This year’s Fourth of July celebration in Sewanee will include some of the community’s favorite events.
What Are You Going to Wear?
The Fourth of July Panhandlers will be selling various patriotic merchandise and this year’s T-shirts ($15) in front of the bookstore today (Friday), July 1, and Saturday, July 2 from 9 a.m. to noon. They will also be at the Street Dance on Sunday, July 3 and at the Arts & Crafts Fair on Monday, July 4. Contact Shelley Cammack at 598-5858 for more information.
Street Dance Begins the Celebration
The celebration will begin on Sunday, July 3, with the Street Dance at the Sewanee Market at 8 p.m. featuring Last Rebel. The rain location will be in Cravens Hall.
44th Annual Flag Raising
Fourth of July events begin at 8 a.m. with the 44th Annual Flag Raising at Juhan Bridge in Abbo’s Alley. Please use the entrance at Florida Avenue. The Sewanee Summer Music Festival’s brass quintet will perform, and Boy Scout Troop 14 will raise the flag. Afterward, enjoy a potluck breakfast; Friends of Abbo’s Alley provides coffee and juice. For more information or to volunteer, call Margaret Beaumont Zucker at 598-5214.
39th Annual Pub Run
The Monteagle Sunday School Assembly is hosting their 39th Annual Pub Run at 8 a.m. Runners will meet at the MSSA Front Gate and run to Shenanigan’s (6.4 miles) on the Mountain Goat Trail. Walkers may start at Dollar General. The fee for the run is $15.
Cake Contest
The Fourth of July Cake Contest registration is 9–9:45 a.m. at Sewanee Elementary. There will be a youth level (age 12 years and under) and an adult level. Prizes will be awarded for the Best Tasting, Best Decorated and Best Representation of the Theme. In addition, the winner of the Best All-Around Cake gets $100 cash, courtesy of IvyWild. Contact Jennifer Bachman at 598-9272 for more information.
The winners of the Cake Decorating Contest will be announced at noon at Sewanee Elementary.
Following the awards presentation, the community is invited to view and sample the cakes. The bluegrass band Hill, Hood and the Yellow Dandies will play at noon in front of Sewanee Elementary.
Arts and Crafts Fair
The Arts and Crafts Fair will begin at 9 a.m. in Shoup Park. For more information or to sign up as a vendor, contact Bracie Parker at 691-4791.
Mutt Show
Enter your favorite pooch in the 2016 Fourth of July Mutt Show! All dogs are welcome to compete—no talent necessary. Registration for the Mutt Show will take place 9–9:45 a.m. in Manigault Park. The show begins at 10 a.m. Trophies will be awarded for these canine categories: Best Dressed; Owner/Dog Look-Alike; Most Mysterious Heritage; Best Trick; and Judges’ Choice. Entrants may register to compete in two categories. There will also be an award for the Best Joke. The registration fee is $5 per category, and a portion of the proceeds will go to Animal Harbor. Rain location is the Equestrian Center.
“No Dog Left Behind”
Due to a surplus of trophies (and the desire to have back a room in the basement) every Dog Show Applicant will receive a trophy this year in addition to the winners of the usual Dog Show Award categories. So please, enter your “Best Friend” in this year’s Sewanee Fourth of July Mutt Show!
All-American Food
Vendors along University Avenue will begin selling food and drinks starting at 10 a.m.
Children’s Games
Children’s games, the fortune teller and face painting will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the American Legion Hall.
Pie Eating Contest
The third annual Pie Eating Contest will be at 11:30 a.m. in Guerry Garth. This year, we will have a children’s pie eating contest (ages 12 and under) from 11:30 a.m. to noon and the adult (ages 13 and above) contest will be at noon–12:30 p.m. A clean up area will be provided. Sign up early (the fee is $5) as there are a limited number of spaces. For more information call Gary Sturgis at 598-5324 or 636-5294.
Sewanee Ringers and Carillon Recital
At noon, the Sewanee Ringers will perform the Bentley Bells Change Ringing at Breslin Tower. John Bordley and Ray Gotko will perform a Carillon Recital at 1 p.m. Bring a chair to All Saints’ Chapel to enjoy the music.
Fourth of July Parade
The theme for this year’s Fourth of July celebration is “30 Years of Sewanee 4th of July Celebrations.” The Sewanee Fourth of July parade will begin at 2 p.m. starting at the Sewanee Market and will travel through town. All sirens will be turned off at the Kirby-Smith monument. There will be barbecue following the parade in Angel Park.
Air Show
Weather permitting, the Air Show will take place at 3:30 p.m. at the Sewanee airport. Airplane rides will be available until 6 p.m., weather permitting.
Plane rides for adults and children are $15 per person. Parents must be present to give written permission for children ages 16 and under.
More Musical Events
The Sewanee Summer Music Festival students will perform a free Patriotic Celebration at 7 p.m. in Guerry Auditorium featuring SSMF students and the faculty brass quintet.
At Lake Cheston, bring your lawn chair or blanket and the whole family to enjoy music from Sewanee’s own Broad Mountain Band at 7 p.m.
Fireworks Show
After dark, the Fireworks Show will be at Lake Cheston. There will be a suggested donation of $1 to contribute to next year’s fireworks.
Parking at the Lake will be limited to handicapped and special needs only. Parking is even more limited due to farm renovations, so Chief Marie Eldridge asks that if you need a handicap or special need parking pass for the fireworks show, please go by the Sewanee Police Station. Simply go to the window at the station, give your name, and you will be given a pass. If you have a permanent handicap tag you will not need a temporary one.
Thursday, June 30, 2016
Arcadia at Sewanee Names First Board
Linda Lankewicz of Sewanee has been named the first board chair of Arcadia at Sewanee, a planned Sewanee-based retirement community. Eight additional board members have agreed to serve as planners for the retirement community.
Lankewicz announced the following to serve on the founding board: Anne B. Davis; Gregory Maloof (treasurer); W. Alexander (Alec) Moseley, C’70 (secretary); Kathleen O’Donohue; Thomas Phelps, C’74 (vice president); Lane Mathis Price; Louis Rice, C’50; and W. A. (Pete) Stringer, C’71. Frank Gladu, vice president for administrative services for the University of the South, will serve as the university liaison to the Arcadia board.
According to Lankewicz, the naming of a board is the culmination of three years of study and work by an ad hoc group and the filing of papers of incorporation with the State of Tennessee in November, 2015 by incorporators, Lankewicz, O’Donohue and Stringer.
“We are excited to be at this new point in creating a residential option where people can have lives of worth and meaning as they age,” said Lankewicz. “We still have much work to do, including raising funds and securing a developer for the project,” she noted.
The concept of a Sewanee retirement community received new energy in 2011 when an alumni group rallied around the idea. Under the leadership of Matthew Costello, C’84, the alumni effort began as the Sewanee Elder Project.
Retired University administrator Tom Watson, who had first become involved in developing the concept of a retirement community under the 13th Vice-Chancellor of the University, Bob Ayres, began working with Costello in 2012. Watson helped expand the group involved in the discussion.
Watson, who passed away in December 2015, developed the first survey of area residents and University alumni. According to his wife, Gail, “Tom cared deeply about this project coming to fruition and dedicated many hours to meetings and gathering the information needed. He visited other retirement communities and worked closely with Frank as the initiative continued to grow and deepen. I know he would be excited about the naming of an official board.”
Costello continues to believe in the project and the potential for alumni support. He emphasizes the importance of affordability and notes, “by tapping into professional talents of hundreds of alumni in all walks of capital finance, real estate development and medical care, we can work together to create an affordable community that is world class and tailored to this unique community.”
The name, Arcadia at Sewanee, originated with Costello’s group and has been embraced by the current board. The name comes from a description of Sewanee by author William Alexander Percy. He wrote “It is so beautiful that people who have been there always, one way or another come back. For such as can detect apple green in an evening sky, it is Arcadia—not the one that never used to be, but the one that many people always live in; only this one can be shared.”
O’Donohue, executive director of Folks at Home, which supports older adults who live at home and one of Arcadia’s incorporators stated, “A residential community with support services is an essential addition to help fulfill the needs of our community. Sometimes living alone at home is less desirable than being in an engaged, supportive residential environment.”
According to Gladu, “the establishment of Arcadia at Sewanee and the naming of a Board is a major step in providing the necessary leadership, decision making and discernment needed to move the project forward.”
Gladu has worked on this effort for the past three years and has led the University’s support including the funding of surveys by ProMatura of Oxford, Miss., in 2013, a conceptual facility design in 2015 by Dominion Senior Living of Knoxville, Tenn., and an area survey by SageAge Strategies of Montoursville, Pa., in 2016. The University’s Board of Trustees has approved the use of land and has continued to be informed of the progress of the planning. Gladu adds, “Arcadia is also an important aspect of the plan for development of downtown Sewanee Village.”
There are two proposed sites for Arcadia at Sewanee. One is on Hwy. 41A down from Kentucky Avenue, with two proposed roads to be built connecting to Castleberry Drive. The other is off of Alabama Ave., across from Willie Six Road.
The most recent report by SageAge Strategies examined the need in the immediate area and did not include alumni surveys. That report concluded, “…it would be the recommendation of SageAge to move forward with plans and continue the process of planning for the development of a small senior living campus in the Sewanee area.”
The Arcadia at Sewanee board meets monthly. For further information, contact Linda Lankewicz at <arcadiaatsewanee@gmail.com> or at PO Box 3227, Sewanee, TN 37375.
FC Planning Commission Approves Rezoning to Mixed-Use in Sewanee
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
At the June 28 meeting, the Franklin County Regional Planning Commission voted to recommend rezoning 67 acres in Sewanee from agricultural and general residential use to mixed-use, allowing for commercial development. The area includes 24 leaseholds.
The University of the South requested the rezoning. “The intent is to allow continued development and adaptive reuse of existing structures, and create a walkable, mixed-use village in downtown Sewanee,” said University spokesperson Frank Gladu, Vice President of Administrative Services.
Four Sewanee leaseholders who own property within the area proposed for rezoning attended the meeting.
“Will there be demolition of any existing buildings?” asked leaseholder David Bowman.
“There are no plans to demolish any buildings,” Gladu said, “but the University has the right to remove buildings it owns.”
Leaseholder Louise Irwin read a comment from leaseholder Tam Parker expressing concern about development in the area when sewer line breakage and frequent overflows were common on Depot Branch.
“According to Sewanee Utility District manager Ben Beavers, SUD has plans to fix the sewer line in the area,” Gladu said.
“Are there plans for constructing specific buildings?” asked leaseholder Chris Colane.
“These questions aren’t the purview of the commission,” commission chairman A.L. Shasteen insisted.
“What is your purview?” Irwin asked.
“We make recommendations to the County Commission on zoning,” Shasteen said.
“What would make you not approve the rezoning?” Irwin asked.
“We must approve it if it meets our regulations,” commissioner David James explained.
Janet Petrunich, Director of the Planning and Zoning Department said, “We’re here to decide if the request to rezone is compatible. There are 500 acres of mixed-use property in Sewanee. Much of the residential proposed for rezoning to mixed-use is adjoined by property already zoned mixed-use.”
Leaseholder Lucia Dale expressed concerns about adequate parking.
County Highway Superintendant Johnny Woodall said, “We looked at the plans for parallel street-side parking and parking areas behind the buildings. It’s a good plan that will help the community and give them places to park.”
“Our intent is to create a walkable village from both homes and cars,” Gladu added.
“None of this is making me feel better,” Dale said. “You’re just talking about more concrete, more traffic and more trees gone.”
The commissioners voted unanimously to recommend the County Commission approve the rezoning request. The commission will vote on the request at its July 19 meeting.
The rezoned area’s boundaries include U.S. Highway 41-A, Hat Rock Road, Winn’s Circle, Bob Stewman Road, Bobtown Circle, Mimosa Circle, Ball Park Road, Castleberry Drive, Bakers Lane, Prince Lane and Lake O’Donnell Road. The current use is educational, residential and religious.
Mixed-use property is taxed based on use. Property taxes of leaseholders will not increase as a result of the rezoning.
Community Council Discusses Need for Hwy. 41A Crosswalk
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
“We can’t put a crossing on Highway 41A, because it is a state route,” Franklin County Highway Commissioner Joe David McBee told the Sewanee Community Council at the June 27 meeting. Prior to the meeting, community residents were asked to send comments on the crosswalks installed by the Highway Department in July of 2015 on University Avenue and Ball Park Road. Many who responded instead commented on the need for a crosswalk on Highway 41A.
The Sewanee Village Plan proposed by the University would increase pedestrian traffic crossing the state highway.
McBee said the state needed to approve crossings on state routes, and the municipality making the request typically paid for the installation. He estimated the cost at $80,000 to $120,000.
“The time to talk with the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) about a crosswalk is now, during the planning stages,” McBee said.
Council representative Drew Sampson asked if one of the existing crosswalks in Sewanee could be moved to Highway 41A.
“The Highway Department bore the expense of installing the crosswalks,” McBee said. “They could be sold to the state as government surplus. But for 41A a different design would be needed.”
Council representative John Flynn asked if the county would bear the expense for installing a 41A crosswalk since, “Sewanee is not a municipality.”
“Only 4 percent of property tax dollars goes to the Highway Department. My budget could not absorb the cost,” McBee said. “We’ve applied for safety grants on state roads, and they’re hardly ever approved. We wanted a red light at St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School and got a caution light.”
Regarding the University Avenue and Ball Park Road crosswalks, McBee said he would have data on the frequency of use by the council’s August meeting. He intends to meet with the Sewanee Village planner to discuss a design that “would look better than the ones there now.” He also expressed concern about the signage. “The plans call for street-side parking and bike lanes, and the signage there now would not work under those circumstances.”
Council representative Louise Irwin said she’d observed “children playing with the light” at the crosswalks.
“That will skew the use statistics,” council representative Pam Byerly said.
“This is still a work in progress,” stressed Vice-Chancellor John McCardell.
The council will revisit the crosswalk discussion in August and will invite a TDOT representative to address the council about options for a Highway 41A crossing in Sewanee.
Bringing up another issue related to the Sewanee Village Plan and proposed renovation of downtown Sewanee, council representative Theresa Shackelford expressed concern the council was not notified the Franklin County Planning Commission would vote on rezoning areas of Sewanee at its next meeting.
Provost John Swallow said the University had requested some residential rezoning to mixed-use, both commercial and residential, “to get the zoning in line with the plan.”
Residents residing in the area proposed for rezoning had been notified of the meeting. Director of Physical Plant Services Michael Gardner said the planning commission was “required to notify those potentially impacted by rezoning” and not notifying the council was likely an oversight.
Irwin announced that she was chairing the July Fourth parade committee and invited those interested in sponsoring a float to contact her.
The council meets next on Aug. 29. The meeting was rescheduled from Aug. 22 due to a conflict.
Pepper the Clown Returns to Sewanee
by Bailey Basham, Messenger Intern
A little more than 40 years ago, Kim Bres-Kelley stood at her mailbox in Salinas, Calif., with a letter from her mother in her hand.
Bres-Kelley opened the letter to find a picture of her mother, Betty Scott Bres, dressed as a clown.
“I couldn’t figure out why she had sent me a picture of a clown, until I read the letter,” said Bres-Kelley. “It was a bit of a surprise— I couldn’t quite believe that my mom was a clown, but it seemed like something she would do.”
Betty Scott Bres, then 50-years-old, had been working as a disaster preparedness instructor for the Girl Scout Council and American Red Cross in Las Vegas and volunteering in hospitals with the Friendship Force before she made the decision to go to clown school. At that point, Pepper the Clown was born.
Forty-two years later, the Sewanee native is returning for a visit to her beloved birthplace on July 2.
Betty, who was born and raised on the domain, attended St. Mary’s and Otey Parish as a child and loved exploring the University’s campus as a teenager with her sister, Louise— especially since it was an all-male college at the time.
“She and her sister would ride their bicycles all over, riding out to St. Mary’s and The Cross. They loved watching the storms coming up the mountain and made a game out of racing home before they got wet,” said Kim. “She learned to drive in a Model-T on the old gravel roads. She acquired a small red truck powered by a lawn mower engine that she drove in the parades in Sewanee.”
Betty’s son Scott Bres echoed his sister’s stories about their mother’s love of Sewanee.
“She loved going to the grocery store and buying a penny candy to share with her sister Louise, and she would tell us stories of her father inviting some of his students over to the house for dinner,” said Scott.
When she was younger, Betty would go to Chattanooga to watch the circus when it came to town. Her son Scott said he thinks that’s when the seed was planted.
“Her father (John Mark Scott) was a chemistry professor at University of the South, and he told her that she had to get a bachelor’s degree first, then she could do what she felt like. That is one of the reasons she had to delay pursuing her dream of becoming a professional clown,” said Scott.
Betty was a member of the Friendship Force, an organization whose mission it is “to promote global understanding across the barriers that separate people,” according to the network’s website.
For Betty, one way she found to live out the mission of the Friendship Force was to dress up as Pepper the Clown and to entertain kids and adults all over the world—Las Vegas, Ohio, Brazil, Australia, Russia and Korea all bore witness to Pepper’s upbeat, positive attitude and her ability to put a smile on anyone’s face. According to Scott, when traveling abroad with the organization, Betty could often be heard saying, “While we may not understand each other’s native language, everyone speaks Clown.”
“As soon as she put on her face and gloves, she was no longer Betty— she was Pepper the Clown,” said Scott. “When Betty was Pepper the Clown, she was very happy and she tried to make everyone else happy too. The only thing that mattered was that she could bring joy and make people smile, if only for a moment, no matter where she was or what their circumstances.”
Betty hung up her clown shoes— and her duck-on-a-stick that she would walk alongside in the halls of the hospitals she visited— a little less than 10 years ago. Her son Scott repurposed them, and they now live on his bookshelf as bookends.
Betty and her sister Louise Lee will be visiting Sewanee from July 2–5. To coordinate a visit with Pepper the Clown or for more information about her homecoming, the Bres family can be reached at <GroomerKim@aol.com>.
Thursday, June 23, 2016
‘Sunday Diversions’ Begin
The Sewanee Summer Music Festival (SSMF) introduces a new activity to Sunday afternoons in Sewanee. “Sunday Diversions” are six free local tours and events to enjoy prior to the Sunday student orchestral concerts each week. Tours start at 1 p.m. at the designated location–look for the purple balloons. There are events scheduled each week indoors and outdoors—June 26, July 10 and July 17. Tours will finish in time for participants to attend the Cumberland Orchestra Concert at 3 p.m. followed by the Sewanee Symphony Orchestra at 4 p.m. Further details are available on the website <ssmf.sewanee.edu> or by calling 598-1903.
Meet at 1 p.m. at the gazebo near the intersection of South Carolina and Florida Avenues for an hour’s walk through Abbo’s Alley with Mary Priestley or Yolande Gottfried. The ravine has a sparkling creek bordered by ferns, wildflowers, native shrubs and hardwood trees. Tennis or hiking shoes are recommended. (In the event of rain, please refer to Sewanee Herbarium option at the end.)
Woody himself will take you on a bicycle tour of the campus. Meet at Woody’s Bicycles, Reed Lane and Highway 41A (just behind Shenanigan’s Restaurant), at 1 p.m. to rent a bike and helmet, or bring your own.
John Bordley, Ray Gotko or a student musician will lead you up 124 steps to Shapard Tower Carillon to visit the 56 bells and how they are played. Gather at the tower on the south lawn near the entrance to All Saints’ Chapel (as you face the chapel from University Avenue, the tower entrance is on the right side of the building). The tour finishes in time to enjoy the 2:15 p.m. carillon concert outdoors. Note: the carillon tour takes place regardless of weather.
For the avid indoorsman (or in case of uncooperative weather), there are several tours available.
Meet Waring McCrady just inside the front door of All Saints’ Chapel on University Avenue at 1 p.m. for a tour of the windows and sculpture. McCrady was involved in the design of many of the stained glass windows, and with his wife and daughter created many of the small statues and sculptures throughout the chapel.
Meet Gail Watson or another bell ringer at 1 p.m. just inside Breslin Tower (connected to Convocation Hall on University Avenue at Georgia Ave.) to climb stairs up to the Bentley Bells. You’ll find out why change-ringing is offered as a P.E. class at the University.
University professor Tam Carlson or a student assistant will provide a guided tour of duPont Library’s extraordinary Ralston Listening Library. Meet in the lobby of the library at 1 p.m.
If the weather discourages walking through Abbo’s Alley, Mary Priestley or Yolande Gottfried will introduce you to all the plants and trees on Sewanee’s 13,000 acre domain. Meet across from duPont Library at the east entrance to Snowden Hall to discover the Sewanee Herbarium. Note: this tour is only offered if weather prevents Abbo’s Alley walk.
Meet at 1 p.m. at the gazebo near the intersection of South Carolina and Florida Avenues for an hour’s walk through Abbo’s Alley with Mary Priestley or Yolande Gottfried. The ravine has a sparkling creek bordered by ferns, wildflowers, native shrubs and hardwood trees. Tennis or hiking shoes are recommended. (In the event of rain, please refer to Sewanee Herbarium option at the end.)
Woody himself will take you on a bicycle tour of the campus. Meet at Woody’s Bicycles, Reed Lane and Highway 41A (just behind Shenanigan’s Restaurant), at 1 p.m. to rent a bike and helmet, or bring your own.
John Bordley, Ray Gotko or a student musician will lead you up 124 steps to Shapard Tower Carillon to visit the 56 bells and how they are played. Gather at the tower on the south lawn near the entrance to All Saints’ Chapel (as you face the chapel from University Avenue, the tower entrance is on the right side of the building). The tour finishes in time to enjoy the 2:15 p.m. carillon concert outdoors. Note: the carillon tour takes place regardless of weather.
For the avid indoorsman (or in case of uncooperative weather), there are several tours available.
Meet Waring McCrady just inside the front door of All Saints’ Chapel on University Avenue at 1 p.m. for a tour of the windows and sculpture. McCrady was involved in the design of many of the stained glass windows, and with his wife and daughter created many of the small statues and sculptures throughout the chapel.
Meet Gail Watson or another bell ringer at 1 p.m. just inside Breslin Tower (connected to Convocation Hall on University Avenue at Georgia Ave.) to climb stairs up to the Bentley Bells. You’ll find out why change-ringing is offered as a P.E. class at the University.
University professor Tam Carlson or a student assistant will provide a guided tour of duPont Library’s extraordinary Ralston Listening Library. Meet in the lobby of the library at 1 p.m.
If the weather discourages walking through Abbo’s Alley, Mary Priestley or Yolande Gottfried will introduce you to all the plants and trees on Sewanee’s 13,000 acre domain. Meet across from duPont Library at the east entrance to Snowden Hall to discover the Sewanee Herbarium. Note: this tour is only offered if weather prevents Abbo’s Alley walk.
More Concerts from SSMF
The 60th anniversary of the Sewanee Summer Music Festival will continue its second week with a Faculty Chamber Music Concert at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, June 25, in Guerry Auditorium. Ingolf Dahl’s “Music for Brass Instruments “ and Schubert’s “String Quintet in C Major, Op. 163, D 956” will be performed. This faculty chamber concert is free and open to the public.
Sunday, June 26 has several events. SSMF will present the first Sunday afternoon “Diversions,” (see page 5) free guided tours of the highlights of Sewanee beginning at 1 p.m. A complete list of tours is also available at <ssmf.sewanee.edu>. The Leonidas Polk Carillon will be at 2:15 p.m., with Richard Shadinger, carillonneur. Selections include “Overture to Colas Breugnon” and “Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia” from “Spartacus Suite.”
The Cumberland Orchestra, Margery Deutsch conducting, will play on Sunday, June 26, in Guerry Auditorium at 3 p.m., featuring pieces by Dimitri Kabalevsky, Aram Khachaturian and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The Sewanee Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Danail Rachev, will perform at 4 p.m. including “Sensemayá” by Silvestre Revueltas and Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64. Tickets are $15 and available at the door. Children accompanied by an adult are free.
A Student Chamber Music Concert will take place Tuesday, June 28 at 8:15 p.m. in Warren Chapel at the Monteagle Sunday School Assembly. The concert is free and open to the public.
A Faculty Chamber Music Concert will be performed at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 29 in Guerry Auditorium. On the program are Camille Saint-Saëns’ “Fantaisie for Violin and Harp, Op. 124,” Jean-Michel Damase’s “17 Variations for Wind Quintet, Op. 22,” Mozart’s “Piano Quartet in G Minor, K. 478” and a newly commissioned work by Sidney King specifically for the music festival.
On Thursday, June 30, at 5.30 p.m. the Sewanee Summer Music Festival Brass will perform at Angel Park in downtown Sewanee. Selections will be announced from the stage. Please bring a lawn chair or blanket to sit on.
The first of two special performances designed for children will be presented on Saturday, July 2 at 3 p.m. in Convocation Hall. “SSMF for Kids” will be presented by the bassoon and string bass studios under the guidance of the artist-faculty. Ice cream will be served. Following the demonstration, a Student Chamber Music Concert will take place at 4 p.m. in Guerry Garth. The performance will include Frank Proto’s “Trio for Violin, Viola, and Double Bass” and Felix Mendelssohn’s “Octet in E flat Major, Op. 20.”
A Faculty Chamber Music Concert will be at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, July 2 in Guerry Auditorium. The program includes Frank Proto’s “Trio for Violin, Viola, and Double Bass,” William Grant Still’s “Incantation and Dance,” and Felix Mendelssohn’s “Octet in E flat Major, Op. 20.”
The Cumberland Orchestra, followed by the Sewanee Symphony Orchestra, will close the second week of the music festivities with a performance in Gerry Auditorium on Sunday, July 3 at 3 p.m. Troy Peters, music director of Youth Orchestras of San Antonio, will conduct the Cumberland Orchestra in their performance of Giuseppi Verdi’s “Overture to Nabucco,” Missy Mazzoli’s “These Worlds in Us” and Edvard Grieg’s “Norwegian Dances, Op. 35.” The Sewanee Symphony Orchestra will perform at 4 p.m., conducted by Robert Moody, music director of the Winston-Salem Symphony and the Portland Symphony Orchestra. The Sewanee Symphony Orchestra will perform “Desert Transport” by Mason Bates and “Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 93” by Dmitri Shostakovich.
To purchase season or individual concert tickets or for more information about the Sewanee Summer Music Festival, visit <http://ssmf.sewanee.edu>.
Food Hub Links Farm and Business
by Kevin Cummings, Messenger Staff Writer
Steve Ahearn, a former Long Island deli owner, didn’t have many opportunities to climb down from his tractor in Coalmont and sell beef, so he partnered with the South Cumberland Food Hub.
“I wanted more retail sales and they do all the footwork,” he said. “I’ve got my hands full with the farm here and I wanted to stretch out a little more and didn’t really have the time.”
The Food Hub acts as a direct channel between growers within 50 miles of Sewanee and local restaurants and stores by finding customers, negotiating prices and delivering the food. Ahearn, who runs Double A Farms with his wife Donna, was on the other side of the market when he owned five delis in the Long Island area. Now through the Food Hub he provides beef to restaurants, as well as the University of the South and St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School.
Laura Damron, coordinator of the program, said the Hub’s goal is altruistic, helping producers and growers increase profits and providing quality, local proteins and in-season produce.
“The idea is that we coordinate the direct sale and we only cover our costs instead of making a profit,” she said. “We’re trying to get more of the value of the product into the farmers’ hands, because there are many reselling organizations. We focus on forming relationships and representing small local independent farms.”
There is an underbelly in agriculture, Damron noted, where the farmer makes less money dealing with resellers such as food service companies. She added produce through the Food Hub is often fresher, usually picked within hours of delivery to customers.
The freshness, competitive pricing and availability of more specialty produce are reasons why High Point restaurant in Monteagle uses the Food Hub, said chef Eric Gibson.
“The quality has thus far been outstanding, and it helps the local economy. We are not a large corporation and survive on local business. It is only fair to funnel some of that back in to the local economy, if at all possible,” he said.
“We primarily order vegetables for our chef’s selection vegetable, which has been changing much more frequently with the Food Hub’s involvement,” Gibson added.
Restaurants and stores ordering specialty produce are also enhancing the variety of products available to local residents. For instance, Damron said when a restaurant such as High Point orders multi-colored cauliflower or yellow filet beans, the farmer will have excess they sell at outdoor markets. She cited bok choy as another less common item gaining popularity.
“They’re expanding the diet, increasing the nutrition of the local population due to the fact that white table cloth restaurants want those types of products,” she said.
A relationship with school systems is another source of pride for the Food Hub, especially when underprivileged students have access to fresh nutritious foods.
Melissa Livesay, director of the Franklin County School Nutrition program, said the program started ordering from the Food Hub two years ago, adding items such as strawberries, lettuce, sweet potatoes and watermelons to lunch plates.
The University of the South, another customer, is committed to supporting local, sustainable producers, said Sewanee executive chef Rick Wright, who is also a Food Hub board member. The University has fried chicken Sundays with locally-raised chickens, and eggs, beef and produce from the Food Hub are peppered throughout the McClurg Dining Hall buffet.
Wright said he wants more restaurants, stores and institutions to become Food Hub customers to strengthen the network.
The Food Hub is part of the Rooted Here organization, which also oversees the South Cumberland Farmer’s Market. Jess Wilson, an integral part of the effort, said organizers started the Food Hub four years ago with a grant from groups and individuals from the Sewanee community, and matching USDA funds.
A lot of volunteer work is required to make the program successful, Damron noted, and a willingness from chefs and business owners to consider alternatives to food service companies.
“It has to be driven by someone who’s inspired by the local product,” she said.
For more information on the Food Hub email <damronlaura@hotmail.com>.
Steve Ahearn, a former Long Island deli owner, didn’t have many opportunities to climb down from his tractor in Coalmont and sell beef, so he partnered with the South Cumberland Food Hub.
“I wanted more retail sales and they do all the footwork,” he said. “I’ve got my hands full with the farm here and I wanted to stretch out a little more and didn’t really have the time.”
The Food Hub acts as a direct channel between growers within 50 miles of Sewanee and local restaurants and stores by finding customers, negotiating prices and delivering the food. Ahearn, who runs Double A Farms with his wife Donna, was on the other side of the market when he owned five delis in the Long Island area. Now through the Food Hub he provides beef to restaurants, as well as the University of the South and St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School.
Laura Damron, coordinator of the program, said the Hub’s goal is altruistic, helping producers and growers increase profits and providing quality, local proteins and in-season produce.
“The idea is that we coordinate the direct sale and we only cover our costs instead of making a profit,” she said. “We’re trying to get more of the value of the product into the farmers’ hands, because there are many reselling organizations. We focus on forming relationships and representing small local independent farms.”
There is an underbelly in agriculture, Damron noted, where the farmer makes less money dealing with resellers such as food service companies. She added produce through the Food Hub is often fresher, usually picked within hours of delivery to customers.
The freshness, competitive pricing and availability of more specialty produce are reasons why High Point restaurant in Monteagle uses the Food Hub, said chef Eric Gibson.
“The quality has thus far been outstanding, and it helps the local economy. We are not a large corporation and survive on local business. It is only fair to funnel some of that back in to the local economy, if at all possible,” he said.
“We primarily order vegetables for our chef’s selection vegetable, which has been changing much more frequently with the Food Hub’s involvement,” Gibson added.
Restaurants and stores ordering specialty produce are also enhancing the variety of products available to local residents. For instance, Damron said when a restaurant such as High Point orders multi-colored cauliflower or yellow filet beans, the farmer will have excess they sell at outdoor markets. She cited bok choy as another less common item gaining popularity.
“They’re expanding the diet, increasing the nutrition of the local population due to the fact that white table cloth restaurants want those types of products,” she said.
A relationship with school systems is another source of pride for the Food Hub, especially when underprivileged students have access to fresh nutritious foods.
Melissa Livesay, director of the Franklin County School Nutrition program, said the program started ordering from the Food Hub two years ago, adding items such as strawberries, lettuce, sweet potatoes and watermelons to lunch plates.
The University of the South, another customer, is committed to supporting local, sustainable producers, said Sewanee executive chef Rick Wright, who is also a Food Hub board member. The University has fried chicken Sundays with locally-raised chickens, and eggs, beef and produce from the Food Hub are peppered throughout the McClurg Dining Hall buffet.
Wright said he wants more restaurants, stores and institutions to become Food Hub customers to strengthen the network.
The Food Hub is part of the Rooted Here organization, which also oversees the South Cumberland Farmer’s Market. Jess Wilson, an integral part of the effort, said organizers started the Food Hub four years ago with a grant from groups and individuals from the Sewanee community, and matching USDA funds.
A lot of volunteer work is required to make the program successful, Damron noted, and a willingness from chefs and business owners to consider alternatives to food service companies.
“It has to be driven by someone who’s inspired by the local product,” she said.
For more information on the Food Hub email <damronlaura@hotmail.com>.
Intergenerational Vacation Bible School Offered at Otey Memorial
Otey Memorial Parish will offer an intergenerational dinner and learning series, VB-Us, a twist on Vacation Bible School, the last week of June. The series takes place on four evenings, Monday–Thursday, June 27–30, and is open to the entire community. There is no charge for dinner or the program which will take place at Otey’s Claiborne Parish Hall. Participants can register at <VB-Us2016.eventbrite.com>.
Dinner will be served at 5:15 p.m. Activities will take place from 6–8 p.m., with the nursery available for infants and very young children. The program is based on Micah 6:8 and will explore doing justice, loving mercy and walking humbly through a variety of mediums. Activities will include discussion panels, Godly Play stories, a poetry workshop, group and individual art projects, a sacred journey and a drum circle.
On Monday, June 27, Regan Schutz will tell a Godly Play story. Activity choices are a drum circle and sharing led by Leslie Lytle, April Minkler and Barbara Prunty, or a discussion on local social justice issues, historically and today. Special guest speakers for the discussion include: Robin Bates, one of the plaintiffs for the desegregation of Sewanee Elementary School; Allie Mae Faxon, one of the founders of the Franklin County High School Gay Straight Alliance; Jennie Turrell sponsor of the club FCHS Gay Straight Alliance; and the Rev. Canon Jim Turrell from the School of Theology. Both Faxon and Jennie Turrell have been widely honored for their work with the GSA this year.
Tuesday, June 28, will feature Teresa Phares as storyteller. The Rev. Betty Carpenter, director of the Community Action Committee, will host hands-on mission activities for all ages. Please bring a canned good or other non-perishable item for this activity. There will also be special music by Bazzania! Or attend a writing workshop with Sewanee English professor Jennifer Michael exploring how to use poetry to call out injustice.
Wednesday, June 29, Rebecca Van de Ven will tell a Godly Play story, then share contemplative music during two art projects. Carol Sampson has designed a group mosaic project. Laura Willis will guide another project using collage to express the grief of injustice. Alternatively, participants may join the Rev. Bude Van Dyke for a pilgrimage to a sacred Native American site.
Thursday, June 30, James Goodmann will tell a story that brings the week’s activities together. Goodmann and Karen Meridith will facilitate discussion, synthesis, and response as participants consider their next steps after this experience. The Rev. Rob Lamborn will celebrate Eucharist at the outdoor cross behind Brooks Hall to close the series. For more information contact Jeannie Babb at <oteyformation@gmail.com>.
Dinner will be served at 5:15 p.m. Activities will take place from 6–8 p.m., with the nursery available for infants and very young children. The program is based on Micah 6:8 and will explore doing justice, loving mercy and walking humbly through a variety of mediums. Activities will include discussion panels, Godly Play stories, a poetry workshop, group and individual art projects, a sacred journey and a drum circle.
On Monday, June 27, Regan Schutz will tell a Godly Play story. Activity choices are a drum circle and sharing led by Leslie Lytle, April Minkler and Barbara Prunty, or a discussion on local social justice issues, historically and today. Special guest speakers for the discussion include: Robin Bates, one of the plaintiffs for the desegregation of Sewanee Elementary School; Allie Mae Faxon, one of the founders of the Franklin County High School Gay Straight Alliance; Jennie Turrell sponsor of the club FCHS Gay Straight Alliance; and the Rev. Canon Jim Turrell from the School of Theology. Both Faxon and Jennie Turrell have been widely honored for their work with the GSA this year.
Tuesday, June 28, will feature Teresa Phares as storyteller. The Rev. Betty Carpenter, director of the Community Action Committee, will host hands-on mission activities for all ages. Please bring a canned good or other non-perishable item for this activity. There will also be special music by Bazzania! Or attend a writing workshop with Sewanee English professor Jennifer Michael exploring how to use poetry to call out injustice.
Wednesday, June 29, Rebecca Van de Ven will tell a Godly Play story, then share contemplative music during two art projects. Carol Sampson has designed a group mosaic project. Laura Willis will guide another project using collage to express the grief of injustice. Alternatively, participants may join the Rev. Bude Van Dyke for a pilgrimage to a sacred Native American site.
Thursday, June 30, James Goodmann will tell a story that brings the week’s activities together. Goodmann and Karen Meridith will facilitate discussion, synthesis, and response as participants consider their next steps after this experience. The Rev. Rob Lamborn will celebrate Eucharist at the outdoor cross behind Brooks Hall to close the series. For more information contact Jeannie Babb at <oteyformation@gmail.com>.
Free Music at ‘Friday Nights in the Park’
Friday Nights in the Park continues this week with the Men of Soul performing.
The members of the band have been playing together for more than 20 years. From Atlanta, Ga., Men of Soul is fronted by Robbie Leggette, who’s soulful voice and high energy make the group a favorite at festivals and events all across the Southeast. The band’s blend of vintage R&B, Motown, blues and classic rock will keep everyone moving the entire night.
Sewanee native Towson Engsberg is on drums. He has also played with Tommy Crain of Charlie Daniels fame, as well as Jimmy Hall, Johnny Neel, Tommy Talton and Bonnie Bramlett.
Band members also include Mike Futral on guitar, Marshall Lynch on bass and Bob Jones on keyboards.
University Avenue will be closed at 6 p.m. for the annual outdoor family event, with food and drink from local vendors available for purchase. The entertainers play from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in the Angel Park Pavilion. This event is free and open to the public. A reverse raffle prize give away is drawn at 8:30 p.m. Ticket holders must be present to win.
The members of the band have been playing together for more than 20 years. From Atlanta, Ga., Men of Soul is fronted by Robbie Leggette, who’s soulful voice and high energy make the group a favorite at festivals and events all across the Southeast. The band’s blend of vintage R&B, Motown, blues and classic rock will keep everyone moving the entire night.
Sewanee native Towson Engsberg is on drums. He has also played with Tommy Crain of Charlie Daniels fame, as well as Jimmy Hall, Johnny Neel, Tommy Talton and Bonnie Bramlett.
Band members also include Mike Futral on guitar, Marshall Lynch on bass and Bob Jones on keyboards.
University Avenue will be closed at 6 p.m. for the annual outdoor family event, with food and drink from local vendors available for purchase. The entertainers play from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in the Angel Park Pavilion. This event is free and open to the public. A reverse raffle prize give away is drawn at 8:30 p.m. Ticket holders must be present to win.
Thursday, June 16, 2016
FOCAGIFO-USA Welcomes New Board Members
The Friends of Canon Gideon Foundation-USA (FOCAGIFO-USA) is delighted to welcome two new members to its Board of Directors.
Sara Woldehanna lives in the Washington D.C. area. As a social science researcher, she has used her expertise in global health programs targeting HIV/AIDS, malaria, TB and childhood diseases. Woldehanna came to know Canon Gideon’s work when she was leading a multinational research project to assess faith-based organizations’ impact on the HIV pandemic. She recently worked in Uganda on a project to reduce transmission of emerging-pandemic-threat (EPT) viruses from animals to humans. Woldehanna holds an M.A.A. in applied anthropology from the University of Maryland, an M.S . in mechanical engineering from Lehigh University, and a B.A. in physics with a sociology/anthropology minor from Randolph Macon Women’s College.
Betty Carpenter of Sewanee is a Louisiana native and ordained Episcopal Deacon. She received a degree in education from Louisiana State University. Carpenter served as a parish youth minister and has developed programs for children in churches, public schools and private schools. She currently serves as director of the Community Action Committee (CAC) of Otey Memorial Parish, giving assistance to individuals and families living below the poverty line.
Current board president and social scientist Karin Ringheim of Arlington, Va., spent 25 years conducting research on family planning, maternal and child health, and HIV/AIDS in more than 20 countries. She has worked with the World Health Organization, USAID and the Global Health Council. Ringheim came to know Canon Gideon in 2005 in a study of faith-based organizations’ role in HIV/AIDS prevention and care. She has actively supported his Hope Institute in Uganda since that time. She has a Masters in public health from the University of Minnesota and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Michigan. Ringheim has recently consulted with the UN Populations Fund and the Glazier Pediatric AIDS Foundation. She is the author of a book on homelessness and a prize-winning play about addiction.
Current secretary Marilyn Phelps of Sewanee earned a B.S. in psychology and management of human resources with a minor in sociology, and a M.S. in social work. She has a private counseling practice in Sewanee. Her family has been involved in work in Uganda since 1980; her three children have lived and worked in Uganda.
Founder and current treasurer of FOCAGIFO Sally Hubbard of Sewanee began her HIV activism by facilitating a support group for families and friends of people with AIDS in Houston. She crewed, fundraised or rode 12 AIDS bicycle rides primarily in California and Texas. Since meeting Canon Gideon while he was teaching at Sewanee in 2013, Hubbard spent a month in his Hope Institute and returned determined to implement annual fundraisers for his school. She has a B.A. in English and music from Tulane University, and was an associate editor of studies in English Literature 1500-1900 at Rice University in Houston.
Canon Gideon Byamugisha, an HIV+Anglican priest, established his Hope Institute near Kampala to provide basic education and job skills for orphans and other vulnerable children aged 14 to 20. What makes his school unique is the extensive, pervasive training about HIV and HIV prevention. His abiding principle is the determination to reduce shame, stigma, denial, and discrimination so that youth who are not infected with HIV can prevent infection, and those already infected (often since birth) can live honorably and to their highest potential. More than 1,000 have graduated from Hope Institute and 86 are currently enrolled. For further information, contact Sally Hubbard at 598-5338 or <sally@hubbard.net>.
Saint Thomas Health to Host Medical Mission
Saint Thomas Health will host a free medical screening day for the community Saturday, June 18, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at Grundy County High School at 24970 TN Highway 108 in Coalmont. The screening day is free and open to the public.
Services to be provided include medical care, dental care, foot care, vision care, spiritual care, behavioral health care, diabetes screenings, cholesterol screenings and select prescriptions. This Medical Mission at Home day is part of Saint Thomas Health’s commitment to serve all persons, with special attention to those who are struggling the most in Middle Tennessee. Saint Thomas Health is part of Ascension, the nation’s largest Catholic and non-profit health system.
Volunteer medical personnel, including, physicians, nurse practitioners, dentists, nurses, optometrists, technicians, pharmacists, chaplains and dozens of other hospital staff from Saint Thomas Rutherford and River Park Hospitals and across Saint Thomas Health will provide free health care and screenings. Pharmacy services, including select prescription medications for those in need, will also be provided by the Dispensary of Hope. Dental services (on-site fillings and extractions) will be offered by the non-profit organization Hope Smiles. A Mobile Mammography Coach will also be on site.
“It is our responsibility as a mission-driven ministry to care for the poor and vulnerable, especially in our own communities. Grundy County has thousands of uninsured residents and has been termed the poorest county in Tennessee. We are compelled as one healing community to serve those most vulnerable and in need and so it is absolutely fitting that we provide these services right here,” said Nancy Anness, Vice President of Advocacy, Access and Community Outreach for Saint Thomas Health.
Grundy County is estimated to have a population of 13,441 as of July 2015 (U.S. Census Data). More than 22 percent of Grundy County residents are uninsured and nearly 21 percent of the population under age 65 has a disability.
“We are thankful for the opportunity to serve those needing care so close to home,” said Greg Pope, Saint Thomas Health’s Chief Mission Officer. “Healthcare is still out of reach for some of our most vulnerable neighbors. We are grateful to carry out our Mission to serve all persons through this Medical Mission.”
Medical Mission at Home is part of a national effort by Ascension and its caregivers to host similar events across the country. To date, Ascension has held Medical Mission at Home events in Tennessee, Washington D.C., New York, Alabama, Florida and Connecticut, and plans to expand to other markets in the coming months to meet individual and community health needs.
Support for the Grundy County Medical Mission at Home day is provided by the South Cumberland Health Network, Grundy County Health Council, South Cumberland Plateau AmeriCorps VISTA program, Grundy County Schools, South Cumberland Community Fund and the University of the South Office of Community Engagement. Local community partners providing services are Volunteer Behavioral Health Care System, Delta Dental, Beersheba Springs Medical Clinic, Grundy County Health Department, Grundy Primary Care Clinic and the Grundy County Food Bank.
SSMF Events Begin This Saturday
To kick off the month-long series of events, the Sewanee Summer Music Festival (SSMF) will present the first faculty chamber music concert at 5 p.m., Saturday, June 18, in Guerry Auditorium. On the program are pieces including Antonín Dvořák’s “Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22” and Franz Schubert’s “Two Marches caractéristiques for four hands, D.968b.”
In addition to the concert series, the SSMF will host Open Studio Masterclasses on Wednesday, June 22 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. The public is invited to observe faculty mentoring the young musicians. Locations for the individual masterclasses will be posted in the lobby of Guerry Auditorium.
On Saturday, June 25, a second faculty chamber music concert will be held in Guerry Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Ingolf Dahl’s “Chorale Fantasy on Christ Lay in the Bonds of Death” and Schubert’s “String Quintet in C Major, Op. 163, D 956” will be performed. This faculty chamber concert is free and open to the public and will be conducted by Margery Deutsch of the Cumberland Orchesta and Danail Rachev of the Sewanee Symphony Orchestra.
The Cumberland Orchestra will play on Sunday, June 26 in Guerry Auditorium at 3 p.m., featuring pieces by Dimitri Kabalevsky, Aram Khachaturian and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Deutsch of the Cumberland Orchesta will serve as the conductor for the concert.
The Cumberland Orchestra will be followed by the Sewanee Symphony Orchestra with “Sensemayá” by Silvestre Revueltas and Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64. The Sewanee Symphony Orchestra will play at 4 p.m. No admission is required for children accompanied by an adult. Rachev of the Sewanee Symphony Orchestra will conduct the performance.
Tickets for the opening faculty chamber concert and the Sunday afternoon concert are available online for $15 each. Tickets will also be available in the lobby prior to each performance.
Concerts will also be available for viewing via UStream at <stream.tv/channel/sewanee-summer-music-festival> for those interested who are unable to attend the performances.
To purchase season or individual concert tickets or for more information about the Sewanee Summer Music Festival, visit <http://ssmf.sewanee.edu>.
School Board Reviews Costly Middle School Renovations
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
Renovating the county’s two aging middle schools would cost between $16,500,000 and $17,500,000 each, engineer Tim Little told the Franklin County School Board at the June 13 meeting. In comparison, a new combined middle school would cost between $29,000,000 and $32,000,000, Little said.
Little represents OLG Engineering, Inc., the Tullahoma based firm retained to guide the Capital Building Planning Committee in drawing up plans for renovating the nearly 50-year-old middle schools. Citing the need for improved security, increased classroom space, especially for the Special Education and CDC programs, and expansion and renovation of the locker rooms, Little proposed increasing North Middle School (NMS) by 25,000 square feet and South Middle School (SMS) by 31,000 square feet.
At 98,000 square feet, NMS is already larger than SMS, at 80,000 square feet, as a result of a 1997 addition.
Other pressing needs at the two schools include reroofing both facilities, replacing corroded plumbing, replacing the inefficient HVAC system, making the facilities ADA compliant, upgrading the fire alarm system, installing a fire control sprinkler system, upgrading classrooms, upgrading kitchen facilities and equipment, improving outside lighting, and expanding event parking.
For a new combined middle school, Little proposed a 159,000 square foot facility on a 46-acre site in the vicinity of Franklin County High School on Bypass Road.
The Capital Building Planning Committee recommended the school board host town hall meetings to gather input from the community on the proposals presented by OLG and urged the board not to delay in taking action as the need for renovation at the middle schools was urgent.
Board Chair Kevin Caroland said, “Every day we put this off it costs the tax payer money. We’ve spent a lot on the roofs just in the past couple years.”
Sewanee area school board representative Adam Tucker suggested waiting until school was back in session to hold the town meetings since families were away on vacation.
Director of Schools Amie Lonas set the goal of finishing with the town meetings by the end of September and presenting a proposal to the Franklin County Commission before the end of the year.
Little estimated renovating the schools would take 18 months. Lonas said the students would rotate to portable classrooms during renovation if the school board chose that route.
Asked about the school systems plans for the two facilities if a new middle school was built, Lonas said, “That would be a board decision. We haven’t discussed specifics.”
Revisiting the topic of disposition of the old Franklin County High School property, school board member Christine Hopkins said, “Chances are better than ever the state will proceed with the proposal to turn the site into a technical college.” In July of 2014, the board agreed to wait to see if plans for the technical college materialized and to refrain from disposing of the property for two years. The board would incur no cost in the construction of the technical college except for donating the property. The county has pledged $1,000,000 to the $6,000,000 project. The board approved Hopkins request to delay disposing of the property until July of 2017.
The board reviewed and approved two new policies and seven policy revisions recommended by the Tennessee School Board Association. “The TSBA annually proposes policy additions and revisions based on changes in state law,” Lonas said.
The board postponed voting on the Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems policy, and the Student Discrimination, Harassment, and Bullying policy recommended by the TSBA. Lonas will seek advice from school attorney Chuck Cagle on the two policies.
“The unmanned aircraft policy would be difficult to monitor,” Lonas said expressing reservations about the policy.
Tucker took issue with the language of the Student Discrimination, Harassment, and Bullying policy. “The language is both over and under inclusive,” Tucker said. “Teachers, coaches, and others discriminate all the time in making decisions with regard to students. The language needs to be cleaned up.”
The school board next meets on Monday, July 11.
Mike Maxon Is the Parade Grand Marshal
Parade Entries Accepted until June 30
This year’s parade grand marshal honor goes to Mike Maxon for his outstanding contributions to the community. He retired as the principal at Sewanee Elementary School in 2015 aft er a 42-year career of tireless dedication to our children and their education.
As SES principal, he strived to develop important character traits in each of the school’s children, including honesty, helpfulness, and empathy. He strongly believes that all children can learn and he spread that mantra throughout the school in a nurturing, encouraging way. The Fourth of July Committee has chosen to honor Mike for his commitment and enthusiasm as principal for so many years by making him the grand marshal.
Th e theme for this year’s Fourth of July celebration is “30 Years of Sewanee 4th of July Celebrations.” Parade entries are now being accepted by contacting Louise Irwin at 598-5864. Provide a contact person and contact information for the entry, type of entry and approximate length of the entry. Please enter by Thursday, June 30.
The Fourth of July Panhandlers will be selling various patriotic merchandise and this year’s T-shirts ($15) in front of the bookstore Thursday, June 30 through Saturday, July 2 from 9 a.m. to noon. They will also be at the Street Dance on Sunday, July 3 and at the Arts & Craft s Fair on Monday, July 4. Contact Shelley Cammack at 598-5858 for more information.
The planning committee will be meeting on Mondays through June 27 at 5 p.m. at the Sewanee Senior Citizens Center. Everyone in the community is invited to attend. See page 12 for more events.
Thursday, June 9, 2016
MSSA 134th Season Begins on Monday
The 134th season of community development sponsored by the Monteagle Sunday School Assembly (MSSA) will begin on Monday, June 12. From June to August, the MSSA honors its charter and history with varied religious, educational, and cultural programs and activities beginning on Sunday, June 12. The MSSA will host eight weeks of events for Sewanee residents and the surrounding community.
The opening week features lectures by Martin Knoll, Hillary Tindle, Liz Norell, June Mays, Scott Zimmer and Tom Mould and a performance by the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera String Quartet.
There will also be a workshop by Chattanooga Symphony and Opera’s Bob Bernhardt on Monday, June 12 beginning at 10:45 a.m. Bernhardt will present on compositions from John Williams, composer of themes from “Star Wars” and “Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark.” “Bob’s Bootcamp! John Williams: Star Wars, and Beyond” will be in the Assembly’s new Pulliam Center.
Hilary Tindle, author of “Up: How a Positive Outlook Can Transform Our Health and Aging,” will draw on her own experience as a practicing physician and National Institutes of Health-funded research to show that our “unique patterns of thinking and feeling about ourselves, others, and the world… may be the key to how well and how fast we age,” according to Tindle’s book. Tindle’s lecture will be at 8:15 p.m. on Sunday, June 12 at Warren Chapel.
Martin Knoll, professor of geology at the University of the South, will present “Tenneswim: Swimming the Tennessee River in the Name of Water Quality” on Tuesday, June 14. Knoll grew up in Sewanee and is a Sewanee Academy and University of the South alum. Knoll’s research includes studies of stormwater hydrology and groundwater dynamics on the Cumberland Plateau, the geology of the Mojave Desert of southern California, the formation of insect-bearing Baltic amber and the geology of southwest Germany. Knoll’s lecture will be held at 10:45 a.m. at Warren Chapel.
A visiting assistant of political science at The University of the South, Liz Norell studies mass public opinion, political psychology and political institutions. In 2014, Norell presented a dissertation to the University of Texas at Dallas on Congressional polarization, mass public opinion and the link between elite and mass polarization. Her lecture, titled “Seven Reasons Our Politics Seem So Polarized” will be held at Warren Chapel on Wednesday, June 15 at 10:45 a.m.
June Mays, a graduate of the English Gardening School in London, has designed more than 100 gardens in the southeast. Mays focuses her work in areas surrounding Birmingham, Ala. and Chattanooga, Tenn. May’s lecture, “The Gardens of Downton Abbey,” will be held at Warren Chapel on Thursday, June 16 at 10:45 a.m. Mays will speak on the gardens of Highclere Castle where Downton Abbey is filmed. Mays is a member of the Garden Writer’s Association and the Association of Professional Landscape Designers.
Scott Zimmer, a market researcher and public speaker, will deliver a presentation on key differences between generations and solutions as to how to relieve intergenerational tension and facilitate collaboration. Zimmer’s lecture is titled “When Generations Connect” will be Thursday, June 16 at 8:15 p.m. in the Pulliam Center.
Tom Mould, professor of sociology and anthropology at Elon University in Elon, N.C., will present a lecture on Appalachian Folklore on Friday, June 17 at 10:45 a.m. at Warren Chapel. Mould is the author of several books on Mormon and Native American folklore and traditions among pottery collectors, African American steppers, welfare legends and ginseng hunters, according to MSSA’s lecturer biography.
On the evening of June 17, The Chattanooga Symphony and Opera String Quartet will perform at Warren Chapel. The performance will take place at 8 p.m.
For a full list of opening week activities, visit <www.mssa1882.net>.
Please note the following changes in the schedule for the following weeks of programs and activities:
David Hudgins’s lecture “From Book to Screen: A Discussion with David Hudgins and Greg Isles” has been rescheduled from Thursday, June 30 to Friday, July 1 at 8 p.m. in Warren Chapel.
“Daggers Drawn: The Power, Passion, and Pizzazz of Political Cartoons” with Kevin Kallaugher has been rescheduled from Thursday, July 14 to Thursday, June 30 at 8:15 p.m. in Warren Chapel.
The opening week features lectures by Martin Knoll, Hillary Tindle, Liz Norell, June Mays, Scott Zimmer and Tom Mould and a performance by the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera String Quartet.
There will also be a workshop by Chattanooga Symphony and Opera’s Bob Bernhardt on Monday, June 12 beginning at 10:45 a.m. Bernhardt will present on compositions from John Williams, composer of themes from “Star Wars” and “Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark.” “Bob’s Bootcamp! John Williams: Star Wars, and Beyond” will be in the Assembly’s new Pulliam Center.
Hilary Tindle, author of “Up: How a Positive Outlook Can Transform Our Health and Aging,” will draw on her own experience as a practicing physician and National Institutes of Health-funded research to show that our “unique patterns of thinking and feeling about ourselves, others, and the world… may be the key to how well and how fast we age,” according to Tindle’s book. Tindle’s lecture will be at 8:15 p.m. on Sunday, June 12 at Warren Chapel.
Martin Knoll, professor of geology at the University of the South, will present “Tenneswim: Swimming the Tennessee River in the Name of Water Quality” on Tuesday, June 14. Knoll grew up in Sewanee and is a Sewanee Academy and University of the South alum. Knoll’s research includes studies of stormwater hydrology and groundwater dynamics on the Cumberland Plateau, the geology of the Mojave Desert of southern California, the formation of insect-bearing Baltic amber and the geology of southwest Germany. Knoll’s lecture will be held at 10:45 a.m. at Warren Chapel.
A visiting assistant of political science at The University of the South, Liz Norell studies mass public opinion, political psychology and political institutions. In 2014, Norell presented a dissertation to the University of Texas at Dallas on Congressional polarization, mass public opinion and the link between elite and mass polarization. Her lecture, titled “Seven Reasons Our Politics Seem So Polarized” will be held at Warren Chapel on Wednesday, June 15 at 10:45 a.m.
June Mays, a graduate of the English Gardening School in London, has designed more than 100 gardens in the southeast. Mays focuses her work in areas surrounding Birmingham, Ala. and Chattanooga, Tenn. May’s lecture, “The Gardens of Downton Abbey,” will be held at Warren Chapel on Thursday, June 16 at 10:45 a.m. Mays will speak on the gardens of Highclere Castle where Downton Abbey is filmed. Mays is a member of the Garden Writer’s Association and the Association of Professional Landscape Designers.
Scott Zimmer, a market researcher and public speaker, will deliver a presentation on key differences between generations and solutions as to how to relieve intergenerational tension and facilitate collaboration. Zimmer’s lecture is titled “When Generations Connect” will be Thursday, June 16 at 8:15 p.m. in the Pulliam Center.
Tom Mould, professor of sociology and anthropology at Elon University in Elon, N.C., will present a lecture on Appalachian Folklore on Friday, June 17 at 10:45 a.m. at Warren Chapel. Mould is the author of several books on Mormon and Native American folklore and traditions among pottery collectors, African American steppers, welfare legends and ginseng hunters, according to MSSA’s lecturer biography.
On the evening of June 17, The Chattanooga Symphony and Opera String Quartet will perform at Warren Chapel. The performance will take place at 8 p.m.
For a full list of opening week activities, visit <www.mssa1882.net>.
Please note the following changes in the schedule for the following weeks of programs and activities:
David Hudgins’s lecture “From Book to Screen: A Discussion with David Hudgins and Greg Isles” has been rescheduled from Thursday, June 30 to Friday, July 1 at 8 p.m. in Warren Chapel.
“Daggers Drawn: The Power, Passion, and Pizzazz of Political Cartoons” with Kevin Kallaugher has been rescheduled from Thursday, July 14 to Thursday, June 30 at 8:15 p.m. in Warren Chapel.
Bonnie Bishop to Perform at Angel Park
At 7:30 p.m., today (Friday), June 10, at Angel Park, Thirty Tigers recording artist and Grammy-winning songwriter Bonnie Bishop will perform. A veteran touring musician with five records behind her, Bishop has seen her songs covered by Bonnie Raitt and performed on the TV show Nashville. Her sixth album, “Ain’t Who I Was,” appeared on May 27 to remarkable acclaim, including strong reviews from the New York Times, Rolling Stone and American Songwriter. The Texas native’s roots are in Country music, but the current record—produced by Dave Cobb, fresh from albums with Chris Stapleton, Sturgill Simpson and Jason Isbell—moves toward R&B and draws persistent comparisons to Dusty Springfield’s Dusty in Memphis. The Sewanee show, interrupting a very busy tour, will be a homecoming for Bishop, who is a creative writing student in the Sewanee School of Letters. The School of Letters is sponsoring the event, which is free and open to all.
13th Annual Shakerag Workshops Begin on June 12
Nearly 150 artists from around the United States will be at St. Andrew’s-Sewanee next week for the 13th annual Shakerag Workshops.
For two weeks every June, the adult studio art workshop program is open to artists wishing to enrich and develop their creative skills.
By day, the workshop instructors offer sessions in songwriting, quilting, photography, painting, tie dying and sculpting. In the evenings, nightly lectures and slideshows will be led by instructors of the Shakerag Workshops. All lectures and slideshows are in McCrory Hall for the Performing Arts and are open to the public.
Shakerag began in 2004 with only six classes. Since 2004 the workshops have more than doubled to the 15 that are planned for this summer. Sessions for this summer are focused on songwriting, quilting, photography, painting, tie dying and sculpting.
Pat Bergeson, a Nashville-based guitarist and harmonica player, has played on many Grammy Award-winning albums. He has worked in studio with Alison Krauss, Dolly Parton, Peter Frampton, Toby Keith and Wynonna Judd. Bergeson will present “The Joys of Guitar, Harmonica, and Song Writing for Music Lovers” on Monday, June 13 at 7:15 p.m.
Elizabeth Busch, an internationally renowned artist who has been painting quilts for more than 30 years, will present a lecture titled “Creating a Painted Quilt.” Hale Empowerment and Revitalization Organization (HERObike), a company that works for community development to end rural poverty, will also present a session on Monday, June 13, showing participants how to build a custom bamboo bike frame.
On Tuesday, June 14, Diane Hall will present a lecture titled “Sewing: The Art of Making” about how to create garments from commercial patterns and individual ideas. Hall’s presentation will begin at 7:15 p.m.
Mary Hettmansperger, author and owner of cooking and creative art studio Gallery 64, will present to Shakerag participants the process of making jewelry. Hettmansperger’s “Jewelry: Alternative Surfaces, Expressions, and Designs” will be followed by Matt Kelleher’s presentation on throwing and hand building clay pitchers. Kelleher is a member of the ceramic faculty at Alfred University.
Self-trained chef and food writer, educator and activist Nancy Vienneau is a member of the Community Food Advocates and columnist for The Tennessean. Vienneau works as a chef and teacher at Second Harvest Food Bank’s Culinary Arts Center and at Magdalene House in Nashville. Vienneau will lecture on Wednesday, June 15 at 7:30 p.m.
On Thursday, June 16, large-format landscape photographer Kenneth Parker will give a lecture titled “Finding Your Voice in Color Landscape Photography.” Parker is drawn outdoors, with most of his photographs requiring several day-long treks to places like waterfalls in Myanmar, bayous in Cambodia and rice terraces in Bali. Danielle Roney works with sculpting and time-based medias such as film, video and computer technologies, to create her works. Her project Global Portals was featured at TEDGlobal in 2005. Roney will present “Time-Based Space: Experimentations in Spatial Media Design.”
Maggie Steber is a documentary photographer and has worked in 66 different countries, with 30 years experience working in Haiti. Steber’s presentation “Photography: Daring to See the World in a New Way” will be Monday, June 20 at 7:15 p.m.
Shoko Teruyama grew up in Mishima, Japan and works as a sculptor of earthenware. Teruyama will present “Clay: Build It, Slip It, Scratch It” on Monday, June 20 at 7:15 p.m.
For those interested in participating in the Shakerag Workshops, visit <shakerag.org> to register and view supply lists for each session.
For two weeks every June, the adult studio art workshop program is open to artists wishing to enrich and develop their creative skills.
By day, the workshop instructors offer sessions in songwriting, quilting, photography, painting, tie dying and sculpting. In the evenings, nightly lectures and slideshows will be led by instructors of the Shakerag Workshops. All lectures and slideshows are in McCrory Hall for the Performing Arts and are open to the public.
Shakerag began in 2004 with only six classes. Since 2004 the workshops have more than doubled to the 15 that are planned for this summer. Sessions for this summer are focused on songwriting, quilting, photography, painting, tie dying and sculpting.
Pat Bergeson, a Nashville-based guitarist and harmonica player, has played on many Grammy Award-winning albums. He has worked in studio with Alison Krauss, Dolly Parton, Peter Frampton, Toby Keith and Wynonna Judd. Bergeson will present “The Joys of Guitar, Harmonica, and Song Writing for Music Lovers” on Monday, June 13 at 7:15 p.m.
Elizabeth Busch, an internationally renowned artist who has been painting quilts for more than 30 years, will present a lecture titled “Creating a Painted Quilt.” Hale Empowerment and Revitalization Organization (HERObike), a company that works for community development to end rural poverty, will also present a session on Monday, June 13, showing participants how to build a custom bamboo bike frame.
On Tuesday, June 14, Diane Hall will present a lecture titled “Sewing: The Art of Making” about how to create garments from commercial patterns and individual ideas. Hall’s presentation will begin at 7:15 p.m.
Mary Hettmansperger, author and owner of cooking and creative art studio Gallery 64, will present to Shakerag participants the process of making jewelry. Hettmansperger’s “Jewelry: Alternative Surfaces, Expressions, and Designs” will be followed by Matt Kelleher’s presentation on throwing and hand building clay pitchers. Kelleher is a member of the ceramic faculty at Alfred University.
Self-trained chef and food writer, educator and activist Nancy Vienneau is a member of the Community Food Advocates and columnist for The Tennessean. Vienneau works as a chef and teacher at Second Harvest Food Bank’s Culinary Arts Center and at Magdalene House in Nashville. Vienneau will lecture on Wednesday, June 15 at 7:30 p.m.
On Thursday, June 16, large-format landscape photographer Kenneth Parker will give a lecture titled “Finding Your Voice in Color Landscape Photography.” Parker is drawn outdoors, with most of his photographs requiring several day-long treks to places like waterfalls in Myanmar, bayous in Cambodia and rice terraces in Bali. Danielle Roney works with sculpting and time-based medias such as film, video and computer technologies, to create her works. Her project Global Portals was featured at TEDGlobal in 2005. Roney will present “Time-Based Space: Experimentations in Spatial Media Design.”
Maggie Steber is a documentary photographer and has worked in 66 different countries, with 30 years experience working in Haiti. Steber’s presentation “Photography: Daring to See the World in a New Way” will be Monday, June 20 at 7:15 p.m.
Shoko Teruyama grew up in Mishima, Japan and works as a sculptor of earthenware. Teruyama will present “Clay: Build It, Slip It, Scratch It” on Monday, June 20 at 7:15 p.m.
For those interested in participating in the Shakerag Workshops, visit <shakerag.org> to register and view supply lists for each session.
Fourth of July Parade Needs You
The Fourth of July Committee is seeking a person to plan and prepare for the well-loved parade. This person should be able to coordinate the line-up of parade entries to ensure the success and safety of the parade. Help will be provided by the Fourth of July Committee. Contact Jade McBee Barry at <jademcbee@gmail.com> or Erin Kunz at <erinkunz@icloud.com> to volunteer.
The theme for this year’s Fourth of July celebration is “30 years of Sewanee 4th of July Celebrations.” Parade entries are now being accepted by contacting Erin Kunz at <erinkunz@icloud.com>. Provide a contact person and contact information for the entry, type of entry and approximate length of the entry. Please enter by Thursday, June 30.
T-shirts are available to preorder for $18 each. Contact Jade McBee Barry at <jademcbee@gmail.com> to place your order with the number of shirts and sizes.
The planning committee will be meeting on Mondays through June 27 at 5 p.m. at the Sewanee Senior Citizens Center. Everyone in the community is invited to attend.
The theme for this year’s Fourth of July celebration is “30 years of Sewanee 4th of July Celebrations.” Parade entries are now being accepted by contacting Erin Kunz at <erinkunz@icloud.com>. Provide a contact person and contact information for the entry, type of entry and approximate length of the entry. Please enter by Thursday, June 30.
T-shirts are available to preorder for $18 each. Contact Jade McBee Barry at <jademcbee@gmail.com> to place your order with the number of shirts and sizes.
The planning committee will be meeting on Mondays through June 27 at 5 p.m. at the Sewanee Senior Citizens Center. Everyone in the community is invited to attend.
“sometimes there’s God so quickly” at McCrory Hall
Actor and author David Roby plays 19 different characters in this one-man tour de force. The play will be at 7 p.m., Saturday, June 18, at the McCrory Hall for the Performing Arts on the campus of St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School. Sponsored by the Sewanee School of Letters, this event is free and open to the public.
“sometimes there’s God so quickly” is a chronicle of Roby’s travels through the Mississippi Delta, a quest for the elusive character of the late playwright Tennessee Williams, presented through a colloquy of the voices of those who knew him. The event is free and open to the public.
Roby was the Tennessee Williams Fellow at Sewanee from 2010 to 2012 (when he researched and wrote this one-man show) and is now Artist-in-Residence at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Arts in Medicine and an acting and playwriting teacher at U.A.B.’s ArtPlay.
A graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts and holding an M.F.A. degree from Illinois State University, he has also studied acting and playwriting at Oxford University, the Wooly Mammoth Theatre School in Washington, D.C. and the Playwright’s Intensive at the John F. Kennedy Center. His other plays include “Arts and Science,” “Unseen Character”(which concerns characters referred to but not seen in Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie”) and “Mercy Me.”
“sometimes there’s God so quickly” is a chronicle of Roby’s travels through the Mississippi Delta, a quest for the elusive character of the late playwright Tennessee Williams, presented through a colloquy of the voices of those who knew him. The event is free and open to the public.
Roby was the Tennessee Williams Fellow at Sewanee from 2010 to 2012 (when he researched and wrote this one-man show) and is now Artist-in-Residence at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Arts in Medicine and an acting and playwriting teacher at U.A.B.’s ArtPlay.
A graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts and holding an M.F.A. degree from Illinois State University, he has also studied acting and playwriting at Oxford University, the Wooly Mammoth Theatre School in Washington, D.C. and the Playwright’s Intensive at the John F. Kennedy Center. His other plays include “Arts and Science,” “Unseen Character”(which concerns characters referred to but not seen in Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie”) and “Mercy Me.”
“Friday Nights in the Park” Return on June 17
The sixth anniversary of “Friday Nights in the Park,” hosted by the Sewanee Business Alliance (SBA), begins at 6 p.m., Friday, June 17, at Angel Park on University Avenue in Sewanee. University Avenue will be closed at 6 p.m., so that guests can safely enjoy all the activities, including local vendors offering food and drink. Reverse raffle tickets are still available <sewaneeangelpark.com>.
Live by Satellite is the opening band for this annual event. Live by Satellite is fresh air to rock and roll. Their sound is a modern twist on classic rock, taking inspiration from the intensely catchy guitar riffs, pounding driven drums, and soaring vocals symbolic of artists such as Bon Jovi, Journey and Def Leppard. Mixing those elements with synthesizers and loops used in modern Pop, you get the Live By Satellite signature sound. Their lyrics are deeply personal and bravely honest, pulling the listener in with stories of falling in love and dealing with heartbreak. The result is a cross-generational timeless sound of engaging songs that make you want to come along for the ride that is Live by Satellite.
Band members Mike Collingsworth (singer), Chandler Mills (bass), Corey Lawson (guitar) and Troy Campbell (drums) grew up in north Alabama and became friends at school. After finishing college, the guys quit their day jobs and moved to Nashville, risking it all to devote their full attention to making music and the success of the band.
Through mutual friend and Day of Fire guitarist Joe Pangallo, Mike met producer Rogers Masson. Together, Rogers and the group spent two years writing, rehearsing, and recording, splitting studio time between Ronnie’s Place Studio and Warner Brothers Studios in Nashville. They approached the writing and recording process with respect for what came before, and an unwavering dedication to the forward momentum of Pop/Rock.
The lineup for other Friday Nights in the Park is: Men of Soul on June 24; The ConSoulers on July 1; and The Stagger Moon Band on July 8.
Live by Satellite is the opening band for this annual event. Live by Satellite is fresh air to rock and roll. Their sound is a modern twist on classic rock, taking inspiration from the intensely catchy guitar riffs, pounding driven drums, and soaring vocals symbolic of artists such as Bon Jovi, Journey and Def Leppard. Mixing those elements with synthesizers and loops used in modern Pop, you get the Live By Satellite signature sound. Their lyrics are deeply personal and bravely honest, pulling the listener in with stories of falling in love and dealing with heartbreak. The result is a cross-generational timeless sound of engaging songs that make you want to come along for the ride that is Live by Satellite.
Band members Mike Collingsworth (singer), Chandler Mills (bass), Corey Lawson (guitar) and Troy Campbell (drums) grew up in north Alabama and became friends at school. After finishing college, the guys quit their day jobs and moved to Nashville, risking it all to devote their full attention to making music and the success of the band.
Through mutual friend and Day of Fire guitarist Joe Pangallo, Mike met producer Rogers Masson. Together, Rogers and the group spent two years writing, rehearsing, and recording, splitting studio time between Ronnie’s Place Studio and Warner Brothers Studios in Nashville. They approached the writing and recording process with respect for what came before, and an unwavering dedication to the forward momentum of Pop/Rock.
The lineup for other Friday Nights in the Park is: Men of Soul on June 24; The ConSoulers on July 1; and The Stagger Moon Band on July 8.
Thursday, June 2, 2016
Online Farmers Market Adds New Options
by Kevin Cummings, Messenger Staff Writer
The South Cumberland Farmer’s Market, which allows customers to order local produce and handmade products online, is launching several changes this month. The market has extended its ordering hours, implemented a discount lottery, and is seeking more customer feedback.
Starting today (Friday), June 3, customers can order at <sewanee.locallygrown.net> each Friday at 9 p.m. through Monday at 10 a.m. Previously, ordering began on Saturday. Customers can pick up orders between 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Tuesdays at the Sewanee Community Center.
The farmer’s market operates under the umbrella of Rooted Here, an organization that also oversees the South Cumberland Food Hub, which links local growers and artisans directly with wholesalers. Jess Wilson, Rooted Here secretary, was part of the small group of farmers that formed the online market in March 2007. She said utilizing the Internet is great for local growers.
“I don’t think that people understand how difficult a regular farmer’s market can be for farmers,” Wilson said. “It is a lot of work to prepare for a regular farmer’s market and you never know what your customer base will be day to day. Though it is usually a nice social endeavor, I often end up wasting a lot of produce that wilts in the sun on my table, and valuable time that could be spent farming.”
Wilson, who owns two farms in Monteagle, encourages her customers to order online.
“I absolutely love selling through the online market because I know what I have sold before I pick it,” she added. “That means that I can pick it to order, it hasn’t sat in the sun on a table for an hour and I’m being as efficient as possible with my time.”
Another change to the online market is the option to have products bagged and ready before a customer arrives. There’s a 5 percent convenience fee for the service. Also new this month, is a weekly lottery, where a customer can win a 10 percent discount on their order. All orders are automatically included in the drawing.
Leslie Lytle, Rooted Here president, noted changes at the pickup site include a table for socializing and a comment box.
“A recent survey showed customers like to chat with the farmers and producers and to see (the products) before they buy,” she said. “Hearing from customers, both praise and gripes, is key to the market’s successful operation. The managers hope people will take the opportunity to leave a comment card—no need to sign your name.”
Lytle said in the summer, Rooted Here farmers and producers are encouraged to also sell outdoors at the Community Center during pickup hours.
Along with the recent changes, Rooted Here is facing a challenge in how to pay employees a sustainable wage and maintain a volunteer base, Lytle added. With only three low-paid employees, Rooted Here relies on 200 to 300 volunteer hours per month to operate, she said. The Internal Revenue Service denied the group’s application as a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit and University of Tennessee law students recently reviewed Rooted Here’s structure and advised they form an LLC.
Lytle said the group’s board is exploring its options and Rooted Here will host a community workshop in the fall to help find a solution. For more information about the organization, visit <rootedhere.com> or contact Lytle at <sllytle@blomand.net>.
The South Cumberland Farmer’s Market, which allows customers to order local produce and handmade products online, is launching several changes this month. The market has extended its ordering hours, implemented a discount lottery, and is seeking more customer feedback.
Starting today (Friday), June 3, customers can order at <sewanee.locallygrown.net> each Friday at 9 p.m. through Monday at 10 a.m. Previously, ordering began on Saturday. Customers can pick up orders between 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Tuesdays at the Sewanee Community Center.
The farmer’s market operates under the umbrella of Rooted Here, an organization that also oversees the South Cumberland Food Hub, which links local growers and artisans directly with wholesalers. Jess Wilson, Rooted Here secretary, was part of the small group of farmers that formed the online market in March 2007. She said utilizing the Internet is great for local growers.
“I don’t think that people understand how difficult a regular farmer’s market can be for farmers,” Wilson said. “It is a lot of work to prepare for a regular farmer’s market and you never know what your customer base will be day to day. Though it is usually a nice social endeavor, I often end up wasting a lot of produce that wilts in the sun on my table, and valuable time that could be spent farming.”
Wilson, who owns two farms in Monteagle, encourages her customers to order online.
“I absolutely love selling through the online market because I know what I have sold before I pick it,” she added. “That means that I can pick it to order, it hasn’t sat in the sun on a table for an hour and I’m being as efficient as possible with my time.”
Another change to the online market is the option to have products bagged and ready before a customer arrives. There’s a 5 percent convenience fee for the service. Also new this month, is a weekly lottery, where a customer can win a 10 percent discount on their order. All orders are automatically included in the drawing.
Leslie Lytle, Rooted Here president, noted changes at the pickup site include a table for socializing and a comment box.
“A recent survey showed customers like to chat with the farmers and producers and to see (the products) before they buy,” she said. “Hearing from customers, both praise and gripes, is key to the market’s successful operation. The managers hope people will take the opportunity to leave a comment card—no need to sign your name.”
Lytle said in the summer, Rooted Here farmers and producers are encouraged to also sell outdoors at the Community Center during pickup hours.
Along with the recent changes, Rooted Here is facing a challenge in how to pay employees a sustainable wage and maintain a volunteer base, Lytle added. With only three low-paid employees, Rooted Here relies on 200 to 300 volunteer hours per month to operate, she said. The Internal Revenue Service denied the group’s application as a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit and University of Tennessee law students recently reviewed Rooted Here’s structure and advised they form an LLC.
Lytle said the group’s board is exploring its options and Rooted Here will host a community workshop in the fall to help find a solution. For more information about the organization, visit <rootedhere.com> or contact Lytle at <sllytle@blomand.net>.
Investigating College Experiences for GCHS
During the 2016 spring semester, the Grundy County Family Resource Center, Grundy County High School (GCHS) and University of the South professor Paige Schneider’s politics of poverty and inequality class partnered to conduct a survey investigating the college experiences of recent GCHS graduates. Two hundred and forty-four alumni of the classes of 2008 through 2015 completed the survey and were entered in a drawing for a new iPad Air 2.
“This survey has been a goal of mine for years,” says Emily Partin, director of the Family Resource Center. “I am passionate about our young people getting the skills they need to support their own families one day. In order to help, we have to find out what is working for students who complete college or technical school and what might be blocking the progress of those who have stopped along the way. That is what this survey is all about.”
“Up to this point, the survey has largely captured people currently enrolled in college and those who earned degrees,” said Partin. “We would like to encourage those who never went to college and those who dropped out of college to take the survey posted on the GCHS Post-graduate Survey Facebook page, or call me at the FRC office at (931) 592-4372.”
According to Schneider, recent data demonstrate that college graduation rates in rural counties continue to fall below urban counties among students with a similar sociodemographic profile. Rural graduation rates are much lower than the national average of 59 percent. “The gap between low-income students and high-income students in college going and completion is growing in the U.S., and rural students have fallen behind the most,” said Schneider. “This downward trajectory is worrisome given the demands of a knowledge-based economy where a technical degree or four-year college education is essential to securing a job that pays a living wage.”
Of this survey’s participants, 26 percent had earned a post-secondary degree and 44 percent were enrolled in college. The survey suggested that involvement in the METS (MTSU Educational Talent Search) program and earning college credit while in high school were related to these students’ success.
Thirteen percent of participants had dropped out of college; results indicated that non-academic factors impacted this decision more than academic ability. Generally, the major reasons people cited for discontinuing school were related to finances and the need to work. One of the least common responses for why someone dropped out of college was “some of the classes were too difficult,” and only 13 percent of dropouts had below a C average.
Another striking finding was that when asked if they would have taken basic community college classes on the mountain if offered, 69 percent of participants said “yes” and 18 percent said “probably,” which suggests that 87 percent of GCHS graduates would likely take college classes on the mountain if they were available.
These results point to the need for more higher education opportunities and support on the mountain. The Grundy County Community is currently looking into opportunities for a college support center where students will be able to access a computer lab and study space, study groups and general education college courses. The hope is that providing these resources on the mountain will reduce the financial and time burdens on students who commute to college and keep them engaged in their education.
Research associates Brandon Miller and Kate Wiley, who work with Partin at the Family Resource Center, provided key assistance working with the college students to develop and distribute the survey and collect and analyze the results. The Politics of Poverty class is a community engagement course offered under the University’s new Office of Community Engagement. The project received a grant from the Collaborative for Southern Appalachian Studies to cover expenses.
Council Approves $11,700 for Community Enhancement Projects
by Leslie Lytle, Messenger Staff Writer
At its May 23 meeting the Sewanee Community Council approved $11,700 in funding for seven Community Enhancement projects. The council also voted to adopt changes to the constitution and selected meeting dates for the 2016–17 academic year. Provost John Swallow chaired the meeting, filling in for Vice-Chancellor John McCardell.
The Community Enhancement program is in the second year of a two-year trial. In the summer of 2014, the Council approved increasing the municipal service fee paid by all leaseholders to generate $10,000 to be used for physical improvements and amenities on the Domain. The total award for 2016 was increased because the Phil White Dog Park proposal funded in 2015 didn’t use its entire allocation.
Sarah Marhevsky chaired the project review committee. In discussion before the council voted, Marhevsky explained the committee did not recommend funding the two sidewalk projects because the cost exceeded $10,000 for each.
“As was our philosophy last year, we opted for helping a wider pool of people and groups instead of just one group,” Marhevsky said.
Council member Drew Sampson suggested the money in the fund could be “allowed to accumulate over time so more could be accomplished. This was part of the original thought when the fund was created.”
Swallow pointed out the program was still in the two-year trial phase, and “There was no presumption of reserving funds for future use during the trial period.”
Council member John Flynn stressed the importance of distinguishing between Community Enhancement projects funded by a “tax” levied on lease holders and the Sewanee Community Chest which funds projects through voluntary donations made by community members.
In praise of the Community Enhancement program, council member Barbara Schlicting said, “I was amazed by the diversity of ideas we saw in the proposals. We learned things we might not otherwise have known.”
Council representative Louise Irwin abstained from voting on the committee’s recommendations, citing her constituents need for clarification on how the fund was established and administered.
“There’s much to discuss in the fall when we take up possible continuation of the program,” Swallow said.
The council voted to fund the following projects: $3,179 for sand, refurbishing restrooms and other improvements at the soccer field; $2,800 for mulch at the Elliott Park playground; $2,200 for electrical repairs at the American Legion Hall; $1,800 for a picnic table at the Elliott Park playground; $1,271 for lighting at Angel Park; $300 for soil and bulbs for planting by children in the Plateau Playground group; and $150 to help offset operating expenses for Community Poetry Night.
Turning to administrative issues, the council approved changes to the constitution intended to increase involvement in the council and make representation more equitable. At present, there are three elected council representatives from each of the four districts. The council voted to reallocate the distribution of elected seats. Beginning with the November election, elected representation shall consist of four at-large seats and two seats from each district.
The council appointed Pixie Dozier to serve as the election officer for the fall 2016 election.
For the 2016–17 academic year the council will meet Aug. 22, Oct. 24, Jan. 23, March 27 and May 22, with four dates held in reserve for meetings as needed.
Sampson requested the council receive a report on the University’s proposed intention to reduce transfer fees. The nonprofit Folks at Home was assessed a very large fee for a recent transfer, Sampson said.
At its May 23 meeting the Sewanee Community Council approved $11,700 in funding for seven Community Enhancement projects. The council also voted to adopt changes to the constitution and selected meeting dates for the 2016–17 academic year. Provost John Swallow chaired the meeting, filling in for Vice-Chancellor John McCardell.
The Community Enhancement program is in the second year of a two-year trial. In the summer of 2014, the Council approved increasing the municipal service fee paid by all leaseholders to generate $10,000 to be used for physical improvements and amenities on the Domain. The total award for 2016 was increased because the Phil White Dog Park proposal funded in 2015 didn’t use its entire allocation.
Sarah Marhevsky chaired the project review committee. In discussion before the council voted, Marhevsky explained the committee did not recommend funding the two sidewalk projects because the cost exceeded $10,000 for each.
“As was our philosophy last year, we opted for helping a wider pool of people and groups instead of just one group,” Marhevsky said.
Council member Drew Sampson suggested the money in the fund could be “allowed to accumulate over time so more could be accomplished. This was part of the original thought when the fund was created.”
Swallow pointed out the program was still in the two-year trial phase, and “There was no presumption of reserving funds for future use during the trial period.”
Council member John Flynn stressed the importance of distinguishing between Community Enhancement projects funded by a “tax” levied on lease holders and the Sewanee Community Chest which funds projects through voluntary donations made by community members.
In praise of the Community Enhancement program, council member Barbara Schlicting said, “I was amazed by the diversity of ideas we saw in the proposals. We learned things we might not otherwise have known.”
Council representative Louise Irwin abstained from voting on the committee’s recommendations, citing her constituents need for clarification on how the fund was established and administered.
“There’s much to discuss in the fall when we take up possible continuation of the program,” Swallow said.
The council voted to fund the following projects: $3,179 for sand, refurbishing restrooms and other improvements at the soccer field; $2,800 for mulch at the Elliott Park playground; $2,200 for electrical repairs at the American Legion Hall; $1,800 for a picnic table at the Elliott Park playground; $1,271 for lighting at Angel Park; $300 for soil and bulbs for planting by children in the Plateau Playground group; and $150 to help offset operating expenses for Community Poetry Night.
Turning to administrative issues, the council approved changes to the constitution intended to increase involvement in the council and make representation more equitable. At present, there are three elected council representatives from each of the four districts. The council voted to reallocate the distribution of elected seats. Beginning with the November election, elected representation shall consist of four at-large seats and two seats from each district.
The council appointed Pixie Dozier to serve as the election officer for the fall 2016 election.
For the 2016–17 academic year the council will meet Aug. 22, Oct. 24, Jan. 23, March 27 and May 22, with four dates held in reserve for meetings as needed.
Sampson requested the council receive a report on the University’s proposed intention to reduce transfer fees. The nonprofit Folks at Home was assessed a very large fee for a recent transfer, Sampson said.
Bonnie Bishop to Perform
At 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 10, at Angel Park, Thirty Tigers recording artist and Grammy-winning songwriter Bonnie Bishop will perform. A veteran touring musician with five records behind her, Bishop has seen her songs covered by Bonnie Raitt and performed on the tv show Nashville. Her sixth album, Ain’t Who I Was, appeared on May 27 to remarkable acclaim, including strong reviews from the New York Times, Rolling Stone, and American Songwriter. The Texas native’s roots are in Country music, but the current record—produced by Dave Cobb, fresh from albums with Chris Stapleton, Sturgill Simpson, and Jason Isbell—moves toward R&B and draws persistent comparisons to Dusty Springfield’s Dusty in Memphis. The Sewanee show, interrupting a very busy tour, will be a homecoming for Bishop, who is a creative writing student in the Sewanee School of Letters. The School of Letters is sponsoring the event, which is free and open to all.
School of Letters Public Events
Each summer the School of Letters invites writers, poets, publishers and scholars to speak each week that school is in session. These events are free and open to the public.
At 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 8, author Ed Tarkington will give a reading in the Gailor Auditorium. This is sponsored by the School of Letters and the Friends of the Library.
Tarkington is the author of the novel “Only Love Can Break Your Heart,” published this year by Algonquin. The book has won remarkable acclaim, particularly for a first novel: it was both an Indie Next pick for the American Booksellers Association and an Indies Introduce pick for IndieBound, and Book of the Month Club made it a Main Selection.
Tarkington is a graduate of Furman University and earned graduate degrees at the University of Virginia and Florida State. A frequent contributor to <Chapter16.org>, his articles, essays and stories have appeared in the Nashville Scene, Memphis Commercial Appeal, Post Road, the Pittsburgh Quarterly, the Southeast Review and elsewhere. He lives in Nashville, where he teaches English and coaches wrestling at Montgomery Bell Academy.
A reception and book signing will follow the reading in Gailor Atrium.
On Wednesday, June 15, at 4:30 p.m., in Gailor Auditorium, Jennifer Habel will present the reading. She is the author of “Good Reason,” winner of the Stevens Poetry Manuscript Competition, and “In the Little House,” winner of the Copperdome Chapbook Prize. Her poems have appeared in The Believer, Blackbird, Gulf Coast, LIT, The Massachusetts Review, The Southeast Review and elsewhere. In 2014 she won an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award. Habel is currently the coordinator of creative writing at the University of Cincinnati. A reception and book signing will follow in Gailor Atrium.
Chris Bachelder is the author of the novels “The Throwback Special,” “Abbott Awaits,” “U.S.!,” “Bear v. Shark” and “Lessons in Virtual Tour Photography.” He will give the reading at 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 22, in Gailor Auditorium. His short fiction and essays have appeared in a number of magazines and journals including The Paris Review, Harper’s, McSweeney’s, The Believer, The Oxford American, American Short Fiction, Mother Jones, The Cincinnati Review and New Stories from the South. His novel “Abbott Awaits” was published in 2011, to strong reviews: “Not since John Cheever,” said novelist Brock Clark, “has an American male fiction writer written so ingeniously, so beautifully, so heartbreakingly about the pain and sweetness of domestic life.’’ His acclaimed new novel, “The Throwback Special,” was serialized in The Paris Review. The book follows 22 men who meet each year to reenact the 1985 Joe Theisman football injury. Bachelder was awarded the prestigious Terry Southern prize this year. He received an MFA in fiction from the University of Florida and taught at New Mexico State, Colorado College and the University of Massachusetts before joining the creative writing faculty of the University of Cincinnati in 2011. A book signing will follow in Gailor Atrium.
“What Was the New Journalism? A Dialogue with John Grammer and Neil Shea” will be at 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 29, in Gailor Auditorium with a reception following in Gailor Atrium.
Marshall Frady called it an “odd unchurched coupling between the novel and journalism.” Tom Wolfe gave it the name that stuck, “the New Journalism,” a designation John Sullivan glosses like this: “the long, weird, quasi-essayistic, documentary-infused magazine piece, a form older than the novel, despite a heritable instinct in critics to continually be calling it New.” New or old, the form experienced a remarkable flowering in the 1960s and early 1970s, when writers like Frady and Wolfe—and Mailer and Talese and King and Morris—created a remarkable moment in American letters, one that continues to inspire writers like Sullivan. Grammer and Shea discuss the moment and its influence on nonfiction writing today.
Jennine Capó Crucet is the author of two books, most recently the novel “Make Your Home Among Strangers” (St. Martin’s Press). Her story collection, “How to Leave Hialeah,” won the Iowa Short Fiction Award, the John Gardner Book Prize and was named a Best Book of the Year by The Miami Herald, the Miami New Times and the Latinidad List. Her writing has appeared in Guernica, Ploughshares, Epoch, The Rumpus, Prairie Schooner and other magazines. She’s the fiction editor of PEN Center USA’s Handbook for Writers, a comprehensive writing manual used in high schools nationally as part of PEN’s Writers in the Schools programs. A former sketch comedienne and National Public Radio scriptwriter, she’s worked extensively as a writing coach and college advisor for high school students and also led the Young Artists’ Workshop (exclusively for high school writers) at the Port Townsend Writers’ Conference for three years. A winner of an O. Henry Prize and a Bread Loaf Fellow, she received her B.A. from Cornell University and her M.F.A. from the University of Minnesota, where she was also an instructor. She grew up in Miami but now lives in Lincoln, Neb., where she’s an assistant professor of creative writing at the University of Nebraska. This reading will be at 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 6, in Gailor Auditorium with a reception and book signing following in Gailor Atrium.
On Wednesday, July 13, at 4:30 p.m., in Gailor Auditorium, the School of Letters MFA candidates will read from their work.
For the complete schedule go to< www.letters.sewanee.edu/readings/>.
SAS Students Honored for Achievements
St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School honored students, faculty and staff during its Honors Day ceremony. The ceremony began with the presentation of the senior gift and banner. This year’s senior gift is a base for the baptismal font which will be installed in St. Andrew’s Chapel. The Chapel is currently being renovated but will be completed and rededicated in the fall.
SAS recognized the following students for outstanding academic achievements:
The Salutatorian Award was presented to Grace Liu (Beijing, China). The Valedictorian Award was presented to Sophie Swallow (Sewanee);
Highest 9th grade academic average—Sophia Patterson (Sewanee); Highest 10th grade academic average—Cindy Chen (Qingdao, China) and Genevieve Rogers (Sewanee); Highest 11th grade academic average—Cooper Nickels (Manchester);
The National Merit Scholarship Program Commended Students—Joshua Alvarez (Sewanee) and Sophie Swallow (Sewanee);
Cum Laude Society New Members—Dan McNair (Monteagle), president Cooper Nickels (Manchester) and Fritz Stine (Cowan).
Academic awards for outstanding students in individual courses were presented to the following area students:
Health and Fitness Award—
Mariel Rinck (Sewanee);
Chorus—Sophie Swallow (Sewanee);
Technical Theater—Cooper
Nickels (Manchester);
Theater—Vanessa Moss (Sewanee);
Clay—Wesley Smith (Tullahoma);
Chinese II—Noah Mendlewski (Sewanee); Chinese IV—Blake Drinen (Sewanee); Chinese V—Daniel McNair (Monteagle);
Latin I—Kia Whitman (Coalmont); Latin II—Katie Giltner (Manchester; Latin III—Sophia Patterson (Sewanee); Latin IV—Carolyn Bruce (Monteagle);
Spanish II—Wesley Smith (Tullahoma); Spanish III—Cooper Nickels (Manchester); The Bun Pickering Spanish V Award—Jack Haight (Sewanee);
Biology—Andrew Bachman (Sewanee); Advanced Biology—Dan McNair (Monteagle); Advanced Chemistry—Andrew Bachman (Sewanee); The Michael S. Dalton Award for Excellence in Physics—Cooper Nickels (Manchester);
World History I—Sophia Hartman (Sewanee); United States History—Charles Jenkins (Whitwell);
Pre-Algebra—Sarah Beth Hobby (South Pittsburgh); Algebra I—Aidan Smith (Sewanee); Geometry—Jack Simons (Sewanee); Advanced Statistics—Tommy Oliver (Sewanee); The Sarah McPherson Carlos Calculus Award—Fritz Stine (Cowan);
9th grade English—Sophia Patterson (Sewanee); 10th grade English—Genevieve Rogers (Sewanee); The Frank Phillips White 11th Grade English Award—Annemieke Buis (Christiana); The Danny Griffiths Award for Excellence—Sophie Swallow (Sewanee); The Andrew Nelson Lytle Writing Award—Sophie Swallow (Sewanee); The James Agee Award for Non Fiction—Dan McNair (Monteagle).
Special awards were presented to the following:
Sewanee Military Academy Class of 1946 Junior Leadership Award—Caroline Graham (Tullahoma); The Sewanee Military Academy Memorial Merit Award—Abby Mainzer (Monteagle); The Josephus Conn Guild Colmore, Jr Award—Jack Haight (Sewanee);
The Mountain Mirror Literary Magazine Writing Award—Dan McNair (Monteagle); The Mountain Mirror Literary Magazine Art Award—Kyra Wilson (Sewanee); The Phoenix Yearbook Award—Katie Giltner (Manchester); The Bayard Walters Broadcasting Award—Vanessa Moss (Sewanee); Acolyte Award—Sarah Grace Burns (Sewanee).
Theater—Vanessa Moss (Sewanee);
Clay—Wesley Smith (Tullahoma);
Chinese II—Noah Mendlewski (Sewanee); Chinese IV—Blake Drinen (Sewanee); Chinese V—Daniel McNair (Monteagle);
Latin I—Kia Whitman (Coalmont); Latin II—Katie Giltner (Manchester; Latin III—Sophia Patterson (Sewanee); Latin IV—Carolyn Bruce (Monteagle);
Spanish II—Wesley Smith (Tullahoma); Spanish III—Cooper Nickels (Manchester); The Bun Pickering Spanish V Award—Jack Haight (Sewanee);
Biology—Andrew Bachman (Sewanee); Advanced Biology—Dan McNair (Monteagle); Advanced Chemistry—Andrew Bachman (Sewanee); The Michael S. Dalton Award for Excellence in Physics—Cooper Nickels (Manchester);
World History I—Sophia Hartman (Sewanee); United States History—Charles Jenkins (Whitwell);
Pre-Algebra—Sarah Beth Hobby (South Pittsburgh); Algebra I—Aidan Smith (Sewanee); Geometry—Jack Simons (Sewanee); Advanced Statistics—Tommy Oliver (Sewanee); The Sarah McPherson Carlos Calculus Award—Fritz Stine (Cowan);
9th grade English—Sophia Patterson (Sewanee); 10th grade English—Genevieve Rogers (Sewanee); The Frank Phillips White 11th Grade English Award—Annemieke Buis (Christiana); The Danny Griffiths Award for Excellence—Sophie Swallow (Sewanee); The Andrew Nelson Lytle Writing Award—Sophie Swallow (Sewanee); The James Agee Award for Non Fiction—Dan McNair (Monteagle).
Special awards were presented to the following:
Sewanee Military Academy Class of 1946 Junior Leadership Award—Caroline Graham (Tullahoma); The Sewanee Military Academy Memorial Merit Award—Abby Mainzer (Monteagle); The Josephus Conn Guild Colmore, Jr Award—Jack Haight (Sewanee);
The Mountain Mirror Literary Magazine Writing Award—Dan McNair (Monteagle); The Mountain Mirror Literary Magazine Art Award—Kyra Wilson (Sewanee); The Phoenix Yearbook Award—Katie Giltner (Manchester); The Bayard Walters Broadcasting Award—Vanessa Moss (Sewanee); Acolyte Award—Sarah Grace Burns (Sewanee).
Fourth of July Needs You
The Fourth of July Committee is seeking a person or organization to host the Fourth of July children’s games. This is a great opportunity to be a part of all that’s best in our wonderful village. Games and activities are provided—someone community-minded needs to oversee them. Lots of help will be provided to the volunteer(s). Call Gary Sturgis at 598-5324 or 636-5294.
T-shirts are available to preorder for $18 each. Contact Jade McBee Barry at <jademcbee@gmail.com> with the number of shirts and sizes to place your order.”
The planning committee will be meeting on Mondays June 6–27 at 5 p.m. at the Sewanee Senior Citizens Center. Everyone in the community is invited to attend.
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