March 30, 2023

Covenant School Shooting Leaves Seven Dead in ‘Targeted Attack’

BY KELSEY BEYELER, LOGAN BUTTS, D. PATRICK RODGERS, STEPHEN ELLIOTT AND MATT MASTERS

Seven people were killed Monday in a school shooting at the Covenant School, a private Christian school serving preschool through sixth-grade students in Green Hills through Covenant Presbyterian Church.

The six victims included three children and three school staff members. The person identified as the shooter was killed by police.

Metro Nashville Police Department officials identified the victims as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney (ages 8 and 9), substitute teacher Cynthia Peak (61), custodian Mike Hill (61) and head of the Covenant School Katherine Koonce (60).

Police identified the shooter as 28-yearold Audrey Elizabeth Hale, a former student of the school. MNPD identified Hale as

a “white female” before clarifying that he identified as a transgender male.

MNPD released security camera footage of Hale driving up to the church/ school campus in a gray Honda Fit before shooting out the building’s glass doors and entering the building with three guns. The guns included an “assault-type” rifle, a pistol-caliber carbine and a 9 millimeter semiautomatic pistol.

On Tuesday, March 28, police held another press conference where they said that no specific students were targeted in the attack, but that the school and church were targeted, adding that they still don’t have a motive, but MNPD Police Chief John Drake told CBS News that “resentment” may play a factor in the attack.

Security footage shows Hale entering several rooms inside the building, including a large hallway and lobby. The shooter can be seen firing shots inside the building, the strobe light of a fire alarm blinking in the background. Police have also released several photos of the building’s broken windows and a photo of a police cruiser damaged by gunfire.

Five officers initially responded to the scene following a 10:13 a.m. 911 call and were met with gunfire from a second-floor window. The officers entered the building and engaged Hale in a gunfight, with two of the officers — four-year MNPD veteran Officer Rex Engelbert and nine-year MNPD veteran Officer Michael Collazo — fatally shooting Hale, according to the police account.

“It was on the second floor, in a common area, that a team of officers encountered Hale shooting,” MNPD said in a news release.

Police say one officer received minor injuries from broken glass.

On Tuesday morning, MNPD also released body-camera footage of the shooting. In the footage — taken from cameras worn by Officers Rex Engelbert and Michael Collazo — police can be seen clearing the building before engaging Hale in gunfire on the second floor. Warning: The footage is graphic.

The victims were “spread out” throughout the school, with Drake adding that Hill was killed when Hale shot through the school’s glass doors and Koonce was killed in a hallway near the school’s offices.

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A memorial made up of a large cross of flowers, stuffed animals, cards, and other items stands at the entrance to Covenant Presbyterian Church’s The Covenant School on March 28, 2023, one day after a fatal school shooting.

Police killed the 28-year-old shooter, whose victims include three children and three staff members

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Police and other first responders meet at a staging area outside of Covenant Presbyterian Church’s The Covenant School on March 27, 2023, following a fatal school shooting.

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“We believe that there’s been some training of being able to shoot from a higher level, and her gunfire, from the video I’ve seen, she stood away from the glass so that she wouldn’t be an easy target to be shot,” Drake said.

Dozens of emergency vehicles — including marked and unmarked police cars, armored SWAT vehicles, fire trucks, ambulances and school buses — were seen

descending on a neighboring business complex, which served as the first-responder staging area.

“I was hoping this day would never ever come in this city, but we would never wait to go in and make entry and to stop a threat, especially when it deals with our children,” Drake said during a news conference Monday.

“I was really impressed, with all that was going on, the danger, that somebody took

control and said, ‘let’s go, let’s go, let’s go,” Drake said on Tuesday.

Police said Hale, who had no criminal record, left behind a written “manifesto,” which Drake said “indicates that there was going to be shootings at multiple locations; the school was one of them,” and had “quite a bit of writing” which is being reviewed by both MNPD and the FBI.

That manifesto, Drake told CBS News,

included drawings of what Hale would wear and what types of guns would be used in the shooting.

Police also recovered “maps drawn of the school in detail — surveillance, entry points, etc.,” as well as a “sawed-off shotgun, a second shotgun and other evidence” from a Brightwood Avenue home connected to Hale just three miles from the scene of the “calculated and planned” “targeted attack.”

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Metro Nashville Police Department Chief John Drake (L) stands with TBI Director David Rausch (R) at a news conference on March 27, 2023, following The Covenant School shooting.

Nashvillian Nancy Northington lights a candle during a vigil at Belmont United Methodist Church just hours after the fatal shooting at Nashville’s The Covenant School on March 27, 2023.

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“We strongly believe there was going to be some other targets including maybe family members and one of the malls here in Nashville,” Drake told CBS News.

“We have to do something with gun violence and mental illness,” Drake continued. “Our kids are counting on us.”

Police interviewed Hale’s parents and said that Hale legally purchased seven guns from five different area gun stores, three of which were used in the shooting.

“We know that they felt that she had one weapon and that she had sold it,” Drake said on Tuesday. “She was under doctor’s care for an emotional disorder. Law enforcement knew nothing about the treatment that she was receiving, but her parents felt that she should not own weapons.”

MNPD is leading the investigation, while the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is assisting the Davidson County District Attorney’s Office in their investigation of the police response, as is standard policy.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, as well as the Tennessee Highway Patrol, are also assisting in the ongoing investigation.

Nashville DA Glenn Funk called the shooting “the ultimate crime.”

“I am overwhelmed at the thought of the loss of these families, of the future lost by these children and their families,” Nashville Mayor John Cooper said in a Monday evening news conference. “The leading cause of death of kids is guns and gunfire, and that is unacceptable.”

Gov. Bill Lee tweeted that he was “closely monitoring the tragic situation” and encouraged prayer, while President Joe Biden renewed his call for an assault weapons ban following the killings.

Biden also spoke with Chief Drake and is expected to speak with Officers Engelbert and Collazo.

“Our community is heartbroken,” The Covenent School said in a statement. “We are grieving tremendous loss and are in shock coming out of the terror that shattered our school and church. We are focused on loving our students, our families, our faculty and staff and beginning the process of healing.”

Approximately 50 people gathered at the Belmont United Methodist Church in Hillsboro Village Monday evening, one of several community vigils following the Covenant School shooting.

Keller Hawkins, a Belmont University graduate student, Vanderbilt University Divinity School alum and Insight Counseling Center counseling intern, provided opening remarks and an opening prayer.

“If you are angry, we are angry with you,” Hawkins told the crowd. “If you are exhausted, you are not alone. If you are weeping, we weep with you. If you are confused and lost, we are confused and lost with you.”

Kate Fields, BUMC pastor of children’s ministry and discipleship, and Ingrid

McIntyre, BUMC pastor-in-residence for community engagement, read a lament that included calls for the protection of trans youth, access to mental health care and stricter gun regulation.

After music, candle lighting and time for individual prayer, BUMC Senior Pastor Paul Purdue gave a tearful closing sermon.

“These are the moments that we must reach out,” Purdue said. “We must reach out to one another. We must reach out to our legislators. We must reach out to those who are disenfranchised and hurting.”

At Lipscomb University, dozens of students and community members gathered for a vigil. The event featured prayer, Bible readings and singing. Attendees throughout the crowd could be seen embracing.

A city-wide candlelight vigil was scheduled for March 29 at 5:30 p.m. at Nashville’s One Public Square Park.

Elsewhere, some political leaders were urging action in response to the violence. At the state Capitol, the House and the Senate held brief floor sessions and rescheduled much of the day’s business. According to The Tennessean, Senate and House Democrats criticized Republican leadership for cutting off discussion of the tragedy.

House Speaker Cameron Sexton, a Republican, cut off the microphone of Rep. Bo Mitchell (D-Nashville) because Sexton said Mitchell had strayed from the House rules by discussing the shooting during a time reserved for “welcoming and honoring” visitors.

“I’ll tell you one thing: There’s six people today I can’t welcome and honor anymore into this hallowed house,” Mitchell responded. “Y’all just think about those six people and think if your guns are worth it.”

Several pieces of legislation sponsored by Republicans and currently under consideration would make it easier for Tennesseans to get or carry firearms. One would lower the age limit for open carry of handguns from 21 to 18 while expanding permitless carry to rifles, though there is some disagreement among supermajority Republicans about the latter provision. Law enforcement has opposed permitless carry for years

Tennessee Republicans have largely focused their legislative efforts related to school shootings on school safety in recent years rather than access to guns.

Hendrell Remus, chair of the Tennessee Democratic Party, called on Gov. Bill Lee and Republicans in the legislature to drop the bills.

“I’m infuriated at the amount of pain and anguish that reckless gun violence is continuously causing in our communities,” Remus said. “It’s time for Republicans in our state to protect every Tennessean and they can begin by pulling their dangerous new gun legislation.”

A version of this story appeared in our sister publication Nashville Scene.

Gov. Bill Lee’s office recently pushed legislation to dismantle the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth

BY BILL FREEMAN

Gov. Bill Lee’s office recently pushed legislation aimed at dismantling the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth, an independent agency that has been advocating for children’s welfare for more than three decades.

The legislation ultimately did not pass due to “widespread opposition from youth

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of such a critical agency would have had far-reaching consequences not only for the children of Tennessee but also for the Department of Children’s Services, to which many of the commission’s duties would have been transferred.

DCS, after all, has had its fair share of challenges in the recent past.

In December, the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury issued a gravely concerning audit about the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services. According to the report, the department failed to adequately investigate dozens of reports of sexual harassment and sexual abuse among children in residential facilities.

An added plight: foster children having to sleep in the offices of staff members. As WSMV reported in December, according to DCS Commissioner Margie Quin, more than 300 children in DCS custody were using state office buildings as bedrooms over the past two years. And according to a Tennessee Lookout story from earlier this month: “Some Memphis lawmakers say children continue to stay in state offices because of an inability to place them with families.”

With these kinds of issues at DCS, along with the fact that the organization is already experiencing a reported 47.6 percent turnover rate in staffing, why the push to dismantle TCCY?

But Senate Bill 282 and House Bill 330 were on the table, and legislators were ready to pull the plug on TCCY. The legislation would have had the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth removed from a taskforce overseen by DCS charged with preventing child sexual abuse. As Tennessee Lookout reported, “Officials within the governor’s office [were] upset with the agency’s ‘State of Kids’ report” because it noted that “‘Tennessee struggles with foster care instability at a level not seen in the rest of the country,’ showing the highest rate of foster care instability in the nation each year from 2016 to 2020.”

Even if officials were embarrassed by

the report, isn’t it a good thing to have this information — rather than stifling it or shutting the commission down for doing its job? The commission is an independent agency with the power to lobby for children’s rights without fear of political interference. Isn’t that something desirable to our governor?

State Sen. Jeff Yarbro (D-Nashville) recently said: “Tennessee is not living up to our legal responsibilities, much less our moral responsibilities when it comes to these children, and we should all be grateful to the commission for trying to shine a light on those problems.”

The commission provides a valuable service by conducting research, developing policy and advocating for the needs of children and families. Transferring the commission’s duties to DCS would compromise the independence of the agency, potentially lead to policies that prioritize the needs of the agency over the needs of children and families, and result in a loss of expertise and resources.

The attempted dismantling of the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth by Gov. Lee’s office was misguided and concerning. The problems at DCS highlight the importance of having an independent agency to advocate for the wellbeing of children and families in Tennessee. Dismantling the commission would not only undermine the progress that has been made in recent years, but also put the lives of Tennessee’s children at risk.

Gov. Lee’s office should instead focus on strengthening the commission and providing it with the resources it needs to continue advocating for the welfare of Tennessee’s children.

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Bill Freeman is the owner of FW Publishing, the publishing company that produces the Nashville Scene, Nfocus, the Nashville Post and The News.

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The Nashville Symphony & Giancarlo Guerrero, Music Director present the World Premiere of an Epic Operatic Experience by Hannibal Lokumbe

An epic, fully staged production featuring the Nashville Symphony; ten vocalists including gospel and Mississippi Delta Blues; more than 30 actors; a 100+ person choir drawn from Tennessee and Kentucky Historically Black Colleges and Universities and the Nashville Symphony Chorus; African drummers and dancers; and, a Jazz quintet with Hannibal Lokumbe on trumpet.

Giancarlo Guerrero, music director

Planning commission approves Belle Meade Plaza site rezoning

BY WILLIAM WILLIAMS

The Metro Planning Commission voted unanimously Thursday night — after about five hours of debate and citizen feedback — to approve a specific plan rezoning request related to a high-profile development proposed for the Belle Meade Plaza shopping center.

Nashville-based Adventurous Journeys (AJ) Capital Partners plans to acquire the property, which includes a retail and office building hugging the White Bridge Road viaduct and recognized as the home of Agave’s Mexican Restaurant and Belle Meade Premium Cigars, among other businesses and the Kroger structure. The address is 4544 Harding Pike.

The Metro Council will now need to vote to approve the rezoning to allow the multibuilding project to materialize. The property sits within Metro Councilmember Kathleen Murphy’s District 24, with Murphy having previously noted the project proposal offers numerous positive elements. With planning commission approval, a simple majority vote approval is needed from the council.

Thursday night’s meeting drew both proponents and opponents of the plan. Many of the people who have concerns about the future project live in Belle Meade, with the property to be reinvented not located within that satellite city.

“Thank you to the planning commission

for hearing our proposal and helping this project get to the next step,” Pablo David, AJ Capital vice president for government relations and community relations, emailed the Post. “We look forward to continue working with Councilwoman Murphy, her council colleagues and the community as this process continues.

As the Post recently reported, and according to multi-page Metro Planning Department document, the heights of all the planned buildings have been reduced. In addition, a Nashville Department of Transportation study shows multiple findings that AJ Capital said it plans to incorporate. These include the widening of a portion of Harding Pike and the alteration of signal light placements (to improve traffic flow).

The document shows maximum building heights of approximately 100 feet, 130 feet, 140 feet and 150 feet. Previously as envisioned, the buildings could have stood of 210 feet (12 stories), 140 feet (11 stories), 160 feet (14 stories) and 170 feet (15 stories).

Each building planned for the site would stand fewer feet than the nearby 1 Belle Meade Place, which rises more than 150 feet and sits at 4400 Harding Pike.

The original concept considered 60,000 square feet of retail space, with the proposal now at 80,000 square feet. The number of parking spaces, originally about 680, was upped to 950 and then reduced to 920.

One of the proposed buildings will include 78 hotel rooms (down from 120) and 388 residential units (down from 500).

AJ Capital officials have said the changes

are in response to community feedback. Various public meetings related to the project have bordered on contentious, with many locals expressing multiple concerns. As previously reported, extensive landscaping and full incorporation of Richland Creek as a water feature and river walk are planned. The plan will involve a partial rerouting and restoration of the creek, with flood mitigation to be undertaken. A platform rising above Richland Creek will be part of the effort. About 60 percent of the site’s 10.5 acres will be devoted to green and open space.

Opened in 1961, the two-level modernist Belle Meade Plaza sits on roughly 10.57 acres. The building includes about 205,500 square feet and was one of Nashville’s first mixed-use buildings (retail on level one and office on floor two) oriented in a suburban manner, with the structure separated from the street by surface parking.

Nashville’s May family owns the property, seemingly having paid $14.5 million for it in January 1997, according to Metro records. The property also includes the Kroger structure, with the grocery business to eventually relocate to the former Belle Meade Theater building, the space last occupied by a Harris Teeter.

Sources said the property could command a minimum of $80 million. Tenants include Wells Fargo Bank, Ninki, Pho Ann, CVS, Starbucks, Office Depot and Katy’s Hallmark Shop.

This story was first published by our sister publication Nashville Post.

Metro Planning releases proposed council redistricting maps

BY CONNOR DARYANI

The Metro Planning Department on Friday released two possible redistricting maps to satisfy legislation from the state that requires Davidson County’s 40-member Metro Council to cut back to 20 members.

With election season fast approaching, Metro has been scrambling to get a plan together. The legislation to cut the council moved through the Tennessee General Assembly quickly, and it requires the city to have maps ready to be considered by the Metro Council by April 10. While a legal battle is underway to stop the cut, until the courts say otherwise, the planning department has begun the process of redistricting.

“This state law directs our department to perform a difficult task in a short timeframe,” said Metro Planning Executive Director Lucy Kempf. “The process, while far from ideal, must prioritize opportunities for our residents’ voices to be heard so that communities are able to stay together, and ensure we have a district makeup that reflects our diverse

county. This is the purpose of releasing such maps today for public feedback.”

Two proposed scenarios for a reduced council are 17 district councilmembers with three countywide at-large representatives and 15 district councilmembers with five at-large representatives. At a special Metro Council meeting earlier this week, some members suggested different scenarios and urged public comment on the makeup of a recomposed Metro Council; a public hearing has been scheduled for April 4.

One of the main concerns among critics of the legislation has been whether minority populations will be adequately represented after redistricting, and some experts have said that having five at-large councilmembers would be the best way to guarantee minority representation.

Planning officials estimate that both proposals would allow for two majorityBlack districts in North Nashville and two plurality-Black districts in Southeast

Nashville. Despite this similarity, Gregory Claxton, a member of the Planning team that worked on the maps, said in a Friday press briefing that the 17-district map might not allow for as much minority representation in the at-large seats. He estimates that the 15-district map would likely allow for 25 to 30 percent minority representation overall, while the 17-district map would allow for 20 to 30 percent minority representation.

Another point of concern is District 30, currently represented by Councilmember Sandra Sepulveda, which is a pluralityHispanic district. Claxton said that under the new configurations, this part of Nashville around Nolensville Pike would remain a plurality-Hispanic district.

But with the increase in constituents per district — both maps create districts with around twice the number of constituents as the current maps — there are some unavoidable complications. One of the most striking

differences between the two maps is the downtown districting, which Claxton said was one of the most difficult parts of the process.

“As I look at this map I see a lot of borders that kind of make me cringe but are kind of what we can work with,” Claxton said.

“We anticipate a tough week ahead, as we are talking about cutting council roughly in half, and that will have a variety of implications for our city, and individually among council members,” said Kempf.

Kempf added that she hopes some of these issues can be resolved through a series of community meetings next week and at the subsequent April 4 public hearing.

Metro has published an interactive map on the redistricting website.

This story was first published by our sister publication Nashville Post.

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Five free and cheap family things to do in middle Tennessee

BY AMANDA HAGGARD

Spring is the air, and the air is already feeling like it’s June. That being said, now is the time to get out there and soak it up before it’s gone. This week we bring baseball, sweet baseball, with the Nashville Sounds opening weekend. Starting this weekend, the whole family can head out for a Saturday Night Blues Jam. It starts early enough to let the little hear a little noodlin’. There’s

also an online outdoor contest for the TennGreen Land Conservancy with several options for good times outside. Celebrate the abbreviated spring at Fifth+Broadway’s Easter Egg Hunt on April 2. And if you’re new to Nashville, head on over to Shelby Bottoms with the family to learn more about Nashville nature.

As part of our series on free and cheap

things to do with the family, here is our weekly roundup of places to spend time together over the next week:

NASHVILLE SOUNDS OPENING DAY

The Nashville Sounds’ opening day is March 31, and for opening weekend, three-game bundles cost $45. It’s not exactly cheap, but it’s a lot of bang for your buck. Look for single-game tickets and more online — Friday’s game begins at 6:35 p.m. Opening Night’s game includes a giveaway and post-game fireworks show.

SATURDAY NIGHT BLUES JAM AT STARSTRUCK FARM

On April 1 and almost every Saturday this spring, Starstruck Farm is hosting a Saturday Night Blues Jam with no cover charge. The event is family friendly and folks can sign up to perform in 15-minute slots. Music starts at 7 p.m. and there’s food and drink for purchase.

TENNGREEN LAND CONSERVANCY’S HIKE-A-THON

TennGreen Land Conservancy’s Hike-aThon is a monthlong virtual fundraising event that supports the protection of our natural areas and encourages people of all ages and

abilities to explore the outdoors through friendly competition. The Hike-a-Thon is free and you register online to compete for prizes — there are contests for hikers, paddlers, trail runners, climbers, mountain bikers, nature photographers and more.

SPRING CELEBRATION AT FIFTH+BROADWAY

At Fifth+Broadway, they’re hosting a Spring Celebration for the whole family. The event will include a property-wide Easter Egg Hunt, face painting, prizes, candy, complimentary Easter baskets for the first 150 children, giant board games and a bunny petting zoo that will be onsite for visitors to enjoy. Some special eggs will feature premium prizes including Nashville Predators tickets, Frist Museum passes, Assembly Food Hall gift cards, and other items from Fifth+Broadway businesses.

NEW TO NASHVILLE

This is an event for the newest members of Nashville to move here. Shelby Bottoms is offering this for folks to learn about local parks, climate, wildlife and “how to get yourself (and your yard) rooted.”

Nashville author, Parnassus Books owner Ann Patchett awarded National Humanities Medal

BY MATT MASTERS

Nashville author and Parnassus Books owner Ann Patchett has been awarded the 2021 National Humanities Medal by President Joe Biden.

The March 21, 2023, ceremony took place in the East Room of the White House, with Biden quoting President George Washington who said, “The arts and sciences [are] essential to the prosperity of the State and… the ornament and happiness of human life.”

“He knew the greatness of a nation was measured not only by the strength of its army and the vastness of its geography, the size of its economy, it was also measured in the vitality of its culture — and the culture forged in the freedom of expression to speak and to think freely,” Biden told the crowd. Patchett was honored “For putting into words the beauty, pain and complexity of human nature.”

“With her best-selling novels and essays, and her bookstore, readers from around the world see themselves in the pages of Ann Patchett’s books that take people to places of the heart and feed the imagination of our nation,” the ceremony’s presenter said.

President Joe Biden presents Ann Patchett with the 2021 National Humanities Medal at a ceremony in the East Room of The White House in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, March 21, 2023.

“Writers may secretly dream of literary awards, but I don’t think anyone knows enough to hope for a medal from the president. It just shows up out of the blue and is the biggest and best possible surprise,” Patchett said in an emailed statement. “The day itself was so grand, so sincere, so moving and

beautiful and deeply humbling that it’s hard to put into words. Biden was thanking us for serving the country through our art, and he was also reminding us to keep going forward. I plan to live up to this in every way I can.”

The National Humanities Medal is presented in conjunction with the National Endowment for the Humanities and “honors an individual or organization whose work has deepened the nation’s understanding of the human experience, broadened citizens’ engagement with history or literature, or helped preserve and expand Americans’ access to cultural resources.”

According to Patchett’s website, the New York Times bestselling author is also the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships including the PEN/Faulkner Award, the Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Guggenheim Fellowship, among many others.

In 2011, Patchett and her business partner Karen Hayes opened Parnassus Books in Green Hills. In January, the bookstore celebrated the reopening of its Nashville International Airport location with the unveiling of BNA’s new Grand Lobby.

The other recipients of the 2021 National Humanities Medal include poet and author Richard Blanco; scholar and anthropologist Johnnetta Betsch Cole; biographer Walter Isaacson; social historian Earl Lewis; Native

American academic and activist Henrietta Mann; professor and activist Bryan Stevenson; authors Amy Tan, Tara Westover and Colson Whitehead; the radio show “Native America Calling”; as well as musician Sir Elton John, who was given his award in a separate ceremony in 2022.

The ceremony also included the presentation of the 2021 National Medals of Arts to 12 Americans.

The National Medal of Arts is presented in conjunction with the National Endowment for the Arts and serves as the highest award given to artists and arts patrons by the federal government.

It is awarded to “individuals or groups who are deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to the excellence, growth, support, and availability of the arts in the United States.”

Those 12 recipients of the 2021 National Medals of Arts include musicians Bruce Springsteen, Gladys Knight and Jose Feliciano; businessman, philanthropist and LGBTQ rights advocate Fred Eychaner; painter Antonio Martorell-Cardona; film producer Joan Shigekawa, fashion designer Vera Wang; and two institutions, New York City’s The Billie Holiday Theatre and Washington D.C.-based The International Association of Blacks in Dance.

21st Judicial District Attorney General Kim Helper dies at 63

BY MATT MASTERS

District Attorney for the 21st Judicial District Kim Helper died Monday after a “brief illness.” She was 63.

Helper served as DA since 2008. She was reelected in 2022 after running unopposed.

“General Helper’s service and devotion to justice and the people of Tennessee was unmatched,” Tennessee District Attorney General Conference Executive Director Guy Jones said in a release. “She dedicated her life to this work, and for that we owe her our deepest gratitude. Deepest sympathy to her family and staff. She will be terribly missed.”

Helper was one of four elected female district attorney generals in the state and was the only woman to hold the position in the 21st District.

She was also a fixture in the Williamson County community, having lived in Franklin since 1997. She began her public service work in Tennessee in 1998 as an assistant attorney general in the Criminal Justice Division before transitioning to the 21st Judicial District as an assistant district attorney in 2003, having also had prior legal

experience in Florida dating back to 1994.

Along with her role as DA, Helper served on numerous professional and community boards and groups.

Local community and government leaders have reacted to her unexpected death with remembrances of her professionalism and support for the Williamson County community, with Morris Heithcock Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 41 President Andy Green calling her death a “terrible loss for Williamson County.”

“I remember when she first came as an assistant district attorney, she made an immediate impact in prosecutions and the caliber of prosecutions in this county, and then when she became head of the office, she never looked back,” Green told The News.

Helper is survived by her husband, Gerry Helper, and two daughters. Williamson County Mayor Rogers Anderson offered his condolences to Helper’s family.

“She was a very, very solid community leader and a wonderful district attorney,” Anderson said. “It’s a big loss to our

community and our state in general.”

“She was great at her job and will be missed,” Williamson County Sheriff Dusty Rhoades said in an email.

“We are filled with sadness at the passing of District Attorney Kim Helper,” Brentwood Police Chief Richard Hickey said in an email. “She was an incredible friend and advocate for the Brentwood Police Department. General Helper and her staff saw us through some of our darkest hours with grace and professionalism when we lost [BPD Officer] Destin Legieza. Kim always served with kindness while continually searching for justice. We are praying for her husband Gerry, her daughters Renee and Abby, and all our friends at the District Attorney’s Office.”

“The news of Kim Helper’s passing has certainly hit our legal community very hard,” Public Defender for the 21st Judicial District Greg Burlison said in an email. “Kim was a devoted public servant and a strong and fair prosecutor. Our office sends our condolences to her family and to the members of the 21st District Attorney’s Office.”

“I’m so saddened by the passing of General Helper,” former Assistant District Attorney and current Franklin City Judge Jessica Borne said in an email. “I started my career with Kim at the District Attorney’s Office in 2009. I’m so grateful for her guidance, support and training over the years. But more than anything, she was not only a boss and colleague but a wonderful friend that always supported not only me but everyone in the Office. My heartfelt prayers go out to Gerry, Renee and Abby.”

Funeral arrangements have not been announced at this time. While the Secretary of State’s Office will be tasked with appointing a replacement for her position, the details of that process have not been announced.

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Father Ryan names Espinosa Jr. as new principal

STAFF REPORTS

Father Ryan High School has announced that Francisco “Frank” Espinosa Jr. has been named principal — the private Catholic high school’s 16th — effective July 1.

Espinosa succeeds Paul Davis, who was named president in 2022.

Espinosa comes to Father Ryan from Mount Saint Joseph High School in Baltimore, where he has been principal since July 2020. He brings more than 30 years of experience as an educator.

Prior to his position at Mount Saint Joseph, Espinosa was the principal and senior vice president of Saint Xavier High School in Louisville. In addition, he is a member of the board of directors of Xaverian High School, located in Brooklyn, and serves as the chair of its educational programs committee.

Espinosa earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the University of Louisville, in addition to a Master of Education in Secondary Education and Administration and a Certification in School Leadership-Principalship, both from Spalding University in Louisville.

“Our search process produced a wide variety of qualified candidates from across the country, but it was clear that Mr. Espinosa truly aligns with the mission of Father Ryan and is the right person to serve as principal as we approach our 100th anniversary,” Davis said in the release. “He

brings a unique perspective from his years of experience as an educational leader, and his dedication to Catholic education will allow Father Ryan to continue to grow in excellence in all endeavors.”

This story was first published by our sister publication Nashville Post.

BGA senior, Belle Meade Country Club caddie awarded Evans Scholarship

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Battle Ground Academy senior and Belle Meade Country Club caddie Christian Windham has been awarded the Evans Scholarship.

Windham has not yet announced his college of choice, but plans to study environmental science. He is also involved in theatre and has caddied at Belle Meade Country Club for four years.

“I am the youngest caddie at the course,” Windham said in a news release. “My time at Belle Meade has developed and honed my confidence and communication skills. Caddying taught me the value of quality in my work.”

Windham is the first Nashville-area caddie to be named an Evans Scholar, which is awarded based on “a strong caddie record, excellent academics, demonstrated financial need and outstanding character.”

The Evans Scholarship is valued at more

than $125,000 over four years and will cover housing and tuition costs.

“The membership at Belle Meade Country Club is extremely happy for Christian and thankful for our strong connection with the Evans Scholars Foundation,” Belle Meade Country Club’s Head Golf Professional Oliver Peacock said.

The Glenview, Illinois-based Western Golf Association has supported the Chick Evans Scholarship Program through the Evans Scholars Foundation since 1930 and is the nation’s largest scholarship program for caddies.

An estimated 325 caddies will be awarded the scholarship this year, and currently 1,100 caddies at 22 universities are scholarship recipients, with more than 11,800 Evans Scholar graduates throughout the program’s history.

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Francisco “Frank” Espinosa Jr.

Bill adding narrow exceptions for doctors performing abortions proceeds

BY HANNAH HERNER

In a state with one of the strictest abortion bans in the country, a bill establishing a limited carveout for doctors is on its way to the Senate floor.

SB0745 passed 8-1 in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, after passing on the House floor Monday night. Clinicians

like Amy Gordon Bono initially supported the bill, which allowed doctors to use their “good faith judgment” when treating a patient. Since February, amendments have been added to change its meaning.

During committee debate Tuesday, Republican legislators referred to SB0745 as a “compromise bill” to appease anti-abortion organization Tennessee Right to Life. The latest version of the bill lists ectopic pregnancy, a dead fetus and molar pregnancy as exceptions to Tennessee’s strict abortion ban. It also slashes the “good faith judgment” language, replacing it with “reasonable medical judgment” to prevent death of a pregnant patient or spare them from the irreversible, severe impairment of a major bodily function.

Under the current law, doctors are at risk of a felony charge for performing an abortion. They are protected only in part by an affirmative defense, under which they could prove in court that the abortion was performed to save the life of the patient. Physicians said it would have a chilling effect on the profession when Tennessee’s abortion ban took effect in August.

Cutting the affirmative defense clause is a step in the right direction, said Bono,

Music City Center defunding effort delayed

BY STEPHEN ELLIOTT

a primary care physician who serves on the boards of advocacy groups Forward Tennessee and Protect My Care. However, the elimination of the “good faith judgment” phrasing leaves the waters murky, she said.

“We’re at this next level of uncertainty in clinical care scenarios,” Bono said. “We’re trained to lean on our patients, practice patient-centered care. That’s a true downfall of what was passed. We’re looking to special interest groups like Tennessee Right to Life … we’re not respecting our patients as much as we need to right now.”

In a statement, Sen. London Lamar (D-Memphis) said the final draft of the bill had no input from doctors, nurses or people who had been pregnant.

“The legislation endangers the lives of women by perversely increasing legal protections for doctors the closer their pregnant patients get to death,” she said. “That’s an irresponsible and unconstitutional burden to put on women and healthcare providers. And it is exactly why doctors and women should be empowered to make life-saving decisions without government interference.”

In addition, a bill that would define “elective abortions” was put on ice yesterday in the House Population Health Subcommittee. Earlier this session, a bill that would add exceptions for rape or incest was shelved as well, despite support from GOP House Speaker Cameron Sexton.

This story was first published by our sister publication Nashville Post.

One effort to strip Nashville’s Convention Center Authority of its ability to collect taxes downtown to pay back the debt related to the Music City Center convention hall is off the table for now. Another, backed by Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson, is still under consideration but could see major changes.

Tennessee Republicans have pushed the effort as part of a wave of retribution against Nashville for the Metro Council’s decision last year not to support a bid for the 2024 Republican National Convention. Nashville officials (and GOP House Speaker Cameron Sexton) quickly pointed out that legislation was possibly illegal, as it threatened a revenue stream that has been committed to the $623 million downtown facility.

On Tuesday, one bill was taken off notice in the House and assigned to the general subcommittee in the Senate, both signs that the legislation is likely dead for the year. The

Johnson bill was rolled a week and is scheduled to be taken up by the Senate State and Local Government Committee next week. One possible change to the bill could leave the revenue stream in place while requiring that excess funds go toward paying off the debt rather than being redirected for other uses, as Mayor John Cooper has encouraged.

A portion of tax revenues from car rentals and hotel rooms — plus sales tax collected in the Music City Center and the Omni Hotel and excess sales tax revenues collected in a tourism development zone located within close proximity to the convention center — go to retire the debt for the building’s construction.

Mayor John Cooper has already informed national Republican leadership that the city plans to bid for the 2028 RNC, an attempt at easing tensions between the city and the state. Cooper will be out of office by the end of this year, though, and the Metro Council would still have to approve some aspects of a major national convention.

Some members of the Metro Council have identified the state’s push to defund the Music City Center as a reason to avoid working with the state on an even larger project, a proposed $2.1 billion enclosed stadium for the Tennessee Titans to which the state has committed $500 million.

Other legislative efforts aimed at Nashville include cutting the Metro Council in half — a bill for which has already been signed by Gov. Bill Lee and triggered a lawsuit by Metro — plus ongoing efforts to take over the Metro Nashville Airport Authority and transfer oversight of Lower Broadway bars to the state.

This story was first published by our sister publication Nashville Post.

Lt. Gov. Randy McNally weathers caucus confidence vote

BY STEPHEN ELLIOTT

The Senate Republican Caucus voted 19-7 in a closed meeting Monday in favor of Lt. Gov. Randy McNally’s continued leadership of the Senate.

The vote followed a flurry of local and national media attention focused on the Oak Ridge Republican’s supportive comments on a young gay man’s Instagram page.

“I have always been honored, humbled and grateful for the support of my caucus,” McNally said via a spokesperson. “I remain so today. We have a lot of important work left to do as we complete the legislative session, including the budget. I look forward to getting to it.”

The 79-year-old was first elected Senate speaker in 2017 and was reelected to another two-year term at the start of this year. He was first elected to the state House in

1978 and later the Senate in 1986. Earlier this year, McNally was hospitalized with a heart condition.

Critics on the left have called McNally hypocritical for leading a body that has passed legislation restricting drag and trans health care, among other anti-LGBTQ positions. But McNally strenuously denied in a statement earlier this month that his record was anti-gay.

“Again, conservative and ‘anti-gay’ are not synonymous,” he said. “Though I may disagree with specific policies of certain LGBTQ activists, all people are deserving of love and compassion, no matter their race, gender, or any other attribute.”

Some on the right have taken the opportunity to question whether McNally was too strict on COVID-19 response policies.

State Rep. Todd Warner (R-Chapel Hill), a backbencher and ally of ousted House speaker and onetime McNally antagonist Glen Casada, went so far as to call McNally a “predator” and demand his resignation.

Since the social media comments starting drawing attention, some outside conservative groups have pushed for McNally to be replaced, perhaps by Sen. Paul Bailey (R-Sparta). Bailey denied in an interview with the Post last week that he was rallying support for himself to replace McNally. However, the Tennessee Journal later reported that he was calling colleagues to gauge their interest in a potential candidacy for leadership.

This story was first published by our sister publication Nashville Post.

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Lt. Gov. Randy McNally

PHOTO COURTESY OF OFFICE OF MAYOR JOHN COOPER

Attendees at a Civic Design Center event at the Music City Center in January

Centennial Park Conservancy preps for Nashville Earth Day

Local nonprofit Centennial Park Conservancy has announced that Nashville Earth Day will return to Centennial Park Bandshell on April 22 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

According to a release, Centennial Park Conservancy (which works to preserve and enhance Centennial Park and the Parthenon while providing accessible cultural programming for the city) will partner with Urban Green Lab (led by executive director Todd Lawrence) for the free event.

Sustaining partners include Amazon, Nissan and HCA Healthcare Foundation, while presenting sponsors are Kroger, WM and the Sandra Schatten Foundation. Supporting sponsors include Republic Services, Nashville Parks Foundation, First Horizon Foundation and BMW of Nashville Nashville Earth Day will feature live music and more than 75 exhibitors and vendors, including local growers and makers, nonprofits, sustainable small businesses, and state/Metro government agencies.

“Centennial Park Conservancy is honored to host Nashville Earth Day at the park once again,” Justin Branam, Centennial Park Conservancy vice president of programming, said in the release. “We’re so grateful to our partner Urban Green Lab for bringing their sustainability expertise to the event, not only to provide practical and helpful tips for attendees but to also help eliminate event waste. Between our fantastic lineup of speakers, on-site exhibitors and vendors, live music, and Kidsville activities, there’s truly something for everyone at this year’s Earth Day celebration.”

This story was first published by our sister publication Nashville Post.

LOCAL NONPROFIT TO SEE CEO STEP DOWN

BY WILLIAM WILLIAMS

Nashville-based nonprofit PENCIL announced Wednesday resignation plans for President and CEO Angie Adams.

According to a release, Adams will step down in spring 2024, at which time her daughter is expected to graduate from high school. The search to find a replacement will begin in June.

Adams began her tenure at PENCIL (Public Education Needs Community Involvement and Leadership) in 2016. She has helped grow the value of annual distributions of free products to Metro Nashville Public Schools teachers from $350,000 to $3 million. In addition, Adams oversaw the creation of PENCIL’s first-ever endowment fund. Also, founding PENCIL partner Ingram Industries, through its Ingram Charities program, this spring will match new gifts to PENCIL’s endowment up to $20,000.

Board members Hasina Mohyuddin, assistant dean of equity, diversity and inclusion at Peabody College, and John Doerge, Deloitte community relations leader for Tennessee, are co-chairing the committee that will seek a new CEO.

“Angie will also leave us in very sound financial standing,” board chair Wes Payne

said in the release. “To further ensure a seamless transition, Angie will remain with us and help onboard our new CEO. We are beyond grateful for what she has been able to do as our leader and wish her the best moving forward.”

Founded in 1982, PENCIL works with more than 800 partners, according to its website.

BERRY HILL RESTAURANT PROPERTY SELLS FOR $1.4M

BY WILLIAM WILLIAMS

The Berry Hill home of Vietnamese restaurant Vui’s Kitchen has sold for $1.4 million.

The address is 2832 Bransford Ave.

According to a Davidson County Register of Deeds document, the new owner is an LLC affiliated with Bodnar Investment Group. That entity oversees Nashvillebased Fresh Capital, the real estate arm of restaurant holdings company Fresh Hospitality. The latter is an investor in Vui’s Kitchen.

The seller was a trust, a member of which paid $115,000 for the 0.36-acre property in 1988, Metro records show. The trust also owns two adjacent properties: one at 522 Heather Place and the other at 2830 Bransford Ave.

The building housing Vui’s is located at the split of Bransford and Heather and, as

such, is one of the most visible properties in Berry Hill.

Vui Hunt and John Hunt own and operate Vui’s Kitchen. In addition to the Berry Hill restaurant, which opened in 2016 and is the concept’s original location, the couple also operates Vui’s in East Nashville’s Hunters Station (a Fresh Capital property).

A Vui’s Kitchen previously operated in Germantown before closing.

The Post was unable to determine if brokers were involved in the transaction

This story was first published by our sister publication Nashville Post.

DECADES-OLD NASHVILLE COMPANY CEASING OPERATIONS

BY STEPHEN ELLIOTT

Commercial lighting company Universal Douglas Lighting Americas Inc. is ceasing manufacturing operations immediately, according to a letter to vendors acquired by the Post.

The company’s facilities across North America will close by July, chief restructuring officer Steve Wybo wrote in the letter.

Universal Douglas was created via the combination of Universal Lighting Technologies and Douglas Lighting Controls. The combined company traces its history to 1947 and since 2021 has been owned by private equity firm Atar Capital.

Previously, the two companies were owned by Panasonic.

The Universal arm was founded in Nashville and is known in part for securing patents related to engineering and lighting design. The Douglas arm was formerly based in Canada.

“As we move towards winding down operations, we ask that you continue to support our company and its customers with [the] same high level of partnership that has characterized our relationship for years,” Wybo wrote. “We are committed to filling as many outstanding customer orders as possible and maximizing recovery value on asset sales. We intend to use the funds received from liquidation proceeds to pay down existing liabilities to all creditors. … Please bear in mind that these are extremely stressful times for our employees as we finish production.”

A Universal Douglas representative could not be reached for further comment.

The company lists its headquarters on Century Boulevard near Nashville International Airport.

This story was first published by our sister publication Nashville Post.

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Swiss watch retailer set for The Mall at Green Hills

BY WILLIAM WILLIAMS

IWC Schaffhausen — a Swiss company known for its aviation watches and the use of titanium in its time-keeping pieces — will open a shop at The Mall at Green Hills this fall.

Founded in 1868 and also called IWC International Watch Co. AG, the company is known for its use of environmentally sustainable metals extraction and manufacturing processes. In 2018 the WWF recognized IWC for its environmental efforts and awarded it an “ambitious” rating. IWC placed first amongst 15 other Swiss watchmakers.

Of note, IWC publishes quarterly customer magazine Watch International Magazine, which is available in German, French and English. The publication reports IWC in 1885 began keeping detailed records for each watch it has made, including details of the caliber, materials used and cases. For a fee, owners can obtain precise information about their watches.

IWC claims its service department offers the parts and craftsmanship to allow for the repairing and maintaining of all watches

made since the company’s founding more than 150 years ago.

Similar to Omega, IWC combines appeal to horology enthusiasts and watch collectors while also offering some pieces for under $5,000. However, the brand is not as expensive as, for example, Italy’s Panerai or Patek Philippe, which is also Swiss.

IWC Schaffhausen will take a portion of The Mall at Green Hills space last home to Brooks Brothers.

Nashville is home to multiple jewelry stores that provide the sales and repairs of watches. However, the city offers no more than a handful of watch-centric retail shops.

Norah Buikstra, the mall’s general manager, said the Green Hills retail facility offers a place at which the “best retailers” seek a presence.

“We will continue to select retailers that our customers want most,” Buikstra emailed the Post.

our sister publication Nashville Post.

SPEED BUMPS RESPONSE

To the recent transplant to Nashville in regard to the “speed bumps” or the new PC nomenclature, “Speed Cushions”, those little nuggets are Nashville’s answer to sidewalks. Living on Castleman Dr. since 1992 and immediate family having lived on the street since 1934, I’ve got a pretty good working knowledge of how things have changed over the years.

Castleman has been a “cut through street” between Hillsboro Road and Lone Oak Drive for decades. As the neighborhood has become denser the cut through traffic has increased. Castleman was never engineered for sidewalks, therefore walkers, joggers, stroller pushers only have the street or the ditch to walk on or in. Too make Castleman safer, people need to get out of the street. Speed cushions won’t make that happen. In a Car vs Person engagement, the car will win every time. Whether you get hit at 5 mph or 20 mph is all academic, you’re still going to be severely injured or worse.

We have begged, groveled and cried real tears for sidewalks. That hasn’t come to fruition. Unless Metro shows some real charity and installs sidewalks the speed cushions are the best we’re going to get, but

at the end of the day people are still walking in the street. This is all part of the Nashville Culture. Welcome to Nashville.

THE MAIN PROBLEM

The main problem with fixing all the other problems in our land is that the 1% keep the rest of us divided so that they themselves can get away with whatever they want and we will just blame each other. They have convinced a significant portion of our society to not even want to know the actual truth, making them their own worst enemies. Anything to pass the blame.

TENNESSEE LICENSE PLATES

I’m ticked off !! The following is a headline from the Tennessean on Sunday, March 26, 2023: Tennesseans have a “choice” over whether they have “In God We Trust” on their license plates !!

What a joke? I picked up my plates last June. I had no idea you could get plates with that statement on them. The clerks certainly did not say anything. They just picked a new plate up off the pile and handed it to me. It was months later before a friend of a friend pointed out the difference. Why was the public not made aware of this before picking

up their new plates? Why were we not given a choice? The next time I go to renew, can I get my choice ??

CLARIFICATION

Dear Ticked off

Thank you for providing this platform to express the readers opinion, anger and frustration on items they are passionate about. I used it myself many times.

However, lately, I noticed the most opinions printed seem to have been written by the same person.

March 23rd issue printed an opinion titled “Trump is not the past - He still hurts us!” which contained lies. Trump did not urge “....Trumplicans to overthrow our form of Government...” Why are such lies printed? Such opinions should not see the light of day. President Trump is trying to preserve our democracy.

Thank you and regards.

RECENT EVENTS

Well Governor Lee, you have finally gotten your wish. Tennessee has joined the club! We have hit the big time! What club is that, you may ask? It is the club of states that have experienced the tragedy of a deadly

school shooting. Thanks to you and your cronies’ tireless efforts, now anyone can have as many guns as he or she wants, even those individuals which have questionable mental issues. No background checks, no responsibility to gun sellers, just plain old “come and get as many as you want”. The whole country is looking at us now, that’s for sure. I’m sure that you and Alex Jones will have a lot to talk about. I hope you are proud of yourself.

GREEN HILLS SCHOOL SHOOTING

Three innocent children perished due to a shooter in school. And to think that the sons of ******* in our government want to lower the age for a gun purchase. Get your ******* heads out of your *** people. Don’t give the **** of mental illness for the reason for the incident.

That’s just about the reason for all of the shootings that have occurred lately. Does one of your children have to be in a shooting situation for you to get it through your ******* head that something has to be done, NOW.

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Longtime Brentwood volleyball coach Campbell set for induction into National High School Hall of Fame

BY JOHN BRICE/TSSAA

years at the helm of the Brentwood High School volleyball program.

Now Campbell is being recognized nationally for what so many throughout the Volunteer State and the volleyball world long have known: Campbell is a hall of famer.

Campbell is being inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame as part of the Hall’s 2023 class.

“I was very honored when I received the news, but the absolute first thing I thought of was my players,” Campbell said. “They won this with me, they won this for me. I believe that from the bottom of my heart.

I’m just very, very blessed.

“There’s a lot of great coaches out there, and I feel very, very honored.”

and the late Boyce Smith, all coaches. The late Bill Pack was inducted into the Hall of Fame as an official, as well as the late Billy Schrivner of Jackson and the late Ralph Stout from Mountain City. Ronnie Carter, former Executive Director of TSSAA, was inducted as an administrator. Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway, Nikki McCray-Penson, and Steve Spurrier have all been inducted as athletes from Tennessee.

Campbell boasts an unparalleled trove of accomplishments, including:

Sixteen all-time Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association State Volleyball Championships, including an astounding eight-straight crowns from 2013-20.

Tennessee. The contributions she has made to Brentwood High School and the sport of volleyball are countless. We are honored to have her represent our state as an inductee into the National High School Hall of Fame. This is a very proud moment for the state of Tennessee and TSSAA, but most of all, it’s a proud moment for Barbara’s family. We appreciate all of her years of service as a coach and educator in Tennessee and the impact she’s had on the lives of so many student athletes.”

A fierce competitor, Campbell gleaned satisfaction from adapting and evolving alongside her sport, from its nascent days to its blossoming popularity.

Quite simply, she only ever wanted to make a positive impact on her players, her program, her school and her community.

Oh, Barbara Campbell did so much more in a transcendent, record-setting run that spanned parts of four decades across 33

Campbell, who was inducted into the TSSAA Hall of Fame in 2018, is in line to become the 14th inductee and seventh coach from the state of Tennessee in the 40 years since the Hall’s 1982 founding. Previous Tennessee inductees include Rick Insell, Catherine Neely, Lamar Rogers, the late Jim Smiddy, the late Buck Van Huss,

A career mark of 1,765 victories in her 33 seasons at the helm of the Lady Bruins program, by far a state record and among the winningest coaches anywhere in the United States.

Six all-time Gatorade Tennessee High School Players of the Year, individual honorees in a program that has sent its players to programs the likes of Alabama, Furman, Notre Dame, Northwestern, Tennessee and myriad other schools, as well as former stars who earned the opportunity to play the sport at a professional level.

In sum, for the duration of Campbell’s decorated coaching career, 51 percent of all Lady Bruins’ volleyball players garnered athletics scholarships to continue to play the sport in college.

Testament to Campbell’s interwoven fabric of the Brentwood community, she coached 65 sisters from 30 different families as part of her program’s selfascribed “Sister Act.”

She also coached all three of her daughters, Kendra, Keri and Courtney, their own decorated playing careers spanning from the end of the 1980s through 2000; each daughter won at least one state championship.

Campbell, perhaps, is most touched from the residual impact; legion of her former players reinvesting in the game, be it coaching at the club level or at the high school level and beyond.

“I’ve got a lot of former players who are giving back, coaching in schools or in clubs, they’re coaching; they call me all the time for drills,” Campbell said. “They’ll ask me, ‘Coach Campbell, what would you do?’ That’s very heartwarming, too. I’m really proud of that, too. They gave back and that just warms a coach’s heart. I think it’s awesome.”

“We are extremely happy for Barbara and her family,” stated Mark Reeves, Executive Director of TSSAA. “She has been such a well-known and respected coach in

“I think one very motivating factor for me staying so long, I fell in love with the game and I loved developing teams and I am very competitive, love the competition, but in the beginning, we played to 15 points, you had to be two points ahead and there was no rally scoring,” she said. “I got to see the gradual growth and change in the sport, all of it for the better. But that, too, was motivating.

“Things changed a little bit, so you’d have to relearn and refocus but having my daughters on the team was extremely motivating and so helpful in that I had to give it my best. And we always wanted to travel to the best tournaments that we could, developed tough schedules that were demanding. And I couldn’t have done it if my girls weren’t with me and we were doing it together.”

Oft-forged on the banks of the Ocoee River during the team’s regular preseason bonding excursions down those white-water rapids, Togetherness, within the Campbell family and that of the Lady Bruins’ program, is perhaps the defining trait of this record run of endurance.

Campbell learned more about herself, as well as her players, in the aftermath of those ever-rare losses.

“The titles do not make a dynasty,” Campbell said her former players had told her after her retirement two years ago. “Titles plus losses make a dynasty. The losses lit a fire in the Lady Bruins. I know any loss lit fires under my own kids; you could just see them working harder, and coming up short would burn in the hearts of my girls.

“If we took a loss, it was just to the core and would make us want to work harder because our goal was always that state championship. You really learn from your losses, and they tell you what your weaknesses are.”

Spoken, well, like a Hall of Famer.

Smart. Relevant. Engaged.

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Longtime Brentwood volleyball head coach Barbara Campbell

SPORTS

Free agency: Dobbs to the Browns; Titans add DB

Former Tennessee Volunteer Joshua Dobbs won’t be an option at quarterback for the Titans in 2023 after all.

After capably starting the final two games of the season in place of struggling rookie Malik Willis and injured veteran Ryan Tannehill, Dobbs has signed a one-year deal with the Cleveland Browns.

In his two starts with the Titans, the only two starts of his career, Dobbs completed 40 of 68 passes for 411 yards, with two touchdowns and two interceptions. He started his first game shortly after signing to the team’s active roster.

At the end of the season, Dobbs said he “would love to come back” to the Titans.

DB DEPTH

The Titans announced Monday that the organization is signing Sean MurphyBunting, former cornerback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, to a one-year deal. The Bucs drafted Murphy-Bunting, a Central Michigan product, in the second round of the 2019 NFL draft.

Pro Football Focus rated MurphyBunting as the ninth-best available free agent cornerback this offseason.

In his four years in Tampa, the defensive back started 36 games and tallied 188 tackles and six interceptions.

Local players honored with end-of-season college basketball awards

BY LOGAN BUTTS

The Titans fired secondary coach Anthony Midget after the 2022 season, after the team had the worst pass defense in the NFL. Chris Harris, formerly of the Washington Commanders, was brought in to coach cornerbacks and to serve as defensive passing game coordinator.

The Titans now have cornerbacks Murphy-Bunting, Kristian Fulton, Roger McCreary, Elijah Molden, Caleb Farley and Tre Avery on the roster. The oldest, Avery, is just 26 years old.

ON THE WAY OUT

Veteran tight end Austin Hooper, who spent the 2022 season with the Titans, sighed with the Las Vegas Raiders on Wednesday, according to NFL reporter Ian Rapoport.

Hooper split targets with rookie tight end Chig Okonkwo but still caught 41 passes for 441 yards and two touchdowns. Throughout his seven-year career, which has included stops with the Atlanta Falcons and Cleveland Browns, Hooper has nearly 3,500 receiving yards and 25 touchdowns.

This story was first published by our sister publication Nashville Post.

A slew of end-of-season college basketball awards have been announced over the past month, and a number of local players and coaches have been lauded for their 2022-23 performance.

Tennessee State star Jr. Clay earned perhaps the most notable of the honors handed out, landing on the HBCU AllAmerica First Team.

The Chattanooga native, who recently became the first player in OVC history to earn five consecutive First-Team AllConference honors, led the Tigers in scoring (19.3), assists (5.5), and steals (1.5) and added 5.0 rebounds per game.

Clay was also named to the NABC AllDistrict teams, landing on the second team for District 18. The NABC also honored Belmont’s Ben Sheppard (first team, District 16), Lipscomb’s Jacob Ognacevic (second team, District 3), Middle Tennessee’s Eli Lawrence (second team, District 11), Tennessee’s Santiago Vescovi and Zakai Zeigler (second team, District 20), Tennessee Tech’s Jaylen Sebree (second team, District 18), UT Martin’s KJ Simon and Parker Stewart (first team, District 18), Chattanooga’s Jake Stephens (first team, District 21), and Memphis’ Kendric Davis and DeAndre Williams (first team, District 24).

Vescovi and Zeigler were the only ones to also earn spots on the USBWA All-District

teams. They were joined by Vanderbilt’s Liam Robbins on the All-District IV team.

Lastly, the Belmont Bruins and Vanderbilt head coach Jerry Stackhouse were well-represented on the finalists list for the CollegeInsider.com awards, all of which are announced at the Final Four in Houston later this month.

Sheppard was named a finalist for the Lou Henson Award, which goes to the top mid-major player in men’s college basketball. The senior led Belmont in points (18.) and added 5.2 rebounds, 2.9 assists, and 1.4 steals per game.

Belmont’s Cade Tyson made the list of finalists for the Kyle Macy Award, which is given to the best freshman in the nation.

Tyson averaged 13.6 points and 4.6 rebounds while starting 28 out of 30 games played.

Stackhouse and Belmont head coach Casey Alexander are finalists for the Skip Prosser Man of the Year award which is award to “those who not only achieve success on the basketball court but who display moral integrity off of it as well.”

Stackhouse was also on the shortlist for the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year award and the Ben Jobe Award, an honor that is presented annually to the top minority coach in Division I.

What’s next for Vanderbilt men’s basketball after successful 2022-23 season?

BY LOGAN BUTTS

By most metrics, the Vanderbilt men’s basketball team just completed the most successful season of the Jerry Stackhouse era and one of the program’s better seasons of the last decade.

The Commodores reached the postseason for the second consecutive season for the first time since three straight appearances (two NCAAs, one NIT) that bridged the gap between Kevin Stallings and Bryce Drew.

After bowing out to UAB 67-59 in the NIT quarterfinals at Memorial Gymnasium, Vandy finished the season 22-15. This marks the program’s best record in over a decade, since the 2011-12 campaign when a John Jenkins-led squad went 25-11, won the SEC Tournament, and beat Harvard in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

And yet, the program still feels like it’s in a bit of a no man’s land. Yes, the team has made back-to-back postseasons, but they

stalled out in the NIT quarterfinals in both runs. Say what you want about the Stallings era, but Vandy made the postseason in 12 out of his 17 seasons, including seven NCAA Tournament bids.

Stackhouse inherited a mess from Drew, who did land the ‘Dores in the 2017 NCAA Tournament in his first season, but subsequently won 12 and 9 games over the next two years. Even getting this program back into the NCAA Tournament bubble conversation, which was the case after a scorching run from February onward, was a near-Herculean effort by Stackhouse. It garnered him Co-SEC Coach of the Year honors and multiple national award finalist mentions.

The ‘Dores are set to lose a couple of key members of their eight-man rotation to graduation or the transfer portal, including SEC Defensive Player of the Year Liam Robbins. But the return of Tyrin Lawrence

and players like Jordan Wright and Quentin Millora-Brown potentially exercising their extra “Covid” year of eligibility will be a major boost. Their 2023 recruiting class, led by Goodpasture star and top in-state recruit Isaiah West, could also help fill holes.

Stackhouse’s recent comments about his plan to drop strong mid-majors from Vanderbilt’s schedule going forward due to their perceived effect on the ‘Dores missing the NCAA Tournament (maybe try beating Grambling and LSU if you want to avoid that problem) leave the program in a fascinating state heading into next season.

Vanderbilt has the most momentum it has had in a long time, since the peak of the Stallings era, but there are also some critical questions that need to be answered this offseason.

PHOTO BY DAVID RUSSELL

Vanderbilt men’s basketball head coach Jerry Stackhouse

Restaurant-bar with gaming element set for Green Hills

BY WILLIAM WILLIAMS

DraftKings Sports & Social — a themed bar chain that is found at The Battery adjacent to Truist Park in Atlanta and Ballpark Village next to Busch Stadium in St. Louis, among other high-profile locales — will open by year’s end at The Mall at Green Hills.

The effort to get the restaurant open comes as Live! Hospitality & Entertainment, the parent company of Sports & Social, preps to open in the Second Avenue building that previously housed The George Jones museum (read here).

Sports & Social will operate from a space that previously housed, in part, Panera Bread, according to a release.

The Taubman Realty Group owns The Mall at Green Hills, with General Manager Norah Buikstra saying Sports and Social will be “like no other restaurant or sports watching and gathering place in Nashville.”

Lease terms and the cost to get

operational are not being disclosed.

Boston-based Live! Hospitality & Entertainment is a division of Baltimorebased The Cordish Companies, while DraftKings, a daily fantasy sports contest and sports betting company, is also based in Boston. DraftKings and Live! Hospitality & Entertainment partner on Sports & Social, which is billed as offering engaging, interactive fan-first destinations related to DraftKings’ sports gaming products.

Sports & Social is also found at Texas Live! in Arlington; Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia in Philadelphia’s Stadium Complex; and Live! Casino & Hotel Maryland in the Baltimore/Washington corridor. Last month, Sports & Social opened its 11th location in North Carolina’s Triangle region (in Cary near Raleigh).

“Nashville is one of the most exciting cities in the country for dining and entertainment and we are thrilled to join its

City of Forest Hills seeking volunteers for April 1

Weed Wrangle

STAFF REPORTS

The City of Forest Hills will hold the ninth annual Weed Wrangle on Saturday, April 1, and they are still seeking volunteers.

According to a news release, the hands-on removal of non-native invasive species from parks and greenspace will take place from 9 a.m.–noon, with parking will be at the Hillsboro Church of Christ.

Volunteers can register online at www. hon.org with more information available at www.cityofforesthills.com.

“We’re engaging our neighbors to join us and learn about the removal of harmful trees,

vines and plants in hope they will apply this knowledge to their own yards,” City of Forest Hills Cultural and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Greer Broemel said in a news release. “We’re always encouraged by the enthusiasm these events bring to our community to improve the environment in our own back yards.”

The Weed Wrangle will focus on Bison Meadow, a two and a half acre park on the historic Natchez Trace which was established in 1994 as a Tennessee Bicentennial Project.

Parnassus, MBA to host Tom Hanks for discussion of his new book

BY LOGAN BUTTS

Legendary actor Tom Hanks is coming to Nashville.

The two-time Oscar winner is making a stop in the Music City on his book tour in an event co-hosted by Parnassus Books and Montgomery Bell Academy.

Hanks will discuss his new novel, The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece, with Parnassus co-founder and celebrated author Ann Patchett.

The event is ticketed, and it sold out quickly once it was officially announced.

The novel is described as “about the making of a star-studded, multimillion-

dollar superhero action film...and the humble comic books that inspired it. Funny, touching, and wonderfully thoughtprovoking, while also capturing the changes in America and American culture since World War II.”

Hanks, who previously wrote a collection of short stories called Uncommon Type that was inspired by his typewriter collection, also wrote three comic books that are interspersed throughout the book.

For more information, visit ParnassusBooks.net.

thriving hospitality scene when we open later this year,” Scott Steenrod, chief operating officer of Live! Hospitality & Entertainment, said in the release.

James Beard Award nominee Chef John Suley oversees the Sports & Social menu.

The release notes The Mall at Green Hills Sports & Social will offer a 33-foot LED media wall that will allow guests to watch multiple games.

The announcement follows news that The Mall at Green Hills is preparing for Swiss

watch-maker and retailer IWC Schaffhausen and fashion retailers Marc Jacobs and Dolce and Gabbana.

Also headed to the Green Hills retail facility, according to the mall website, are Garage (fashion geared toward young women), Lids (hats), Lovisa (jewelry) and Upwest (women’s and men’s clothing). This story was first published by our sister publication Nashville Post.

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Baby Cauliflower and Broccolini Deep Dish Pie

BY EDIBLE NASHVILLE

This quiche-like pie uses broccolini, which you can find at the farmers market now. The flavor is mustard forward, so use less if you don’t love it. You can use a 9-inch deep dish pie plate if you don’t have a springform pan.

Save the trimmings from the cauliflower and broccolini to boil, then whirl up with the egg mixture. You can substitute Gruyere or Swiss cheese for the Comte.

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INGREDIENTS

8 ounces baby cauliflower, chopped 8 ounces broccolini, chopped olive oil

1 pie crust, store-bought or your favorite homemade 1 tablespoon grainy mustard

1 1/2 cups Comte or Gruyere cheese, divided

1. Preheat oven to 425F. Spread cauliflower and broccolini on sheet pan. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Roast 12-15 minutes until browned. Set aside and lower oven to 350F.

2. Line 9-inch springform pan with pie crust. Spread mustard over bottom of crust and sprinkle 1/2 cup Comte cheese over top.

3. In small pan, bring some water to a boil and add salt. Add stems/ trimmings from cauliflower and broccolini and cook until fork tender. Drain.

4. In food processor or blender, add cooked

2 ounces goat cheese

4 large eggs

1 cup heavy cream

Mexican oregano, to taste

1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg

sea salt

freshly ground black pepper

trimmings, goat cheese, eggs, heavy cream, oregano, nutmeg, and salt and pepper to taste. Blend until smooth and well mixed.

5. Sprinkle roasted cauliflower and broccolini over bottom of crust. Sprinkle with another 1/2 cup Comte cheese. Gently pour blended egg mixture over all. Top with remaining 1/2 cup Comte cheese.

6. Bake 40-50 minutes or until pie is set in middle and golden brown. Test center with toothpick or skewer. Cool on wire rack 10-15 minutes or until ready to serve.

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FiftyForward Madison Station Whistlestop Fundraiser

PHOTOS BY JOE WENZEL IV

Last week, more than 100 guests were present as the Whistlestop fictional train visited “The Big Apple” for a fundraiser featuring the food and music of New York City to benefit older adults served through FiftyForward Madison Station. Emceed by Lelan Statom, NewsChannel 5 meteorologist and co-host of Talk of the Town, attendees were welcomed by Kelly McCambridge, FiftyForward Madison Station’s new center director, as they supported the work FiftyForward does in the community. Dinner and presentation were accompanied by some of the center’s accomplishments over the past year. In addition, the winners of the Member of the Year, Conductor of the Year, and “Live Like Gilda” Community Service Awards were announced.

About FiftyForward

Established in 1956, FiftyForward supports, champions and enhances life for those 50 and older. As a nonprofit serving Middle Tennessee, FiftyForward operates seven lifelong learning centers – two in Williamson County and five in Davidson County –offering classes including health and wellness, arts, technology; virtual programming and engaging volunteer opportunities. FiftyForward also provides comprehensive supportive care for older adults including essential services such as FiftyForward Friends Adult Day Services, FiftyForward Fresh/Meals on Wheels, and care management. Learn more at www.fiftyforward. org and by following us @FiftyForward on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

“Live Like Gilda” Community Service Award recipients are FiftyForward supporters and friends from Dollar General.

Heather McNeese and Member of the Year award winner Pamela Schutt

Bill Beck, Laura Knotts, and Jeff Yarbro

Jim Shulman, and Yolanda and Lelan Statom

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(L-R) Faye Edwards, Herberlene Blair, Brenda Greer, Pam Schutt, Georgianna Jobe, Cassandra Rucker, Patricia Jones, Steve Bianchi, Johnella Pillow, and Norma Yarbroug

Nancy VanReece poses with Conductor of the Year Keith Samaroo

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