The SewaneeMountain MESSENGER Vol. XXVII, No. 45 Friday, December 2, 2011 Festival of Council Endorses Lessons Speed Limit Changes; and Carols Dog Park Site Th e 52nd Annual Festival of Les- sons and Carols will be held Sunday, Dec. 4, at All Saints’ Chapel. Th e two Announced Sunday services are open to the public. by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer Th e fi rst service begins at 5 p.m., and At its Nov. 28 meeting, the Sewanee Community Council voted to endorse the second begins at 8 p.m. the speed limit changes recommended by Police Chief Robert White. In other The service is based on one that business, Director of Physical Plant Services John Vineyard announced that has been sung annually since 1918 at the University had approved a dog park site. Th e council was also briefed on King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Th e 52nd Annual Festival of Lessons and Carols begins Dec. 4. changes to the deer cull, business district security and safety concerns at the England. The service features the new University entrance. University choir under the direction Chief White proposed that the following changes to the speed limit be of University organist and choirmaster presented to the Franklin County Road and Bridge Commission for review: Robert Delcamp and Jason Farris, as- SUD Passes Fixed Assets sett ing the overall speed limit at 20 mph unless otherwise posted; increasing sistant university organist. Th e music the speed limit to 35 mph from Faculty Circle to Highway 41A; lowering the of the choir is complemented by read- speed limit on Georgia Avenue and Finney Lane to 15 mph; placing appropriate ings from members of the community. Policy, Reviews 2012 Budget speed limit signs on University Avenue, Finney Lane and Georgia Avenue. Th e Th e Nashville Brass quintet will also council voted to endorse the proposed changes and asked White to forward the provide accompaniments for the by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer At the Nov. 22 business meeting, the board of commissioners of the Sewanee request to Road Commissioner Joe David McBee. White explained that requests hymns and carols. presented to the Road and Bridge Commission must also be approved by the The music for the 2011 Festival Utility District of Franklin and Marion Counties voted to adopt a fi xed assets policy in keeping with a new requirement by the state comptroller. Th e board Franklin County Commission before fi nal approval is granted. services includes a sett ing of “Adam Director of Physical Plant Services John Vineyard announced that the Natu- lay ybounden” by Maryland composer also reviewed the proposed 2012 operations budget prepared by SUD manager Ben Beavers. ral Resources Advisory Committ ee had approved a dog park site adjacent to Gary Davison, commissioned by the Brakefi eld Road on the way to Lake Cheston. Domain Manager Nate Wilson University choir. Other music includes Th e new assets policy defi nes “fi xed assets” as “all capitalized assets with an estimated useful life of at least one year and a cost of $2,000 or more.” Th e policy noted that water quality concerns at the lake were not expected to be an issue. the Advent prose “Drop down, ye Vineyard said the University would arrange for a public water tap connection heavens, from above” by prominent includes a depreciation schedule for fi ve categories of capital assets: buildings and pipes, land improvement, infrastructure, equipment and vehicles. Beavers at the site. Fencing will be the responsibility of the citizens group overseeing British composer Judith Weir; “Com- the project. fort ye, my people” arranged by Joseph explained that SUD would continue to maintain an inventory of items costing less than $2,000, such as laptops and cell phones, but these items would not be Reporting on the success of the deer pre-cull, Wilson said that up until the M. Martin; the Medieval carol “I sing Th anksgiving break, the cull was 20 percent ahead of last year, but that the of a maiden” by English composer depreciated. Th e Tennessee Association of Utility Districts draft ed the policy in response to the new requirement by the state comptroller. number of deer taken during the holiday was lower than last year’s level (three Herbert Sumsion; John Rutter’s ar- in 2011 compared to 14 in 2010). Wilson said two hunting zones would be rangement of the Medieval carol Th e 2012 operations budget proposed by Beavers calls for a 0.5 percent in- crease from the 2011 budget. Beavers said he was able to avoid a steep increase added in the main cull scheduled for Christmas break (zone 32 in the vicinity of “Personent Hodie,” and “Welcome Lake Cheston and zone 31, a wooded area in the vicinity of Tennessee Avenue). all wonders,” by American composer in the budget by shift ing some spending allocations. In the past two years SUD did not spend the allocation for pipes and fi tt ings, and the increased allocation In keeping with state hunting season regulations, the main cull would be two Richard Wayne Dirksen. weeks shorter than in prior years, Wilson added. He anticipates that the cull Seating for the services is limited for energy costs in 2012 came from that category. Beavers has submitt ed the capital improvements budget and the operations budget to Raft elis Financial will fall 30–40 does short of the goal of 236. Th e Tennessee Wildlife Resources and is on a fi rst-come, fi rst-seated ba- Agency has agreed to let the University host a deer drive on Jan. 7 and Jan. 13 sis. Requests for handicapped access Consultants for evaluation, with a goal of avoiding a rate increase or keeping the increase to a minimum. to move the deer to a location near Morgan’s Steep and a location between KA and seating should be directed to the Point and Rutledge Point, where hunters will be stationed on elevated platforms. Chapel offi ce at 598-1274. SUD president Doug Cameron reported that he talked with the Community Action Committ ee (CAC) director about the CAC vett ing applications from Community residents will be invited to participate in the drive, Wilson said; low-income residents applying for assistance in paying the SUD tap fee. Th e 60–80 people will be needed to walk slowly, unarmed, urging the deer to the CAC is “more than happy to help,” Cameron said. Th e CAC will also provide target sites. Th e slaughtered deer will be taken to a designated area for dressing SUD with a detailed accounting of the amount of SUD donations used to pay and distribution of the meat. Wilson stressed that the long-term goal of the CAST Tour customer water bills through the Project Help program. (Th e SUD budget al- University’s deer management plan was to achieve a sustainable deer population locates $5,000 a year to Project Help, in addition to approximately $5,000 in by reducing the doe-buck ratio from 7:1 to 3:1. Dec. 3–4 donations from SUD customer gift s.) Council representative Drew Sampson presented a request from village Craft Artists of Southern Ten- Th e board also briefl y discussed federal funding available for modifying (Continued on page 6) nessee (CAST) presents its 16th An- SUD vehicles to operate on natural gas rather than gasoline. Th e board will nual Holiday Studio Tour on Saturday, revisit the topic at the next business meeting scheduled for 5 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 3, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 28, at the SUD offi ce on Sherwood Road. Dec. 4, noon–5 p.m. CAST is the local chapter of the Tennessee Association of Craft Art- Curriculum Standards for the ists (TACA). Bright yellow signs mark the Classroom tour route and maps are by K.G. Beavers, Messenger Staff Writer available at all locations on the tour, as well as at Educators are evaluated on how students are taught and learn according all sponsor locations. to curriculum standards mandated by the state of Tennessee. Th ey are also More than 30 local and regional evaluated on how students progress according to standardized testing and artists will show their work in Sewanee, achievement benchmarks. ranging from textiles, sculpture, jew- At each grade level, K–12, there are specifi c curriculum standards to be elry, pott ery and glass to paintings, cast taught. Within each of these standards there are grade-level expectations, as- bronze, metal work and woodwork. sessment of the student or checks for understanding and the state performance Local artists who will open their indicators (SPIs) to be used for each graded and non-graded subject. Teachers studios to the public during the tour also have a “pacing guide” they can use to teach and assess the designated state include Bob Askew, Barbara Hughes, performance indicators. Th e pacing guide includes the recommended instruc- Dan Pate, Claire Reishman, Archie tional practices and “I Can” statements. Stapleton, Merissa Tobler and Lynne One frustrated area educator said recently, “In the classroom you are now As part of American Education Week, SES students dressed up as their favorite book Vogel. Other locations displaying work trying to meet objectives and not actually teaching. You try to meet the standards character or author on Nov. 18. Book Character Day supports the love of reading. are the American Legion Hall, Locals and the state performance indicators. We are now faced with a generation of Gallery, Shenanigans Gallery and St. test-based only students.