UT SPORTS REALTY CHECK Quick turnaround Midstate market for Vols baseball starting to slow? UT goes from ‘sleeping giant’ May sales exceeded May to CWS berth in coach Tony 2020’s record but dipped Vitello’s fourth season. from April 2021’s total. P17 P3 June 18-24, 2021 Vol. 47 | Issue 25 NASHVILLE EDITION www.TNLedger.com The power of information. LedgerDAVIDSON • WILLIAMSON • RUTHERFORD • CHEATHAM WILSON SUMNER• ROBERTSON • MAURY • DICKSON • MONTGOMERY FORMERLY WESTVIEW SINCE 1978 ‘THIS IS WHY YOU COME TO VANDERBILT’ Dores ‘back to normal’ Story by Tom Wood with delayed title defense begins on page 2 Photo courtesy of Vanderbilt Athletics ern Express, Inc, ROGERS COLUMN Hampshire Insurance Company, Western Express, Inc, Def Atty(s): John W Barringer, 08/30/2010, 10C3341 October 8 - 14, 2010 Patricia McClarren vs Star Insurance Company, Westwood Church Of Christ, Law & GovernmentPltf(s): James T Collins, Def(s): Star Insurance Company, Westwood Church Of Christ, Def Definitive (Hah!) PublicAtty(s): David John Deming, 08/30/2010, 10C3343 Pltf(s): James A Richard Dicaire vs Cbs Personnel Holdings Inc, Cbs Personnel Services LLC, Kilgore Group Inc Collectively Staffmark, Staffmark Investment LLC, Records Pltf Atty(s): n/a, Def(s): Cbs Personnel Holdings Inc, Cbs Personnel list of TN’s best 08/26/2010, 10C3303 Services LLC, Kilgore Group Inc Collectively Staffmark, Staffmark James T Collins vs Rogers Group Inc, Investment LLC, Def Atty(s): Stephen B Morton, 08/26/2010, Pltf Atty(s): n/a, Def(s): Rogers Group Inc, Def Atty(s): Heather E Hardt, 08/26/2010,inside 10C3308 & online James A Wells vs Jenco Construction Inc, A trip down the internet Wells, Pltf Atty(s): n/a, Def(s): JencoTNLedger.com Construction Inc,Pltf(s): Def Atty(s): Judy R Lawson, Jennifer S White, 08/25/2010, 10C3282 Jessica Grimwood vs Intrepid USA Healthcare Services, rabbit hole reveals the best RealtyPltf(s): JessicaCheck Grimwood, ....................................... Pltf Atty(s): n/a, Def(s): Intrepid USA 3 CommunityHealthcare Services, Calendar Def Atty(s): Clifford .......................... Wilson, 08/27/2010, 4 counties in Tennessee. Or Judy R Lawson vs Nursing & Oneida, News PltfBriefs Atty(s): David ......................................... Harold Dunaway, Def(s): Nursing & Oneida, Def 7 Public Records ............................. 8-15 does it really? Jordan Sanders vs Dillons Welding Inc and Employers, P3 Public NoticesPltf(s): Jordan Sanders,and Pltf Atty(s): Donald D Zuccarello, Def(s): Foreclosures ............................... 21-34 Marketplace .......................................35 Page 2 www.TNLedger.com JUNE 18-24, 2021 Vanderbilt Athletics Hawkins Field was a ghost town this time last year during a season lost to COVID-19. All seems right now with a full house witnessing Vanderbilt’s Super Regional sweep of East Carolina. maha bound! Those inch-high words – inscribed on front of the black-and-white baseball caps that Vanderbilt players donned minutes after winning the NCAA Super ORegional – tell only part of the story of the Commodores’ odyssey-like quest to reach the June 19-30 College World Series WHAT A LONG, in Nebraska. There wasn’t room for more words on those VandyBoys caps (resilience, determination and consistency all come to mind). But one word definitely belonged there – AGAIN! That 4-1 Super Regional victory over East Carolina propelled the Commodores to their fifth CWS trip and a second STRANGE TRIP consecutive for the defending national champions, who defeated Michigan 8-2 in the finale of 2019’s best-of-2019 championship series. Vanderbilt won its first national title in 2014, finished runner- up in 2015 and earned third place in 2011. BACK TO OMAHA “When you come to Vanderbilt, there’s no surprise when you get to a stage like this,” says talented freshman center fielder Enrique Bradfield Jr., the team’s second-leading hitter with a .356 average. “We’ve been there before with teams (in the) past. We know how hard it is, and we know everything that we’ve gone through as a team. But this is normal for us. This is what we’re FOR VANDERBILT here to do.” 721 days Commodores go from ‘will we ever get back to a Vandy certainly made the most of previous trips to Omaha, but the 2021 journey stands apart from the others. It has been regular life again?’ to defending championship a remarkable two-year journey for the Commodores to get back to the mecca of college baseball, one that included significant injuries, numerous roster changes over two seasons, a challenging STORY BY TOM WOOD schedule and, oh yeah, the cancellation of the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. That meant no fans for the first part of this season, then partial VANDY BOYS >> PAGE 18 JUNE 18-24, 2021 www.TNLedger.com Page 3 Seasonal shift or emerging trend? Hook, line and sinker Runaway market slows, still Tell me, clickbait, ahead of record 2020 pace which counties are Middle Tennessee real estate unit sales increased tops in Tennessee? 24% in May compared to May 2020, Greater Clickbait internet teases are generally Nashville Realtors fi gures best avoided, being frequently of the show. With inventory as “15 foods you should never eat naked” RICHARD COURTNEY low as it is, there are those variety. REALTY who might wonder how But they can be tempting. And CHECK these sales could occur. I couldn’t resist one I came across While the 4,063 closed 6321 East Valley Drive JOE ROGERS recently: “Best counties to raise a family sales are more than the in Tennessee,” for various reasons. outrageous prices with those homes closing Ledger MY TAKE 3,267 sales in May 2020, they lag slightly For one thing, I wanted to know behind April’s 4,119 sales. With seasonality in April and May and scattered about the counties. how my county of residence, Davidson, rated, despite the built into the real estate data, sales actually The power of fact that my wife and I are not raising a family. (Unless dropped from April to May. Now buyers are forced to use their cash reserves in order to purchase the real estate. information. housing two middle-aged cats counts.) Sales classifi ed as pending were lower in May Plus, I like being introduced to places in Tennessee I (3,788) compared to April (3,837). In order for Th ey can refi nance and take the cash out of Published weekly by Westview Newspaper, LLC might not otherwise have heard of. Weakley County, for June to eclipse the previous June, some 4,191 their properties next year when appraisals more accurately refl ect the market. Th en they example, made the best counties list. sales must occur. With 3,778 pending sales, the 222 Second Ave. N. Suite 101 I have no idea where it is, but “All roads lead to Weakley number is likely to surpass June 2020 based on can reload the college funds, IRAs and other Nashville, TN 37201 investments. (615) 254-5522 County,” its website advises, so it shouldn’t be hard to fi nd anecdotal numbers from leading Realtors. FAX: (615) 254-5525 By then, 3% loans have evaporated. Th en it for a visit. I’ll just set out on a road at random. One thing perplexing members of that focus Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m becomes decision time in Tennessee. Should Also – and this is a prime goal for “best of” lists – I was group is there are considerably fewer showings prepared to dispute the fi ndings. As with, for example, than in previous months. Showings normally owners go for the cash or take a higher interest President & Chairman Peter Schutt a ranking by Rotten Tomatoes that judged “Roseanne” slow toward the end of May since there are rate? Second mortgages might become popular once again. Publisher & CEO a better comedy than “Th e Andy Griffi th Show.” Yeah. graduations to attend. And this year had twice Eric Barnes Right. that amount at some institutions that staged One positive thing to emerge from the Associate Publisher wildness of the market is that sellers are no & Executive Editor Th e results for Davidson County turned out to be so-so: a ceremony for those who would have fl ipped Lyle Graves No. 8 on a list of the top 25. Th at’s in the top 10% of longer pillaged by buyers demanding that [email protected] the tassel in 2020 but were denied by the Tennessee’s 95 counties, statistically, but middling when pandemic. they – the sellers – repair every item on the Planning Editor inspection report. In this frenzy, most contracts Cindy Smith you consider that the county includes the state capital, has Summer weddings also eat into sales [email protected] have the inspection on a pass/fail basis. the “it city” label and that people are practically trampling numbers, especially with those weddings Contributors one another to move here. delayed from last year taking place this year. With this scenario in place, buyers are Chip Cirillo opting to take houses in “as-is” condition and Sheila Burke No. 25, by the way, was the aforementioned Weakley And amid all those delays, there were more Kathy Carlson County. Sorry, Weakleyans. But take heart! You home sales in the area than in any previous make any repairs that they desire on their own Hollie Deese dime. Tim Ghianni still ranked better than 70 other Tennessee counties! year. Clearly, some things can wait and some Joe Morris (Including one Davidson doughnut county, Cheatham.) can’t. “Th ere is a beauty in the simplicity of Rhiannon Potkey the negotiations now,” says home inspector Tom Wood Th e list was provided by an outfi t called Stacker, which Now with masks removed, crowds Offi ce Manager seems to specialize in compiling such minutiae.