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‘Power Grab’ in Campaign Against 3 TN Judges Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen.

Opposing the judges are namely Republican Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey and other Republicans backed by wealthy political operatives, some from outside the state, including the billionaire Koch brothers of Wichita, Kans., according to widespread media reports. Among Ramsey’s tools is a 30-page Power Point that attempts to scare voters by claiming - in part - that the three judges are soft on the death penalty and “anti-business”.

Grant says the claims in the Power Point are blatantly false and undermines the integrity of the process.

“It is chock full of misstatements, it’s misleading, it has substantial omissions, sometimes it attributes to these judges opinions that were written by the Court of Appeals for example. And when confronted with all of this misleading information that he is putting out to the public about the quality of these justices’ work, he will come right out and say, ‘It’s not my job to tell their side

By Hazel Trice Edney

(TriceEdneyWire.com) — An attempt to unseat three judges in an upcoming Nashville, Tenn. election is nothing less than a “raw power grab” by right wing special interests using big money to buy control of the courts, says the head of a non-partisan organization of lawyers this week.

“It is a raw power grab is what it is. Their campaign against these justices are based on a series of lies, halftruths, misstatements and material omissions,” says Charles Grant, president of the bi-partisan Nashville Bar Association (NBA), which has endorsed the retention of the judges. “It has huge implications nationally because if they can do it here, they can do it anywhere.”

The situation involves three Tennessee Supreme Court Justices Cornelia A. Clark, Sharon Gail Lee and Gary R. Wade, all up for retention on the court by the vote on Aug. 7. They were originally appointed by

Charles Grant, president of the bi-partisan Nashville Bar Association (NBA)

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Rawl’s Jr. Makes History in Brownsville

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Charges of Discrimination Surface at Gupton College

By Ronald W. Weathersby

NASHVILLE, TN — Since 1946 John A. Gupton College has offered a professional curriculum in funeral arts and sciences. The small liberal arts college located on Church Street in North Nashville is a little more than a mile from Fisk University but it seems the environment and personalities of the two schools are worlds

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and, decades apart.

Less than a five minute drive from Historic Jefferson Street African American students attend an institution of higher learning where they feel isolated and abused. Unfortunately the institutional bias black students feel and, it seems in some cases experience at Gupton are not new according to Rosetta Miller Perry, publisher of the Tennessee Tribune and honor graduate of Gupton.

“This is the same discrimination and racism I experienced in the ‘60s years ago,” Perry said.

“When I was on campus I experienced bigotry in the classroom and on campus.” “My life was threaten through mail and the FBI had to come in” said Miller Perry. She went on to say that these were rich white boys who couldn’t get into college so the next best thing was mortuary school if their dad owned a fu-

Mayor William “Bill” Rawls, Jr.

By A.J. Dugger III

BRWONSVILLE, TN —William “Bill” Rawls Jr. made history on July 8 when he was elected the first African-American mayor of Brownsville, TN. Rawls, 48, was sworn in as mayor in front of a cheering crowd at the Haywood County Justice Complex. “We have a lot of hard work ahead of us. We’ve run a hard, lean, mean and clean campaign. I plan to work, and now we have the opportunity.”

Rawls defeated incumbent Mayor Jo Matherne with almost 65 percent of the vote. He received a total of 1,587 votes to his opponent’s 867 votes. Both candidates ran as independents.

Matherne was graceful in her defeat. “I congratulate Mr. Rawls on a successful campaign, and assure him a

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Two GOP Judges Gut Obamacare

Tifinie Capehart, metro Nashville community planner, is this week’s guest on Take 10 on Tuesdays with the Tennessee Tribune. She discusses NashvilleNext with Trbune Social Media Director Jason Luntz, A three-year initiative to create a comprehensive countywide plan for the future of Nashville. Through community input and projected population growth NashvilleNext goal is to ensure the prosperity and well-being of Nashville and middle Tennessee for the next 25 years. Learn how you can participate in helping shape the city’s future by watching Take 10 on www.TnTribune.com

WASHINGTON, DC — Two Republican judges on the D.C. Circuit Court have ruled that the equivalent of a typo is enough to strip health care subsidies from up to 5 million people, dealing what would be a death blow to the Affordable Care Act if the decision is allowed to stand. The one Democrat on the panel dissented.

The three-judge panel ruled in Halbig v. Burwell that people in the 36 states that use the federal health insurance exchange are ineligible for subsidized insurance. The decision would also affect those who purchased insurance through the exchange but don’t receive subsidies, as reneging on the payments would lead to a rapid increase in insurance rates for everyone.

The White House said Tuesday

Judge Thomas Griffith

the decision will be appealed to the entire D.C. circuit court -- what’s known as an en banc review -where Democrats hold a majority that is nearly certain to overturn

the GOP judges’ aggressive move.

The next step could be the Supreme Court, which already upheld the Affordable Care Act in a separate case two years ago.

The U.S. courts have never been entirely above the political system, but under Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, whose court routinely strikes down longstanding precedent along 5-4, strictly party-line votes, they are becoming little more than another legislative branch -- one that holds itself above the branch that was vested with lawmaking powers by the Constitution.

The majority opinion was not without a comedic interlude. “We reach this conclusion, frankly, with reluctance,” Judge Thomas Griffith said of the opportunity to achieve a See OBAMACARE, 13B

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‘No Limits, Just Opportunities’ Conference

NASHVILLE, TN — The TriState Minority Supplier Development Council (TSMSDC), will present its 34th Annual Marketplace of Opportunities on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at the Music City Center. The Conference theme, “No Limits, Just Opportunities”, is indicative of a stronger economy. Business owners, large and small, will have an opportunity to exhibit to promote a broad range of products and services. “Being able to build a successful company in spite of economic challenges is noteworthy, and represents the tenacity and resolve of minority entrepreneurs”, says Cheri Henderson, President and CEO of the TriState MSDC. In January of this year, the previous Tennessee Council merged to create a larger footprint in the region and now encompasses Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia.

The TriState Council cordially invites and urges minority business owners,

Max Siegel, CEO of Max Siegel, Inc.

Reginald Williams, CEO/Chief Consultant of Procurement Resources

buying officials at major corporations, government agencies, and educational institutions to attend the conference. Respected names in supplier diversity and entrepreneurship will be featured conference presenters. Reginald Williams,

CEO of Procurement Resources, Inc., will speak on supplier diversity as it relates to healthcare. Max Siegel, CEO, entrepreneur, attorney, and entertainment executive will address the conference luncheon.

The Conference will present a dynamic exhibit hall for businesses, major corporations, government agencies and the general public interested in networking with suppliers and purchasers. Mayor Karl Dean will be on hand for the official Ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Workshop sessions will offer leading edge information on strategic selling and a stellar panel of corporate representatives will share contractual opportunities on the horizon and specific ways to engage certified suppliers to negotiate business transactions.

During the Wednesday afternoon networking mixer, enjoy the music of Doc Allen & The HeartStrings.

Additional conference details can be found on the TriState MSDC website, www.tmsdc.net, or call the TSMSDC office at (615) 259-4699.

Metro Schools Extend Optional School Application to July 30

Mayor Karl Dean welcomes the next class of officer trainees.

Police Trainee Class Begins NASHVILLE, TN — Mayor Karl Dean and Chief Steve Anderson welcomed 53 men and women who have just begun the 5½ month rigorous classroom and physi-

cal training process to become Nashville police officers.

This is the 21st trainee class to begin since Mayor Dean took office more than six years ago and is

part of the commitment he and Chief Anderson share to maintain a fully staffed police department.

Graduation is set for December 18th.

NASHVILLE, TN — The opportunity for Nashville families to choose schools isn’t over yet.

The Optional School application deadline has been extended to July 30, 2014, both for students new to and currently enrolled in Metro Schools.

Schools with space available for additional students are listed by tier (elementary, middle or high) on the district website at www.mnps.org/Page98241.aspx.

To enroll in a choice school with available seats, families must complete an application for each child and submit it by 4:30 p.m. Wed., July 30. Online applications are accepted from students with Metro Schools student IDs, which are printed on student report cards.

Paper applications are available in the district’s Customer Service Center accessible from the Berry Road entrance to the district’s central office at 2601 Branford Avenue.

The first day of school is August 6, 2014. Metropolitan Nashville Public

Schools is the nation’s 42nd largest district, preparing more than 83,000 students to excel in higher education, work and life. With the goal of being the first choice for Nashville’s families, Metro Schools is committed to providing a high quality education to every student. The district is earning a national reputation for urban school reform, its commitment to social and emotional learning and rising academic achievement, and currently ranks in the top 27 percent of districts in the state for academic performance. Its new strategic plan, Education 2018: Excellence for Every Student, sets the goal of becoming the nation’s top performing urban school system by 2018. The governing body for Metro Schools is the Metropolitan Nashville Board of Public Education, a nine-member elected body.

For more information, visit www.mnps. org.

Dollar General Holding Grand Opening in Gallatin Saturday GOODLETTSVILLE, TN — Dollar General continues to make shopping easier and more convenient for customers in Gallatin with the grand opening its new store at 1789 Airport Road this Saturday, July 26 beginning at 8 a.m. Customers will enjoy special deals and free prizes at the grand opening event.

Additionally, the first 50 adult shoppers will receive a $10 Dollar General gift card and the first 200 shoppers will receive a Dollar General tote bag, among other giveaways. The new store will continue to provide customers with the same value and convenience they have come to rely on, just in a different location. “Dollar General is committed to delivering a pleasant shopping experience that includes a convenient location, a wide assortment of merchandise and great prices on quality products,” said Dan Nieser, Dollar General’s senior vice president of real estate and store development. “We hope our Gallatin customers will continue to enjoy shopping at Dollar General’s new location.” Dollar General’s new location features a fresh layout, designed to make shopping eas-

ier and simpler for customers. Some of the store’s new features include seasonal products featured in the center of the store, easily recognizable departments with visible signage and coolers that are more conveniently located at the front of the store. Dollar General stores offer convenience and value to customers by providing a focused selection of national brands and private brands of food, housewares, seasonal items, cleaning supplies, basic apparel and health and beauty care products. Dollar General gives its customers more than everyday low prices on basic merchandise.

Dollar General is deeply involved in the communities it serves and is an ardent supporter of literacy and

education. At the cash register of every Dollar General store, customers interested in learning how to read, speak English or get their General Education Diploma (GED) can pick up a brochure with a postage-paid reply card that can be mailed in for a referral to a local organization that offers free literacy services. Since its inception in 1993, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded more than $93 million in grants to nonprofit organizations, helping more than five million individuals take their first steps toward literacy or continued education. For more information about the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and its grant programs, visitwww.dgliteracy.com.

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Bland Named CEO of Nashville MTA

NASHVILLE, TN — The Nashville MTA Board of Directors hired a career public transit veteran to become the new CEO of the transit authority.

Stephen G. Bland, who has earned widespread praise from transportation professionals, business and community leaders, and transit boards for leading successful teams to overhaul and modernize transit systems, will begin his new position on August 25. During his 28year transit career, Bland has held senior management roles in several agencies of various sizes.

Upon hearing the recommendation of Search Committee Chair Marian Ott, board members unanimously approved the recommendation and commented that Bland is the perfect candidate to help the Nashville MTA excel to the next level.

“He is the CEO we need for Nashville and the region,” MTA Board Chair Jeff Yarbro said. “He thoroughly understands mass transit and also understands the importance of working with partners, building community consensus, and developing a vision for transit based on a genuine understanding of the community. He can help us move to the next level, which is to increase ridership, provide more and better transit options for citizens and visitors, and implement new technologies that will enhance our customers’ transit experience.”

The search committee was especially impressed with Bland’s seven-year tenure in Pittsburgh, which is a multi-modal system with 1,000-plus vehicles, an annual operating budget of $350 million,

Stephen G. Bland

an average capital budget of $140 million and 66 million annual passenger trips. Under his leadership, his transit team completed a $500 million New Starts Light Rail subway extension.

Additionally, during the development of the Connect ‘09 Transit Development Plan, the team engaged thousands of transit riders and community residents in an interactive process. Ultimately, this process led to the most comprehensive redesign of transit service in Pittsburgh’s history.

Bland also is credited for immediately

recognizing the importance of multi-modal travel and integrating bicycling into the city’s transit system. Within a two-year period, bike racks were installed on the entire fleet of buses and fold-up bikes were permitted in all rail cars. According to local cyclists Bland’s actions introduced a new era for bicycling and transit in the city.

Currently employed at Michael Baker International, Bland is serving as the program director of CTfastrak, a 9.5 mile advanced bus rapid transit system between New Britain and Downtown Hartford, Conn.

Prior to the CTfastrak assignment, he was the assistant director/general superintendent of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey’s PATH Rail System.

In addition to his extensive transit background, Bland has a Master of Public Affairs in Public Finance, and a Bachelor of Science in Public Affairs, with

Distinction in Transportation Planning and Management from Indiana University. Over the years, he has participated in numerous continuing education courses and seminars, and developed a successful track record while working at transit systems in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Texas.

“I appreciate the board’s confidence in me and am looking forward to working with each member, Mayor Karl Dean, the Metro Council, transit riders, other community stakeholders, and the transit employees,” Bland said. “Together, we will make Nashville’s transit system an even greater one as we continue building upon the significant accomplishments that have been made over the past 12 years. My family and I are truly looking forward to living and working in Music City.”

Bland is currently living in Wexford, PA with his wife and son.

MTA’s former CFO Ed Oliphant is serving as the interim CEO of the Nashville MTA and Regional Transportation Authority of Middle Tennessee. Bland will serve as CEO of both organizations as well.

The board initiated a national search to replace Paul J. Ballard whose last day at the authority was on March 31. Ballard is now heading up the Fort Worth Transportation Authority as president and CEO.

Former Germantown Theater to Accomodate Restaurants

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Located at Fourth Avenue North and Madison Street, the former Peafowl Theatre in Germantown is being redeveloped into restaurants, retail and office space.

NASHVILLE, TN — A local restaurant development company has purchased a building in Germantown with plans to create space for up to four restaurant concepts.

Fresh Capital Group paid $1.4 million for the former theater building that houses the John O. Hill Co. It plans to spend another $2.6 million on renovations that should start in early September. Upon completion in spring 2015, Germantown Market will house concepts spanning from casual dining to fast casual to a coffee and snack shop.

“Our vision is to create the feel of the corner market where you can go and eat at these great restaurants and then take something home that’s really nice and handcrafted like some coffee beans that’s roasted onsite,” said Matt Bodnar, a partner in Fresh Capital.

Bodnar said the specific restaurant concepts would be revealed later. He and several other partners in Fresh Capital also own a restaurant operating company called Fresh Hospitality with concepts including Taziki’s Mediteranean Cafe and Octane Coffee.

Fresh Hospitality also owns other concepts, such as Tellini’s Italiano, Cochon Butcher and Jim ’N Nicks’s BBQ and is a partner with Pat Martin in Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint.

In addition to the roughly 11,000

square feet of retail space on the ground level, the renovated building will have 2,000 square foot of office space to which Bodnar said Fresh Capital might relocate its offices from a downtown building.

If work goes as planned, Germantown Market should open around the same time as the ballpark planned for the Nashville Sounds at Sulphur Dell.

“We’re really excited about the Germantown area,” Bodnar said. “The stadium is going to be a hugh boon for it.”

In addition to the building at 1120 Fourth Ave. N., Fresh Capital bought two adjacent parcels that Bodnar said the company plans to use for parking. The seller was the Hill family that controls John O. Hill Co., which specializes in reinforcing steel for concrete.

Bodnar expects John O. Hill Co. to move out in six months. Broker Ronnie Wenzler, who represented the family, is helping their company to find a new home. John O. Hill Co. operated since 1980 from the location at Fourth Avenue North and Madison Street, which previously housed The Peafowl Theatre, one of Nashville’s early movie houses.

“When redeveloped, it will be a great addition to the growing Germantown market,” said broker Brian Taylor of Karr Commercial in Nashville, who represented Fresh Capital.

The 2014 Volkswagen Eos woos automotive journalists with its nifty retractable hardtop and upscale interior, but it also lacks the athletic handling of other convertibles in the class.

The Eos comes with a turbocharged four-cylinder engine that test drivers say is responsive and powerful. A six-speed automated manual transmission is standard, and offers smooth, brisk shifts, they say. The Eos gets an EPA-estimated 22/30 mpg city/highway, which is good for the class. Test drivers find that the Eos offers crisp steering, solid brakes and a steady ride. Still, some reviewers note that other convertibles in the class are more athletic. The 2014 Eos comes with safety features like a rollover protection system, which deploys steel bars to protect rear passengers in a rollover crash. Also standard is Volkswagen’s Intelligent Crash Response System, which automatically unlocks doors, turns on hazard lights and cuts the fuel line in the event of a collision.

While some critics balk at the price tag, others say that the 2014 VW Eos is a good value because of its retractable hard top and luxurious interior. They especially like the Eos’ built-in panoramic sunroof, which they say offers a convenient alternative to putting the top all the way down. Reviewers find the interior to be luxurious, with upscale materials and supportive seats. The rear seats are tight, test drivers say, though this is a common complaint with convertibles. The trunk is very impractical and doesn’t provide much space due to an awkward design, reviewers say. Standard features include dual-zone climate control, iPod integration, Bluetooth, satellite radio, touchscreen navigation and an eight-speaker CD audio system. Available features include push-button start, a rearview camera, a 10-speaker Dynaudio sound system and rear parking sensors.

“While most of us would love to own a convertible, the practicality of having

one as our only car pretty much kills the dream. However, the 2014 Volkswagen Eos convertible is an exception to the rule, offering seating for more than two passengers, a quiet and comfortable cabin and the security of a hardtop roof.”

-- Kelley Blue Book “The Volkswagen Eos deserves more consideration than it gets. With the features and build quality of more expensive luxury models, the VW Eos is a smart choice for drop-top sun seekers.”

-- Edmunds (2013) “Eos’ strengths are a comfortable ride, fine handling, and the choice of open-air driving or hardtop security.

Its weaknesses include a tight rear seat and minimal cargo room. Overall, Eos bests its main 4-seat retractable-hardtopconvertible competitors.” -- Consumer Guide (2012) Like the Eos, the Volkswagen Beetle convertible comes with a number of standard features, including heated front seats and an iPod interface. The Beetle convertible also starts at a lower base price, and is available with a turbodiesel engine that gets great fuel economy.

The 2014 Volkswagen Eos is a hardtop convertible that seats four and has front-wheel drive. It is available in three trims: Komfort, Sport and Executive. All models are equipped with a turbocharged four-cylinder engine and six-speed automated manual transmission. The Eos was last redesigned for the 2012 model year and sees few changes for 2014. As a result, this overview uses applicable research and reviews from the 2012, 2013 and 2014 model years.

Transmission: Automatic, Drivetrain: Front Wheel Drive, MPG: 22 City/30 Hwy, Engine: Intercooled Turbo Premium Unleaded I-4 2.0 L/121, Horsepower: 200 @ 5100, Torque: 207 @ 1700 2.0 L/121, Wheelbase: 101.5 in, Length: 171.1 in, Width: 70.5 in

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Are Fundraising Fables in Your Way? Why is it so hard to retain fund development professionals? That’s the polite version of the question that has executive directors pulling their hair out, and nonprofit board members wondering “what’s going on?”

“One of the reasons we continue to see so much turn-over in fundraising staff is the pervasive misunderstanding of how fundraising works, shares Leyna Bernstein, founder of Leadership Search Partners. With this column we bring you excerpts from her column on Fundraising Fables.

Fable 1: We hire a development director to do our fundraising for us.

Fact: Success in fundraising comes from building a shared responsibility for cultivating and stewarding donors throughout the organization. The board and the executive director share accountability with the chief development officer. The job of your development director is to create the organization’s fundraising plan and oversee its implementation, not to make all of your asks. For this role, planning, coaching, managing and mentoring are more important tasks than solicitation.”

We couldn’t say it more succinctly. In our experience it is a lack of understanding of the fundraising process on the part of the executive director and board that leads to a harmful disconnect between nonprofit executive directors and development directors.

Fable 2: We will hire a fundraiser who will bring his donor rolodex with him. Fact: Really? Do you give your money to the fundraiser, or to the cause?

Ethical fundraisers are not going to “bring their donors with them”. While fundraisers may have existing relationships that can open some doors, and while having

a fundraiser with exceptional relational skills is critical, it is your cause and impact that will attract investment.

There are two faces to this fable: sometimes the nonprofit who wants to “hire a rolodex” and other times a development professional is “selling” her rolodex.

When making a hire don’t look to use another organization’s relationships - build your own, for most are not transferrable.

We know of too many instances where candidates promote their relationships with donors/funders, forgetting that the relationships are really between donors/ funders and the organization not the individual.

Fable 3: A track-record of big asks is an indicator of ability to be a development director. Fact: Executive Directors and board members get in trouble when they hire major gifts officers and expect them to manage a department and build infrastructure. Many accomplished major gifts fundraisers are specialists and outstanding individual contributors. They are not necessarily suited to running a department and managing systems This fable is also present within institutions of higher education. Failing to provide increasing levels of compensation and recognition to talented major gifts officers can lead them to apply for vice president positions which may not necessarily be a match for their skills.

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The Voice of Black America

BENJAMIN F. CHAVIS, Jr.

By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist

Amidst the annual convention of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) in Portland, Oregon, I was reminded repeatedly that Black Americans have had a long, storied tradition of newspaper publishing. Since the first publication of Freedom’s Journal in 1827, Black American publishers have worked heroically to earn the title “Voice of Black America.” From the east coast to the west coast, in big cities and in small towns, NNPA publishers continue have a sustainable economic development impact within the heart of the Black American community.

For more than 187 years, the Black Press in America has stood courageously to articulate and print the news interests of Black America. But please do not take this history lightly or for granted.

We must never forget how the long struggle to attain the right to vote was “blood soaked” by the sacrifices and sufferings of civil rights leaders and activists.

Similarly, the historic struggle of Black Americans to engage in the enterprise of freedom of press has been also soaked with sacrificial blood, facing down lynch mobs, and enormous economic inequality challenges. There is a long list of Black newspapers in the U.S. that have been dynamited, deliberated destroyed and the target

of successive arsons.

During the 1898, race massacre in Wilmington, N.C, the Daily Record was burned to the ground by 1,500 racist vigilantes who were angry at the audacity of Alexander Manly, the Black American publisher of the newspaper. Manly had written a bold editorial opposing the brutal and wanton patterns of unjust lynching of Black men and women in the state.

Sixty-five years later, the Wilmington Journal, published by Thomas C. Jervay, Sr. and family, was bombed with sticks of dynamite by a paramilitary group known as the Rights of White People (ROWP). Still, the Wilmington Journal never missed a week publishing. The Jervay family of Black-owned newspapers in Raleigh and in Wilmington emerged over the years to epitomize the history of moral integrity and high value of NNPA member publishers.

Some ask why it is necessary to be reminded of the history of the Black Press. It is necessary because we cannot afford to be ignorant of our past if we intend to have a better future for generations to come. The Black Press is one of the most valuable assets that we have in our communities.

Today, there are numerous vexing challenges facing Black America. At the same time, there are enormous opportunities to advance the cause of freedom, justice and equality for Black America and for all people who yearn and struggle for a better quality of life.

One of the most crucial recognized international human rights is the universal right to “self-determination.”

Self-expression is key to self-determination. The NNPA is the epitome of self-expression of Black America. We live in a global media age. The

print media is the bedrock of multimedia and social media. Digital media augments – and not supplant – the printed word. That is especially true among African Americans who over index on technology.

Thus, we intend to strengthen the #VoiceofBlackAmerica @ NNPABlackPress every second, hour, day, week, month and year. Next year will mark the 75th anniversary of the National Newspaper Publishers Association. I am excited and passionate about helping to enhance and advance the significant interests of the Black Press in the U.S., in the Caribbean, in Brazil, across Africa and throughout the world. Next year will mark the 50th anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and the 75th Anniversary of NNPA: The Voice of Black America.

Our struggle for freedom, justice and equality continues. I am optimistic about the future. We have been given the baton of history at a time when have some of best newspaper publishers, freedom-fighting journalists, business leaders, teachers, preachers, lawyers and other professionals, along with the most talented and gifted generation of youth that we have ever been blessed to witness. Nothing can hold us back from winning but ourselves.

Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. is the Interim President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and can be reached for national advertisement sales and partnership proposals at: dr.bchavis@nnpa. org; and for lectures and other professional consultations at: http:// drbenjaminfchavisjr.wix. com/drbfc.

WILLIAM SPRIGGS

By William Spriggs

Currently, the debate on American colleges and universities is dominated by the cost of tuition. This debate misses the point.

Let’s look at two of America’s leading schools-Harvard University, a private research university, and Williams College, a private undergraduate college. In 2010, Harvard’s endowment income, investment income and gifts came to $158,106 per student.

For Williams, that figure was $91,206. Net tuition (some students pay full tuition and others benefit from scholarships that lower the cost) at each school was $19,834 at Harvard and $19,994 at Williams. Harvard spends $151,014 per student-of which $79,380 goes to instruction, $48,256 goes to research and $5,320 to fellowships. Williams spends $79,536 per student-of which $63,172 goes to instruction.

Let’s compare that with a school dedicated to teaching low-income students: Grambling State University in Louisiana.

In 2010, Grambling’s support from the state of Louisiana plus its income from investment and endowments came to $4,809 per full-time student.

Net tuition was $4,310 a year. Grambling spends $20,460 per student-of which $13,856 goes to instruction, $83 to research and $2,012 to fellowships.

I offer these stark contrasts to make several points. First, tuition covers only a small portion

of instruction at Harvard, Williams or Grambling.

Supporting a university education takes a large amount of non-tuition revenue. But the stark differences in amounts of non-tuition revenue mean that if we want all students in America to have access to a quality education, we must either talk about increasing our public investment or accept we will be charging students to try to buy quality.

And this puts a different light on comparing a percentage increase in tuition at Grambling with a percentage increase at Harvard. Between 2008 and 2013, the state of Louisiana cut funding per full-time college student by 42 percent. An $80 per student cut to Grambling passed on to students in a tuition raise (to try to keep up with Harvard’s resources to recruit faculty and provide classroom technology) would hike tuition by 1.8 percent; an $80 increase at Harvard would be a 0.4 percent increase. Dollars don’t guarantee quality, but the scale of difference between 5.7-to-1 and 4.55-to-1 on instructional budgets between Harvard, Williams and Grambling suggests an unbearable level of inequality.

Second, an important level of expenditures in research and fellowships support graduate education and research at Harvard and Grambling.

America’s universities are our engine of innovation and technological growth.

Whether it is HewlettPackard, Microsoft or Apple, our economy is powered by research coming from our colleges. It is what makes them a major services “exporter,” vital to our national trade balance. (When foreign students attend American universities, their tuition is counted as exporting educational services.) So investment in our universities is vital to generating patents and addressing

our current account deficit.

In 1975, state and local governments contributed 60.3 percent of all expenditures on higher education. By 2010, that figure had fallen to 34.1 percent. We have been forcing public universities to compete with each other, and with private colleges, for non-tuition revenue. It is a race that was not level and is not level. To reduce costs, public four-year colleges have cut instructional costs per student since 2008, and they have been reducing research per student since 2004.

Some argue that shifting the cost burden to students and their parents with increasing student debt loads is workable, because the returns on a college degree remain high. While the wages of recent college graduates, adjusting for inflation, have fallen 7.7 percent since 2000, those with a high school diploma have seen wages fall 10.8 perecent. So while the real earning capacity of college graduates is falling, they would be even worse off if they didn’t go to college. And while a bigger share of their earnings may go to pay college debts, they may still be better off-so long as the increase in debt isn’t bigger than their 73 percent wage advantage. I’ll excuse you if you think that’s an odd way of looking at things.

But is that the way to address funding our national need for sustaining our universities’ global competitiveness, and keeping up vital research or providing equal opportunity? The question is bigger than “is college debt sustainable as costs for individuals” because the benefits are biggerhaving new patents, more exports and citizens smart enough to understand global warming debates.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor; The past two years have been scarred by a government shutdown, the sequester, the near default of the U.S. government and a Tea Party Congress blocking everything.

And yet - in the midst of the wreckage, we’ve helped build a populist movement that the media and the politicians no longer can ignore.

That movement - that you, the Campaign for America’s Future and others are forcing onto the table the changes that the American people want.

Take a look at last year: We blocked politicians from cutting one dollar of Social Security and Medicare benefits -and now our champions in Congress are pushing to expand those programs.

We put economic inequality on the national agenda and drove demands for a higher minimum wage.

We pushed for investment in jobs and

full employment and against job-killing austerity.

We demanded prosecution of banks and bankers who tanked the economy and pushed to break up too-big-to-fail financial institutions.

We stopped Larry Summers from becoming Federal Reserve chairman.

We challenged job-killing trade agreements and the corporations that wrote them in secret.

In this election year, we need to keep up the fight. We need to support political champions like Senator Elizabeth Warren. We must keep up the fight for the minimum wage and pre-school for every child. We can’t do this without you. We need your energy and we need your help with a donation.

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NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE • Thursday, July 24 - 30, 2014

Obama to Discuss Immigration Crisis With Central American Leaders WASHINGTON, DC — The White House announced that leaders from three Central American countries will meet with President Obama next week to discuss the ongoing immigration crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Obama will hold talks with President Otto Perez Molina of Guatemala, President Juan Orlando Hernandez of Honduras, and President Salvador Sanchez Ceren of El Salvador on July 25.

“The four leaders and Vice President Biden will discuss how to reinforce our ongoing collaboration to stem the flow of undocumented migrants from Central America to Mexico and the United States,” read a statement from the White House. “This will include discussion of how the United States and Central American governments are cooperating to promote safe, legal, and orderly migration between our countries in a spirit of shared responsibility, including with respect to the return of family units, which

began this week for all three countries,” the statement continued.

Close to 60,000 mostly unaccompanied children from Central America have crossed the U.S. border since the beginning of the year, and the administration has been grappling with how to deal with the influx.

GAZA CITY — Just after sunrise on Sunday, Zeinab, a young Palestinian mother, ran out of her house in Gaza City’s Shijaiyah neighborhood with her husband and barefoot 5-year-old daughter. With the sound of Israeli drones overhead and air strikes and tank shelling all around, Zeinab watched as her neighbors poured into the streets and began to run. So she did the same.

“We were running, and [the Israeli Army] was attacking behind us,” she said, sitting within the safety of al-Shifa Hospital’s compound in central Gaza City, over three miles away from Shijaiyah. “There were dead people around us.” Frantic families, many shellshocked and inconsolable, stood around Zeinab, not knowing where

to go or what to do next.

Thousands of Shijaiyah residents, some in bulldozers and the trunks of cars, others on foot and in wheelchairs, fled to central Gaza City Sunday as Israel escalated its ground offensive and targeted the crowded Gaza City neighborhood. The Palestinian Health Ministry reported that 87 Palestinians were killed in the attack, and Israel said 13 of its soldiers were killed. At least 417 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed in the two weeks of fighting.

The Israeli military says it gave adequate warning to civilians to evacuate the area, but many residents, along with Palestinians in the rest of Gaza, say they have nowhere safe left to go. People in parts of the

President Obama to hold talks with Central American countries on July 25.

Obama has faced criticism from Republicans in Congress – who say he should enforce U.S. immigration laws, and ship the children home to stem the flow - and immigration activists, who have dubbed him the “deporter in chief ” for authorizing flights for some children back to their home countries.

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White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Monday some of the unaccompanied minors who have arrived in the United States from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala this year may ultimately be allowed to stay in the country, if they can qualify for asylum.

Migrants from Central America and other non-contiguous nations are granted special legal protections that allow them to plead their case to an immigration court, under a 2008 law designed to prevent human trafficking.

“If an immigration judge determines that they face a credible threat of death upon their return to their home country, then again, I’m not an immigration judge, but it is likely that the immigration judge will find that that person should be granted humanitarian relief,” Earnest said.

CNN Senior White House Correspondent Jim Acosta contributed to this report.

Civilians Fleeing Gaza City Neighborhood After Strike

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Residents are fleeing their homes after attacks .

south, middle and north of Gaza have been told to leave their homes, but cash-strapped UNRWA, the UN agency that aids Palestinian refugees, says it is running out of space and supplies to support Gaza’s mass internally displaced population.

UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness said in a statement that 63,173 people have sought safe sanctuary with UNRWA in 55 shelters across the Gaza Strip.

The totals are “more people than in the fighting five years ago,” during Israel’s last major incursion into Gaza, Gunness said.

“The number has tripled in the last three days, reflecting the intensity of the conflict and the inordinate threats the fighting is posing to civilians.” UNRWA said its supplies could run out Sunday, and the agency is desperately asking for funding to support its relief efforts.

At one of the nearly full UN schools where Palestinians in Gaza have sought refuge, now too crowded to accommodate many Shijaiyah residents, Fatima al-Attar and several of her children and female family members sat on the floor of a bare classroom. She said they have been here for a week after their home in the north was destroyed in an airstrike targeting their neighbor.

Al-Attar can’t imagine staying at the

UN school for much longer, she explained, but she has no home to go back to. Around her, little boys and girls splashed through pools of dirty water. One of the girls, just old enough to walk, wet her pants. There were no diapers or changes of clothes.

Many Palestinians who have fled the violence in Gaza cannot afford to rebuild.

As the death toll rises and destruction in Gaza only worsens, Israel maintains it is acting in self-defense after Hamas has fired incessant volleys of rockets into Israel with little aim or regard for human life. Many of these rockets landed in open areas or were stopped by Israel’s Iron Dome interceptor.

Now, Israel says its main goal in the ground offensive is to destroy Hamas tunnels that reach into Israel, along with the militant group’s weapons stockpiles.

The Israeli military also says that it warned civilians in Shijaiyah before the attack with pamphlets and pre-recorded messages. But many families ignored the notices, seeing their homes as safer than the war zone outside. Hamas has also asked residents in Shijaiyah, as well as other areas of Gaza, to stay put and ignore the warnings, according to many Palestinians. Israel holds Hamas accountable for most civilian deaths, saying the group purposely fires rockets and stores weaponry in civilian areas.

EDUCATION THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE • Thursday, July 24 - 30, 2014

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Belmont’s Dr. Moulds Accepts New Position

Aristocrat of Bands from TSU will perform August 3 at NFL Hall of Fame Game.

Aristocrat of Bands at NFL, HOF Game Aug. 3 NASHVILLE, TN (TSU News Service) — They have marched and performed all across the country, from presidential inaugurations and marching competitions to nationally televised NFL halftime shows, as well as movie and concert venues.

Now the Aristocrat of Bands from Tennessee State University will head north later this summer to celebrate TSU’s great Claude Humphrey’s enshrinement into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

The band will perform in the nationally televised halftime show of the Hall of Fame game on Sunday, Aug. 3 in Canton, Ohio.

When Dr. Reginald McDonald found out that one of TSU’s own was going to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, he knew the band had to be part of the celebration.

“As soon as we heard that Claude Humphrey was one of the seven NFL legends to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, we knew we had to be there,” said McDonald, acting Director of Bands. “It is important for us to represent the University to celebrate the achievement of one of our family mem-

bers.”

McDonald found out the band would be the featured halftime performance the day after Super Bowl XLVIII and immediately began thinking about what they could do to make the performance memorable. However since the band was heavily into the spring semester, plans would be put on hold until this summer when members of the band return to school.

Once they do return, it will be a quick and steep learning curve, McDonald explained since they have less than three weeks to gel together as a full band when the freshmen and the upperclassmen practice as one unit.

“We’re excited about the opportunity to show off to the nation the high energy showmanship of the Aristocrat of Bands,” added McDonald. “We have about two weeks to put together an eight-minute show but we will definitely be ready. I know the people in Canton will be impressed by what we bring.”

This is the Bands’ second NFL halftime performance in less than a year.

Last September, the band was invited to perform

during the nationally televised game between the San Francisco 49ers and the St. Louis Rams at the Edward Jones Dome.

McDonald added it’s a lot of work preparing for halftime shows during the TSU football season along with the additional pressure of the NFL shows.

But he knows it’s more than just a performance.

It is also a venue to bring the TSU brand, he said, to those outside the state.

“This is an opportunity for us to recruit in a different area, perform in a different part of the country that we usually don’t get to, and show that TSU is the best marching and performing band in the country,” he said.

Since its inception in 1946, and subsequently becoming a show band under the administration of second TSU President Dr. Walter S. Davis, the Aristocrat of Bands has been featured at many international and national events, including halftime shows at several NFL games, Bowl games and Classics, and Presidential Inaugurations – the latest that of Bill Clinton in 1993.

NASHVILLE, TN —Following a four-month nationwide search, Belmont University announced that Dr. Perry Moulds, senior director of development for the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, has been named vice president for development and external relations. He will begin his new role at Belmont on Aug. 5.

In his new position, Moulds will oversee all philanthropic initiatives for the University, including major gifts, corporate and foundation giving, grants and alumni giving. He also will provide leadership for marketing and public relations to ensure that all Belmont development and marketing operations are fully integrated with the University’s priorities and are aligned with its strategic objectives.

Moulds will replace Dr. Bethel (Bo) Thomas, vice president of university advancement, who will retire from Belmont in October. Thomas’ contributions to Belmont over the past 10 years are reflected in the University’s fundraising achievements and alumni engagement, and his success is evident in the relationships he has cultivated with donors, alumni, faculty, staff and students.

“Belmont University provides every aspect of what I’m looking for in the next phase of my career: a world-class learning

Dr. Perry Moulds

environment, a dedicated community and a compelling case for philanthropy. In addition to a rich history and solid foundation, Belmont has also generated an amazing upward trajectory that is rare in today’s higher education field. I’m excited by the opportunity to join the Belmont family and to be a part of this dynamic institution’s future,” Moulds said.

Moulds holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree and a Master of Arts degree.

Sekwat Named Interim Dean of Grad Studies NASHVILLE, TN — (TSU News Service) - Dr. Alex Sekwat, a longtime TSU professor and administrator, has been named interim dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Research.

Sekwat, who joined Tennessee State University in 1994, returns to his former position as interim dean, an appointment he held from 2008-2012. During that time the graduate school saw tremendous growth including a 10 percent increase in enrollment.

A trained public administrator, Sekwat held many administrative positions in non-governmental organizations prior to his pursuits in academia. In 1998-1999 he served as president of the Tennessee Chapter of the American Society of Public Administration, and from 2008-2011 he was the treasurer of the Tennessee Conference of Graduate Schools.

Sekwat has published widely in the areas of public administration, public budgeting and financial management, and health care management, as well as presented his research at regional, national and international conferences. His current research interests span the areas of public budgeting, democratic gover-

Dr. Alex Sekwat

nance, globalization, and healthcare reform.

Sekwat holds a bachelor of science degree in Economics/Business Administration from the University of Khartoum, a master’s degree in Public Administration from Arkansas State University, and a Ph.D. in Public Administration from Florida Atlantic University. He is a member of Pi Alpha Alpha, the National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration.

Sekwat will serve as interim dean until the appointment of a dean following the conclusion of a national search.

Susan Gray School Currently Seeking Applications for Children

By Kurt Brobeck

Peabody College’s Susan Gray School for Children has long been known at Vanderbilt and in the Nashville community as a resource for early childhood education of children with developmental disabilities. Not everyone knows, however, that the school also enrolls many typically developing children.

Through the Susan Gray School, researchers have demonstrated that children with special needs actually benefit more when they are taught alongside their typically developing peers.”

“Faculty members in the Department of Special Education pioneered the concept of inclusive education beginning several decades ago,” said Kiersten Kinder, site director for the school. “And the Susan Gray School was the first nationally recognized program that included typically developing children with children who have disabilities. Through the Susan Gray School, researchers have demonstrated that children with special needs actually benefit more when they are taught alongside their typically developing peers.”

On average, the Susan Gray School enrolls a ratio of 70 percent typically developing children to 30 percent children with

disabilities. The school serves children ages 1 to 5 in eight classrooms. Most lead teachers hold master’s degrees and most co-teachers hold bachelor’s degrees. The school is open year-round.

The Susan Gray School is housed on the Peabody College campus in One Magnolia Circle (also home to the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center). The school features a large playground that includes a central fort structure with wheelchair accessibility and novel play panels, a variety of swing types, and an outdoor classroom area.

Kinder says the Susan Gray School is currently seeking applications for the 2014-15 school year, which begins on Aug. 5. “SGS is a unique resource for Vanderbilt and Nashville. We offer a highquality preschool experience with teaching that’s based on research and respected nationally,” she said.

Interested parents should call 3228200 to arrange a visit. Tours of the school run daily at 10 a.m. Parents can also check out the Susan Gray School website.

The Susan Gray School is approved by the Tennessee Department of Education and licensed by the Tennessee Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

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EDITORIAL THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE • Thursday, July 24 - 30, 2014

Voting is a Priority, Not a Luxury in the Nashville African American Community

Dogs Eat Better Than 1M Children

By Rosetta Miller Perry Publisher, TN Tribune

This might be the socalled Information Age, but a lot of people often seem oblivious to or ignorant of history, particularly in the Black community.

That’s because we so often seem to regard voting specifically, and civic participation in general, as a luxury, something we try and squeeze into our busy schedules.

But a quick glance back into our state’s recent past can show the dangers of that ignorant stance. August 1 marks the 55th anniversary of a dark and ugly period in Tennessee, one that revealed a racist mentality as ugly as anything that surfaced in Mississippi or Alabama.

On that day in 1959, Black voters in Fayette and Haywood Counties (Brownsville) came to vote in a primary and told by whites they could not do so.

More than two-thirds of Blacks in this predominantly rural and farming area were not voting, and a registration drive had previously been started by local and national Civil Rights activists.

Some were told it was a “white” primary, others were simply barred. Those voters refused to accept that and filed a lawsuit. As a result, whites immediately began evicting them from homes where they had been sharecropping.

Shephard Towles was the rare Black farmer who owned his land. A series of army surplus tents, donated

by Blacks and a few courageous whites also opposed to this injustice, were established on his farm.

That was the site for one of two “Tent Cities,” with hundreds of families existing in sub-human conditions. It was commonplace for dozens of families to share outhouses. This outrage soon became a national story as well as shame.

With white business

JULIANNE MALVEUAX Family evicted after trying to register to vote in Fayette County, about 1960.

Courtesy of The University of Memphis Special Collections

owners refusing to sell them basic needs like groceries and gas, Black families were forced to travel as far as Memphis for essential purchases.

The Fayette County Civic and National League, as well as the NAACP and National Baptist Convention, also assisted them. Finally, a federal court ruled that the evictions were illegal in 1962.

Even then, it took years for many families to find places to live. It also wasn’t until the 1965 Voting Rights Act that numerous Blacks throughout these counties were finally able to vote.

For those who ask what’s that got to do with 2014, it’s quite simple. People have endured horrible treatment, lived like wild animals, even been killed, to ensure that Blacks could vote and determine their representatives and leaders.

There are still folks around who think just like those whites that forced a host of families to live in tents more than five decades ago because they wanted to exercise their constitutional rights.

It’s easy for the generations raised after statesanctioned segregation ended to think disparity and inequality no longer exist. There’s a Black President, and even towns like Brownsville have Black mayors. In fact Bill Rawls took office in Brownsville July 8. Brownsville with a population of 65% Black and because Blacks didn’t vote it took all these years to get a Black Mayor.But with the Voting Rights Act

recently weakened by the Supreme Court, and rightwing Republican legislators in many states, this one included, anxious to gerrymander districts to limit Black representation, Blacks cannot afford to miss local elections.

Fortunately, Nashville’s Black electorate participated during the recent primary in bigger numbers than expected.

That was definitely noticed, and you can see Republicans in several current spots urging their supporters to vote in bulk during the August elections.

The Tea Party types are counting on Black voters not being equally vigilant for the upcoming election.

So, while no one’s forecasting the return of “Tent Cities,” do not be lulled into thinking your vote isn’t important.

Make sure you go to the polls and support those who are fighting for economic and social justice, and oppose those trying to stop it.

Be sure you vote to retain every single Judge.

Take someone to the polls with you. Churches, Sororities, Fraternities, Civic and Social groups, Red Hats and others should all be taking people to the polls NOW.If we can round up hundreds for our parties and dances in Nashville let’s do the same for getting people to the Polls.

Some of us have been fighting this battle for up to 50 years – would you please stop what ever you are doing and join us. We can’t carry this burden alone.

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By Julianne Malveaux

NNPA Columnist The South African charity Feed a Child chose to highlight child poverty in South Africa by portraying a little Black boy being fed like a dog by a seemingly affluent White woman. In the ad, the boy has his head on the woman’s lap, at her feet, on his knees, and licking off her fingers. The point, they say? According to the ad’s tagline “The average dog eats better than millions of children.”The ad ran for about five days in South Africa and its airing generated such a maelstrom. Feed a Child withdrew the ad and “unreservedly” issued an apology. Ogilvy and Mather, the international agency that produced the ad, also apologized “unreservedly.” In her apology, Alza Rautenbach says, “Like a child, I don’t see race or politics – the only thing that is important to me is to make a difference in a child’s life and to make sure that that child is fed on a daily basis.”

I wonder exactly how long this woman has been living in South Africa, considering she “doesn’t see race.” While the institution of apartheid no longer exists, the structural basis for apartheid is alive and well, given the level of poverty, the lack of jobs, and limited opportunities for education. Either Ms. Rautenbach and her Ogilvy and Mather colleagues have their heads in the sand, or they are being disingenuous.

Not only is this ad racist, but it reinforces the tendency of some White

people to associate people of African descent with animals, or as some subspecies, not human beings. In the United States, this harks back to slavery when African Americans were seen as good enough to work to exhaustion, good enough to have sex with, but not good enough, by law, to be taught to read and write. Not good enough to be treated equally. In colonized parts of the African continent and Latin America, the same parallels were often made.

Europeans justified their exploitation by referring to African people (or Latin American Indian, or the people that Christopher Columbus “discovered” as “uncivilized” and less human than the colonizer.

Sub-human beings.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle have been portrayed as subhuman by racist bloggers. The New York Post published a cartoon, in 2009, of a dead ape, with the caption “They’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill. “ After a week of protests, Rupert Murdoch issues a tepid apology.

At least the Feed A Child team chose apologize “unreservedly.”

The Feed a Child people are, at best, insensitive louts. They aren’t the only ones at fault though.

The ad agency’s willingness to produce this ad is repugnant, and anyone who is thinking of using this agency might want to think again. There were people on the set when this ad was produced, or behind the scene in edit.

Did even one of them have made some noise, or are they so accustomed to African people being treated as animals that they had no quarrel with this offensive ad? It suggests that there were few, if any, Africans involved in the development and production of this reprehensible ad.

Perhaps that is why Alza Rautenbach does not see

color.

The goals of the Feed A Child, founded in 2010, are stated on their website. They say they feed children “of no particular color or “ethical (sic)” group. They also say one of their goals is to “restore dignity”. Do these Feed A Child people really think it is dignified to portray an African child as a dog?

The Feed A Child organization may well have good intentions but “good intentions are not good enough.” If they can’t respect the people they are trying to help, then they really don’t need to help.

Their ad depicts the noblesse oblige than many colonized people find offensive. Instead of having an African child crawl around like a dog, why not show a full dog dish and a half-full child’s dish to make a point. Treating a child as a dog reinforces the notion of White superiority that Caucasians like Alza Raugenbach embrace.

As for Ogilvy and Mather, they really ought to know better. What is the purpose of having an international company if there is no international sensitivity to these matters? Ogilvy and Mather was founded in 1948 in New York City. They’ve seen their share of social transformation. Someone at the agency should have had the integrity to put a foot down and said “no way.” Instead, they chose profits over people.

In the name of helping hungry children, Ms. Rautenbach has dehumanized them and Ogilvy and Mather here the instrument of their dehumanization.

These folks really ought to be ashamed, but clearly they know no shame. Just dehumanization.

Julianne Malveaux is a Washington, D.C.-based economist and writer.

She is President Emerita of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, N.C.

LOCAL NEWS THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE • Thursday, July 24 - 30, 2014

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The Consortium of Doctors Conference In Nashville This Weekend Improving Health and Wellness in African-American Families

NASHVILLE, TN — The Consortium of Doctors, (COD) a national nonprofitThink Tank, composed of African American women who have earned doctoral degrees will hold its annual national conference in Nashville, July 24-28 at the Marriott at Vanderbilt.

The mission of the organization is to collaborate, empower, network, and exchange ideas as a Think Tank; discuss ways and means of motivating young African American adults; serve as role models and mentors for young adults; create pathways leading to advanced and terminal degrees and employment for young adults.

Atty. Carolyn Battle Thomas, director of the group says, “We are delighted to hold our national event in Nashville, filled with such distinguished institutions of higher learning and especially such stellar historically black colleges and universities.” In a sight-seeing tour, the group will get to see all four of Nashville’s HBCU’s and hold some sessions at Fisk and Meharry. “We are honored to walk the hallowed grounds of these prestigious

institutions of higher learning,” Thomas said. This year’s theme is “Improving Health and Wellness in African-American Families.

In addition to the significant Think Tank, where discussion on current social issues will take place. There will be aYouth Essay & Awards Luncheon featuring essays by outstanding youth and a banquet featuring outstanding families that have uplifted the community.

Awards will be presented at both events.

Prior to the 7 p.m. Bouquet of Doctors Banquet event on Saturday evening, there will be a special authors reception, beginning at 4 p.m. sponsored by the Omega Lambda Lambda Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. The reception will feature authors in COD. Additionally, the Omega Lambda Lambda Chapter is producing a book on African American women, Virtuous Women: Voices of Wisdom, and some of those ladies will be in attendance at the reception.

For information on the group, contact Dr. Phyllis Qualls-Brooks at 615.498.4681.

Dr. Abigail Jordan, founder of the Consortium of Doctors, Ltd., earned a PhD from the University of Georgia. In 1991, she envisioned the African American Monument .She struggled for 11 years to get it erected in Savannah, Georgia, her home town to represent the strength of the African American family and Savannah’s pivotal role in the slave trade.

Youth Summit, Author’s Reception and Book Signing and dinner at which time the Humanitarian and Academic excellence Awards will be presented.”

Bias-Insignares said this year both awards have been named for the group’s founder, Dr. Abigail Jordan and the recipient is Tennessee Tribune Publisher, Rosetta Miller Perry.

“We selected Mrs. Perry because of the role her paper plays and the manner in which she utilizes the paper to perpetuate the good that is going on in our community,” Bias-Insignares explained. “We like the fact that she takes a stand on issues that are of concern to the Black community in particular as well as the community in general. She has also worked to assist young people by helping them make decisions about their future at an early age. Lastly, she has helped us build our organization over the years.”

The award is validated by the fact that like the pioneering Perry, who is Tennessee’s first African American women news-

paper publisher, Jordan is also credited with a first, as she was the driving force behind erecting a memorial to slaves in Savannah, Georgia after a decade-long movement. The ‘The American Family Monument’ stands in Rousakis Plaza alongside the Savannah River, next to River Street, the Hyatt Regency Hotel, and the Tourist Center in Savannah, Georgia. The seven-foot bronze statue, the first of its kind in Savannah, depicts a contemporary family in broken shackles. Jordan selected a quote from poet Maya Angelou for the inscription.

Dr. Jordan had a dream of an organization of women who would serve as role models for others and who would unite and create a strength that is unequaled by any other organization. Family history has played a vital role in her life, which has been dominated by two themes - education and a struggle for equality. Jordan graduated from Albany State University with a degree in education. She earned a master’s in education at Atlanta University and later

Consortium of Doctors to Present Awards

By Ronald W. Weathersby

NASHVILLE, TN — The Consortium of Doctors Limited, an international organization of African American women who have completed doctorate degrees founded in 1991 by Dr. Abigail Jordan will hold its 23rd annual conference from July 24 through 27 at the Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt University.

The main focus of the consortium is the plight of young African American youth and young adults who have qualified for the job market, and yet, are unemployed or underemployed.

“This year’s conference theme is ‘Improving Health and Wellness in the African American Family,’” Dr. Harriet Bias-Insignares, charter member of the Consortium of Doctors and chair of the Conference Planning Committee said in a telephone interview. “Besides our panel discussions and presentations some of the conference highlights include our Saturday, July 26 agenda that includes a

worked for a federally funded education program on reading at Savannah State University. It was her work with reading programs that led her to visit a class at UGA. When a UGA professor challenged Jordan to pursue a doctorate, she accepted.

It is the commitment to the black family that drives the consortium according to Bias-Insignares.

“We refute the notion of a ‘weak’ African American family. We are concerned about and work to eradicate anything that will weaken or deteriorate the African American family. There has always been an effort to break up the black family in America. From slavery to Jim Crow, to the welfare state to the 21st century effort separate the black family through the prison pipeline. However, the institution of the family was important in Africa and black families have stood strong and have not succumbed to these pressures.”

Rebel Hill Florist Designers Claim Multiple Honors

Jessica Hartley

Kathy Bates

NASHVILLE, TN — Rebel Hill Florist Designers have claimed multiple honors at the Central Tennessee Professional Florist Association Annual Meeting, held June 29th in Nashville. The event celebrates the work of designers from across Middle Tennessee.

Jessica Hartley, a floral designer at Rebel Hill Florist, was named the 2014 winner of the Charles Owen Memorial Scholarship Trophy by the Central Tennessee Professional Florist Association (CTPFA). Hartley won the award based on a design competition and interview, and received $1,500 to be used for continued professional education.

She plans to use the award for the Teleflora Education Center in Oklahoma.

For the second year in a row, designer Kathy Bates was named 1st Runner up Designer of the Year. The award puts Bates among the top designers in the state. She has been with Rebel Hill Florist since 2008 and has received numerous scholarships and recognition including, “Best in Show Team” at the 2013 Philadelphia Flower Show, recipient of the Charles Owen Memo-

Mary Stevenson

rial Scholarship from the CTPFA and the Owen-Shackleford Grant for professional education awarded by the Tennessee State Florists’ Association (TSFA).

Finally, a team comprised of Rebel Hill Florist designers Mary Steverson, Kathy Bates and Jessica Hartley received top honors in the CTPFA Design Contest. Their design, Calamity Jane’s Opening Gala, claimed the 1st place spot among six design teams.

“I am very proud of my team,” said Anna Page, owner of Rebel Hill Florist. “Each one of our designers is extremely talented and I am so pleased they were recognized and honored for their creativity.”

Rebel Hill Florist is one Nashville’s largest independently owned florists and is included on the prestigious Top 250 Florists of the Year list compiled annually by Teleflora International, the world’s largest floral wire service. Rebel Hill Florist is located in Nashville near the I-65/Harding Place interchange.

For more information about Rebel Hill Florist, visit www.rebelhillflorist.com

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Leadership Middle Tennessee Graduates Thirty Business and Community Leaders

Valerie Hunter-Kelly

Anthony Nelson Tate

Berrie B. Pate

Beverly Keel

Brendi E. Kaplan

Brian Taylor

Camille Burdine

Daniel J. Binkley

Dave Gould

Elke Ridenour

Ellen J. Zinkiewicz

Frazier Allen

Gary A. Fouts

James Matthew

James Weldon Buckner-Hoover

Karen D. Couts

Katy Sheesley

Kim Parks

Larry Roberts

Luis Parodi

Lynn D. Maddox

Mendy C. Mazzo

Paula E. Harris

Richard C. Stone

Robert Porter

Shane Chandler

Thomas W. Keith

Tiffany Howard

Amy Arnold Martin

Valerie Kemp Dreier

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Discrimination Continued from page 1A neral home. But what they didn’t realize was that science is science and if they were too dumb for college than there were also too dumb to be a mortician.

My grades were so high that a few failed and they retaliate but against the wrong sister of color.

One half century ago those obstacles were expected and relatively normal circumstances on campuses across this country but reports emanating from Gupton’s campus in the last month are truly disturbing to many fair minded Nashvillians who believe times have changed from those dark days.

According to multiple sources on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 a 19 year old white student at Gupton physically attacked two female African American students on the campus. The alleged assault took place in front of several students and was captured on the school’s video surveillance system.

“We had just taken a Chemistry exam and a lot of us were outside the building chatting when a first year student, Mr. [Evan] Gardner walked up to me and hit me on the arm,” Jasmine McRoy, a 22 year old student from Huntsville, Alabama recalled. “I told him to stop playing and not to touch me, you don’t know me.

He then hit me a second time on the arm hard enough to leave a bruise.”

At this point Gardner, who is from Rockwood, TN about 135 miles east of Nashville, turned to Lisa Groves, a 31 year old student from Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

“I heard him say, ‘She looks like she can take a punch.’ and then hit me in the jaw,” Groves said.

“I started to walk towards my car and he came up to me from behind and pushed me so hard that I dropped my books and almost fell. Then he said, ‘I’m just playing.’”

After talking to her mother, a law enforcement officer in Rutherford County, Groves returned to campus and called Metro Police who dispatched officers who took statements and cited Gardner for a misdemeanor.

“He admitted to the officers that he hit me,” Groves said. “They took a report but the officers seemed to not take the incident too seriously. In fact they were laughing and joking with him.”

A hearing was held on July 21st and a court date of October 6, 2014 was set at that time. It is possible that Gardner will be charged with felony assault.

The incident was reported to Gupton College President, B. Steven Gupton who took action against Gardner but only after protests from with Groves’ father and stepfather. Although he would not conform details of the disciplinary action taken it seems Gardner was suspended two weeks for his actions.

In a telephone interview B. Steven Spann, president of Gupton College the incident sparked a rash of complaints from black students ranging from derogatory remarks by white students to biased practices by school staff and administrators.

However, several students tell the Tribune that they have heard and have been called racial slurs including the ‘N-word’ and ‘colored girls’ by some students and have reported the incidents to school officials including Spann.

President Spann said the school “to my knowledge” does not have a race problem and, speaking of the alleged assault and overtly racist comments by some students, he said the school has a “zero tolerance on that type of incident.” He also said the school deals with discipline matters “as they arise.”

“We have talked to multiple parties (regarding alleged racially tinged misbehavior),” Spann said. “When we find that students have made jokes and said things that were inappropriate, those students have been placed on probation or have been suspended.

Spann, citing privacy issues, refused to say how many incidents he has dealt with this year or which students were involved.

Mr. Spann, downplaying the scope of the problem on campus said reports that black students were treated different that whites were essentially groundless.

However, some black students complained to the Tribune that the school’s rather strict dress and appearance codes are unevenly enforced and black men are scrutinized more severely than white men. One student recalled an incident when another African American was told to leave a test because the instructor detected some facial hair, which is prohibited, by rubbing her hand on his face. He said the same instructor then walked up to him, grabbed his chin and rubbed his face also and told him to leave her class. He refused to do so but the instructor gave him a zero when she collected his test answers. He went on to say that in his opinion there were white men in the class with obvious facial hair but were not approached or punished.

Spann says he has met with students to talk about the allegations.

“We have heard comments. We met with 12 or 13 students to see if there is a culture (of discrimination against black students). Most African American students said they thought the dress codes were applied equally.”

When told about the meeting and the president’s conclusion, the Tribune could not identify a black student that knew about or attended the meeting with school

administrators about the issue.

Spann did confirm the fact that the school is intolerant to the inevitable friction that arises when an institution attempts to diversify its student body but insists on continuing certain codes that can be restrictive to non whites including a code that essentially prohibits black women from wearing ‘natural’ hair styles including locs and twists.

Black women enrolled at Gupton often resort to straighten styled wigs to adhere to the school’s policies.

“The school has had this dress code since the beginning,” Spann explained. “(Students can) abide by the policy or find another school.”

The intolerant policies, perceived disciplinary discretion and alleged student misbehavior on Gupton’s campus has taken its toll on many black students according to Andrew Cole a white student currently enrolled at Gupton.

“The African American students are really bothered and uncomfortable in this school,” Cole wrote in a letter. “They do not feel they are treated fairly by the school staff and that they are disrespected by the rest of the student body.”

Mr. Cole’s views are echoed by former student Adolph Groves.

“During my time at Gupton I experienced a lot of racial discrimination,” Groves wrote in a statement. “[A] white student told me personally that white students get special dress code and attendance privileges. This racial matter (at Gupton) has gone on way too long and it needs to come to an end.”

According to Verno Booth, a student from California, the bias against African American students goes beyond the campus and is tolerated by school staff.

“I took Directing, which requires you to learn and attend different type of funeral services,” Booth recalled in a written statement. “We were told to go to a Catholic funeral. Once there we had to find a Licensed Funeral Director and have the sign an obituary showing we attended. After finding Jim Brewer (licensed FD) he said to me, ‘How is it going? I remember seeing you somewhere,’ and I said, yes, at the Woodlawn Mortuary during my clinical. He turned around and said, ‘Are you sure I didn’t see you a Post Office on one of the mug shots?’ The next day I went to Tracy’s (Allen) office to talk about the situation and her reply was, ‘Well he didn’t mean anything by it Verno, that’s Jim being himself.’ I told her I was very offended by his remarks and she smiled and said, ‘Nothing to worry about he’s just an old man.’”

Although he does not acknowledge widespread problems on his campus, when asked about the school’s response to the alleged assault and derogatory comments,

Judges Continued from page 1A of the story,’” says Grant, the NBA’s first Black president. “What is it that they hope to accomplish?

They hope to control the court. That’s what they hope to accomplish. They don’t want independence.

They want control.”

In Tennessee media reports, Ramsey has defended his conduct by saying, “I’m telling my side of the story and they’ll get to tell their side of the story. Every campaign tells half of the story...They tell their side of the story and the people decide.”

Adding to the difficulty of clarifying their records is the fact that judges can’t speak out to defend themselves in the same manner as someone running for a political office. Because of codes of conduct, they must appear impartial at all times and avoid public confrontations that could warrant a conflict of interest later.

They can’t speak publicly on specific cases. Neither can they ask for financial contributions.

Voters would need to research deeply to unearth the real facts pertaining to the three judges, Grant says. For example, though Ramsey contends they are soft on the death penalty, they have actually affirmed 90 percent of the death penalty cases before them, Grant says.

As for the “anti-business” charge, “It is not the justices’ jobs to be leaning one way or the other. That is not what we want them to do. We want them to decide the cases based on the facts and the law without favor, without prejudice to one side or the other.”

The historic principles that have allowed for major progress in America are also at stake, Grant says.

“If Supreme Court judges had been subject to special interests, we would never have had Brown verses Board of Education. We would never have had the land-

Mr. Spann did say he was bringing a consultant on campus to address the issues that have bubbled to the surface.

“We are in the process of contracting with a lady for sensitivity training for staff and students.”

Incidences of discrimination and racial division are not unique to Gupton

mark decision that dismantled segregation and state-enforced discrimination through laws like Jim Crow and racially restrictive covenants and redlining by banks and all of those things that enforce racism and racial oppression. So we need to have some kind of check on this power to make sure the basic constitutional rights and the bill of rights are protected.”

In a nutshell, the 40-year-old “merit selection” process by which judges are chosen in Tennessee is quite common in states across the U. S. Candidates are intensely vetted through a bi-partisan nine-member judicial evaluation commission, which then recommends three judges to the governor for any vacancy on the Court of Appeals or Supreme Court.

When the eight-year term is up, the judges are re-evaluated by a commission which then makes a public recommendation on whether the judge should be retained.

If the commission decides against the retainer, the judge is subject to a popular election. If the commission decides for the retainer; then the judges go on the ballot for the public to review their record and to review the recommendations and to determine whether or not they should be replaced.

After this rigorous process, Clark, Lee and Wade were all recommended for retainer by the commission of non-partisan lawyers and citizens. Yet, the judges are now under a partisan attack.

With the rigorous campaign to unseat and replace them, Grant fears the judges’ retention bids could realistically fail because of the potency of the smear campaign and the money that is backing it.

“It is about buying influence. They are going after these justices because these justices do

and may be on the rise in the country. In February of this year the New York Times examined the difficulties of students of color nationwide. The Times story said racially insensitive or racist episodes and tensions have hit campuses such as Arizona State, UCLA, University of Mississippi, the University of

not cow tow to special interests. They do their jobs. They call the balls and strikes as they see them,” Grant says. “When a special interest or group wants to target a judge, it’s kind of easy to identify, to take one of their one hundred opinions or whatever, to misstate the facts or misstate the law or completely mislead.”

Grant and the NBA are not alone in their advocacy for fairness in the process. On July 15, a bipartisan group of district attorneys came forward to support the three judges saying they have outstanding records and deserve to be retained. Also, Republican Mickey Barker a former chief justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court, has been quoted as calling the anti-retention campaign “frightening” because it would turn the Tennessee Supreme Court into a “partisan branch of government.”

Trial lawyer Lew Conner, also a Republican, recently held a fund-raiser of his own to assist the judges in their retention bid. “This is about a system being wrongfully attacked, and Ramsey is the attacker,” Conner was quoted in the Tennessee Watchdog.

Grant says the bi-partisan outrage is simply due to the knowledge that a politicized judiciary could lead to a rogue court which could make decisions based on political whims and allegiances instead of the facts of the cases before them.

He concludes, “Lawyers don’t want judges beholding to special interests. None of us do. Lawyers don’t want to walk into court thinking that the scales of justice are already tilted toward one party before we’ve had an opportunity to present our case,” Grant concludes.

“The only way to win is to educate the population. If you want an independent judiciary; you have to understand when it’s under attack by partisan special interests.”

Michigan and Dartmouth.

Statistics gathered by the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Education Department seem to confirm the claim that there has been a rise in racists incidents: Complaints related to race and ethnicity files against colleges and universities rose to 860 in 2013 from 555 in 2009.

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Pleasant Green Baptist Church to Celebrate Anniversary NASHVILLE, TN — Pleasant Green Baptist Church will celebrate their !29th anniversary and 39th Homecoming with the theme: “Looking Back and Moving Forward.” The worship service is scheduled for Sunday, July 27 at Pleasant Green Baptist Church, 1410 Jefferson Street where Dr. E. Christopher Jackson is pastor.

The 10:00AM speaker will be Reverend Dr. Forrest Harris, a former pastor of pleasant Green, and the current president of American Baptist College. Special music will be provided by wellknown recording artist, Reverend Lawrence Tomison. Special tokens of appreciation will be given to members who are 90 years old and above, and to members who have held membership in the church for 50 years or more.

Reverend Dr. Forrest Harris is a nationally recognized theologian, scholar, preacher and educator. He hold degrees from Knoxville College, B.A.; American Baptist College, Th.B.; and Vanderbilt Divinity School, M.Div., and

Rev. Dr. Forrest Harris

Rev. Lawrence Tomison

D.Min. At Vanderbilt, Dr. Harris was a Benjamin E. Mays Fellow and the recipient of the Florence Conwell prize for preaching.

In addition to being a college president, Dr. Harris is the Director of Vanderbilt Divinity School’s Kelly Miller Smith Institute on Black Church

Studies and serves on the faculty of Vanderbilt Divinity School. Two of his books included: What Does it Mean to be Black and Christian: Pulpit, Pew, and Academy in Dialogue, Townsend Press; and What Does it Mean to be Black and Christian: the Meaning of the African American Church.

During the years of his pastorate at Pleasant Green, Dr. Harris was instrumental in establishing a progressive social ministry program aimed at the transformation of the Nashville community.

He was responsible for the establishment of an inter-religious and inter-racial organization of Nashville congregations called Tying Nashville Together.

The public is cordially invited to attend this momentous occasion. For further information contact the church office at (615) 329-1189.

Church of God of Prophecy Gears Up For Historic Gathering CLEVELAND, TN — The Church of God of Prophecy, a Pentecostal denomination reporting a membership of more than a million constituents around the globe, will hold its biennial International Assembly in Orlando, Florida, July 30Aug. 3. Foremost on the agenda for the 10,000 or more expected church leaders and members will be the selection of a new leader.

In addition to the leadership selection, the event will include nightly worship services as well as workshops and special activities targeted to children, teenagers, mission workers, pastors, and members. Special guests for the event include Dr. Mark Williams, general overseer of the Church of God; Dr. David Ferguson, executive director of Intimate Life Ministries; Dr. Alvin Padilla, dean of Hispanic studies at Gordon Conwell University; recording artists Seth and Nirva Ready; Tony Sutherland, worship leader at Free Chapel in Gainesville, Georgia; and leaders from the Multiplication Network.

In April of 2013, the position of general overseer, which is considered to be the “leader of leaders” among the international presbytery, was vacated and the oversight of the denomination is being held by seven general presbyters until the international meeting convenes and a new selection can be made. The seven presbyters include Bishops David Browder (Asia and Oceania), Sam Clements (North America), Clayton Endecott (the C.I.S., Europe and the Middle East), Benjamin Feliz (Central America, Mexico, and Spanish-speaking Caribbean), Clayton Martin (Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean Isles), Stephen Masilela (Africa), and Gabriel Vidal (South America).

“We have been prayerfully going through a selection process,” said Clem-

ents, who is the spokesman for the seven presbyters. “We are counting on God’s guidance for these meetings.”

Along with the leadership selection, the Assembly will be marked by: Capacity Attendance This will be the first time the Assembly will be held in Florida, having convened in previous locations such as Kentucky, Texas, North Carolina and its original location of Cleveland, Tennessee. Based on hotel reservations and pre-registrations, leaders expect the attendance to be the highest in many years, possibly topping out over 10,000.

“The response to this International Assembly has been tremendous,” said Paul Holt, chairman of the Assembly Task Force and executive director of Finance and Administration. “Delegates from around the world have been extremely enthusiastic about visiting the city of Orlando.”

Diversity of Attendees With a majority of the denomination’s membership being from outside of the United States, the biennial meeting is marked by strong international representation. Of the 10,000 expected, leaders estimate that 1,8002,000 will be of international origin, representing such countries as Ukraine, Australia, Finland, South Korea, Dominican Republic, Nigeria, Egypt, and Pakistan.

“There are people who are able to come to this Assembly who have not had the opportunity to do so before,” said Cathy Payne, coordinator of Global Missions Ministries at the church’s international offices.

Through the week, events will highlight the church’s diversity, including a Celebration of Nations on Saturday evening showcasing all 132 flags of countries the church does ministry in as well

as a brand-new one for the small island nation of Tuvalu; a Mission Breakfast on Saturday morning allowing donors to interact with mission workers; and the Mission Encounter on Friday afternoon, which will include 76 booths with cultural artifacts, music, and fashion from around the world.

Beyond the onsite activities, the Assembly general sessions will also be broadcast in high definition via an interactive webcast at the church’s site cogop.org/assembly. Based on statistics, for the first time the website audience is ex-

pected to exceed the in-person attendees.

The Church of God of Prophecywhose core values include prayer, the harvest (evangelism), and leadership development-is a vibrant, worldwide body of believers, united in worship, working hand-in-hand to share God’s love and a message of hope to the broken-hearted.

The Church of God of Prophecy has more than a million members, worshipping in over 10,000 churches and missions in 132 nations of the world. The majority of its global membership is outside of North America.

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Drum Corps International Comes to Vanderbilt Friday NASHVILLE, TN — Drum Corps International (DCI), Marching Music’s Major League™ is debuting in Nashville for The Masters of Summer Music competition presented by Mapex, Jupiter and Majestic on July 25. Hosted at Vanderbilt Stadium, The Masters of Summer Music is in a series of more than 100 competitive events held from June through mid-August that are part of Drum Corps International’s national summer tour.

Nine groups from across seven states will be performing including Blue Devils of Concord, CA, Bluecoats of Canton, OH, Boston Crusaders of Boston, MA, Carolina Crown of Ft. Mill, SC, Santa Clara Vangaurd of Santa Clara, CA, The Cadets of Allentown, PA, The Cavaliers of Rosemont, IL, Phantom Regiment of Rockford, IL, and Music City of Nashville.

Each competing group features musical ensembles of up to 150 brass musicians, percussionists and dance performers ranging in age from 14 to 22. Staged on the football field, these corps’ performances feature spellbinding visual formations and stunning choreography set to musical arrangements in a diverse array of classical, jazz, pop and rock music. During the summer touring season, many of these elite groups will travel more than 10,000 miles and rehearse an average of 10 hours a day to compete at the highest levels of musical and performance excellence.

Stadium gates will open at 6:30 p.m. on July 25, with the first performance beginning at 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices will range from $30-$45. Call 800-745-3000 for more information.

Las Vegas, NV — The Tennessee Tribune, a member of the National Black Digital Alliance, partnered with EMPG and will soon deploy the best in digital properties including web, mobile, and tablet which includes the top black newspaper publishers in America. Attending the training conference were l-r, Ashli Beverly, Sales Representative, Harriett Vaughn Wallace, Internet Radio Director, Sandra Long Weaver, Editorial Director, Wanda Miller Benson, Assoc. Publisher and Jason Luntz, Social Media Director

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It’s Smooth Sailing Ahead For Nashville Musician

By Janice Malone

NASHVILLE, TN — Trumpeter/Poet/Composer/ pianist, are the creative titles for Nashville musician Fredrick Weathersby. Next month this true renaissance man of many talents will be sailing the high seas, when he and a team of other talented Music City musicians embark on a six month gig, as performers on one of the Holland America Cruise Line ships. Fredrick and this band of Nashville merry musicians, were selected to be a part of the BB King All Star Band. Ports of call will include several exotic cities throughout the Mediterranean and the Caribbean islands. “This is my first time traveling outside of the U.S., so I’m very excited for this opportunity,” says Weathersby, who’s a former student of the Tennessee Tribune’s Anthony J. Cebrun Journalism Program. “I learned so much from Mrs. Perry (TN Tribune publisher) and from being a part of that program. To this day, I can still reflect back on those years into some of the work I’m doing today.” To further speak of work, Fredrick is one busy guy. On the day of this chat he was within less than 5 hours of participating in the often grueling but fun Nashville 48 Hours Film competition.

Fredrick’s a master trumpeter, who’s constantly in demand as a session musician throughout the city’s mainstream music community. He says, “I’ve gotten at least 50-plus calls from various bands requesting for me to work with them on charting horns, musical arrangements etc. I have a serious rolodex on this kinda work.”

Earlier this summer Fredrick performed at the infamous

Trumpeter/composer Fredrick Weathersby Photo by Yoshimitsu DaKatalyZt

Bonnaroo mega music festival, with the popular Nashville-based indie pop band El El Music. He had previously traveled with the band to perform at the equally acclaimed SXSW festival in Austin, TX. Next month Fredrick and saxophonist/producer Forbus Stefan will be releasing their long awaited new contemporary jazz CD, “The Real Deal.” The two music men have collaborated on music projects since their days as TSU students. In addition, both gentlemen are sharing their talents by teaching music at the First Annual Hopewell Baptist Church’s Music Academy. “I am so honored to have the opportunity to share my

music ideas, educational pursuits and the knowledge I’ve learned about music, with students in the community,” says Weathersby. It seems that Fredrick’s love for teaching and education is equally as important to him as music. He’s been working as a substitute teacher in the Nashville Metro School District for nearly a decade, while building his professional music portfolio by night.

Once he returns to the states in January 2015, Fredrick has plans on becoming a full time teacher. He says that earlier in his career it was the guidance and mentorship of great teachers, particularly music teachers, who kept him inspired. ”I was a pianist before I became interested in the trumpet. I started piano lessons at a very young age. I was taught by some of Nashville’s best and most talented classical pianists and music teachers such as: Dr. Oscar Dismukes, Dr. Marilyn Thornson, Richard Griffin, Carol Stone Gafford and so many others,” shares Weathersby.

Fredrick’s obviously been blessed with multi-talents but it was those abundance of talents that nearly became an obstacle for him during his years as a music major at TSU. He says, “One of my biggest challenges was commitment…I’ve been blessed with many different talents, so focusing on one specific thing was a little hard for me initially, but I overcame it. And because I’ve learned to be focused, I’ve been given many wonderful opportunities that I’m now experiencing. I tell my students this: preparation and commitment are the keys to success. I’ve learned that from my own personal experiences.”

‘Darius and Friends’ St. Jude’s Benefit

NASHVILLE, TN — Threetime GRAMMY Award winner Darius Rucker returned to the stage of the Wildhorse Saloon in downtown Nashville recently for his fifth annual “Darius And Friends” concert to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The concert, auction and golf tournament raised a combined total of $122,490 to help St. Jude provide the best care possible to children with cancer at no cost to their families.

“Growing up, my mother instilled in me the importance of giving back. Whether it was mowing a neighbor’s yard or helping during the loss of a loved one, it’s important on so many levels,” says Rucker.

“Just like St. Jude, I’ve been given so much from the music community over the years, so this is one of the ways I know

UPCOMING EVENTS July 25 String City: Nashville’s Tradition of Music and Puppetry at downtown Library nashvillepubliclibrary.org/wishingchair/ schedule/ July 27 Celebrating 120 years as a Faith-Based institution, Greater Pleasant View Baptist Church, 2710 Hillsboro Road, Brentwood, Contact: Sophia K. Beamon 615-876-6273 or 615-373-8219.

July 30 American Idol Auditions at Municipal Auditorium www.americanidol. com/news/the-americanidol-bus-tour-is-comingyour-way August 9 Street Theatre’s very own one night only speakeasy! Visit www. street theatrecompany. org or call 615.554.7414 August 15 (deadline) Nashville Arts Magazine 5th Annual Photography Competition. www.nashvillearts. com/2014/05/09/2014-photography-competition August 16 Les Gemmes’ “Last Summer Fling” event. www.TnTribune.com September 26 – 27 Les Gemmes National Board Meeting. 615.321.3268 (info) ** To be included in our events calendar please email info to tribunenews1@aol.com

how to say ‘thanks.’ Not only is this one of my favorite shows all year, but it’s a great platform to remind so many of the incredible work done by St. Jude.”

The benefit concert line-up included emcee Storme Warren and performances from Eli Young Band, Clint Black, Charles Kelley (of Lady Antebellum), David Nail, Cassadee Pope, Kenny Rogers, Corey Smith and Thompson Square, all backed by Rucker’s band, the Carolina Grey Boys. Rucker joined his friends for classics such as “Lucille” with Rogers, “Jackson” with Pope, and “Let Her Cry” with Smith, in addition to performing his own hits, including “Radio,” “Alright,” and “Come Back Song”. Dur-

ing the evening’s finale, Rucker invited all of his friends on stage to join him in performing his GRAMMY award winning, two-week No. 1 hit single, “Wagon Wheel.”

The celebrity golf tournament portion of this year’s “Darius And Friends,” included Colt Ford, JT Hodges, Tommy John, Charles Kelley (Lady Antebellum), Dustin Lynch, Derek Mason, David Nail, Jon Pardi, Eric Paslay, Keifer Thompson (Thompson Square), tournament winners Henry Cho and Scott Hamilton and more.

Rucker is currently out on the road for his True Believers Tour.

Find upcoming tour dates, news and more at www.DariusRucker. com.

Next Week in The Tribune:

​•​A​chat​with​author​Darryl​Brown​about​ the​new​book​“Inside​the​Godfather”​a​new​ book​about​the​late​great​James​Brown

•​​Highlights​from​the​recent​opening​of​the​ new​store​MyHabit​&​404​Kitchen​shindig ​•​Chat​with​Nashville​funny​man​Renard Hirsch​about​his​upcoming​birthday​ bash​at​Zanie’s​​

Darius Rucker helps St. Jude patient Ian Miller perfect his golf swing at the annual Golf Tournament Photo by Randi Radcliff

‘Reaching Your Dream’ Workshop NASHVILLE, TN — Artists of all kinds can receive invaluable insights on the professional steps needed to achieve success by attending the “Reaching Your Dream” workshop from 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

July 26 (Saturday) at the Center for Spiritual Living Nashville, 6705 Charlotte Pike in West Nashville.

The career and publicity training workshop will be led by country/blues/pop artist Amy Allen and award-winning publicist/educator/composer/author Chuck Whiting.

Attendees will learn how to write and distribute press releases; develop a one-of-a-kind hook; believe in their talents; plan creative events; develop stage presence; form a team of experts; develop, manufacture, market and sell original products; obtain copyrights; and

build Internet exposure.

Allen and Whiting will lead artists through the careerbuilding and publicity process step by step with hands-on instructions, examples and feedback. Artist Q&A spotlights (case studies) will feature insights from Nashville filmmaker/visual artist Robyn Morshead, singer/songwriter/ musician Sean O’Shea, and

author/speaker/edu-tainer/edupreneur Debbie Watts.

Attendees will participate in an artist vision-sharing event called “Arts on the Row” from 7-9 p.m. Saturday. The first 15 professionals to sign up for the workshop will enjoy a complimentary tour and demonstrations at a local media operation on July 25 (Friday). They also will have the opportunity to re-

ceive complimentary writing and editing critiques during a brainstorming lunch on July 27 (Sunday).

Tuition for the “Reaching Your Dream” workshop is $95 (registration by July 20) and $120 (registration after July 20). Participation in the “Arts on the Row” artist visionsharing event, media tour, and critiques/Q&A sessions are included with registration. Meals are not included. Discounts are available for couples, company-sponsored groups, and non-profit organizations. Artist scholarships are available.

For more information or to register for the “Reaching Your Dream” workshop, call (615) 423-9857 or (888) 80-SHINE, send an email inquiry to Arts@ WhitingPublicity.com, or visitwww.ReachingYourDream. net.

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culture fest Culture Fest Nashville presented by Xfinity invites you to explore, examine and engage in the art and culture of the African Diaspora through music, theater, dance, film, visual arts, literature, educational programming and creative conversations. Produced

by The Artspiration Group, this experience promises to be one that you don't want to miss. Mark your calendar for August 27August 31 and join us at the Festival. Tickets on sale July 25.

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Wednesday, August 27, 2014 Global Spotlight: South of Here – A Celebration of Caribbean Culture 11 AM – 2 PM & 5 PM – 7 PM Free to the Public Wednesday, August 27, 2014 Music: Third World in Concert 7 PM $25

All Things Nashville My Top 5 Burger Spots

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By Sharanda Nechole sharandanechole@gmail.com

This week the weather has been amazing so when got a call to meet up with a friend for lunch, I quickly agreed. We were both craving for a really good burger. With our taste buds being on two different levels it was going to be a challenge to see what place would be able to meet up to our expectations. He wanted plain and simple, while I desired a more high maintenance burger with presentation and style. We both had our own opinions of who had the best burger around town. So off we went on a personal quest to find the best hamburger in Nashville.

1. The PharmacyFarm Burger {9.5} TN beef, clifty farms country ham, applewood-smoked

bacon, willow farm egg, maple mustard on a Provence bun served with tator tots. Sit in the back next to the beer garden and pair your burger up with an IPA. Honorary burgers are: The Mission Burger 731 McFerrin Avenue www. thepharmacynashville.com 2. ML Rose The Nash Vegas {11.95} a beef patty with pimento cheese, sweet Tabasco crispy onions, BBQ sauce, on a sweet potato bun. I love the dive feel of this place and it’s known for its craft beers. Definitely worth your money. Honorary burgers I would try : The Nite Owl 2535 Franklin Pike www.ml-rose.com 3. Gabby Burgers the Seamus {7.50} A single five ounce grass fed beef burger with a choice of American, Swiss, Pepper Jack, Cheddar or Blue cheese. Pair it with some chili fries and you have a winner. Located by the new Greer Stadium, don’t be discouraged if you can’t find this place right off. This low key hole in the wall is worth the drive. Honorary Burger: The Gabby Burger - 493 Humphrey Street www. gabbysburgerandfries. com 4. Burger Up Ramsey

Pimento Cheese Burger {11} house made pimento cheese, pickles, red onion, and bibb lettuce. The owners are known for getting their beef from a local farm in Williamson County. You would do yourself a disservice if you don’t add truffle fries and the infamous Krispy Kreme Donut pudding to your order. You can thank me later. Honorary Burger: The Woodstock. 2901 12th Avenue South www. burger-up.com 5. Your Burger Black Bean Burger- If you don’t want to feel bad about your burger cravings there is a healthy option for you to choose from. The Black bean Burger is your way out and its served on a wheat bun. You can also choose to get as a side the 50/50 basket with sweet potato fries and zucchini fries which is heaven!You can also have a fresh juice made for you from their juice bar. Check out the Tower Gardens as you walk in (yes, you can see the veggies being grown right before your eyes). This place can’t get any healthier or better. Honorary Burger: The Salmon Burger 206 N Thompson Ln Murfreesboro, TN www.yourburger.com

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Everything’s Coming Up ‘Rosie’

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Rosie Maria Perez was born on September 6, 1964 in Bushwick, Brooklyn where she was raised in a Catholic orphanage after being abandoned by her mom and taken from her aunt. She made a most memorable screen debut as Spike Lee’s girlfriend, Tina, in Do the Right Thing, and later landed an Oscar-nomination for a nonpareil performance in Fearless. Her many other credits include White Men Can’t Jump, Won’t Back Down and The Counselor.

Rosie serves as the Artistic Chair of Urban Arts Partnership and sits on the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. Here, she talks about her career and her autobiography, “Handbook for an Unpredictable Life.”

KW: I really enjoyed the book! What inspired you to write your autobiography? RP: I didn’t really know at first. I kept asking myself, “Why am I doing this?” because I’m such a private person. Then, one day, the head of program-

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ming at my charity, the Urban Arts Partnership, said she was excited that I was writing it, and she hoped I’d be giving copies to the students. My first reaction was “No,” since the subject-matter was really heavy, and because of some of the language I was using. But she then reminded me that I’d already shared my stories with them, and I almost burst into tears.

I realized, “Oh my God! That’s why I’m writing it.”

KW: I found it very moving, especially since I had no idea about any of it. I just thought of you as that bubbly, talented, attractive actress I’d seen in movies and on talk shows.

RP: And I am that person, but I’m also this one.

And the reason I decided to share with the students was because I saw them come into the Academy so burdened by life every day. When you are a lowincome, poverty-stricken,

Title 1 kid, you have so much to endure just waking up. I’d say, “You need to come to terms with it, or let it go. One or the other.

And if you can do both, then you’re golden.” If you are unable to get past that baggage, the opportunities that should be yours will not be yours.

KW: Well, I applaud you for overcoming so many obstacles. After all, the odds of making it in Hollywood are long enough for someone coming from a privileged background. What was it like to skyrocket to fame? RP: It was both difficult and wonderful. It was quite difficult for me because, being raised in a home, I’d come to hate being pointed at whenever we went out in public in a group. It’s still uncomfortable for me to be stared at, although I’ve learned to deal with it better. It makes me selfconscious.

ENTERTAINMENT THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE • Thursday, July 24 - 30, 2014

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It’s FREE for All With The Frist and Regions Bank Upcoming Regions Bank “Free” 2014 Calendar Events: August 10 September 13 October 25 November 9

By Janice Malone

For its July installment of Regions Free Days, Regions Bank is offered free admission to Nashville’s Frist Center for the Visual Arts. Visitors to the Frist on the Free Day were admitted free of charge. Regions Bank launched its inaugural Regions Free Days initiative, offering Middle Tennesseans complimentary access to one area blockbuster attraction or event each month. Regions Bank’s program allows Middle Tennessee residents to explore the fun and unique attractions Nashville has to offer at little or no cost. “Regions Bank was looking for a way to give back to the Nashville community,” says Brian O’Meara, Senior Marketing Director, Regions Bank for Middle Tennessee. “The Frist Center is one of the first ones we’ve done and it’s proven to be very successful. Working with The Frist is such a great partnership

for Regions because there are such great artistic exhibits. We’ve received a lot of positive feedback from our Regions customers. In fact, we have some people who are now asking for the bank’s ‘free day events calendar’ that we’ve created, which has the monthly free day events throughout the year,” says Mr. O’Meara.

In 2010, Keith Herron, Senior Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning and Execution at Regions Bank and former regional president for the company’s Midsouth Region, which includes Tennessee, helped launch the inaugural Regions Free Days Program – providing Middle Tennesseans free access to myriad landmark attractions and supporting area nonprofits that are the fabric of Nashville’s vibrant community.

The Free Days Program has proven to be very popular among the Nashville community. Caroline Kim, Sponsorship and Major Gifts Manager for Frist

December 7, 14, 21 & 28

Nashville Sounds Baseball Game (500 free admissions) Adventure Science Center, Nashville Mini Maker Faire (first 1,000 children under 18 years old admitted free) Hauntings at The Hermitage (limited tickets) Nashville Zoo at Grassmere (free admission for active mili tary service members, retired veterans and their families – ID required) Holiday at Cheekwood (limited tickets each day

Center, says the Regions/Frist partnership is a win-win situation for The Frist Center and the public. “We always see an uptick in attendance, thanks to our partnership with Regions Bank, especially on free days. Regions Bank has been a committed supporter of The Frist Center

TERRI’S BOOK REVIEW ‘Risking Everything...’

RYCH’S CORNER Day 26 - Today!

TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER Review by Terri Schlichenmeyer

Day 26 BET Music Matters concert at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Mall in Los Angeles

By Rych McCain, Twitter.com/rychmccain and Facebook (Like Me) www.rychmccainhollyhoodnotes.blogspot.com

In 2007 MTV aired a new show titled Making The Band 4. During that first season finale on August 26th the show’s creator music mogul Sean “Ditty” Combs selected five young men to form a singing group named after the 26th day of the show where they were formed. Brian Andrews, Michael McCluney, Qwanell Mosley, Robert Curry and Willie Taylor thus became “Day 26,” and were signed to Combs’ Bad Boy/Atlantic Records.

Day 26 released their debut single “Got Me Going” in January of 2008. Three months later, they released their self-titled album “Day 26” that debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, with gold selling status of 800,000 copies.

In August of 2008 the group return for the second season of Making The Band 4 – Tour,” which saw the break up of their sister group of the show “Danity Kane.”

The group followed up with their second album “Forever In A Day,” featuring Danity Kane members Dawn Richard and Aundrea Fimbres. Unfortunately, the smooth sailing waters became rough and ugly as Que was having disagreements with their manager Screwface and other members of the group and he eventually left the ensemble. In November of 2011 the group released a single “Made Love Lately.” As the old saying goes, if you get a little rip in the fabric it will eventually become a big tear and that is what happened, as the group eventually broke up.

By November of 2013 word surfaced via Twitter, that the group had reunited.

They signed with a new label BMG, and new management. We caught up with the guys back stage at the BET Music Matters concert at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Mall in Los Angeles and had a nut-

ty good time. What kind of conversations did the guys have when they decided to come back together so they wouldn’t make the same mistakes that they did initially? Que said and they all agreed, “Keep it all out in front, keep it all out on the table. That was the problem the first time. Keep it all out on the table and keep God first and that’s where we lost it the first time. Not letting other people in. It starts with us five and ends with us five. Not letting nobody else come in on the five and divides it up. So as long as us five take care of what we need to take care of from day one, we’ll be fine.”

The group recently dropped their new EP “Return” which is FREE to download and also includes a free 26 page E Book.

Brian adds, “We’ve got all hot new music and even got some things on there that the fans requested.”

This is definitely a fun loving group to be around. They crack jokes, laugh and easily go with the flow but on the serious side. So what advice do they have to upcoming who may experience the inner conflicts from outsiders in which they experienced? Robert says, “You don’t need them. First and foremost, always put God first in anything that you do. But also educate yourself on this game because you’ll get into this game thinking, like things should be a certain way and it’s really not that. But I mean as far as groups are concerned; yo, if that’s your group. You stay true to your brothers or sisters. As long as your group is solid nothing can infiltrate that. But when you start allowing people to come in saying, ‘oh you don’t need this person or you can do this by yourself.’ Of course each and every one of us has experienced that and that’s when things start to unravel.

But once you keep your core with your group, nothing can stop that.”

since we first opened. When we have a Regions Free Day we can easily see over 2,000 people attend in a day.” For more information about The Frist Center visit: www.fristcenter.org or for information about Regions Bank visit: www.regions. com

You stand on the shoulders of giants.

You’ve probably heard that all your life and it’s true: a lot of people have come before you to smooth your path. You benefit from their work, efforts, and their struggles – but you probably don’t think about it much. Or maybe you don’t know about it. But read the new book “Risking Everything,” edited by Michael Edmonds, and you’ll learn.

knew “a children’s book understanding… a sanitized version…” of the movement. It’s an understanding that many Americans have.

This book seeks to remedy that in a small, but monumental, way. Fifty-four years ago, 42 percent of Mississippi’s citizens were Black, yet 90 percent of eligible African Americans could not vote. The prevailing attitude in Mississippi then was single-minded: “white-only.”

In the winter of 196364, after “much discussion,” the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) decided to move forward with plans for voter registration in the state. They initially called it the Mississippi Summer Project but it later became known as Freedom Summer. Volunteers included about a thousand college students, most of them white Northerners;

“Risking Everything: A Freedom Summer Reader” edited by Michael Edmonds c.2014, Wisconsin Historical Society Press $18.95 244 pages

Not long ago, when a volunteer expressed surprise at what he discovered about the Civil Rights Movement, historian Michael Edmonds realized that the young man only

clergy, lawyers, and medical personnel.

When opponents heard what was coming to Mississippi, they “swung into action.” Laws were passed to make most forms of protest illegal. Local and

state police “beefed up their arsenals; Jackson even bought a tank,” says Edmonds. Black citizens who participated in the program endured harassment and threats; racist groups held “sessions” on how to murder and dispose bodies without leaving evidence.

And still, volunteers persevered by holding voter registration classes, by starting and running Freedom Schools and establishing libraries, and by continuing to hold meetings to spur “enthusiasm for the program in the Negro community.”

But just nine weeks after it started, the Mississippi Summer Project ended. Organizers, says Edmond, were “exhausted, disappointed, and angry” because they felt that little had been done and white supremacy was “as deeply entrenched as ever.” What they didn’t know, however, was that they “had actually accomplished more than… leaders could appreciate at the time.” They had “awakened sleeping giants.”

When I first started “Risking Everything,” I wasn’t sure what to expect. The cover gives almost nothing away; in fact, it’s a little bland. Not so, with what’s inside.

Through eyewitness reports and information from more than 40 documents, editor Michael Edmonds brings readers an in-the-trenches look at Freedom Summer in a way you’ll never get from any class. Included are letters to home from Freedom workers, training manuals, essays, testimonies, transcripts, photographs, and curriculums; as Edmonds himself says, “No punches are pulled.” And that’s what makes this an excellent book: it’s both a paean to those who did their jobs that summer, and as education to anyone who’s too young to remember what happened fifty years ago.

And if that’s you – in either case – then you’ll like this book. For you, “Risking Everything” is a giant eyeopener.

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The Limits of Merit and the Presence of God’s Mercy Rev. Jason Curry, Phd. of Fisk Memorial Chapel

“I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou has considered my trouble; thou hadst known my soul in adversities.”

Psalm 31:7 I remember an instance in which I thought that I deserved to get on an airplane. I had a ticket in my hand, and I arrived at the boarding gate early. HowREV. JASON CURRY ever, I did not anticipate that a huge storm was approaching the entire East coast.

As a result of the fact that I had “stand-by” ticket, I watched wave after wave of passengers board various flights in front of me. My personal, professional, financial, academic and spiritual status as a Christian seemed to be irrelevant to the people who worked at the airport. My “special” type of airplane ticket would not allow me to board. With a wrinkled suit, and a de-

meanor that suggested that I had been in the storm instead of protected from it, I humbly asked an airport employee at 6:00a.m. on the following day if I could board the plane. She didn’t answer my question. Instead, she took my boarding pass, smiled at me and said: “God is good.” At that moment, I knew that I was not boarding the airplane because of merit (e.g., I didn’t earn a seat on the plane). I was boarding the plane because of God’s mercy. Someone who had the love of Christ in her heart gave me what I needed so that I could reach my destination. Her actions were reflected of what we often say on Sunday morning: “God’s mercy is still new every morning. His blessings are still fresh every evening.”

The idea of merit will always have meaning in athletic, professional and academic circles. For example, employees may receive an increase in pay because they are performing exceptionally well at work. However, there are instances in which merit doesn’t lead to personal satisfaction or professional success. For example, there are instances in which the most quali-

fied candidate is not selected for the job because the employer wants to give the job to a friend or relative.

King David, the author of Psalm 31, recognized that a person could achieve personal satisfaction and professional success through God’s mercy as opposed to merit. He was a soldier, musician and a king; however, David did not attribute his success to merit, but rather he attributed his success and longevity to God’s mercy.

David writes: “I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou has considered my trouble; thou hadst known my soul in adversities. (Psalm 31:7).”

As a professor and administrator, I believe that employees should strive to achieve success based on merit (e.g., hard work, perseverance and reaching goals).

However, given the mistakes that I’ve made in both professional and personal circles, I know as a Christian that my success is largely a result of God’s mercy.

As we continue to reach goals that can and should be achieved through merit, let us always pause to thank God for His mercy.

Keep Calm and Carry On:

A 70-Year-Old Message Seen Anew

REGINA PRUDE

We face so much, get knocked down. Sometimes, we can’t pray. We have hand-wringing moments and cry: “This is bad. Lord, what am I going to do now?” Spiritual panic attacks, I call them.

What’s the solution? Let me offer six assurances you can claim from the King of Kings, a timeless

message from our friends across the Atlantic.

Several years ago I took a trip to England with my friend, Fran. We stayed at the Hyatt Lowndes, Belgravia, a charming, very British boutique hotel (I think it’s gone now) just a short walk to Harrods! Then, we rented a car and drove across the English countryside.

In Castle Combe, we stopped at the stately Manor House. In the middle of manicured grass was a helicopter pad!

Driving across southern England, our last stop was a bed and breakfast in Selworthy, a village of thatchedroof cottages. We ate hearty breakfasts of scones, thick sausages and tea so strong it gave me palpitations.

Everyone appreciates the historic English poster produced in 1939 by the British Ministry of Information. Big white letters on a bright red background read: Keep Calm and Carry On. The original design was found in a box of antiquities at a used book store. This motivational message from King George VI was intended as a morale-booster as World War II began.

The insignia of George’s crown and those four words instilled courage at a time of uncertainty.

Well, the King of Kings has a lot to say about uncertain times. These six assurances are based on the promises of God: Trust God’s faithfulness.

Lamentations 3:22-23—“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed…his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”

You can do great things if your vision is right. Peter walked on water—Matthew 14:22-31.

Take your eyes off the chaos. Keep Calm …And Focus on Jesus.

Get doubt out of the way; be courageous. Carry On Victory is certain! 1 Corinthians 15:57—“…thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” © Regina M. Prude, 2014 Regina is an inspirational speaker & author.

Comments: regina@reginaprude.com or POB 58795, Nashville, TN 37205. Blog: www.reginaprude.com; Facebook: www.facebook.com/reginaprude; Twitter: http://twitter.com/rprude.

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THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE • Thursday, July 24 - 30, 2014

My thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of those lost in flight MH17. Tragedies’ happen each and every day; in fact while you’re reading this article something tragic is happening to someone right now. It’s important for those of us who are Christians are to continue making disciples ELDER LAWSON throughout the world. 1st Thessalonians 5:2 say’s, “For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.” Often time’s tragedies cause us to focus on life as well as life after death. While many of us have watched this very public display of violent action lead to a very tragic end, let us also not only pray for those who are victims and their families but we should focus as well on the

The Blood Still Works

actions of those responsible for causing tragedy. We need the Holy Spirit to convict and change the hearts and minds of persons who have in their spirit, the spirit of destruction, deceit, and death. We have the authority through Jesus Christ to not only pray and ask God to intervene in daily affairs, but God also has empowered us through the blood of his son Jesus Christ to take back everything the devil has stolen from us.

When we see injustice, murder, drug dealing, anything anywhere that does not line up with the “will” of God we should come together. This was the power of the Civil Rights Era, unity is the same power that can fix what’s wrong with our planet today when we as Christian’s stand, come together and speak up against injustices. I plead the blood of Jesus over your house right now, over your street, over your neighborhood, over your job, over your family’s, over your friends, over the city, over the state, over the United States and over the World. I believe as children of God, he’s given us the authority to change the world “NOW”. To make the world a better place, to leave the world in much better shape when we’re

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Encouragement & Empowerment Cambria Heights Community Church, Cambria Heights, NY

God Specializes in New Beginnings their seven children. The mother, under the ruse of running an errand to a convenience store to buy bread, eggs, meat, milk and cheese actually abandoned her seven children who ranged in age from ten years old to six months. Inexplicably, she walked away REV. VICTOR from her family for a SINGLETARY lover whom she spent following thirty-eight This quote reassures years with in a common us of God’s redemptive law marriage. The fapurposes in our lives. An ther, allegedly physically immortal verse in the and emotionally abusive, New Testament, Romans was also drowning in 8:28, says “We know all alcoholism. Returning things work together for from work late that evethe good of those who ning, he discovered his love the Lord and are wife’s abandonment of called according to His their marriage and chilpurpose.” We can face dren. Unable to funcany adversity straightfor- tion as a single parent, wardly with confidence he takes his children to that God mysteriously his parents originally increates new beginnings tending to return and reout of each tragedy, fail- establish his cohesive nuure or adversity. clear family. His parents I know an Ivy League agree to rear his children, graduate who was reared their grandchildren, out by his beloved paternal of their understanding of grandparents instead of the Christian faith more his parents. The latter than their blood relationcouple was incapaci- ship. tated significantly as it Conventional wisdom relates to sharing selfless assumes my colleague and sacrificial love with would have had a more

preferable childhood had he and his siblings been reared by their parents. However, when you look more closely at his prism of experience, you undoubtedly conclude that presupposition is wrong. His paternal grandparents who had grade school educations instilled the invaluable worth of formal education within him and his siblings. Of the seven of them, only one did not graduate from high school. Three of them earned college degrees. He has three masters degrees. Two of his four degrees were earned at Ivy League schools. Amazingly, he attained these educational milestones having been reared in a context of poverty, low ranked public schools and very low property values. Would his personal and professional successes have been equal or greater had his parents reared him? He resolves their fundamental character defects made them incapable of guiding him in attaining his lofty goals.

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gone then when we got here, in the name of Jesus. I urge you as believers to not simply sit by and pray but to make the name of the Lord known, in the elections, in the community’s, in the schools, in the prisons, make the name of the Lord known everywhere. Compel men, compel women, compel children, let them know God is still in control and punishment is still being rendered to those who refuse his righteousness.

What a mighty God we serve, what an awesome God and if you don’t know him, try him for yourself, I promise you, he will answer you, he will reveal himself to you, he’s waiting on you to take that step, and waiting on his believers to be more active in the affairs of this world.

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Dr. Bobby Jones Gospel Still Reign Supreme

NASHVILLE, TN — Among gospel television shows and workshops across America, none can boast of the number of professional and new gospel artists as BET’s Bobby Jones Gospel. Jones will begin taping his thirty forth season July 24, 2014, at the BET studio in Washington, D.C. The Nashville Super Choir (NSC) will continue to be the long time openers for the shows, taped for the season, scheduled to start the first week in October.

The list of Artists scheduled to appear include industry leaders such as: Kirk Franklin, Shirley Caesar, Erica Campbell, Kierra Sheard, Yolanda Adams, Tye Tribbett, The William Brothers, Vickie Winans, Smokie Norful, Arkansas Mass Choir, David and Tamala Mann, Earnest Pugh, Dottie Peoples, Rance Allen Group, JJ Hairston and YP, Dorinda Clark Cole, Beverly Crawford, Myron Butler, Anita Wilson,

As he reflects upon this truth, he realizes Almighty God’s majestic handiwork. A dual parental abandonment understandably would crush

Ambassador Dr. Bobby Jones

Kurt Carr and The Kurt Carr Singers, Ann Nesby The Wardlaw Brothers, Tasha Cobbs, Earl Bynum & Mt Unity Choir, Vashawn Mitchell, Dorothy Norwood, Karen Clark Sheard, Isaac Carree, James Fortune and FIYA, Jessica Reedy, Doc McKensie, Donald Lawrence, Hezekiah Walker and LFC, Moses Tyson, Twinkie Clark, Vicky Yohe, Tasha Page Lockhart, Byron Cage, Y’anna Crawley, William McDowell, Jason Nelson, Ricky Dillard, Brent Jones, LeAndria Johnson, and the 3 Winans Brothers .

Also recording will include, Twenty three new artists. Casey J, Brandon

the soul and annihilate the dreams of anyone. However, if God embeds seeds of providence and new beginnings within such a tragedy, then this hardship

Camphor & One Way, James Gear and Company, Damon Little, The McCrary Sisters, Damien Sneed & The Levites, KeKe Wyatt, Jamar Carter, JABEZ, Voices of Faith & Praise Choir, Shawn and Rhonda McLamore, STL3, Charles Butler & Trinity, Keesha Rainey, David Daughtry, Lisa Knowles and The Brown Singers, Kevin LaVar, Rebecca Crew, The Gospel Sensations, Darnell Davis & Remnant, The Walls Group, Charles King, Stephen B. Steward, Karen Hopkins, Eric Waddell & Abundant Life Singers, and Nancy Jackson Johnson.

demonstrates God’s faithfulness as he continually designs new beginnings at the juncture of human termination and trials.

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Women’s HEALTH ISSUES THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE • Thursday, July 24 - 30, 2014

African American Women and Osteoporosis

While African American women tend to have higher bone mineral density (BMD) than white women throughout life, they are still at significant risk of developing osteoporosis. The misperception that osteoporosis is only a concern for white women can delay prevention and treatment in African American women who do not believe they are at risk for the disease.

What Is Osteoporosis? Osteoporosis is a metabolic bone disease characterized by low bone mass, which makes bones fragile and susceptible to fracture. Osteoporosis is known as a silent disease because symptoms and pain do not appear until a fracture occurs. Without prevention or treatment, osteoporosis can progress painlessly until a bone breaks, typically in the hip, spine, or wrist. A hip fracture can limit mobility and lead to a loss of independence, while vertebral fractures can result in a loss of height, stooped posture, and chronic pain.

What Are the Risk Factors for Osteoporosis? Risk factors for developing osteoporosis include: a thin, smallboned frame, previous fracture or family history of osteoporotic fracture, estrogen deficiency resulting from early menopause (before age 45), either naturally, from surgical removal of the ovaries, or as a result of prolonged amenorrhea (abnormal absence of menstruation) in younger women, advanced age, a diet low in calcium.

Caucasian and Asian ancestry (African American and Hispanic women are at lower but significant risk) cigarette smoking excessive use of alcohol prolonged use of certain medications, such as those used to treat diseases like lupus, asthma, thyroid deficien-

cies, and seizures.

Are There Special Issues for African American Women Regarding Bone Health? Many scientific studies highlight the risk that African American women face with regard to developing osteoporosis and fracture.

Osteoporosis is underrecognized and undertreated in African American women.

As African American women age, their risk for hip fracture doubles approximately every 7 years.

African American women are more likely than white women to die following a hip fracture.

Diseases more prevalent in the African American population, such as sickle-cell anemia and lupus, can increase the risk of developing osteoporosis.

African American women consume 50 percent less

calcium than the Recommended Dietary Allowance. Adequate intake of calcium plays a crucial role in building bone mass and preventing bone loss.

As many as 75 percent of all African Americans are lactose intolerant. Lactose intolerance can hinder optimal calcium intake. People with lactose intolerance often may avoid milk and other dairy products that are excellent sources of calcium because they have trouble digesting lactose, the primary sugar in milk.

How Can Osteoporosis Be Prevented? Osteoporosis prevention begins in childhood. The recommendations listed below should be followed throughout life to lower your risk of osteoporosis.

Eat a well-balanced diet adequate in calcium and vitamin D. Exercise regularly, with an emphasis on weight-bearing activities such as walking, jogging, dancing, and lifting weights.

Live a healthy lifestyle. Avoid smoking, and, if your drink alcohol, do so in moderation.

Talk to your doctor if you have a family history of osteoporosis or other risk factors that may put you at increased risk for the disease. Your doctor may suggest that you have your bone density measured through a safe and painless test that can determine your risk for fractures (broken bones), and measure your response to osteoporosis treatment. The most widely recognized bone mineral density test is called a dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry or DXA test. It is painless: a bit like having an x ray, but with much less exposure to radiation. It can measure bone density at your hip and spine.

Dealing With Menopause and Hot Flashes

Menopause and Hot Flashes Hot flashes are the most frequent symptom of menopause and perimenopause. Hot flashes happen in more than two-thirds of North American women during perimenopause and almost all women with induced menopause or premature menopause.

What Is a Hot Flash? A hot flash, sometimes called a hot flush, is a quick feeling of heat and sometimes a red, flushed face and sweating. The exact

cause of hot flashes is not known, but may be related to changes in circulation.

Hot flashes happen when the blood vessels near the skin’s surface dilate to cool. A woman may also sweat to cool down her body. And some women have a rapid heart rate or chills.

Hot flashes with sweating can also happen at night. These are called night sweats and may make it harder to sleep.

A hot flush is a hot flash plus redness in the face and neck.

How Long Will I Have Hot Flashes?

Hot flashes vary among women going through menopause. Some women have hot flashes for a very short time during menopause. Other women may have hot flashes for life. Generally, hot flashes are less severe as time passes.

Can I Prevent Hot Flashes? You probably can’t avoid hot flashes during menopause, but there are things that may bring them on more often or cause them to be more severe. To prevent hot flashes,

avoid these triggers: Stress, Caffeine, Alcohol, Spicy foods, Tight clothing, Heat, Cigarette smoke Other things you can do to keep hot flashes at bay include: Stay cool. Keep your bedroom cool at night. Use fans during the day. Wear light layers of clothes with natural fibers such as cotton.

Try deep, slow abdominal breathing (six to eight breaths per minute). Prac-

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Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer’s Center NASHVILLE, TN — As we get older, we tend to become less physically active. Several things may explain age-related changes in physical activity and exercise.

One explanation may be that many people are physically active during their work day. When they retire, they no longer walk or move throughout their day as part of

their job, so they become are less physically active. Another reason is that chronic health conditions, such as arthritis, become more common as we get older. These conditions may lead to functional limitations, such as difficulty catching one’s breath, walking up steps, or

kneeling. Despite physical limits to exercising as we age, regular physical activity is one of the most effective ways to prevent and control many chronic health conditions, such as hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease. Plus, research shows increased physical activity is associated with better brain health and decreased risk for dementia, such as Alzheimer’s disease.

How much physical activity do we need? Health professionals recommend adults complete at least 30 minutes of physical activity 5 days each week. The activity should be aerobic activity, which includes brisk walking, water aerobics, and gardening. For important health benefits, the activity should be at a level of intensity where your breathing becomes heavier and you can talk but not sing while continuing the exercise. Health professionals also recommend that adults complete between 8 and10 strength training exercises at least 2 days each week. As we age, we lose muscle mass and strength. Strong muscles are needed for everyday activities, such as climbing stairs and carrying groceries. Regular strength training can help fight muscle weakness and frailty that we often see with age. Regular strength training can also help manage high blood sugar, a risk factor for poor heart and brain health.

How does physical activity help the brain? Researchers believe regular aerobic activity helps brains cells by increasing blood flow and oxygen. The brain may also

benefit from improvements to heart and blood vessel health seen with aerobic activity and strength training.

Research shows that increased physical activity may have the strongest impact on a cognitive skill known as “executive function,” which is the brain’s ability to plan, organize, and multi-task. Less is known about the impact of strength training on memory and cognition.

Several studies have shown people who engage in both regular aerobic activity and strength training perform better on cognitive tests than people who just engage in aerobic activity. Therefore, it seems a combination of aerobic activity and strength training is important for brain health.

Locally, researchers at the Vanderbilt Memory & Alzheimer’s Center are learning more about risk factors, like heart health or blood flow problems that relate to developing Alzheimer’s disease. Learning more about how heart health affects brain aging will help researchers identify lifestyle factors, like physical activity, that can improve healthy brain aging. For more information about our Center’s study examining the connection between heart and brain health or to schedule a medical appointment for a memory loss work-up, visit www. vanderbiltmemory.com or contact Stephanie Mayers, Vanderbilt Memory & Alzheimer’s Center Outreach and Recruitment Coordinator at 615-875-3175.

‘I Love You Salt, But You’re Breaking My Heart’ NASHVILLE, TN — Take the pledge – to reduce your salt intake. It may save your life.

Americans eat too much salt, and most have no idea how much they are eating, according to new consumer research by the American Heart Association.

Nearly all of the 1,000 people surveyed by the American Heart Association (97 percent) either underestimated or could not estimate how much sodium they eat every day. Too much sodium in the diet can increase risk for high blood pressure, stroke, heart disease and other major health problems.

Most people who underestimated their sodium consumption in the survey were off by around 1,000 milligrams.

That’s a significant amount, considering the American Heart Association recommends 1,500 milligrams a day for ideal heart health. Most Americans consume more than double that.

In an effort to help people better understand and limit their sodium intake, the American Heart Association has

launched a new awareness campaign called “I Love You Salt, But You’re Breaking My Heart.” The campaign includes a new website, heart. org/sodium, with an online pledge for people to commit to reduce how much sodium they eat, along with a new video, “Don’t Let Salt Sneak Up on You” (http:// bit.ly/1trMjLv), to show how sodium is sneaking into our foods. The site also features a blog, sodium quiz and infographics, links to lowersodium recipes, and more educational tools.

Limiting salt in the bigger picture— the U.S. food supply—is an important goal of the campaign. That’s because 75 percent of Americans’ sodium consumption is from processed, prepackaged, and restaurant foods—not the salt shaker.

Reducing sodium in the food supply through the support of food manufacturers, food processors and the restaurant

industry is needed in order to make a real impact on the community at large.

Reducing current sodium intake by 1,200 milligrams a day has been estimated to prevent between 44,000 and 92,000 deaths per year and save between $10 billion and $24 billion annually in healthcare costs.

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and disability worldwide,

and high blood pressure is a major risk factor. One-third of American adults have high blood pressure, and about 90 percent of American adults are expected to develop high blood pressure over their lifetimes.

Children, too, are at risk of developing heart disease and elevated blood pressure at an earlier age. Nearly 80 percent of 1- to 3-year-olds and more than 90 percent of 4- to 18-year-olds eat too much sodium.

The American Heart Association encourages people to reduce their sodium intake by comparing product labels and selecting the option with less sodium, limiting the consumption of processed, prepackaged, and restaurant foods, and by substituting salt with herbs, spices, citrus juice, or vinegars to season food.

How You Can Stop Prediabetes in its Tracks Now When your doctor tells you that you have prediabetes, you might think there’s no reason to take action just yet. Or you might assume that you’re definitely going to get diabetes. Not so! You do need to take prediabetes seriously, but there’s still time to turn things around -- if you start now.

The goal is to get your blood sugar level out of the prediabetes range, and keep it that way.

What you do every day makes a big difference. Making lifestyle changes may be even more powerful than just taking medication.

That’s what happened in a large study called the Diabetes Prevention Program: People with prediabetes who lost a small amount of weight through diet and exercise cut their odds of getting type 2 diabetes by 58%, compared to 31% for people who only took the prescription drug metformin.

Start by making these three changes.

1. Lose Extra Weight.

If you’re overweight, slimming down is the key to turning the odds in your favor.

Research shows that shedding just 5% to 10% of your body weight is often enough to get blood sugar levels back into the normal range and avoid diabetes or at least delay its onset.

To reach your goal, limit portion sizes; cut calories; and eat fewer foods that are high in fat (especially saturated fat), sugar, and carbohydrates.

You should also eat a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, lean protein, and whole grains.

2. Make Exercise a Habit.

Leading an active life is a must. Aim for 30 minutes of aerobic activity (something that raises your heart rate, like walking, biking, or swimming) 5 days a week (150 minutes per week). Plus, do some strength-training exercise, like lifting weights or using resistance bands, at

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short time -- less than 5 years. This treatment prevents hot flashes in many women. Plus, it can help other symptoms of menopause, including vaginal dryness and mood disorders. Keep in mind that when you stop taking HRT, the hot flashes may come back. Short-term HRT carries some risks, including blood clots and gallbladder inflammation. If HRT is not right for you, there are other treatments that may offer relief. It is important to clear any new drugs (including over-the-counter) or supplements with your doctor before taking them.

tice deep breathing for 15 minutes in the morning, 15 minutes in the evening and at the onset of hot flashes.

Exercise daily. Walking, swimming, dancing, and bicycling are all good choices.

Try chill pillows. Cooler pillows to lay your head on at night might be helpful.

Talk to your doctor about taking hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, for a

least twice a week.

Strength work builds muscle, which helps lower your blood sugar level, helps your body respond better to insulin (which controls blood sugar), and burns calories even when you’re not moving.

3. If You Smoke, Stop.

Smoking is strongly linked to diabe-

tes: People who smoke are 30% to 40% more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those who don’t. And people with diabetes who continue smoking are more likely to develop complications such as heart disease and blindness. So the sooner you ditch the cigarettes, the better.

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By Scott Wallace 2014 Top 25 Metro High School Football Players To Watch

Name 1. Ugo Amadi 2. Kyle Phillips 3. KeShawn Vaughn 4. DeAngelo Holt 5. Vincent Perry 6. Isiah Upton 7. De’Marquese Douglas 8. Michael Hughes 9. Lennox McAfee 10. Malik Harris 11. Nick Fuqua 12. Juwan Davis 13. Derrick Tucker 14. Koreyon Jordan 15. Juantarious Bryant 16. Jay King III 17. Immanuel Newsome 18. Joseph Cartwright 19. Gage Smith 20. Mario Gordon 21. William Summers 22. Rontavious Groves 23. Cameron Watkins 24. DaRonta Nelson 25. Andrew Cothran

School Overton Hillsboro Pearl-Cohn Overton Hillsboro East Pearl-Cohn Hillsboro East Maplewood Overton Hillsboro Cane Ridge Pearl-Cohn Maplewood Hillsboro Maplewood East Maplewood Pearl-Cohn Maplewood Pearl-Cohn Pearl-Cohn Maplewood East

Pos. DB DE RB DB ATH ATH OL/DL QB DB LB RB WR WR LB DB WR OT OL LB ATH ATH DB WR ATH OL

HT. 5’9 6’4 5’10 6’2 5’10 5’11 6’2 6’2 5’8 6’1 5’9 6’2 5’11 6’3 5’11 6’2 6’7 6’1 5’9 5’10 5’7 6’0 6’1 5’8 5’10

WT. 182 259 205 203 175 173 305 227 170 213 179 177 175 230 190 180 325 288 185 185 165 175 180 175 225

Storm Looks To Develop More Than Players Nashville football team joins developmental league NASHVILLE, TN — In the south, football is a rite of passion. In Nashville, during the fall, you will see numerous vehicles driving with flags of their favorite high school, college and professional teams.

It is not difficult to find an establishment on Saturdays or Sundays that have multiple games on.

One team that doesn’t get it’s just due in publicity is the Nashville Storm (7-0) of the Gridiron Developmental Football League (GDFL). The league boasts 40 teams throughout 20 states and the Storm play in Central South Division with the Huntsville (Ala.) Rockets and the Clarksville (Tenn.) Wolfpack. They are on a 16 game winning streak dating back to last season. Their closest game during that period was a 21-20 victory on July 12, 2014 on the road versus the Indianapolis Tornados.

DeWayne Smith scoring a touchdown for the Nashville Storm.

Overton’s Ugo Amadi is one of the top defensive backs in the country.

Hillsboro’s Kyle Phillips is ranked in the top 10 for defensive linemen in the country. His mother Teresa Phillips is the Athletic Director at Tennessee State University.

“We just got our full complement of players last week,” said Storm Founder/Owner Bill Caldwell. “A lot of our guys just won a championship with the Nashville Venom. We feel we are now primed and ready to make a run. Joining the GDFL has helped us in a lot of ways. The league is well organized and competitive. We already have learned a lot from this association. I am always proud of our guys going to the next level. This league promotes that so they are alright with me.”

The team is made up of mostly local players from the Nashville area. Two players, brothers Dewayne and Randall Smith start on defensive after having a successful career as Maplewood High School Panthers. Dewayne, also known as “Too Sweet”, has enrolled this year into Tennessee State University with the hopes of walking on the football team. Randall, also known as “Bay Bay”, played quarterback, safety, wide receiver and returned kicks for the 2011 Panther team that were Class 4A state runnerup. Both players are still eligible to play at the collegiate level

Former Maplewood star Randall Smith now roams the defensive backfield for the Nashville Storm. Photo by Cheryl Swanson

Pearl-Cohn’s KeShawn Vaughn is the reigning WTNTribune Metro District 10AA Player of the Year.

East Nashville two-sport star Isiah Upton brings a wealth of leadership to his team.

The GDFL is based in Memphis. Charles Thompson CEO and Commissioner of the league is excited to have a team in the Nashville market. His league is committed to developing professionals in every field associated with a football game. Even the acronym GDFL has meaning to it. Gridiron stands for a hardnosed brand of football. Development is about more than just players. The league works to develop great owners, coaches, game officials, dance teams, journalists, photographers and all other facets that deal with a football organization. Football is for the love of game and league is about association.

“We did a lot of work to put 40 great organizations together to make this league what it is,” said Thompson. “The Storm joining helps to get into a hot market for football. Our league prides itself on sharping the skills of people that are on the cusp of the next step.

We are not a semi-pro league, we are a developmental league. The highest risk demographic in America is African-American men ages 18-25. Our league allows that age group to still do what they love and make better young men out of them. We in essence are saving lives. What would these guys be doing if they weren’t playing?

We believe in everyone in the league. We could have 90 teams if we wanted but we believe in quantity over quality.”

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MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Sounds Lose Despite Late Rally Against OKC

By Ron Wynn

The Nashville Sounds dropped the finale of their first road trip since the AllStar break Sunday 7-5 to Oklahoma City.

Despite a late game rally that tied the score, the Sounds’ bullpen surrendered a pair of runs and they were unable to mount another ninth inning comeback.

But they remained a half game ahead and still atop their division as the week began.

Hector Gomez had three hits, and his 11th homer of the season had tied the game for the Sounds.

Then Oklahoma City scored two runs on singles with two out to secure the victory in the eighth inning. Reliever Brent Leach dropped his third game, giving up both runs on three hits.

Starter Taylor Jungmann pitched five innings and was charged with three runs.

He struck out five, walked three and gave

up four hits. Dustin McKellen was tagged for two runs on singles in the seventh inning. Both teams scored the bulk of their runs with two outs, including the game winners.

Oklahoma City also scored two runs in the first inning and one in the second to take an early 3-0 lead.

Nashville began fighting back with a run in the second on a single by Kevin

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Braves Beat Phillies

Preds’ Makeover Continues The switch in emphasis from defense to offense for the Nashville Predators continued last week with two more deals.

The team acquired Mike Ribeiro and Derek Roy, two more new forwards both better known for their scoring prowess than anything else. Each was given only a oneyear contract, as general manager David Poile continues reshaping the club for new coach Peter Laviolette.

Ribeiro was bought out of a $22 million dollar contract by the Phoenix Coyotes and signed with Nashville for $1.05 million. His departure from Phoenix was not an amicable one.

The Coyotes’ general manager Don Maloney said that Ribeiro had “real behavioral issues.”

But Riberio said that his problems there were family related, particularly a separation from his wife.

The two have since reconciled, and they came together to Nashville for the talks with Poile that

there.

However things were not nearly as good on the road. Sunday’s loss was their 30th away from home, against only 21 wins.

They’re also most likely going to be without the services of ace pitcher Jimmy Nelson, called back up to the Milwaukee Brewers right before the All-Star Game.

Nelson led the PCL in almost every major category including wins and earned run average, and had helped Nashville make a move from last to first this season.

Still, with the standout play of Velez, Gomez and others, the Sounds hope that this week’s homestand will provide the momentum for them to increase their narrow divisional lead, before they head back out on the road next week.

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The Nashville Predators may have as many as six new forwards by the time the season opens in October. They continue making over a team that has historically had trouble scoring goals, and added two more new players on one-year free agent deals last week. Both have been better offensively than defensively in the past, something the Predators are now emphasizing.

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Mattison. Mattison had two hits and enjoyed his fifth multiple hit game in the last seven.

Eugenio Velez also had a single, while Irving Falu knocked in a run with a bunt hit, one of two he had. The Sounds are one of only two teams in their division with winning records.

New Orleans started the week 52-49 and one half game behind. Both Memphis and Red Rock had 49-50 marks.

The Sounds returned to Greer Stadium Monday for a seven game homestand, one of only three remaining in their final season there. Colorado Springs began a four game series on Monday. The weekend opponent was Oklahoma City.

Nashville has one of the Pacific Coast League’s best home records. They had won 32 of 51 games at Greer Stadium as of Monday. They hope to take full advantage of having their next eight games

led to the deal. He has scored 202 goals and had 454 assists in 868 regular season games. Last season he had 16 goals and 31 assists in 80 games.

“I’m really glad I have a chance to come here and to prove to everyone that I can still play,” Ribeiro told ESPN last week.

“And also that I am a good person and that I am committed to my family, but to the team too and to do well. And I’m glad that I have a chance to do that.”

“He knows he’s living day to day,” Poile added.

“He’s on a one-year contract.” Ribeiro is viewed as providing offensive punch and help at center for a team that just lost one of its best players at that position to injury.

Mike Fisher will be out a few months after suffering an injury during a recent team workout.

Roy’s contract is for $1 million. He had nine goals and 28 assists in 75 games last season for the St. Louis Blues. But he had four straight years of at least 63 points for Buffalo. His overall totals in-

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clude 179 goals and 315 assists in 666 regular season goals.

Roy has bounced around the league the past two years, also playing for Dallas and Vancouver in addition to St. Louis.

The Predators are hoping he regains his form and gives them a scoring threat on either their second, third or fourth lines.

“These are significant additions to change the way our team has played,” Poile added.

Captain Shea Weber, a defenseman, led the Predators in scoring last season and many games ended up playing far more minutes than desired simply because he was their top goal scoring threat as well as their best defensive player.

The flurry of acquisitions and moves this offseason shows that Nashville clearly doesn’t want that to happen again, and that they plan to be more aggressive and force the action next season, rather than rely on goal-tending and defense to keep them in games.

Barry Bonds celebrates his 50th birthday on this day. Bonds was and remains a controversial figure, widely viewed as a frequent user of performance-enhancing drugs, but also the Major League’s single season and career home run leader. What’s not in dispute was that Bonds was an incredible hitter, and for much of his career also a spectacular defensive player. He’s one of only four players in Major League history to have two seasons of more than 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases. A multiple winner of Most Valuable Player, Silver Slugger and Golden Glove awards, Bonds returned to baseball this season as a spring training instructor for the San Francisco Giants.

The Braves exchange congratulations as they celebrate after posting an 8-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies Sunday. The win kept them in second place, percentage points behind the Washington Nationals, in the National League’s Eastern Division.

By Ron Wynn

The Atlanta Braves took their first series after the All-Star Break Sunday, defeating the Philadelphia Phillies 8-2 to complete the first leg of an 11-game homestand against divisional teams.

It was also their sixth win against Philadelphia in the last seven games, and fifth victory overall in their past seven games.

It kept them percentage points behind the Washington Nationals in the National League’s Eastern Division.

The first part of the game was played in a constant drizzle, and the rain eventually caused a one hour, 39 minute delay.

But by that time Atlanta had built a 6-1 lead, thanks to second baseman Tommy La Stella and third baseman Chris Johnson, who drove in five of the runs.

La Stella continued his strong hitting, with his three-run double breaking the game open. Johnson got his seventh homer, and his two-run blast gave the Braves a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the second inning after the Phillies John Mayberry’s solo home run gave them an early 1-0 lead.

La Stella has been a consistent presence in the lineup since being called up a couple of months ago from Triple-A. His improvement, coupled with the struggles of veteran Dan Uggla, led Braves’ manager Fredi Gonzalez to insert him in the lineup.

The Braves waived Uggla over the weekend, ending their relationship with a player who was once a three-time All-Star.

But Uggla was hitting less than .170 when cut, and it was his second straight year of failing to even hit .200 as a regular. The Braves still owed him $18 million on a contract that extends through the end of next season.

However La Stella’s play has been so solid Uggla hasn’t been missed, and he started only one game in the past six weeks and was making sporadic pinch-hitting appearances.

“When we got him from Triple-A, all our minor league and player development people said that this guy can hit,” Gonzalez told the Associated Press. “He can find the barrel of the bat on the ball. He sure has done that so far. Hopefully that will continue.”

“You’re going to find yourself in those situations (bases loaded),” La Stella added. “Whether you want them or not. I think it goes a long way to see yourself in those situations and to see yourself succeeding.”

The Braves also got runs batted in on basesloaded walks twice, once to Jason Hayward and another time to Andrelton Simmons. Freddie Freeman added another run batted in on a single.

Alex Wood evened his record at 7-7. Philadelphia scored only one run off him in his six innings.

Wood retired the final 13

batters he faced, and gave up only three hits. He also struck out eight. It was his first victory in his last four decisions.

Kyle Kendrick dropped his 10th game in 14 decisions. Besides battles with his control, he allowed the home run to Johnson and the double to La Stella. Marlon Byrd’s 19th home run gave the Phillies their final run in the ninth inning off David Carpenter.

Philadelphia is 11 games behind in the Eastern Division and there are plenty of rumors that they’re about to start unloading high priced players.

Their last chance to get back in the game came in the eighth, when they loaded the bases. But Jimmy Rollins hit into a double play and Chase Utley popped out, ending the threat.

The Braves’ next series was against the Miami Marlins. They also got some good news Sunday.

Catcher Evan Gattis, out since June 29 with back problems, completed his rehab stint in Triple-A and was set to rejoin the team for the Marlins’ series.

Gattis has been their second leading hitter when he was injured.

They’re hoping his return, coupled with what looks like significant improvement on the offensive end from several players, will be the catalyst for a big homestand.

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NFL PRESEASON

Titans’ Training Camp Opens

BY RON WYNN

Kevin Sumlin Under The Spotlight High profile coaches Nick Saban of Alabama and Steve Spurrier of South Carolina were, as expected, big stars at last week’s SEC media days.

But another coach nearly stole the spotlight with his personable, direct and honest approach to repeated questions about a departed star.

That was Kevin Sumlin of Texas A&M, who is now easily the most scrutinized and watched Black college football coach in the country.

Sumlin was the person who plucked Johnny Manziel off the third team at Texas A&M and helped develop him into a Heisman Trophy winner and first round NFL draft choice.

A lot of accounts written about Manziel seem to forget it was under Sumlin’s supervision that Manziel zoomed to stardom.

But then that’s often been the case with Kevin Sumlin. While at Oklahoma as offensive coordinator, he was the person behind an offense that one season averaged 44 points per game. Though many credited head coach Bob Stoopes with that accomplishment, he rightly praised Sumlin’s offensive skills.

Those helped him land a head coaching job at Houston in 2008. He had a 3517 record there, and they won their first 12 games in 2011 before losing in the Conference USA championship game to Southern Miss.

He’s gone 20-6 since coming to Texas A&M, and his first season featured wins over then number one Alabama and a Cotton Bowl victory over Oklahoma.

But in some circles, there’s been the notion it wasn’t Sumlin’s offensive schemes but Manziel’s individual brilliance that was responsible for A&M’s success.

Sumlin smartly deflected repeated questions about Manziel during his time at the podium, finally asking whether this was supposed to be a press conference about the Cleveland Browns, Manziel’s new team.

Still, there will definitely be pressure this season on Kevin Sumlin, something he’s experienced before as one of the few Black coaches heading a bigtime college football team.

Should Texas A&M fall back into the SEC pack, the naysayers will be quick to claim Sumlin was only riding on Manziel’s coattails.

Never mind that his Houston teams regularly led not only their conference in total offense, but were always among the nation’s top 10.

No Texas A&M coach had ever won more than eight games prior to Sumlin’s arrival. His inaugural Texas A&M team became the first SEC school to top the 7,000 yard mark in total offense. They led the country in total offense, scoring offense, rushing yards and third down conversion percentage.

Sumlin wisely took advantage of his newly won clout in 2013, signing a six-year deal that puts him in the same pay ballpark as Saban and Spurrier. There was speculation before he inked that deal that pro teams were considering him, but he’s now locked into Texas A&M for the long haul.

Kevin Sumlin’s just one example of the expertise and talent that’s available within the Black coaching fraternity.

Unfortunately, there are still those schools who feel Black coaches are just good for recruiting, and aren’t willing to let them be the face of the program and do the other things necessary to highlight the school among the overall community.

But the success and personality of folks like Sumlin,Vanderbilt’s new hire Derek Mason, and Stanford’s David Shaw is disproving those myths each and every year.

Their accomplishments are paving the way for others, and obliterating falsehoods about Black coaches and what they can’t do at major colleges.

By Ron Wynn

as a tackle shortly after they signed Michael Oher from the Baltimore Ravens and still had veteran Michael Roos available. Only two of those three will be playing, which means either Lewan spends a season or two observing, or someone will be traded.

The Titans also have a new defensive

was a major blow, as he had a Pro Bowl caliber season. But the Titans felt either The Tennessee Titans will have some Coty Sensabaugh or Blidi Wreh-Wilson new looks in 2014, and they begin training were ready to make the transition to fullcamp Saturday hoping to answer a lot of time starter status. Jason McCourty is the questions before the regular season begins other starter, and he had another solid year. in September.

Wide receiver is perhaps the team’s The team’s failure to reach the strongest position. Kendall Wright playoffs for a fifth straight season and Nate Washington are both exresulted in the departure of Mike cellent route runners and consisMunchak. tently catch anything thrown their New coach Ken Whisenhunt way. Expectations are high for Jusbrings in a reputation as an offensive tin Hunter, who showed flashes of guru, and his stint as offensive coorstardom during his rookie season. dinator in San Diego saw him overThere’s plenty of competition on see the revitalization of quarterback special teams as well. Despite being Phillip Rivers. the fourth most accurate kicker in The Titans hope he can do the NFL history, Rob Bironas was cut same with Jake Locker, who enters after the season by the Titans, in a critical year in his tenure with the large part due to his kickoffs being Titans. Locker’s been more bust than deemed unsatisfactory. boom thus far, though much of this Whether or not that’s a good can be attributed to injury problems. reason to unload a kicker who made Whisenhunt said Locker’s the The Titans are hoping new coach Ken Whisenhunt can do for nearly 77 percent of his field goal number one QB as camp opens, but Jake Locker what he did last season for Phillip Rivers while tries the last two years, that’s what the Titans also drafted former LSU San Diego’s offensive coordinator. Locker’s entering a critical happened. Makon Bonani has a QB Zach Mettenburger with their stronger leg than Travis Coons, but year as Titans’ QB, and his maturation and improvement sixth pick. He’s coming off a knee are essential for the Titans to break a five-year streak of not has had accuracy problems in the reaching the playoffs. injury, but scouting reports cited his past. He’s the leader right now for strong arm and leadership abilities, Bironas’ job. Bret Kern’s among the something that means he’ll certainly get his coordinator, and Ray Horton is implement- finest punters in either conference. ing a “hybrid” 3-4. This lineup features opportunity should Locker falter.

A three-way battle for the kick and punt Another huge change is the departure alternating schemes, sometimes utilizing a return jobs is underway between Marc of veteran running back Chris Johnson. 3-4, other times a 4-3, and other odd com- Mariani, Leon Washington and McCluster.

Once a star and featured part of the offense, binations.

Mariani made the Pro Bowl in 2011, but There’s a surplus of defensive linemen, has been hurt the past two seasons. WashJohnson’s struggles last season and refusal to consider taking a sizable pay cut resulted and it will be intriguing to see how this new ington helped salvage what had been a horsetup affects holdovers Jurrell Casey, Sam- rendous kick return game when signed in in his exit.

Second round draft choice Bishop mie Lee Hill, Karl Klug, Al Woods and midseason, averaging 30 yards a return.

Sankey is viewed as his successor, but the Mike Martin.

McCluster formerly made the Pro Bowl as The same holds true for both inside Titans also have Shonn Greene as a shorta punt returner with Kansas City. yardage specialist, and Dexter McCluskey and outside linebackers. One player pretty The Titans open the preseason at home sure to start is Wesley Woodyard, who was Aug. 9 with the Green Bay Packers. They as another option.

Jackie Battle and Collin Mooney are lured away from the Denver Broncos, and have road games against the New Orleans vying for the fullback spot, which is largely who will no doubt be one of the regulars.

Saints (Aug. 15) and Atlanta Falcons (Aug. Otherwise, things are pretty wide open, 23) before concluding the preseason slate a blocking back position. Battle’s viewed though Zach Brown had a decent season Aug. 28 at LP Field with the Minnesota as the leader going into camp.

Lots of folks wondered why the Titans last year and is considered a good starting Vikings. made former Michigan four-year starter candidate as well.

The regular season begins Sept. 7 at Taylor Lewan their first-round draft choice Losing Alton Verner in the secondary Kansas City.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

UT, Vandy Picked Low in Preseason Poll

By Ron Wynn

If predictions made at last week’s Southeastern Conference media week prove accurate, neither Tennessee or Vanderbilt will be contenders in the division race this season.

Tennessee was picked to finish fifth and Vanderbilt sixth in the poll of reporters and commentators taken at the SEC media days.

Vanderbilt is coming off a second straight nine-win season, but will be replacing a starting QB, and a wide receiver who ended up with career school and conference records for receptions, touchdowns and receiving yardage.

They also have a new coach in Derek Mason, but a schedule that doesn’t include either Alabama or LSU. Tennessee must replace almost every starter in both their offensive and defensive lines, and they’re also unsure about who will be their starting quarterback. It doesn’t help that they’ve got one of the toughest schedules in the nation, or that they’ll be among the youngest teams in the SEC at several positions.

But Mason was much more

upbeat and optimistic during the week than Tennessee coach Butch Jones. Mason talked about wanting to take the next step, not just win nine games but 10 or 11 and challenge for the divisional title.

Few people expect him to do that in his first season, but it’s a signal of how far the program evolved under former coach James Franklin that now predictions of a sixth-place divisional finish are being viewed as signs of disrespect.

Jones talked about patience and growth, while acknowledging that Tennessee fans are also quite tired of losing seasons.

But he’s wise not to fuel any notions about conference titles or even winning seasons with a team unsure of who will be its quarterback, and totally unseasoned along both its lines.

South Carolina and Alabama are widely anticipated to win their divisions and face off in the conference championship game.

South Carolina’s Steve Spurrier didn’t flinch when asked about whether he thought his team would be favored to win the Eastern Division.

He said his team should be the favorite and that he not only

Coming Next Week in The Tribune Baseball is now in the second half, with both the Sounds and Braves battling for divisional leads. We’ll follow each team as they complete critical homestands before heading back out on the road. Preseason football for the Titans is coming soon, and they’re now in camp. Plus both the Predators and Grizzlies continue off-season moves in preparation for next season. We’ll have all these stories and more next week in the Tribune.

New Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason faced the press last week at SEC media days. The Commodores were picked to finish sixth in the SEC’s Eastern Division according to pre-season polls despite a favorable schedule with eight home games.

wanted to win the division, but the title, a goal that has so far eluded him during his time at South Carolina.

Alabama’s Nick Saban used his time to advocate the end of power conference teams scheduling games with schools from lower end conferences, saying that it did little beyond give those schools big paydays.

He also fielded a lot of questions about reports he turned down a $100 million dollar package from the University of Texas to remain at Alabama.

Mason has the advantage of having eight home games this season. The Commodores open with Temple Aug. 28, the first of four straight home games. They’re followed by Ole Miss in the SEC opener Sept. 6, UMass Sept.

13 and South Carolina Sept.

20.

Vandy hits the road for games with Kentucky Sept.

27 and Georgia Oct. 4. They return home to face Charles-

ton Southern Oct. 11. There’s an Oct. 25 road game with Missouri, then back home for contests against Old Dominion Nov. 1 and Florida Nov. 8. They go to Mississippi State Nov. 22, then conclude the regular season against Tennessee Nov. 29.

The Volunteers have seven home games, starting with Utah State Aug. 31. Arkansas State comes to Knoxville Sept. 6. Then come two rough road games, Oklahoma Sept.

13 and Georgia Sept. 27.

The annual tilt with Florida is at Neyland Stadium Oct. 4, followed by Chattanooga Oct. 11. They’re back on the road against Ole Miss Oct. 18, then Alabama comes to town Oct. 25.

Tennessee begins November on the road against South Carolina on Nov. 1, then entertain Kentucky Nov. 15. Their final home game is Nov. 22 against Missouri, and they end the regular season at Vanderbilt Nov. 29.

FORECLOSURES & LEGALS THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE • Thursday, July 24 - 30, 2014 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated November 23, 2009, executed by RHONDA Y WEAVER AND RONALD G WEAVER, conveying certain real property therein described to JOSEPH B. PITT, JR., as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register’s Office of Davidson County, Tennessee recorded December 11, 2009, at Instrument Number 20091211-0113223, see also Subordination of Lien at Instrument Number 20091211-0113224; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, the undersigned,Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, having been appointed as Substitute Trustee by instrument to be filed for record in the Register’s Office of Davidson County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on August 14, 2014 at 10:00 AM at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center, One Symphony Place, Nashville, TN 37201, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds ONLY, the following described property situated in Davidson County, Tennessee, to wit: LAND SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF DAVIDSON IN THE STATE OF TN BEING LOT NO. 1 OF GLENWOOD TRACE, OF RECORD IN PLAT BOOK 6900, PAGE 359, REGISTER`S OFFICE OF DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN, TO WHICH REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A METES AND BOUNDS DESCRIPTION. Parcel ID: 128 07 0A 001.00 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 7700 SAWYER BROWN RD, NASHVILLE, TN 37221. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): RHONDA Y WEAVER AND RONALD G WEAVER OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: UNITED GUARANTY RESIDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Citibank, F.S.B. The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38103 www.rubinlublin.com/propertylistings.php Tel: (877) 813-0992 Fax: (404) 601-5846 Ad #71576 2014-07-17 2014-07-24 2014-07-31 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated February 15, 2007, executed by ADRIAN H. MILLER, conveying certain real property therein described to WINDMILL TITLE, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register’s Office of Davidson County, Tennessee recorded February 22, 2007, at Instrument Number 20070222-0021977; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee, in trust for the registered holders of MASTR Asset Backed Securities Trust 2007-NCW, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, the undersigned,Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, having been appointed as Substitute Trustee by instrument to be filed for record in the Register’s Office of Davidson County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on August 7, 2014 at 11:00 AM at the Front Entrance of the Historic Courthouse located at 1 Public Square , located in Nashville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds ONLY, the following described property situated in Davidson County, Tennessee, to wit: LAND IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, BEING LOT NO. 23 ON THE PLAN OF CREEKSIDE TRAILS, PHASE 1 OF RECORD IN INSTRUMENT NO. 200010260106269, AS AMENDED IN INSTRUMENT NO. 200212100152343, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, TO WHICH PLAN REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY. Parcel ID: 058090A02300CO PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 1021 RAMBLING BROOK RD, NASHVILLE, TN 37218. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): ADRIAN H. MILLER OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose.

THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38103 www.rubinlublin.com/property-listings.php Tel: (877) 813-0992 Fax: (404) 601-5846 Ad #71580 201407-10 2014-07-17 2014-07-24 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated April 19, 2002, executed by GEORGE E. ALBRIGHT, JR. AND PATRICIA ALBRIGHT, conveying certain real property therein described to BRUCE BALCOM, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register’s Office of Davidson County, Tennessee recorded April 25, 2002, at Instrument Number 20020425-0050997; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO NATIONAL CITY BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, the undersigned,Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, having been appointed as Substitute Trustee by instrument to be filed for record in the Register’s Office of Davidson County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on August 7, 2014 at 11:00 AM at the Front Entrance of the Historic Courthouse located at 1 Public Square , located in Nashville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds ONLY, the following described property situated in Davidson County, Tennessee, to wit: BEING LOT NO. 45 ON THE PLAN OF MURRAY HEIGHTS, OF RECORD IN BOOK 2663, PAGE 37, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR SAID COUNTY. SAID LOT NO. 45 FRONTS 75 FEET ON THE EAST SIDE OF EAST RIDGE DRIVE AND RUNS BACK 266.95 FEET ON THE NORTHERLY LINE AND 313.3 FEET ON THE SOUTHERLY LINE TO A DEAD LINE IN THE REAR ON WHICH IT MEASURES 115 FEET. Parcel ID: 14806004300 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 3814 EAST RIDGE DRIVE, NASHVILLE, TN 37211. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): GEORGE E. ALBRIGHT, JR. AND PATRICIA ALBRIGHT OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose.

This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38103 www. rubinlublin.com/property-listings.php Tel: (877) 813-0992 Fax: (404) 601-5846 Ad #71624 2014-07-10 2014-07-17 2014-07-24 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated September 14, 2009, executed by DAWN J. BURNETTE, conveying certain real property therein described to LARRY A. WEISSMAN, as Trustee, as same appears

of record in the Register’s Office of Davidson County, Tennessee recorded September 23, 2009, at Instrument Number 20090923-0088478; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to DLJ Mortgage Capital, Inc. who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, the undersigned,Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, having been appointed as Substitute Trustee by instrument to be filed for record in the Register’s Office of Davidson County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on August 7, 2014 at 11:00 AM at the Front Entrance of the Historic Courthouse located at 1 Public Square , located in Nashville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds ONLY, the following described property situated in Davidson County, Tennessee, to wit: A CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS TO-WIT: TRACT NO. 1: LAND IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, BEING LOT NO. 121 ON THE PLAN OF ROSEBANK PARK, AS OF RECORD IN BOOK 1835, PAGE 26, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR SAID COUNTY, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING ON THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF ROSECLIFF DRIVE AT THE CORNER OF LOTS NOS. 121 AND 122; THENCE WITH THE LINE BETWEEN SAID TWO LOTS NORTHWARDLY 181.7 FEET TO THE CORNER OF LOTS NOS. 121 AND 122; THENCE WITH THE NORTH LINE OF LOT NO. 121 WESTWARDLY 40 FEET TO THE CORNER OF LOTS NOS. 1 AND 121; THENCE WITH THE LINE BETWEEN SAID LOTS SOUTHWESTWARDLY 89.9 FEET TO THE CORNER OF LOTS NOS. 1 AND 2 AND IN THE WEST LINE OF LOT NO. 121; THENCE WITH THE LINE BETWEEN LOTS NOS. 2 AND 121 SOUTHWARDLY 100 FEET TO THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF ROSECLIFF DRIVE; THENCE WITH SAID DRIVE EASTWARDLY 80 FEET TO THE BEGINNING. TRACT NO. 2: LAND IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, BEING THE EASTERLY TRIANGULAR PART OF LOT NO. 1 ON THE PLAN OF ROSEBANK PARK, AS OF RECORD IN BOOK 1835, PAGE 26, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR SAID COUNTY, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: SAID PART OF SAID LOT IS DESCRIBED AS BEGINNING AT A POINT AT THE COMMON EASTERLY CORNER OF LOTS 1 AND 2, AT A CONCRETE MONUMENT, IN THE WESTERLY LINE OF LOT 121; THENCE NORTHWARDLY 75 FEET TO A POINT IN THE NORTHERLY LINE OF LOT NO. 1; THENCE EASTWARDLY 40 FEET TO THE COMMON NORTHERLY CORNER OF LOTS 1 AND 121; THENCE ALONG THE LINE BETWEEN LOTS 1 AND 121, SOUTHWESTWARDLY 89.9 FEET TO THE BEGINNING. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO DAWN J. BURNETTE, AN UNMARRIED PERSON, BY WARRANTY DEED FROM MARJORIE MARIE HARDY FULLERTON, TRUSTEE AND INDIVIDUALLY, DATED 1-30-98 AND RECORDED 2-498 IN BOOK 10782, PAGE 628, IN THE REGISTER`S OFFICE OF DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. Parcel ID: 07216028100 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 2001 ROSE CLIFF DRIVE, NASHVILLE, TN 37206. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): DAWN J. BURNETTE OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: CACH, LLC The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38103 www.rubinlublin.com/propertylistings.php Tel: (877) 813-0992 Fax: (404) 601-5846 Ad #71711 2014-07-10 2014-07-17 2014-07-24 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated April 29, 2008, executed by ANTHONY G. MILLER AND LISA B. MILLER, conveying certain real property therein described to BRYAN D. SPICER, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register’s Office of Davidson County, Tennessee recorded May 6, 2008, at Instrument Number 20080506-0046461; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC a Delaware Limited Liability Company who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, the undersigned,Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, having been appointed as Substitute Trustee by instrument to be filed for record in the Register’s Office of Davidson County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on August 14, 2014 at 11:00 AM at the Front Entrance of the Historic Courthouse located at 1 Public Square , located in Nashville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds ONLY, the following described property situated in Davidson County, Tennessee, to wit: BEING LOT NO. 135 ON THE PLAN OF FAIR OAKS, SECTION II, OF RECORD IN PLAT BOOK 4460, PAGE 52 AND 53, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, TO WHICH PLAN REFERENCE IS HERE MADE FOR A MORE COMPLETE AND ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF SAID LOT. Parcel ID: 162060160000 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 211 TOWNES DRIVE, NASHVILLE, TN 37211. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): ANTHONY G. MILLER AND LISA B. MILLER OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38103 www.rubinlublin.com/propertylistings.php Tel: (877) 813-0992 Fax: (404) 601-5846 Ad #71742 2014-07-17 2014-07-24 2014-07-31 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated July 27, 2009, executed by CHARLES MARSHALL, conveying certain real property therein described to FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register’s Office of Davidson County, Tennessee recorded September 21, 2009, at Instrument Number 20090921-0087561; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC a Delaware Limited Liability Company who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, the undersigned,Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, having been appointed as Substitute Trustee by instrument to be filed for record in the Register’s Office of Davidson County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on August 14, 2014 at 11:00 AM at the Front Entrance of the Historic Courthouse located at 1 Public Square , located in Nashville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds ONLY, the following described property situated in Davidson County, Tennessee, to wit: A CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, STATE OF TENNESSEE, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: TO WIT: LAND IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, BEING LOT NO. 176A, ZONE LOT DIVISION OF PERCY PRIEST WOODS, SECTION FOUR, LOTS 172-180 OF RECORD IN BOOK 6250, PAGE 993, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, TO WHICH REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION. Parcel ID: 10816022100 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 834 WOODCRAFT DR, NASHVILLE, TN 37214. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): ESTATE AND/OR HEIRS-AT-LAW OF CHARLES MARSHALL OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose.

This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The

right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38103 www. rubinlublin.com/property-listings.php Tel: (877) 813-0992 Fax: (404) 601-5846 Ad #71888 2014-07-17 2014-07-24 2014-07-31 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Sale at public auction will be on August 14, 2014 on or about 12:00PM local time, at the Davidson County Courthouse, South Main door, One Public Square, Nashville, Tennessee, conducted by the Substitute Trustee as identified and set forth herein below, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by JERREL HORNER AND LEQUITA HORNER, to ., Trustee, on July 29, 1999, at Record Book 11619, Page 757 in the real property records of Davidson County Register’s Office, Tennessee. Owner of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE F/K/A NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR DELTA FUNDING HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 1999-3 The following real estate located in Davidson County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of record: LAND IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, BEING UNIT NO. P6 OF BARCELONA CONDOMINIUMS CREATED UNDER TITLE 66, CHAPTER, 27, SECTIONS 101 ET SEQ., AS AMENDED, TENNESSEE CODE ANNOTATED, AS ESTABLISHED BY A MASTER DEED OF RECORD IN BOOK 6400, PAGE 801, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, TOGETHER WITH THE UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE COMMONS ELEMENTS APPURTENANT TO SAID UNITS, AS SET FORTH IN EXHIBIT A-1` OF SAID MASTER DEED. REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE PLAT OF BARCELONA CONDOMINIUMS OF RECORD IN BOOK 6400, PAGE 839, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, FOR A MORE COMPLETE IDENTIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF SUCH UNIT. THIS CONVEYANCE IS SUBJECT TO ANY AND ALL RESTRICTIONS, EASEMENTS, SETBACK LINES, CONDITIONS, PLAT OF RECORD, AND ENCUMBRANCES OF RECORD IN THE REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR THE AFORESAID COUNTY. Tax ID: 133160A20600CO Current Owner(s) of Property: JERREL HORNER AND LEQUITA HORNER The street address of the above described property is believed to be 270 TAMPA DRIVE # P-6, NASHVILLE, TN 37211, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description referenced herein shall control. SALE IS SUBJECT TO OCCUPANT(S) RIGHTS IN POSSESSION. THE RIGHT IS RESERVED TO ADJOURN THE DAY OF THE SALE TO ANOTHER DAY, TIME AND PLACE CERTAIN WITHOUT FURTHER PUBLICATION, UPON ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE SALE SET FORTH ABOVE. THE TRUSTEE/ SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RESCIND THE SALE. IF THE SALE IS SET ASIDE FOR ANY REASON, THE PURCHASER AT THE SALE SHALL BE ENTITLED ONLY TO A RETURN OF THE DEPOSIT PAID. THE PURCHASER SHALL HAVE NO FURTHER RECOURSE AGAINST THE GRANTOR, THE GRANTEE, OR THE TRUSTEE. OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: BARCELONA JOINT VENTURE GROUP, A TENNESSEE GENERAL PARTNERSHIP AND HARDING GLEN CONDOMINIUM HOMEOWNER`S ASSOCIATION, INC THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. If applicable, the notice requirements of T.C.A. 35-5-117 have been met. All right of equity of redemption, statutory and otherwise, and homestead are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. If the U.S. Department of Treasury/ IRS, the State of Tennessee Department of Revenue, or the State of Tennessee Department of Labor or Workforce Development are listed as Interested Parties in the advertisement, then the Notice of this foreclosure is being given to them and the Sale will be subject to the applicable governmental entities right to redeem the property as required by 26 U.S.C. 7425 and T.C.A. §67-1-1433.This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or trustee.

This sale may be rescinded at any time. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee s attorney. MWZM File No. 14-000539-670 JASON S. MANGRUM, J.P. SELLERS, LORI LIANE LONG, Substitute Trustee(s) Premier Building, Suite 404 5217 Maryland Way Brentwood, TN 37027 PHONE: (615) 238-3630 EMAIL: info@mwzmlaw.comAd #71934 2014-07-10 2014-07-17 2014-07-24 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated November 12, 1999, executed by MARY A. MULLICAN AND PATRICK R. NORRIS A/K/A PATRICK NORRIS, conveying certain real property therein described to ARNOLD M. WEISS, ATTORNEY, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register’s Office of Davidson County, Tennessee recorded November 29, 1999, in Deed Book 11757, Page 931; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS, INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 20053 who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, the undersigned,Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, having been appointed as Substitute Trustee by instrument to be filed for record in the Register’s Office of Davidson County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on August 14, 2014 at 10:00 AM at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center, One Symphony Place, Nashville, TN 37201, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds ONLY, the following described property situated in Davidson County, Tennessee, to wit: PROPERTY LOCATED AT: 1549 MEADOW BEND DRIVE, MADISON, DAVIDSON COUNTY, STATE OF TENNESSEE, 37115, AND: BEING LOT NO. 13 ON THE PLAN OF MEADOW BEND, SECTION THREE, A RESUBDIVISION OF LOTS 12-13, 54-56, OF RECORD IN PLAT BOOK 6200 AT PAGE 450, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, TO WHICH IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO MARY A. MULLICAN AND PATRICK R. NORRIS ON 10/19/91, BY DEED FROM TIMOTHY EDWARD CASTILLO AND WIFE, LAVERNE BENNER CASTILLO, FILED FOR RECORD ON 10/17/91, IN BOOK 8465, PAGE 48, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. THE SAID PATRICK R. NORRIS AND PATRICK NORRIS ARE ONE AND THE SAME. THE SAID PROPERTY IS NOT THE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF RESIDENCE FOR PATRICK NORRIS. Parcel ID: 05208016600 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 1549 MEADOW BEND DRIVE, MADISON, TN 37115. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control.

CURRENT OWNER(S): MARY A. MULLICAN OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC ASSIGNEE OF WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK PATRICK R. NORRIS A/K/A PATRICK NORRIS The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38103 www.rubinlublin.com/propertylistings.php Tel: (877) 813-0992 Fax: (404) 601-5846 Ad #71941 2014-07-17 2014-07-24 2014-07-31 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated June 30, 2003, executed by BRANDI M. CARTER, conveying certain real property therein described to ARNOLD M. WEISS, ATTORNEY , as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register’s Office of Davidson County, Tennessee recorded August 12, 2003, at Instrument Number 20030812-0114925; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, the undersigned,Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, having been appointed as Substitute Trustee by instrument to be filed for record in the Register’s Office of Davidson County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on August 14, 2014 at 10:00 AM at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center, One Symphony Place, Nashville, TN 37201, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds ONLY, the following described property situated in Davidson County, Tennessee, to wit: LAND

SITUATED IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE TO WIT: BEING LOT 130, MEADOW WOODS, SECTION 3, A PLAT OF WHICH IS OF RECORD IN INSTRUMENT NO. 200009210094039, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, TO WHICH PLAT REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION OF SAID PROPERTY. Parcel ID: 164160A07200CO PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 820 STONE FLOWER COURT, ANTIOCH, TN 37013. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): BRANDI M. CARTER OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: AMSOUTH BANK The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38103 www.rubinlublin.com/propertylistings.php Tel: (877) 813-0992 Fax: (404) 601-5846 Ad #71944 2014-07-17 2014-07-24 2014-07-31 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated February 12, 2004, executed by DEBORAH B. DENTON, conveying certain real property therein described to Arnold M. Weiss, Attorney, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register’s Office of Davidson County, Tennessee recorded February 25, 2004, at Instrument Number 20040225-0021150; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, the undersigned,Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, having been appointed as Substitute Trustee by instrument to be filed for record in the Register’s Office of Davidson County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on August 14, 2014 at 10:00 AM at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center, One Symphony Place, Nashville, TN 37201, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds ONLY, the following described property situated in Davidson County, Tennessee, to wit: A CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LOCATED IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS TO-WIT: BEING UNIT NO. 1024 ON THE PLAN OF HERITAGE VILLAGE CONDOMINIUMS SECTION 1, ACCORDING TO THE MASTER DEED OF RECORD IN BOOK 4758, PAGE 179, AMENDED

BY BOOK 4808, PAGE 829; BOOK 5102, PAGE 383 AND BOOK 6484, PAGE 287, IN THE REGISTER`S OFFICE OF DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN PLAT BOOK 4675, PAGE 46, IN THE REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, TO WHICH PLAT REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION. THIS CONVEYANCE IS MADE SUBJECT TO ANY AND ALL ZONING REGULATIONS, BUILDING RESTRICTIONS, SETBACK LINES, IF ANY, EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES APPLICABLE TO THIS PROPERTY. Parcel ID: 42-11A/24.00 CO PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 1024 HERITAGE DRIVE, MADISON, TN 37115. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control.

CURRENT OWNER(S): DEBORAH B. DENTON OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC, HERITAGE VILLAGE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, The bank of New York, fka the bank of new York, as successor trustee to jpmorgan chase bank, n.a., as trustee for the certificateholders of cwabs master trust, revolving home equity loan asset backed notes, series 2004-1 The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38103 www.rubinlublin.com/propertylistings.php Tel: (877) 813-0992 Fax: (404) 601-5846 Ad #71957 2014-07-17 2014-07-24 2014-07-31 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated February 16, 2010, executed by LODEMA AUDRAIN AND KENDRA MILES, conveying certain real property therein described to I DYKE TATUM, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register’s Office of Davidson County, Tennessee recorded March 17, 2010, at Instrument Number 20100317-0020181; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, the undersigned,Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, having been appointed as Substitute Trustee by instrument to be filed for record in the Register’s Office of Davidson County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on August 28, 2014 at 10:00 AM at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center, One Symphony Place, Nashville, TN 37201, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds ONLY, the following described property situated in Davidson County, Tennessee, to wit: THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL PROPERTY IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, STATE OF TENNESSEE, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO WIT: LAND IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, BEING LOT NO. 108, ON THE PLAN OF CASTLEGATE, SECTION 1, AS OF RECORD IN BOOK 4460, PAGE 115, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, TO WHICH SAID PLAN REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE COMPLETE AND ACCURATE LEGAL DESCRIPTION THEREOF. PARCEL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 136-14-0-080.00 Parcel ID: 136-14-0-080.00 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 500 BLUEWATER DRIVE, NASHVILLE, TN 37217. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): LODEMA AUDRAIN AND KENDRA MILES OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose.

This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38103 www. rubinlublin.com/property-listings.php Tel: (877) 813-0992 Fax: (404) 601-5846 Ad #71983 2014-07-24 2014-07-31 2014-08-07 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated June 10, 2000, executed by DONNA L. ROBERTSON WOODEN AND PAUL WOODEN, JR., conveying certain real property therein described to JOHN B. PHILIP, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register’s Office of Davidson County, Tennessee recorded June 19, 2000, at Instrument Number 200006190060737; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to EQUICREDIT CORPORATION OF AMERICA who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, the undersigned,Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, having been appointed as Substitute Trustee by instrument to be filed for record in the Register’s Office of Davidson County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on August 21, 2014 at 11:00 AM at the Front Entrance of the Historic Courthouse located at 1 Public Square , located in Nashville, Tennessee, proceed to sell

at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds ONLY, the following described property situated in Davidson County, Tennessee, to wit: LAND IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, BEING LOT NO. 94 THE PLAN OF GIBSON HEIGHTS, AS OF RECORD IN BOOK 1835, PAGE 133, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR SAID COUNTY, TO WHICH REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE COMPLETE AND ACCURATE LEGAL DESCRIPTION. Parcel ID: 07310000600 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 2602 SHADOW LANE, NASHVILLE, TN 37216. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): DONNA L. ROBERTSON WOODEN AND PAUL WOODEN, JR. OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: MAIN STREET ACQUISITION CORP. - CHASE/WASHINGTON MUTUAL, TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38103 www.rubinlublin.com/propertylistings.php Tel: (877) 813-0992 Fax: (404) 601-5846 Ad #72021 2014-07-24 2014-07-31 2014-08-07 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated February 23, 2004, executed by CHRISTOPHER B. DOOLEY AND MARCIA DOOLEY, conveying certain real property therein described to ARCHER LAND TITLE, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register’s Office of Davidson County, Tennessee recorded June 18, 2004, at Instrument Number 20040618-0072390; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK,AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWMBS INC., CHL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH TRUST 2004-7, MORTGAGE PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-7 who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, the undersigned,Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, having been appointed as Substitute Trustee by instrument to be filed for record in the Register’s Office of Davidson County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on August 21, 2014 at 11:00 AM at the Front Entrance of the Historic Courthouse located at 1 Public Square , located in Nashville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds ONLY, the following described property situated in Davidson County, Tennessee, to wit: LAND IN THE 10TH CIVIL DISTRICT OF DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE AS FOLLOWS: DESCRIBED AS TRACT NO. 1 ON SURVEY BY RAY G. COLE, SURVEYOR LICENSE NO. 924, DATED 09/17/84 AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT AN IRON PIN SET IN THE NORTHWESTERLY MARGIN OF LOWER WALKER`S CREEK ROAD BEING THE ORIGINAL NORTHEAST CORNER OF THIS TRACT AS DESCRIBED IN DEED OF RECORD IN BOOK 3572, PAGE 616, REGISTER`S OFFICE, AND THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF J.A. RUSSELL PROPERTY; THENCE ALONG THE NORTHWESTERLY MARGIN OF LOWER WALKER`S CREEK ROAD S 42 DEGREES 47 MINUTES 31 SECONDS W 240 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE ALONG A CURVE HAVING A RADIUS OF 1138.57 FEET A DISTANCE OF 149.78 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE S 35 DEGREES 15 MINUTES 16 SECONDS W, 217.04 FEET TO AN IRON PIN SET; THENCE LEAVING THE NORTHWESTERLY MARGIN OF LOWER WALKER`S CREEK ROAD N 61 DEGREES 13 MINUTES 27 SECONDS W 779.11 FEET TO AN IRON PIN SET; THENCE N 1 DEGREE 48 MINUTES 44 SECONDS E 198 FEET TO AN IRON PIN SET

BY A POST; THENCE ALONG THE SOUTHERLY MARGIN OF J.A. RUSSELL PROPERTY S 84 DEGREES 27 MINUTES 9 SECONDS E 1064.55 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING 7.611 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. Parcel ID: 01700028200 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 2901 LOWER WALKER CREEK ROAD, GOODLETTSVILLE, TN 37072. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): CHRISTOPHER B. DOOLEY AND MARCIA DOOLEY OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWABS MASTER TRUST, REVOLVING HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET BACKED NOTES, SERIES 2004-F The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose.

This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38103 www. rubinlublin.com/property-listings.php Tel: (877) 813-0992 Fax: (404) 601-5846 Ad #72023 2014-07-24 2014-07-31 2014-08-07 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated March 23, 2005, executed by SANDRA MIZE A/K/A SANDRA J. MIZE, conveying certain real property therein described to ROBERT M. WILSON, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register’s Office of Davidson County, Tennessee recorded April 4, 2005, at Instrument Number 20050404-0036624; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, the undersigned,Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, having been appointed as Substitute Trustee by instrument to be filed for record in the Register’s Office of Davidson County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on August 21, 2014 at 11:00 AM at the Front Entrance of the Historic Courthouse located at 1 Public Square , located in Nashville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds ONLY, the following described property situated in Davidson County, Tennessee, to wit: MAP/PARCELL: 043-14-0041.00 BEING LOT NO. 7 AND 8 ON THE PLAN OF TRACT 1, FOREST PARK ACREAGE TRACTS, AS OF RECORD IN PLAT BOOK 843, PAGE 81, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, TO WHICH PLAN REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION. Parcel ID: 043 14 0 041.00 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 529 E MAPLE ST, MADISON, TN 37115. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): SANDRA MIZE A/K/A SANDRA J. MIZE OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose.

This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38103 www. rubinlublin.com/property-listings.php Tel: (877) 813-0992 Fax: (404) 601-5846 Ad #72029 2014-07-24 2014-07-31 2014-08-07 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Sale at public auction will be on August 28, 2014 on or about 10:00AM local time, at the Auction.com Room, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, One Symphony Place, Nashville, Tennessee 37201, conducted by the Substitute Trustee as identified and set forth herein below, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by JASON LAJUAN TATE, SR. AND GLORIA TATE, to ADVANTAGE TITLE AND

11B ESCROW, Trustee, on June 22, 2009, as Instrument No. 20090630-0060854 in the real property records of Davidson County Register’s Office, Tennessee. Owner of Debt: Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC The following real estate located in Davidson County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of record: LAND IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, BEING LOT NO. 27, ON THE PLAN OF CASTLEGATE, SECTION I, OF RECORD IN PLAT BOOK 4460, PAGE 115, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR SAID COUNTY. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO JASON TATE BY DEED OF RECORD AS INSTRUMENT #20090630-0060853.

Tax ID: 13614002700 Current Owner(s) of Property: JASON LAJUAN TATE, SR. AND GLORIA TATE The street address of the above described property is believed to be 545 CASTLEGATE DRIVE, NASHVILLE, TN 37217, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description referenced herein shall control. SALE IS SUBJECT TO OCCUPANT(S) RIGHTS IN POSSESSION. THE RIGHT IS RESERVED TO ADJOURN THE DAY OF THE SALE TO ANOTHER DAY, TIME AND PLACE CERTAIN WITHOUT FURTHER PUBLICATION, UPON ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE SALE SET FORTH ABOVE. THE TRUSTEE/SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RESCIND THE SALE. IF THE SALE IS SET ASIDE FOR ANY REASON, THE PURCHASER AT THE SALE SHALL BE ENTITLED ONLY TO A RETURN OF THE DEPOSIT PAID. THE PURCHASER SHALL HAVE NO FURTHER RECOURSE AGAINST THE GRANTOR, THE GRANTEE, OR THE TRUSTEE. OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: CARMEL FINANCIAL CORP THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. If applicable, the notice requirements of T.C.A. 35-5-117 have been met. All right of equity of redemption, statutory and otherwise, and homestead are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. If the U.S. Department of Treasury/IRS, the State of Tennessee Department of Revenue, or the State of Tennessee Department of Labor or Workforce Development are listed as Interested Parties in the advertisement, then the Notice of this foreclosure is being given to them and the Sale will be subject to the applicable governmental entities right to redeem the property as required by 26 U.S.C. 7425 and T.C.A. §67-1-1433.This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee s attorney. MWZM File No. 14-000209672 JASON S. MANGRUM, J.P. SELLERS, LORI LIANE LONG, Substitute Trustee(s) Premier Building, Suite 404 5217 Maryland Way Brentwood, TN 37027 PHONE: (615) 238-3630 EMAIL: info@mwzmlaw.comAd #72030 2014-07-17 2014-07-24 2014-07-31 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Sale at public auction will be on August 21, 2014 on or about 12:00PM local time, at the Davidson County Courthouse, South Main door, One Public Square, Nashville, Tennessee, conducted by the Substitute Trustee as identified and set forth herein below, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed

by SANDRA TROTTER LEE AND ROBERT R. LEE, to ARCHER LAND TITLE INC, Trustee, on January 19, 2007, as Instrument No. 20070129-0011499 in the real property records of Davidson County Register’s Office, Tennessee. Owner of Debt: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE UNDER POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF MAY 1, 2007 MASTR ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES TRUST 2007HE1 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-HE1 The following real estate located in Davidson County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of record: A CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEING THE EASTERLY 5.0 FEET OF LOT NO. 1 AND THE WESTERLY 45.0 FEET OF LOT NO. 2 ON THE PLAN OF OLIVIA W. SHARPE`S ADDITION TO NASHVILLE OF RECORD IN BOOK 332, PAGE 17, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, TO WHICH PLAN REFERENCE IS MADE FOR A MORE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION. Tax ID: 08306023800 Current Owner(s) of Property: SANDRA TROTTER LEE AND ROBERT R. LEE The street address of the above described property is believed to be 1703 EASTLAND AVENUE , NASHVILLE, TN 37206, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description referenced herein shall control. SALE IS SUBJECT TO OCCUPANT(S) RIGHTS IN POSSESSION. THE RIGHT IS RESERVED TO ADJOURN THE DAY OF THE SALE TO ANOTHER DAY, TIME AND PLACE CERTAIN WITHOUT FURTHER PUBLICATION, UPON ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE SALE SET FORTH ABOVE. THE TRUSTEE/ SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RESCIND THE SALE. IF THE SALE IS SET ASIDE FOR ANY REASON, THE PURCHASER AT THE SALE SHALL BE ENTITLED ONLY TO A RETURN OF THE DEPOSIT PAID. THE PURCHASER SHALL HAVE NO FURTHER RECOURSE AGAINST THE GRANTOR, THE GRANTEE, OR THE TRUSTEE. OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND JUDGMENT: TENNESSEE STUDENT ASSISTANCE CORPORATION AND JUDGMENT: SOUTHEAST FINANCIAL CREDIT UNION THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. If applicable, the notice requirements of T.C.A. 35-5-117 have been met. All right of equity of redemption, statutory and otherwise, and homestead are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. Notice of this Substitute Trustee s Sale has been timely given to the State of Tennessee as required by T.C.A. §67-1-1433(b)(1) and said sale is subject to the right of redemption by the DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, STATE OF TENNESSEE by reason of lien of record in the original amount of $0.00 as Instrument No. 20120911-0082131 in the real property records of Davidson County Register’s Office, Tennessee, and subject to any accrued taxes and restrictions. If the U.S. Department of Treasury/IRS, the State of Tennessee Department of Revenue, or the State of Tennessee Department of Labor or Workforce Development are listed as Interested Parties in the advertisement, then the Notice of this foreclosure is being given to them and the Sale will be subject to the applicable governmental entities right to redeem the property as required by 26 U.S.C. 7425 and T.C.A. §67-1-1433.This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee s attorney. MWZM File No. 14-000515-670 JASON S. MANGRUM, J.P. SELLERS, LORI LIANE LONG, Substitute Trustee(s) Premier Building, Suite 404 5217 Maryland Way Brentwood, TN 37027 PHONE: (615) 238-3630 EMAIL: info@mwzmlaw.comAd #72035 2014-07-17 2014-07-24 2014-07-31 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Sale at public auction will be on August 21, 2014 on or about 12:00PM local time, at the Davidson County Courthouse, South Main door, One Public Square, Nashville, Tennessee, conducted by the Substitute Trustee as identified and set forth herein below, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by RALPH D STEVENS, to JAMES H. MARSHALL, Trustee, on August 31, 2006, as Instrument No. 20060906-0109888 in the real property records of Davidson County Register’s Office, Tennessee. Owner of Debt: U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for TBW Mortgage-Backed Trust Series 2006-5, TBW Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-5 The following real estate located in Davidson County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of record: LAND IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, BEING LOT NO 40 ON THE PLAN OF HICKORY BEND SUBDIVISION, SECTION 7 OF RECORD IN PLAT BOOK 3600, PAGE 29, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, TO WHICH PLAN REFERENCE IS MADE FOR A MORE COMPLETE DISCRIPTION. Tax ID: 09705001000 Current Owner(s) of Property: RALPH D STEVENS The street address of the above described property is believed to be 616 LARCHWOOD DRIVE, NASHVILLE, TN 37212, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description referenced herein shall control. SALE IS SUBJECT TO OCCUPANT(S) RIGHTS IN POSSESSION. THE RIGHT IS RESERVED TO ADJOURN THE DAY OF THE SALE TO ANOTHER DAY, TIME AND PLACE CERTAIN WITHOUT FURTHER PUBLICATION, UPON ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE SALE SET FORTH ABOVE. THE TRUSTEE/ SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RESCIND THE SALE. IF THE SALE IS SET ASIDE FOR ANY REASON, THE PURCHASER AT THE SALE SHALL BE ENTITLED ONLY TO A RETURN OF THE DEPOSIT PAID. THE PURCHASER SHALL HAVE NO FURTHER RECOURSE AGAINST THE GRANTOR, THE GRANTEE, OR THE TRUSTEE. OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: TRAFFIC VIOLATION BUREAU AND INDIVIDUAL LIEN - LINDA HILL AND GREEN BANK AND MIDSOUTH BANK AND THOMAS & ASSOCIATES, INC AND PINNACLE BANK AND SYNOVUS BANK THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. If applicable, the notice requirements of T.C.A. 35-5-117 have been met. All right of equity of redemption, statutory and otherwise, and homestead are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. If the U.S. Department of Treasury/IRS, the State of Tennessee Department of Revenue, or the State of Tennessee Department of Labor or Workforce Development are listed as Interested Parties in the advertisement, then the Notice of this foreclosure is being given to them and the Sale will be subject to the applicable governmental entities right to redeem the property as required by 26 U.S.C. 7425 and T.C.A. §67-1-1433.This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or

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12B the Mortgagee s attorney. MWZM File No. 14-000519670 JASON S. MANGRUM, J.P. SELLERS, LORI LIANE LONG, Substitute Trustee(s) Premier Building, Suite 404 5217 Maryland Way Brentwood, TN 37027 PHONE: (615) 238-3630 EMAIL: info@mwzmlaw.comAd #72042 2014-07-17 2014-07-24 2014-07-31 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated June 25, 2002, executed by PEGGY A. CAMPBELL AND THOMAS W. CAMPBELL, conveying certain real property therein described to ARNOLD M. WEISS, ATTORNEY, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register’s Office of Davidson County, Tennessee recorded July 5, 2002, at Instrument Number 20020705-0081064; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2002-BC3 who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, the undersigned,Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, having been appointed as Substitute Trustee by instrument to be filed for record in the Register’s Office of Davidson County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on August 28, 2014 at 10:00 AM at the Front Entrance of The Historic Davidson County Courthouse, One Public Square, Nashville, TN 37201, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds ONLY, the following described property situated in Davidson County, Tennessee, to wit: LAND IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE BEING LOT NO. 56 FOR THE REVISED PLAN OF CALDWELL HALL SECTION I AS OF RECORD IN BOOK 2900, PAGE 59, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR SAID COUNTY. SAID LOT NO. 56 BEGINS AT A POINT IN THE WESTERLY MARGIN OF SHADESCREST DRIVE BETWEEN LOTS NOS. 56 AND 55 THENCE NORTHWESTERLY 94 FEET WITH THE LINE BETWEEN SOLD TWO LOTS TO A CONCRETE MONUMENT THE COMMON CORNER OF LOTS NO. 55 AND 111 THENCE WESTERLY WITH THE LINE BETWEEN LOTS NO. 111 AND 56, 45 FEET TO A POINT IN THE COMMON CORNER OF LOTS 56 AND 57, THENCE SOUTHERLY WITH THE LINE BETWEEN SAID TWO LOTS 150 FEET TO A POINT IN THE NORTHERLY MARGINS OF BLACKMAN ROAD THENCE WITH SAID MARGIN OF BLACKMAN ROAD EASTERLY 92.01 FEET TO A POINT THE BEGINNING OF A CURVE THENCE AROUND SAID CURVE NORTHERLY 39.27 FEET TO A POINT IN THE WESTERLY MARGIN OF SHADESCREST DRIVE THENCE WITH SAID MARGIN OF SHADESCREST DRIVE NORTHERLY 93.86 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Parcel ID: 147-6-46.00 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 244 BLACKMAN ROAD, NASHVILLE, TN 37211.

In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): PEGGY A. CAMPBELL AND THOMAS W. CAMPBELL OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. (USA), COLLINS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., LVNV FUNDING LLC as assignee of GE CAPITAL WALMART, MIDLAND FUNDING LLC AS ASSIGNEE OF FRIEDMAN`S INC I.S.P.C. The sale of the abovedescribed property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38103 www. rubinlublin.com/property-listings.php Tel: (877) 813-0992 Fax: (404) 601-5846 Ad #72047 2014-07-24 2014-07-31 2014-08-07 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated September 22, 2006, executed by Waleed Ibrahim, conveying certain real property therein described to ROBERT M. WILSON, JR, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register’s Office of Davidson County, Tennessee recorded October 4, 2006, at Instrument Number 20061004-0122855; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP who is now the owner of said debt; and

WHEREAS, the undersigned,Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, having been appointed as Substitute Trustee by instrument to be filed for record in the Register’s Office of Davidson County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on August 21, 2014 at 11:00 AM at the Front Entrance of the Historic Courthouse located at 1 Public Square , located in Nashville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds ONLY, the following described property situated in Davidson County, Tennessee, to wit: LAND IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, BEING LOT NO. 98, ON THE PLAN OF MIRO MEADOWS, OF RECORD IN PLAT BOOK 1424, PAGES 94-95, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR SAID COUNTY, TO WHICH PLAN REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION. Parcel ID: 12-2/24.00 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 1023 Briley Pkwy, Nashville, TN 37217. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): Waleed Ibrahim OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: America`s Wholesale Lender, Gault Financial, LLC assignee of Chase Bank, Riverwalk Holdings, LTD assignee of US Bank National Associates, ND, The Bank of New York Mellon FKA the Bank of New York, As Trustee for the Certificateholders of CWHEQ, INC., Home Equity Loan Asset Backed Certificates Series 2006-S8 The sale of the abovedescribed property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38103 www. rubinlublin.com/property-listings.php Tel: (877) 813-0992 Fax: (404) 601-5846 Ad #72049 2014-07-24 2014-07-31 2014-08-07 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Sale at public auction will be on August 21, 2014 on or about 12:00PM local time, at the Davidson County Courthouse, South Main door, One Public Square, Nashville, Tennessee, conducted by the Substitute Trustee as identified and set forth herein below, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by ELAINE H DEATHERIDGE AND LOUIS D DEATHERIDGE, to ATTY ARNOLD M. WEISS, Trustee, on June 29, 2006, as Instrument No. 20060717-0085678 in the real property records of Davidson County Register’s Office, Tennessee. Owner of Debt: U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Residential Asset Securities Corporation, Home Equity Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-KS7 The following real estate located in Davidson County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of record: LAND IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, BEING LOT NO 10 ON THE PLAN OF FORREST TRAILS OF RECORD IN BOOK 3700, PAGE 24 AND 23, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY. TENNESSEE. BEGINNING AT A POINT IN THE WESTERLY MARGIN OF CROMWELL DRIVE. AT SITE COMMON FRONT CORNER OF LOTS 9 AND 10; THENCE WITH THE LINE BETWEEN SAID LOTS NORTHWESTERLY, 412.7 FEET TO AN IRON PIN IN THE EASTERLY MARGIN OF A 25-FOOT ACCESS EASEMENT; THENCE WITH THE MARGIN OF SAID EASEMENT SOUTHERLY 343.4 FEET TO AN IRON PIN IN THE NORTHERLY MARGIN OF OLD HICKORY BIVD THENCE WITH THE MARGIN OF THE SAME EASTERLY 340 FEET TO A CONCRETE MONUMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF A CURVE TO THE LELI HAVING A RADIUS OF 25 FEET; THENCE AROUND SAID CURVE 39.27 FEET TO A CONCRETE MONUMENT IN THE WESTERLY MARGIN OF CROMWELL DRIVE; THENCE WITH THE MARGIN OF THE SAME NORTHERLY 202.41 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO LOUIS AND ELAINE DEATHERIDGE IN BOOK 5925, PAGE 272, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. Tax ID: 158-10-0-006.00 Current Owner(s) of Property: ELAINE H DEATHERIDGE AND LOUIS D DEATHERIDGE The street address of the above described property is believed to be 1801 CROMWELL DR, NASHVILLE, TN 37215, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description referenced herein shall control. SALE IS SUBJECT TO OCCUPANT(S) RIGHTS IN POSSESSION. THE RIGHT IS RESERVED TO ADJOURN THE DAY OF THE SALE TO ANOTHER DAY, TIME AND PLACE CERTAIN WITHOUT FURTHER PUBLICATION, UPON ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE TIME AND

PLACE FOR THE SALE SET FORTH ABOVE. THE TRUSTEE/SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RESCIND THE SALE. IF THE SALE IS SET ASIDE FOR ANY REASON, THE PURCHASER AT THE SALE SHALL BE ENTITLED ONLY TO A RETURN OF THE DEPOSIT PAID. THE PURCHASER SHALL HAVE NO FURTHER RECOURSE AGAINST THE GRANTOR, THE GRANTEE, OR THE TRUSTEE. OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF MIDLAND FUNDING LLC AND JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF CACV OF COLORADO, LLC THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. If applicable, the notice requirements of T.C.A. 35-5-117 have been met. All right of equity of redemption, statutory and otherwise, and homestead are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. If the U.S. Department of Treasury/ IRS, the State of Tennessee Department of Revenue, or the State of Tennessee Department of Labor or Workforce Development are listed as Interested Parties in the advertisement, then the Notice of this foreclosure is being given to them and the Sale will be subject to the applicable governmental entities right to redeem the property as required by 26 U.S.C. 7425 and T.C.A. §67-1-1433.

This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid.

The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee s attorney.

MWZM File No. 14-000613-670 JASON S. MANGRUM, J.P. SELLERS, LORI LIANE LONG, Substitute Trustee(s) Premier Building, Suite 404 5217 Maryland Way Brentwood, TN 37027 PHONE: (615) 238-3630 EMAIL: info@mwzmlaw.comAd #72053 2014-07-17 2014-07-24 2014-07-31 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Sale at public auction will be on August 21, 2014 on or about 12:00PM local time, at the Davidson County Courthouse, South Main door, One Public Square, Nashville, Tennessee, conducted by the Substitute Trustee as identified and set forth herein below, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by MICHAEL W. NORTHERN AND LAKESHA NORTHERN, to ELITE TITLE, Trustee, on October 13, 2005, as Instrument No. 20051019-0125893 in the real property records of Davidson County Register’s Office, Tennessee. Owner of Debt: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION, HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-KS1 The following real estate located in Davidson County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of record: A CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LOCATED IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS TO-WIT: BEING LOT NO. 33 ON THE PLAN OF SECTION NINE, TERRAGON TRAILS , OF RECORD IN BOOK 5200, PAGE 85, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, TO WHICH REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MERE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION. Tax ID: 148-08-0-219-00 Current Owner(s) of Property: MICHAEL W. NORTHERN AND LAKESHA NORTHERN The street address of the above described property is believed to be 4665 Long Branch Drive, Antioch, TN 37013, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description referenced herein shall control. SALE IS SUBJECT TO OCCUPANT(S) RIGHTS IN POSSESSION. THE RIGHT IS RESERVED TO ADJOURN THE DAY OF THE SALE TO ANOTHER DAY, TIME AND PLACE CERTAIN WITHOUT FURTHER PUBLICATION, UPON ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE SALE SET FORTH ABOVE. THE TRUSTEE/ SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RESCIND THE SALE. IF THE SALE IS SET ASIDE FOR ANY REASON, THE PURCHASER AT THE SALE SHALL BE ENTITLED ONLY TO A RETURN OF THE DEPOSIT PAID. THE PURCHASER SHALL HAVE NO FURTHER RECOURSE AGAINST THE GRANTOR, THE GRANTEE, OR THE TRUSTEE. OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: SANTANDER BANK, N.A. (NATCO) JUNIOR LIEN THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. If applicable, the notice requirements of T.C.A. 35-5-117 have been met. All right of equity of redemption, statutory and otherwise, and homestead are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. If the U.S. Department of Treasury/IRS, the State of Tennessee Department of Revenue, or the State of Tennessee Department of Labor or Workforce Development are listed as Interested Parties in the advertisement, then the Notice of this foreclosure is being given to them and the Sale will be subject to the applicable governmental entities right to redeem the property as required by 26 U.S.C. 7425 and T.C.A. §67-1-1433.This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee s attorney. MWZM File No. 14-000857-670 JASON S. MANGRUM, J.P. SELLERS, LORI LIANE LONG, Substitute Trustee(s) Premier Building, Suite 404 5217 Maryland Way Brentwood, TN 37027 PHONE: (615) 238-3630 EMAIL: info@mwzm-

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law.comAd #72056 2014-07-17 2014-07-24 2014-07-31 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Sale at public auction will be on August 21, 2014 on or about 12:00PM local time, at the Davidson County Courthouse, South Main door, One Public Square, Nashville, Tennessee, conducted by the Substitute Trustee as identified and set forth herein below, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by LAKEESHA RAINEY AND JEROME RAINEY, to ADVANTAGE TITLE & ESCROW, Trustee, on January 30, 2004, as Instrument No. 20040206-0014903 in the real property records of Davidson County Register’s Office, Tennessee.

Owner of Debt: DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR FFMLT TRUST 2004FF3, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-FF3 The following real estate located in Davidson County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of record: BEING ALL OF LOT NO. 307, VILLAGES OF LONG HUNTER, A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, PHASE I, RECORDED IN INSTRUMENT NO. 20010123-0006894, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE TO WHICH REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE COMPLETE AND ACCURATE DESCRIPTION. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO LAKEESHA RAINEY AND HUSBAND, JEROME RAINEY, BY DEED OF RECORD IN INSTRUMENT NO.20040206-0014902 , REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. Tax ID: 151100A10100CO Current Owner(s) of Property: LAKEESHA RAINEY AND JEROME RAINEY The street address of the above described property is believed to be 7432 East Winchester Drive, Antioch, TN 37013, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description referenced herein shall control. SALE IS SUBJECT TO OCCUPANT(S) RIGHTS IN POSSESSION. THE RIGHT IS RESERVED TO ADJOURN THE DAY OF THE SALE TO ANOTHER DAY, TIME AND PLACE CERTAIN WITHOUT FURTHER PUBLICATION, UPON ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE SALE SET FORTH ABOVE. THE TRUSTEE/SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RESCIND THE SALE. IF THE SALE IS SET ASIDE FOR ANY REASON, THE PURCHASER AT THE SALE SHALL BE ENTITLED ONLY TO A RETURN OF THE DEPOSIT PAID. THE PURCHASER SHALL HAVE NO FURTHER RECOURSE AGAINST THE GRANTOR, THE GRANTEE, OR THE TRUSTEE. OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF FORD -MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY AND FIRST FRANKLIN FINANCIAL JUNIOR LIEN AND VILLAGES OF LONG HUNTER HOA AND VILLAGES OF LONG HUNTER HOA THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. If applicable, the notice requirements of T.C.A. 35-5-117 have been met. All right of equity of redemption, statutory and otherwise, and homestead are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. If the U.S. Department of Treasury/IRS, the State of Tennessee Department of Revenue, or the State of Tennessee Department of Labor or Workforce Development are listed as Interested Parties in the advertisement, then the Notice of this foreclosure is being given to them and the Sale will be subject to the applicable governmental entities right to redeem the property as required by 26 U.S.C. 7425 and T.C.A. §67-1-1433.This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or trustee.

This sale may be rescinded at any time. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee s attorney. MWZM File No. 14-000986-670 JASON S. MANGRUM, J.P. SELLERS, LORI LIANE LONG, Substitute Trustee(s) Premier Building, Suite 404 5217 Maryland Way Brentwood, TN 37027 PHONE: (615) 238-3630 EMAIL: info@mwzmlaw.comAd #72057 2014-07-17 2014-07-24 2014-07-31 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Sale at public auction will be on August 28, 2014 on or about 12:00PM local time, at the Davidson County Courthouse, South Main door, One Public Square, Nashville, Tennessee, conducted by the Substitute Trustee as identified and set forth herein below, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by GARY S BINKLEY, to ARNOLD M WEISS, Trustee, on May 2, 2006, as Instrument No. 20060522-0060004 in the real property records of Davidson County Register’s Office, Tennessee. Owner of Debt: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE UNDER POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF AUGUST 1, 2006 MASTR ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES TRUST 2006-HE3 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-HE3 The following real estate located in Davidson County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of record: BEING LOT NO. 5 ON AN ADVANCE COPY OF THE PLAN OF MERRY OAKS SUBDIVISION IN THE 3RD DISTRICT OF DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, SHOWN ON A COPY OF A PLAN OF THEREOF PREPARED BY W.W. TURNER COMPANY, ENGINEERS, AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT IN THE SOUTH MARGIN OF LEBANON PIKE, AT THE CORNER OF LOTS NOS 4 AND 5 THENCE WITH THE LINE BETWEEN SAID LOTS SOUTHERLY 360 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE EASTERLY 123 FEET TO A POINT, THE CORNER OF LOTS NOS 5 AND 6: THENCE WITH THE LINE BETWEEN SAID LOTS, NORTHERLY 360 FEET TO THE SOUTH MARGIN OF LEBANON PIKE; THENCE WITH THE MARGIN OF THE SAME, WESTERLY 123 FEET TO THE BEGINNING. INCLUDED BUT EXCLUDED FROM THE ABOVE DESCRIPTION AS FOLLOWS: LAND IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE BEING PART OF LOT NO 5 ON THE PLAN OF MERRY OAKS, AS OF RECORD IN BOOK 1835.

PAGES 67 AND 68, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR SAID COUNTY. BEGINNING AT A POINT IN THE SOUTH MARGIN OF LEBANON PIKE AT THE CORNER OF LOTS 4 AND 5; THENCE WITH THE MARGIN OF THE SAME NORTH 82 DEG. 10` 20” EAST 123 FEET TO A POINT AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT NO 5 THENCE SOUTHERLY 18 FEET ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT NO. 5 TO A POINT THENCE SOUTH 78 DEG. 54` 53” WEST 20 FEET TO A POINT, SAID POINT BEING WHERE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ACCESS WILL BE CONTROLLED BY THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, AND FROM WHICH POINT WEST ALL RIGHTS TO INGRESS OR EGRESS TO OR FROM AND ACROSS FROM ABUTTING LANDS IS HEREBY CONVEYED IN FEE SIMPLE; THENCE CONTINUING SOUTH 78 DEG. 54` 53” WEST 103.2 FEEL ALONG THE HERETOFORE SAID CONTROLLED ACROSS RIGHT -OF -WAY LINE TO A POINT IN THE LOT LINE BETWEEN LOTS NO 4 AND 5, SAID POINT BEING THE END TO THE CONTROLLED ACCESS RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE; THENCE NORTHERLY 25 FEET ALONG THE LOT LINE BETWEEN LOTS NOS 4 AND 5 TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Tax ID: N/A Current Owner(s) of Property: GARY S BINKLEY The street address of the above described property is believed to be 2303 LEBANON PIKE , NASHVILLE, TN 37214, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description referenced herein shall control. SALE IS SUBJECT TO OCCUPANT(S) RIGHTS IN POSSESSION. THE RIGHT IS RESERVED TO ADJOURN THE DAY OF THE SALE TO ANOTHER DAY, TIME AND PLACE CERTAIN WITHOUT FURTHER PUBLICATION, UPON ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE SALE SET FORTH ABOVE. THE TRUSTEE/SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RESCIND THE SALE. IF THE SALE IS SET ASIDE FOR ANY REASON, THE PURCHASER AT THE SALE SHALL BE ENTITLED ONLY TO A RETURN OF THE DEPOSIT PAID. THE PURCHASER SHALL HAVE NO FURTHER RECOURSE AGAINST THE GRANTOR, THE GRANTEE, OR THE TRUSTEE. OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: PROPERTY TITLE SERVICES, LLC AND MAC ELLIOTT BAGGETT AND JAMES HYDEN, TRUSTEE AND WALEED SEDER THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. If applicable, the notice requirements of T.C.A. 35-5-117 have been met. All right of equity of redemption, statutory and otherwise, and homestead are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. If the U.S. Department of Treasury/IRS, the State of Tennessee Department of Revenue, or the State of Tennessee Department of Labor or Workforce Development are listed as Interested Parties in the advertisement, then the Notice of this foreclosure is being given to them and the Sale will be subject to the applicable governmental entities right to redeem the property as required by 26 U.S.C. 7425 and T.C.A. §67-1-1433.This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or trustee.

This sale may be rescinded at any time. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee s attorney. MWZM File No. 14-000393-670 JASON S. MANGRUM, J.P. SELLERS, LORI LIANE LONG, Substitute Trustee(s) Premier Building, Suite 404 5217 Maryland Way Brentwood, TN 37027 PHONE: (615) 238-3630 EMAIL: info@mwzmlaw.comAd #72181 2014-07-24 2014-07-31 2014-08-07 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Sale at public auction will be on August 28, 2014 on or about 12:00PM local time, at the Davidson County Courthouse, South Main door, One Public Square, Nashville, Tennessee, conducted by the Substitute Trustee as identified and set forth herein below, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by JOSE LUIS GARCIA, to Heritage Title Services LLC, Trustee, on August 17, 2006, as Instrument No. 20061010-0125739 in the real property records of Davidson County Register’s Office, Tennessee. Owner of Debt: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE UNDER POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF DECEMBER 1, 2006 MASTR ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES TRUST 2006-HE5 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-HE5 The following real estate located in Davidson County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of record: Being Lot No. 252 on the Plan of Hampton Park (formerly Chitwood Downs, a Planned Unit Development) of record in Plat Book 6900, Pages 550, 551 and 552 and Certificate of Correction of record in Book 7462, Page 445 and by an Amendment to Change Name of record in Book 8181, Page 112, all of record in the Register`s Office for Davidson County, Tennessee, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more complete legal description. Tax ID: 063160B17000CO Current Owner(s) of Property: JOSE LUIS GARCIA The

street address of the above described property is believed to be 1005 Tonyawood Drive, Old Hickory, TN 37138, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description referenced herein shall control. SALE IS SUBJECT TO OCCUPANT(S) RIGHTS IN POSSESSION. THE RIGHT IS RESERVED TO ADJOURN THE DAY OF THE SALE TO ANOTHER DAY, TIME AND PLACE CERTAIN WITHOUT FURTHER PUBLICATION, UPON ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE SALE SET FORTH ABOVE. THE TRUSTEE/ SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RESCIND THE SALE. IF THE SALE IS SET ASIDE FOR ANY REASON, THE PURCHASER AT THE SALE SHALL BE ENTITLED ONLY TO A RETURN OF THE DEPOSIT PAID. THE PURCHASER SHALL HAVE NO FURTHER RECOURSE AGAINST THE GRANTOR, THE GRANTEE, OR THE TRUSTEE. OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: FRANKLIN CREDIT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION AND MIDLAND FUNDING LLC AND LVNV FUNDING LLC AND HAMPTON PARK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND EQUIFIRST CORPORATION THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. If applicable, the notice requirements of T.C.A. 35-5-117 have been met. All right of equity of redemption, statutory and otherwise, and homestead are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. If the U.S. Department of Treasury/IRS, the State of Tennessee Department of Revenue, or the State of Tennessee Department of Labor or Workforce Development are listed as Interested Parties in the advertisement, then the Notice of this foreclosure is being given to them and the Sale will be subject to the applicable governmental entities right to redeem the property as required by 26 U.S.C. 7425 and T.C.A. §67-1-1433.This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or trustee.

This sale may be rescinded at any time. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee s attorney. MWZM File No. 13-004686-670 JASON S. MANGRUM, J.P. SELLERS, LORI LIANE LONG, Substitute Trustee(s) Premier Building, Suite 404 5217 Maryland Way Brentwood, TN 37027 PHONE: (615) 238-3630 EMAIL: info@mwzmlaw.comAd #72194 2014-07-24 2014-07-31 2014-08-07

CLASSIFIEDS Need help? Metro Social Services assists Davidson County residents who are in crisis and experience economic hardship.

Available services include counseling, case management, information/referral, homeless services, senior nutrition, indigent burial services and social data analysis. Please call 615-862-6458, visit the Metro Social Services offices at 800 2nd Avenue North, or check online at http://www.nashville.gov/ Social-Services.aspx Metropolitan Government DirectorOffice of Conservatorship Management Applications accepted for the newly created position of Director of the Office of Conservatorship Management Metropolitan Government of Nashville, TN. The candidate should have a Doctor of Jurisprudence Degree and three (3) years of professional legal experience. In addition to the minimum qualifications, the candidate will also have experience working in the area of conservatorships and/or guardianships in Tennessee.

Supervisor or management experience is preferred but not required. Excellent benefits. $75,000 year. Apply by July 31, 2014.

To apply and view a complete description of this position visit our website www. nashville.gov In Compliance with Tennessee Law, all applications are subject to Public Disclosure. EOE Publish July 24, 2014 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR PARKING REVENUE CONTROL SYSTEM REPLACEMENT MNAA PROJECT NO. 1405A ELECTRONIC PROPOSALS, submitted through www.aerobidz.aero, (or SEALED NON-ELECTRONIC PROPOSALS, if Bidder has written authorization from MNAA) for furnishing all materials, labor, tools and appurtenances for the construction/installation for the PARKING REVENUE CONTROL SYSTEM REPLACEMENT and other incidental items shall be received by the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority not later than 2:00p.m. (local time), August 21, 2014.

A Pre-Proposal Conference will be conducted at 1:00p.m. (local time), August 29, 2014, in the Nashville International Airport, Chamber Room, 4th Floor, Terminal Building, Nashville, Tennessee.

Attendance at this meeting is mandatory.

A copy of the RFP will be available on July 21, 2014 and may be obtained electronically from www.aerobidz.aero, an online tendering service. The requestor shall pay the cost of the document printing.

The Minority Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (SMWBE) participation level established for this project is ZERO PERCENT (0%) RACE AND GENDER NEUTRAL. For information on eligible SMWBE firms, bidders should contact the Director, Business Diversity Development, (615) 275-1468, or visit http://www. flynashville.com/business-diversitydevelopment/Pages/default.aspx.

Further detail concerning this bid may be obtained from the MNAA web site: http://www.flynashville.com/businessopportunities/Pages/default.aspx Publish July 24, 2014 REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS THE METROPOLITAN NASHVILLE AIRPORT AUTHORITY (MNAA) is requesting Statements of Qualifications from engineering firms with extensive experience in airfield engineering for the CIP 1502, RECONSTRUCT TAXIWAYS LIMA AND JULIET EAST project at the Nashville International Airport, Nashville, Tennessee.

ELECTRONIC STATEMENTS OF QUALIFICATIONS should be submitted through www.aerobidz.aero by 5:00 p.m. (local time) August 21, 2014.

Free registration with aerobidz is available by contacting Nena Bowling at aerobidzregistration@nashintl.com.

A complete RFQ package may be downloaded from www.aerobidz.aero on or before July 21, 2014.

The Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) participation goal for this project is TEN AND SEVENTY-SIX HUNDREDTHS PERCENT (10.76%). See http://www. flynashville.com/business-diversitydevelopment/Pages/default.aspx for more information.

Visit http://www.flynashville.com/businessopportunities/Pages/default.aspx for more information about this solicitation. Publish July 24, 2014 INVITATION TO BID Mending Hearts, Inc. located in Nashville, TN is seeking General Contractors for the Renovation and Rehab of a triplex building.

Sealed Bids will be due August 12, 2014, at 10:00am and Bid opening immediately following. The location is listed in the Bid Package documents.

Specification sheets and Bid Documents are available by contacting Diane Del Chiaro at (615)957-4682 or email: diane@ mendingheartsinc.org. Bid documents will be emailed. If a copy needs to be mailed, a $25 nonrefundable charge will be required.

A Pre-Bid conference will be held July 25, 2014 at the Mending Hearts, Inc. campus in West Nashville at 12:00pm. Publish July 10, 17, 2014

CITATION BY PUBLICATION -TRC 109 & 114 THE STATE OF TEXAS HANNAH STARR STILL VS KALEB DANIEL HENSLEY CAUSE# 18449 IN THE DISTRICT COURT 33rd JUDICIAL DISTRICT LLANO COUNTY, TEXAS CITATION BY PUBLICATION TO: HENSLEY, KALEB DANIEL 708 THOMPSON LANE OR WHEREVER HE MAY BE FOUND NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37024 DEFENDANT, GREETINGS: NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: “You have been sued. You may employ an attorney.

If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 A.M. on the Monday next following the expiration of 42 days after the date you were served this citation and petition, a default judgment may be taken against you.”

You are hereby commanded to appear by filing a written answer to the Plaintiff’s Petition at or before 10 00 o’clock on the Monday next after the expiration of 42 days after the date of issuance of this citation before the Honorable 33rd Judicial District Court Of Llano County, Texas. Said Plaintiff’s Petition was filed in said court on the 6th day of day of May 2013 in the above entitled Cause.

A brief statement of the nature of this suit is as follows, to-wit: ORIGINAL PETITION FILED IN THE DISTRICT CLERK’S OFFICE as is more fully shown by Plaintiff’s Petition on file in this suit. Issued and given under my hand and seal of said Court at 832 Ford Street, Llano, Texas this 13th day of June 2014.

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF(S) ANNE B. LITTLE 100 AVENUE H., SUITE 103 P.O. BOX 3013 MARBLE FALLS, TEXAS 78654 JOYCE GILLOW, DISTRICT CLERK 832 FORD STREET 78643 LLANO, TEXAS 78643 Deborah Peck - DEPUTY Publish July 3, 10, 17, 24, 2014 NALLELY LIRA- LOPEZ Vs MIGUEL HERNANDEZ- CASTILLO Non-Resident Notice 4th Circuit Docket No. 14D991 In this cause it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the defendant is a non-resident of the State of Tennessee, therefore the ordinary process of law cannot be served upon MIGUEL HERNANDEZ- CASTILLO. It is ordered that said Defendant enter her appearance herein with thirty (30) days after July 31, 2014 same being the date of the last publication of this notice to be held at the Metropolitan Circuit Court located a 1 Public Square, Room 302, Nashville, Tennessee, and defend or default will be taken on September1, 2014.

It is therefore ordered that a copy of this Order be published for four (4) weeks succession in the TENNESSEE TRIBUNE, a newspaper published in Nashville.

Richard R. Rooker, Clerk Deputy Clerk Chantel Fleming Date: July 3, 2014 Mary B. Langford Attorney for Plaintiff Publish July 10, 17, 24, 31, 2014 DEANDRE’ BERNARD BENSON Vs BRITTANY DESHAY BENSON Non-Resident Notice 3RD Circuit Docket No. 14D179 In this cause it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the defendant is a non-resident of the State of Tennessee, therefore the ordinary process of law cannot be served upon BRITTANY DESHAY BENSON. It is ordered that said Defendant enter her appearance herein with thirty (30) days after July 31, 2014 same being the date of the last publication of this notice to be held at the Metropolitan Circuit Court located a 1 Public Square, Room 302, Nashville, Tennessee, and defend or default will be taken on September 1, 2014.

It is therefore ordered that a copy of this Order be published for four (4) weeks succession in the TENNESSEE TRIBUNE, a newspaper published in Nashville.

Richard R. Rooker, Clerk C. Haefner Deputy Clerk Date: July 2, 2014 ROBERT J. TURNER PETER P. FRECH Attorney for Plaintiff Publish July 10, 17, 24, 31, 2014 JESSICA RENEE SULLIVAN MARTIN JAMES BRYAN MARTIN Vs HEATHER MARY SULLIVAN HINES CHARLES WILLIAM HINES, III DEMARCUS LARENZO TERRELL ANY UNKNOWN FATHER Non-Resident Notice 4th Circuit Docket No. 14A27 In this cause it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the defendant is a non-resident of the State of Tennessee, therefore the ordinary process of law cannot be served upon DEMARCUS LARENZO TERRELL it is ordered that said Defendant enter HIS appearance herein with thirty (30) days after AUGUST 7, 2014 same being the date of the last publication of this notice to be held at the Metropolitan Circuit Court located a 1 Public Square, Room 302, Nashville, Tennessee, and defend or default will be taken on September 8, 2014.

It is therefore ordered that a copy of this Order be published for four (4) weeks succession in the TENNESSEE TRIBUNE, a newspaper published in Nashville.

Richard R. Rooker, Clerk Deputy Clerk CFLEMING Date: July 9, 2014 BRAD H. FRAKES Attorney for Plaintiff Publish July 17, 24, 31, August 7, 2014 NOTICE TO CREDITORS 14P1121 ESTATE OF JAMES STEVE TISDALE, DECEASED. Notice is hereby given that on the 10th day of July, 2014, Letters of Authority in respect to the estate of JAMES STEVE TISDALE, who died March 08, 2014, were issued to the undersigned by the Seventh Circuit (Probate) Court of Davidson County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured, or un-matured, against the estate are required to file same with the clerk of the above name court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2), otherwise their claims will be forever barred: (1) (A) Four (4)months from the date of the first publication (or posting, as the case may be) of this notice if the creditor received an actual copy of the Notice to Creditors at least sixty(60) days before the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting); or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the Notice to Creditors, if the creditor received the copy of the Notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting) as described in (1) (A); or Twelve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death this 14th day of July, 2014. Brenda Norman Tisdale, 230 Delvin Drive, Antioch, TN 37013, Personal Representative. Tidwell, Nicholas M., 216 Centerview Dr., Suite 317, Brentwood, TN 37027. Richard R. Rooker, Probate Court Clerk, One Public Square, Room 303 Nashville, TN. 37201. Publish Dates: July 17, 2014 and July 24, 2014.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS 14P581

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Obamacare Cont’d from page 1A longtime GOP goal.

The two judges seized on text within the law that said subsidies would be provided to people who purchased insurance on exchanges established by the states. But 36 states declined to set up their own exchanges, and chose to rely on the federal government’s exchange instead. Because the law doesn’t specifically say that people who bought insurance on the federal exchange also get subsidies, the law’s opponents argued that therefore such subsidies are illegal.

“The problem confronting the [ACA] is that subsidies also turn on a third attribute of Exchanges: who established them. Under section 36B, subsidies are available only for plans ‘enrolled in through an Exchange established by the State under section 1311 of the [ACA],’” the majority opinion ruled, rejecting the counter-argument that other portions of the law specifically say that a federal exchange set up for a state is by definition a state exchange.

The one dissenting judge said that the GOP argument is silly. “This case is about Appellants’ not-so-veiled attempt to gut the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” Senior Circuit Judge Harry T. Edwards wrote in his dissent. “At the time of the ACA’s enactment, it was well understood that without the subsidies, the individual mandate was not viable as a mechanism for creating a stable insurance market.”

“You don’t need a fancy legal degree to understand Congress intended for the

Senior Circuit Judge Harry T. Edwards

Affordable Care Act to provide tax credits regardless who was running the marketplace,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Tuesday in response to the ruling.

A key aspect of the plaintiffs’ argument is that Congress wanted to incentivize states to create their own exchanges and withhold financial assistance for residents of those states that didn’t, a contention Edwards mocked.

“The simple truth is that Appellants’ incentive story is a fiction, a post hoc narrative concocted to provide a colorable explanation for the otherwise risible notion that Congress would have wanted insurance markets to collapse in States that elected not to create their own Exchanges,” Edwards wrote.

The Republican judges twisted themselves in knots to find a way to invalidate the law, while ignoring its intent,

Mayor Continued from page 1A only captured 35 percent of the vote. “Brownsville made history by electing the first African-American mayor in the city’s history, so I congratulate Mister Rawls.” Matherne made history herself four years ago when she was elected the first female mayor of Brownsville.

Rawls is the single father of two young men. In his spare time, he enjoys snow skiing but rarely has time for leisure activities or hobbies. “I like watching sports and fishing but work keeps me so busy,” he said.

Rawls said the idea of him running for office began with a casual conversation many months ago.

“It started with a conversation with my campaign manager, and we thought there was a need for change in our community

and a lack of a sense of urgency,” explained Rawls, a Democrat who will serve a four-year term.

“I feel it’s a great opportunity to make some changes in Brownsville and get the city up to date with the rest of the country and the rest of the world.

The quality of life is number one on my list. We have to improve the quality of life for our elderly people, young people and people in-between as well.

We have to come together and move in one direction.”

Rawls is aware that many people from Brownsville, which has a population of 9,700, leave the city for other opportunities after reaching adulthood. That’s something he hopes to change. “It’s a good place to live, educate yourself, start a busi-

Edwards said. “The majority opinion ignores the obvious ambiguity in the statute and claims to rest on plain meaning where there is none to be found. In so doing, the majority misapplies the applicable standard of review, refuses to give deference to the IRS’s and HHS’s permissible constructions of the ACA, and issues a judgment that portends disastrous consequences,” he writes. “Appellants’ argument cannot be squared with the clear legislative scheme established by the statute as a whole.”

Arguing the case on the merits, of course, is beside the point. The GOP opposes the Affordable Care Act. Where it has a majority, it proved again Tuesday, it will move to repeal it.

If the decision survives further court review, it would affect more than half of the 8 million people who received subsidies for coverage for this year, according

to the consulting firm Avalere Health.

Eighty-five percent of those who purchased health insurance on an exchange received subsidies, but those in the District of Columbia and the 14 states that operate their own exchanges would not be affected by the ruling.

The decision effectively would hike premiums for almost 5 million people by 58 percent to 95 percent on average, depending on where they live. The highest price increases would be felt by individuals in Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Missouri, where people would pay at least 80 percent more, according to Avalere Health’s estimates based on data from the Department of Health and Human Services. Residents of Texas and 11 other states would pay at at least 75 percent more.

ness and start a career. We have to open the doors to Brownsville so people can have a good quality of life for themselves, their parents and their children.”

Currently, 61.74 percent of Brownsville are AfricanAmerican.

This is Rawls’ first time serving as an elected official. “We decided it would be in the best interest of everybody to just get it done,” said Rawls, a graduate of Morehouse College. Rawls’ entry into the mayoral race attracted many more voters in Brownsville. According to the Election Commission, this year’s election had 914 more votes than 2010’s total of 1,540.

In addition to his new position as mayor, Rawls is also the co-owner of Rawls Funeral Homes, an 80 year-old family business. The company has locations in Brownsville, Paris, South Fulton, and Union City.

CLASSIFIEDS CONTINUED FROM 12B ESTATE OF KEVIN LENOX, DECEASED. Notice is hereby given that on the 10th day of July, 2014, Letters of Authority in respect to the estate of KEVIN LENOX, who died January 1, 2014 were issued to the undersigned by the Seventh Circuit (Probate) Court of Davidson County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and nonresident, having claims, matured, or unmatured, against the estate are required to file same with the clerk of the above name court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2), otherwise their claims will be forever barred: (1) (A) Four (4)months from the date of the first publication (or posting, as the case may be) of this notice if the creditor received an actual copy of the Notice to Creditors at least sixty(60) days before the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting); or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the Notice to Creditors, if the creditor received the copy of the Notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting) as described in (1) (A); or Twelve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death this 14th day of July, 2014. Martha Springer, 1357 12th Avenue S., Nashville, TN 37203, Personal Representative. Glanton, Luvell Leigh, 915 Jefferson Street, 2nd Floor, Nashville, TN 37208. Richard R. Rooker, Probate Court Clerk, One Public Square, Room 303 Nashville, TN. 37201. Publish Dates: July 17, 2014 and July 24, 2014 NOTICE TO CREDITORS 14P1026 ESTATE OF VAN C. BOND, DECEASED.

Notice is hereby given that on the 17th day of July, 2014, Letters of Authority in respect to the estate of VAN C. BOND, who died May 29, 2014 were issued to the undersigned by the Seventh Circuit (Probate) Court of Davidson County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and nonresident, having claims, matured, or unmatured, against the estate are required to file same with the clerk of the above name court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2), otherwise their claims will be forever barred: (1) (A) Four (4)months from the date of the first publication (or posting, as the case may be) of this notice if the creditor received an actual copy of the Notice to Creditors at least sixty(60) days before the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting); or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the Notice to Creditors, if the creditor received the copy of the Notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting) as described in (1) (A); or Twelve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death this 22nd day of July, 2014. Ellen V. Young-Bond, 1215 Old Hickory Blvd, Nashville, TN 37207, Personal Representative. Smith, Robert Lewis, 3250 Dickerson Pike Suite 121, Nashville, TN 37207. Richard R. Rooker, Probate Court Clerk, One Public Square, Room 303 Nashville, TN. 37201. Publish Dates: July 24, 2014 and July 31, 2014.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS 14P1153 ESTATE OF ALMA MARIE JONES, DECEASED. Notice is hereby given that

on the 17th day of July, 2014, Letters of Authority in respect to the estate of ALMA MARIE JONES, who died June 20, 2014 were issued to the undersigned by the Seventh Circuit (Probate) Court of Davidson County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured, or un-matured, against the estate are required to file same with the clerk of the above name court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2), otherwise their claims will be forever barred: (1) (A) Four (4)months from the date of the first publication (or posting, as the case may be) of this notice if the creditor received an actual copy of the Notice to Creditors at least sixty(60) days before the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting); or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the Notice to Creditors, if the creditor received the copy of the Notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting) as described in (1) (A); or Twelve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death this 22nd day of July, 2014. Robert Paul Jones, 5242 Edmondson Pike Apt 1204, Nashville, TN 37211, Personal Representative. Jones, Christopher A. PO Box 1384, White House, TN 37188. Richard R. Rooker, Probate Court Clerk, One Public Square, Room 303 Nashville, TN. 37201. Publish Dates: July 24, 2014 and July 31, 2014

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Metro Police Department Announces Promotions NASHVILLE, TN — Chief Steve Anderson has announced the promotion of five sergeants to the rank of lieutenant in anticipation of next month’s opening of the new Midtown Hills Precinct.

Those soon to be taking on new leadership roles are: • Sergeant Morgan Ford, a 9-year police department veteran who is currently assigned as a supervisor in the Domestic Violence Division. Sergeant Ford holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Aquinas University.

• Sergeant Lee Kendall, a 12-year police department veteran who is currently assigned as a supervisor at the Training Academy. Sergeant Kendall holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Campbellsville University and a Master’s Degree from Cumberland University.

• Sergeant Taylor Schmitz, a 14-year police department veteran who is currently assigned as the South Precinct’s Community Coordinator. Sergeant Schmitz holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Tampa.

• Sergeant Ada Thaxter, a 12-year police department veteran who is currently assigned as supervisor in the Office of Professional Accountability. Sergeant Thaxter holds an Associate’s Degree from Nashville State.

• Sergeant Michael Waltz, a 16-year police department veteran who is currently assigned to the Office of Professional Accountability. Sergeant Waltz holds a Bachelor’s Degree from MTSU. The Midtown Hills Precinct, the police department’s 8th, is in the final stages of construction on 12th Avenue South at Wade Avenue. The grand opening ceremony is projected to be Monday, August 18th. As was announced last week, Midtown Hills will be commanded by Kay Lokey, who is transitioning from the Domestic Violence Division.

Sergeant Taylor Schmitz

Sergeant Morgan Ford

Sergeant Lee Kendall

Sergeant Ada Thaxter

Sergeant Michael Waltz