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The SewaneeMountain MESSENGER Vol. XXVIII, No. 22 Friday, June 15, 2012 Shakerag Lectures Annexation TCAP Test Results Part of Shakerag Workshops at St. Final Report Card Andrew’s-Sewanee School is Halted by K.G. Beavers, Messenger Staff Writer continuing in the next week The Tennessee Comprehensive standards, rather than to the perfor- with its second session of the A temporary injunction has been granted to stop the strip-annexation Assessment Program test (TCAP) mance of other test takers.” summer. Th is is the ninth year results were incorporated into Frank- Th e score for the third-grade stu- for the program, and artists of land in Decherd for a rock quarry. People living along Greenhaw lin County students’ fi nal report card dent on the reading/language arts from across the country have grades for grades 3–8. TCAP is based on the reporting cat- gathered on the SAS campus Road near Decherd and the Alto com- munity are fi ghting plans for a rock Director of Schools Rebecca Shar- egories performance index (RCPI). to work with the renowned ber said in the school board meeting Th e RCPI is an estimate of the num- faculty assembled there. quarry on 165 acres acquired by the owner of Tinsley Asphalt Company. that all TCAP data from the state went ber of questions the student would Chef and restaurateur through the offi ce of att endance, and be expected to answer correctly if Hugh Acheson will be the Th e area is west of the Domain in the valley, between Old Alto Road and was reported to individual schools. there had been 100 questions in the Shakerag lecturer on Wednes- Hugh Acheson Reading scores were not individu- category. Each reporting category has day, June 20, at 7:30 p.m. in Highway 41A. Circuit Judge J. Curtis Smith ruled ally counted, as the state coded those a specifi c objective, number of items McCrory Hall for the Performing Arts. Acheson is the chef/partner of Five & results as one language arts score for tested and the pre-equated RCPI cut Ten and the National located in Athens, Ga., and Empire State South in Atlanta. for the plaintiff s on June 12, granting their request for a temporary injunc- elementary grades. scores needed to be basic, profi cient or His recently published cookbook, “A New Turn in the South: Southern Flavors TCAP tests are mandatory. The advanced. Each RCPI is converted into Reinvented for Your Kitchen,” just received the James Beard 2012 award for tion, incorporating the provision of the previously granted temporary tests are also important for school an overall scale score range. Best American Cookbook, and Acheson himself won the James Beard award as systems, teacher evaluations and For example, the language objec- Best Chef in the Southeast. In his cookbook, Acheson creates Southern dishes restraining order. Th e defendants’ mo- tion to increase the injunction bond students. School board policy 4.600 tive on the third-grade TCAP had 15 with a new twist, focusing on Southern libations, seasonal vegetables, salads Grading System, says TCAP test items to answer in order to demon- and soups, Hugh’s prized sides, and fi sh and meats. Acheson’s fresh approach was also denied. The defendants were previously scores for students in third through strate what was learned in that grade. to Southern food has earned him recognition from food critics, newspaper col- fifth grade will make up 15 percent When converted into the RCPI, the umnists, restaurant-goers and the toughest of critics, fellow chefs. Acheson’s talk restrained from holding a referendum on the proposed annexation on May of the student’s final grade for the student should have made a score of in McCrory Hall will be followed by a reception in the St. Andrew’s-Sewanee spring semester in the subject areas at least 93 to be advanced in that one Gallery honoring the Shakerag lecturer and the Shakerag faculty artists. Both 25. The election commission had scheduled a special election calling of mathematics, reading/language objective. When each of the seven the talk in McCrory and the Gallery reception in the Simmonds Building are arts, science and social studies. Th is is reporting categories and the two com- open to the public. for the annexation by referendum of the strip and 165 acres. based on the performance levels deter- posite category RCPI scores are added Shakerag faculty members give brief presentations about their work on mined by the state board of education. together, the student’s scale score other weekday evenings at 7:30 p.m. in McCrory Hall, and these lectures are The annexation by referendum allows only the residents of the pro- In grades 6–8, 25 percent of the TCAP range would have to be between 797 all open to the public. Th e schedule of faculty talks during the second Shakerag test results will be included in the fi nal and 900 to be considered advanced in session are as follows: posed annexed area to vote on the referendum. Only two members of grades for spring semester. This is reading/language arts. Monday, June 18—Natalie Chanin and Diane Hall, clothing designers, and also state law, where each local school In order to be advanced or to make Mark Shapiro, functional pott ery; the Tinsley family would have been allowed to vote. board can determine the percentage an A, the student would have had Tuesday, June 19—Chris Sugrue, digital arts; Dahlia Elsayed, painting; and used, from 15 to 25 percent of the fi nal to answer at least 61 out of 67 ques- Michel Garcia, natural dyeing; The referendum is now on hold pending the outcome of the lawsuit. spring semester grades. tions correctly. Th is score is equal to Th ursday, June 21—John Britt , pott ery glazes, and Stephen Alvarez, pho- Parents should be notifi ed as early a numeric grade on the 0–100 grade tography. as July 8 about individual student test scale. Th e RCPI score of 61 questions Shakerag Workshops att racts a diverse group of participants; beginners results, according to the state. answered correctly would be equal to and professionals take classes together. Th e inclusive atmosphere of Shakerag How were those scores incorpo- a 93 on the grade scale. is one of the hallmarks of the program, and teachers through the years have rated into a fi nal report card grade? There are six grading periods in commented on the vitality of classes with a variety of experiences. Th e program A third-grade student’s reading/ the school year. The student’s first off ers 15 classes altogether in a wide variety of areas. language arts test serves as an example. semester’s grade is the average of the For more information, go to or contact Claire Reish- On the reading/language arts first three grading periods. For the man at 598-5651, ext. 3165. TCAP in third grade, there were seven third-grade student’s second semester criterion-referenced objectives and grade, 85 percent of the average of the performance levels (CRTs) tested, second three grading periods is added Williams Recipient of the including language, vocabulary, writ- to 15 percent of the converted TCAP ing and research, communication and “quick score,” which is coded as “AC” media, logic, informational text and on the student’s report card. Th e stu- Student Advocate Award literature. Th e TCAP also included dent’s fi nal grade for the year is the fi rst “A Yankee two composite categories for reading semester and second semester grades Assistant Dean of Students Mary Beth Bankson Williams received the Robert and language arts. A total of 67 ques- averaged together. D. Bradshaw Small Colleges Student tions were the reading/language arts For more information, go to . championing of individual students and performance according to specific campus groups. Colleagues and students at the University nominated Williams for Fourth” the award, which is given by the National Association of Student Personnel Admin- Come be part of Sewanee’s 26th istrators. annual Fourth of July celebration, “A Williams, who has been an assistant Yankee Doodle Fourth.” dean at Sewanee since 2007, has worked Here’s how: If you would like to be with proctors and residential life, been a food vendor, contact Birdie McBee at a mentor for Posse Foundation scholars 598-9798 before June 30. and served as an adviser to the Women’s If your group would like to have a Center Board. fl oat in the parade, call Tracy Hall at Members of Posse 3, a group of schol- (931) 636-3266. ars from urban areas and of multicultural All vendors must be pre-registered Mary Beth Williams background, said that Williams had of- to participate in this year’s Fourth of fered them a home upon their arrival in Sewanee, becoming more like a mother July celebration. than a mentor. It’s time to think about your par- “Her care stems beyond her respective titles of ‘Dean’ or ‘mentor’ as evi- ticipation in the Fourth of July parade. denced by her willingness to simply be present within our lives, working to know Consider joining the newly-created our fears, concerns, dreams and aspirations,” the Posse 3 students said in their Sewanee Kazoo—anyone who can nomination lett er for Williams. hum can play a kazoo. Contact Karen Summer is made for fun at Camp SAS! Photo courtesy of St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School Head Proctor John William Richards III, C’12, said he thought it would Keele, , if be diffi cult to fi nd a student on the Sewanee campus whom Williams had not you’re interested. And folks young positively aff ected. and old are encouraged to bike in the P.O. Box 296 “I have no doubt that I would not be the capable leader and planner I am today parade! Start thinking about decorat- Sewanee, TN 37375 if it were not for her pushing and encouraging me to grow in my responsibilities ing your bike—crepe paper, flags, and functions as head proctor,” he wrote to the selection committ ee. streamers, feathers and whatever you Williams said the recognition for her work with students was humbling. can imagine! All decorated bikes will “I never expected to receive an award,” she said. “Of course I don’t do it for be judged at Woody’s Bike Shop at 1 the awards; I do it because I love it.” p.m. on July 4. Th e award was named for Robert D. Bradshaw, former vice president of The street dance will be held on student aff airs at Austin College, who believed in the value of a small college July 3. All other activities, including education and voiced the need for the development of staff members. Recipients the parade and fi reworks, will be held of the Robert D. Bradshaw award must demonstrate commitment to the goals on July 4. Mark your calendars for the and mission of small colleges and exercise multiple roles within the campus best Fourth of July celebration on this community. or any other planet. Guaranteed. 2 • Friday, June 15, 2012 • Th e Sewanee Mountain MESSENGER

THE SEWANEE MOUNTAIN MESSENGER Police 418 St. Mary’s Ln. P.O. Box 296 and Fire Sewanee, Tennessee 37375 Phone (931) 598-9949 Reports Fax (931) 598-9685 Email [email protected] Th e Sewanee Police Department Contributors recently issued its report on its activi- www.sewaneemessenger.com Phoebe & Scott Bates ties for the month of May 2012. Jean & Harry Yeatman Last month, the SPD patrolled Laura L. Willis, editor/publisher John Shackelford 6,658 miles, investigated six vehicle Janet B. Graham, advertising director/publisher Annie Armour April H. Minkler, office manager John Bordley accidents and issued three moving vio- Ray Minkler, circulation manager Th e Beach Boys on stage at the 11th annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. Photo lations. It also issued 64 non-moving Virginia Craighill Leslie Lytle, staff writer Buck Gorrell by Karl T. Himmel, Sewanee resident and drummer. (Google for more information.) traffi c violations and seven warnings. K.G. Beavers, staff writer Margaret Stephens It made two arrests for drug law Sandra Gabrielle, proofreader Peter Trenchi violations, 14 arrests for liquor law vio- Geraldine H. Piccard, editor/publisher emerita Pat Wiser lations and fi led 11 theft reports. Two New Summer Intern at the Messenger Published as a public service to the Sewanee community. 3,500 copies are printed on Fridays, DUI arrests were made in the month. 46 times a year, and distributed to 26 Sewanee-area locations for pickup free of charge. The Sewanee Mountain Messenger SPD off ered mutual aid to Franklin This publication is made possible by the patronage of our advertisers and by contributions welcomes Blythe Ford as its newest summer County seven times last month and from The University of the South (print production) and the Sewanee Community Chest. intern. She will work in the Messenger offi ce once to other jurisdictions. SUBSCRIPTIONS $75 first class. one day a week, editing copy and working All material in the Sewanee Mountain Messenger and on its website are copyrighted SPD physically checked buildings and may not be published or redistributed without written permission. with the Messenger staff . She will also be on 797 occasions and assisted with writing stories for the paper. locking or unlocking buildings 29 She hopes to study government at Smith times. College in the fall. In the month of May, the Sewanee Ford is a 2012 graduate from St. An- Volunteer Fire Department answered EHH Report Serving drew’s-Sewanee School. At SAS, Ford was a 19 calls: nine to University dorms, In the month of May, the Emerald- High Honors student, she was named saluta- fraternity or sorority houses (no ap- Hodgson Hospital had 44 admissions, Where Called torian and received the academic award for parent cause, burnt food or trivial) 41 observation visits and 1,105 outpa- French V. Blythe was the rerecipient of the and five to community residences tient visits. Th ere were 473 emergency Please keep the following indi- Head Sacristan award and was recognized (including possible gas leak and an room visits and 11 skilled admissions. viduals, their families and all those for serving on the Honor Council. She Blythe Ford alarm malfunction). Hospital admissions were under who are serving our country in your was a member of Cum Laude and received Two calls were for helicopter land- the prior year by fi ve, and observation thoughts and prayers: National Merit recognition. Blythe was a participant in the Sewanee Dance ings at Emerald-Hodgson Hospital. visits were above the prior year by six. Conservatory and served as acolyte for six years. Two calls were to community busi- Outpatient visits exceeded the prior Michael Evan Brown She is the daughter of Steve and Beth Pride Ford of Sewanee. nesses (one with no apparent cause year by 25 percent. ER visits increased Jennifer Lynn Cott rell and one pull-station activated). One by one percent above the prior year. James Gregory Cowan Lett ers to the Editor Policy call was providing mutual aid to an Skilled care admissions were below Robert S. Lauderdale area fi re department. the prior year by three. Dakota Layne Lett ers to the editor are welcome at the Sewanee Mountain Messenger Byron A. Massengill and are a vital part of our community’s conversation. Lett ers need to be no Alan Moody longer than 250 words and may be edited for space and clarity. We make Brian Norcross exceptions from time to time, but these are our general guidelines. Grundy County Christopher Norcross Letters and/or Dustin “Dusty” Lee Parker their author must Michael Parmley have some relation- Historical Society Charles Schaerer ship to our com- Melissa Smartt munity. We do not J. Wesley Smith accept lett ers on na- Reaches Goal Charles Tate tional topics from Jeff ery Alan Wessel individuals who live At the annual meeting of the Th e public is welcome. outside our circu- Grundy County Historical Society A fund-raising event will be held If you know of others in our lation area. Please on June 9, contributions were received by the Beersheba Springs Historical Mountain family who are serving include your name, from members to achieve the goal Society for the benefi t of the Heritage our country, please give their names address and a day- of $350,000 for the organization’s Center in Beersheba Springs on Sat- to American Legion and Auxiliary time telephone number with your lett er. You may mail it to us at Sewanee capital fund. urday, July 21. Th e event will include member Louise Irwin, 598-5864. Mountain Messenger, P.O. Box 296, Sewanee, TN 37375, come by our The capital fund campaign was a tour of selected antebellum cott ages offi ce, 418 St. Mary’s Ln., or send your email to .—LW to restore the First National Bank p.m.; a lecture by Clopper Almon at building and related structures in the Beersheba Springs Hotel on its University Job Tracy City for a Heritage Center, history; a membership meeting of the and develop the facility as a museum, Beersheba Springs Historical Society; Opportunities library and research center. Th e facil- and dinner at 5:30 p.m. at the dining Exempt Positions—Admission HEAVEN ON EARTH... ity is fully functional and open to the hall of the hotel. Th e price for the event Counselor/ Assistant Director of public Monday through Friday from will be $50 for individuals and $75 for Admission; Director of Gift Planning. NOW AVAILABLE IN SEWANEE 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Saturdays couples. Descriptions of these positions by appointment. Presentations on The Beersheba Springs Histori- are available on the website at . are given on Saturdays once a month. Historical Society are collaborating Apply for these positions at: Th e Heritage Center is located at 465 on the history of Beersheba Springs . An open house will be held at nizations are working on a mural of Contact Christy Owens, human the Heritage Center on Sunday, July Beersheba Springs, the oldest sett le- resources coordinator, at 598-1381 or 8, from 2 to 5 p.m. to celebrate the ment on Broad Mountain. by email at . completion of the building restoration. Shop locally!

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All rights reserved. ‡:HVW0DLQ6W‡0RQWHDJOH Th e Sewanee Mountain MESSENGER • Friday, June 15, 2012 • 3 School of Meetings & Events Lett ers Worried about outliving Grundy County Rotary Meets on Tuesdays your retirement savings? Th e Grundy County Rotary Club meets at 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays, at the Reading Dutch Maid Bakery in Tracy City. All are welcome to att end. Poet Danny Anderson and author Hampton B Bourne Holly Goddard Jones will off er faculty Financial Advisor Monteagle/Sewanee Rotary Club Wednesday Breakfast . readings at the Sewanee School of Let- 15 Veterans Drive Th e Monteagle/Sewanee Rotary Club meets on Wednesday morn- ters at 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 20, Decherd, TN 37324 ings at the Smoke House in Monteagle. Frank X. Gladu, assistant vice in Gailor Auditorium. 931-968-4959 president for administration at the University, will speak on “Sewanee Poet Danny Anderson’s work has Dining Goes Independent.” Coff ee begins at 6:50 a.m.; breakfast and the appeared in Poetry, Th e Kenyon Re- meeting begin at 7 a.m. view, Th e Yale Review, Th e Hudson Review, Harper’s, Th e New Republic Member SIPC Summer Story Time Begins and Best American Poetry, among www.edwardjones.com Th urmond Library Story Time will be at 10 a.m. each Wednesday. other publications. He is the author Readers include: June 27, Kathy Solomon and Mickey the service dog; of two poetry collections, “Drunk in July 11, Offi cer Marie Nunley and police gear; July 18, the fi refi ghters and Sunlight” and “January Rain,” and the fi re engine. Readings will be held at Brooks Hall. the editor of “Th e Selected Poems of Tell them you saw it in Howard Nemerov.” Educated at the Summer Nature Journaling Group University of Cincinnati and Johns Hopkins University, he is associate the Messenger! A nature journaling group sponsored by the Sewanee Herbarium meets professor of creative writing at the 9–11 a.m. on Th ursdays in June and July in the gazebo in Abbo’s Alley. University of Oregon. In case of rain, the group will meet at Stirling’s coff eehouse. For more Holly Goddard Jones will have a Henley’s Electric & Plumbing information, contact Mary Priestley at . new book out this fall. Her fi rst novel, “Girl Trouble,” was published by Harp- Monteagle/Sewanee Rotary Club Th ursday Luncheon er Perennial in 2009 to enthusiastic Randall K. Henley Th e group meets at noon Th ursday in the Alumni House. Lunch is acclaim from oracles as diverse as Erin available for $10. McGraw and O magazine. Her fi ction More Than 25 Years’ Experience has appeared in such journals as the F@H Support Group Kenyon Review, the Southern Re- 598-5221 or cell 636-3753 view, and the Gett ysburg Review and Th e Folks at Home support group will meet at 1:30 p.m. each Th ursday been anthologized in “New Stories at Brooks Hall. For more information contact Folks at Home at 598-0303 from the South” and “Best American or email . Mystery Stories.” A graduate of the University of Kentucky and the Ohio Don’t forget DAD…He loves Jump Off Fire Hall Potluck State University, she has taught at Jump Off Fire Hall’s potluck dinner and fund-raiser will be at 5:30 p.m., Denison University and Murray State The Blue Chair, too! today, June 15, at the fi re hall. Bring a side dish or dessert and a donation University and now serves as assistant for the project. Main dishes and drinks will be provided. professor of English at the University Breakfast All Day Th is event will raise money to purchase a mini-pumper truck, which of North Carolina at Greensboro. To Soups and Salads learn more visit . Bakery Items fi re suppression in advance of the larger trucks. Coffee and Espresso “Tutus and Smoothies and Shakes Stroke Survivor Support Group Gourmet Popsicles A new support group for stroke survivors and their families will meet at Tiaras” Dance Special Orders the Rehab Center, 100 Bible Crossing Rd., Decherd. Th e fi rst meeting will be held 10 a.m.–12 p.m., Saturday, June 16. Future meetings will be held at Keep up with us 10 a.m. on the third Saturday of each month. For additional information Camp on Facebook or questions, please contact Mary Holt, speech pathologist, at 962-9947.

The Alabama Youth Ballet–Se- Anderson Book Event at Lorena’s wanee Dance Conservatory will be offering two summer dance camps, The blue chair Café & Bakery Local writer Kent Anderson will be signing his collection of Western- 35 University Avenue, Sewanee (931) 598-5434 themed short stories, “Territory Tales,” on Saturday, June 16, from 11 a.m. “Tutus and Tiaras,” June 18–22 (ages www.thebluechair.com / [email protected] to 1 p.m. at Lorena’s in Monteagle. 3 and 4) and June 25–29 (ages 5 and Monday – Saturday 7:00 – 6:00 / Sunday 7:00 – 2:00 Th e book, which is available at Lorena’s, contains fi ve short stories, 6). “Tutus and Tiaras” is the perfect including the Tony Hillerman Award-winning “Going Back,” and a no- introduction to dance. Th e camp will vella, “Th e Gang,” about a down-and-out FBI agent chasing what appear from 9:30 a.m. to noon each day. to be Old West outlaws in the modern West. Th e cost is $90, and classes will be held at the Fowler Center. Alzheimer’s Association Stop by the Fowler Center Sunday, June 17, from 1:30 to 2:45 p.m. for Th e Alzheimer’s Association will host two Franklin County Caregiver more information. Th ere will also be Support Group meetings in June. an intermediate master class taught by Th e fi rst meeting will be at 2 p.m., Tuesday, June 19, at the Golden Living David Herriott from 2:45 to 4 p.m. on Center Mountain View, 1360 By Pass Rd. in Winchester. June 17 for ages 11 and older. Th e next meeting will be at 3 p.m., Th ursday, June 21, at Willows at A beginning ballet class for ages Winchester, 32 Memorial Dr., Winchester. 6-10 will also be held from 12 to 1 Th is month the group will have a time of caring and sharing. Th e meet- p.m. on June 18 and June 25. Th e cost Joseph Sumpter, Owner/Licensed Residential Contractor ing is free of charge and can be benefi cial to anyone caring for a loved one is $12 per class. suff ering with memory impairment and confusion. For more information, contact MISSION STATEMENT: To use our collective strengths and ex- For more information about the meeting or about Alzheimer’s please Herriott at pertise, along with the highest quality materials available, for customer call Shelia Gambill at 967-7082. or call (706) 589-2507. renovations, additions, drainage and rainwater needs in a safe and posi- tive environment, being ever mindful of our impact on our community Trees of the Sewanee Campus and our world. Join botany professor emeritus George Ramseur for a walk among the OUR STRENGTHS: trees of the University campus at 4 p.m., Tuesday, June 19. Ramseur has r Most work is performed by our carefully chosen crew mem- lived with and taught about these trees for many years. Meet in front of Fine handmade)XUQLWXUHUHÀQLVKLQJ country furniture, bers. Our crew consists of eight dedicated and experienced All Saints’ Chapel for this easy one-hour walk. For background reading, FKDLUFDQLQJVHDWZHDYLQJrefinishing, caning, people, including a licensed electrician. see “Comparative Descriptions of the Native Trees of the Sewanee Area,” seatDQGIXUQLWXUHUHSDLU weaving, and restoration r Renovations and additions are our specialty. Low-maintenance by Stephen Puckett e with Mary P. Priestley, Karen Kuers and omasTh O. high-quality finishes, on-site milling options for custom trim Hay, 1996, Th e University of the South Press, available at the University and attention to details are our trademark. Bookstore. r Safety is paramount on our sites for our crew, our customers, and guests. Jobsites are kept neat, and smoking is not permit- Enlisted Association ted by crew members. We are certified in CPR, and we are EPA Th e Enlisted Association will present C/SMSFT James D. Sherrill with lead-safe certified. We have workers comp and liability insur- an Award of Merit for his great accomplishments in the Franklin County ance, and do not sign insurance waivers. High School Junior ROTC program. r Whole house health is always considered in our projects. We Th is presentation will take place at the Chapter #71 Disabled American are sensitive to mold and mildew concerns. Veterans, Department of Tennessee, 5th District monthly meeting. Th e r Expertise in rainwater collection systems and drainage systems. monthly meeting will be held Tuesday, June 19, at Sernicola’s Restaurant r Universal design options available. in Cowan. Dinner will be served at 5:45 p.m. and costs $12. Th e business r Certified Green Professional and member of National Associa- meeting will begin at 6:35 p.m. Victorian Sea Captain’s Desk tion of Home Builders, and the Homebuilders Association of Southern Tennessee. Community Council Flat Branch Community Call today for a consultation. 2222 Flat Branch Spur Th e next meeting of the Community Council is scheduled for 7 p.m., Rural Route 1, Box 2222 Visit our website at www.sumptersolutions.com. Monday, June 25, at the Senior Citizens’ Building. Items for the agenda Tracy City, Tennessee 37387 should be submitt ed to the provost’s offi ce by noon on Monday, June 18. (931) 592-9680 598-5565 Bill Childers, Prop. 4 • Friday, June 15, 2012 • Th e Sewanee Mountain MESSENGER Church Obituaries News John Pope Bennett Jr. Lee Pack, Paulett e Garner, Patsy Gray, Otey Parish Tracy City VBS John Pope Bennett Jr., age 52 of Tom Pack, Mary Katherine Pender- Nashville, died June 9, 2012, at South- grass, Jim Pack and Nancy Pack. On Sunday, June 17, Otey Parish “Amazing Wonders Aviation” is the ern Hills Medical Center in Nashville. She is survived by sons Bill (Ola will celebrate the Th ird Sunday aft er theme for this year’s Vacation Bible He was born May 20, 1960, to John Mae) Pack, Jackie (Lorett a) Pack and Pentecost with the Holy Eucharist, School at First Baptist Church in Tracy Bennett Sr. and Daisy Bennett . Tim (Barbara) Pack, all of Sherwood, Rite II, at 8:50 a.m. and 11 a.m. During City. VBS will be June 18–22 from He is survived by his daughter, Jes- and many other relatives. the Sunday School hour, the Lection- 6 to 8:30 p.m. For more information sica Lorin Bennett of Carthage, Tenn., Funeral services were held at Em- ary Class will explore Mark 4:26–34, call the church offi ce, (931) 592-8100. his parents, John Bennett Sr. and manuel Apostolic Church of Christ where Jesus says, “Th e kingdom of God Daisy Flippen Bennett of Sewanee; in Sherwood, with Franklin Hill and is like a mustard seed.” Decherd Mission Church VBS his signifi cant other, Karen Hughes Bett y Reed offi ciating. Interment fol- Nursery care is available from 8:30 lowed in Mountain View Cemetery in Decherd Mission Church, located of Nashville; stepchildren, Mandy a.m. until aft er the coff ee hour, which at 1028 AEDC Rd. (Hwy. 127) next to Patt erson, Casey Hughes, J.D. Hughes Sherwood. For complete obituary visit follows the second service. . the old 84 Lumber building, will hold and Mathu Hughes, all of Nashville; its Vacation Bible School from 6 to sisters, Linda Bennett , Annett e Gar- Christ Church 8:30 p.m. Monday through Th ursday, ner, Ruby Dill and Clara Bowles, and Th e Rev. John Howard Th is Sunday, June 17, in the liturgi- June 25–28, and 6 p.m. –8 p.m., Friday, three grandchildren. Winslow Rhys Th e Rev. Mark Chapman cal calendars kept by various churches June 29. Funeral services were held June 1 The Rev. John Howard Winslow is either the Second Sunday aft er Trin- Th is year’s theme will be “SonRock in the funeral home chapel, with Pas- Rhys, professor emeritus of New Th e National and ity or the Th ird Sunday aft er Pentecost Kids Camp, Where Kids Build Th eir tor Bill Owens offi ciating. Interment Testament at the School of Th eology or some other title including the term Lives on the Rock: Jesus!” followed in Monteagle Cemetery. of the University, died June 10, 2012, the International “in Ordinary Time.” However, for Meals will be served nightly, and For complete obituary, visit . Oct. 25, 1917, in Montreal, Canada, Church Lecture ans, it is Father’s Day. activities. Friday evening will be the to John Gabriel and Margaret Maude The luncheon which follows the closing ceremony, with games, prizes As part of the the Advanced De- 10:30 a.m. service will honor both and a spaghett i supper for participants Evelyn “Freida” Moore Maxwell Stevens Rhys. He was pre- grees Program at the School of Th eol- ceded in death by his wife of 57 years, fathers and mothers. and their parents. For more informa- Evelyn “Freida” Moore, age 96, ogy, the Rev. Mark Chapman will give tion contact Michelle, (931) 691-9744. died June 10, 2012. She was born Margaret Moore Taylor “Peggy” Rhys. two public lectures. Titled “Th e Na- July 13, 1915, in Cowan, and was a He was recruited to join the faculty tional and the International Church,” Wings of Hope life-long resident of Franklin County. of the School of Th eology as assistant Chapman will cover several topics of Th e Wings of Hope Widows Min- Midway Baptist Church She was a member of the Winchester professor of New Testament in 1953. interest to the Church, including the istry is sponsoring an Indoor Picnic “Bug Zone” Vacation Bible School First Baptist Church, a private drama During his three decades of service quadrilateral and the Anglican Com- and Sing-a-Long. This event will be will be in session 6–9 p.m., June 28–29, teacher and served many years as a vol- there, he taught a wide variety of cours- munion Covenant. Th ese lectures will held at 5 p.m., Monday, June 18, at and 9 a.m.–2 p.m., June 30, at Midway unteer with the Red Cross and at the es in New Testament and theology, be held at 7 p.m., Wednesday, June 20, the Winchester 1st United Methodist Baptist Church. Enrollment is for hospital. She was preceded in death by and also in classics. He was the author and Th ursday, June 21, at the Hargrove Church gym. Hot dogs and s’mores children in pre-K through fi ft h grade. her husband, Glen Womack Moore; of “Th e Epistle to the Romans” (1961), Auditorium. Both lectures are free and will be off ered. For more information, Th e church van will be available for father, Frank Hoback; mother, Inez many articles and a miracle play, “How open to the public. or for a ride contact Pat Brandenstein all three days. To schedule a ride call Borin Hoback; and brothers, Frank Luke Wrote the Christmas Story.” He Chapman, vice-principal of Ripon at 962-2898. 598-9019 or (931) 308-4047. and Ed Hoback. retired in 1983 but continued to serve College Cuddesdon, University of Ox- She is survived by her sons, Glen as priest at Holy Comforter in Mon- ford, England, teaches Church history, Academy of Lifelong Learning (Peggy) Moore of McMinnville teagle and, until physical disability ecclesiology, and Anglicanism and is and David (Mary Kay) Moore of made it impossible, St. John the Baptist the tutor for graduates and director at St. Mary’s Sewanee in Batt le Creek, Tenn. Winchester; mother-in-law, Marie for the Oxford B.A. He is reader in Carroll Young will be the speaker at noon, Th ursday, July 12, for the meeting Gunn Moore of Winchester, sisters- A requiem Eucharist will take modern theology at the University of place at 10 a.m. on July 2, 2012, in the of the Academy for Lifelong Learning at St. Mary’s Sewanee. Young will talk in-law, Donna Roper, Martha (Harry) Oxford, visiting professor at Oxford about “Th e Meaning of Caring: Caregivers and Th ose Th ey Care for.” Reserva- Walker, Linda (Larry) Jones, and Chapel of the Apostles of the School Brookes University, as well as honor- of Th eology. tions are not necessary to att end the lecture. Susan Patricia VanSanten, all of Win- ary assistant curate in Garsington, Th e Academy off ers monthly lectures; new members are welcome at any chester; and four grandchildren, nine Horspath, and Cuddesdon. He is also time. Annual dues are $10. For more information, contact Anne Davis, or (931) 924-4465, or Stephen Burnett , or 598-5479. Funeral services were held June 13 in the funeral home chapel. Inter- ment followed in Cowan Montgomery Service Cemetery, Cowan. Memorial dona- A memorial service will be held CHURCH SERVICES tions may be made to Franklin County for University retiree Marcus Lane Oliver on Saturday, June 16, at 2 p.m., Library, Winchester First Baptist 11:00 am Morning Service Church or any charity of your choice. in All Saints’ Chapel, with a reception Weekday Services, Monday–Friday to follow. Persons wishing to make 6:00 pm Evening Service For complete obituary visit . memorial gift s may consider a charity 7:30 am Morning Prayer, Otey or organization of their choice. 10:00 am Bible Study 4:30 pm Evening Prayer, Otey 11:00 am Morning Service Mary Ann “Cricket” Guess 5:00 pm Evening Prayer, St. Mary’s (not Wed) 6:00 pm Evening Service Pack Morton Memorial United Methodist, Monteagle Mary Ann “Cricket” Guess Pack, Saturday, June 16 9:45 am Sunday School age 100 of Sherwood, died June 9, 8:00 am Morning Prayer/HE, St. Mary’s 11:00 am Worship Service 2012, at Willows at Winchester Care New Beginnings Church, Jump Off and Rehab. She was a member of Em- Sunday, June 17 10:30 am Worship Service manuel Apostolic Church of Christ DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Otey Memorial Parish and had a passion for quilting. She 24-HOUR CRISIS LINE All Saints’ Chapel 8:50 am Holy Eucharist was preceded in death by her husband, 1-800-435-7739 8:00 am Holy Eucharist (w/Pilgrim’s Blessing) 10:00 am Christian formation classes Harry Lindsay Pack; children Roy 11:00 am Holy Eucharist 11:00 am Holy Eucharist Christ Church Episcopal, Alto St. James Episcopal 11:00 am Holy Eucharist 9:00 am Children’s Church School 11:00 am Children’s Sunday School 9:00 am Holy Eucharist MOORE-CORTNER Christ Church, Monteagle 10:15 am Godly Play FUNERAL HOME 10:30 am Holy Communion St. Margaret Mary Catholic, Alto 10:45 am Children’s Sunday School Specializing in pre-funeral 8:00 am Mass We are a father & son 12:50 pm Christian formation class St. Mary’s Convent arrangements • Offering a full management team— Church of the Holy Comforter, Monteagle 8:00 am Holy Eucharist range of funeral plans to suit your Bob & Jim Cortner 9:00 am Holy Eucharist 5:00 pm Evensong wishes • We accept any & all Owners/Directors Cowan Fellowship Church Sewanee Church of God Burial Insurance Plans 10:00 am Sunday School 10:00 am Sunday School 967-2222 11:00 am Worship Service 11:00 am Morning Service 300 1st Ave. NW, Winchester Cumberland Presbyterian, Sewanee 6:00 pm Evening Service 9:00 am Worship Service Society of Friends 10:00 am Sunday School 9:30 am Meeting, 598-5031 YOGA Tuesdays, 9–10:15 am, & Thursdays, Decherd United Methodist Church Tracy City First Baptist 3:30–4:45 pm, offered by Hadley Morris, RYT 9:45 am Sunday School 9:45am Sunday School CENTERING PRAYER SUPPORT GROUP 10:50 am Worship 10:45 am Morning Worship Tuesdays at a new time! 3:30 to 5 pm Epiphany Episcopal Church, Sherwood 5:30 pm Youth 10:30 am Holy Eucharist 6:00 pm Evening Worship ACADEMY FOR LIFELONG LEARNING 10:30 am Children’s Sunday School SUMMER PROGRAMS Grace Fellowship Membership Fee, $10 annually; Boxed Lunch, $10 (optional). 10:30 am Sunday School/Worship Service Wednesday, June 20 Call for 598-5342 for lunch reservation. Harrison Chapel Methodist 6:00 am Morning Prayer, Cowan Fellowship THE MEANING OF CARING: CAREGIVERS 10:00 am Sunday School 12:00 pm Holy Eucharist, Christ Church, Monteagle AND THOSE THEY CARE FOR 11:00 am Worship Service 6:30 pm Youth, Tracy City First Baptist July 12; Carroll Young, presenter Midway Baptist 7:00 pm Evening Worship, Tracy City First Baptist Call (800) 728-1659 or (931) 598-5342 TENNESSEE’S SIX U.S. SUPREME 10:00 am Sunday School www.StMarysSewanee.org COURT JUSTICES . stmaryssewanee.org> August 9; Bill McKee, presenter Th e Sewanee Mountain MESSENGER • Friday, June 15, 2012 • 5 “Snap judgement has Margaret Donohue, Principal Broker a way of coming 931.636.5599 unzipped.” Sewanee Realty 931.598.9200 or 931.636.5864 www.SewaneeRealty.info John Brewster, From “Two-Liners Stolen From Broker Others by Joe F. Pruett” 115 University Ave., Sewanee 931.636.5864

136 Parson’s Green, Sewanee. MLS 1325103 - Clifftops, MLS 1254696 - 921 Poplar Place, $239,000 1150 Sassafras Ct. $220,000 Clifftops. $548,000 MLS 1302707 - 656 Raven’s Den Rd., Sewanee. $329,000

MLS 1339897 - 104 Old Farm Rd., MLS 1264861 - 170 Tate Rd., Sewanee. Sewanee. $495,000 $298,000

MLS 1353141 - 1844 Ridge Cliff Dr., Monteagle. $328,000 BLUFF - MLS 1305453 - 974 Old Sewanee Rd., Sewanee. $324,000

MLS 1298102 - 1521 Jackson Point Rd., MLS 1360532 - 80 Parson’s Green Circle, Sewanee. $149,900 Sewanee. $249,000

MLS 1262670 - 937 Dogwood Dr., Clifftops. $258,000 BLUFF - MLS 1198478 - 3335 Jackson Point Rd., Sewanee. $269,900

MLS 1358150 - 100 Tomlinson Lane, MLS 1302421 - 621 Dogwood Dr., Sewanee. $679,000 Clifftops. $173,000

MLS 1312109 - 261 Bob Stewman Rd., Sewanee. $115,000 MLS 1262738 - 925 Dogwood Dr., Clifftops. $175,000 BLUFF - MLS 1257094 - 1811 Bear Court, Monteagle. $289,000

BLUFF - MLS 1101481 - 196 Oleander Lane, Sewanee. $859,000 PENDING

BLUFF - MLS 1333452 - 570 Payne MLS 1309177 - 238 Willie Six, Sewanee. $85,000 Cove Dr., Marion County. $395,000 MLS 1329672 - 1899 Jackson Pt. Rd., Sewanee. $362,000

MLS 1244570 - 120 Bob Stewman Rd., Sewanee. $133,000

MLS 1331870 - 232 Old Farm Rd., PENDING Sewanee. $169,500

BLUFF - MLS 1252128 - Sewanee area MLS 1242107 - 115 North Carolina Ave., PENDING home. $1,200,000 Sewanee. $395,000

MLS 1362969 - 435 Laurel Brae Dr., MLS 1366803 - 275 North Carolina, Sewanee. $288,000 Sewanee. $399,000

MLS 1348692 - 188 Laurel Dr., MLS 1359603 - 846 Gudger Rd., MLS 1357760 - 144 Campbell Ct., Sewanee. $325,000 Sewanee - $244,000 Sewanee. $99,500 MLS 1342198 - 392 Hardbarger Rd., Monteagle. $67,900 BLUFF TRACTS Ravens Den Rd 1297607 $ 80,000 LOTS & LAND Saddletree Lane 1207074 $ 85,000 First St., Monteagle 1325122 $16,800 Jackson Point Rd 1111807 $ 99,000 Laurel BranchREDUCED Trail 1286031 $54,900 Jackson Point Rd 1111815 $ 99,000 Sarvisberry Place 1207077 $83,000 Jackson Point Rd 1099422 $218,000 Sarvisberry Place 1244981 $85,000 Jackson Point Rd 1101401 $ 99,000 Lot 48 Jackson Pt Rd 1222785 $96,000 Lot 36 North Bluff 1064111 $ 99,900 Sarvisberry Place 1207077 $83,000 Saddletree Lane 892954 $38,000 Saddletree Lane 836593 $ 75,000 Saddletree Lane 892958 $35,700 Raven’s Den 1015362 $ 99,000 Saddletree Lane 892961 $28,700 BLUFF - MLS 1360522- 53 Valley View BLUFF - MLS 1351562 - 1449 Stagecoach Jackson Point Rd 850565 $ 80,000 Dr., Monteagle. $599,000 Rd., Sewanee + 100 acres. $650,000 6 • Friday, June 15, 2012 • Th e Sewanee Mountain MESSENGER . DEER-PROOFING SPRAY SERVICE ANGELWITH Summer It works! Just ask Gay Alvarez. Janet Graham, (931) 598-0822 or www.glorybeservices.com ANATTITUDE Garden by Virginia Craighill Dear Angel, Tour glory be... Where is Sewanee? I have been telling people for years about Sewanee, Th e Sewanee Garden Club would GARDEN and they never visit; maybe this is why: as I was driving up the mountain like to invite club members and inter- from Cowan, I began to look at the signs as if I was not from this area. Th e ested gardeners to a Summer Garden SERVICES fi rst sign I saw reads Monteagle and Chatt anooga x number of miles, then Tour of fi ve area gardens. Th e tour will another pointing the way to go, then last, right before the fl ashing light, be held Wednesday, June 27. there was a sign saying Monteagle straight and the University of the South Meet at the Hair Depot parking lot Your ad could be here! to the left . I saw a few buildings that looked promising. I kept driving, still at 8 a.m. in order to carpool, as some looking for Sewanee. Where was it? Did I pass it? A sign could be helpful. homes have limited parking. Where actually is Sewanee, Tenn.? Th e garden tour schedule includes: Lost on the Plateau 8:15 a.m., Pixie Dozier, 133 Carriage Dear Lost, Lane; 9:15 a.m., to be confi rmed; 10:15 In Clifftops If you live in Sewanee, you know where Sewanee is, and you can point a.m., Jane Flynn, 109 Virginia Avenue; strangers in the direction of what is euphemistically called “downtown.” 11:15 a.m., Leslie Richardson, 190  &/,))7236 $9( 6RXWKHDVW- If you don’t live here, there is litt le to indicate our existence. Florida Avenue; and 12:15 p.m., Ruth HUO\ EURZ ULP YLHZ  VI 6FUHHQHG Sewanee bears an uncanny resemblance to Brigadoon, the “miracu- Wendling, 943 Old CCC Road. SRUFK VWRQH ÀUHSODFH VWDLQOHVV DSSOL- lously blessed village that rises out of the mists every hundred years for Contributions to the project fund DQFHV 0DLQ ÁRRU PDVWHU ODQGVFDSHG only a day. (Th is was done so that the village would never be changed or are welcome. A light lunch will be DQG UHDG\ WR PRYH LQ 0/6  served at Ruth’s home. RSVP by June  destroyed by the outside world).”* Th is is such an accurate description of our town, from the “mist” or fog that oft en hides Sewanee from the outside 24 for lunch. For more information world to the villagers’ (and alumni’s) desire for stasis, that I am tempted contact club president Judy Magavero, to believe Lerner and Loewe used Sewanee as their model when creating at (931)924-3118 or email . in the village of Brigadoon must accept the loss of everything they ever Reduced had in the outside world; in Sewanee’s case, this means specialty grocery stores, cineplexes and shopping at Th e Gap. While the need for a sign specifying the entrance to Sewanee might Clinic Support AT LAST, the mountaintop retreat you’ve ultimately be a question for the Community Council, being hard to fi nd, &$03-2(%((/DNHIURQWSULYDWHGRFN been looking for. 4BR, 3BA, quality built like playing hard to get, might have its advantages. Locals breathe a col- Needed  VI  %$  ÀUHSODFHV 6FUHHQHG by Robertson Vaughn. 9 ft. ceilings, lective sigh of relief in the weeks aft er graduation when Sewanee becomes Th is past year the Sewanee Bonner SRUFKGHFNV0/6 ÀUHSODFHJUHDWNLWFKHQPRYHLQUHDG\ 0/6 our quiet litt le ghost town, and if we’re honest, we must admit feeling a Program has been working with Free litt le curmudgeonly the fi rst time we walk into the Blue Chair and have Medical Clinics in the tri-county area to wait in line for our latt e behind “summer people” in tennis skirts. Do (Franklin, Grundy, Marion). we want to become a tourist destination, or should we keep Sewanee our Sewanee student volunteers have own litt le secret? provided support for these clinics. Th e People who want to fi nd Sewanee will fi nd it. And they’ll probably clinics need year-round support and never want to leave. are looking for help from community *From the Wikipedia description of the 1954 fi lm “Brigadoon.” members who are willing to volunteer $/0267+($9(1,,21+8&./(%(55< Virginia Craighill invites your questions and queries on matt ers their time a few hours a week. Th is is 3/$&(%5%$ODUJHPDLQÁRRUPDV- SKY HIGH. A Tuck-Hinton design on a unique opportunity for hands-on WHU0RXQWDLQVWRQHÀUHSODFHVFUHHQHG WKHEURZULPVI%5%$WK of etiquett e, style and ethics. Send them confi dentially to . work with doctors in their effort to LQJ KDZNV DQG HDJOHV 0/6  provide free healthcare for the unin-  sured in the surrounding communi- ties of Winchester, South Pittsburg and Beersheba Springs. Volunteers Swiss Immigration Lecture will be trained to work the reception Th e public is invited to att end a lecture on “Swiss Immigration in Franklin desk, take blood pressure, notes for and Grundy Counties” on Sunday, June 24, at 4 p.m. doctors and help these organizations Th e lecture will cover the fascinating story of the Swiss immigrants who be successful and sustainable. organized a colony in Grundy County in 1869. Many of these families relocated HUMMINGBIRD MANOR brow-front If you are interested in pursuing KRPH%5%$8SSHUWHUUDFHWR to other parts of Tennessee, including Belvidere. Th e culture of the Swiss colony this opportunity, please contact Gaby view drifting clouds. Lush gardens, is well-preserved and carefully documented. Guest speaker Walter Zimmerman Spangenberg at or (504) 251-2139. 0/6 Clifftops Ave. Gazebo, dock at lake.  %5  IXOO EDWKV /RZ PDLQWHQDQFH and has led several tours to Switzerland. For further information and a cal- VWRQH DQG KDUGLERDUG  VI )LUH- Th e Swiss Immigration lecture is part of the ongoing lecture series at Cowan endar, please view the organization’s SODFH ZRRG IHDWXUHV  0/6  Center for the Arts. For more information, go to , or call (931) 691-0722. com/CumberlandPlateauTriCoun tyMedicalClinicVolunteers>. Reduced Under Contract Sernicola’S  +,&.25< 3/$&( :RRGEXUQLQJ Sewanee Summer ÀUHSODFH ZUDSDURXQG SRUFK PHGLD Steaks, seafood, pastas, homestyle URRP%5RSHQÁRRUSODQRQDFUHV pizza, hot lunch buffet, plus a Seminar (QMR\ZDONLQJWUDLOVEHDFKWHQQLV0/6 6(5(1,7< 21 6$59,6%(55< 3/$&(  &UHDWLYH FXVWRP KRPH  %5  %$ 22-item fresh and healthy salad bar. The Sewanee Summer Seminar [ GHFN ÀUHSODFH YDXOWHG JUHDW Homemade desserts! will begin Sunday, June 17. Th e fi rst URRP PRGHUQ NLWFKHQ 0/6  session will be held June 17–23. Th e  www.sernicolas.com • 106 Tennessee Avenue • Cowan • 962-3380 second session will be held July 1–6. Open *Tuesday-Saturday • Lunch 11-2 • Dinner 5-8:30 The Sewanee Summer Seminar, *Closed on 3rd Tuesday for DAV which began in 1976, is a week-long return to academics for University alumni and friends. Five lecturers from the College and School of Th eology )(51 *$5'(1 'HOLJKWIXO RQH OHYHO  faculty give a major presentation in one %5%$ORJFDELQ)LUHSODFHVFUHHQHG of the early morning sessions and give SRUFK2XWGRRUÀUHSLW0/6 +,''(1 ,1 +(0/2&.6  'RJZRRG a shorter presentation on another topic  'U  %5  %$  VI 5XVWLF PRXQ- tain retreat. Screened porches, spa sun in the second half of another morning /276)256$/( porch. Renovated granite counters, cab- session. Topics range broadly, accord- 6DUYLVEHUU\ LQHWU\  ZRRGEXUQLQJ ÀUHSODFHV 0/6 ing to the interests of the lecturers. 1910 COLIIWRSV  Aft ernoons are used for outings and other informal events. For more information, contact Dan Monteagle Sewanee, REALTORS 496 Kennerly Rd • Sewanee, TN 37375 • (931) 598-5981 Backlund, 598-1175. 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Owner Your voice matters. 32%R[‡:0DLQ6W‡0RQWHDJOH‡)D[ 598-5470 Hwy 41-A between Sewanee & Monteagle ● Monday-Friday 7:30-5:30 Th e Sewanee Mountain MESSENGER • Friday, June 15, 2012 • 7 Lectures Continue at the Sewanee Monteagle Assembly Summer The Monteagle Sunday School week season will continue through Music Festival Assembly in Monteagle continues its Sunday, August 5, featuring numer- 2012 summer season of enrichment ous visiting lecturers who will present with several lectures in the coming morning and evening programs in Schedule week. Warren Chapel that are open free of Journalist and historian Robert charge to the general public. Released W. Merry will present a lecture on Additional free public lectures in Th e Sewanee Summer Music Fes- Monday, June 18, at 8:15 p.m. in the Warren Chapel during the second tival is an internationally acclaimed Assembly’s Warren Chapel. Titled week of the Monteagle Assembly’s summer festival combining a month- “A Country of Vast Designs: James 2012 season include: long program for advanced music K. Polk, the Mexican War and the 11 a.m., Wednesday, June 20—Th e students and a professional concert Conquest of the American Continent,” Rev. Von W. Unruh, pastor at Mor- series. Th e festival educates talented Merry’s lecture bears the same title as ton Memorial Methodist Church in young musicians from around the his widely acclaimed 2009 book on the Monteagle, will continue the Jervis Th e ferris wheel at the 11th annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. world through close work with fac- subject, and copies of the book will be Memorial Bible Week lecture series Photo by Christi Teasley ulty mentors, intensive orchestral and available for purchase and autograph- with a lecture titled “Jesus’ Parables & chamber music study, and frequent ing following the author’s lecture. the Kingdom of God.” performance. This year SSMF will Th e Monteagle Assembly’s Patt erson 11 a.m., Th ursday, June 21—Un- present almost 30 concerts and perfor- Endowment Fund has provided the ruh will lecture on “Jesus’ Politics & Dutch Maid Bakery mances during four weeks, including necessary fi nancial support for Robert Jewish Identity.” special concerts at Sewanee Angel Merry’s lecture. 8:15 p.m., Thursday, June 21— Park and Morgan’s Steep. At 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 19, em- New York-based economic journalists Th e SSMF will run from June 23 inent New Testament scholar Amy-Jill Chris Power and Laura Saunders will Celebrates 110 Years to July 22. Levine will present a lecture on “Jesus off er a two-part presentation on “Th e Dutch Maid Bakery will celebrate 110 years in business from 11 a.m. until 2 For more information and a com- within Judaism” as the opening presen- Global Economy in 2012” (Power) and p.m. on Wednesday, June 20. All are invited to come and celebrate. plete schedule, go to . Memorial Bible Week at the Assembly. 11 a.m., Friday, June 22—Unruh Department of Tourism, will be present to commemorate this important A Professor of New Testament and will lecture on “Jesus, the Pious Jew.” milestone. Like the Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt Univer- A guide to the programs is available at Th ere will be time for sharing stories of how folks interacted with the bak- sity, Levine will also off er a workshop the Assembly Offi ce and on its website, ery. Door prizes will be given away, and there will be abundant samples of the Messenger on at 4–5:30 that aft ernoon, “exploring . bakery’s tempting breads and sweet things. Dutch Maid Bakery is located at 109 the major misunderstandings of Juda- Main St., in Tracy City. For more information call (931) 592-3171. Facebook! ism that appear in Christian sermons and Bible studies.” Participants in this free workshop should bring with them a copy of the Jewish Annotated New Testament, published by Oxford      University Press.   Th e Monteagle Assembly’s eight- Pongdee Receives Grant #  (#%-#./ A new grant administered by the American Chemical Society for the   Petroleum Research Fund will provide resources for student-faculty research at the University of the South. Assistant professor of chemistry Rongson Pongdee made a grant pro- ,   posal for “Development and Mecha- 1 + nistic Studies of New Applications for the Mitsunobu Reaction” and has been awarded a $65,000 grant. Funds !!  ) &! +  from the grant will allow for the pur- chase of chemical reagents, equipment and supplies, and will also provide stipends for at least six Sewanee under- graduate students to conduct research during the summer months. 2 +# Pongdee and his students have ' ( $ been involved in the design and de- )*! velopment of architecturally novel      antibacterial and/or anticancer com- & % pounds. Within this context, the Mit- &$ 0# sunobu reaction has played a central role in allowing the group to construct complex molecules for biological   evaluation. Th e grant will enable the group to continue exploring new ap-   plications for the Mitsunobu reaction.      

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Mon–Fri 7:30am–midnight; Sat & Sun 9am to midnight      !  ! " #$ % Georgia Avenue, Sewanee ® 598-1885 8 • Friday, June 15, 2012 • Th e Sewanee Mountain MESSENGER School Board Regular Session Grant by K.G. Beavers, Messenger Staff Writer Th e Franklin County School Board Th e Franklin County food service Workshop met in a regular session June 11 to announced the following changes. discuss policy changes, grants for col- Those students who qualify for the lege access and success initiatives and free and reduced lunch program for for CFSCP budget concerns. the 2012–13 school year will not be Certified employees were recog- charged the 30 cents for breakfast or Th e Community Fund of the South nized for years of service in Franklin the 40 cents for lunch. Th ese students Cumberland Plateau (CFSCP) will County. These included Sewanee will receive free breakfast and lunch hold a workshop on Tuesday, June 19, Elementary teachers Rebecca Betan- during the school year. Eff orts are also to answer questions or give assistance court and Rachel Reavis for 15 years being made to add an after-school to those interested in completing a of service. Educators retiring from snack program for extended school grant application. Th e meeting will be the Franklin County school system programs, which will help to reduce at the Coalmont Community Center. were also recognized, including SES food costs for those ESP programs. Eligible applicants include nonprof- teachers Larry Jones, Cheryl King and Th is will not be off ered at Broadview it organizations, churches and other Bonnie Wilkinson. or Sewanee because of enrollment. religious groups and governmental A parent requested to address the Th ere will also be a 50 cent increase units (such as public schools.) Twenty-fi ve St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School students received national recognition for board on completing an action plan in adult lunches because of changes Grant proposals should be de- excellent performance on the 2012 National Spanish Examinations. Pictured (left for all schools in the instance when a in governmental guidelines and the signed to benefi t residents of the South to right) Spanish teacher Claudia Rinck, Klaus Zeng, Sophie Starks, Ethan Evans, child is missing. Th e student in ques- new meal pattern required for high Cumberland. A downloadable grant Johanna Burr, Allison Bruce, Christiana True, Pia Bjerre, Jay Faires, Ruth Swallow, tion was not at the normal pickup place school students. An adult lunch now application and more information Spanish teacher Steve Rinck, Karen Bjerre, Andrew White, Fields Ford, Stella Parris, at the end of school. It took the parents costs $3.50. about the CFSCP is available at . Th e deadline for submitt ing Berner-Coe, Sophie Swallow, and Zachary Blount. Not pictured: Th omas Kim, Noah child, who was in the principal’s of- contract for the 2012–13 school year a grant proposal is Aug. 1. Huber-Feely, Eva Miller and Nathan Conn. fi ce because of a horseplay incident at through the 2015–16 school year was According to grants chair She- the pickup zone. Director of Schools discussed. Th e school board wanted lia Beard, grants ranging between Rebecca Sharber will have a policy more input on the compensation. As $1,000 and $15,000 will be awarded. writt en for review by the next board the contract is currently writt en, each Depending on the success of the meeting, or at least have something in bus contractor has a base pay per year, CFSCP fund-raising and the quality place for all schools to include in the a 3 percent raise from 2003, and then a of proposals received, the group plans student handbooks at the beginning 1.6 percent raise from 2011. Th e board to award $100,000 to grant applicants of the school year. agreed to start the contract over with a by November. Franklin County was awarded base pay per year per contractor. For more information, contact two grants from the Race to the Top The compensation bus contract Shirley Winn by email or by calling (931) 383-9044. tives. “Franklin County’s seed grant rate. A fuel supplement for the actual ($130,000) was designed to put inter- cost per gallon over a base fuel cost ventions in place to support post-sec- of $2.34 per gallon is also included in ondary education or training while the the contract. School board members catalyst grant ($15,000) was writt en to wanted either the 1.6 percent cost of fund a gap analysis which will enable living increase or the fuel supplement, us to tailor those interventions to ad- not both. Discussion will continue on dress identifi ed needs,” said Marlene the bus transportation contract in the Wilkinson, Franklin County Grant July meeting. Facilitator. Th e goal of the grants is to The classified/support pay scales get more students into post-secondary for the 2012–13 school year were also education. Franklin County Schools discussed. Th e 2.5 percent raise was Eleven St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School students received recognition on the National Latin was the top-scoring Seed Grant appli- intended by the state to include all Exam. Pictured (left to right): David Ridgely, Latin teacher William Seavey, Mpilo cant and will receive stepped-funding certifi ed employees. The school board Ngomane, Jonathan Jones, Evelyn Seavey, Fritz Stine, Georgie Huber, Emma Clare through 2014 to assist the district in also applied this raise to the classifi ed LIGHTS ON! Holleman, Denton Marchesoni, Emily Blount, Eliza McNair and Spencer Fugate. achieving its long-term goal of increas- employees. Some of this money for It is state law to have your ing its current college-going rate from the raise increase comes from the state headlights on in fog and rain. YOUR AD COULD BE HERE. 42 percent to 52 percent by 2016. BEP fund.

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Call 598-9949. (OHFWHG2IÀFLDOV&RQWDFW,QIRUPDWLRQ Th e Sewanee Mountain MESSENGER • Friday, June 15, 2012 • 9 Ten Ways to Beat Summer Boredom in Sewanee (Teen and Kid Edition) As our out-of-school excitement Invent a new version of four-square to go see a movie. If there isn’t one wears off , we Sewanee kids may fi nd or kickball and share it with your you like playing in Sewanee, try the ourselves bored of everyday routines friends. Use sidewalk chalk to draw Oldham in Winchester or go to the and sleeping late. Well, maybe we won’t the lines and bases. drive-in in Tullahoma. If you still have ever get tired of sleeping in, but sum- Go outside at around 7:30 p.m. and no luck with those movie theaters, mer can be dull when there’s “nothing catch fireflies/lightning bugs. Poke make it a dinner and movie trip and to do” in our small town. Here are small holes in the lid of a Mason jar go to Chatt anooga. When none of the some ideas for summer entertainment: so they can breathe, and then place previous options work for you on a Buy a series of books from the the bugs you catch inside. Keep them particular day, check out a movie from bookstore, and make it your goal to in your room to watch overnight, and the library and invite your friends over read all of them before school restarts. then release them the next day. to your house to watch it. Get a library card so you can check out Help your parents clean the house Search for a day camp to att end or Excellence in Environmental Achievement Awards winners (L-R) Jana Pelt, Kevin books if you don’t want to buy them. or yard. Picking up sticks and cleaning be a camp counselor. Th ere are plenty Staff ord, Catie Clark, CMSgt. Everett Smith, Alysha Anderson and Justin Canup. If you aren’t much of a reader, check bathroom sinks help a lot, and you of day and boarding camps right in out a few movies from the library each can always ask to earn pocket money Sewanee, check them out and see if weekend. Try watching as many mov- by doing it. it isn’t too late to volunteer or enroll. AFJROTC Students and ies as you can from the same director, Get a group of friends together by Blythe Ford, Summer Intern or choose one movie for every lett er of the alphabet. You can skip “Q ,” “X” Teacher Honored and “Z”, or any other lett er that is dif- Franklin County High School was recently selected as the Tennessee Senior fi cult to fi nd. Mountaintop Specials Level School of the year for implementing community projects that educate Look up a meal you’ve always people about environmental issues. loved and learn how to cook it. If In or Near Sewanee Th e organization NEED (National Energy Education Development) award- you’re younger than 12 or have never ed Commander Master Sergeant Everett J. Smith, USAF (Ret.) and the students cooked before, you should probably of his AFJROTC class the top honor plus Senior Finalist at the National Level. ask your parents or older siblings for Students receiving the recognition at an Excellence in Environmental help. Most parents don’t like coming Achievement Awards ceremony luncheon held in Nashville by the Tennessee home to fi nd their kitchen destroyed, Dept. of Economic and Community (TDEC) are pictured above. so ask permission fi rst. Alysha Anderson was selected as NEED Student of the Year, one of six Make your own board game. Cre- students selected nationally as an intern this summer. Anderson will receive a ate a board, invent the rules, and play ,19(67,1$&5(6Brow views and 6$9$*(+,*+/$1''5(OHJDQFH $1,500 scholarship at the 32nd annual NEED Awards in Washington, D.C, on it with your friends. If you don’t feel smaller tracts, some equestrian-friend- LQWKHZRRGODQGVDGMRLQLQJ6DYDJH*XOI June 25 at the U.S. Department of the Interior. like making your own, grab a favorite O\ DYDLODEOH &DOO 5D\ IRU LQIR 0/6 1DWXUDO $UHD  DFUHV :RRG DQG WLOH game and a group of friends and play  ÁRRUV WZR ÀUHSODFHV  VI FDUSHWHG that one instead. bonus room. Stained glass transoms, SAS Honor Roll Go to Stirling’s once a week for a mountain stone, hardiboard for easy snack to-go and take it to your favorite PDLQWHQDQFH0/6 Th e following students from Sewanee, Monteagle, and Decherd have been spot on campus. Bring a book, sketch- named to the Honors Lists at St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School for the most recent book, or some other form of wireless grading period. Overall, 120 students, including 54 boarding students and entertainment with you. 66 day students, achieved academic distinction for the fourth quarter and/or second semester. Program for  6+$'2: 52&. 6DOW ER[ ZLWK (Note, Q=quarter, S=semester) many green features to make life easy High Honors List Honors List (continued) Reading IRU\RX%5PD\EHPDLQÁRRUPDV- Josh Owens: S WHU%$KDUGLERDUGFURZQPROGLQJV  :,**,16 &5((. (OHJDQW *UHHN Elise Anderson: Q ,S Th e Sewanee Elementary School %XLOW  9HU\ QLFH 0/6  5HYLYDOFXVWRPKRPH0DLQÁRRUPDV- Emory Babcock: Q Grace Pyle: Q , S PTO is sponsoring a summer read-  WHU HQ VXLWH EDWK )LUHSODFH VFUHHQHG Emily Blount: Q , S Sophie Register: Q , S ing program for rising fi rst- through SRUFK FKHUU\ZRRG ÁRRUV FDELQHWU\ Zachary Blount: Q , S Maragret Stapleton: Q , S fi ft h - g r a d e r s . 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Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law star in the latest installment of the Time for some shade at the Bonnaroo Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011 “Sherlock Holmes” franchise, which is less about the beloved mystery-solver We meet lead character Madeleine on her graduation day at Brown created by Arthur Conan Doyle and more about being a buddy-action fi lm. Music and Arts Festival. Photo by Christi Teasley University in 1982, as she surveys her bookshelves fi lled with work by Downey and Law pull it off , however, in an exciting and action-packed Jane Austen, Henry James, Edith Wharton and George Eliot. Madeleine mystery. If you crave the real Holmes-Watson relationship, read the books prefers the traditional, a penchant not shared by some friends in this phase or watch the PBS series. But for summer fun, this is a good diversion. Rated of feminism. She is inspired by a seminar, “Th e Marriage Plot,” with its PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and some drug material. Sewanee premise that the novel reached its high point when success depended —LW on marriage, which ultimately depended on money. “Epics sang of war, Summer novels, of marriage.” Madeleine rejects the marriage plot for modern women, but believes it a worthy literary subject. Two male characters complete an apparent love triangle, although the Community Recovery Film Music Series story is really about coming of age. Eugenides develops that oft en-trite A documentary, “An Appalachian created in Clay County, Ky., and relates On Friday, June 22, the Village of theme in an intriguing manner. Mitchell, a sensitive young man, has loved Dawn,” will be shown at 6:30 p.m., how one mountain community almost Sewanee will kick off the very first Madeleine throughout. He makes his own literal journey to seek spiritual Tuesday, June 26, at the Monteagle completely eradicated its illicit drug Sewanee Summer Music Series in the enlightenment and clarity about his feelings for her. An engrossing use Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 497 problems. For more information call new Angel Park music pavilion. Sev- of detail imbues the segment about his work at Mother Th eresa’s clinic. College St., Monteagle. Th e fi lm was (931) 924-3446. eral local businesses have sponsored Th e second man, Leonard, seems the fl att est character. We become well these events. University Avenue in the acquainted with him and Mitchell as the narrative fl ashes back through downtown area will close to traffi c at senior year and moves to the post-graduation year. 5 p.m., and Sewanee will light up with Th e all-important senior thesis, “I Th ought You’d Never Ask: Th e Happy Father’s Day! a festival event featuring music from Marriage Plot” begins with Austen, then progresses to novels which Broad Mountain Brewgrass followed follow intelligent heroines into disappointing marriages, e.g., Eliot’s by Towson Engsberg and Friends. “Middlemarch” and James’s “Portrait of a Lady.” (For a recent look at Local restaurants will have food Austen’s most famous couple six years aft er the happy ending of “Pride and drinks available. Th ere will be beer and Prejudice,” consider P.D. James’s “Death Comes to Pemberley,” a good sold with all proceeds to benefi t the mystery faithful to Austen’s style but lacking dramatic tension from the park. Th ere is no admission charged. devoted couple.) Th e thesis concludes with Updike’s “Couples” as the last vestige of the marriage plot, a book I remember as an irritating obsession Bonsai Exhibit and with the supposed debauchery of 1960s’ suburbia. A course in semiotics is simultaneous with Madeleine’s study of liter- Demonstration ary plots of various periods. Text is deconstructed using only the words on the page. Th ere is no material about the author, or about time or place. She Th e Tennessee Valley Bonsai Soci- rejects semiotic theorists, deciding that they wish to demote the author ety will exhibit trees at River Gallery because they are not writers. Although the class is infuriatingly silly to 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Saturday, June 23, and her, it is the sett ing for meeting the charismatic, scruff y Leonard. With 1–5 p.m., Sunday, June 24. A demon- the three major fi gures in place, we watch with trepidation as this young stration by skilled bonsai artist Tom feminist catapults herself into—what else?—a marriage plot. Scott will take place from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Leonard appears and disappears throughout their senior year. He does on Saturday and Sunday. Th e event is not graduate. Th e discussion of her joining him when he begins work in free and open to the public. Th e River a lab on Cape Cod ends when she throws a book at him during his cruel Gallery is located at 400 E. Second St., deconstruction of her heartfelt declaration of love. Distressingly, her Chatt anooga. dream graduate program at Yale does not accept her. Madeleine misses her own graduation ceremony when Leonard is hospitalized with clinical depression. Th is condition had been kept from “Guys & Dolls” her, and she decides that Leonard will be fi ne with her loving att ention. She Th e cast is set and rehearsals are does go to the Cape and fi nds herself isolated. Th e few female scientists now underway for the Broadway mu- are disdainful of a mere “girlfriend,” as she continues to ride out Leonard’s sical “Guys and Dolls.” Performances mood swings. Th ey are married during one of his upswings. are scheduled June 28–July 1, and will Glimmers of Austen and other authors appear—in much messier be held in the Tullahoma High School fashion—as the subject of family money becomes important (in this Auditorium. This show is the final case, from the bride’s parents), and disapproval of the groom surfaces in production of the 2011–12 season for language reminiscent of past literary eras. Still, Madeleine never loses the Community Playhouse, Inc. sight of her own desire to fi nd vocation in her love of literature, a twist of Tickets for the show are $15 for the traditional depiction of women visualizing lives fi lled with roles of adults, $13 for seniors and students, wives and mothers. and $10 for children 12 and under. To avoid spoiling the resolution, I’m skipping a large chunk of the Tickets may be purchased online at post-senior year. Two salient points, which don’t ruin the story: , or Mitchell fi nally brings the story to a satisfying conclusion with his reserve seats by calling (931) 581-7767 literary question to Madeleine about a possible ending to a novel. Th e :8DG9I8MÛ of Franklin County “Th e Marriage Plot,” and all other titles mentioned in this review are avail- 967-7133 able in duPont Library. ÝÛ;FQYjY_]ÛJdYZkÛ ÝÛJa\]oYdckÛÝÛGgj[`]kÛ¬Û;][ckÛÝÛKghkgadÛ¬Û=addÛ;ajlÛÝÛIggxÛf_Û ÝÛ8\\alagfkÛlgÛ?gmk]ÛÝÛJ]hla[ÛKYfckÛ¬Û=a]d\ÛCaf]k GLASS RECYCLING GUIDELINES at NEW Glass Recycling Site on Kennerly Avenue behind PPS in Sewanee MICHELLE M. BENJAMIN, JD ~ Sort glass into four colors: green, brown, clear, blue. Attorney & Counselor at Law ~ Bottles must be EMPTY, but washing out is not required. You must WASH food out of food jars. 102 FIRST AVENUE, NORTH ~ REMOVE all ceramic, wire, metal, plastic caps, lids, WINCHESTER, TENNESSEE 37398 collars or neck rings. Paper labels are allowed. ~ The following glass containers are recyclable: (931) 962-0006 Iced tea and soda bottles (931) 598-9767 Food jars Beer bottles Wine and liquor bottles Juice and water containers Interior & exterior painting ~ The following glass is not recyclable: Ceramic cups, plates and pottery Clay garden pots Laboratory glass George Dick, owner Windshields and window glasses Crystal and opaque drinking glasses Mirrors 598-5825 Heat-resistant ovenware (e.g. Pyrex) Light bulbs Making Sewanee homes and businesses beautiful since 1974 OPEN MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, 7 A.M. TO 6 P.M. Th e Sewanee Mountain MESSENGER • Friday, June 15, 2012 • 11 KILLINGTHYME Senior by Buck Gorrell Center In contemplating a topic for this week’s column, I found myself asking the most basic question: “Why do people garden?” News First and foremost, people grow things out of an instinctive need for the Th e Center welcomes friends and basics of life itself: food, fi ber, medicine and shelter. All are great motivators guests for its weekly activities: chair to sustain life by gardening. exercise on Mondays and Th ursdays, We are all taught that one of the quantum leaps of civilization was the beginning at 10:30 a.m., bingo on domestication of agriculture. Th ink back. Even the hunter gatherers were Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m., the Wednes- gardeners to a large degree. Th ey certainly understood the growth, use and day writing group and game day on even management of the plants in various environments. From the shamans Fridays, 10 a.m. of the South American rainforest to the monks of Europe, “gardening” Th ere will be a covered-dish lunch consisted of accumulating the fundamental knowledge of the healing on Saturday, June 16, at noon. Th is will power of plants. Much has been writt en about the medicinal use of plants, be the annual membership meeting. A for instance, using aspirin found in a tropical plant. Less has been writt en new slate of offi cers will be nominated of the ancient gardens of the European monasteries. Th ese gardens were and voted on. Betsy Grant will be play- highly managed laboratories for medicinal plants. ing the piano. Flash forward to our modern day, and these motivations may linger In-Town Gallery member Leslie Dulin recently received awards fr om the Tennessee under the surface, but even in the last 50 years the necessity to garden Senior Menus Watercolor Society. Th e fi rst place Atelier Award was for her dramatic abstract “Pa- for food has all but vanished in America. I see hope when looking out my tina.” Shown above, the third place Jeff rey A. Shoham Purchase Award was for “Root Th e Sewanee Senior Center serves Entanglement,” a realistic watercolor painted in an assortment of rich earth tones. Her kitchen window at my neighbor’s massive vegetable garden, lovingly tended lunch at noon Monday through Friday. by three generations. paintings, as well as 30 others, will be shown in the TnWS Traveling Show at four venues Th e suggested donation is $3 (50 or across the state. For more information, see . Everybody could benefi t from a day of strenuous labor outside. Granted, older) or $5 (under 50). Please call there is the obvious pick-and-shovel work of developing a garden, a workout 598-0771 by 10:30 a.m. to order lunch. by any defi nition. Even in an established garden, the maintenance provides Menus follow: an unending supply of yoga-like stretching. Th e required talents for a gar- June 18: Spaghetti, salad, garlic '//#( "%!3,%9 dener combine ballet, science of all types and an artist’s eye. bread, dessert. Maybe people garden because of the sheer beauty of a well-composed June 19: Reuben sandwich, fries, 2%!,4/23 garden. It matt ers not whether this is a vegetable or pleasure garden, orchard dessert. or healthy woodlot, or the hand of God so evident in our litt le community. June 20: Cabbage rolls, stewed po- WWWGBREALTORSCOM Th ink of the waterfall below Morgan’s Steep when the mountain laurel are tatoes, pinto beans, cornbread, dessert. blooming. June 21: Baked ham, mashed pota- Th ere is also hard science behind the benefi ts of gett ing one’s hands in toes, veggie blend, roll, dessert. the dirt. It seems soil bacteria, when metabolized, releases a serotonin-like June 22: Cheeseburger, loaded compound which essentially targets the brain the same way Prozac does. Go baked potato, dessert. fi gure. Gardening makes you feel good, too. (See ; “Is Dirt the New Prozac?”) Please send questions or comments to . Th e center is located at 5 Ball Park Rd. (behind the Sewanee Market). 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For more information, contact WWWGBREALTORSCOM Martha Akers at (931) 389-9663, or email , or go to . 0ETER(UTTON !FlLIATE"ROKER    12 • Friday, June 15, 2012 • Th e Sewanee Mountain MESSENGER Summer Youth Sports Camps Soccer Day Camp All-Sports Camp focusing on the basic volleyball skills THEVISITING Th e University soccer coaches are Sewanee All-Sports Camp will be of passing, digging, serving, setting holding two sessions of soccer camp held July 2–6 (there will not be camp and hitt ing. eTh campers will use these this summer. on July 4) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at skills in game situations and live play. TEAM Th e fi rst soccer camp is available the Fowler Center. Th is day camp is Th e camp is directed by SAS varsity June 18–22 for boys and girls ages open to boys and girls entering fi rst coach Rob Zeitler and will meet from by David B. Coe 5–11. Th e half-day option (9–11:30 through sixth grades. Activities will 9 a.m. to noon daily. Th e camp fee is a.m.) is designed for ages 5–8 and include basketball, soccer, wiffl e ball, $100. Campers should be dropped off Four Home Runs: A Post For Nerds costs $100. Th e morning will include batt le ball, fl oor hockey, kickball and at the Wood-Alligood Gymnasium be- On May 9, Texas Rangers outfi elder four home games geared toward learning the recreational swimming in the Fowler tween 8:45–9 a.m. with a water bott le runs in a single game, tying a major league record and becoming only the fundamentals of soccer while having Center pool. and gym shoes. Th ey should bring a 16th player in the history of the game to accomplish the feat. Th is actually fun and working closely with coaches. Registration must be completed by volleyball if they have one. For more marked the second accomplishment of such magnitude of his young The full-day camp (9 a.m.–3:30 June 25. Registration forms are avail- information call 598-5651 or email baseball season. On April 21, Philip Humber of the Chicago White Sox p.m.) is recommended for ages 9–13, able at the Fowler Center front desk Zeitler, . pitched the 21st perfect game in history. and costs $195. Campers will have and online at (click summer camps). For more Football Day Camp rarest feats in the game, one for hitt ing, one for pitching and one for fi eld- and playing while focusing on enjoy- information contact Jeff Heitzenrater Sewanee Football One-Day Camp ing: the four-homer game, the perfect game and the unassisted play. ing soccer. Full-day campers will have by email, , or will be held Th ursday, July 12, at the Th e , like the four-homer game, has happened 16 lunch at McClurg Dining Hall and phone 598-1285. University of the South. The camp times in MLB history. Th ere have been a couple of 100,000 games played afternoon pool time at the Fowler will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Registra- in the history of baseball, with 18 batt ers in the combined lineups, and 18 Center. SAS Volleyball Camp tion begins at 8:30 a.m. in the Fowler half-innings needing to be completed. And from that we get a TOTAL of The second session will be June Center lobby. The camp is open for 16 four-homer games and 16 unassisted triple plays. By that reckoning, SAS will hold a volleyball camp pitching a perfect game is a relatively common occurrence. Not only have 25–29 for boys and girls ages 5–13. July 9–13 for girls and boys in grades students in grades 9–12. All campers Both half-day and full-day camp op- will receive a camp T-shirt, which is there been more of them (21), but there are fewer opportunities per game. four to eight. Th e philosophy of the With the homers and fi elding play, there are 18 opportunities in each tions are available. camp is to build a solid foundation included with the registration fee. For more information contact Campers will need to bring their regulation game. 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Join the astronomy Amy Farrah Fowler is a super buff s at the Inn for discussions regard- friendly Torbie mix who will oft en roll ing constellations, lunar lore and our over on her back to have her tummy brightest star. Telescope viewing will rubbed. also be off ered, weather permitt ing. Annie is a smooth, snow-white Amy Farrah Fowler For more information email Lloyd kitt y who will steal your heart if she Watkins at or visit . tive for FeLV and FIV, house-trained, Fall Creek Falls State Park has up to date on shots and spayed. been voted by visitors as one of the Every Friday is Black Friday at Ani- top family destinations in the South- mal Harbor! On Fridays, adoption fees east. Protected within its boundaries will be reduced 50 percent for black are beautiful waterfalls, tremendous or mostly black pets more than four canyons and dense forest. Th e park months old who have been at Animal has a 250-site campground, a hotel Harbor for more than a month. Pets and conference center and 30 cabins. adopted from Animal Harbor qualify For more information about the park, for a free post-adoption wellness exam please call the Betty Dunn Nature by local veterinarians. Center at (423) 881-5708 or visit the Call Animal Harbor at 962-4472 park’s website at . other pets at . Enter their drawing on this site for a free spay or neuter for one of your pets! Ask about the low-income spay program. Red-headed Woodpeckers Return Please help the Humane Society continue to save abandoned pets by send- Adopt-A- ing your donations to the Franklin County Humane Society, P. O. Box 187, “We are so happy to have Red-headed Woodpeckers back on our Winchester, TN 37398. farm,” reports Jean Yeatman. “We fi rst heard one making its distinctive Shelter-Cat call: “Ker-r-ruck!” Th en we saw it fl itt ing from tree to tree and darting out into the air to catch insects. It is an easy bird to spot because of the large State Park Off erings amount of white coloration on its body. Th e belly, rump and secondar- Month ies are white. Th e rest of the plumage is a glassy blue-black except the Friday, June 15 Greeter Falls Hike—Join Andrea To celebrate Adopt-a-Shelter-Cat head and neck, which are a glowing crimson. Th is is true in both sexes. What is the Woolly Adelgid?— at 9 a.m. at Greeter Falls parking lot for Month, Animal Harbor is off ering a Th e young are easy to spot because they have a dark head. Red-headed Meet Ranger Aaron at 2:30 p.m. at a moderate one-and-a-half-mile hike substantial discount on the adoption Woodpeckers like living in an area with a number of dead trees and some the Grundy Forest parking lot of Fiery to the falls and back. Learn about na- fee for adult cats for the entire month open areas such as our pasture. Th ey eat acorns, fruit, berries and insects.” Gizzard trail for a moderate two-mile tive plants along the way. Wear sturdy of June. hike. You will learn the insect’s poten- shoes and bring water. For some families, a cat is a bett er tial impact on our forests, and what can pet choice than a dog, because they are be done to minimize its impact in our Sunday, June 17 a litt le easier to care for. Cats are very A-1 CHIMNEY SPECIALIST area. Bring water/snack, sturdy shoes. Snakes of the Cumberland Pla- clean, make great companions and are Sunset Hike—Meet the Natural- teau—Meet Seasonal Ranger Aaron great at keeping mice away. “For all your chimney needs” ist at 7 p.m. at Foster Falls parking lot at 4 p.m. at the Savage Gulf picnic Animal Harbor has dozens of cats to enjoy the evening while learning area for an informative talk about the from which to choose. They have a Dust Free • Chimneys Swept, Repaired, about the park’s nocturnal creatures. diff erent types of snakes found on the special room where visitors can go in Bring a fl ashlight. Cumberland Plateau. 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