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Teen drowns in Bellevue Quarry
Masonic
Lodge
Country
Ham
Breakfast
Belleview
Masonic
Lodge, 7420 Old Harding,
will hold a Country Ham
Breakfast on Saturday, June
21 starting at 7 a.m. Cost for
the breakfast is $6 per person.
Everyone is welcome!
BHS
Reunion
Bellevue High School,
class of 1958 will hold its
50th reunion on September
13 at Montomery Bell State
Park. Gathering at 5 p.m.
Dinner at 6 p.m
Emergency crews were
summoned to the old rock
quarry on McCrory Lane
Friday afternoon, June 6.
About 20 young people had
been swimming in the quarry
when 13 year old Jeremy
Butts of White Bluff slipped
beneath the water and did not
surface.
Rescue crews recovered
his body in approximately 35
feet of water around 7 p.m.
The quarry, which has
been out of business for several years, has been fenced in by
the new owners as development of the property is under
way.
At some point, the gate
closing the adjoining property
off to the public has been broken and people have been
driving to the far end of the
property where the fence and
several fence posts have been
torn down to gain access to
the quarry.
The afternoon of the accident several young males and
at least one young female with
two small children were at the
site. When asked why they
would go in to a property that
was clearly private and dangerous the young man said,
The area at the back of the adjoining property shows where people have broken through the
8 foot chain link fence to gain access to the quarry
“because of the thrill.” The
young woman stated it was
her first time to come there
and that she probably would
not be back.
Three car loads of people
were driving in the property
after emergency vehicles
arrived. None of them knew
anything had happened until
they arrived at the back of the
property.
Services for Jeremy were
held Tuesday, June 10 at 5
p.m. at Spann Funeral Home
in Dickson. His parents are
Renay and Artis Butts of
White Bluff, owners of A & R
Printing.
Emergency vehicles are mingled in with the vehicles of people there to swim in the quarry.
David Ewing Makes Historical Presentation to Nashville Rotary
By Betsy Thorpe
On, Monday June 2nd,
Nashville attorney David
Ewing presented the story of
the Great Nashville Train
Wreck to over 200 members of
the Nashville Downtown
Rotary Club held at the
Wildhorse Saloon.
For several years Mr.
Ewing has researched and collected stories pertaining to the
train wreck that occurred near
White Bridge Road in 1918.
Mr. Ewing has a personal interest in this story, his great great
grandfather Prince Albert
Ewing was one of Nashville’s
first African American lawyers.
Mr. Ewing has put in many
hours at the Metro Archives
pouring over legal records to
find out if his great great grand-
father or his
twin
brother
Taylor
G.
Ewing who was
also a Nashville
attorney, represented any families of train
wreck victims
of color. David
Ewing
has
learned
that
although
the
railroad paid
settlements to
families
of
those killed, it
was an amount set by statute
because
of
the
U.S.
Government takeover of all
railroads during World War I.
Mr. Ewing began his power
point presentation by giving the
contemporary definition of a train
wreck which has
been taken over by
the
media
to
d e s c r i b e
Hollywood actresses and models
engaging
in
destructive personal behavior. He
commented on the
irony that this word
“train wreck” is
now so common in
America, but most
people know very
little about the actual worst
train wreck in U.S. history.
Before addressing the
events that occurred around
seven a.m. on July 9, 1918 in
West Nashville, Mr. Ewing
requested a moment of silence
be observed for the victims
killed in the disaster. He made a
very respectful presentation of
the story and spent sometime
explaining how the accident
occurred. He also speculated
that had the Nashville,
Chattanooga & St. Louis
Railway used steel cars (instead
of wooden boxcars) and if the
Jim Crow cars carrying passengers of color had not been miserably over crowded, fewer
deaths would have resulted
from the head-on collision.
Another point of interest discussed by Mr. Ewing was that
the most famous rail accident in
the history of American railroads occurred on the Illinois
Central Railroad, in Vaughan
Mississippi on April 29, 1900.
The engineer Casey Jones was
the only fatality. Even in
Nashville, more is known about
Casey Jones and his train
wreck, than is known about the
Nashville rail disaster.
As the ninetieth anniversary of the Great Nashville
Train Wreck approaches Mr.
Ewing hopes to uncover more
information on the accident and
it’s aftermath and following the
anniversary he will continue to
research this often overlooked
event in Nashville’s History.
David Ewing, was appointed to
the
Metro
Historical
Commission by
Mayor
Bredesen where he served for 6
years. He is currently involved
in other historic projects and is
the President of the prestigious
Old Oak Club.
Bellevue High
Alumni Picnic
Each year since 1971 there
has been a Bellevue High
School Alumni Picnic in Edwin
Warner Park. This year’s
reunion is scheduled for
Saturday, June 14 at 2 p.m. at
Area 3 of Edwin Warner Park.
Drinks will be furnished,
along with ice, napkins, cups,
plates, forks and spoons. Bring
enough food for you and yours
and all the food will be spread
out together for everyone to
enjoy. Food will be served at 5
p.m.
Be sure to register at the
registrar’s table and get your
name tag.
The reunion is funded by
donations to help offset the
costs of mailing, name tags,
drinks, park registration, etc.
If you have more questions,
please contact Red Dillingham
(356-1685), John Jordan (6467935) or Oweise Claxton (6461877).
Bellevue Genealogy
and History Club
The Bellevue Genealogy
and History Club meets every
Friday from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at
FiftyForward J. L. Turner
Center at 8101 Hwy 100. You
do NOT have to be a member of
the Bellevue Family YMCA or
Turner Center to attend.
Friday, June 13th: 9:00 am
to 10:30 am – Speaker, Fay
Jennings Thompson, author of
Notes on Shaped Notes whose
father has been dubbed “The
Father of Gospel Music” will
present a summary of her book.
Her presentation remembers
some places, events, and people
in the history of traditional convention-style gospel music.
Friday, June 20th: 9:00 am
to 10:30 am – Speaker, Don
Hildebrand, author of The
Community House, local attorney, and TV host will review
his book which describes a fast
paced view of 1900 America
with tragedy, natural disasters,
epidemics, cultural clashes,
progress and changes, in a
small Midwestern town culminating in a breath-taking bank
robbery-murder trial.
Friday, June 27th: 9:00 am
to 10:30 am – Speaker,
Charlotte Solee, professional
genealogist and Pegram resident will give a presentation on
our Scottish heritage.
Contact Bob Allen at 2184580 or Melinda Hunkler at
646-9622
Girl Scouts
Babysitting
Senior Girl Scout Troop
#1758 is operating a babysitting
service to earn money to complete their Gold Award Project.
They are in high school; CPR
certified and have completed
the Girl Scout Babysitter training. They are collecting school
supplies and backpacks to be
donated to the schools this fall.
If you have an event to attend
and need a sitter please leave
your number on Leader Lynn
Paul’s machine at 952-2429.
Franklin Civil War
Discussion
The Franklin Civil War
Discussion Group will be meeting the second Sunday of every
month at the Williamson
Country Library starting in
May. Authors, teachers, historians and other guests speak on a
variety of Middle Tennessee
Civil War related topics. The
meetings start at 3:00 P.M. and
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end about 4:30. There is no
charge although donations are
accepted to compensate speakers.The group is open to anyone
with a Civil War interest.For
more information contact:
[email protected].
Cohn High Class of
‘58 Reunion
Plans are being made for
the "50th" class reunion of
Cohn
High
School.
Montgomery Bell State Park
will be the site (Sept. 26th 28th) for the reunion events. If
this reunion applies to you but
you have not received information in the mail or you have
questions please call Larry
Roberts at 833-5046.
Community
Education meetings
Family & Community
Education Club meets at 9:30
a.m. on the 4th Tuesday of each
month at the Lutheran Church
on Bellevue Road. Guests are
always welcome. For more
information, call 662-1270.
Van Arsdale Video
Release Showcase
Zack Van Arsdale will have
a video release/showcase for
the song; "Wings Of A Silver
Eagle" at Douglas Corner, (full
1 1/2 hr. show...same place the
video was filmed) Saturday,
June 14th @ 9 pm w/ full band,
back up singers, video dancers,
& special guests; Lee Clayton
& Joe Sun, who have had hit
songs.
Van Arsdale has had songs
covered by; Waylon Jennings,
Joan Baez, Marty Robbins,
George Hamilton IV, & Jerry
Lee Lewis. And songs in major
movies.
The video can be viewed
on; www.youtube.com/zackvan
arsdale or www.myspace.
com/zack vanarsdale.
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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.
Calendar - Ongoing
the last Tuesday of every month
at 6:45 at St. Philip Catholic
Church, 113 Second Ave.,
Franklin. Visit www.giuseppe
verdilodge.com or call Joe
LoCasto at 474-6619 or Dan
Solomon at 373-3352 for more
information.
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.
Courthouse
Quilters Guild in
Bowie Outdoor
White Bluff
Club schedule
Courthouse Quilters Guild
meets the second Monday of
each month. Basic quilting
classes are taught upon request,
projects for the month start at
5:00 pm, business sessions
begins at 6:30 pm. There is a
"Sit-N-Sew" each 4th Saturday,
service projects are worked on,
classes taught or work on a personal project. Meetings are held
at the White Bluff Church of
Christ, 4416 Hwy 70 E., White
Bluff, TN across from the Post
Office. Visitors are welcome to
attend.
For more information call
(615) 730-7585, (615) 7631034, (615) 412-9941, (615)
797-9662
or
email
[email protected].
Singles Volleyball
Friday's 6:30-8:30 p.m. single
men and women play at West
End United Methodist Church
(across from Vanderbilt Univ.).
No charge, all skill levels welcome. For details, call Rodney
at 615-443-1896 or Emily 615975-4672.
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].
Order Sons of
Italy meetings
The Order Sons of Italy in
America encourages the study
of Italian language and culture
in schools, preserves and celebrates our Italian heritage and
reaches out to the needs of our
community. The Franklin chapter is the only nationally chartered Order Sons of Italy in
America in Tennessee. We meet
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The Bowie Outdoor Club:
HIKE, BIKE OR RUN
Meets the first Saturday of
each month at 9:00 am at Bowie
Nature Park in Fairview
(excluding June, July &
August). Information: Kristina
Giard at 799-2389 x112, or
h t t p : / / w w w. f a i r v i e w tn.org/bowiepark
MOMS Club
The MOMS Club of
Bellevue-North meets at 10:00
a.m. first Thursday of the
Month at the Western Hills
Chruch of Christ (Charlotte
Pike near Sawyer Brown Road)
at 10:00 Contact Barbara
O'Hara at 352-6335 or
[email protected]
for more information. Free. The
MOMS (Moms offering Moms
Support) Club was designed
specifically to help at-home
mothers overcome the challenges of isolation, frustration
and boredom that accompany
the joys of raising children.
The MOMS Club of
Bellevue-South
meets
at
10:00am the first Thursday of
each month at the Bellevue
United Methodist Church, 7501
Old Harding Pike. Free. The
MOMS (Moms offering Moms
Support) Club was designed
specifically to help at-home
mothers overcome the challenges of isolation, frustration
and boredom that accompany
the joys of raising children. For
more info, call Anne at 6625668.\
Hillsboro-Harding
Exchange Club
The
Hillsboro-Harding
Road Breakfast Exchange Club
meets at 7:30 am every second
and fourth Tuesday of the
month at the White Bridge
Road Shoney's restaurant.
Guests are always welcome.
Call Winston Caldwell at 3837321 or Henry Hopton at 8327388 for more information.
No Longer Bound
Grace Fellowship
There is freedom from addiction; alcoholism, drug addiction. Our ministry is for reconciliation with God who has the
power to change anyone. Our
purpose is to be a non-judgmental fellowship group for support. That we may be firmly
rooted and built up in Christ in
order to live a free and productive life in the power of the
Holy Spirit. Weekly meetings
every Tuesday and Friday night
from 6:30-8:30
at Brook
Hollow Baptist Church, 678
Brook Hollow Rd at the corner
of Brook Hollow and Davidson
Road in Nashville. Contact [email protected] for more
information.
Humphreys Co.
Historical Society
Humphreys
County
Historical Society. Everyone
welcome! For information on
meetings, call 931 + 296-2094.
[email protected]
for
more information. Please visit
our
website
at
http://a0821105.uscgaux.info/
Bellevue Creative
Activities
Playgroup
ABC Educational Playgroup meets the 1st & 3rd
Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to Noon.
There are Creative Projects,
Games, Recreation, Reading &
Writing for children 2-5 Years,
Siblings encouraged to attend.
RSVP to Samantha Kirchner,
Coordinating Parent, 615-6460960.
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.
Caring for the
Caregiver support Bellevue AA
An AA group for 25 and
group meetings
CARING
FOR
THE
CAREGIVER--an
ongoing
support group open to anyone
caring for an elderly relative or
spouse..
Meets
alternate
Monday evenings from 5:00
p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Jewish
Family Service at the Gordon
Jewish Community Center. No
charge. Please contact Teri
Sogol at 354-1662 to register.
Bellevue Rotary
meetings
Bellevue Rotary meets at
Loveless Café Wednesdays
7:15 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. join
Bellevue’s fastest growing
service club for breakfast at one
of the nation’s most beloved
and historic eateries. Every
Wednesday Morning the Rotary
Club of Bellevue meets for a
full Loveless Café breakfast
and an hour of friendship, fellowship and timely discussion
of current club service projects
and events. For more information contact club President
Larry Musick at 615-210-2981
or
email
Larry
at
[email protected]
U.S.Coast Guard
Auxiliary Flotilla
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
Flotilla 11-05 of the U.S. Coast
Guard Auxiliary holds monthly
meetings on the second
Thursday of each month at
Woodmont Hills Family of God
Church, 3710 Franklin Road,
Nashville, Tennessee at seven
p.m. If you are interested in the
Auxiliary and our missions and
would like to attend our meetings, please call Randy Ventress
at (615) 509-6025 or email
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younger is now being held at
7700 George E Horn Road,
Bellevue, Tennessee (New
Beginnings Church – main
auditorium) at 8:00 p.m. on
Monday nights. If you need
additional information, please
call Tammi N. at 251-8805, ext.
201.
Bellevue
Exchange Club
The Bellevue Exchange Club
meets on Tuesday mornings at
7:00 a.m. at Shoney’s in
Bellevue. Guests are always
welcome. Call Bob Allen at
218-4580 or Rod Frank at 3546464, Steve Smith at 476-4120,
or Charlie Tygard at 243-3295
for more information.
American Singles
Golf Association
The American Singles Golf
Association is a national organization. The Nashville group
meets every third Tuesday at
the Logan’s Roadhouse, 2404
Elliston Place, at 5:30 p.m. For
more information, please call
615-872-7788.
West Nashville
Go Club Forming
Do you enjoy chess or
other strategic boardgames?
You'll love Go, the oldest
games in the world! Already
play? Join other Go players
from West Nashville. Just curious? All are welcome! For more
info, please call 615-598-1104
or email Corey Todaro at [email protected].
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Friends Learning
in Pairs (FLIP)
FLIP is seeking caring people aged 55 and over to serve as
tutors for children in grades K4 in the Fairview and Bellevue
areas. Volunteers go to a school
one day a week and spend 30
minutes each with 3 to 4 students who are struggling with
reading. Please call Carolyn
Warnick at 615-948-3102 or
email [email protected] for
more details.
North Pole
Network
Collectors Club
There are many reasons to
join a local Hallmark Collectors
club. Door prizes are awarded
at most club meetings. Get holiday decorating ideas beyond
the traditional Christmas tree,
and also actively participate in
philanthropic projects that will
benefit our community.
The club meets (for either a
meeting or club event) on the
fourth Tuesday of every month
except January. Currently, the
club meets at Shoney's in
Bellevue (in the private dining
room) at I-40W/Highway 70S with dinner arrival beginning at
6 p.m. and the club meeting
beginning at 7 p.m. Bellevue.
Alzheimer Group
Horizon Medical Center
will host a Alzheimer Caregiver
Support Group on the 2nd
Tuesday of each Month, 2nd
floor conference room from
10:30 A.M. to 11:30 A.M..
To register call Medline at
615-343-1910.
CHADD of
Franklin Meeting
The next CHADD of
Franklin meeting will be May
22nd, Thursday, at 5:45 PM to
7:30 PM at the Williamson
County Library. We are excited
about having Dee Doochin and
CC Muller come and discuss
the services and support an
ADHD coach can provide to
children and adults with
ADHD. They are both ADHD
coaches and will have a great
deal of helpful information to
share. After this meeting, we
will break for summer and start
up again in August when school
is back in session. Hope you
can attend and looking forward
to seeing everyone.
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Westview Opinion Pages
The
Daughter’s
View
instead of wanting to fill in something that could be a drawIt has been a year since the brewhaha over the quarry
ing factor for the property.
was all over the news. With the drowning of Jeremy Butts
In Baltimore and Austin, just to name two locations,
there is sure to be a debate over what should be done with
upscale developments have been built overlooking the quarthe quarry. Many people wanted to let the property owner
ry lakes to make them an asset to the development as
fill it in with dirt and rock from construction sites. Because
opposed to filling them in and building on top of them.
of the proximity to the scenic Harpeth River, many felt this by Paula Underwood Winters
The Baltimore location has the quarry lake fenced with
could lead to pollution leaching into the river from unauthorized dumping of other items into the site. In the end, the owners put up an 8 foot a walk trail around it. They simply use the lake as a nice, scenic view for their
residents while the location in Austin has a boat ramp and a swimming area for
chain link fence to keep people out. It didn’t work.
What I don’t understand is why are filling it in or fencing people out the only their residents.
I was emailed comments from an area resident basically saying that
two options.
One reason people break into the quarry to swim is that there is no where on Jeremy’s drowning was the fault of the people who didn’t want the quarry to be
the west side of Nashville to go swimming. There is no Nashville Shores or filled in, but what happened to personal responsibility? I asked several of the
Wave Country for people to go and cool off and get their kicks. On Kentucky people at the quarry why they felt they could trespass on the property and none
Lake they have a “Party Cove” lake that is made from a quarry site. I realize that had a good answer. Kids do what kids do and sometimes they think bad things
there are a lot of reasons not to open to the public and I realize that the state and will never happen to them. But look at the news. In the past week two west
city don’t have the funds to create another park, but I would think the develop- Tennessee teens have drowned and a 7 year old drowned in a YMCA pool. Bad
ers would look into making the quarry lake an amenity to their development things happen even to good people.
Kentucky Lake Quarry
Quarry Apartments in Baltimore
Quarry Estates in Austin
A u s s i e s , R O K K e y I n Vi e t n a m
The war in Vietnam was the longest in our nation’s histoThe Vietnamese bad guys seemed to especially respect (read
ry. For veterans’ benefits, its official dates are from 1961 to
fear) the Koreans. They could be fierce and brutal, and the NVA
1975. Records reveal, of course, that American troops were
and VC knew it.
by John Furgess
actually there prior to that, and they are routinely referred to as
The “Waltzing Matilda” Aussies, on the other hand, were
Past VFW
“advisors” to our then-allies, the South Vietnamese. The bulk of National Commander
not known to be necessarily brutal, but rather capable and deterWestview Columnist
our troops actually began leaving after 1973, when most of our
mined. As written in numerous earlier columns, Vet’s View has
since 1979
POW’s were released in Hanoi.
been fortunate to have had the opportunity to visit Sidney and
Vet’s View served with the U.S. Army in Vietnam, during
Seoul, and to share friendships with their soldiers. Young men
the period of October, 1967 to October, 1968. Bellevue’s Bob Chaffin (no relation- and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan today are also learning of the dedication
ship to the Barn Dinner Theater family) was in this ol’ Vet’s unit—the American and professionalism of our “coalition” forces. These are memories that will last a
Division at Chu Lai, south of Da Nang. Not only was that an intense period in our lifetime. God grant that these veterans may one day get to visit the battle areas of
lives, it was truly an intense period in our nation’s history.
their youth as Vet’s View has done.
Where as nowadays bookshelves are full of Iraq-related books and novels, none
Only about two million Americans ever served in Vietnam, A small number,
of that followed the Vietnam war period. Not until the early 1980’s did commenta- with some on repeated tours of duty. Our allies in Australia and Korea, who served
tors, publishers, and authors start doing their thing. Jim Webb’s, “Fields of Fire” was in Vietnam and who survived until this day, remember too, their wartime experithe first Vietnam-related novel. Now, of course, there are many, many Vietnam sto- ences. The passage of time does mute some details, but others remain strong and
ries and books available.
clear.
What is lacking in most, if not all of them, is the important role played by the
An Australian singer and songwriter, now living in Nashville; Will McClean,
troops of other countries. Opposing the North Vietnamese Army, and the Viet Cong has a powerful song about the Vietnam Memorial in Washington (titled “Bless Them
in the south, were signatory nations of SEATO—the southeast Asia Treaty All”) that he is trying to get published. It is about his Aussie-cousin, who was killed
Organization.
in action in Vietnam. The song’s title, veterans know, is a sentiment that lasts forevTwo such countries, among others, were Australia and the Republic of Korea. er. At least that’s this Vet’s View. What’s yours?
Their armies were tough, professional, and otherwise top-notch individuals. Vet’s
This week
compromise. At
View had operational involvements with both of them, and will always remember
the
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their courage and determination.
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Project Organize Winner Gets Closet Makeover
Jessica Jackson earns free
session with professional
organizer for cluttered home.
The National Association
of Professional Organizers
claims Americans spend 55
minutes a day looking for
things they know they own but
can’t find. Without enough time
already, saving an extra 55 minutes a day can add up.
When Bellevue resident,
Jessica Jackson, signed up for
Goodwill’s Project Organize
promotion in March, she admitted toys and clutter were taking
over her family’s life.
“Having two kids and a lot
of toys are making me crazy,”
says Jessica.
Luckily, Goodwill selected
Jessica as the winner of its
Project Organize promotion. On
Friday, June 6 and Saturday
June 7, Professional Organizer
Tanna Clark helped the
Jacksons tone down the clutter
by focusing on clean, organized
closets and storing the kids’
toys.
“The event went great,”
says Clark. This is Goodwill’s
second time holding Project
Organize to help donors clear
clutter and donate leftovers to
the organization. “From Friday
alone, we had three, full, extra
large garbage bags to take back
to Goodwill,” says NaTisha
Moultry, who helped organize
the event.
Moultry hopes the event
inspires other donors to evaluate their closets and donate any
unwanted or unneeded items to
Goodwill, whose mission is to
help people get and keep jobs
through job training programs.
To donate, visit one of
Goodwill’s newest locations in
Bellevue at 247 Old Hickory
Blvd. Hours are Monday
through Sunday 7 a.m. to 7
p.m.For over 50 years,
Goodwill has provided job
training and job placement free
of charge to people with disabilities or other barriers to
employment through the sale of
donated items. In 2007,
Goodwill served 7,480 people
and placed 2,319 in jobs in the
community.
For more information on
Goodwill’s Career Solutions,
retail stores, and donation centers, visit giveit2goodwill.org
or call 1-800-545-9231.
Pages from the Past
By Laurel Coleman Steinhice
©Laurel C. Steinhice, 2008
D-DAY WAS JUST THE
BEGINNING
Dear Dave,
We just received a small
inheritance of $5,000. We have
about $21,000 in debt, and one
of the creditors is calling every
day because we aren’t current
with them. Do you think we
should go ahead and start the
Baby Steps or deal with this guy
first?
Laura
Dear Laura,
Let’s get current before we
start the Baby Steps. That way,
you can focus on getting out of
debt without someone hounding you all the time.
Once you’re current, get
$1,000 in the bank for an emergency fund as fast as you can.
Then, start on your debt snowball and pay off all of your
debts – except for the house –
from smallest to largest. Make
sure you’re doing a written
monthly budget to help you
stay on track, too. On paper, on
purpose before the month
begins.
I’m proud of you guys,
Laura. Taking control of your
money instead of letting it control you is the first step toward
financial freedom!
- Dave
Dear Dave,
We don’t have a lot of debt.
Right now it’s just the house
and a student loan of about
$9,000. My father just asked if I
wanted to buy his boat. We
talked it over, and I could take
the cash from my spending
money each month and pay him
a little. Would this be okay?
Robert
Dear Robert,
I can’t believe you just
asked Dave Ramsey if it’s okay
to have a boat payment. I’m the
guy who yells NO DEBT all the
time, remember?
Basically, what you’re talking about here is going into
debt to your dad to buy a boat.
I love boats and being out on
the water. If I were going to
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cave in on anything, it would be
a boat. But there’s not a chance
in the world I’m going to tell
you it’s okay to have a stupid
boat payment!
In this kind of situation,
you’d be taking on more debt
PLUS it would create an awkward situation with your dad. It
doesn’t matter if the debt is to a
finance company or a family
member. The borrower is
always slave to the lender,
Robert. Trust me, that Fourth of
July cookout would taste and
feel a lot different if you were
sitting down with your master
instead of just plain old dad.
Having a boat is really cool
and lots of fun, but first things
first. Get out of debt, then save
up!
- Dave
Dear Dave,
What do you think about
“piggybacking” on a person’s
credit card so that their credit
score can go up?
Tony
Dear Tony,
That is one of the worst
things you could possibly do.
It’s a really bad idea. It’s dumb.
Am I being clear on this?
Want to know why it’s such
a bad idea? If they don’t pay,
YOU get to fork over the cash.
What a wonderful privilege and
opportunity! And if someone’s
finances are in such bad shape
they want to run on your credit,
chances are they aren’t going to
pay and you’ll get stuck.
Besides, you don’t want to
run up your credit score, anyway. Do you know what your
credit score really is? It’s your
“I Love Debt” score. The only
way you get a big FICO score is
to get in debt, stay in debt and
make a lot of debt payments.
Don’t do it, Tony!
- Dave
* For more financial advice
plus special offers to our readers, please visit www.davesays.
org or call 1-888-22-PEACE.
Right after D-Day, we left
Nashville. I was packed off to
my father in Florida, and my
mother, Marion Coleman,
went to New York City for
"orientation" before going
overseas. When she was safely across the U-boat-plagued
North Atlantic and reported
for duty at the Captions Desk,
Photo Division of the Office
of War Information, London,
one of her first official tasks
was to receive photos taken
by field photographers, to be
processed, captioned, and
evaluated for public distribution through various channels.
Some of these pictures,
she knew, would find their
way through AP (her previous
D-Day landing on the beach.
employer), UP and INS news
services to the pages of the
Tennessean,
where
her
Nashville office had been, and
to The Chattanooga Times,
Marion with friends getting directions from a London
“bobby,” London, circa 1944/45.
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where she had begun her
career as a reporter.
There were D-Day landing pictures in the first batch
... and some grim ones taken
in the hard-fought days that
followed; images of battle and
of aftermath, including gruesome 'atrocity' photos showing how brutally the Nazi war
machine had acted out its battlefield retreat frustrations on
innocent French citizens nearby.
As Allied armies of the
European
Theater
of
Operations liberated one piece
of French real estate after
another, pushing the retreating
German armies ahead of
them, more film came in from
War Pool, Signal Corps, and
OWI field photographers, and
Marion kept writing captions
for them. Her 200-piece collection of the "Yanks in the
ETO" series is now in the
process of being evaluated
and shared: her descendants
look forward to seeing it
placed in a museum, someday.
The examples seen here are
from that collection.
CORRECTION:
Last
week’s cutline should have
read D-Day was 1944.
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Nashville
Nostalgia
By E.D. Thompson
Email: [email protected]
Father’s Day
This coming Sunday, June
15, is designated in our nation
as “Father’s Day.” In writing
this column about our fathers, I
had two things which came to
my mind in which I hope you
will find interesting, inspiring,
and certainly the feeling of
honoring your fathers.
One of my faithful readers
is Twila Carter who lives in
Gallatin, Tennessee. A while
back she wrote me a letter and
enclosed a nice piece of nostalgia which she had written for
her local newspaper, “The
News Examiner.”
Twila’s
piece was titled “The End of
An Era.” Her well-written
piece was about her father,
Gallatin’s Dewey Carter, who
sold his Texaco filling station
which became a Shell station.
Dewey Carter died in July of
1971. Twila gave me permission to use some excerpts from
her letter which follow:
“…I learned a lot from
watching my dad work at the
station and from listening to
the instructions he gave his
employees… I learned to treat
all people I meet as I would
want to be treated. There,
under my dad’s watchful eye, I
learned how to be a good person. If you ever stopped by the
Texaco station in the 1950s or
knew my dad from B. & C.
Construction Company (where
he was a partner), from his
antique store, Carter’s Trading
Post on the Square, from
church, or anywhere else you
may have come in contact with
him, then you know what I
mean. To know Dewey Carter
was to know a truly good person. So many times, people I
never knew have told me stories of things my dad did for
them or how he influenced
their lives and made them better.
“As the last of the Texaco
signs comes down and the new
Shell signs go up, I shall miss
seeing the familiar Star on
South Water Avenue in
Gallatin. It is sad to see a
change in this place where so
many fond memories were
made and lessons learned.
“My dad passed away in
July of 1971. I don’t believe
he ever knew how many people’s lives he touched and how
many people he helped. He
wasn’t the kind of man to keep
track of such things. It was just
a way of life for him, as a
father, a husband, a businessman, and a Christian.
“With today’s self-service
gas stations on every corner
and most of us never knowing
the names of the people with
whom we do business, I
believe, if my dad were still
here at the Texaco station, he
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would still be the first to smile
and say good morning to every
customer, making eye contact
and making friends.
“The Texaco Star may be
replaced by the Shell, but lessons learned and memories
such as these will live on forever in this proud daughter’s
heart.”
*
*
*
The other item, which
came to my mind for this column about Father’s Day, is a
personal experience. Over the
many years, my family has
always been active in our
church. I, my wife, son, and
daughter have worked in music
with children, the youth, and
adults with plenty of musical
presentations.
One Sunday, I was present
in a Sunday School classroom
with a group of children when
the teacher asked a profound
question. In the midst of their
class discussion and learning
exercises about God, the
teacher said, “Children, please
take your crayons and paper
and draw for me a picture of
God.”
That one even threw me
for a moment. We know that
God is a Spirit. But, the
teacher was quite intent in having the children draw what
they thought was God.
I knew that God’s creation
of children, their minds, and
their great imaginations would
be very interesting. The results
were on a very high level of
thinking. As we later looked at
the children’s pictures, we saw
many interesting things.
One little child drew a
beautiful picture of a rainbow.
Another child had taken great
pains in drawing a beautiful
scene of nature with grass,
trees, beautiful flowers, and
clouds. Yes, Mother Nature
certainly depicts what God is
and does in his works. Another
child, knowing the Scripture
“God is a Spirit,” had drawn
some mystical swirls and
curves which in that child’s
mind revealed the mysteries of
God. I even saw it as pretty
good contemporary art.
Finally, after looking at
many of the children’s drawings, we were looking at the
last little boy’s drawing of
God. He had drawn a nice picture of a man’s face. The
teacher said, “Who is that?”
The little boy looked up at the
teacher and said, “It is a picture
of my Daddy.”
What a wonderful world
this would be, and how so
many problems could be
solved, if all little children
were asked to draw a picture of
God, and all of them could
draw a picture of their Daddy.
Happy Father’s Day to
everyone.
Blame it on vacation season. Blame it on the
war, but one stop at the pumps and you’re
instantly reminded that we’re paying through the
nose for this stuff called gasoline.
Alternative fuel discussions aside, the secondary question (right after, “When’s this going
to stop?”) is: “Since when did anyone pay
through the nose, and just what’s the scoop
behind this expression?”
Turns out, we can thank the Swedes for this
one. No. No one there literally paid through the
nose, though sources tell us there once was a
time when the Swedish government charged its
citizens by the nose (which is another term for a
head tax).
For the record, paying through the nose, is
used in two contexts. 1) It means you paid too
much (as if to say, you were overcharged). 2) It
is also used in reference to installment payment
methods: (think rent-to-own, and other such
extended payment plans that likewise, mean
you’re paying too much).
Story has it that many moons ago, the
Swedish government (in their never ending
efforts to raise more funds) came up with the
brilliant idea of a nose tax of one penny per person. From this, paying through the nose became
synonymous with illogical (if not ludicrous) over
payment, which today we cite more often in nongovernmental contexts. (Not that our government doesn’t have us paying through the nose as
well.)
While other theories exist… (Some will tell
you the Danes used to split the noses of those
who didn’t pay their poll taxes. Others trace it to
the Greek word rhinos, their slang for money, but
our basis in medical terminology, for noses and
nose jobs), I tend to go with the Swedes on this
one, as paying through the nose just sounds better when it’s coming from pretty people.
Karlen
of “I
“I Didn’t
Karlin Evins,
Evins, author
author of
Didn’t Know
Know That”
That,”welcomes your
welcomes yourfeedback
feedback
www.ididntknowthat.biz
[email protected].
Order one or more of E.D. Thompson’s books by calling
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Your Community NEWS Paper with Kids In Mind
More Than A Yard of Hair Later, Haley Wants Others To Donate
Bellevue Homeschool News
Bellevue’s Haley has given
over a yard of hair to Locks of
Love. When she was 4 years old
she saw a story on the Maury
Povich show about Locks of
Love. At the time she was wearing her hair in a short little bob
and said “I’m going to grow my
hair long to help the sick children” and that is what she has
done three times.
Kindergarten News
by Jada Elise Perry
by Benjamin Hansen
9th Grade
News
by Amelia Everett
1st Grade
News
On the first cutting at 8
years old she gave 14 inches, at
11 she gave another 12 inches.
At 13 was again growing her
hair to give away when she
heard Randy Owen’s new song
“Braid my Hair” on the radio.
This past week she cut 11 inches making a total of a little over
a yard of hair she has given.
Haley has chosen Locks of
Love as her project to earn her
Silver Award for Girl Scouts.
Her goal is to collect 500 locks
of hair so 500 little girls will
receive a wig and they can braid
their hair.
Haley is asking people to
please help by cutting your hair
a mailing it to her. You will be
helping a child who has lost her
by Jenna Snipes
2nd Grade
Brooke
Reichard Gives To Locks of Love
News
by Paiton Walker
hair.
Brooke attends Gower
Elementary and will be in the
3rd grade.
Locks of Love is a public
non-profit organization that
provides hairpieces to finan-
7th Grade
News
by Haley Butler
cially disadvantaged children in
the United States and Canada
under age 18 suffering from
long-term medical hair loss
from any diagnosis. We meet a
unique need for children by
using donated hair to create the
highest quality hair prosthetics.
Most of the children helped by
Locks of Love have lost their
hair due to a medical condition
called alopecia areata, which
has no known cause or cure.
The prostheses we provide help
to restore their self-esteem and
their confidence, enabling them
to face the world and their
peers.
Heather at Great Clips is
the stylist cutting Brooke’s
hair to be donated to Locks
of Love.
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Haley Butler,
P.O. Box
210003, Nashville, TN 37221.
To date Haley has collected
a total seven locks from,
Kingston Springs, Tracy City &
Charlotte Tn, Florida and
Washington.
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Bellevue resident Brooke
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donate at least 10 plus inches of
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I could see my hand reaching out to Drew, as if in slow
motion, and then he took it quickly. Before I realized it, I was
swirling around the big hall. Everything was as if it had sped
up...the music drifted to my ears, first loud and then softly, as we
turned around and around. I was actually dancing! I felt my doubts
bubble up into my throat and were released as muffled giggles...I
was actually dancing ...with Drew! His green eyes sparkled as he
smiled at me and then glanced to where he was leading us. Around
and around the room, until I felt so giddy and dizzy, I had to say,
“Stop, please stop!”
Drew looked down at me and took my hand and guided our
steps over to one of the sofas near Aunt Sara. I fell upon the soft,
leather sofa, grateful to have a moment to catch my breath and feel
orientated. Everything felt so...dream like!
I heard Aunt Sara ask Drew if he would pass out the presents.
My young dance partner bowed at Aunt Sara as he said, “With
pleasure, Auntie!”
Nona and Daddy joined me on the sofa. Nona saying, “Tim,
I taught you very well! You dance every bit as accomplished as
your father did!” Daddy smiled, as he wiped his forehead with his
handkerchief. I guess the room was a little warm, so the warm
glow I felt...wasn’t from all the excitement.
“Miss Lauren, this one appears to be yours.” Drew said, as he
placed a rather large, eloquently wrapped present in my lap.”
“Look for the card, Lauren,” Nona said. I could tell she was
as excited as I was for me to open it.
The small note card taped under the large ribbon easily came
off as I tugged. It read, “To Lauren, with love from Aunt Sara.” I
read it out loud...and then I quickly tore off the beautiful paper
from around the present. Inside the box was a beautiful silver
comb and brush set, along with a mirrored tray. I picked each
piece up carefully and smiled. When I lifted the mirrored tray, I
couldn’t help but notice my reflection in the mirror...My eyes glistened...I looked very rosy cheeked and happy...so very happy, and
then I caught just a slight reflection...the shadow of a face, so like
my own...from behind me. I quickly looked behind me...but there
was nobody there. It was sort of... unnerving....ghosties... as they
call them, here...I wondered?
“This is so beautiful, Aunt Sara, thank-you!” I said.
“If you will notice my dear, the handle of the brush. It has
scrolled letters on it. I believe this belonged to a distant relative of
ours. It is a family heirloom. I hope you treasure it always.” Aunt
Sara said.
I already knew who they had once belonged to, even before I
studied the brush handle, and the scrolled initials, “H and M”.
They had belonged to Hailey...I was certain!
Nona took the brush from my hand and her eyes got really big
as she examined the initials.
“Hum”...Nona said, as she smiled, and handed it back to me.
Now Drew was pushing another wrapped present into my
hands. I smiled as I took it. It felt sort of heavy, and it rattled.
Aunt Sara’s eyes sparkled as she said, “This one is all you my
dearest!”
I opened the box to find...a leather journal...accompanied by
an exquisite, heavy, golden pen. I opened the soft blue and gold
leather binding that had two tiny leather straps, tied neatly in a
small bow, holding its golden trimmed pages hostage. These straps
must be for keeping it private. I loved it!
As the bow released its content, Aunt Sara had inscribed this
message, written with such perfect penmanship...
“This journal I give to my heiress...benefactor of all that is,
was, and ever shall be, here this day in Wilshire England, in her
new home, Montacumbay; all .... For the Love of Lauren.
Affectionately, your Aunt Sara.”
Goodnight and God bless!
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BCC Songwriter’s Night Benefits
Human Trafficking Ministry
Nashville-area artists Jonell
Mosser, Blue Mother Tupelo,
Kim McLean, Devon O’Day
and Clara Oman have joined
forces
with
Bellevue
Community Church for an
evening of music to benefit Free
For Life Ministries.
Free For Life Ministries is a
Nashville-based charity that
raises awareness and financial
support for safe houses in countries around the world for victims of modern slavery (human
trafficking). “Not only does it
still exist, some 27 million people worldwide are being held
against their will today,” said
FFLM Founder and Executive
Director Colette Bercu. “I am so
excited that these gifted artists
are willing to support our cause
Westview Worship Pages
Unitarian
Universalist
Sunday Worship
June 15, 11:00 am
Bellevue Baptist Church
SUNDAY
WEDNESDAY
8:30 Early Worship
5:00 Weekly Meal
9:45 Sunday School & Bible Study
6:15 Prayer Meeting & Bible Study
11:00 Morning Worship
Preschool/Children & Youth Activities
6:00 Evening Worship
646-2711
“Same-Sex Marriage:
A Celebration”
Rev. Dr. Dan Rosemergy
Preschool child care provided for all services
7400 Hwy. 70 South (near Red Caboose Park)
374 Hicks Road, Bellevue
615-673-7699 or visit us at:
http://www.gnuuc.org
Bellevue
Church of
Christ
7401 Highway 70S.
Nashville, TN 37221
646-9828
Sunday
Worship - 9 a.m.
Bible Study - 10:15 a.m.
Evening Worship - 6 p.m.
Blue
Mother
Tupelo,
anchored by husband-and-wife
duo Ricky and Micol Davis, is a
N a s h v i l l e - b a s e d
rock/blues/folk/country band.
The group’s music was featured
in the 2005 film Daltry Calhoun.
www.bluemothertupelo.com/ho
me.html;
www.myspace.
com/bluemothertupelo
Kim McLean is an awardwinning and Grammy-nominated roots/folk-rock singer/songwriter with over 200 original
song credits for artists like Tim
McGraw, Lee Ann Womack,
Trisha Yearwood; her music has
been heard on major network
television shows and her current
CD, Happy Face, can be heard
on Americana, Folk, Country,
AAA, Rock and NPR stations in
the U.S. and around the world.
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www.myspace.com/kimmclean
Devon O’Day is a former
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Feel God’s Love at
A Liberal Faith
Sunday Services &
Children’s Classes 11:00am
with their talents.”
Hosted by Laurie Kerr, this
special “BCC Songwriter’s
Night” is scheduled for
Thursday, June 19, at 7:00 p.m.
in The Onion behind Bellevue
Community Church, 8001
Highway 70 South, in West
Nashville. Tickets are $3.00 at
the door.
For more information, log
on
to
www.freeforlifeministries.com. For information
about or directions to BCC, log
on to www.hopepark.com.
About the Artists
Jonell Mosser, a Nashville
R&B powerhouse, is an experienced session singer with several critically-acclaimed albums to
her credit. She is currently
appearing nationally with the
“Freedom Sings” tour sponsored
by the First Amendment Center.
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w w w. m y s p a c e . c o m / j o n e l l mosserofficialsite
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
615-646-5050
8063 Hwy. 100
www.harpethheights.com
Charlotte Heights
church of Christ
5807 Charlotte Ave.
356-4367
Sunday
Interpreter for the deaf
Evening Bible Study
7:00pm
Wednesday
Bible Study - 7 p.m.
HARPETH HEIGHTS
BAPTIST CHURCH
Morning Worship 9 a.m.
Bible Class (all ages) 10:15 a.m.
Evening Worship 5 p.m.
Tuesday
Ladies Bible Class 10 a.m.
Wednesday
Evening Bible Class 7 p.m.
Minister - Jim Morgan
Minister - Darrell Blankenship
Youth Minister - Marc Jones
Charlotte
Road
Baptist Church
We Welcome You To:
CHURCH OF CHRIST
7565 CHARLOTTE PIKE
NASHVILLE, TN 37209
352-4362
“Transforming lives to be more
like Jesus”
SUNDAY
Worship
9:00 a.m.
Bible Study
10:30 a.m.
•Fellowship •Bible Study •Friendship •and Love
7511 Charlotte Road
(located just west of
Sawyer Brown Rd.)
crbcnashville.org
Bible Study 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship 10:50 a.m.
Pastor, Greg Brewer
Evening Worship 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening 6:45 P.M. Church Phone: 356-5810
Care Groups : Call for times & locations
WEDNESDAY
Bible Study
6:15 p.m.
Associate Minister - Daryl Demonbreun
Pulpit Minister - Scott McDowell
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Get Healthy
by Ronda Biffert
ACE Personal Trainer
Nutrition Advisor
615.506.6433
[email protected]
Inside
and
Out
There has been much
debate about the best way to
train to loose fat, but as one
person said, “just moving is
better than nothing!” I agree,
but for regular exercise enthusiasts, you just may be able to cut
your time in two! Studies now
show that high intensity workouts increased metabolism to
the point where the body
burned fat for up to 48 hours
after the workout.
The reason why slower
cardio workouts were recommended in the past is because
you burn a greater percentage
of calories from fat instead of
burning carbohydrates. Now
they are saying that slow workouts are good but there is a better way. Recent studies have
shown that high intensity burns
fat 50% more effectively than
low intensity because you burn
more calories per minute which
means quicker total fat loss.
One example of a high
intensity workout would be to
warm up for 5 minutes, do
sprints of 30 seconds with 10
second rests, repeat 8-12 times,
then finish with a 5 minute cool
down. This is something you
work up to. If you are able to do
12 sets as a beginner you are
going to slow.
PLEASE KNOW, that high
intensity workouts are NOT recommended for anyone who does
not have a medical clearance
from their doctor or anyone who
has coronary heart disease.
These workouts are for people
who have a reasonable good
level of aerobic fitness and/or
have hit a plateau. These workouts can be hard on the body and
joints and should only be done 2
times a week, at max 3.
So for those of you who are
able, you might want to take 2
days a week to rev up your
training schedule by high intensity. For those of you who
can’t, walking is great and easy
on the joints and still recom-
mended to increase cardiovascular endurance and fat loss.
No matter what your fitness level, just moving will do
your body good inside and out!
Name Change at Senior Citizens
Willard Dean, SilverSneakers volunteer; Janice Woodard, volunteer coordinator; Brianne
Callahan, program director; Vickie Ballance, center director; Cathy Smith, YMCA associate
director; Jeannie Horde, Turner Center ambassador; and Norene Fossick, member.
Senior Citizens, Inc., the
only nonprofit organization in
middle Tennessee that offers a
continuum of life enrichment
opportunities for all citizens
aged 50 and older, announced
an organization-wide name
change to FiftyForward. As a
result, the J.L. Turner Lifelong
Learning Center (in partnership
with the Bellevue Family
YMCA) has changed its name
to FiftyForward J.L. Turner
Center.
“We are changing what we
are called; we are not changing
our mission,” said Janet
Jernigan, executive director.
“The name ‘FiftyForward’ better reflects our mission to
enhance the lives of people
aged
50
and
forward.
FiftyForward pays tribute to
our 52 years of service while reemphasizing the dynamic, innovative spirit that has made our
agency a role model for providing a continuum of life-enhancing services.”
The new name is a result of
18 months of study, research,
interviews, surveys, internal
and external discussions, consultation with community leaders, and focus groups by a team
of board members, volunteers
and staff.
“One of the reasons that
FiftyForward has resonated so
positively with all those who
participated in the process is
that it honors our past while
clearly moving us toward the
future,” said Randy Parham,
FiftyForward board president.
“Our core values are ageless
and continue to be our guide.”
In addition to the J.L.
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Turner Lifelong Learning
Center, FiftyForward operates
six other centers in the middle
Tennessee area, including
College Grove Enrichment
Center, Donelson Station
Center,
Knowles
Center,
Madison Station Center, The
Martin Center in Brentwood,
and Northwest Center. The centers will now be called
FiftyForward
Bordeaux,
FiftyForward College Grove,
FiftyForward Donelson Station,
FiftyForward J. L. Turner
Center, FiftyForward Knowles,
FiftyForward Madison Station,
and FiftyForward Martin
Center.
More than 4,000 members
in Davidson and Williamson
counties participate in hundreds
of educational, wellness, social,
travel and arts programs offered
at
the
seven
centers.
FiftyForward also provides volunteer opportunities for older
adults through the Foster
Grandparents, RSVP and
Friends Learning in Pairs
(FLIP) programs. Furthermore,
FiftyForward furnishes much
needed assistance to older
adults wanting to remain living
independently in their homes,
with Living at Home programs
such as Adult Day Services,
Meals on Wheels, Senior
Companions, and Victory Over
Crime.
Since 1956, FiftyForward,
formerly Senior Citizens, Inc.,
has helped adults 50 and older
maintain their independence
and active involvement in the
community through comprehensive services, advocacy and
community education. For
additional information, call
(615) 743-3400 or visit
www.fiftyforward.org.
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Cheatham County Community Theater’s “Butterflies Are Free”
Cheatham
County
Community Theater announces
the opening of “Butterflies Are
Free”. This romantic comedy
by Leonard Gershe hits the
stage on June 12, 14, 15, 19, 21,
and 22. Thursday and Saturday
shows at 7:30 PM. Sunday
shows at 2:30 PM.
You may remember the
hit 1972 movie by the same
name, starring Goldie Hawn
and Edward Albert as Jill
Tanner and Don Baker. Set in
Don’s New York flat, where he
has finally escaped his overbearing mother and his small
town life, Don is ready to live
on his own and heal his broken
heart. Jill is the girl in the next
apartment, as wild and pretty as
a Butterfly, full of confidence
and vitality. Their ensuing affair
is full of warm, knock-about
repartee.
Ticket prices are 10.00 for
adults, 5.00 for seniors 65 and
over and students with ID.
Group pricing is available.
Cheatham
County
Community Theater productions are held in the beautiful
Jean Downey Theater, located
in the back of Harpeth High
School, 170 West Kingston
Springs Rd. in Kingston
Springs, TN. Kingston Springs
is conveniently located just
west of Nashville, I-40 exit 188.
For further information, call the
CCCT Hotline at 615-2592001, or visit our website at
www.CheathamTheater.org.
“Butterflies are Free” is
sponsored in part by Heritage
Bank,
Harmony
House
Publications and Ticketmaster.
BCC Songwriters
(Cont. from page 8)
model-turned-longtime Nashville radio personality, voiceover artist,
songwriter and author. Her new book, “My Angels Wear Fur,”
includes a CD of original music by friend and fellow artist Kim
McLean called Goodbye My Friend: Celebrating The Memory Of A
Pet. www.myspace.com/devonoday
Clara Oman is a new pop rock artist currently signed with the
Billy Dean Music Group; her debut album, From Now On, was
released in October 2007 in the UK and Eire, with plans for an international tour of the UK, Eire, mainland Europe and Asia in 2008.
www.claraoman.com; www.myspace.com/claraoman
Laurie Kerr, a Canadian transplant to Music City, is an
Americana/Roots artist sharing songwriting credits with the likes of
Jon Robbin, Greg Barnhill, Andrew Gold and Rob Crosby. Married
to Canadian country artist Rick Henry, Kerr and her band is a fixture
at
Nashville
songwriter
and
in-the-round
events.
www.myspace.com/lauriekerr
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Congratulations 2008 Graduates of Christ Presbyterian Academy
Metro Historic Marker Dedicated at Parmer Park
By, Betsy Thorpe
“We’ll march down the
field with a cheer from our foes
we have nothing to fear-oh- Our
hearts will be brave as we rule
When we’re cheering for
Parmer School”
“Our team will be brave to
the end With our might for our
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honor to defend-so Come let us
sing while we may And we’ll be
gay and cheer away For dear
“Old Parmer”
As Parmer School alumni
gathered to sing the schools
fight song on ground that once
hosted Parmer School graduation ceremonies,Metro Historic
Marker # 129 was dedicated on
Thursday June 5th .The marker
commemorating the history of
Parmer School was erected in
Parmer Park earlier this spring.
Belle Meade City Manager
Beth Reardon and Belle Meade
City Hall Volunteer Hettie
Stuart worked with Tara Melnik
of the Metro Historical
Commission to establish the
marker. Ms. Melnik and Metro
Historical
Commission
Executive Director Ann Roberts
were present at the Parmer
School marker dedication.
Belle
Meade
Mayor
George Crook, who attended
Parmer School, officiated the
dedication. Ann Pointdexter, a
member of Parmer School’s
first class, with alumni
Margaret Ann Robinson (class
of ‘38) and Pattie French Lester
(class of ‘36) raised the Parmer
School Flag up the school’s flag
pole.
Following the dedication
fond memories were exchanged
among the former students of
Parmer School. One woman
remembered having to walk the
circular driveway in front of the
school as punishment for a
small infraction of school rules;
another recalled walking to
school at the beginning of the
school year and how it exciting
it was to be going back to
school.
The school grounds are
now a popular neighborhood
park.The new Metro marker
that stands in front of the
school’s brick archway on
Leake Avenue in Belle Meade
will give local park visitors an
understanding of the park’s
unique past and of the historic
significance Parmer School
holds in their community .
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Former Parmer School Cheerleaders, cheer in front of
school. Gloria Davitt Shaw Class of '45, Betty Nelson Class
of '48, Dottie Sensing Hetzel Class of '46.
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Cheatham County
Pets of the Week
Possum, #8050630 - This is
Possum! He is an 8 month old
border collie mix. Possum is
absolutely stunning - long soft
fur with beautiful tan & white
markings. He is very outgoing
and always has a "smile" on his
face. A very happy boy who
will make a great companion
and "best friend." Possum does
great on a leash and seems to
get along with other animals
too. He desperately needs to
find a forever home to call his
own. Please help save this
sweet boy!
forever home! Roman is very
loving and likes to cuddle.
Please help save Roman!
CCAC guarantees that pets
adopted from the facility will
have their first series of shots
and are dewormed.Love animals but can’t adopt ? We need
YOU as a volunteer ! Please
call us today at 792-DOGS.
Visit our list of adoptable pets
online! www. cheathamcountyRoman, #8050610 – Meet
Roman! He is a big beautiful
cat with long black shiny fur.
He is already neutered, up to
date on all shots - ready for his
Customer Appreciation Weekend...
at the Broadway Drive-In
Broadway
Drive-In
Theater, is trying to help the
community deal with the high
cost of living...with a little fun!
Broadway Drive In is showing
their customers how much they
appreciate them...and all three
nights, Friday, June 13, 14 &
15th, admission is FREE!
Now... there’s no excuse,
so gather the family and friends
and head out for a fun evening
at the movies! Alvin And The
Chipmunks will be playing. It’s
rated PG, so it’s family fun for
everyone! And if you come
paws. org/
Located at 2797 Sam’s
Creek Rd. (Rt. 249), one mile
from thePegram city limits and
just south of the entrance to the
Cheatham County Landfill.
Call for
shows & times
646-3111
hungry, you can plan to have
supper, too! They sell the best
hamburgers around, along with
all your favorites, including
Popcorn, Cotton Candy and
Shaved Ice. Gates open at 7PM.
Friday the 13th Black Cat Adoption Planned
The Lucky Friday the 13th
Black Cat Adoption will be
held to help find homes for cats
that have been maligned in U.
S. history but make great pets
according to event organizers.
The Black Cat Adoption
will be held at the offices of
The Lipman Group Sotheby’s
International Realty at 2325
Crestmoor Road, Suite L-4, in
Green Hills. Call 615-463-3333
for help with directions.
The event, which will run
from 2 to 4 p.m., will feature a
number of black cats of all
sizes and ages. The cost to
adopt a cat or kitten is $100,
which covers the cost of spaying and neutering, vaccinations,
etc. There also will be some
cats of other colors available.
"Black cats are always the
last to be adopted," said organizer Julia Duke," even though
they are often the most affectionate cats of all."
"I have had numerous cats
in my life, and the two sweetest
of all were solid black cats,"
said volunteer David Hodgson.
"I think people just don’t realize what loving pets they are."
"The origin of the black cat
and good luck is believed to
have begun in ancient Egypt,"
Duke said. "Today in parts of
Europe if a black cat crosses
your path that is considered
good fortune. If a black cat
walks into your house, you are
truly blessed.
"But in the United States,
some people adhere to an idea
the Pilgrims believed in that the
black cat was a companion to
witches
and
therefore,
unlucky," Duke said. "We are
trying to let people know these
black kitties make wonderful
pets."
Duke’s cat rescue, which
she runs with volunteers
through her pet sitting business,
The Privileged Pet, has taken in
many black mother cats this
spring, which is kitten season.
"I just can’t turn my back
on them," Duke said, "and, of
course, black mama cats have
black babies. So our rescue is
full of black cats needing
homes."
"Black cats have always
been good luck for our family,"
said Randy Horick, whose two
black cats, 20-pound Jinx and
6-pound Boo-cat, spend much
of each day with Horick in his
home office. Both cats were
rescues and both, according to
Horick, "have great personalities."
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"We are very excited about
having this event at our
offices," said Larry Lipman,
owner and president of Lipman
Group/Sotheby's Realty. "We
all love animals and we’re very
happy to be able to help some
of these cats and kittens find
good homes. I hope lots of people will come to see them."
For more information, visit
theprivilegedpet.petfinder.com
or call 615-354-5611.
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his position to the Westview office on the
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send in the coupon saying “no Wally.” A drawing
is held each Monday morning at 11:00 a.m. If you
win, come by the Westview office and pick up
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Codes & safety highlight
streetlight discussion
By Richard Edmondson
A request for additional
street lighting from a local
resident prompted a discussion by city leaders last week
on how to balance such
requests with a city code limiting street light placement.
The issue came up at this
month’s White Bluff City
Council meeting following a
request from a resident on
Oak Drive for a street light to
be placed in front of his
house. Police Chief Dean
Hester said the location in
question could indeed benefit
from placement of an additional light.
But fulfilling the resident’s request apparently
would place the city in violation of a code limiting street
light emplacement to one
every other utility pole.
Mayor Linda Hayes says “it
just might be that we might
have to make an exception in
this case”—but Councilman
Dale Whitfield says he’s worried that making exceptions to
the code could present the city
with problems in the form of
dozens of additional street
light requests in the future.
“I’m afraid if we break
that code and (make) one
exception, then you’re going
to have a bunch of people up
here saying, ‘I want a street
light. They got one. I want
one.’ Then where are you
going to draw the line?”
Whitfield said.
“I had a citizen, not in
Dillard Hill but on Wolfe
Road, came and asked me
about a street light, said ‘I
want another street light in
front of my house…He had
one here—and he wanted
another one on the next pole. I
said, ‘No sir. I can’t help you.
It’s every other pole.’ And
that’s the last time he said
anything to me about it,” he
added.
Hester said part of the
problem is that there has been
a lack of uniformity in the
spacing out of utility poles,
with poles being closer
together in some parts of the
city than in others.
“We’ve got places where
it’s extremely dark, and we’ve
got places that are well lit,”
Hester said, adding that poor
lighting increases criminal
activity and that abiding rigidly to the rule of one light
every other pole could mean
as much as 500-600 feet
“where there’s no light at all”
in some areas of the city.
The request for additional
lighting was made by resident
Joe Brock, but as Whitfield
alluded, it’s a request which
presents city officials with
something of a quandary.
Grant a variance in Brock’s
case, and you possibly set the
stage for similar demands
from other residents—or, on
the other hand, the city could
revise the code, allowing for
more street lights. But how
many? And can the budget
afford a street light on every
single pole, essentially doubling the present number,
should it come to that?
“I know we had one (resident) on Greenfield Ridge
requesting a street light and
we didn’t allow it because it
(the policy) was one on every
other pole,” said Councilman
Oscar Martin.
Hayes said she recognizes
the need to stay within the
parameters of the code, and
that making exceptions could
lead to problems, but she feels
also that the houses and utility
poles on Oak Drive may be
farther apart than normal, perhaps due to its being an older
neighborhood, and she proposed accompanying Hester
on a visit to the area to make
an assessment of the needs.
“I think that we should
take a look at it, and also we
should take into consideration
the footage, how far apart
there is actually from light to
light. Those are older subdivisions and the light poles could
be much farther apart than the
newer subdivision, so we
somehow might need to make
adjustments for that,” said the
mayor, who is expected to
make a recommendation at
the next council meeting after
canvassing the area.
Councilman Eric Tidwell
suggested the problem on Oak
Drive could possibly be
resolved—and the code still
adhered to—by simply shifting the locations of presentlyexisting lights on the street so
that Brock’s house ends up
with a light in front of it.
Hester said another element contributing to lessthan-adequate lighting in the
city is that street lights that
have either malfunctioned or
been damaged by storms have
not always been promptly
repaired or replaced. He suggested sending a letter to
Dickson Electric “to request
some better service on our
lights.”
“I’m not trying to blame
this on anybody. I know
they’ve got other cities that
they’re taking care of too,” he
said.
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The Creek Wood High School Choir will board a plane
early tommorrow morning for a long-awaited trip to New
York, where choir members will undergo the memorable
experience of performing onstage at Carnegie Hall. Here
choir member Bryan Meade gets a bon-voyage wish of
encouragement from friend Carley Overton.
Other action by council
In other business last week, the City Council adopted on second reading a budget for fiscal year 2008-09 that projects revenues
and expenditures exceeding $2.3 million with a narrow surplus of
$499.
While the budget was passed unanimously, Vice Mayor Jeff
Martin said he had concerns about one provision in which the city,
as an expense-saving measure, will reduce the amount it pays for
insurance coverage for city employee’s family members.
“I had an employee approach me—this employee has the family coverage on insurance, and was not in favor of us increasing
the amount that the employees pay,” Martin said. “I did say—and
this is something I do believe—that there’s two sides to that coin.
There’s the insurance side and there’s also the salary side.”
Martin said that should the city enact further reductions in the
amount it pays—as was discussed at last month’s meeting when
the budget was passed on first reading—consideration should possibly be given to commensurate increases in salary for the employees affected.
“I think that as we go on, if we’re looking at further increasing the employee’s portion of the family coverage, we need to
make sure that we’re also looking at the salary side. I’m not proposing in this budget any change to what we’ve already discussed,
but I do think that in future years if we’re going to look at that
insurance, we’re also going to have to be sure and look at the
salary side of the equation also.”
For five city employees who were “grandfathered” in under a
city policy which no longer exists insurance coverage for family
members is paid by the city in the amount of 75 percent. Under the
new budget, however, the city’s portion will drop by 25 percent—
down to 50 percent—thereby increasing accordingly the amount
the employee must pay to continue the coverage.
Council members also heard a progress report from Mayor
Linda Hayes on construction of the new city fire hall.
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Wednesday, J une 1 1, 2 008
Meet your doctor: Ernest “Rusty” Smith
by Tracy Lucas
Dr. Ernest “Rusty” Smith,
who works with Dickson
Medical Associates in the West
wing of Horizon Medical
Center, knows all about breaking new ground.
As Dickson’s first full-time
dedicated urologist, Smith
overcame many obstacles to
finally realize his dream of a
thriving practice at DMA.
Though born and raised
near Memphis, Smith went to
medical school at Indiana
University in Indianapolis
before taking a job in
Cincinnati, Ohio. Smith says
he didn’t like the town very
much, so when it arose, he
eagerly seized the opportunity
to return to Tennessee as a faculty member at Vanderbilt.
After teaching resident
doctors at Vanderbilt for four
years, Smith says he decided to
pursue his own private practice
- not an easy process in a city as
large and medically advanced
as Nashville.
“Dickson was a community
that I’d actually gotten really
interested in even before I left
Vanderbilt,” Smith says. “At
the time, all of the urology that
was being done in Dickson was
basically being done in a half a
day a week, on Tuesday mornings, by an urologist that was
coming in from Nashville. And
so, unless you just happened to
be ill or have a problem on
Tuesday morning, you either
got shipped to Nashville or had
to wait, regardless of what the
situation was.”
Smith
continues,
“I
thought, you know, Dickson’s a
big enough place. They really
ought to have somebody who is
willing to actually invest a little
more time, energy, and effort
into things.”
After that realization,
Smith says, it took him another
two years to make the arrangements necessary for beginning a
new practice in a brand new
town. Smith began working
under the Dickson Medical
Associates umbrella in October
2007, when the full-time local
opportunity he’d sought for so
long finally became available.
“I’m really glad I did,” he
says, “It’s worked out great for
me personally. It’s infinitely
nicer out here, just for a myriad
of different reasons. The people, the patients, the people you
get to work with. It’s the whole
nine yards. Nashville’s pretty
businesslike, very corporate...
sort of dog-eat-dog. And that’s
not what medicine is supposed
to be about.”
“Here, it’s just me. If I
want to sit and talk with a
patient for an hour and a half,
and really take my time getting
to know someone’s concerns, I
don’t have to worry about anybody beating me over the head
with it. You can really get to
know people, and it’s very
rewarding,” he adds. “It makes
a big difference, and I think that
goes for both me and the
patients.”
Smith says that he offers
the “full spectrum” of adult urological services, as well as limited pediatric urology. Whether
symptoms present as difficulty
with urination, overactive bladder and incontinence, or more
emotionally worrying signs
such as growths or erectile dysfunction, many times the problems can be solved quickly and
painlessly, Smith says.
“Frequently, we find that
the hardest part is getting folks
to make the appointment, and
speak openly about the symptoms they may be experiencing,” Smith says. “It’s a common misconception that it’s
normal for these things to happen to your body as you get
older - but the simple truth of it
is that it doesn’t have to be.”
Speaking of commonality
of troubles, Smith says that the
South has a nickname you may
not have heard before - “The
Stone Belt”, which he says
aligns pretty nearly with the
Karen Hale Honored With
Regional Coordinator Award
The
Association
of
Government
Accountants
(AGA) has selected Karen B.
Hale, MAOM, CGFM, to
receive AGA’s First Regional
Coordinator Award. Hale is the
Southeastern
Regional
Coordinator for Education and
a member of AGA’s Nashville
Chapter.
AGA praised Hale for
working diligently to encourage and inspire chapters leaders
in the area of education and
training, for sharing her
insights on successful programs and events, and for
speaking to AGA chapters on
topics such as strategic planning, performance measures
and leadership. A Dickson, TN,
resident, she will be honored at
AGA’s Annual Professional
Development Conference and
Exposition to be held July
27–30 in Atlanta.
With
the
Regional
Coordinator Award, AGA is
honoring Hale for dedicating
significant time and resources
to improving chapter operations. She promotes AGA’s
goals and initiatives and helps
chapters
maximize
their
involvement with AGA programs.
She participated in AGA’s
2007 Sectional Leadership
Meeting, meeting with the
national education director and
chapter leaders from across the
nation to discuss educational
barriers, concerns and future
needs. A past Nashville Chapter
Education Chair, Hale received
the chapter’s 2004 President’s
Award. She embraces the philosophy that chapters grow
from education and networking
opportunities.
She led the team within the
Tennessee Comptroller of the
Treasury’s Office that developed the office’s first CitizenCentric Report in 2007 and
served on the team for the
Comptroller’s
Office
of
Management Services report.
She is in charge of the same
report this year and encourages
other departments to the same.
The
Association
of
Government Accountants is a
15,000-member professional
association that serves government accountability professionals by providing quality education, fostering professional
development and certification,
and working in the public interest for higher standards of government accountability and
transparency. To find out more
about AGA, visit our website at
www.agacgfm.org.
more famous “Bible Belt”.
He explains, “We typically
see a lot of kidney stones during
the summer, particularly in the
South. We think the trouble
stems from combination of the
heat, the tendency to become
dehydrated, and the fact that
when it’s hot outside, people
who work outside don’t always
keep up with their fluid intake
the way they should,”
“Because it is so common,
we’ve really been focusing on
improving the ability of
Dickson to take care of
Dickson’s own patients instead
of shipping them all off the way
they did before. We’ve now got
a machine that crushes stones
that comes to Dickson, and so
people can now have that done
here instead of having to drive
to Nashville for it,” he says.
“A lot of older people don’t
want to drive to the city for an
appointment, whether it’s trying
to avoid the traffic, or whatever,” he points out. “I mean, I
don’t even like driving there
sometimes. And some people
want to avoid that so much that
they just won’t take care of
themselves. This just makes all
of that much easier.”
While Smith and his family
technically still live in
Nashville, he says that the
reverse commute has been
worth every step.
“I love the town, I love the
people,” he says. “This is what I
got into medicine for in the first
place.”
And apparently, Dickson
loves him - enough to adopt
him fully as their own.
In answering the question
whether he preferred to be mentioned for this article in accordance with the “Ernest” on his
nameplate or the “Rusty” he
uses while introducing himself,
Smith laughs.
“Well, I don’t know where
the ‘Rusty’ came from, to tell
you the truth,” he admits. “That
just started when I came here folks just started calling me that
on their own when I got to
Dickson. ‘Bye, Rusty’, and,
‘See you next time, Rusty’. I
have no idea how that started,
but it’s certainly stuck! I’ve
been “Ernest’ my whole career
so far, everywhere else.”
Smith smiles again. “Put
both, I guess. I’m ‘Rusty’ now.”
Renaissance presents
The Music Man
A con man working his way across the country selling instruments and musical instruction runs into big trouble when he falls
in love with the librarian in River City, Iowa, as the Renaissance
Players present a community production of The Music Man at The
Renaissance Center in Dickson June 13-22.
Performances of The Music Man will be 7 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays for the two weekends. Tickets are
$12 for adults, $10 for seniors 55 and over and $7 for children
under 13. A special lunch matinee will be at 12 p.m. Saturday, June
14. Tickets are $20 and include a lunch buffet and the performance.
A cast of more than 55 members includes several long-time
favorites as well as new faces to The Renaissance Center stage.
Ariel DeSilvis (townsperson) is appearing in her first
Renaissance Players production and is Kingston Springs resident.
She enjoys playing guitar and piano, teaching art to kids and writing children's books.
Juniper DeSilvis (townsperson) is appearing in her first
Renaissance Players production. She is a Kingston Springs homeschooled second grader amd is a member of The Renaissance
Center Training Choir. She has participated in the Broadway
Babies Boot Camp at Bellevue Dance Center and enjoys music,
karaoke and dancing.
For more information on the Renaissance Players production
of The Music Man, call (615) 740-5600 or visit www.rcenter.org.
To purchase tickets for a performance, call (615) 740-5601.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Developer yet to post bond;
contract possibly breached
By Richard Edmondson
'Stage Struck', an all-kid performing arts revue, took
place at Bowie Park's outdoor stage earlier this month.
Here the band Dream Big performs. L to R: Seth
Matheny, Harry Sanborn (on drums), Nick Fair, Alyssa
Matheny, Emily Heithcock, and Claire Miller. Sound for
the event was provided by Sam Duncan of Fairview.
Donation made for
Jingo Post Office
The Fairview Historical Association received a check last
week in the amount of $12,500, a sum earmarked for the moving and restoration of the 1850s-era Jingo Post Office.
The donation was made by John Rutledge, developer of the
Trails of Brownlyn subdivision on Northwest Highway near
Highway 96. The old post office, which has no floor and leans
to one side, currently sits abandoned on land where construction
of new homes is slated take place.
“Mr. Rutledge has a check in the amount of $12,500,” said
Dr. Neil Rice, chairman of the FHA, in remarks made at city hall
as the check was being presented. “That’s combined with the
$5000 that we have from the grant from the electric company. It
gets us within $7,500 of the goal of moving the post office
which we hope to do this summer.”
Plans call for moving the post office from its present location to the Triangle School site, where it is to be restored to its
original look when it served as a post office for Fairview—
which in the 19th century was known as “Jingo.” The FHA is
hoping eventually to develop the three and a half acre Triangle
School property into a “history village.” The site was recently
designated as a special “historic district” by city commissioners.
Rice said the FHA’s goals for the present year, in addition to
moving and restoring the post office, also include doing major
exterior and foundation work on the Triangle School house,
which was built in 1939 and continued to serve students up until
the late 1950s.
“We are indeed very appreciative of Mr. Rutledge’s donation, of his interest in Fairview,” Rice said.
Plans also call for the moving of an old barn, known as the
W.F. Daughterty barn, to the Triangle site as well, he said, along
with the planting of some 30 trees.
“Before any of these things can be done, major excavation
of the land, of the three and a half acres, has to be done to divert
and change the flow of water so it will not flow under any existing structures or any structures that are brought in there.”
Work on a commercial
development at the corner of
Highway 100 and City Center
Blvd. has come to a halt—at
least
temporarily—pending
posting of a performance bond
by the developer.
The disclosure was made
by City Manager Shirley
Forehand at a meeting of city
commissioners last Thursday
following a request by
Commissioner
Darrell
Mangrum for an “update on
what’s going on” with the socalled Shoppe’s At City Center
development.
“The contract, that’s signed
by the developer, with the city
of Fairview, specifies and
requires certain things to be
done. Those conditions in that
contract have not been met by
Mr. Chapdelaine. Right now it
appears that the project,
whether by his choice or whatever it is, is on hold,” Forehand
said.
The contract Forehand
refers to is a site development
agreement signed by local
developer Joe Chapdelaine on
behalf of Robert J. Coughlin
Inc. and the Arthritis Trust of
America for construction of a
two-story retail medical/office
center to be called Shoppe’s At
City Center. As envisioned the
project would become an integral part of City Center—touted to be the future “downtown
Fairview.”
Forehand said the problem
is that Chapdelaine so far has
failed to post a $51,500 performance bond as required by
the contract to cover the cost of
roads, sidewalks, and storm
drainage.
That contract further stipulates that “no site grading or
construction of improvements
shall begin” until the bond has
been posted—a provision
which apparently was violated
some two months ago when the
3.75 acre site was graded with
heavy equipment and in the
process completely clear-cut of
trees and vegetation.
Contacted by the Westview
on Friday, Chapdelaine said he
has not posted bond because he
has had trouble lining up “preleasers,” which is to say individuals and business owners
committed to acquiring space
in the commercial center when
it is ready for occupancy.
“Until you do that, you
don’t get your funding, but
we’re working on it. I just can’t
do any more until we get our
pre-leases and get our financing
in order,” said Chapdelaine, a
local builder who has been
instrumental in providing relief
efforts and organizing rebuilding projects on behalf of victims of the February 5 tornadoes.
The site development
agreement was signed and
dated April 3. City Codes
Director Donn Lovvorn said he
had attempted “on several
occasions”
to
contact
Chapdelaine by phone to discuss the matter of the bond, but
had had no success reaching
him until just recently.
“I didn’t get a response for
some time, and finally he did
return my call, and I informed
him of a breach of his contract,” Lovvorn said.
When asked why the city
had not required the posting of
the bond prior to the clearing of
the trees on the site, Lovvorn
replied, “Well, typically the city
has taken people at their word,
and we haven’t had any problem with people posting their
bond in the past. This will
change the policy.”
The Shoppe’s At City
Center site is very close to
another site that is slated for
development by a different
firm, Premiere Development,
which hopes to also construct a
retail/office center. In fact,
under the current plans, the two
complexes would share the
same connector road, which is
to be named Coughlin Dr.
“You’ve got Coughlin Dr.
that will go from City Center
Blvd. The county actually split
Joe’s property in half, so he has
where he’s going to build the
office/retail building—it’s a
two story complex—and then
the out parcel by (Highway)
100,” Lovvorn said. “Coughlin
Drive will go through and intersect with Trust Lane—which,
on the corner of Trust Lane and
Coughlin Drive, this other
development will build their
office/retail space and have an
out parcel out toward 100 also.”
Chapdelaine said that
while pre-lease customers had
not yet been nailed down in
large numbers, there have
nonetheless been numerous
inquiries and that “we’ve got
several avenues we’re still
functioning and working
under.”
When asked whether the
plan at this point is to sign up
tenant occupants and then post
the
necessary
bond,
Chapdelaine replied, “absolutely—that’s exactly where we’re
going.” He added there is no
plan to sell property.
“We’re doing what we
need to do and when we get the
building built the city’s going
to benefit from it.”
Fairview
News
Briefs
Meeting on park
Fairview commissioners
will hold a joint “workshop”
session with officials from the
Land Trust for Tennessee to
discuss a possible conservation
easement for Bowie Park.
The meeting, which will
be open to the public, will be
held this Tuesday starting at 6
p.m. at city hall. A Franklin
development firm, SouthStar,
has pledged to fund the easement in return for the right to
purchase 5.9 acres of parkland
to use for a commercial development to be named Bowie
Commons.
(Continued on page 17)
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Brentwood Realtors Help Country Music’s
Emerson Drive Find Their Perfect Homes
Over the years, CryeLeike, REALTORS associates
have been there when the
biggest names in the music
industry settle down to buy a
home in and around Nashville,
Tennessee. When Canadian
County act Emerson Drive
broke into the Nashville music
scene they turned to the Barbara
& Brenda Decker Team to help
them buy homes in Music City.
“Each member had a different wish list in finding their
Nashville home, making each
musician’s search and home
purchase unique to them”, said
Crye-Leike’s Brenda Decker.”
They have all been a pure joy
and delight to work with. I am
one of their biggest fans!”
Very few Realtors get the
opportunity to work with the
biggest names in Country
Music. The Decker’s are clearly the exception. Starting in
2006 they have single handedly
assisted each member of
Emerson Drive search out and
purchase the Nashville home of
their dreams.
“I am fortunate to have had
the opportunity to get to know
these young men and their families personally,” said Brenda.
“At the end of the day they’re
just like you and me. They
work hard and after a long day
of rehearsal or a long tour
schedule, they want to enjoy the
comforts of a home that’s all
theirs.”
Emerson Drive, is a
Canadian country music band
which started out in Grande
Prairie, Alberta in 1995 as 12
Gauge. The band is composed
of Brad Mates (lead vocals),
Brenda and Barbara pose with the members of
David Pichette (fiddle), Danick becoming better acquainted
Dupelle (lead guitar), Mike with Brad, Dale and Danick.”
Melancon (drums), and Dale
Formed in 1995 under the
Wallace (keyboards).
original name of 12 Gauge, the
“I had the honor of working band charted two minor singles
with David and Mike as I began on the Canadian charts and a
my real estate career with my music video on CMT. By 2003,
mother-in-law Brenda in 2008,” they had been re-named
said Crye-Leike’s Barbara Emerson Drive, and moved to
Decker. “I look forward to Nashville in search of a record
deal. Emerson Drive recorded
two
albums
on
the
DreamWorks Records Label,
child who is learning Irish step
and charted several hits on both
dancing has agreed to demonthe U.S. and Canadian country
strate her abilities. Children
music charts.
will enjoy a Scottish craft.
In 2005, Emerson Drive
The program and craft are
signed to Midas Records
planned for younger children
Nashville, where they resumed
through age 10, although older
children and parents will enjoy
it also.
The Main Library is located at 1314 Columbia Ave. in
Franklin. For more information, call 595-1250.
The 2008 Chukkers for
Charity Co-Chairs Valerie
GENEALOGY WORKLevay and Theresa Menefee
SHOP AT MAIN LIBRARY
proudly announce U.S. Trust,
A workshop on “Civil War
Bank of America Private
in Williamson County –
Wealth Management as the
Military History Resources”
Title Sponsor for the event to
will be presented at the Main
be held June 21, 2008 at
Library in Franklin on
Riverview Farm, home of Orrin
Saturday, June 21, at 10:30
and Lee Ann Ingram.
a.m. in the library’s Meeting
U.S. Trust, Bank of
Room. To reserve a spot in this
America
Private
Wealth
interesting free workshop, call
Management
spokesperson
595-1246, ext. 1.
said, “We’re truly honored to
Attendees will learn how
be part of such an exciting trato use the series “The Official
dition in Middle Tennessee that
Records of the War of the
brings so much attention and
Rebellion,” the Confederate
financial support to both the
Veterans magazine which
Rochelle Center and Saddle
began in 1893, the pre-1900
Up!” U.S. Trust is the largest
Civil War collection in the
manager of private wealth in
Library’s Williamson Room,
the United States.
and microfilm – containing
The polo match takes place
service records for Williamson
Saturday, June 21 and the gates
County units, and Tennessee
open at 3:30 p.m. with opening
Confederate widows’ pensions.
ceremonies at 4:45 p.m. The
The Library is a stop on the
match begins at 5:00 p.m.
Trolley line, and the Trolley
Tickets to the event may be
will be conducting history tours
purchased in advance on-line
in Franklin that day. The Main
by visiting www.chukkersforLibrary is located at 1314
Columbia
Avenue
in
charity.net. General admission
Franklin.For more information,
for adults is $10 and children
call 595-1250.
under 3 are free. Tailgaters
may purchase a cabana accom-
Williamson County Happenings
FRIENDS GARDEN TOUR
The Friends of the
Williamson County Public
Library will conduct their
Annual Garden Tour on
Saturday and Sunday, June 14
and 15.
Eight lovely gardens,
mostly in the Franklin area,
with one in Leiper’s Fork, can
be visited on Saturday from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m., and on Sunday
from 1 to 5 p.m.
Tickets may be purchased
at the Main Library, 1314
Columbia Ave. in Franklin,
and at the branches (Bethesda,
College Grove, Fairview,
Leiper’s Fork and Nolensville).
Tickets to see all eight gardens are $12, whether purchased at a Library or if purchased at an individual garden.
This year’s gardens are
located at
161 General N.B. Forrest Drive
(Battlewood Subdivision)
206 Battle Avenue (downtown
Franklin)
303 Ellington Drive (Ellington
Park Subdivision) – NOTE :
Saturday only
604 Burghley Lane (Burghley
Place Subdivision)
563 Watson Branch Dr.
(Maplewood Subdivision)
105 Eaton Court (Charlton
Green Subdivision)
723 Glass Lane (downtown
Franklin)
5395 Old Highway 96
(Leiper’s Fork)
Funds raised by the
Garden Tour are used for the
benefit of the Main Library and
all Branches of the Williamson
County Public Library System.
For more information, call
595-1250.
SALNIKOVA IN THE
ROUND AT PUCKETT’S
Lydia Salnikova will perform LIVE in the round Friday,
June 13, at 8:30 PM at Puckett's
in LEIPER'S FORK (4142 Old
Hillsboro Rd., Leiper's Fork,
TN, 37064-9581)
Also featuring Wayland
Patton and Dave Pomeroy.
Dinner served at 7pm, show at
8:30pm. Cover: show only $15, dinner & show - $35. For
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SCOTS & SCOTS-IRISH
HERITAGE DAY – FOR
CHILDREN
Gov.
Bredesen
has
declared a special day this
month as Scots & Scots-Irish
Heritage Day. The Scottish
Society of Middle Tennessee
and the Children’s Department
of the Main Library in Franklin
are teaming up on Saturday,
June 28, at 2 p.m. for an exciting day of Scottish and Irish
fun in the Children’s Activity
Room.
Guests will read Scottish
stories to the children and conduct bagpipe demonstrations.
Kilts will be on hand to add
more color to the afternoon, as
well as a short discussion of
how the kilt evolved.
One of Judy Hackett’s
Scottish dancers will be on
hand to demonstrate traditional
highland dancing, and a small
Emerson Drive.
their streak of hit singles,
including their first Number
One single with the song
“Moments”.
“My daughter in law and I
are huge fans and congratulate
the guys on their most recent #1
hit, Moments, which was nominated for an ACM Song Of The
Year award and the band for
Top Vocal Group of the year,”
said Brenda. “It’s been exciting
to follow their careers and
we’re grateful to have had the
opportunity to share in their
tremendous success.”
The Decker Team is based
out of Crye-Leike’s Brentwood
West branch office.
‘Chukkers For Charity’
at Riverview Farm
modating 6 guests for $250.
Patron tables of 10 are $1,750
or $175 for individuals. Field
side tables are $2,000 for 10
guests.
The
Twelfth
Annual
Chukkers for Charity benefits
both Rochelle Center and
Saddle Up! Founded in 1972,
Rochelle Center is a non-profit
agency located in Nashville,
providing meaningful day programming, job training and
work opportunities for adults
with developmental disabilities, enabling them to achieve
their highest potential in our
community.
Saddle Up! was founded in
1990 in Franklin as Middle
Tennessee’s oldest and largest
therapeutic recreational riding
program for children and youth
with physical and mental disabilities. Individually structured equine activities meet the
unique needs of each child
using special therapy horses,
volunteers and NARAHA
(North American Riding for the
Handicapped Association) certified instructors in a safe and
fun venue.
Fairview
News....
(Cont. from Fairview page)
Genealogy class
The
Fairview
Public
Library will offer a beginner’s
genealogy class focusing on
online databases. The class,
under instructor Geneva Shafer,
will be held this Sat. starting at
9 a.m. Persons interested may
register by calling 799-0235.
Also at the library…the
2008
Summer
Reading
Program continues this Sat.
with a “Mad Science Program”
starting at 10 a.m., to be followed—next Wed.—by a performance by magician Doug
Sparkman, also starting at 10
a.m.
The FPL Writing Group
White Bluff News....
(Cont. from White Bluff page)
“I checked with C & I
Design on the status of the fire
hall. It’s coming up now; it’s
beginning to take shape. He
(architect Doug Corlew) tells
me he’s checked with the contractor and everything seems to
be on target,” the mayor said.
“I think our target date was
around
the
middle
of
September, according to the
contract. And they got behind
on some time because of a lot
of rain, but they’ve made up
that time, and they seem to
think that if they don’t run into
any problems, we should be
able to have a grand opening
around
the
middle
of
September,” she added.
And finally, says Hayes,
motorists on Interstate 40 may
now find it a bit easier to find
the town of White Bluff—this
by virtue of a new turn-off sign
with the city’s name on it, near
exit 182, the Highway 96 exit.
The interchange in the past has
been known as the “FairviewDickson” exit.
“We’ve been working with
TDOT and usually you’ve got
to go through a lot of red tape,
but this just went right
through,” said Hayes, adding:
“Nobody knew how to get to
White Bluff. Now we’re on the
map.”
will meet at the library this
coming Tues. at 6 p.m. All
aspiring writers are welcomed
to attend. And the Avid Readers
Book Club will hold session at
the library Wed. afternoon,
June 20, at 1 p.m.
Hawaiian Luau
Aloha! Join the Rec
Center’s “DJ on Deck” for a
fun evening poolside with your
family and friends. Put on your
favorite tropical wear and be
ready to hula the night away as
the DJ spins the sounds of summer—Fri. June 20, 7-9 p.m.
(The pool will close at 6 p.m.
that evening and reopen at
6:30).
Grass skirts and tropical
shirts are welcomed! Cost is $4
per person or $10 per family.
You must register and prepay
no later than June 18. General
admission and pool passes are
not accepted for this special
event. 799-9331.
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008 -- Page 19
4th of July BBQ & Auction at VFW
VFW Post 1970 and its
Ladies Auxiliary,
7220
Charlotte Pk, Nashville will be
having its annual 4th of July
BBQ on Friday, July 4th, 2008.
Serving will start at 11am.
Menu will include BBQ, Baked
Beans,Potato Salad, Slaw,
Bread and Tea for $8.00 per
plate.
The same plate with Ribs
instead of BBQ will be $10 and
with Chicken will be $7.00.
Milkshakes will also be available for $1.50 extra.
There will be children
plates available with either
BBQ, Chicken or Hot dogs for
$4.00(Children 10 and under).
There will be various activities
including a cake walk and auction. The auction will begin at
noon. To place bids you will
need to arrive a few minutes
early to register and get a number to be able to bid. We have
lots of great items for the auction, with the proceeds to benefit your local Veterans. The
cake walk will start at approx.
1:30pm and the auction will
resume again for the afternoon
following the cake walk.
If you can help us with a
donation for the auction please
call #615-319-2599 or call the
Post for more info at #615-3529933. All donations are tax
deductible and we can furnish
you with a letter for your
records. All donations are
greatly appreciated and Thank
you for your continued support
of your local Veterans. Visit
our website at WWW.VFWPOST1970.COM for other
upcoming events.
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