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Bellevue
Cruisers
hold toy
drive &
Corvette
night
The Bellevue Cruisers will
have their annual “Corvette
Night” on Saturday, October 1,
2005 from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00
p.m. in the front parking lot of
Bellevue Center Mall.
In addition to the CruiseIn, the Bellevue Cruisers will
also be taking toy donations for
“The Last Minute Toy Store.”
“Being our last Cruise-In
of the year, we wanted to give
back to the community that has
so graciously supported us,”
said Tom Akers, President of
the Bellevue Cruisers.
The “Last Minute Toy
Store provided over 3,000 children in the greater Nashville
area with toys for the holidays.
Please bring an unwrapped toy
to the Cruise-In and help make
a child’s holiday!
There will be special
games and door prizes and as
always, this is a FREE event.
There is no charge to display or
view the vehicles. So come out
for a fun-filled family evening
of entertainment.
The Cruise-In is held each
Saturday night (April-October)
at Bellevue Center Mall from
5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The
event is hosted by the Bellevue
Cruisers Car Club. For more
information call 615 - 6460848
or
visit
www.bellevuecruisers.com.
Bellevue Center is located
just off Interstate 40 at exit
196. The mall features anchor
stores Dillard’s, Hecht’s and
Sears and more than 90 stores
and merchants.
Chaffin’s Barn Dinner
Theatre will present Ghost
Story on Monday, October 10
with 100% of the proceeds to
benefit the Bellevue YMCA.
Tickets are $50 per person.
Dinner will be roast beef,
Cajun catfish, beef barbeque,
lasagna, country green beans,
sauteed mushrooms, corn
pudding, salad bar, fresh
desserts, rolls and cornbread.
The YMCA is very close
to meeting its goal and beginning construction on the new
facility, which will be located
on Highway 100 near
Chaffin’s Barn. The building
will also house the new
Bellevue Senior Citizens
Center. This is the first time
the two have pooled resources
to build a combined facility.
Above is a drawing.
To purchase tickets to the
event, call Yolanda at 2592385, ext. 16.
Elevation drawings have
also been released for the new
Super Wal Mart to be located
next to Bellevue Center on
Highway 70 South in
Bellevue. Below is a drawing
of the building. Details are in
Councilman Eric Crafton’s
article on page 4. 10)
State Representative and Bellevue Firefighter
Organize Local Effort to Rebuild Waveland, MS
By Sharon Satterfield
Both Gary Moore and
Stacey Rucker wear many hats.
Gary is a Tennessee House
Representative and, Metro Fire
Captain with Station 14. He is
also currently the President of
The Tennessee Professional
Firefighters Association until
his final term for that position
ends in October. Stacey is a
licensed
contractor,
a
Firefighter for Station 34 and, a
Baseball Coach at Hillwood
High School.
One might think these men
have enough to keep them busy.
Yet, the tragedy of Katrina,
which left countless people in
desperate need of assistance,
has compelled Gary and Stacy
to take on an additional role. As
two, deeply concerned individuals, they are on a mission to
help
rebuild
Waveland,
Mississippi, which was left a
wasteland by Katrina’s fury.
“We spent three days in
Waveland where there is total
destruction and, the smell of
everything rotten, Stacey said.
“We tried to help in any way we
could… everything from sifting
through the rubble for people’s
mementoes to searching for
bodies.
“There is nothing left there
for the residents of Waveland.
There was hardly anything to
eat and, nowhere to sleep.
Those that are remaining are
living in tents or anywhere they
can find shelter.
“People were extremely
gracious, not demanding in any
way. They would show appreciation
for
anything
we
did…even if it was just to offer
them a bottle of water. FEMA
was not there to help. The Red
Cross was not there. The ones
helping the most were the
churches and the sheriffs.”
Stacey is joining with Gary
Moore in an all out effort to
organize rotating crews from
this area who will help rebuild
Waveland.
Gary said, “Since I’m a
Firefighter and I feel like those
people are my brothers, I was
primarily interested in helping
to rebuild the homes of the firefighters in that area. But, now it
doesn’t matter. I want to help
any of the people in Waveland
to have a home, again.”
After Gary had witnessed
incidences where FEMA and
even the FBI were slowing
down the process of getting
help to the people, he became
that much more determined to
become involved and, get the
help to where it’s needed.
There are also a number of
businesses trying to prey on the
vulnerable by charging them an
excessive amount of money for
materials. One example is a
sum of about three thousand
dollars just to have a tree
removed from their property.
But, the work Gary and Stacey
want to do is not for any monitory gain; it is strictly voluntary.
Gary has a tractor trailer
filled with lumber that is destined for Waveland, and this is
only the beginning.
Gary Moore said, “There
were three tractor trailer loads
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A solitary solider looks over the water and reflects on
the destruction.
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Cozy Cottage Antique Store holds
grand opening Saturday, October 1
Cozy Cottage is a new
antique store on Charlote Pike
at Old Hickory Boulevard.
The store has many rooms full
of unique antiques and gifts
(aged and new) to suit any
need whether its for a shower,
wedding, birthday or new
baby.
Sheila Wade, her daughter
Katie and five other women,
including Mandy Johnson,
Libby Chapman, Betty Hunt
and Judy Warman, previously
had booths at the Bellevue
Antique Mall. These women
have united their creative
efforts to provide the community with a treasure of wonderful finds.
The store’s grand opening
will be Saturday, October 1
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. There
will be refreshments and valuable gift certificate giveaways
and door prizes.
The store is open seven
days a week. Monday through
Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,
Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. and Sunday from 1-5
p.m.
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Great Door Prizes! Gourmet Food Tastings!
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Nashville
Cribbage Club
The only Nashville Area
Cribbage Club meets at various
local coffee houses on the 3rd
Thursday of every month.
Everyone from longtime players to the “Cribb-Curious” are
welcome to the free event. For
more info, please call (615)
673-2899 or email D.R. Fay at
[email protected].
Courthouse
Quilters Guild in
White Bluff
Courthouse Quilt Guild
meets the second Monday of
each month. Basic quilting
classes are taught from 1:00
p.m. until 3:00 p.m. and projects for the month start at 5:00
p.m., business session begins at
6:30 p.m. with projects finished
afterward. There is a “Sit-NSew” each 4th Saturday of the
month, at 9:00 a.m., where
classes are taught, service projects are worked on or you may
work on your own project.
Meetings are held at the White
Bluff Church of Christ, 4416
Hwy 70, White Bluff, TN.
Everyone is welcome to watch
or participate. No meeting in
December. For more information call (615) 799-0812, (615)
446-9339, (615) 446-1728,
(615) 412-9941.
West Nashville
Civitan Club
West Nashville Civitan
Club is a co-ed club that meets
at 6 p.m. every second and
fourth Tuesday of the month at
the White Bridge Shoney's.
Normally an outside speaker
makes a presentation on the
fourth Tuesday.
Mid-TN
Investment Club
Mid-Tn Investment Club is
a co-ed club that meets at 7:00
p.m. the first Thursday of each
month at the White Bridge
Shoney's. The club offers financial fellowship.
Each month we invest in
stocks to enhance the club’s
portfolio. No expertise needed.
No dues. For more information,
call Steven at 356-2383.
West Nashville
Area MOPS
West Nashville Area MOPS
(Mothers of Preschoolers)
Meets 2nd and 4th Monday of
Every Month at 9:30 a.m. until
noon at St. Paul's Southern
Methodist
Church,
5035
Hillsboro Pike because mothering matters! Come enjoy food,
fun, support, and friendships
while your children enjoy time
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with loving caregivers in a nurturing learning environment. In
addition to childcare for preschool children, we'll also offer
supervision and activities for
older siblings of pre-schoolers
who are are being home
schooled. Contact Carol Ann
Ford at 646-1912 or Ginna
DuRard at 794-1409 or [email protected]
Toastmasters at
NSCC
Nashville State Community
College Toastmasters Club
meets on the second and fourth
Wednesdays from 12:15 to 1:15
p.m. at Nashville State
Community College, 120 White
Bridge Road. The meeting is
open to anyone interested in
improving his or her speaking
skills. For more information,
call 673-2145.
Harpeth View
Toastmasters
“A Friendly Place to Meet and
Speak” That’s how Harpeth
View Toastmasters describe
their club meetings. You too can
discover how fun and easy it is
to build self-confidence and
overcome your fear of public
speaking; skills necessary in
today’s business world. Visitors
are always welcome! Meetings
are held weekly on Saturday
mornings at 7:30 a.m. on the
second floor of St. George’s
Episcopal Church on Harding
Road (park in spaces located
between the church and Belle
Meade City Hall). For more
information call 654-4819.
MOMS Club
meetings
Bellevue MOMS Club will be
meeting at the Bellevue United
Methodist Church at 7501 Old
Harding Pike the first Thursday
of each month at 10:00 a.m.
Free. For more info, call Linda
Darden at 662-3814.
American Singles
Golf Association
The American Singles Golf
Association is a national organization. The Nashville group
meets every third Tuesday at
the Dan McGuiness Irish Pub at
5:30 p.m.. For more information, please call 615-872-7788.
Knowles Center
offers diabetes
support group
The
Knowles
Senior
Center, located at 174 Rains
Ave., Nashville, TN 37203,
offers a free support group for
diabetics
facilitated
by
Vanderbilt Home Health on the
last Tuesday of each month
from 11 a.m. - noon. Contact
Claire Herb at 743-3487.
Westmeade
Fellowship
basketball &
volleyball leagues
Westmeade
Fellowship
hosts a men’s basketball league
and a women’s volleyball
league from October to January
and is now accepting applications for both leagues. Anyone
can call 781-9449 or 390-2547
for more information or email
at [email protected]. Also
visit the church website at
www.westmeade.org for additional information.
Caring for the
Caregiver support
group meetings
Caring for The Caregiver,
an ongoing support group open
to anyone caring for an elderly
parent or spouse.
The group meets alternate
Monday evenings from 5:00
p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Jewish
Family Service at the Jewish
Community Center, 801 Percy
Warner Blvd., Suite 103,
Nashville, Tennessee.
To register, please contact
Teri Sogol at 354-1662.
Clothing
Giveaway
There will be a clothing
giveaway on Saturday, October
22, 7 AM - 12 PM, 5019
Walkup Road (off Hwy 70 by
Pegram City Hall)
If you have questions, feel
free to call the Pegram Church
of Christ office at 646-6808
and/or Terri Ray at 673-7608.
PC Users’ Group
meeting
The Nashville Area PC
Users’ Group meets at 6:15
p.m. on Monday, October 3 at
the Edmondson Pike Public
Library, 5501 Edmondson Pike.
THis special meeting features
COREL on their Heartland
Tour. Tanya Lux from Corel
launches the new COREL
PaintShop Pro X and Photo
Album 6. Admission is free. For
more information, go to
http://www.nash-pc-users.com/
index.html or contact Sandy at
662-7639.
at Bellevue Baptist Church
meeting each Monday night at
7:00 P.M. providing help to
those who have experienced the
loss of a loved one. For more
information, contact: Bellevue
Baptist Church 7400 Highway
70 South (at Red Caboose Park)
615-646-2711
Bellevue
Cruise-In
The Bellevue Cruise-In
hosted by the Bellevue Cruisers
will be held at Bellevue Center
Mall on Saturday, October 1,
from 5-9 p.m.
Barth Vernon
UMC yard sale
Barth Vernon United
Methodist Church will be holding a Yard Sale on Saturday,
October 1 from 8 a.m. until.
The church is located at 6200
Robertson Road. Call 356-0206
for more information.
Convenant Baptist
Church Yard Sale
Covenant Baptist Church
will hold its annual yard sale on
Saturday October 1 from 7:00
AM to 2:00 PM. May large and
small items, clothing, books,
etc. would be displayed.
Covenant Baptist Church is
located at 8201 McCrory Lane.
Directions: From I-40, take Exit
192 and go southeast (towards
the Natchez Trace Parkway) for
approximately 1/2 mile. The
church will be on your right.
For more information, please
call the church office at (615)
646-1919 or Ms. Carol Garcia
at (615) 833-0266
South Cheatham
Chamber of
Commerce
meeting
The South Chapter of the
Cheatham County Chamber of
Commerce will meet at 6:00
PM, on Tuesday, October 4, at
Sheri
Reno,
Fine
Art
Photography & Design, 874
Thanks
Grief Share at
Bellevue Baptist
Grief Share is a new class
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Matthew Court in Kingston
Springs. The Studio is located
off Mt. Pleasant Road at the
beginning of the big curve just
before the old firetower. The
studio entrance is a purple door
in the driveway. Invited guest
speakers are Mayor Ray Crouch
and newly elected Mayor
Charles Morehead. Sheri asks
everyone to come hungry and
browse in the studio. For further information or directions,
call Adair Schippers at 9523430, or Sheri Reno at 9523333
Key Paintings of
Cezanne at
GNUUC
Professor Folgarait’s will
concentrate on selected paintings by Cezanne, including a
self portrait, a landscape, and a
still-life, to explain how
Cezanne redefined the very
nature of reality in painting and
taught us how to look in a new
way at art and at the world. Dr.
Folgarait has been at Vanderbilt
since 1981 and is now Professor
of Art History. He is a specialist
in modern art of Europe, the
United States, and Latin
America.The program will be
held on Wednesday, October 5
at 7:30 p.m., and will be preceded by an optional catered
dinner at 6:30 p.m. for $9.00
per person. Contact Greater
Nashville Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 374 Hicks
Road in Bellevue, 673-7699 for
dinner reservations and directions.
Send Community Calendar
announcements by email to
[email protected] or by fax
to 662-0946, or mail them to
Westview, P.O. Box 210183,
Nashville, TN 37221.
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The
Daughter’s
View
by Paula Underwood Winters
We’ve added another paper this
week. It’s the Grassland Gazette.
We’ve actually been printing a paper
in Grassland since April, but it was a
once a month thing. It may still be a
once a monther until I can get more
stories out of the area. But we’re
hopeful it will be a weekly just like
the Fairview and White Bluff areas.
I’ve gotten some email from folks
in those areas wanting to know if I’ll
print this or that. What I tell everyone
is that we are a community newspaper
and as such I want as many stories,
photos, leads and anything else the
readers want to send to me. I think a
community newspaper is made up of
news from the community and that
means the readers and residents of that
community. So, send it on.
Speaking of communities, I’m
heading to New Orleans on October 8
to check out my place there. It’s in the
French Quarter, which is a unique
community, to say the least. I go on
www.nola.com and read the Veaux
Carre (which is the French Quarter),
forum. I keep up with what is going on
there, when we got electricity, when
we got running water, when restaurants, bars and stores are opening.
Some never closed. And when people
are heading back to their homes there.
Some are like me, they have part time
homes there, but they still have that
connection to their part time community. Nashville (Bellevue) is my
home, but the French Quarter is also
my home. I can’t wait to get there!
Westview was founded in 1978 by the late
Doug Underwood and is an independent,
family-owned newspaper.
THE WESTVIEW
is published weekly by the
Westview Publishing Co., Inc.
8120 Sawyer Brown Road, Suite 107
P.O. Box 210183
Nashville, TN 37221
Publisher.....Evelyn Underwood Miles
Editor....Paula Underwood Winters
Fairview/White Bluff.....Richard Edmondson
Sports Reporter............................Dick Green
Titans & High School Sports Writer ....Clif
Mitchell
Accounts Receivable.................Hugh Daniel
Graphic Artist & Circulation...Melissa Evans
Account Manager ..................Andrea Gunn
Online Editor &
Book Publishing Editor......Hugh Daniel
Photographer..............Mike Ingram, Bellevue
Photography
Phone: (615) 646-6131
FAX: (615) 662-0946
E-Mail: [email protected]
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ADVERTISING: Classified advertising
deadline is Monday noon for that
Wednesday’s paper.
Display advertising deadline is Friday noon
for the following Wednesday’s paper.
ARTICLES: Deadline for articles and
community calendar is Friday noon for the
following Wednesday’s paper.
Ol’ Vet proud of newest Eagle Scout
Please permit a purely personal moment in this week’s the flag was proudly presented to this ol’ vet. Brandon’s
Vet’s View. This ol’ vet’s oldest grandchild (there are ten other granddad, Bill Brown of Nolensville, helped in the
flag presentation to Brandon, since
others) recently attained the Eagle rank in
he is a retired U.S. Navy veteran.
the Boy Scouts of America. The official
Vet’s View believes that one can
date was July 11, 2005, but on Saturday,
spot “success indicators” in younger
September 24, 2005, family and friends
by John Furgess
persons and certainly attaining the
gathered for the formal ceremony. It was
Past VFW
Eagle rank would be one of them.
held at his hometown in Lake Wylie,
National Commander
To all the Eagles out there in
South Carolina (south of Charlotte, North
Westview-land, congratulations! You
Carolina).
Brandon Michael Brown also celebrated his 15th birth- certainly have “bragging rights for life!” Prospective
day the following Monday, September 26. He is the oldest employers, to be sure, would take note of the Eagle in one’s
of five boys and his parents are Kenneth and Amy Brown, resume. To youngsters currently involved in working
who were born and raised in Nashville. They are graduates toward their Eagle rank, who are currently “on the trail,”
of Father Ryan High School, and Amy later graduated from continue your march to success! Work hard to overcome the
obstacles along the way, and keep your eye on the goal.
MTSU.
Brandon has just started his high school education and Someone once said that “the harder I work, the luckier I
get.” There’s a lot of truth in that old saying.
has realized a quick fondness for Air Force JROTC.
Having other Eagles at the ceremony was also impresThe Eagle ceremony is an impressive one, and Vet’s
View was pleased to present Brandon a U.S. flag, which sive, and it proved that individual accomplishments are
recently flew in a U.S. Army unit in Iraq. Upon learning his usually achieved by help and support along the way. That,
granddad was going to visit troops in Iraq last month, too, is one of life’s many lessons. At least, that’s his Vet’s
Brandon’s only request was “bring me back a flag.” This View. What’s yours?
(See Brandon’s story on page 17)
request was mentioned to one of the units being visited and
Vet’s View
Council
Comments
I wanted to bring everyone
with a material pallet as an attached to
up to date on what I know, conthe planned unit development (PUD).
cerning the Bellevue Mall
The building will be brick,with some
Redevelopment Plan as it
stone accenting on the foundation, makrelates to the proposed new
ing the new Wal-Mart similar to the one
by Eric Crafton
Wal-Mart shopping center. As
in Cool Springs.
Councilman-eelect 22nd District
most people already know, the
I brought a copy of the elevation to
base zoning for this project was done at the time when the Paula at the WestView. She has graciously agreed to pubMall planning overlay was put into place. Because of this lish this artist’s rendering, so that the Bellevue Community
fact, the new Wal-Mart project did not have to undergo the can see what will be built.
normal rezoning process, which requires community meetAdditionally, the developer anticipates a Spring 2006
ings and three readings at the Metro Council.In talking start time for construction on this project.Although previwith the Mall and the developer’s representatives, I did ous zoning precluded us from having a lot of input into this
stress in the strongest terms that the community wants particular issue, I am happy that we were able to obtain
design criteria that are aesthetically pleasing, monument- some very important architectural considerations that will
style signage (not the tall poles signs) on HWY 70 and enhance the community and mesh well with the Mall’s
landscape buffering. The developers agreed to these com- redevelopment plan.
munity requests, and to make sure these components are
As always, I welcome your comments or questions at
followed, I placed the elevations (artist’s rendering) along 862-6780, 300-7808 or at [email protected].
Speaking of
Sports
By Dick Green
The Tide and the Terrific Trio
In the century long history of college football, there
have been odd and unique events. Oklahoma's 47 game
winning streak and Notre Dame’s 23 consecutive years
without a home game loss are some of them. These records
can and will eventually be broken, but
at the University of Alabama, there is a
football unique story that will probably
never be broken.
Arriving at Alabama in the early
30’s from high school in Blytheville,
Arkansas, was Herschel Mosely, a halfback who would play in the Rose Bowl
and other major bowls. Next to arrive at
Alabama was Russ Mosely, who also
would play in major bowls. And, finally, youngest brother Norman “Monk”
Mosely in 1941-42. Monk would also
play in major bowls, the Orange and
Sugar.
What is so unique about the three
brothers? They were approximately the
same height and weight and also played
the same position, left halfback.
When WWII broke out, the brothers
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rushed to defend their country by serving in the Army and
Army Air Forces. Monk returned to Alabama after the war,
played in the Orange and Sugar Bowls in 46 and 47. After
graduation, all the brothers would go on to have successful careers in their chosen business professions.
Several years ago, Herschel and Russ left this earth
and are now playing on a softer turf in the skies and listening to the cheers of all those long departed Bama fans.
Monk remains with us, living out his life in Birmingham.
So, for all you old and new Bama fans, don’t ever forget
the Mosely brothers. They are the best gift Arkansas ever
gave to Alabama.
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Politically Speaking
There has been considerable discussion recently about the proposed ethics leg- amount of “laws” will make an unethical person suddenly become ethical. Is it
islation for Metro Council members. At our last meeting, the Council once again important for citizens to trust their Metro Councilmembers? Absolutely! But does
deferred the legislation after several amendments were filed (and at least one was appointing an ethical board of conduct made up of special interest groups (such as
adopted) to strengthen the bill. Apparently, the primary sponsor was offended that labor unions or the Chamber of Commerce) who regularly lobby the Council both
the Council would attempt to clarify and strengthen the legisfor and against legislation make sense? I think not, but
lation. First of all, I hope residents understand that the Metro
that’s exactly what this version of ethics legislation did –
Council already operates under a code of ethics. We already
it created a board of ethical conduct made up of these peofile annual reports on disclosing our sources of income and
ple. That was one of the main reasons many
campaign contributions, if any. Second, I hope residents can
Councilmembers thought it was best to defer this bill and
separate the work of the Metro Council from that of the State
set up some training and working sessions to bring up all
by Charlie Tygard
legislature, where the antics of Senator Ford and others have
the amendments and get this legislation right the first time.
Councilman, 35th District
cast a cloud over all elected officials.
In last week’s editorial column, Paula mentioned
Around 12-13 years ago, in the early 1990’s, I was serving in my second term remarks made by Mayor Purcell before the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce casting
as 35th District Councilman. I was visited by a constituent who owned a piece to doubt on the new Bellevue Library. I, too, was shocked by his comments that
although the $800,000 in planning money was secure and he stood by his commitproperty in the 35th District and who was interested in rezoning that property from
ment for construction money in next year’s Capital Spending Budget, concerns over
residential to commercial, thus making the property much more valuable. He began
future operating funds made this project an issue. How the city could be facing an
his visit by telling me what a great job I was doing and how he appreciated my hard
operations crunch before the additional $128 million annual tax increase is even colwork for the community, such as beginning our community recycling program at that
lected this first year is certainly shocking! Perhaps our problem in local government
time. He proceeded to reach into his pocket and pull out 10 - $100 dollar bills and
is not a revenue problem, but rather a spending priority problem. At any rate, I will
stated he wanted to assist my efforts by making this donation to my campaign. I cercontinue to work with my colleagues on the Council to insure that the new Bellevue
tainly was taken aback by this gesture. After a second to gather my thoughts and
Library remains on track. I even attended last week’s meeting of the Library Board
emotions, I told him how honored I was by his comments, but that I thought his
of Trust and thanked them for their service to the city and pledged that the Bellevue
“donation” could better serve the charity of his choice rather than my campaign.
community is willing and able to work with them on identifying priorities for our
Since I knew this individual was a not your typical lobbyist out trying to buy influnew library.
ence, I gave him the benefit of the doubt over this unfortunate incident and choose
As always, please feel free in contacting me at 243-3295 (cell), 256-7146
to treat it as bad judgment on his part rather than a “bribe.”
(work), 646-3295 (home), by fax at 256-7150 or by email at [email protected]
My whole point in recounting this incident is that I really don’t believe that any
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Dear Dave,
My financial counselor is trying to interest me in
variable adjustable life insurance for retirement. I’m
47-years old, married, have two teenage girls and own
my own business. I was wondering if it’s just as good,
or better, than a mutual fund investment?
Andy via email
You’ve got several issues on the table, Sandra, and
they’re all very serious. One is that your husband is
willing to make major, life-changing decisions without
accepting your input. I’m a pretty opinionated guy, but
I don’t make major financial decisions that affect my
By Dave Ramsey
family without my wife’s agreement. This isn’t because
I can’t make decisions on my own or that I’m henpecked. It’s just common courtesy and respect to hear
her insight on the matter. If she and I don’t come to an
agreement on these things, then the deal’s dead and that
works both ways. It’s just part of a good marriage. If your husband says he wants to
buy a new car, and you don’t think it’s a good idea but he does it anyway – that’s
wrong.
The second major issue is his mentality that the best way to be prosperous or
appear prosperous is by going into debt. The paradox is that it’s exactly the opposite
that causes you to be prosperous. When you get rid of payments you have the largest
wealth-building tool in your life available to you – your income. When all the money
comes in and all the money goes out, there’s nothing to invest or save or buy nice
things with. But it’s easy to do all these things when you don’t have any payments.
- Dave
Dave Says...
Dear Andy,
You don’t have a financial counselor, you have a
life insurance agent who’s about to rip you off. Get rid of him. Variable adjustable
life insurance is a really bad product.
Being self-employed, you’d be much better off to first fund your IRAs and then
fund a SEPP or a simple 401(k) – all in good growth stock mutual funds. Variable
life has mutual funds inside it, but they take out so many fees that they end up taking away half the returns.
The Consumer Federation of America did a study of “variable life rip-off” and
found that the average net yield on the mutual funds involved was about 7.4% when
it should have been 12-14%. You’re much better off going straight to mutual funds
than going through an insurance product to get there.
Never buy any kind of life insurance that has a savings element
built into it, Andy. They are BAD products!
- Dave
Chaffin’s Barn Theatre receives award
Dear Dave,
My husband says he doesn’t want to work all the time and not
have anything nice. I think we should save money and pay cash for
things, but he’s always going out and making expensive purchases
on credit. He’s pushing us further and further into debt, and I don’t
know what to do.
Sandra
Dear Sandra,
It sounds like your husband has gotten into the old mentality
some folks have where they think the only way they’ll ever have
anything in their lives is by going into debt. It’s an old song and
dance that sounds like this: The only way I’ll have a decent car is to
have a car payment … that’s just the way it is, a poor man can’t make
it … only rich people can have anything nice, and all this other
garbage. That whole way of thinking makes me want to punch somebody.
I’ve been broke twice in my life, and I’ve been a millionaire
twice in my life before the age of 40. I’m nothing extra-special, just
a little bald-headed guy who wouldn’t quit and refused to accept that
way of thinking. If you work, work, work, the last thing you want is
to be in debt to the banker and have big payments hanging over your
head.
See if this little piece of information will get his attention. If he
were to cut back just a little and make more conservative purchases,
you’d probably have enough money to invest the equivalent of a car
Janie Chaffin stands beside the sign that proclaims that Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre
payment each month. The average car payment in North America is
$378 over 55 months. If you were to invest this from age 25 to age 65 had won the Beautification Award from the Nashville Chamber of Commerce for the
west Nashville area.
you’d have $4.4 million! Not exactly poor man money, is it?
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Vol. 1 No. 17
September 28, 2005
Budget-strapped theater group scrambles for funds
By Richard Edmondson
What does washing cars
have to do with selling pancakes? Answer: they’re both
fundraising measures being
resorted to by the Patchwork
Players, as the struggling theater group scrambles to cover
the expense involved in moving
into and renovating its new
headquarters in White Bluff.
The group had originally
estimated it would take $15,000
to $20,000 to set up shop in its
new theater at 202 Commerce
Street—and director Leo
Sochocki said last week that as
things are turning out that estimate “seems to be accurate.”
Three cheers for accuracy.
But the downside, says
Sochocki, is that so far donations have stalled at around
$7,500. To complicate matters
further, there are several people
who had pledged contributions
totaling $2500, but who have
for various reasons, been
unable to fulfill their commitments, he adds.
“Any time you have a situation where you rely on donations, and you’re relying on
volunteer help, invariably there
are good people with kind
hearts who honestly believe
they’re going to be able to help,
and they tell you that they’re
going to (help) at a certain
level, but then for whatever reason, they’re not able to fulfill
that obligation—and you don’t
fault them for that because we
all run into problems,”
Sochocki said.
Nonetheless it leaves a
group of starving actors casting
about for ways to make up the
shortfall. Last week it was a car
wash, and this Saturday the
thespians will serve up steaming hot pancakes to $5 ticket
holders in an effort to fatten a
purse grown increasingly thin
from things like renting backhoes and constructing a kitchen.
“One of the things is, in
order to do the pancake breakfast we absolutely have to finish
the kitchen in here, and that’s
money that we really don’t
have, so things sometimes end
up on my credit card.”
This past Saturday, while
the car wash was going on outside the building, Sochocki and
two other volunteers were
inside the building hammering
together the frames for walls
which will partition off the
kitchen—a kitchen which didn’t exist before Patchwork
moved into the building, but
which now consists of a sink,
cabinets, a donated refrigerator,
and two donated stoves.
Another amenity the new
building lacked, he said, was
bathrooms.
“We did the plumbing pretty much ourselves. We did have
a plumber who was in here who
helped us out with the initial
things, for instance we had to
cut a trench through the concrete floor to run a drain out to
the sewer line in the back. That
whole process—that was one of
the major time consumption
things there.
“We looked forever to find
where the pipe went out to the
sewer. We never did find the
one coming out of the building.
Finally we ended up having to
dig a big ditch out in back of the
building and run a new fourinch line out to the sewer line
that is down the alley way
behind there,” he added.
The process involved renting
a
backhoe—another
expense.
Following a successful run
of “The Mikado,” which
included a couple of sell-out
performances as well as some
near-sell-outs,
Patchwork
announced that it’s next production will be “The Greatest
Christmas Pageant Ever,”
adapted from the novel and
screenplay
by
Barbara
Robinson. The show starts
November 25, and Sochocki
says plans call for at least some
of the performances during the
run to include a catered dinner.
In fact he hopes to see the
Patchwork Players theater in
White Bluff become a fully
functioning dinner theater at
some point in the future, and
there have also been plans to
convert the lobby of the theater
into a coffee house. In fact the
latter plan, especially, was
Rare Gold
expected to materialize rather
quickly, but fell through at the
last minute.
“That’s another thing that
we were sort of counting on
happening, knowing who it was
going to be, and the folks that
were going to do it decided that
they wanted to travel instead of
start doing that much work to
begin a business. So—that’s not
happening.”
One thing that definitely is
on, however, is “The Greatest
Christmas Pageant Ever.” The
play, which tells the story of a
group of children putting on a
Christmas pageant, has already
been cast and rehearsals are
underway. But the Christmas
season holds more in store for
local theater lovers than that
alone.
In
addition
to
Patchwork’s production of
“Pageant,” Sochocki himself
will put on a one-man show
entitled
“The
Santaland
Diaries.”
The story is by David
Sedaris and documents his
experience working as an elf
during the Christmas shopping
season at Macy’s Department
Store’s “Santaland.”
“The premise of the show
is an out-of-work actor answers
an ad and takes a job in New
York City as one of Santa’s
elves in Santaland. It’s a very,
sharp, barbed, funny, satirical
look at Christmas. It’s kind of
the anti-Christmas ‘Christmas
Carol.’ For those people who
have had to work retail at
Christmas time—they love the
show,” he said.
For a 501c3 organization
like the Patchwork Players,
foundation grants are always a
possibility as well—but it’s an
iffy proposition, and the group
recently received a disappointment there as well.
“That was kind of another
hit. Just yesterday actually we
got notification that we’re not
going to be getting a grant from
the Community Foundation.
They’ve had to tighten their
belts as well. It’s only a thousand dollars, but in the past two
years we have gotten grants
from them,” said Sochocki.
All of which means the
group will have to sell a lot of
pancakes this Saturday.
The breakfast starts at 6:30
in the morning and will run
until 9. Tickets are $5 each, and
while they will be available at
the door, it’s suggested that
attendees purchase tickets
ahead of time—either from a
member of the group should
you happen to run into one, or
by calling either 957-4852 or
943-8981.
“We’re only planning to
have maybe 25 to 30 people sitting down at a time, and probably seeing no more than 90 people through during the course of
the morning,” he said.
‘Main Street Fall Festival’ planned
Following on the heels of
the successful Main Street
Festival held this past July,
merchants and community
organizers are planning an
encore event, tentatively set for
October 22 and to be called the
Main Street Fall Festival.
“We’re going to have some
music and a lot of entertainment. The Patchwork Players
will be there again,” said Dixie
Kerr, a community activist and
fund raiser who recently delivered relief supplies to hurricane
victims in Mississippi and
Louisiana.
Kerr said so far the sponsors for the event include
Petals on the Bluff and
Elements, but that more may
get involved.
“It’s going to be called the
‘Main Street Fall Festival.’
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There’s going to be a stage for
entertainment, arts and crafts—
there’ll be several booths set
up,” she said, adding that the
event will also represent an
opportunity for community
charitable organizations to
raise money.
“It’ll start at 4:30 in the
afternoon and just run until
whenever,” said Kerr.
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Williams Family - Final part
George Wash Williams and
Nancy E. Hunter had the following children:
Bettie A. born 1875, married Leroy F. Duke on January
5, 1890. He died in 1908.
Minerva was born in 1878
and died in 1977.
Delbert Martin was born in
1880 and married Annie Krantz
Ragan on December 25, 1910.
He died in 1959.
Ellen L. married Frank
McLaughlin on April 6, 1911.
JamesF. Williams and
Mary Jane McCormick had the
following children:
Joseph Henry born 1871,
married Lula Belle Corlew on
October 18, 1892. He died in
1929.
Anna married Ira Carter on
January 29, 1894.
Joseph F. Williams and
Nancy Ann Heath had the following children:
Robert Melvin, born 1887,
married Vallie Woodard on
February 17, 1907 and died in
1948.
Harland A. was born in
1889, married Maggie Garland
on October 11, 1908.
Thomas Virgil was born
1891 and married Zetti Kephart
on July 7, 1907. His second
marriage was to Ella Aldrige on
December 25, 1912.
Andrew Newton was born
in 1897, married Nobie
Elizabeth Proctor on July 8, 1819, Jane was born in 1821,
Susannah was born January 23,
1917 and died in 1949.
Bessie was born in 1899, 1823 and Louisa was born
Anna in 1901 and Harris in November 29, 1825.
Ruth died somewhere
1906.
Most of the Robert between 1826 and 1828 and
Williams Sr. children stayed in John married a second time to
Dickson
and
Cheatham Elizabeth (Tidwell) Davidson,
Counties. There are numerous widow of Joseph Davidson.
She had four children of her
decendants around today.
Note: Robert Francis own. They were married on
Williams and Robert Thomas July 31, 1829 in Dickson
County. John and Elizabeth
Williams Sr. were cousins.
Next week stories about the then had James, born March 12,
McCaslin family of White 1830; Kissiah, born December
14, 1831; John, born December
Bluff.
29, 1833; Mary, born April 14,
McCaslin Family - Part 1
John McCaslin was born 1836; Edmon, born April 17,
March 5, 1795 in North 1838; Benjamin Tidwell, born
Carolina to John and Susannah August 25, 1841 and Henry
(Younger) McCaslin. The Clay, born May 9, 1844. All of
McCaslin family came to these were born in the vicinity
Tennessee before 1812 and set- of present day White Bluff.
tled where present day White
More next week.
Bluff is located.
J o h n
McCaslin married
Ruth
Anderson on
March 7, 1816
and proceeded
to have five
children. They
were Nancy,
born in 1816,
died in 1855 in
D i c k s o n
County.
She
never married.
Benjamin
Franklin
was Louisa McCaslin and husband John G.
Casey
born on July 17,
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of Death (I rode a donkey); the
Jordan River; the Tomb wher
Jesus Christ was buried; and
the Wailing Wall. We watched
some
excavations
where
archaeologists were discovering cities dating back to Roman
times.
When we left Tel Aviv, our
El Al plane, after two hours
crossing the Mediterranean
Sea, developed engine trouble
and we returned to Tel Aviv.
There were over 400 people on
board and the pilot announced
that the plane could crash on
landing, so we dropped the
fuel. It was a scary, rough,
tough, but SAFE landing, and
we spent 10 hours at the Tel
Aviv Sheraton Hotel while the
plane engine was repaired.
The Sheraton really treated
us royally. The food was superb
and we were given rooms to
shower and nap in, but no one
could sleep, so we all settled in
the lobby. We and our
overnight luggage just about
covered the entire lobby floor.
We were each given three minutes of telephone time to contact our families and tell them
of the delay. We were a tired
and worried bunch.
Our flight on the SAME
plane, (after repairs), was great
and we were one big happy
family. Although I took eight
rolls of film and I look forward
to making that trip again.
I also travelled to London,
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Fairview Gazette
Vol. 1 No. 17
September 28, 2005
With this marching band it isn’t only the music that’s old
By Richard Edmondson
It’s a warm Friday afternoon in September and the
band is rocking and rolling to
Kool and the Gang. There’s a
hurricane about to hit the coast
of Texas and God knows how
much damage it’s going to do,
but there’s a hurricane right
here in the parking lot of
Fairview High School, and its
name is the Sound O’ Gold
Band.
For the uninitiated that’s
the marching band of the
Fairview
High
Yellow
Jackets—and on this particular
afternoon the pit crew is loading up the truck for the trip to
Spring Hill, where the band will
be entertaining during the half
time of tonight’s away game.
But for right now, in the
waning hours of the day and
just before everybody piles
onto the bus, there’s a little
time—just a little—for a quick
rehearsal of the musical routine.
The trumpets are blaring out
Robert
“Kool”
Bell’s
“Celebration.” You can maybe
hear the clarinets too, although
as ever woodwinds seem to get
drowned out by the brass. But
the trombones and tuba, big
birds that they are, are definitely soaring, and the bass drummer is pounding the skins with
a pent-up fury.
You’d never know that just
a half hour earlier band director
Rick DeBusk was jerry-rigging
an ancient piece of equipment,
a snare drum holder—vital for
the drummers to be able to
march on the field—in the confines of his cramped workroom.
“It fell apart at the last
game,” he says. “We need new
equipment and this is a temporary fix.” When asked how old
the thing is, DeBusk replies,
“Probably about as old as I
am.”
With two hurricanes hitting
the Gulf coast in less than a
month we’re definitely living in
the era of the weird weather
event. And while there’s nothing weird about a high school
marching band—it just represents a lot of hard work and
energy—nonetheless there is
something hurricane-like about
the way the flag girls slam their
flags down upon the pavement
(almost disdainfully) and
launch into their dance number.
Their motions include, at one
point, a gripped forearm and an
upraised fist.
Maybe it’s just a well-choreographed dance routine. On
the other hand, maybe it’s an
archetype from Jung’s collective unconscious, telling us
something about where we’re at
in the world today.
“I love it so far,” says
DeBusk, who is in his first year
as band director at Fairview.
“We’ve got a good group of
kids and a good group of boosters—the adults we work with.”
Indeed
without
the
Fairview Band Boosters it’s
questionable whether the Sound
O’ Gold Band would even exist.
Certainly they wouldn’t have
any uniforms to wear, since
Williamson County Schools
provides nothing in that regard.
“We’re in the process right
now of raising money to pur-
chase new uniforms. The uniforms we have right now are 25
years old,” says Band Booster
member Ann Marie Gonzalez.
Twenty five years old? You
mean to say the kids in this
marching band have been wearing the same uniforms for 25
years??? Gonzalez laughs and
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City, Dickson authorities confer; agreement appears close
by Richard Edmondson
It would involve a transfer
of some $3.2 million in city
assets over to the Water
Authority of Dickson County,
but Fairview could at last be
seeing the light at the end of the
tunnel with regard to its persisting sewer difficulties.
City officials were generally upbeat following a public
workshop discussion last
Thursday night—a session
which brought together two key
Water Authority officials with
the entire membership of the
Fairview
Board
of
Commissioners. The meeting
was also attended by the press
and members of the public.
“I feel wonderful. I think it
(the meeting) went better than I
even expected as far as getting
answers and all the board
understanding the answers,”
said a smiling Mayor Ken
Brison at the workshop’s conclusion.
“I think, just like I’ve
thought all the time, that once
we (both Fairview and Water
Authority officials) sit down
together it’s going to work,” he
added.
Brison’s sentiments were
echoed by Commissioner
Wayne Hall, who said he felt
optimistic that the terms of the
agreement that were hammered
out would be accepted by the
board.
Asked specifically about
the transfer of city assets
involved in the deal, Hall
answered, “We were expecting
that.”
“I can see their wanting to
start where they won’t be out a
whole lot of expense. They’re
taking over our system, and it’s
going to need some upgrading
and maintenance, so I can see
their standpoint. From their side
it’s a good business decision,”
Hall added.
On the Dickson side, the
meeting was attended by Kyle
C. Ruff, a member of the Water
Authority’s board of directors,
and Tom Regen, of the Dickson
law firm White, Regen, and
Garton, which serves as counsel
to the utility.
Negotiations between the
two sides appeared to be tottering near a dangerous precipice
at one point, particularly in the
first two weeks of this month. A
September 14 letter from
Regan, which was received at 4
o’clock the following afternoon, appeared to throw city
officials into a tailspin and
resulted in a 40-minute delay of
a regularly-scheduled Board of
Commissioners meeting that
night.
Regen’s letter, which is
addressed to Fairview City
Attorney Larry Cantrell, takes
an ominous tone and notes at
one point that “the progress of
the discussions between our
respective clients has reached a
critical point.”
However, back-channel
communications seem to have
smoothed over whatever differences may have existed. Brison
said he had had meetings with
Water Authority board members since the receipt of the letter.
The workshop discussion
focused on seven key areas of
concern including the transfer
over to Dickson of $3 million in
funds as well as an additional
$200,000 worth of city proper-
ty. Also discussed was a contract stipulation that Fairview
Water customers would see no
rate increase for at least five
years—a provision which
Dickson authorities have
agreed to.
However, with regard to
the latter point, Regen’s letter
notes two possible “caveats” in
the form of bond covenants
which could make it illegal for
the Authority to comply with
the provision.
While no discussion of the
bond covenants’ specifics took
place during the workshop,
Ruff did take pains to assure
city officials that the Authority
is committed to keeping the
rates either the same, or even
possibly lowering them slightly,
for the designated 5-year period. At the end of the five years
Fairview water rates would
adjust to the prevailing level
paid by all customers in the
Dickson Authority system, he
said.
“The fee structure (currently used by the Fairview Water
Department) is a little bit scattered. We’d like to even
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To keep the rates where they are
the fee structure to us looks like
it could use a little fine tuning,
a little simplification, which
will be to the betterment of the
customers. So we’ll agree to
keep the rates the same, and the
fee structure as good, or better,
than it is,” Ruff said.
The deal, which still must
be voted on by commissioners
at their next meeting, would
also involve the transfer over to
the Authority of roughly $3
million from the city’s water
and sewer fund. The fund
includes money the city had
been setting aside for sewer
plant expansion—a project that
will no longer be necessary if
the Dickson deal is once and for
all finalized.
In addition to the funds
transfer, the deal also calls for
Dickson’s
acquisition
of
$200,000 worth of property,
including heavy equipment,
currently used by the city to
operate
the
Water
Department—or, in lieu of turning over the actual equipment
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Band Boosters....
nods her head.
“It’s pretty old, yes. They
look pretty bad.”
The good news is that new
uniforms for the 35-member
band are being purchased—
have actually been ordered—
but due to the expense involved
they are having to be acquired
in stages.
“I think we’ve already
spent somewhere around
$8,000,” said Jeremy Gonzalez,
current Band Booster president.
“Originally we thought it was
going to be close to $20,000 to
outfit the entire band plus to
have a few extras. But what we
decided was to go ahead and
kind of purchase the uniform in
stages. Plus it saved us a little
bit of money doing it that way.”
So what’s being purchased
here at the outset, he says, are
the pants only. What about the
remainder of the uniform? It
will
all
depend…on
money…but Gonzalez seems to
feel confident that the full,
complete uniform will not be
that far down the road.
As you probably have
guessed by now the Band
Boosters are made up largely of
parents who have kids playing
in the band—the Gonzalez’s for
instance have two—and while
clearly some of the money necessary to outfit and sustain the
effort comes out of the parents’
pockets, there are a variety of
other fund raising methods put
to work, as Ann Marie
Gonzalez enumerates.
“We sell programs at all
home football games. We’ve
sold ads for the programs. And
we sell donuts after home
games. We’ve had car washes
and yard sales.”
Crumbling levees and parents having to sell donuts to
pay for band uniforms? Maybe
it speaks to where our priorities
(Continued from Fairview)
lie in this country. Maybe it’s
the collective unconscious
again—only this time maybe
it’s crying out in agony.
The Sound O’ Gold Band,
like any band, is made up of
individual musicians. In this
case, of course, we’re talking
about student musicians, and
they come in all sizes, from tiny
Shelby Cox who plays trumpet,
to
strapping
Joseph
Pendergrass, who swings on the
tuba.
Cox has been playing
trumpet since sixth grade (she’s
in her freshman year now).
Does she have aspirations of
going on and becoming a professional musician? She smiles
as she answers.
“That’d be fun, but I don’t
know if I could ever make it
that far.”
Pendergrass, started out
playing baritone, but a former
band director at Fairview
decided he had the lung power
to play tuba.
“It (the baritone) is like a
tuba only smaller, and you play
it in treble clef. As I got older
my windpipe grew stronger, so
I got moved up to the tuba, and
I’ve been playing tuba since
seventh grade I guess,”
Pendergrass said.
And then there’s Austin
Hall, who had some training in
classical music where he used
to go to school in Mount Juliet,
but who isn’t all that averse to
playing with a band that does
renditions of Kool and the
Gang either. Even though the
song
“Celebration”
was
released before he was born,
Hall opines that the music is
“pretty cool.”
But a marching band isn’t
about musicians only. There’s
more. Lots more. As DeBusk
puts it, “it takes an army to
move an army”—and that’s
where the pit crew comes in.
One of these is Theresa Dennis.
While she has a brother who
plays in the band, Theresa
doesn’t play an instrument herself. But she and her dad do
their part helping out in the pit
crew.
“I help the band with the
equipment out on the field, and
I help with all their instruments,” says Dennis as she, her
father, and others load up the
truck for the trip to Spring Hill
tonight.
Meanwhile it’s getting late
and rehearsal is winding down.
All this time DeBusk has been
speaking through a megaphone
to his students, sometimes
cajoling, sometimes reprimanding, but constantly on the lookout for missteps and miscues.
“I said no talking. Why do
I still hear talking?” he blares
through the megaphone, and
suddenly it becomes quiet
enough to hear the proverbial
dropping pin.
The Sound O’ Gold has a
full schedule this weekend.
After the game in Spring Hill
tonight they will journey
tomorrow, first to Columbia,
and then Mount Pleasant. In
these two locales the band, clad
in their quarter-century-old uniforms, will participate in a
competition against other high
school marching bands.
“It’s the same competition
but it got so big they had to
move it to two separate sites,”
says Ann Marie Gonzalez.
And as for the new uniforms they hope to acquire?
“We’ll get’em. We’re actually real close,” she says.
And while the uniforms
they have now may be old, and
some of the equipment dilapidated, one thing is clear—
there’s no shortage of heart
here.
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compensated monetarily at its
book value. The property in
question includes two backhoes, several service vehicles,
tools and machinery.
Ruff said the object of the
assets transfer is so the
Authority doesn’t have to “start
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“The position I don’t want
to be in on my board is to say to
our rate payers, ‘well we’ve
gotta fork up $200,000 at day
one to pay for equipment for a
system we’re acquiring that
was there yesterday.’ So what
we want is the whole system.
We’re going to start where it’s
at and take it forward.” he said.
The city is currently under
a state moratorium against issuing new building permits due to
the near over-loading of its currently-existing sewer plant.
While questions were raised
about the moratorium, particularly from members of the audience, Dickson officials were
reluctant to give a time frame
for when the project would be
completed and the moratorium
lifted. Part of the reason for that
reluctance is that the proposed
merger of the two systems will
still require state approval, and
no one is sure how long that
process will take.
However, Ruff said the laying of the connector pipes—
once work finally begins—will
take only about six months.
Brison said he is hopeful of
having the moratorium lifted by
next summer.
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of ice that FEMA wouldn’t
allow through until a sheriff
finally got the trucks and took
the ice. That’s what I’m trying
to avoid…the red tape. I just
want to play a small part in
contributing to the rebuilding
of Waveland.”
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volunteering their time for a
work crew or donating building materials, contact Gary
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Waveland,
Mississippi, can be mailed to
Joelton First Baptist Church
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American flags were flown high along the coast.
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Parks & Recreation hosts
Halloween Fun in Fairview
Williamson County Parks
and Recreation’s Fairview
Complex hosts a swarm of
frightfully fun Halloween
classes for kids.
On
Wednesday, October 12th
from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
youth ages 6-12 can learn to
make a Halloween staple and
year-round favorite: “(Candy
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Only $2.00 per person brings
a legendary treat and recipe in
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ceramics will be brought to
life. Preschool ghouls age 3-5
can paint their scary sculptures on Wednesday, October
19th from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00
p.m., with youth ages 6-10
creating their “monsterpieces” on Thursday, October
20th from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00
p.m. Each class is $5.00 per
participant.
Finally,
on
Friday,
October 28th from 4:00 p.m.
to 4:45 p.m., kids ages 5 and
older will color their very
own monster mask—complete with hands, feet and a
spine-tingling face to wear on
Halloween night. Just $1.00
per child puts your creative
creature to task for a trick-ortreat accessory.
The Fairview Recreation
Complex is located at 2714
Fairview
Boulevard
in
Fairview. For more information and class registration,
contact the Complex at 7999331.
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New workshop for
Baby-Signing parents
You’ve heard about the “baby signs magic” of teaching toddlers ages 6-36 months old how to communicate before or along
with their first words. You’ve heard about the six weeks of classes that do this. (Sept. 9 through Oct. 14 at the Franklin Recreation
Complex) Now, the Williamson County Parks and Recreation’s
Franklin Complex is also offering a one-time parent’s workshop
to bring these fundamentals home. The Baby Signs Parent
Workshop on Thursday, October 13th from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
will deliver the skills parents need to implement their baby signs
knowledge at home. Plus, instructor Teri Anderson invites an
immediate family member to attend free— creating a built-in
baby signs partner inside the family environment. The workshop
fee is $15.00 per parent, with $35.00 for the corresponding takehome Baby Signs resource kit.
Register by calling the Franklin Complex at 790-5719, ext.
10, or by visiting the Complex at 1120 Hillsboro Road.
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planning 2006 Fall Festival
Water Color Artists Wanted
The Williamson County Parks and Recreation’s Franklin
Complex is “watering down” the art department… with a watercolor workshops! Designed for adult beginners and/or painters in
search of watercolor skill improvement, the all-day workshops
are offered on Saturdays, October 8th from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
for advanced artists, or October 29th at the same time for beginner and intermediate painters. Participants will learn about watercolor materials, tools, paper stretching, framing and the importance of the color chart. Using the wet-on-wet watercolor technique, a still life composition will be the attendee’s accomplishment. Each session costs $60.00 per person, with a $10.00 allinclusive supply fee. (Participants may bring their own object to
paint.)
The Franklin Recreation Complex is located at 1120
Hillsboro Road in Franklin. For more information or class registration, call 790-5719, ext. 10.
Adult Recreation Fall Festival!
Welcome in autumn with a Fall Festival sponsored by the
Williamson County Parks and Recreation Department’s
Therapeutic Division. Young adults and up are invited to enjoy
an exciting hayride and dinner on Thursday, September 22nd from
5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. while favorite disc jockey Louis Lee spins
the dance tunes at the Franklin Recreation Complex, 1120
Hillsboro Road. Just $5.00 per person covers the dinner-hayride
event, including a goodie bag! Don’t miss it!
This is a P.A.L.S. event (People At Leisure with Support)
where caregivers are required to stay with those needing support.
In order to cover food costs, caregivers wishing to eat are required
to pay the activity fee. Registration is required by September 20th
by calling 790-5719, ext. 10.
Therapeutic Division goes bowling!
The Williamson County Parks and Recreation’s Therapeutic
Division hosts afternoons of bowling on Tuesdays, beginning
September 13th through November 22nd from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30
p.m. at the Franklin Family Entertainment Center, 1200 Lakeview
Drive. All ages are welcome to participate in the fun! Cost is
$3.00 per visit paid to the Franklin Family Entertainment Center.
Bring a friend and meet us there!
Note: Due to staff availability, one-on-one assistance is not
available for this activity. For more information, call 790-5719,
ext. 10.
A meeting has been
scheduled to be held October
18 at Barbara’s Restaurant to
start planning the 2006 Fall
Festival
in
Grassland.
Business owners, church and
school leaders and area residents are coming together to
plan this event, which is
hoped to start an annual tradi-
tion. The location hasn’t been
decided yet, but one option is
the Grassland Park behind the
middle school.
After deciding it was too
late to plan a successful event
this year, they have decided to
get an early jump on planning
the event for next fall.
Some of the suggested
activities include a chili
cookoff, pumpkin carving, hot
air balloon rides, rock climbing wall, silent auction,
booths, and a concert.
Anyone interested in
helping plan this fun event is
encouraged to attend the
meeting.
Saddle Up! holding anniversary & awards
banquet and Success Within workshop
Saddle Up! will be celebrating 15 years of dedication
on October 8 from 5-7 p.m.
There will be a video presentation of Saddle Up! through
the years. They will also be
honoring the graduating seniors, Amy Flanagan, Jessica
Messamore, Chrissy Statum,
Rinetta Taylor and Eric
Wilson as they ride a “final
lap” around the Lynne Evans
Arena. Various awards will be
presented during the potluck
dinner. RSVP by calling Tina
Carpenter at 794-1150, ext. 3
by September 30.
Saddle Up! staff member
and west Nashville resident,
Lisa Wysocky will present a
life-changing workshop based
on her new book, Success
Within on Saturday, October
29 from 1-5 p.m.
Lisa will give seminar
attendees immediate tools
they can use for decisionmaking, goal-setting, and
time-management strategies,
plus exercises in giving and
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laughter
and
change, listening and diversity, and much, much more.
Cost of the seminar is
$49, with partial proceeds
going to Saddle Up!
Everyone is invited and
each seminar attendee will
receive a copy of her book.
Refreshments will be provided. For more information,
go to www.lisawysocky.com
or call Peggy Plunkett at
Saddle Up! at 794-1150, ext.
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Investing Tips
By Russ Haselton
How Will Oil Prices
Affect Your Investment
Plans
Even before Hurricane
Katrina caused its almost
incomprehensible damage to
the Gulf Coast, most of us
shuddered when we had to fill
our cars' gas tanks. With
prices at $3 a gallon in some
parts of the country, and crude
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ritory. Then, Katrina temporarily knocked out about 12
percent of U.S. refining
capacity, along with a significant part of the Gulf's natural
gas and oil production. So, as
a driver, you probably shouldn't expect too much relief at
the pump any time soon. But
how about as an investor? Do
you need to adjust your
investment
strategy
in
response to high oil prices?
It's a difficult question. If
oil prices and energy costs
continue to remain high, it's
probably not good news for
some areas of the financial
markets. Although businesses
are looking for ways to offset
higher energy costs, they will
eventually be forced to pass
on these expenses to consumers or accept lower profit
margins - and either development could hurt stock prices.
On the other hand, some
stocks or industries may actually benefit from high oil
prices. You might hear that
now is a good time to invest in
energy companies. And it may
be true that, in the coming
months, some of these stocks
will do well. But you need to
be cautious about basing any
investment decisions on shortterm trends.
So, what can you do to
avoid being buffeted by forces
and events that you can't control? Consider these suggestions:
Diversify - The more
diversified you are, the less
susceptible your portfolio will
be to rising oil prices, higher
interest rates, political turmoil
or other factors. Spread your
dollars among high-quality
stocks,
investment-grade
bonds, Treasury bills and
other securities.
Know your risk tolerance
- If your investments are keeping you up at night, then you
are taking on too much risk.
On the other hand, if "ultraconservative" vehicles, such
as certificates of deposit, dominate your holdings, you may
be limiting your needed
growth potential. You may
want to work with an investment professional to create a
diversified portfolio that accurately reflects both your risk
tolerance and your long-term
goals.
Look at the "fundamentals" - You'll find it much easier to avoid being influenced
by short-term events if you
become familiar with the fundamentals of an investment.
For example, if you're considering a stock, you can take
into account how it might be
affected by rising energy
prices, but don't stop there. Is
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it a stable company? Does it
seem to be priced fairly? Do
its products or services have
good long-term potential?
Does it have a solid management team? And, perhaps
most importantly, does it meet
your specific investment
needs? By digging deep into
your reasons for investing in
any security, you'll position
yourself to make smart decisions.
Focus on the futureToday,
high energy prices, and their
possible impact on the economy and the financial markets,
are making big news. Next
year - who knows? The fact is
that there will always be "reasons" to shake up your investment strategies. But the
smartest investors are the ones
who find the course that's
right for them - and stick with
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Sayin' Is...
by Susie Dunham
Cows are smarter than golfers
Proven true in July and August when temperatures in the
Cool Springs area were skyrocketing and humidity levels were
running around 150% making it feel like 164 thousand degrees
outside. Alright, I exaggerated a little. It really felt like 118. It
was suffocating - plain and simple.
Truth be told, the cows I mentioned were not actually in
Cool Springs, but, the people I saw there were moving at a
snail’s pace. Cars left traffic lights in slow motion. You could
almost hear them whimper, “Please get me off this griddle and
put me back into the garage.”
In supermarkets, folks mingled around meat cases. (I guess
you could say there were cows there.) Even vegetarians
perused the poultry products enjoying them for their frosty
atmosphere.
On one of those days-of-melting, Bossman and I drove out
to the recycling bins on Wilson Pike. We passed a golf course.
Bossman has been loving and playing golf for over 30 years.
He’s played golf with his best friend in 100 degree weather.
But, only once.
As we casually passed the golf course in our air-conditioned car, we counted the golfers out on the hazy fairway. One
– two – three - here. One – two – three - there. Their fourths
must have spontaneously combusted on a previous hole. The
remaining players reminded me of a Salvador Dali painting as
they hung languidly over their golf carts and Big Berthas as
waves of heat distorted their sweaty figures.
Seemingly empty fields lazed about on the opposite side of
the road bringing my attention back to the gonzo golfers.
“I can’t believe there are actually people out on the course
today. You’d think they were mailmen or something.”
‘Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays
these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed
rounds.’ Couriers and golfers have a lot in common.
I had to pull myself away from the glistening golfers gimping their way to the tee box. I didn’t want to witness a man turn
into a puddle at the top of his backswing. Or, by chance, see a
golfer guy liquefy during a putt only to have the ball rim the
cup for a bogie.
Instead, I witnessed one of Mother’s Natures wonders in
one of those empty fields. Intelligent bovine. In a tree-lined
pasture across the road, I saw cows lying down in the grey
shadows of the shade trees. I squinted and saw them lounging
under the natural awning of large, dark limbs and leaves. They
looked so cool, rested, and peaceful.
I quickly looked back at the golf course and its heat-baked
players. The glare of the sun bounced off their shafts as they
stumbled back to their open golf carts for water that was now
the correct temperature to boil pasta.
It was then I decided that cows were smarter than golfers.
Cows know enough not to play golf in the stifling, suffocating,
smothering heat of a mid-summer afternoon. They wait until
the cool fall months before they get their clubs out. You won’t
catch a cow on the course until mid-October.
Cows are smarter than golfers.
Susie is a golfer and loves golfers and cows equally. You
can email her at [email protected]. Moo!
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Festival at O’More College’s campus
The historic downtown
Franklin campus of O’More
College of Design will showcase the Southeast’s best
antiques dealers and fine artists
when the 2nd-annual Les Arts
O’More returns Friday, Sept. 30
and Saturday, Oct. 1.
Prélude – an early buyers’
party, a classic live auction of
antiques, art and travel, and an
elegant dinner – will be held
under a tent on the O’More
grounds Friday evening, with
catering by Something Special.
Attendees will have the first
opportunity to purchase festival
merchandise, and participating
dealers have offered some of
the most sought-after items for
auction. The general public is
welcome Friday evening, but
advance
reservations
are
required.
On Saturday, an open-air
mall will feature for sale
antiques and art from across the
region, as well as private
appraisals by local antiques
expert Connie Sue Davenport
and a host of seminars on various aspects of historic preservation, fine arts and regional
antiques.
Tours of the College’s historic properties – the Abbey
Leix Mansion and FlemingFarrar Hall – will also be available. The Abbey Leix Mansion
is one of the crown jewels of
Franklin’s historic downtown
residential district. Built in the
Italianate Revival style in 1866,
the mansion was one of the first
residential structures to be constructed in Middle Tennessee
after the horrific Battle of
Franklin on Nov. 30, 1864.
Fleming-Farrar Hall (ca. 1857),
redesigned around 1887 by
renowned architect Hugh
Cathcart Thompson, of Ryman
Auditorium fame, is a fine
example of the Romanesque
Revival style of architecture –
with Queen Anne and Eastlake
influences – that exemplified
the grandeur of the era.
General admission to the
Saturday festival is $6 in
advance or at the door. Tickets
for Prélude are only available
in advance for $100, which
includes festival admission.
Complimentary breakfast and
beverages, provided by Lexus
of Nashville, will be available
Saturday. For more information
on participating as a dealer or to
purchase tickets, please call
O’More College of Design at
(615) 794-4254, ext. 239.
O’More College of Design
is a distinguished, four-year,
accredited college awarding
bachelor of fine arts degrees in
Interior Design, Fashion Design
and Merchandising, and Visual
Communications. The College
has been located in the historic
district of Franklin, Tenn., since
its beginning in 1970. To learn
more about O’More College of
Design, visit our Web site at
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Blessing of the Animals at The Farm
The Farm at Natchez Trace
will host a Blessing of the
Animals on Sunday, October 9
at 3 p. m.
Reverend Richard Kew,
vicar and pastor of the
Episcopal Church of the
Apostles in Franklin, will lead
the service.
The members of the public
are invited along with their
pets, including not only cats
and dogs, but also horses, birds,
rabbits, hamsters, etc. Light
refreshments will be served
after the service in The Farm’s
lobby, and will include treats
for the animals. Tours of the
facility will be available.
Attendees may bring cash
contributions to help the needy
animals from the hurricane disaster or donations of bedding,
blankets, towels, Windex,
bleach, Simple Green, paper
towels, and plastic bags.
To make sense of your
finances with our Personal
Financial Organizer, call
(615) 595-9204 today.
After planning the Blessing of the Animals at The Farm at
Natchez Trace, Rev. Richard Kew and Lyn Mabry give attention to Alvin. Alvin is a shepherd mix who was displaced by
Hurricane Katrina and is currently being housed by The Farm.
The Farm at Natchez Trace
is located at 9479 Highway 96
West in Nashville, near the
intersection with Natchez
Trace. For more information
about the Blessing of the
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The best kept secret in the
Grassland area seems to be the
wonderful live entertainment at
The Good Cup on Saturday
nights. The small intimacy of
the place gives the audience the
opportunity to really interact
with the musicians and the
atmosphere is similar to sitting
around the kitchen table and
listening to old friends jam. The
coffee shop can accommodate
50 people, but usually has seating for about 20-30.
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I-40 West at Exit 182
WWW.THEGOODCUP.COM
• Organic Coffee
in a musical household that was
always busy with recording
projects, rehearsals and writing
sessions, Liz absorbed these
influences and added her own
unique style. The result is a
strong sense of melody, harmony and lyrical content that is
surprisingly mature for someone still in her teens. Liz’s
voice has been featured in a
variety of song demos and
commercial
recordings.
Currently, Liz is building her
song catalog and continues to
perform at songwriter venues
around Nashville
October 8
Becca Mizzel
October 29
John Mulder
Shows start at 7 pm and
have a $5 cover.
Photography pieces by
Carol Roberts are currently on
display.
New pottery pieces are on
display by April Schwingle
New photography on display by Shane Willmon
For anyone who has never
been in The Good Cup, go!
They serve coffee, tea, some
beer (bottled domestic and
imported), sandwiches, soup,
salads, sweets that go with coffee and tea and soft drinks. The
walls are lined with original art
and photography by local
artists and they sell coffee and
tea paraphernalia as well as
walking sticks and greeting
cards.
This little gem of a coffee
shop and more is tucked
between Along the Way
Antiques and The Garrett
Company Realty on Hillsboro
Road, right in the heart of
downtown Grassland.
Starbucks to open new
location at West End & 30th
Starbucks Coffee Company
will open a new Nashville store
on Saturday, October 1. The
Hours
Mon - Fri 6:30am - 6:00pm
Sat 8:00am - 6:00pm
Sun Closed
location
2181 Hillsboro Road
Franklin, TN 37069
591-2326
• Wireless Hot Spot
Harry Robinson entertained a small but enthusiastic
crowd.
• Cool Art
• Dang Good
Music
[email protected]
new store will be located at
3005 West End Avenue,
Nashville.
The
2,700-square-foot
store features a drive-thru,
comfortable upholstered furniture, café tables and chairs, and
an outdoor patio. In addition to
beverages, the store will carry a
full line of specialty coffee
beans, pastries and merchandise, including coffee and
espresso machines.
The public is invited to
attend a Friends and Family
event on 4-7 p.m., Thursday,
Sept. 29. Complimentary beverages and pastries will be
served.
Starbucks is committed to
the communities in which it
serves. In addition to employing approximately 20 partners
(employees) from the local
area, Starbucks will provide
neighborhood support through
volunteer efforts and in-kind
contributions, and by actively
partnering with local community and nonprofit organizations
such as the Nashville Table.
“We’re so excited about
opening our new Nashville
store,” said Amber Walters,
Starbucks store manager. “We
look forward to working with
Nashville Table and other local
nonprofit and community
organizations, as well as getting
to know our new neighbors.”
Daisy King is truly a culinary queen.
She proudly shares with you her Georgian
grandmother’s favorite recipe for this glazed
cake which can be served with fresh fruit,
lemon curd or other toppings at breakfast,
lunch or dinner. Makes you look good Pleases both family and friends.
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Daisy’s products are designed to compliment
recipes in each of her popular cookbooks.
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Bellevue Chamber Backyard BBQ Cook-Off
Tie on you apron, get out
your secret recipe and cook
the best BBQ Bellevue has
ever tasted at the first annual
Bellevue Backyard BBQ
Cook-Off, Saturday, October
22, 2005 in front of Bellevue
Center.
Chefs will begin cooking
at 10:00 a.m. with judging to
begin at 1:00 p.m. and results
announced at 5:00 p.m.
Competitors can enter into
four categories beef/brisket,
chicken, pork and/or ribs. The
entry fee for each category is
$20.00 and if entering into
three the fourth is free. Each
competitor receives a 20 x 20
booth to cook their famous
recipe. Competitors can compete individually or with their
business.
The community will
enjoy coming to see their fel-
low friends and colleagues
whipping up their special
recipes as well as a Pumpkin
Patch, musical entertainment,
BBQ, horses, civic booths and
much more!
For more information on
how to participate, please contact Joshua Swayze at 6738466.
Bellevue Belles Red Hat Society holds
pajama party at Pancake Pantry
Dressed in their best PJs,
the Bellevue Belles Red Hat
Society held a pajama party at
Pancake Pantry on Friday,
September 23.
Attending were, clockwise
from front: Mai Cagle,
Martha Andrews, Helen
Boone, Alma Ray, Carolyn
Russell, Kathy McMahon,
Sue Roberts, Evelyn Gatlin
(guest), Haley Ausserer
(Senior
Citizens
Inc.),
Marjorie Sumner (not pictured), Abigail Herb, Claire
Herb (Senior Citizens Inc.),
Dot Midgett (Queen Mother),
Margaret Buck, Johnie Lee
Hosfield, Beatrice Prusinski,
Dottie Ross and Sarah
Wilkins.
Left: Abigail Herb, 2
1/2, will have to wait a
few years to be an
official Red Hatter.
She is seen with mother, Claire, Queen
Mother Dot Midgett
and Margaret Buck.
Right: Helen Boone
won the prize for best
PJs. She won a
bustierre purse, in red,
of course.
Consider Us for Best of the West BBQ!
s
Carl’
Celebrate the Grand Opening of the
new Loveless Motel Shops Oct. 1
Nothing says Southern
more than Biscuits and
Bluegrass; and that’s just what
the Loveless Cafe plans to celebrate when they host the first
ever Biscuits and Bluegrass
Day at the Loveless Cafe on
Saturday, October 1, 2005 from
2:00 pm- 8:00 pm. This free
outdoor event featuring live
music, delicious food, and fun
activities for the whole family
will welcome Fall and celebrate
the grand opening of the new
Loveless Motel Shops. The
Loveless Cafe staff will also be
on hand to assist in the collection of donations (money, food,
clothing) for the evacuees of
hurricane Katrina.
Designed to give back to
the local community that has
supported the Loveless Cafe for
over 50 years, Biscuits and
Bluegrass Day is a wonderful
opportunity for folks of all ages
to browse the Motel Shops, listen to live music, sample free
food and drinks and witness
arts and crafts demonstrations
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from local artisans. Planned
activities include a silent auction* benefiting Friends of
Warner Parks, pottery demonstrations, face painting, jewelry
making, and pumpkin painting.
A cash bar will also be available. Martha White® will be on
site with giveaways and cooking demonstrations. Purity
Dairies will be handing out
samples of their new ice cream
flavor. Each of the six Motel
Shops will be offering special
promotions and sales during the
event. The event is presented by
Kaleidoscope Media in association with Loveless Cafe and
TomKats. Inc. Sponsors include
Nashville Scene, City Paper,
WRLT Lightning 100, Martha
White®, and Purity Diaries.
*The silent auction will
feature many great items
including: a youth bicycle and
helmet from MOAB, a painting
by Robert Garlock from Ruthie
Cherry Fine Art, jewelry from
Atelier, handmade pottery from
Shimai, gift baskets from Hams
& Jams, items from Martha
White®, IBMA, Purity Dairies,
Curious Heart, TSC Marketing,
Pepper Patch, and Starwood
Amphitheatre, etc.
The 14 original motel
rooms of the Loveless Cafe
ceased operations in the mideighties and were converted
into usable retail space as part
of the renovation project undertaken by Tom Morales last year.
Due in part to the success of the
existing Motel Shops and the
demand for additional activities
in the area, three new buildings
were designed by local architect Seab Tuck of Tuck-Hinton
Architects (Country Music Hall
of Fame, etc.) to tie into the
existing structures on the
Loveless property. Located
directly behind the Cafe, the
three new buildings will house
two new ventures, Curious
Heart Emporium and Shimai, in
addition to the expansion of the
existing Motel Shop, Atelier.
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4991 Hwy 70 E.
White Bluff
Bar B Que 797-4020
& Grill
“We’re More Than Just A Bar-B-Que Restaurant”
Sunday 10:30-2:30
Monday & Tuesday closed
Wednesday & Thursday 10:30-6:00
Friday 10:30-7:00 Saturday 10:30- 6:00
Thank you for your cooperation and patronage
for the past 14 years! Thanks, Carl Teitloff
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Westview Health and Fitness
Christie Cookie 5K raises nearly $20,000
The Christie Cooke 5K
Race held on September 17,
2005 raised nearly $20,000 for
the Green Hills YMCA “We
Build People Campaign.”
“The participation this year
was overwhelming,” said
Lauren
Zook,
Financial
Development Director at the
Green Hills YMCA. “We had
nearly 500 runners and over 50
children in the first annual kid’s
race.”
Runners enjoyed receiving
education, training, blood pressure readings and giveaways
from St. Thomas Cardiology
Reggie Anderson, M.D.
Family Practice Physician
Consultants and of course
Christie Cookies upon completion of the race!
Melvin Shockley, a 40year-old man who received gastric bypass surgery, walked the
race in a personal record of just
over an hour. St. Thomas
Cardiology Consultants provided two nurses to walk with
Melvin to ensure his safety. In
another heroic effort, Jody
Reneger who suffered a stroke
4yrs ago completed the race all
on his own-no assistance by
alternating using his legs and
arms.
The top three finishers
overall male and female, the
first masters male/female and
three deep age groups from 13
and under to 80+ in five year
increments received awards.
The Christie Cookie 5K
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Family Nurse Practitioner
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Run is in memory of Bob
Lunsford a long time YMCA
staff member and friend who
suddenly passed away of a massive heart attack in 2003.
The We Build People
Campaign makes the YMCA’s
mission possible: to not turn
anyone away due to an inability
to pay. The campaign helps to
fund programs such as Y-CAP,
the Bridge program, Youth
Development,
membership
assistance, Fun Company and
the
USSAA
program.
Thousands of kids and families
have the opportunity to participate in nurturing programs that
help them grow in spirit, mind
and body. Every dollar raised
goes directly to providing assistance for people who are in
need.
The Green Hills Family
YMCA is a part of the YMCA
of Middle Tennessee, a notfor-profit, worldwide charitable
fellowship united by a common
loyalty to Jesus Christ for the
purpose of helping persons
grow in spirit, mind and body.
With 24 centers and 324 program locations, the YMCA
reaches 194,857 lives – 1 of
every 8 people in the 12-county area it services – through
membership, program participation, volunteerism and philanthropy. The YMCA builds
strong kids, strong families and
strong communities.
All About
Women this
weekend
All About Women is a
health care and spa event on
Friday, Sept. 30, and Saturday,
Oct. 1, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at
the Gaylord Opryland Resort
and Convention Center.
All About Women, a nonprofit organization dedicated
to healthcare, literacy, and
education, is requesting the
assistance of at least 200 volunteers to help with Live Well
2005, the largest healthcare
and spa retreat in the state.
Created to address health and
wellness issues facing women,
All About Women was
launched by a group of volunteers after a national census
report ranked Tennessee as
having the unhealthiest women
in the country. After drawing
nearly 19,000 attendees last
year, All About Women is
expecting many more for Live
Well 2005.
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DR. ED PERDUE
Pediatric Dentistry in Bellevue
Specializing in all aspects of dentistry for children,
teenagers and patients with special needs! He offers digital x-rays,
interceptive orthodontics and hospital dentistry.
Individual
attention for
every family!
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Suite 103
(Across from Hecht’s parking lot)
662-2191
Attention Parents of
Overweight Kids:
"Overweight and obesity may soon cause as much
preventable disease and death as cigarette smoking,"
The Surgeon General of the United States
"Overweight children are at risk for cardiovascular
diseases, diabetes, and other serious health problems."
The Director of the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC)
HealthTime is is currently accepting applications for membership to
its health and fitness program designed especially for overweight
youth, ages 7 to 17. Utilizing a medically sound, physician designed
exercise program along with nutrition and behavior counseling,
HealthTime is designed to give your child the opportunity to lower his
or her risk for lifetime health problems.
The HealthTime program is:
• Fun (Bikes with PlayStation 2)
• Physician designed for quality outcomes
• Staffed by specially trained fitness coaches
• Family focused
• Effective & life changing
Contact us today for a complimentary fitness
assessment and tour of the program.
HealthTime Youth
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Nashville, TN 37035
615-353-8587, ext. 136
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Kids View
Westview Newspaper
Featuring articles:
* By kids and teens
* About kids and teens
* Youth athletics
* School activities
* Lots more!
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Brandon Brown achieves national Scouting recognition
Brandon Michael Brown
has wanted to be an Eagle Scout
for almost as long as he can
remember. Though his reasons
are many, he likes to say he has
wanted to attain Boy Scout’s
highest rank so he had something his father didn’t quite
earn. Brandon joined the Cub
Scouts as a Tiger Cub in the fall
of 1996 in Nolensville, TN.
After moving to Lake Wylie,
SC in the summer of 2000, he
continued in Cub Scouts. Two
years later, he earned the Arrow
of Light, Cub Scout’s highest
award with Pack 140 in York,
SC. At about this same time,
Scoutmaster Charles Morrill
began a brand new Scout Troop
at the church. Brandon crossed
over to Boy Scouts and into the
new Troop 140 in the spring of
2002.
Brandon, now a 14 year old
ninth grader at Clover High
School, was awarded his Eagle
Scout Badge and Medal at a
special National Court of Honor
Ceremony
on
Saturday,
September 24, 2005, hosted by
Boy Scout Troop 140 and his
parents, Kenneth and Amy
Brown. The ceremony was
held at 4:00pm at Divine
Saviour Catholic Church, 2232
Herndon Ave. in York, SC.
There were several special presentations, including one made
by Congressman John Spratt
from SC and Brandon’s grandfather, John Furgess, the
Immediate
Past
National
Commander in Chief of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars
organization.
To accomplish his Eagle
Rank, Brandon has earned 32
merit badges (21 required for
the Eagle rank). Each of these
badges is in a separate field of
interest and skill. He has participated in band at Crowder’s
Creek Middle School, Clover
Junior High School, and now at
Clover High School. He is
enrolled in Honors level courses. He has also participated in
local baseball, swimming, and
soccer teams, as well as the
football and wrestling teams at
Clover Junior High School.
While on the wrestling team, he
placed 4th in his weight class
for his conference in 2005.
This fall, Brandon is also a new
cadet in Clover High School’s
Jr. ROTC program. At Divine
Saviour Catholic Church,
Brandon has been involved in
the Youth Group, participates in
religious education classes, is
an altar server, helps train new
altar servers, and is becoming a
new commentator/lector for
church services.
Brandon has served in several leadership positions in his
Scout Troop, helping to train
younger boys, including Den
Chief, Assistant Patrol Leader,
Patrol Leader, Quartermaster,
and Assistant Senior Patrol
Leader.
For his Eagle Scout Service
Project, Brandon directed 22
adults and 12 youth in the renovations of Moore Park, a sitting
pedestrian park located in the
historical heart of York, South
Carolina. He and his volunteers
spent over 400 hours planning
and executing his project.
Together, they made extensive
repairs and improvements to the
existing gazebo, completely
rebuilt, painted, and stained the
park benches, repaired the picnic table, removed vast
amounts of tree, limb, and weed
overgrowth, and cleaned the
namesake memorial sidewalk
for a lasting result pleasing to
the community.
This project has been a
dream of Brandon’s for several
years. Passing Moore Park
every Sunday on the way to
Church, and many time in
between, Brandon saw a need to
clean it up and make it more
inviting to the community. Even
amidst initial opposition to this
idea from his scout leaders,
Brandon stuck with it.
Suddenly, after a Sunday afternoon phone call from one of his
Scout leaders, the pieces fell
into place. He presented his
project ideas before the York
Active Learning Center collects toys
for children affected by Katrina
Active Learning Center at Bellevue collected toys for the children affected by Hurricane
Katrina. Children from 2 years and up decided to donate gently used toys from their toy
boxes at home to help the children affected
by the recent Hurricane in Louisiana and
Mississippi. They took great pride in picking
out the perfect toy for children who can use a
little comfort during this traumatic time in
their lives.
Nashville Christian Relief Fund
By Hannah Mathis and Emma
Sturgeon
3rd-5th Grade
Guess what? Nashville
Christian School is wearing
jeans the week of September
19-23.
Guess why? NCS students
(daycare – 12th grade)
brought $5.00 and their
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assigned items such as: tooth
brushes, tooth paste, canned
food, etc. Their reward for
100% participation? Jeans!
To give you more information, we interviewed Shawn
Mathis (organizer of NCS
Relief Fund).
“How did you get involved in
the relief effort?”
Mr. Mathis: “I received an email from a man named
Brandon in Mississippi
requesting help.
“What did you do?”
Mr. Mathis: “We asked NCS,
Western Hills Church of
Christ and other churches to
donate food.”
“How much food was donated?”
Mr. Mathis: “Our goal was to
collect 35,000 cans of food.
The community donated
32,343 cans.”
We thank everyone who has
donated food, clothing or
water to NCS or anywhere
else. To donate, please bring
items to the Gibson Center
located at:
Nashville Christian School
7555 Sawyer Brown Rd.
Nashville, TN 37221
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City Council and the Yorkville
Historical Society for approval.
The city was excited and
pleased to hear about his interest in their park and his willingness to clean it up. The project
was approved easily and with
the city’s support. His scout
leaders and his parents have
been proud of his perseverance
and his project result.
Brandon is the eldest of
five sons of Kenneth and Amy
Brown of Lake Wylie, South
Carolina. Amy grew up in
Bellevue and is the daughter of
long time Bellevue residents
and Westview writer John and
Alma Furgess. Brandon is the
first Eagle Scout in his family
since his paternal Great
Grandfather was awarded his
Eagle award in the 1930s.
About Our Schools
By Marsha Warden
Metro Board of Education, District 9
[email protected]
646-0
0741
Living Within Our Means
As Councilman Charlie Tygard pointed out last week, the
sales-tax referendum failed. It failed by a large margin in the
Westview area. What does this mean about our schools? Is this a
vote of no-confidence for our public schools? Does this mean that
the voter expects the School Board and the district to live within
our means? Could it be that voters believe that the recent property tax and wheel tax is enough; especially with today’s gas and
fuel prices. Frankly, I do not know. Like everybody else, I have
read all the editorial analysis. But, to be frank, they are just guessing too.
I think one reason the vote may have been so much against the
tax increase is that people have somehow managed to think of the
tax increase in terms of the bureaucracy of the schools.
Unfortunately, the tax increase was meant to benefit the students.
Did you know that of the close to 70 cent property tax
increase, our schools only receive 6 cents? Did you know that our
schools only receive that increase for one year? All other departments receive increases for the next three years. Yet, the fixed
costs of the public schools increase every year, just like your home
budget. So, our only choice is to make cuts. This is called living
within your means.
As many have pointed out, we do have more teachers and support staff than ever before. When our oldest started kindergarten
eleven years ago, our schools were a different place. If a school
had a copier, it was paid for by the PTA/PTO. Art, reading specialists and guidance counselors have all come to our schools
since our children started public school. Today, every elementary
school has art, music, P.E., a reading specialist and a Guidance
Counselor. Are these luxuries? Today, every middle school has
advanced classes and offers high school credit classes, not just the
academic magnets. Are these luxuries? At our high schools, more
AP classes are offered. International Baccalaureate programs
exist in three comprehensive high schools. Our schools do more
and more things to end the myth that the only “good” education in
Nashville is to be found in private schools. Our goal is to provide
the students in our public schools, your children and grandchildren, with the best start in life possible. We want them to have
good jobs.
In the next several months, the School Board will be learning
to “live within our means”. We will be looking at closing smaller, under-enrolled schools, zone line changes, program changes
and losses, and teacher downsizing. Handling a $20 million dollar shortfall will require significant cuts.
We will continue to do the best we can for all the children of
Nashville. I am asking all of you for your thoughts and ideas
about our schools as we move forward. Know that you are always
welcome at our Board meetings. Let us roll up our sleeves and
work together on behalf of our children and our schools. The city
of Nashville depends on our best efforts!
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Homeschool Happenings
Kindergarten News
by Paiton Walker
To start the day in class we said the pledge of
allegiance and then had prayer. Next we did worksheets that
helped us with our phonics. (I always write my name on each
worksheet.) Today was picture day. We just sat there and this boy
took our pictures in front of a black background with stars.
Science was after picture-taking, and our Science teacher read
to us a story based upon Johnny Appleseed. It went like this: A
boy was born, and his mother told him to find a house with no
doors, no windows, and a star inside. He walked along a road and
met a little girl. He asked her if she knew where he could find
such a house. She didn’t know, but told him to ask the farmer.
The farmer said to go ask granny. He found her in her flower garden, and he asked her the same question about the house. She told
him to go to the orchard and ask the wind. He went there, asked
the wind, and the wind knocked an apple to the ground. He
picked up the apple, cut it open with his pocket knife and found a
star made of seeds inside. He then realized that this must be what
his mother was talking about...a red house (for a worm), with no
windows, no doors, and a star inside. We then used crayons to
color a tree, and used our fingers and red paint to put apples on
our trees.
After Science, we had show-and-tell. We had to bring things
from home for show-and-tell that started with a “B.” Ann Marie
brought a stuffed dog from home named Beth, Morgan brought
her body, my best friend (I don’t know her name yet) brought a
Barbie radio, Karen brought a Star Wars robot, Noah showed his
new tennis shoes, and I showed my butterfly pin on my sweater.
When everyone finished show-and-tell, we all went outside to
the playground and played games like “shark tooth.” “Shark
tooth” is a game we made up from our imagination. We stayed out
about an hour, and then we came inside for our snack. We had
pink cupcakes for Morgan’s birthday.
After snack, we got out our mats, cut off the lights, put in a
movie, and rested until our parents came to pick us up. We didn’t
have time for music today because it was picture day, but I’m sure
we’ll have it next time.
1st Grade News
by Corban Sterrett
Monday was a good day at school. It was real nice and
I got a secret box with my lunch in it and that you can hide stuff
in later. There were some free toys outside after school and I got a
toucan and a parrot. I’ve wanted a parrot just forever. I lost my
tooth the night before and that was fun to talk about. I didn’t get
one single card pulled for not obeying or anything. We drew pictures of something. We played alligator ninjas on the playground.
That’s all.
2nd Grade News
by Sarah Morris
On Mondays we always start our day with the pledge
and a prayer then we have show n tell. My friend Maranda brought
a big puffy bunny for show n tell and I brought my little chickie
named chickie for show n tell. We had science and we tried different kinds of apples some of them where green, yellow and one of
the apples was reddish purple and green it was really good and
soft. After science we had art. We drew a get well card for Mrs.
Joy and on my card it had a heart. Have a good week.
3rdGrade News
by Benjamin Hansen
It was picture day today. My mom told me not
to make any funny faces in the class pictures. In Geography we
learned how to read a map, and we also learned about the deepest ocean in the world. In music we learned about Eine Kleine
Nacht Musik (A Little Night Music) by Mozart. I liked it even
though I mostly listen to rock. I like the Foo Fighters and Fall
Out Boy. My mom brought my lunch very very very late!!! My
teacher said I could eat it in class. Whew! In Drama we got
monologues to memorize. I got one from MIB. (Men In Black)
It was “Saving The World From The Scum Of The Universe.”
I really like it. So long, and thanks for all the fish!
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4thGrade News
by Isaiah Dructor
We had a good day today. We practiced adding in
columns in Math class. In History we watched song videos. They
even had a song about the Boston Tea Party. Mrs. JoAnn taught
us more about oil pastels. I worked on windows that looked like
they’ve been dropped and then patched together with grout, but
they show a lot of different colors. I think they’re called cathedral
windows.In history we did normal things like watch a video about
the PreAmble to the Constitution. In math, I showed Mrs. Debbie
a way to work subtraction problems without writing it all out. She
wanted us to write it out anyway, so I drew the lines and arrows
to show what I had done. I got most of them right!Sierra told me
she was part French, and she speak perfect English! See ya next
week!
5th Grade News
by Haley Butler
Monday was a really fun day. First in
Language Arts we rewrote another story. It was about a dog and
a steak. The dog found a piece of meat and as he was crossing
a bridge to go home he saw his reflection the creek. He thought
it was another dog with another piece of meat so he snapped
and growled because he also wanted that piece of meat. He
then dropped his and he had no meat at all. In Exchange City
we got our work books and did stuff in them. In health class we
looked at gross organs and stuff. Then it was lunch. In PE most
of the girls played jump-rope and the highest number that was
jumped was 53. In art class we drew oil pastel pictures. Taylor
and I made one together using orange, yellow and blue. In math
we had a test, I got 96 out of 100. Well, that was our 5th grade
day.
7th Grade News
by Kayci Totty
Hi! My name is Kayci
Totty. I got to Enrichment at
8:30 and went to my PreAlgebra
Tutorial. We learned about
exponents, they are tricky but
easy. The next class is health,
we talked about ingredients
inside your food you never
knew about! Mrs. Morris was
very patient with our questions.
After health is Espanola with
Mrs. Sofia, she taught us how
to say hello in different ways.
Finally! Lunch! I ate a bar-bque sandwich. Then Language
Arts with Mrs.LaVonne, we
went outside and sat on table
cloths. We learned about prepositional phrases, talked about
Edgar Allen Poe, and read the
10th grade story,
“Thank You M’am”. In art
we painted with water colors
with Mrs. Kenna outside in the
cool fresh air.
Our P.E. class
was free play. After school I
joined the Student Government
and I love it! We voted on
who was to be Pres., Vice Pres.
Secretary, and Treasurer.
We also picked which
committee to be on. I am on the
School Spirit committee.
That’s
my
day
at
B.H.S.E!!!
High
School
News
by Whitlee Webb
Hello, this is Whitlee
Webb reporting for the High
School Happenings.This past
Monday, September 19 was
picture day. Everyone came in
with beautiful smiles and nice
clothes for their pictures!
Everyone looked great! In
Service Projects, the students
went out to the Waterford
Retirement Home to make
crazy-looking ties for the
goofy-tie day that they were
having on Tuesday. The drama
team has been practicing projecting their voices by doing
their own monologues, which
they have just two weeks to
rehearse for so they better
practice! And don’t forget our
first
Food,
Fun,
and
Fellowship of the year on
Friday the 23rd! Looks like
this year is getting off to a
great start!
Special
Friends
By Tori Hammett
I obey my teachers. I ate
lunch. I had my picture taken.
I went to P.E. I played jump
rope, horse shoes, and dodgeball. I colored a picture for
Mrs. Alms who had surgery.
Ms. Sharon talked about
apples and I tasted them. I had
a good day.
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Blue Window at Darkhorse Theatre
Rhubarb
Theatre
Company presents Blue
Window, a comedy by Craig
Lucas, directed by Julie
Alexander.
Griever loves dinner parties. Libby hates dinner parties. Norbert jumps out of
planes. Tom loves Cecil
Taylor. Emily breaks into
song. Alice (Boo’s lover)
loves Topo Gigio. And Boo
(Alice’s lover) loves the tacky
punch maybe a little too
much. Welcome to a New
York dinner party featuring
Clay
Hillwig,
Carey
Kotsionis, Trish Moalla,
Michael
Roark,Stacey
Shaffer-Bishop, Arita Trahan,
John Vasile.
The production will be at
the DARKHORSE THEATER,
4610
Charlotte
Avenue, September 22, 23,
24, 28, 29, 30, October 1 7:30 p.m. Sunday Matinee
September 25 at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets are $12.00 - Call 615386-3551 for Reservations.
Blue Window is set on
Sunday evening in the fall of
1984. Libby, the central character, is simultaneously
preparing for a dinner party
and rehearsing for the embarrassments in store for her
when she tries "just a little too
hard" to make conversation
with her guests. We meet
these guests in their respective
apartments as they prepare to
go to Libby’s: Tom, whose
ingenuity as a composer
remains unknown even to his
girlfriend, Emily, who is mysterious to everyone at the
party; lesbian couple Alice
and Boo who would prefer to
be in Italy than at a dinner
party; Griever, Libby’s gay
friend who’s kidding himself
by contemplating a relationship with her; and Norbert,
who says almost nothing but
turns out to be the perfect container for Libby’s pain. With
sharp, humorous dialogue and even one musical number
- Blue Window combines an
Italian opera aria and a solo by
jazz pianist Cecil Taylor, a
passage from Virginia Woolf
and game shows, Hermann
Hesse and family therapy,
skydiving
and
Eugene
O’Neill, Buster Keaton,
Descartes and Topo Gigio - all
humorously mixed in a bowl
of punch. Blue Window also
explores the spaces between
words, capturing fleeting
yearnings that can’t be articu-
lated, conveying intangible
moods beneath the dialogue as
it investigates what estranges
these charming, successful
people from themselves and
each other in New York’s
urban landscape.Visual artist
Nancy VanReece will be
installing a series of works
based on the script of the play.
“I was taken back by how
many times in the script the
color blue was actually mentioned.” VanReece explained,
“I enjoy incorporating words
into images and before long
there were 6 linograph prints
and 2 box canvasses completed all based on lines from the
actual play.” VanReece will
also have on display a new
work titled “Blue Rain” that is
the first in what she is calling
the Big Sky series. All nine
works will be on display during the course of the play and
available for purchase at the
box office table. For more
information visit www.nancyvanreece.com.
Cheatham County Community
Theater charts new territory
2004/2005 was a very big
season for Cheatham County
Community Theater. The year
began with a first for the theater
group, and ended with a special
performance for Vanderbilt
burn patients who were enjoying a special week at nearby
Camp Hope.
The season began with
opera! Amahl and the Night
Visitors was a brave step for
CCCT. It was beautifully done,
well received by theater visitors
of all ages, many of whom had
never entertained the idea of
spending an evening at the
opera. Amahl and the Night
Visitors began the season on an
exciting and successful note.
The final record-breaking
production of the CCCT season
was The Sound of Music.
Before opening the doors to the
anxious public, the cast and
crew welcomed young patients
and hospital staff from the
Vanderbilt Hospital Burn
Center who had a chance to
take in this wonderful
Broadway hit, and even spent
time making friends with the
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When The Sound of Music
closed, CCCT realized that
many records had been broken.
The production has now raised
the bar for Top Grossing
Production,
Top
Single
Performance Attendance as
well as Top Total Attendance.
CCCT ended the season by
awarding two $1000 college
scholarships to deserving high
school seniors who have spent
many hours working for the
theater, both on and off stage.
CCCT also partnered with
several deserving organizations
this season and shared a portion
of ticket sales with the ARK,
the Community Foundation,
Monroe Carell, Jr. Vanderbilt
Children’s Hospital and Ronald
McDonald House Charities.
The upcoming season will
see productions of Barefoot in
the Park, James and the Giant
Peach, The Miracle Worker and
The Music Man. If you are
interested in season tickets,
please visit the CCCT website
at www.CheathamTheater.org,
or call (615) 259-2001. Season
ticket costs are $30 for adults,
and $15 for seniors 65 and
over and students with ID.
We’re just playing
around at CCCT … won’t
you come join us.
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Movie Review
By Layne Walton
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
****
The Exorcism of Emily
Rose is an unusually intelligent
film and an unexpectedly powerful one, using demonic possession as a reason to bring
Christianity into the court
room. In the way that it bends
rules and asks questions, this
could be the most important
horror film ever made. “Facts
leave no room for doubt,” we
are told in one of the film’s
many courtroom scenes. Is it
possible that young Emily Rose
(she was only nineteen) was
possessed? Is it possible that
she instead suffered from a psychotic epileptic disorder? The
movie never takes sides; it
offers evidence for both cases,
and both cases are convincing,
but the final verdict, ironically,
must rely on what the jury
believes, which would mean
that they have to decide
between spiritual beings or scientific facts in order to reach
one. Was Emily Rose possessed by demons, which
would be a dangerous answer,
or was she victim to a mental
disorder that medicine could
have helped?
The most
remarkable thing about the
movie is that it does not force
its opinion on the audience; it’s
open for discussion.
Comparisons to The
Exorcist will be made, and
indeed, I found myself thinking
back on The Exorcist at times
and wondering which was
more convincing. The Exorcist
is a better movie, but The
Exorcism of Emily Rose is, in a
way, a smarter one. The former
faced the demonic possession
of its victim as a fact, leaving
no room for doubt, but the latter offers its victim’s possession as a possibility. Since the
movie doesn’t take sides, it
can’t engage in head spinning
and vomit spewing, but those
really have become permanent
fixtures as the butt of horror
movie jokes. As much as I love
and admire The Exorcist, I
think that the sight of Emily
Rose fighting for control over
her body when it has already
been invaded by supernatural
beings far more chilling.
However, the big standout
between the two pictures is that
The Exorcist, because it is dealing with the possession of a
non-believer, cannot plunge
into the fascinating depths of
spiritual crossfire, as in Emily
Rose. Emily was devout in her
faith, she believed in demons,
and she believed in God. Her
trust in Father Moore to exorcise the unwanted demons from
her body was out of hope in
restoration, her hope that a spiritual superior could rid her of a
non-holy presence. She tells
Father Moore in a letter that she
wishes to continue suffering as
she is because her possession is
proof that demons and God
exist.
Does this sound like
your regular, fright-fest horror
picture without a brain? It
shouldn’t; there are many scary
moments, and some of them do
not rely on steadily mounting
tension capped off with a classic “boo!” moment. They are
simply divine passages of
unsettling horror, the marriage
of horrible images with ghastly
quiet. I would warn you about
what to expect, but the actual
demon possession is talked
about more often than shown,
which sounds dull but is actually the movie’s most intriguing
surprise. The courtroom scenes
could not have been dealt with
more intelligently or more convincingly; excellent screenwriting can be credited, but the acting here is uniformly strong,
with Laura Linney, as Father
Moore’s lawyer, giving one of
her most head-strong performances. But this is not a movie
about acting, nor is it one about
screenwriting. I would be
cheating you if I described
Emily Rose’s story, since
Father Moore is so adamant
about sharing it with you himself. “I have to tell Emily
Rose’s story,” he demands. In
one scene, when Father Moore
takes the stand, a tape recording of the exorcism by him is
offered as evidence, and when
it is played, you hear Father
Moore’s chilly voice announce
with a remote tremor, “This is
the exorcism of Emily Rose.”
For some reason, these words
had me sliding down in my
seat, overcome with fear.
Perhaps it was the realism of
such a voice: he didn’t
announce it with emotion like
an actor on a faulty tape would,
but the voice had presence, like
it was really in that room with
the possessed girl.
I realize I haven’t really reviewed the movie, but
instead told you how it treats
Emily Rose as a victim, and not
a monster. The weakness of a
movie like The Exorcist, as
great as it may be, is that the
girl was treated as a villain, and
through the physical struggle of
her possession, looked like a
creature who emerged from
some sort of fiery abyss. Emily
Rose is just a girl possessed by
a monster. The movie works
because of this difference, and
because it is, above all, a story
of hope, of spiritual warfare,
and of believing in things facts
cannot support. It is a movie
for people who are devout and
loyal to their faith, but they
cannot be neutral. They must
have an opinion of religion
before they endure an
assaultive and powerful film
experience like this, because it
aks questions, and digs deep
into the realms of religious
vitality without remorse.
BOTTOM LINE: A smart,
scary thriller that could very
easily be one of the most
important horror films of our
time.
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Boiler Room Theatre announces 6th season
The Boiler Room Theatre
(BRT), Williamson County’s
first non-profit, resident professional theatre company, has
announced its 2006 season of
five major musicals, one classic
play and one original play with
music for its sixth year at The
Factory at Franklin, 230
Franklin Road, Building Six.
BRT will open its sixth season on January 27, 2006 with
the classic Cole Porter musical
Anything Goes. The line-up also
includes the Williamson County
premiere of John Kander and
Fred Ebb’s thought-provoking
musical Cabaret, and the return
engagement of BRT’s 2004 hit
original musical That ’60s
Christmas Show.
Centering around the theme
“Your Ticket to Adventure,” the
full season includes:
Anything Goes, Jan. 27 –
February 25, 2006;
Angel Street, the classic
Victorian thriller upon which
the film Gaslight was based,
March 17 – April 15, 2006;
Forever Plaid, May 5 –
June 3, 2006;
Almost A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, the first major
revival of a Nashville original
spoof on the Shakespeare play,
June 23 – July 22, 2006;
Big River, the late Roger
Miller’s Tony® Award-winning
musical adaptation of Mark
Twain’s The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn, August 11 –
Sept. 16, 2006;
Cabaret, Oct. 6 – Nov. 4,
2006;
That ’60s Christmas
Show, Nov. 17 – Dec. 23, 2006.
Season tickets are now sale
for the sixth installment in
BRT’s eclectic production history.
“For our sixth season, we
carefully selected productions
that not only adhere to our mission of producing intimate stagings of the musical classics, but
have continued to include
shows that better respond to our
guests’ desire for more theatregoing opportunities for the
whole family,” said Managing
and Marketing Director Lewis
Kempfer. “The new season not
only reflects our commitment to
serving the families of
Williamson County and the
Nashville area, but indicates a
continued shift in our overall
mission. We have recognized
that our audiences want more
wholesome shows in addition to
edgier offerings, and as
Williamson County’s ‘homegrown’ professional theater
company, we are providing just
that.”
In a continuing effort to
make professionally produced
local theater accessible to local
audiences, BRT has kept season
ticket prices low.
“We will continue to ‘raise
the bar’ of what can be successfully presented in an intimate
setting and will continue to
offer high-quality productions
with the most affordable professional theater ticket prices in
the Nashville area,” said
Kempfer.
Overview of the 2006 Season
The age-old tale of boy-
meets-girl and the complications that ensue is set aboard a
1920s cruise ship and has been
delighting
audiences
for
decades. Anything Goes is a
cleverly spun story wrapped
around one of Cole Porter’s
magical scores filled with wonderful standards including “I
Get a Kick Out of You,”
“You’re The Top,” “Easy to
Love,” “Friendship,” the title
song and many, many more. It’s
a wonder that all the romances
are sorted out and disaster is
averted aboard the magical ship
where Anything Goes!
A special Valentine’s Day
event show, complete with dinner packages, gifts and giveaways will be presented on Feb.
14, 2006.
The Broadway thriller upon
which the film Gaslight was
based, Angel Street is a masterpiece with some of the most
brilliant suspense in the modern
theatre. When the curtain rises,
all appears to be peaceful at the
Manninghams’ 19th Century
London residence. However, it
is soon apparent that suave
Manningham is slowly torturing his gentle, lovely wife into
insanity under the guise of
kindness.
Then
Mrs.
Manningham receives word
from Scotland Yard that her
husband is a maniacal criminal
wanted for a murder committed
fifteen years ago in their very
house. The secret of the dimming gaslight and the mystery
of the hidden rubies will captivate all.
Forever Plaid is celebrated
as one of the most popular and
successful musicals in recent
memory. This deliciously goofy
revue centers on four male
singers killed in a car crash in
the 1950s on the way to their
first big concert, and now,
miraculously revived for the
posthumous chance to fulfill
their dreams and perform the
show that never was. Singing in
the closest of harmony and executing their charmingly outlandish choreography with
over-zealous precision, the
“Plaids” are a guaranteed
smash, with a program of
beloved songs and delightful
patter that keeps guests rolling
in the aisles when they’re not
humming along to some of the
great nostalgic pop hits of the
’50s.
Almost A Midsummer
Night’s Dream is another hilarious musical spoof on
Shakespeare from Jamey Green
and friends who brought audiences McBeth! The Musical
Comedy
(2002),
Smoky
Mountain Mist (2003), and
Hamlet! The Musical Comedy
(2004). As a British troupe prepares to mount one of the
Bard’s best-loved classics,
tragedy strikes half the cast on
their way to the theatre and the
remaining actors are forced to
play multiple roles they have
never rehearsed. It’s sheer
comic madness from start to
finish that will have guests wiping tears from their eyes.
Join Huck Finn in Big
River for a rollicking musical
Americana adventure down the
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Mississippi in Roger Miller’s
beloved, Tony® Award-winning musical filled with lush
ballads and foot-stomping folk,
country, and bluegrass tunes.
Based on The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn, one of the
greatest creations in American
fiction, this tale of adventure
and self-discovery begins on a
raft on the Mississippi River in
the 1840s, where Huck, escaping from his drunken father,
meets up with Jim, a runaway
slave. The story of their journey
downstream is an American
classic that captures the
rhythms, sounds, and spirit of
life on the big river. A timeless
tale and delight for every member of the family. First time in
Franklin!
Put down the knitting, the
book, and the broom and come
to the Cabaret! The scene is a
nightclub in Berlin as the 1920s
are drawing to a close. The
Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience to the show
and assures them that, whatever
their troubles, they will forget
them at the Cabaret while his
songs provide wry commentary
throughout the show. Dark and
deeply moving, Cabaret features Kander and Ebb’s (co-creators of Chicago) timeless
score, bawdy humor, and a
thought-provoking look at the
beginning of the Third Reich’s
rule over Germany. Williamson
County premiere. Rated R.
By very popular demand —
That ’60s Christmas Show –
Lewis Kempfer and Jamey
Green’s hit original musical
tribute to those corny, yet lovable Christmas TV variety specials of the early1960s will
make its return after breaking
box-office records and delighting guests in 2004. Featuring
many of the original cast members, all the delightfully syrupy
medleys, the now-classic
Hoover jingle, and more fake
snow than should ever be
allowed inside a theatre. It’s
December 18, 1963 on the set
of the Jack Clurman Christmas
Kaleidoscope in New York
City. As the show is about to go
live, a blizzard throws the cast
and crew a snowball when
guest stars are detoured, a
power outage strikes, and mass
confusion reigns. A fast-paced
visual and musical treat complete with live advertisements
of the period when it was
“cool” to surprise your sweetie
with a new vacuum under the
tree.
Season subscriptions are
now on sale. Season ticket
packages range from $66 for a
four-show sampler pass to $99
for the full season, valid for any
performance. The popular
Engineers Club OnePass
for 2006 once again includes
reserved seating and free concessions for $166 per person.
Additional subscription options
are also available.
For more information or to
place season subscription
orders, guests may call 615794-7744 or order online at
www.BoilerRoomTheatre.com.
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Nashville Nostalgia
by E.D. Thompson
[email protected]
Do You Remember?
Here is another variety of
memories, another smorgasbord of Nashville’s nostalgic
tastes.
My good friend Ken
Berryhill found something
that is very intriguing. It is the
Granbury’s Lunette. Ken said
that he passes it four times
weekly when he is going to
and from his radio announcer’s job at WAMB radio.
The lunette is located
between Nolensville Road and
Murfreesboro Pike.
This
lunette was built during the
Civil War. It was an earthen
fortification from which the
soldiers fought.
There is probably no
photo of this anywhere, but
Ken gave me a nice drawing
of what the lunette would have
looked like. It included a head
log over a parapet, a ditch in
front, and a line of rifle pits.
The ditch can still be seen. A
railroad line was cut beside it
during the 20th century, and
apparently destroyed much of
the lunette. It was a part of
history.
All of you are familiar
with Odom’s Tennessee Pride
country sausage. Being one of
our best-known exports, the
company operates from a
small
office-factory
on
Neely’s Bend Road. Larry
Odom is the president of the
company, and he said that his
grandfather, Douglas Odom
Sr., is the one who came up
with the name Tennessee
Pride. Larry Odom said that
his aunt, June Odom England,
drew the first version of the
company’s mascot when she
was a little girl in the 1950s.
Look on the Tennessee Pride
package, and you will see a
picture of the mascot which is
a barefoot farm boy.
Do you remember those
old ornate tables which were
called Victorian fern stands?
They were very ornamental
and made of brass with onyx
tops. Do you remember the
old drop-front desks? Do you
remember the decorative
lamps with painted glass
shades? I can visualize my
grandmother’s home right
now!
Since we don’t have
Candyland any more, my wife
and I sometimes drop in
Vandyland on West End
Avenue to grasp some of that
nostalgic spirit of Nashville.
Also, the Elliston Place Soda
Shop is virtually unchanged
from when it opened in the
1940s.
Do you remember when
Don Newcombe pitched for
the Brooklyn Dodgers? Do
you remember when Charlie
Workman played for the
Nashville Vols and effectively
worked that old, steep bank in
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right field at Sulphur Dell? Do
you remember when Baby Ray
played football for the
Vanderbilt Commodores?
Do you remember the
comic strip called “Gasoline
Alley?” I read that there really
is a Gasoline Alley. It is
Superior Street in Tomah,
Wisconsin, the hometown of
Frank King, who was the creator of “Gasoline Alley.” In
fact, that city celebrates
“Gasoline Alley Days” every
September in remembrance of
Frank King, who is buried
there.
Do you remember when
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt ran against Wendell
Willkie? The year was 1940.
Harry Truman was vice-president in 1944 and became president upon FDR’s death in 1945.
Do you remember the election between Harry Truman
and Thomas Dewey in 1948? I
can remember the famous
photo of Truman holding a
newspaper with the headline,
“Dewey Defeats Truman.” The
newspaper had jumped too
soon. Truman won that election in 1948.
Do you remember those
wonderful, colorful, inexpensive ten-cent pulps?
You
probably remember “The
Shadow,” “The Spider,“ “Nick
Carter,“ and “Doc Savage.”
I had a good collection of
“Big Little Books.” Do you
remember them? We would sit
for hours reading those books
with large print. Today, I need
more books with large print!
We lived in Evansville,
Indiana in the mid-1960s while
I was on the music faculty of
Evansville College.
One
evening, one of our friends
said, “Get in my car. I want to
take you somewhere and show
you something.”
This friend took us to the
home of one of his friends
whom we learned was a repairer and collector of organs. This
gentleman took us down into a
large basement where I saw
many organs in a varied state of
repair. The man sat down at
one of the organ keyboards and
began to play.
I was really pleasantly
shocked and surprised when
the man said, “This is an organ
that was in the old Paramount
Theatre
in
Nashville,
Tennessee!”
Today, I don’t know the
person’s address in Evansville,
and I don’t even remember his
name. I have always wondered
if that organ collector was
telling me a false tale, or if that
organ really had been in the
Paramount Theatre. It sounded
like the organ in the Paramount
Theatre. It may have been
there in his basement for repair
at the time. Maybe I really did
get to see and hear that old
organ from my childhood.
Nancy Nicholson retires
from Bellevue Branch Library
Nancy Nicholson has
retired after 15 years of service
to the Bellevue Branch of the
Nashville Public Library. Mrs.
Nicholson’s affiliation with the
library was first as a volunteer
at the Richland Branch many
years ago and then at the
Bellevue Branch as a volunteer
in 1990.
In 1992 she joined the staff
as a fulltime circulation assistant. In addition to her circulation duties, Mrs. Nicholson
recruited, trained and supervised the volunteers at the
Bellevue Branch Library.
She plans to spend her
retirement being more involved
in family activities and tending
to her home, flower garden and
leisure arts.
The staff at Bellevue
Branch Library, the volunteers,
and patrons who have known
her through the library gathered to express their best wishes at a reception on September
15.
In addition to her library
activities, Mrs. Nicholson was
formerly employed by CVS
Pharmacy, was an active volunteer with the Girl Scouts, and is
a veteran of the United States
Air Force. She has also been
very involved in many activities and groups in the Bellevue
area.
Dogs need
new homes
I turned up at the house I am
remodeling after four days of
not being there due to the aftermath of the Katrina storm, to
find that two dogs had taken up
residence on the shelter of my
front porch. According to a
neighbor they had sat on that
porch for 3 days without food.
When I arrived they where
very hungry and the little guy
had a collar on that had started
to imbed itself in his neck. I
decided this pair needed a better future, so I have put them in
the fenced in yard of this house
and opened a shed for their
shelter. I believe they are mother and son, as they are very
affectionate with each other. I
would prefer to adopt them out
together, but if necessary will
adopt separately. They are
beautiful, affectionate animals
and they have been spayed,
nuetered and up to date on all
shots etc. All they need now is
a safe and loving forever home.
If you would like to adopt these
two, please contact Lavonne at
446-8373 or 347-3765.
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Baby Boomers
by Bev Long
[email protected]
“Today will be the good ole days of tomorrow”
The year is 1958; I am standing in front of my dresser mirror,
ponytail swinging, and a hair brush for a microphone. I am singing
and pretending to be her. The only time I stop is to change the
small black 45 record that is spinning on my little box record player.
The year is 1996; I am standing in a crowd of over 3,000 (a
short 38 yrs. later). I don’t look the same but when I hear her
voice, I feel the same. I quickly step back in time and become that
little girl again.
As she starts singing “My baby whispers in my ear,
ohhh...”Sweet Nothings.” I sing along as if all the years have not
gone by. I feel a little foolish, singing and swaying to the music
but it all comes so naturally.
For those of you who don’t know who I’m talking about, it
was “Little Miss Dynamite”-Brenda Lee! I was seeing her for real
at a Ronnie Mc Dowell concert. The same energetic, spunky voice
that I had only known through my records was now standing right
in front of me and we were singing together again!
That’s when the sobering thought came to me. We had grown
up together and now looking at her, I realized we had grown old
together. When she talked about her granddaughters, I was filled
with strange emotions, thinking about all the years which had
passed and now we were grandmothers.
Leaving the concert, a little black cloud of “days gone by”
seemed to hover over me. I couldn’t help but remember being a
child and “the good old days” when all of my life lay ahead of me
and now more than half of it lay behind me. It had passed in the
blinking of an eye (or so it seemed) while I wasn’t looking.
Music can stir up strong emotions!
A couple of days later while I was still feeling sorry for myself
and lost youth, a strange thing happened. Uncannily, it was
“music” that brought it all together again and blessed the dark
cloud away...
We had taken our son to a writer’s night at “The Nashville
Palace” and when a young man of 79 got up to sing, I wasn’t paying real close attention and then all of a sudden, it was as if he
were singing straight to me. His song “The City of Contentment”
hit me hard. Here are some of the lyrics-The City of contentment
is in the state of mind, search deep within your soul and you will
find, the grass is no greener on the other side of the fence and the
city of contentment is in the state of mind. We look back at the
good ole days with longing and sorrow... (Now here is the part that
really got me-“We can’t see today will be the good ole days of
tomorrow!”
Mr. Jo Pedigo knew, he had lived 79 yrs. and had figured it
out (An accident? I don’t think so). I quickly put all in perspective.
I thank Brenda Lee for being there in my childhood days when I
needed her and I thank Mr. Jo Pedigo for being there in my midlife when I needed him. But most of all I thank God who cares
about all our feelings and brought these two into my life.
The year is 2005 and I am still learning and growing as much
or more than yesterday and I try to remember everyday because it
will be “the good ole days of tomorrow...”
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Wednesday, September 28, 2005 -- Page 21
On the flip side of life LifeStory Time…Highlights…
By Diane W. Repasky [email protected]
….. Beverly Totty
On The Flip Side Of LifeThe Flood Of ‘72:
Part Two
Last week, I told you of how, thanks to Hurricane Agnes, The
Flood Of ‘72 — the second major flood to hit the town in thirty
years — overtook my charming little town of Eldred,
Pennsylvania; of how my sister, Kathy, and I helped the drugstore’s owner haul untold loads of drugs and merchandise in
garbage bags into a vacant apartment upstairs; of how the mayor
rowed right up to the drugstore’s door on Main Street, to order us
out of town.
We went straight home, on Elm Street, which was two blocks
up from Main. When all was said and done, the River crested at
nineteen feet on Main Street. On Elm Street, flood waters ended
only six houses down from ours. The river’s feeder stream,
Barden Brook “Crik” crested up over its fifteen-foot dikes,
through the town’s park, and across back yards, to lap just at the
back doors of houses directly across the street from ours.
But this particular flood, we would learn, was bigger than our
little Eldred. Hugely bigger. In fact, at the time it occurred,
thanks almost exclusively to its flooding, “Hurricane Agnes” was
the costliest storm in US history...being unseated in that position
only 20 years later, by none other than Hurricane Andrew. And
until Katrina and Rita, little-remembered Agnes remained the seventh-costliest storm ever recorded, costing over $3.2-billion in
unadjusted 1972-dollars, with over $2.1-billion in Pennsylvania
alone.
Perhaps it wasn’t memorable because, ironically, Agnes was
hardly even a hurricane. It had started as a mere “disturbance,”
not even a tropical depression, near the Yucatan peninsula, then
crossed Florida as barely an uneventful Category 1 hurricane.
People yawned, and no one paid attention. However, then it skirted the eastern coastline all the way up to around New York City,
not only gaining water (if not strength), but also merging with a
nontropical low — to finally move inland as a tropical depression;
stall in place; and dump its near-Biblical deluge onto New York
and, particularly, Pennsylvania (although even residents near the
Chesapeake Bay were affected; some 12 states in all were).
Furthermore, since it had already been raining heavily for a week
before Agnes, the ground in especially Pennsylvania was already
soaked and waterways were full to their eyebrows...so Agnes
merely provided the coup d’ grace. —In the real sense of the
word: a “death blow” of liquid destruction...delivering an
unprecedented (before and since) 19” of rain in two days, with a
literally-unheard-of 14.8” in PA’s Schuykill County in 24 hours —
more rain even than in recorded “once-in-a-century” floods.
There was no CNN back then in ‘72, and no Dopler radar. No
advance warning; no national reporters stationed “everywhere
around” to either urge advance evacuation or expound on the
damages afterwards. And, especially, there was precious little
time to evacuate. Anywhere in Pennsylvania and parts of New
York. Certainly, not the days in advance that we have today, any
evacuations which did occur did so only within “hours.”
In Harrisburg, for example, water rose so quickly that the
governor and his wife had to be rescued from the governor’s mansion by boat. Near Wilkes-Barre, water swept through a cemetery
so quickly that it actually, unfathomably, ripped 2,000 caskets
right out of the ground, morbidly strewing bodies, bones, and
body parts on porches, roofs, and basement floors, while empty
caskets simply, sickly, floated by. At State College (Penn State),
graduation ceremonies were virtually called off, as rushing, raging water turned every tiny feeder stream around it into actual
gorges resembling canyons. In Corning, NY, the river raced
through the streets so vehemently that Corning’s famous Glass
Works Museum was destroyed, along with many of its irreplaceable ancient glass pieces. Even today, the effects of “Agnes” are
so felt in that part of the country that a website has been established to remember the deaths, the ruination of lives and livelihoods, and the destruction it caused.
But way back then, in ‘72, we were way back in Eldred. Tiny
little Eldred. Population: 800. Isolated and all alone in the
“bowl” of a valley between two foothills of the Appalachian
Mountains...and parallel to the Allegheny River just behind Main
Street, which that same Hurricane Agnes — coupled with Eldred’s
previous week of rain — had turned into a hideous monster now
threatening to extinguish our little town’s very existence.
What would happen next? The River had crested nineteen
feet high on Main Street! And it had ended a block-and-a-half up
on Elm Street, just six houses down from ours. In the meantime,
the barely-trickling little feeder creek, where I spent endless days
of my youth stepping from dry creek-bed stone to dry creek-bed
stone...in-between trickling water streams...was now a raging
river all its own, having risen higher than its 15-foot-high dikes;
crossed through our town park; flooded people’s back yards; and
ended just at those houses’ foundations — just across the street
from us. —Indeed, what would happen next? Please keep reading next week, to find out....
Page 22 -- Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Written By: Linda Scolaro
[email protected]
Recently, I met Beverly
Totty…she is one of those
amazing people who astound
you with all they do. Beverly is
a petite, vibrant and charming
dynamo that moves like a
whirlwind. She is such a positive force moving through life;
one can’t help but take notice.
It doesn’t surprise me that
she is in the Guinness Book Of
World Records. She was the
youngest female Salvage diver
on the east coast, in the
Atlantic, searching for sunken
treasures. When I asked if they
were successful…her eyes
opened wide and a mysterious
smile accompanied her head as
it shook yes…some so valuable
they were deemed beyond
price!
Beverly grew up in New
Iberia, Louisiana, close to
Lafayette. She has two sisters, a
brother and her parents who
still live there. There lives were
challenging and driven by a
successful family business. Her
father owned a commercial
Diving company until 1984.
Beverly is also on record,
assisting her father, as the
youngest diver in the Gulf, on a
sub-sea tree, (valves allowing
oil and gas to move in the
Gulf). Her work ethic was obviously instilled at a very early
age; she was 15.
I inquired about her family’s
safety,
considering
Katrina…They had no immediate
damage…yet
their
lives…the ripple effect… is
astounding. She has relatives
who attend college…they may
lose a semester…a sister (an
RN) who is exhausted from
extended shift after shift and
another sister who works for a
bank where the concern for
ascertaining existence of legal
documents such as mortgages,
loans and other vital documentation is overwhelming.
This lead to my question of
how
she
came
to
Tennessee…She was eighteen
when her dad closed his business. She had to find a new
direction for her life.
After attending college at
USL, she started work in marketing, traveling with a Gospel
Group from Hendersonville,
TN. She combined working as
a certified Scuba Instructor, as
she traveled the USA to
Barbados, with the Gospel
Group.
She loved her visits to
Tennessee and eventually settled down, twenty years ago, in
Fairview. She married her husband
Walt,
eloping
to
Gatlinburg. Their two children,
Kayci Jane (12yrs.) and
William Conrad (9yrs.) keep
them busy. Kayci is already a
renowned actress and loves
church activities, student government and Girl Scouts.
William stays busy in church
activities, drama and horseback
riding. Beverly has successfully
home schooled them for the last
three years. They decided
schooling, under their guidance, was a suitable choice,
centering them as a family,
allowing the freedom to enjoy
the family without outside
influences pulling them in all
directions.
Beverly is President of the
Fairview
Chamber
Of
Commerce. She is a driving
force behind commercial business and development, networking business with commu-
nity, for the last ten years.
Beverly is also President of
the Fairview Kiwanis Club. She
has a deep passion for helping
children and strives to be an
outstanding role model; she is a
beacon of light to guide the kids
who need her….
She describes her favorite
civic duty; she has been a Girl
Scout leader for eight years.
She loves being with the girls
as they camp, hike and experience serving the community
seniors with dinners and Ice
cream socials. Beverly is definitely a Mega multi-tasked
Superwoman…. (Whew)!
When I ask her how she
manages to accomplish so
much, she admits to focusing
on her priorities, in the right
order: worship, family and
work. She is an avid list maker,
goal setter and believes strongly in not allowing the world to
pressure you into anything…
Her strong determination
led her to open her own company in 1994. She apprenticed, as
a real estate agent, for three
years and then became a broker.
Her business (Totty Realty) in
Fairview grew from a milk
crate to a 1,000-foot office.
With much prayer and her
husband’s guidance, she later
joined with a pro-active and
positive
company
(ERA
Pacesetter) who encouraged her
to grow professionally. She
now offers the same encouragement, training and coaching for
agents.
If I were a buyer or seller, I
would definitely want to work
with her. Success just bubbles
from
her
radiant
personality…integrity bridges
the connection between her and
her clients…a whirlwind, moving ever so gently… always
leaving success as her calling
card.
Beverly says, “Life is in
seasons and today I’m living
this one”…
Copyright © 2005 Linda
Scolaro
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West Side Cumberland
Presbyterian Church
209 Bellevue Road
646-4030
Sunday
Bible Study - 9:15
Worship - 10:20
Tuesday
Prayer & Praise - 6:30 p.m.
Michael Duke, Pastor
A Christ centered,
Bible believing
congregation
Old Charlotte
Road
Church of Christ
8663 Old Charlotte Road
Pegram, TN
Clifford Dobbs, Minister
662-8334
Sunday
Sunday School 9:00am
Morning Worship 10:00am
Evening Worship 6:30pm
Wednesday
Evening Bible Study
7:30pm
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Sunday Services and Children’s Classes 11:00am, Wednesday Services 7:30pm
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Church of
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at Bellevue Baptist Church
SUNDAY
8:30 Early Worship
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Sundays at 10:00am
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646-9828
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Evening Worship - 6 p.m.
Wednesday
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Preschool child care provided for all services
646-2711 • 7400 Hwy. 70 South
(near Red Caboose Park)
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BAPTIST CHURCH
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615-646-5050 • 8063 Highway 100
Nashville, TN 37221
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BELLEVUE UNITED METHODIST
Sunday Worship
10:00 a.m.
Sunday School for all ages
8:45 a.m.
Sunday, October 2, 11:00 a.m.
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356-4367
Wednesday, October 5, 7:30 p.m.
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Sunday
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Tuesday
W EST
M EADE
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Wednesday
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Service Schedule:
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We welcome our new
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Nashville, TN 37209
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Wednesday
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Interim Pastor, Bob Pearce
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352-4362
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Wednesday, September 28, 2005 -- Page 23
Pet of the Week from Cheatham County Animal Control Shelter
These furry friends are available for
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30, 2005. Our mailing address is:
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The winner for each each category will be published in the October 12, 2005 issue.
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[email protected]
459-4232
Bring home a new
Private group preschool has openings!
Low Prices • Washers • Dryers • Microwave Ovens
646-0481
PAVING
646-5260.
APPLIANCES
Phone:
if no answer, please leave message
AVAILABLE FOR
THE ELDERLY
Residential / Commercial
Bob Fagg
Home 612-2876
Licensed
LICENSED
TENNESSEE
CONTRACTORS
Call 646-6030
Pick Up & Delivery
Antiques or Modern
FIREWOOD•FIREWOOD
MATURE
PRIVATE
SITTER
• Affordable Design & Installation • Quality Work
• Landscape Renovation • Aeration/Sodding
• Light Grading • Mulch
CONDO LANDSCAPING AVAILABLE!!!
Arthur Ashley
*SENIOR DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE*
at
For A Free Estimate
Summer Special
White tile top table with natural wood
edges with 6 matching chairs - $100.
Call 337-0344.
Light housekeeping & cleaning.
Rates & hours negotiable.
Call or Leave message
(Mowing Overseeding, Fertilizing, Aeration, Sodding)
• Irrigation Systems / Installation & Repair
• Landscape Lighting
• Lawn Renovation & Care
• Tree Trimming & Removal
• Shrub Trimming & Removal
• Grading, Drainage & Excavating Back Hoe Work
• Masonry Work/ Patios/ Retaining Walls
• Driveway Patio Sealing
• Drainage Work, Grading & Topsoil
Accent Lighting or Automatic Irrigation System installed
MULTI-FAMILY YARD SALE - Sept.
30th & Oct. 1st @ 7483 Hwy 70S.
8am-? Clothes, toys, household
items and much more!
Belle Forest Condo For Sale - Nice,
loft BR condo, 1.5BA, approx.
800sq.ft., all appliances stay!
$61,500. 754-6332
Nashville since 1979
Art’s Upholstery
Call 7 days (including holidays)
for sale
Serving
2001 MERCEDES ML320 - Black
w/gray leather. Loaded. 48K miles.
Excellent condition. 615-668-7494.
$21,900.
All Lengths 12” and up
Cut to specifications
REAL ESTATE
LAWN & G ARDEN
Does your favorite
chair need help?
Delivered or Picked-Up
MULTI-FAMILY YARD SALE for
Katrina Victims - 6753 Boundry Run,
Nashville, TN 37221.Saturday,
October 1st. I-40W to McCrory Lane,
right onto Newsom Station Rd.
Follow signs! Call 662-7585.
LEARN to EARN!!! $2-5K/week!
Two minute toll free message: 1-800276-9936.
96 CHEVY BLAZER LS, 120K mi., V6, 4DR, 4WD. $5000. Please call
646-5066.
SEWING MACHINES and Vacuum
Cleaners Repaired in your home Written guarantee, All makes. Service
calls: $2.95. 367-0972.
tfn
Oak & Hickory
YARD SALES
DEMOS
PART TIME ONLY,
Sampling at Wal-Mart.
Qualifications - well
groomed, outgoing,
must stand,
RELIABLE, immediate
assignments.
(615) 505-9955
and weights. Please call. 646-1974
Driveways • Patios • Walkways • Decks
Fences • Sealing • Staining and Repairs
Prompt Service - Free Estimates
(615) 429-0965
WEEKLY
BI-WEEKLY
MONTHLY
SHERRY LAMPLEY
(615) 412-6372
C&L CLEANING - Need help with
daily chores? Call Christie or Lori at
243-5834, Mon thru Sat. Discount for
weekly services. Free estimates!
APARTMENT CLEANING - prices
based on cleaning needs. Call 3370344 for an estimate.
PRESSURE WASH
Clean & Seal
DECKS & AGGREGATE
STEVE ARMISTEAD
Free Estimates
Licensed•Bonded•Insured
377-1
1976
or
977-4
4015
Freezers • Disposers • Washers • Dryers • Ranges
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Westview Business Services
HOME MAINTENANCE
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Bobcat
Bull Dozier
Back Hoe
Grading
Retaining Wall
Landscaping
Hauling
Drainage
• Firewood
• Straw
• Shrubs & Trees
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Mulch
Topsoil
Sand
Cross Ties
Pea Gravel
Cut Stone
Whiskey Barrels
Creek Gravel
Pavers
Windsor Wall
Quarry Stone
Free Estimates
Featuring:
HANDYMAN
20+ Years Experience
MANY SKILLS & TOOLS
Licensed, Insured, References
John Scherer
615-957-6802
Handyman
without the
Low Prices
Seasonal Items:
Services:
HEATING & C OOLING
Middleman
CARPENTRY, LIGHT ELECTRICAL,
PLUMBING, TILE, & DECKS
No Job Too Small REASO
NABLE
FREE S
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RATES
Eric Smith
IMAT
EST
662-9081 or 516-2216
Get
$10.00 OFF
with mention of
this ad!
A/C & Heating Co., Inc.
EQ 240
HVAC & R 147
Sales
Service
Installation
WE WILL SPREAD IT,
572 Highway 70 Pegram, TN 37143
PLANT IT, SET IT
(615) 673-6317 (615) 479-5732 mobile
AND DELIVER IT!
Residential
Commercial
35
3-9
9449
FREE ESTIMATES
Financing Available
Licensed
Bonded
Insured
Rod Rodriguez, Owner
Sullivans Siding
& Remodeling
FREE ESTIMATES
Vinyl Siding
Replacement Windows (all Types)
Soffit, Fasia & Gutters
Aluminum Trim Work
All Work Guaranteed
26 Years Experience
Call Brandon
310-1535
Let us prove we are the best.
Licensed & Insured
Over 30 years experience.
We Do It All
Springer
Ph: 646-4185
Fax: 646-0253
ALLHOME SERVICES
All Types of Home Repair
Kitchen/Bath Remodels
Free Consultation
Greg Diroff
646-0
0870
Serving Bellevue since 1996.
FENCE
BUILDER
Replacing & removing patio fences &
debris from the premises.
Also offering fence staining.
Call Robert Ammonette
at
646-5068.
Resident of River Plantation for over 14 years!
Mechanical, Inc.
Tired of repair persons not returning your phone call or not showing
up on time if at all? Then, if the job
is done, is it first quality?
Home Maintenance, Inc.
PAINTING &
PAPERING
Call Kathy 242-3658
Randy Ingram
Steve McCrary
(615) 792-5579
Ashland City, TN
HEATING & COOLING
All Brands!
Repair • Service • Installation
Licensed - Bonded - Insured
FREE ESTIMATES
Dennis Arnold
352-6757
Service Calls for
September & October
$39.00
Mention this ad for $10 OFF
646-3414 or 352-8230
PAINTING
Residential & Commercial
Detailed Prep Work
HEATING & COOLING
FREE ESTIMATES!!!
952-2280
496-3055
Servicing All Brands
Licensed, Bonded & Insured
Bush Home
Improvement Co.
40 Years Experience
FREE Estimates, 2nd Opinion!
FALL SPECIAL: $59.00!
Interior & Exterior
Licensed & Insured
Phone 615-417-3627
David C. Bush
615-308-3102
PLUMBING
MISCELLANEOUS
Avoid Ugly Surprises. . .
Start with
a Plan!
•New Construction •Remodeling
•Repairs •Water Heaters
•Water & Sewer Lines
Need an Electrician?
Loftis Electric
& Home Improvements
Present this ad & get
$10.00 OFF
Quick Response, Electrical Repairs
Licensed & Insured
646-1
1 228
SMALL ENGINE REPAIRS
Lawnmowers,
ATV’s & Chainsaws
Licensed • Bonded • Insured
Jerry’s Refrigeration
INTERIOR & EXTERIOR
YARD WORK &
PRESSURE WASHING
Call John 477-4019
Roofing
Carpentry
Painting
Belle Meade
Heating and Cooling
AC & H
Charlie & Cliff Myers
it
Vis ur om
O ro
ow
Sh
www.myersplumbing.com
Over
50 Years
Experience!
356-8811
24 HOUR Emergency Service
FREE PICKUP AND DELIVERY
CYCLE DOCTOR
419-11566
“Serving Bellevue for Over 15 Years”
THE
HOUSE PLANS DRAWN TO YOUR SPECIFICATIONS
For Custom Home Design & Drafting,
Call Micheal Kendrick at 333-9257.
RAIN GUTTER
CLEANER
• Gutters Cleaned
master plumber #550
• Try My New Air Cleaning System
Michael Tabb
4025 Murphy Rd. Nashville, TN 37209
Voice Mail: 365-0959 Cell: 415-8234
I Haul
Anything
662-8500
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646-3014
• Drain Spouts Cleaned
• FREE ESTIMATES
REMODELING & ADDITIONS
H
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Repair
Remodeling
Water Heaters
Water & Sewer Lines
Repairs: Leaks, Clogs, No Pressure, Toilets,
Faucets, Drains, Installation & More!
$10 OFF
24-Hour Emergency Service
with this ad!
(Holidays Included)
Bellevue
1st
646-4076
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Plumbers
30 Years Experience
pager: 214-1212
WESTVIEW Newspaper
Lawn Perfectors does more than lawns
cleaning, leaf removal and
snow removal.
So, no matter what you
need done around your yard
or how big or small your yard
is, Mike and Lawn Perfectors
Group can help.
Air Conditioning • Wheel Bearing • Axle
contractors and build decks,
fences, patios, sidewalks, and
retaining walls, as well as
ponds, waterfalls, pondless
waterfalls and fountains.
Other services they provide are dump truck and bobcat services, grading, land
clearing, tree removal, gutter
Brakes • Tune-Ups • Oil Changes • Water Pumps
NOW THE MECHANICS
YOU TRUST ARE PART
OF THE ORGANIZATION
YOU TRUST
Now Terry's Service Center, Inc. is now a AAA recommended
auto repair facility. With 15 years of Auto Excellence & AAA
accreditation, Terry’s Service Center wants to give your
automobile a quality service you and it deserves.
Come see the experts at Terry’s today!
T E R RY ’ S S E R V I C E C E N T E R
352-8434
847 Hillwood Blvd.
Batteries • Oil Leaks • Clutches • Heater Cores
Injector Flush • Thermostat • Light bulbs
Some people may think
fall isn’t the time to hire a
lawn maintenance person, but
they’d be wrong. It is the perfect time to think about someone like Lawn Perfectors
Group. Mike Brown, owner
of Lawn Perfectors Group has
been in business since 1989
when he graduated from
Hillwood High School. He
originally went into business
with his dad, Charlie, and his
brother, Shannon.
Lawn Perfectors Group
does more than mow lawns.
They provide complete turf
management which includes
mowing, seeding, sodding,
aerating, detaching, fertilizing
and weed and pest control.
They also do complete landscaping with design, installation, maintenance, lighting
and irrigation. They build
things, too. They are licensed
Lawn Perfectors Group, Inc.
Turf Management
*Mowing
*Seeding
*Sodding
*Aerating
*Dethatching
*Fertilizing
*Weed & Pest Control
Hardscapes
*Decks
*Fences
*Patios
*Sidewalks
*Retaining Walls
Landscaping
*Design
*Installation
*Maintenance
*Lighting
*Irrigation
Water Features
*Ponds
*Waterfalls
*Fountains
Other Services
*Bobcat
*Grading
*Tree Removal
GOT ANY
Send it to:
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662-1976
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The Westview
P.O. Box 210183
Nashville, TN 37221
email: [email protected]
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VFW
benefit for
Katrina
victims
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post 1970 and its Ladies
Auxiliary will celebrate
National VFW Day with an
open house on Thursday and
Friday, September 29 and 30
and then will end the celebration with a Spaghetti Supper
on Saturday, October 1 from
6-9 p.m. The cost will be $5
for all you can eat. All proceeds from donations and dinner go to benefit Hurricane
Katrina victims. The public is
urged to attend this worthwhile event.
Westview Party Planner
Reception Location For Rent
Weddings • Wedding Receptions
Company Parties• Class Reunions • Jr./Sr. Proms
Any size party up to 400 people.
“Let Us Plan Your Complete Party!”
Catering Available • Large Dance Floor
Call to reserve: (615) 352-8424
or fax: (615) 353-6550
Westview Real Estate
7141 KINGWOOD BLVD.
Only 12 minutes from Bellevue!
4,000+ sq. ft. on 5 acres,
many amenities,
near Golf Course of Tennessee.
$395,000
Call Laken Lenhart 476-5438
Gold Star Realty 792-1910
Elite
Independently Owned & Operated
Teresa Dodson, ABR, CRS, GRI
7091 Old Harding Pk., Suite 201
Nashville, TN 37221
Cell: (615) 294-4888
Office: (615) 673-3352
Fax: (800) 673-3392
E-mail: [email protected]
www.TeresaDodson.com
4BR, 2.5BA,
Private Pool!
Beautiful home in fast growing
Williamson County with FP, LR,
21x20 bonus rm, garage, over
2,760 sq.ft. One of the largest,
nicest lots in Kingwood! Custom
paint & paper, Extended deck with
canopy. A decorator’s dream!
MLS#698201 $245,900
Agent/Owner, Teresa Dodson
615-2294-44888
RE/MAX Elite 673-3352
Trust First & Foremost in
Buying/Selling Your Home!
Nancy
Hutcherson
Broker, GRI, CRS, ABR
26 years experience!
615-210-3001
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