The SewaneeMountain MESSENGER Vol. XXIX No. 21 Friday, June 7, 2013 Hudgins Campus Summer Reading Programs Set to Open Both the Sewanee School of Let- Th e summer session of the College ters and the College summer session off ers an opportunity for students to Wednesday begin in the coming days: the School take special courses not normally avail- Author Andrew Hudgins will open of Lett ers on June 9 and the summer able, helps students gain additional this year’s Sewanee School of Lett ers session of the College on June 10. credits toward degree completion and readings at 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, Together, the programs will bring provides incoming freshmen a chance June 12, in Gailor Auditorium. A re- almost 130 students to campus for the to adapt to the academic demands ception will follow the reading. next six weeks. of college. Seventy-one students are Hudgins will publish two new Th e Sewanee School of Lett ers is enrolled in the summer session; classes books this month. “A Clown at Mid- a graduate program off ering master’s meet Monday through Friday. night” is his ninth collection of poems. degrees in literature, creative writing, Another wave of summer pro- “Th e Joker” is a memoir of his career and theology and literature. Students grams will begin in two weeks, with as an appreciator of, thinker about, and Representing the nonprofi ts that received new CFSCP grants are (seated omfr left ) Sandy typically att end for four or fi ve summer the openings of the Sewanee Sum- irrepressible teller of jokes. Hudgins’s Spies of S-Double-A Ranch and Donna Lovelace of Grundy County Historical Society; terms to earn an M.A. or an M.F.A. mer Music Festival (June 22), and the eight previous books of poetry include (standing fr om left ) Janice Th omas of the Mountain Goat Trail Alliance, Jessica Lusk degree. Fift y-six students are expected Bridge Program in Math and Science “Saints and Strangers” (a fi nalist for the of the Grundy County Youth Leadership Program, Tonya Garner of Grundy County to be in Sewanee for the School of Let- and fi rst session of the Sewanee Sum- Pulitzer Prize), “Aft er the Lost War” Health Council, Susan Binkley of Blue Monarch and Renea Corley and Kathy Hill ters this year, learning from 10 faculty mer Seminar (both June 23). (winner of the Poets’ Prize), “The of North Elementary School. members. Never-End- ing” (fi nalist for the Na- tional Book Award), Community Fund of the Friday Nights in the Park “Shut Up, You’re Fine: Poems for South Cumberland Awards in Sewanee Start June 21 Very, Very Each Friday Bad Chil- night, begin- dren” and Andrew Hudgins New Grants ning on June 21 “American The Community Fund of the Grundy County Youth Leader- and continuing Rendering: New and Selected Poems.” South Cumberland Plateau (CFSCP) ship—$3,050: Providing monthly through July 26, He is also the author of two col- announced its second round of grants programs for selected high school the Angel Park in lections of literary essays, “Th e Glass on June 2 at the Heritage Center in sophomores and juniors to train them Sewanee will be Anvil” and “Diary of a Poem.” His Tracy City. for leadership roles in the county, the place to en- work has been supported by a Guggen- According to Scott Parrish, CF- Grundy County Youth Leadership joy friends, music, heim Fellowship, Stanford’s Wallace SCP co-chair, the new grants total introduces the class to local and state food and dance. Stegner Fellowship, and Princeton’s almost $65,000. Th e selected group government, economic opportunities At 7 p.m. each Fri- Arthur C. Hodder Fellowship, and of recipients submitt ed proposals that and the natural assets of the South day night, Univer- honored by prizes from the Fellow- best meet the charge of promoting Cumberland State Park. This grant sity Avenue will be ship of Southern Writers, the Texas progress with initiatives to help solve provides seed money to reactivate the closed to traffi c, and the community will come together to enjoy the music in Institute of Arts and Lett ers and the community problems and build on program with broader community the Angel Park Pavilion from 8 to 10 p.m. Food, beverages and ice cream will American Academy of Arts and Let- community strengths, he said. support. be available from local establishments. ters. “We believe that the seed money Mountain Goat Trail Alli- “Last year was so successful,” said John Goodson, president of the Sewanee Hudgins is Humanities Distin- provided for these exciting proposals ance—$15,000: Th e Mountain Goat Business Alliance. “Everyone loved coming out on Friday evenings and really guished Professor of English at the will result in measurable changes on Trail Alliance’s work on a long-term enjoyed the parties. Th e music this year will vary and consist of all local bands. Ohio State University. He has oft en the Plateau—in economic growth, project to extend the walking and Even the Sewanee Summer Music Festival will be performing.” served on the faculties of the Sewanee education, arts, recreation, healthcare, biking trail along the old rail line from Th is year, organizers expect Friday Nights in the Park to be a great series. Writers’ Conference and the Sewanee job training, and community build- Cowan to Palmer will be advanced “We really learned a valuable lesson about starting too early,” Jimmy Wilson, School of Lett ers. ing,” said Parrish. Th e following are by this grant, which will provide for owner of the Blue Chair Café and Tavern, said about last year’s series. “Th e sun the 2013 grant recipients: the purchase of additional railroad sets later, and the temperature drops around 8 p.m. It makes it much more toler- Blue Monarch—$10,000: This property in Grundy County. able for the patrons and musicians to begin the event later this year.” Sewanee 10-year-old organization provides a North Elementary School Friday Night in the Park will include music from genres including bluegrass residential program for women and —$14,750: In partnership with the to blues, rock and roll to folk. Th e artists performing will be announced each Inn Names their children who seek to rebuild Grundy County Health Council, week and begin playing at 8 p.m. Th is is a kid-friendly event, with a safe “no lives that have been damaged by North Elementary in Altamont is traffi c zone.” Friday Nights in the Park is made possible by local sponsors and abuse, addiction, and incarceration. developing a quarter-mile walking members of the Sewanee Business Alliance. Sponsors will be announced once Manager Th e land and facilities for the program track around the school perimeter. the SBA fi nishes gathering all of them. More sponsors are still needed to cover expenses (see lett er on page 2). Charlestowne Hotels has been were purchased with a $980,000 Th is grant will complete the funding loan. Th is grant is in support of a fi nal needed to build the track, which will “Th ere has been great progress on Angel Park since last summer. More chosen by the University to manage than 30 benches were installed this winter and are available for engraving for a the new Sewanee Inn and Confer- push to clear the remaining balance serve as a safe environment for walking of $101,000 and enable Blue Monarch and running for students and the local $2,000 donation. Th ese are prime real estate, and we only have a limited number ence Center, which is currently under of them,” said Goodson. construction. to undertake new plans to expand its community. services. S-Double-A Ranch—$8,500: Cre- Sewanee Business Alliance members will be available at each Friday Night Th e upscale development will con- in the Park event so that guests can buy a brick or a bench to support the park. sist of a 43-room inn and conference Grundy County Health Coun- ated to assist uninsured individuals cil—$3,685: Seeking to improve the and their families to overcome sub- Goodson hopes that bricks already ordered will be in place for the kickoff on facility set on the site of the former June 21. Sewanee Inn and overlooking the health of local residents and decrease stance abuse through interaction with health disparities in the community, horses, art, music and other faith-based Th e Sewanee Business Alliance is an informal group of business owners and newly restored golf course. According leaders in Sewanee that promote, plan and execute community and business to Jeremy Th ompson of Earl Swens- the Grundy County Health Council recreational activities and 12-step is focused on obesity and diabetes pre- programs, the S-Double-A Ranch will projects to improve Sewanee’s image and strengthen the economic welfare son Associates Inc., the architectural locally. Its fi rst program was the SHOP SEWANEE campaign. Angel Park is style of the Inn will be a combination vention through educational programs use the grant funds to establish a recy- and physical activities. This grant cling program. Th e recycling program nearing completion, and many other projects are currently on the SBA planning of Southern vernacular with collegiate docket. SBA is funded by community and personal donations. To learn more Gothic elements inspired by various provides equipment to support the will generate revenues to support the monitoring of weight, blood pressure, recovery programs at the Ranch, while about or to become a member of the Sewanee Business Alliance, go to <www.