. James Friday, March 20 6:30 pm Prayer and study, 7th Day Adventist, Monteagle Curbside recycling, before 7 a.m. 8:30 am Yoga with Carolyn, Comm Center Wednesday, March 11 9:00 am CAC offi ce open, until 11 am 8:30 am MES Kindergarten registration, until 2:30 pm 10:00 am Game day, Senior Center 9:00 am CAC offi ce open, until 11 am; and 1–3 pm 12:00 pm Contract/release stretching with Kim, Fowler 10:00 am Pilates with Kim, intermediate, Fowler Center 3:30 pm Creative movement, 4–7, Comm Center 10:00 am Senior Center writing group, Kelly residence 4:15 pm Creative movement, 8/up, Comm Center 12:00 pm Comm. Council agenda deadline, Provost’s offi ce 7:00 pm Bible study, Mtn of God Tabernacle, Monteagle 12:00 pm EQB Lunch, Lead, Bentley, St. Mary’s Sewanee 12:00 pm Pilates with Kim, beginners, Fowler Center LOCAL 12-STEP MEETINGS 5:30 pm Lenten study, Embracing Forgiveness, St. James Friday 5:30 pm Yoga with Helen, Community Center 7:00 am AA, open, Holy Comforter, Monteagle 7:00 pm Bible study, Midway Baptist Church 7:00 pm AA, open, Christ Church, Tracy City 7:00 pm Folk music collective, St. Luke’s Chapel, until 8:30 Saturday 7:30 pm NA, open, Decherd United Methodist Th ursday, March 12 7:30 pm AA, open, Claiborne Parish House, Otey University Spring Break begins at 5 pm through March 22 Sunday 9:00 am CAC offi ce open, until 11 am 6:30 pm AA, open, Holy Comforter, Monteagle 9:00 am Nature journaling, Spencer Hall, until 11 am Monday 9:30 am Hospitality Shop open, until 2 pm 5:00 pm Women’s 12-step, Claiborne Parish 10:30 am Tai Chi with Kathleen, advanced, Comm Center House, Otey 12:00 pm Academy of Lifelong Learning, Shealy, 7:00 pm AA, open, Christ Church, Tracy City St. Mary’s Sewanee Tuesday Walk-Ups Welcome 12:30 pm Episcopal Peace Fellowship, Otey 7:00 pm AA, open, First Baptist, Altamont 1:30 pm Folks@Home Support Group, 598-0303 7:30 pm AA, open, Claiborne Parish House, Otey 2:00 pm Knitt ing circle, Mooney’s, until 4 pm Wednesday 6:00 pm Karate, youth, American Legion Hall 10:00 am AA, closed, Clifft ops, (931) 924-3493 7:00 pm Karate, adult, American Legion Hall 4:30 pm AA, “Tea-Totallers” women’s group, 7:00 pm Survivors’ support group, Morton Memorial Clifft ops, (931) 924-3493 7:00 pm NA, open, Decherd United Methodist Friday, March 13 7:30 pm AA, open, Holy Comforter, Monteagle 9:00 am CAC offi ce open, until 11 am Th ursday 10:00 am Game day, Senior Center 12:00 pm AA, (931) 924-3493 for location 3:30 pm Creative movement, 4–7, Comm Center 7:00 pm AA, open, St. James 4:15 pm Creative movement, 8/up, Comm Center 7:30 pm Adult Children of Alcoholics, 5:30 pm Family Fun Night, St. James Dysfunctional Families, Claiborne Parish 7:00 pm Bible study, Mtn of God Tabernacle, Monteagle House, Otey