The Town Crier “The Voice of the Bay View Association“ Volume 22 – Issue 9 Friday, July 25, 2014 Bay View, Michigan 49770 This Week’s Lecturer: Rev. Dr. Luke A. Powery: July 27 – 31 The Rev. Dr. Luke A. Powery is the Dean of Duke Chapel and an Associate Professor of the Practice of Homiletics at Duke Divinity School. Prior to The Rebel Students and little Gavroche of Les Misérables singing the his appointment "People's Song" or "Do You Hear the People Sing?" which has become a at Duke, he served as the Perry and theme that speaks to audiences both musically and dramatically on a global Georgia Engle Assistant Professor of level. The award winning musical continues in Bay View July 25 and 26. Homiletics at Princeton Theological Tickets can be purchased at 888-596-1027, online at www.bayviewfestival. Seminary. org or at the Bay View Box Office. Photo: John Agria He received his B.A. in music with a concentration in vocal performance from Stanford University, his M.Div. Blood, Sweat and Tears from Princeton Theological Seminary, TM and his Th.D. from Emmanuel College, With American Idol Finalist Bo Bice University of Toronto. His teaching Saturday, August 2 and research interests are located at the intersection of preaching, worship, 8 p.m. John M. Hall Auditorium pneumatology, performance studies, On Saturday, August 2 at 8 p.m., and culture, particularly expressions iconic band Blood, Sweat & Tears See POWERY on page 3 comes to the Bay View Music Festival. Now featuring lead singer Bo Bice of American Idol Fame, the band has DATES TO REMEMBER been blending brass and rock instru- July 26 mentation into genre-bending jazz- 4th Annual Prayer Breakfast rock for over four decades. July 28 Continued on page 3 Chautauqua Conference Luncheon Burger Bash Scan the QR code to July 31 order tickets to Blood, Youth Triathlon Sweat and Tears, by phone at 888-596-1027, August 1 online at www.bayview- Burger Bash II festival.org, or at the Bay August 2 View Box Office. Annual Meeting www.bayviewassociation.org Page 2 The Town Crier Friday, July 25, 2014 Week Seven in Education Heats Up! Toby Jones, Director of Education your calendars and plan to attend! lowing people who played significant Meet Pia Hanna! Pia was born in Thursday, July 31 from 7:00-8:30 in roles in bringing author Jamie Ford to Rome, Italy and still spends her win- Voorhies Hall. campus last week: ters there with her Here are the classes you can still • Martha Kirkwood Talley – for let- husband Charlie. get in on this week! ting Jamie and Leesha stay in her She has been com- • An Exposition of Great Books – Kate cottage. (Martha even moved out!) ing to Bay View Capaldi – Monday, July 28 from • Bob and Bets Shier, Doug and Mary every summer 4 - 5 p.m. Bowden, and David and Lois Hager since 1971 to their for hosting our cottage discussion cottage on Beech • Cooking with Fustini’s – Chef Andy groups of Songs of Willow Frost Street. Pia has been Stewart – Monday July 28 from 4 - cooking the tradi- 5:30 p.m. • Karen Weaver, Barbara Kanaga, tional foods of her • Opera Appreciation: Cosi Fan Tuti – and Robin Pettersen for leading culture throughout her life, pleas- Sarah Stone – Tuesday July 29 from those discussions ing the palettes of friends and loved 1-2 p.m. • All those who contributed to the ones. Now she will bring her culi- • Italian Cooking – Pia Hanna - Chautauqua Guest Author Fund nary secrets to the Bay View Culinary Wednesday, July 30 and August 6 School, thanks to our terrific teaching from 10 a.m. - noon. kitchen in Loud Hall. Pia will equip you to enjoy the wonderful taste of • History of the Grand Hotel – Bob Italian home cooking prepared with Tagatz – Thursday, July 31 from 7 6th Annual genuine, high quality ingredients. - 8:30 p.m. Student participants will learn how to Looking Ahead... Youth Triathlon: make a complete, 3-course Italian din- If you have any college bound Thursday, July 31 ner from scratch. You will be aston- 10th, 11th, or 12th graders in your ished to see just how easy it is to make family, you won’t want them to miss • Set-up bikes on the bluff by 4 delicious Italian food from scratch! A our seminar on “Writing a Winning p.m. (Helmets Mandatory) few spaces are still available for her College Essay” with College Planning course, which meets two consecutive Mentors’ Director Toby Jones. 'Tis • Towels/sneakers/shirt on the Wednesdays – July 30 and August 6 – the season for writing essays that will dock from 10:00 a.m. to noon. Sign up on determine not only admission into the • 4:30 p.m. staggered start line today! college of your choice, but scholar- • Registration Deadline is Learn everything you always ships as well! Sign up on line today! Monday, July 28 at 7 p.m. Tuesday, August 5 from 7-8:30 p.m. (Sign-up will be available at wanted to know about the Do you have a transition going on Burger Bash) Grand Hotel…for FREE! in your cottage? Getting ready to pass • Forms at 1645 Knapp Ave The Education team is pleased to the property from one generation to or Boys and Girls Club or welcome Bob Tagatz. Bob is the resi- the next? Then Steven Cross’s seminar call (410-991-0201 / 347-6368 dent historian and chief concierge of on “Preserving Your Legacy: Keeping (Amy Rosacker) the Grand Hotel on historic Mackinaw the Cottage in the Family” is for you! Island. He has served the Grand Hotel • $10 Cash or Check to Bay Steve is a lawyer who specializes in View Association for many years and loves to share the both Real Estate and Will & Trust • NO RACE DAY story of this one-of-a-kind landmark cases, and we are thrilled to bring with others. We in the education him to campus for a special presenta- REGISTRATION pillar are bringing Bob to campus as tion Monday, August 4 from 1-2:30. a thank you to all of Bay View for Reserve your spot today on line. all the support you have offered Bay View education in recent years. Mark A BIG THANK YOU to the fol- www.bayviewassociation.org Friday, July 25, 2014 The Town Crier Page 3 Scarrow Friday Forum Hosts "Move to Amend" Coordinator 10 a.m. in Loud Hall Reed Perkins, New to the Constitutional rule, and building a democracy that is York City’s Coordinator Amendment movement genuinely accountable to the people, for "Move to Amend" now underway to help not corporate interests. The organiza- will speak at Bay View’s fight what "Move to tion is calling for an amendment to Scarrow Friday Forum in Amend" considers legal- the U.S. Constitution to unequivocal- Loud Hall in Bay View on ized corruption. The ly state that inalienable rights belong August 1 at 10 a.m. in organization believes to human beings only, and that money Voorhies Hall. His topic only a sustained effort is not a form of protected free speech will be Is Money in Politics by concerned citi- under the First Amendment and can the Defining Issue of Our zens will be capable of be regulated in political campaigns. Reed Perkins, New York Time? The presentation is reclaiming the country’s City Coordinator for free to the public and will democracy from outside Looking Ahead: "Move to Amend," and life- August 1 run from 10 - 11 a.m. a.m. long Bay View resident influence of deep-pock- including a question and eted special interests. The New Facet to Corporate answer period for the audience. According to Perkins, Move Responsibility; Respect for Human Rights Corinne Lewis, Partner in the law firm As the New York City Coordinator to Amend is a national collation of of Lexi Justi in Brussels, with a law for "Move to Amend," life-long Bay individuals committed to nullifying practice in business and human rights. View resident Reed Perkins will pro- corporate personhood, freeing elec- vide an overview of the ways in which tions, and restoring accountability to AUGUST 8 the exponential growth of campaign the country’s democracy through an A Place at the Table; Examining the spending and fundraising is distort- amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Shocking Paradox of Hunger in the ing the national dialogue and shaping Formed in September 2009, "Move to Wealthiest Nation on Earth Kristi the world we live in today. Central Amend" is a coalition of hundreds of Jacobson, award-winning director to Friday’s discussion will be a brief organizations and tens of thousands and producer; documentary films and history of corporate constitutional of individuals committed to social and television series. rights, and finally, an introduction economic justice, ending corporate POWERY Continued from the front page. of the African diaspora. He has written of the Academy of Homiletics, the the Wabash Center for Teaching and two books, Spirit Speech: Lament and American Academy of Religion, and Learning in Theology and Religion and Celebration in Preaching, and Dem Dry the Society for the Study of Black the Fund for Theological Education. Bones: Preaching, Death, and Hope. Religion. In 2008, The African American Pulpit Though nurtured in the Holiness- Luke served as a member of the named him as one of "20 to Watch," Pentecostal tradition, Luke was executive lectionary team for The an honor given to 20 outstanding black ordained by the Progressive National African American Lectionary, an online ministers under the age of 40 who are Baptist Convention, and has served in ecumenical project funded by the Lilly helping to shape the future direction an ecumenical capacity in churches Endowment, Inc.