ROGERS COLUMN Where have you gone, Sen. Frist? Having an M.D. as politician might have helped us better deal with vaccination aversion. DAVIDSON • WILLIAMSON • RUTHERFORD • CHEATHAM WILSON SUMNER• ROBERTSON •P MAURY3 • DICKSON • MONTGOMERY Ledger REALTY CHECK Homeowners shelter in place Fertile conditions are making it more attractive to save We have money on home you own. a winner! P3 The power of information.July 23-29, 2021 State Fair’s move to Wilson County NASHVILLE Vol. 47 EDITION | Issue 30 looks like a best-in-class merger www.TNLedger.com FORMERLY WESTVIEW SINCE 1978 WESTVIEW SINCE 1978 Story by Catherine Mayhew begins on page 2 Photograph provided BEHIND THE WHEEL OMG, it says ‘check engine’ Th at little light on your October 8 - 14, 2010 dash doesn’t have to mean fi nancial disaster. But you Law & Government are at risk if you ignore it. 08/26/2010, 10C3303 Publicern Express, Inc, James T Collins Recordsvs Rogers Group Inc, Pltf(s): James T Collins, Hampshire Insurance Company, Western Express, Inc, Def Atty(s): Pltf Atty(s): n/a, Def(s): Rogers Group Inc, Def Atty(s): Heather E John W Barringer, 08/30/2010, 10C3341 Hardt, 08/26/2010, 10C3308 Patricia McClarren vs Star Insurance Company, Westwood James A insideWells vs Jenco Construction & online Inc, Pltf(s): James A Church Of Christ, Wells, Pltf Atty(s): n/a, Def(s): Jenco Construction Inc, Def Atty(s): Def(s): Star Insurance Company, Westwood Church Of Christ, Def Jennifer S White, 08/25/2010, 10C3282 Atty(s): David John Deming, 08/30/2010, 10C3343 RealtyJessica CheckGrimwood ....................................... vs Intrepid USA Healthcare Services, Richard Dicaire vs Cbs Personnel Holdings Inc, Cbs CommunityPltf(s): Jessica Calendar Grimwood, Pltf ..........................Atty(s): n/a, Def(s): Intrepid USA Personnel Services LLC, Kilgore Group Inc Collectively Healthcare Services, Def Atty(s):TNLedger.com Clifford Wilson, 08/27/2010, Staffmark, Staffmark Investment LLC, P32 Newsmakers ....................................... Pltf Atty(s): n/a, Def(s): Cbs Personnel Holdings Inc, Cbs Personnel Judy R Lawson vs Nursing & Oneida, Pltf(s): Judy R Lawson, Services LLC, Kilgore Group Inc Collectively Staffmark, Staffmark Public PltfRecords Atty(s): David Harold Dunaway, Def(s): Nursing & Oneida, Def Investment LLC, Def Atty(s): Stephen B Morton, 08/26/2010, Public Notices and ForeclosuresJordan Sanders vs Dillons Welding Inc and Employers, Pltf(s): Jordan Sanders, Pltf Atty(s): Donald D Zuccarello, Def(s): Marketplace ....................................... ............................. 3 ............................... 19-30 4 6 8-13 31 Page 2 www.TNLedger.com JULY 23-29, 2021 Photograph provided The Tennessee State Fair will beef up its agrarian chops with Wilson County Fair merger. State Fair returns to its roots in Wilson Co. Move to the east will shift focus from the midway to agricultural exhibits, contests By Catherine Mayhew he fi rst Tennessee State Fair was held at the Walnut Race Course in North Nashville in 1855. It was the same year poet Walt Whitman fi rst published “Leaves of Grass,” Isaac Singer patented the sewing machine motor and Congress approved $30,000 to test camels for military use (clearly, that didn’t work out well). T A year later, the Tennessee State Legislature approved an act to form a committee to purchase grounds for the state fair, putting the full force and power of state government behind what was presumed to become Tennessee’s marquee event. Th ree years earlier – in 1853 – the fi rst Wilson County Fair was held on Coles Ferry Pike. It was a way for farmers and ranchers to gather and exchange information about best practices and, perhaps, share some fried chicken and sweet tea next to the banks of what would become known as Fair Spring. Almost 170 years later, that small gathering in Wilson County has exploded into one of the top 50 county fairs in the country, attracting more than half a million people a year. Yes, there’s now a midway at the fair but its roots in agriculture have held fi rm and continued to blossom. Th e Tennessee State Fair had no such luck. Some would argue it lost its vision. Others argue its location on an economically enticing plot of city-owned land doomed it to become a municipal football between competing interests. But by 2019, the last year the state fair was held in Nashville, no one can contest that what it had become was merely a carnival with a paltry attendance record when compared to its robust neighbor in Wilson County. And now, due to an act by that same state legislature that formed the Tennessee State Fair and a stroke of a pen by Gov. Bill Lee, Wilson County is in charge of reviving and growing the state fair. And with a thriving leadership model, a clear sense of purpose and boatloads of land, Wilson County is up to the task. FAIR >> PAGE 15 JULY 23-29, 2021 www.TNLedger.com Page 3 Surge in loan refi naning looms Reluctant respect Fannie, Freddie take a load Tennessee might off by dropping 0.5% fee have listened to In 2012, interest rates for 30-year mortgages Frist on COVID-19 dipped to less than 4% for the fi rst time in history, a I’ve long been of the belief that the full 14 points less than the best thing Bill Frist did for Tennessee 18% rate of 1981. When and the whole of the United States was RICHARD COURTNEY this phenomenon hit nine to retire from the Senate in 2007. I REALTY years ago, homeowners have now reassessed that stance. CHECK sprinted to their favorite A brief update here, for context: mortgage lenders to 3521 Trimble Rd JOE ROGERS A couple of weeks ago I wrote refi nance their homes at about legislators harassing state health their mortgages during the past year because of Ledger MY TAKE the new rates. department offi cials, accusing them of When rates drop, buying power increases as the pandemic. Had they been forced to sell last March, it “targeting” children for COVID shots and threatening to the same monthly payment can cover a larger The power of dismantle the department. loan. Many felt that once the existing loans could have been catastrophic for the sellers and their families, not to mention the economy. information. Th e fallout from that is that Dr. Michelle Fiscus, the were refi nanced in 2012 and 2013, and since state’s top immunization offi cial, has been fi red, and the new homes were being fi nanced with the lower Now, however, they would have billions to Published weekly by Westview Newspaper, LLC department has backed off immunization eff orts for young interest rates, the refi market would evaporate. pour into the world’s coff ers. Another option would be to go back to people involving any disease. Bad move. But with interest rates jumping from slightly 222 Second Ave. N. Suite 101 Back to Frist: less than 3% and the back to 4%, the refi nances work, call Jill Hall or one of her peers and Nashville, TN 37201 refi nance, pull some cash out of the transaction (615) 254-5522 I covered him on the campaign trail in 1994 in his fi rst continue. FAX: (615) 254-5525 and save tons of money in the process. race for the Senate, against the incumbent Democrat Jim Jill Hall, a veteran real estate broker-turned- Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m Sasser. About the only thing that impressed me about Frist loan offi cer with Accurate Mortgage, notes that Sale of the Week was his ability to feign delight, stop after stop, day after “purchase loans for the second quarter were up President & Chairman Add 3521 Trimble Road to the list of Peter Schutt day, upon hearing his campaign song delivered by the 10%, while refi nance loans were down 9%.” properties selling for more than list price. Publisher & CEO singer Austin Church. Of note, cash-out refi nances doubled in Th e home sold last week for $1.325 million Eric Barnes “Th e world-famous Austin Church,” as Frist would June and July compared to term refi nances, Associate Publisher a couple of days after George Rowe listed it for & Executive Editor sometimes introduce him. (He wasn’t, but a nice guy.) Hall says. Hall, a person well-respected in her $1.2 million. Located in the heart of Green Lyle Graves Th e song – for which Church wrote the music, but not [email protected] fi eld, also notes “the biggest mortgage news Hills, the owner had purchased his residence in lyrics – told of a liberal, taxing, two-faced Sasser out of was revealed Friday, and that is that the adverse Planning Editor 2011 for $500,000. Cindy Smith touch with Tennesseans. Th e people who turned out for market fee for refi nances will be removed on Certainly, the stories of the hundreds of [email protected] Frist rallies liked it a lot. Th ey invariably clapped along. Aug. 1.” Contributors homes selling at more than list price in record Chip Cirillo And, who knows, maybe it helped seal the deal for Frist. Th e adverse market fee added 0.5% to loan time are exciting and circulating among the Sheila Burke In any event, he unseated Sasser by a 14-point margin in a costs when refi nancing. Added in 2020 by Kathy Carlson community, but all homes are not experiencing Hollie Deese race notably short on charisma. both Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the adverse the same success. Last week in the 37205 ZIP Tim Ghianni Oh, and a fellow Republican named Fred Th ompson marketing fee and its cost will be eliminated Joe Morris code, nine sales were recorded with only one for Rhiannon Potkey won the other Tennessee Senate seat.