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Journey Comes Full Circle For New TSU President

John Morgan (left), the Chancellor of the Tennessee Board of Regents, places the presidential “Chain of Office” around the neck of Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover during her Inauguration ceremony Oct. 25 in the Gentry Complex.

Photo by Kelvin Braxton

NASHVILLE, TN — (TSU News Service) - “It is an exciting privilege to stand before you today to accept the presidency of Tennessee State University and I look forward to the opportunities and challenges ahead.” With that statement, Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover officially became the eighth president of Tennessee State University, with thousands watching including family members, state and local dignitaries, alumni, faculty, students and delegates representing more than 50

institutions of higher learning. The Chancellor of the Tennessee Board of Regents, John Morgan, performed the investiture of Dr. Glover, giving her the oath and Chain of Office, which made her the first African-American female to lead a TBR institution. Among other dignitaries participating in the investiture of Dr. Glover were several former TSU presidents, including Dr. Frederick Humphries, Dr. James Hefner, and Dr. Charles B. Fancher, who served briefly as interim president. Also

participating in the ceremony was Mayor Karl Dean, of Nashville. Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, by way of a video, congratulated Dr. Glover, calling the inauguration “a proud and momentous occasion and an extraordinary milestone” for the state. “Dr. Glover is well respected by her colleagues and is well suited to oversee this historic institution,” the Governor said. “She has demonstrated professionalism and inInauguration Continued on page 11A

Bishop Walker Selected to EBONY’S Power List

In the December/January issue hitting newsstands the week of November 4, EBONY reveals our annual Power 100 list of the nation’s most influential AfricanAmericans. The 2013 Power 100 includes a broad-range listing of game-changers including spiritualist Iyanla Vanzant, chef Marcus Samuelsson, fashion guru André Leon Talley, actresses Kerry Washington and Condola Rashad, filmmaker Lee Daniels and director-producer Shonda Rimes.

“The EBONY Power 100 speaks volumes about the diversity of our accomplishments and the power of our collective influence across virtually every spectrum

of society,” says EBONY editor-in-chief Amy DuBois Barnett. “We are thrilled to honor these exceptionally talented people who have inspired and enthralled us, and who have helped to shape our lives.”

In celebration, the second annual EBONY Power 100 Gala will be held at New York City’s Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall on November 4. The invitation-only event will honor Motown Records founder Berry Gordy with a Lifetime Achievement Award. left, Bishop T.D. Jakes and right, Bishop Elect Joseph W. Walker, III

Power List Continued on page 11A

Black Clergy Send Affirming Letter For Obamacare mental civil and human right in America. Historically, over seven million African-Americans have WASHINGTON, DC — A been uninsured and denied acteam of African-American cess to care with devastating conpreachers has sent a letter to sequences. The Affordable Care President Barack Obama affirm- Act provides African-Americans, ing their “commitment to the Af- along with Americans of all nafordable Care Act” even as the tionalities, access to desperately president has ordered the website needed quality health care,” states overhauled. the letter, signed by 14 Black “We believe that access to Obamacare quality health care is a fundaContinued on page 3A Hazel Trice Edney, Special to The Tennessee Tribune|

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Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian

Melvin Fitzgerald Marks 55 Years of Service on

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NASHVILLE, TN, Vanderbilt News — When Melvin Fitzgerald first came to Vanderbilt, he was 22, fresh out of the U.S. Army, and seeking work just until he could move to California to meet up with his brother, who was soon to be discharged from the U.S. Navy.

Instead, his brother moved back to Tennessee and Fitzgerald kept his job in the Department of Biochemistry. He has been there ever since.

This March, Fitzgerald marked 55 years of working at Vanderbilt. By his estimation, he has seen

five chancellors, eight department chairs, five direct supervisors and countless colleagues come and go.

Fitzgerald is something of an institution within the institution – walking from his office on the sixth floor of Light Hall down to Medical Center Plaza, numerous passersby smile, wave and greet him by name.

In September, he was recognized at Vanderbilt’s annual Service Awards Celebration. Fitzgerald adds the honor to the Commodore Award

Melvin Fitzgerald (left), who works in the Dept. of Biochemistry, was recognized for his 55 years of service to Vanderbilt

by Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos (right) and Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs Jeff Balser (center) at the Employee Fitzgerald Awards Celebration Photo by Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt Continued on page 11A

Faulcon Named to State Parole Board

Sybril Bennett, Ph.D. is the guest this week on Take 10 on Tuesdays with The Tennessee Tribune. Bennett, who is a journalism professor at Belmont University, is the author of “Innovate,” a look at how the Underground Railroad is a forerunner to today’s internet. She discusses the lessons learned from the innovations the enslaved population had to create to become free people with Tribune Editorial Director Sandra Long Weaver.

You can view the discussion at wwww.tntribune.com

NASHVILLE, TN — Gov. Bill Haslam has appointed a law enforcement veteran to Tennessee’s parole board. Gary M. Faulcon of Nashville spent 25 years with the Metro Nashville Police Department, most recently as commander of the Bomb Squad.

Haslam said, “Mr. Faulcon’s extensive background in criminal justice will be a tremendous asset to the state. I am grateful he is willing to share that experience as a member of the Board of Parole.”

During his quarter-century with Nashville’s police department, Faulcon has been assigned to various divisions including Background and Recruitment, Criminal Investigations, Vice and the Special Weapons and Tactics Team (S.W.A.T.). He earned a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from Tennessee State University in Nashville, as well as a Gary M. Faulcon master’s degree in Public Service Management from Cum- came effective on Monday, berland University in Lebanon. October 28, and will continue Faulcon’s appointment be- through December 31, 2017.

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T.J. Martell Foundation Raises Over $1.4 M

l-r, Laura Heatherly, CEO TJ Martell Foundation, Honoree Brandon Steiner, CEO of Steiner Sports, Honoree John Sykes, President of Clear Channel Entertainment Enterprises, Honoree Anne Stanchfield of Target Corporation, Honoree Jennifer Breithaupt, SVP of Marketing Citi, Honoree Carrie Underwood, Tony Martell, Founder of the TJ Martell Foundation and Christopher Mattioli, Director, TJ Martell Foundation. All photos by Getty Images

NEW YOUR, NY — The T.J. Martell Foundation for Leukemia, Cancer and AIDS Research announced that it raised over $1.4 million at its 38th Annual Honors Gala held at Cipriani on 42nd Street in New York on Tuesday, October 22, 2013.

The honorees for this year’s gala were Jenniifer Breithaupt, SVP of Marketing Citi, Brandon Steiner, CEO of Steiner Sports, John Sykes, President of Clear Channel Entertainment Enterprises, GRAMMY winner and Multi-Platinum selling artist Carrie Underwood and Target Corporation. The night was filled with incredible energy as guests bid on silent auction items, enjoyed an exclusive reception and walked the red carpet to capacity press. Founder Tony Martell spoke passionately about the foundation he founded in honor of his son and its continued mission to help find a cure for all cancers. CEO Laura Heatherly’s passion for the research and patient services provided by the foundation was a topic of her discussion with both press and guests. The Governor of Oklahoma, Mary Fallin, flew in to honor fellow Oklahoma native Carrie Underwood. Perez Hilton attended and was excited to be part the annual fundraiser. (photo above l to r: Bryan Adams, Sting, President Bill Clinton and John Sykes at the TJ Martell Foundation 38th Honors Gala in New York)

l-r, Bryan Adams, Sting, President Bill Clinton and John Sykes at the TJ Martell Foundation 38th Honors Gala in New York

l-r, Carrie Underwood accepts her award from Doug Morris

President Bill Clinton presented the Lifetime Music Industry Achievement Award to his longtime friend and President of Clear Channel Entertainment Enterprises, John Sykes. Clinton praised Sykes’ passion for the work he has done with helping to keep music in the schools.

Clinton received a standing ovation when he approached the podium and also addressed the crowd on the importance of the TJ Martell Foundation and the work they are doing every day to find a cure to cancer.

Scott Borchetta, President of Big Machine Records opened his presentation

with a humorous video showcasing Target’s contribution to music retailing and promotion. He later presented Anne Stanchfield from Target Corporation with the company’s Spirit of Excellence Award.

Lead singer of Jane’s Addiction and founder of Lollapalooza, Perry Farrell took the stage to present Jennifer Breithaupt, SVP of Marketing for Citi her Spirit of Music Award and NBA Hall of Famer Bernard King spoke of his friend with great accolades when he presented Brandon Steiner, CEO of Steiner Sports with this year’s Humanitarian of the Year Award.

GRAMMY winner and Multi-Platinum selling artist Carrie Underwood was a highlight on the red carpet and had the audience on their feet when Doug Morris, CEO of SONY Music presented her with the 2013 Artist Achievement Award.

The evening ended with an exclusive performance by Sting and Bryan Adams.

Raucous applause and dancing in the aisles immediately ensued while the musicians performed several songs. Both performers spent time backstage with President Clinton prior to appearing. Sting and Bryan Adam’s performance capped off one of the most incredible nights in the TJ

Martell Foundation’s history and helped raise much needed funds to continue their on-going work to help find a cure for Leukemia, AIDS and all cancers.

“When I started this Foundation with several of my peers in the music and entertainment business in honor of my son T.J., I wanted to do all that I could to make sure other families would not have to suffer the way my family did,” said Tony Martell, Founder & Chairman of the T.J. Martell Foundation. “Our annual New York Honors Gala is one of the most important fundraisers we produce and without it we could not continue to offer the patient services or cutting-edge research for Leukemia, Cancer and AIDS.” Past honorees have included Former President George W. Bush and former President William J. Clinton, the late Frances Williams Preston, Katie Couric, Matt Lauer, Ann Curry, Al Roker, Clive Davis, Arnold Palmer, Del Bryant, Scott Borchetta, Clarence Avant, Berry Gordy, Quincy Jones, the late Gil Friesen, Irving Azoff, Russell Simmons, Monte & Avery Lipman, Bruce Lundvall, John Esposito, Joel Katz and the late Ahmet Ertegun. The T.J. Martell New York Honors Gala is sponsored by American Airlines.

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Medical Society Memorial Lecture Held in Memphis

l-r, Fr. Brooke Dishmon, Dr. Cato Laurencin, Dr. Walter Rayford and Dr. Robert J. Smith

MEMPHIS, TN — The Bluff City Medical Society held its 10th Annual Memorial Lecture on October 18th, at the Westin Hotel in Memphis. The lecturer this year was Dr. Cato Laurencin of the University of Connecticut at Hartford. Dr. Laurencin is Chairman of the Department of Orthopedics and a Professor in the School of Engineering at the University. He earned his undergraduate degree from Princeton and his medical degree, Magna Cum Laude, from Harvard Medical School. During medical school, he also earned his Ph.D. in biochemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a member of a number of surgical societies.

Dr. Laurencin’s research involves tissue engineering, biomaterials science, nanotechnology and a new field he terms regenerative engineering. His work in mentoring students was recognized by President Barack Obama in 2010, when he received an award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering from the President.

His lecture was entitled, “Regenerative Engineering,” and he showed some of his

research in using stem cells to grow new ligaments and bones. The lecture was attended by members of the Bluff City Medical Society and its Auxiliary, and faculty and students from all the professional schools at the University of Tennessee. A scholarship was rewarded to a medical student.

Dr. David Stern, Executive Dean of U.T. Medical School was on the program also. He stressed his desire to increase diversity in all of the programs at U.T. A history of the lecture was given by Dr. Robert J. Smith, who was the first chairmen of the series.

Officers of the Bluff City Medical Society are Dr. Walter Rayford, President, Dr. Lanetta Anderson-Brooks, PresidentElect, Dr. Persico Wofford, Vice-President, Dr. Esmond Arrindell, Treasurer and Dr. Brenda Hardy, Secretary. The Bluff City Medical Society was founded in 1885 by Dr. Myles Lynk. Its members continue to give service to the underserved in Memphis. The President of the Bluff City Medical Auxiliary is Brooke Dishmon, D.D.S.

Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.; Bishop George E. Battle, Jr., senior bishop, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; Bishop Charles Edpreachers, all of whom lead major cleriward Blake, Sr., presiding Bishop and cal or civic organizations. “We affirm Chief Apostle, Church of God In Christ, our support for the Affordable Care Act. Inc.; Bishop John R. Bryant, senior We understand that over time aspects of bishop, African Methodist Episcopal the Act will be revised as government Church; the Rev. Dr. Ambassador Sulearns more and to-be-expected adminzan Johnson Cook, founding president, istrative glitches will be appropriately Women In Ministry International; Bishaddressed but it is essential that we op Paul A. G. Stewart, Sr., acting senior work aggressively with what we have bishop, Christian Methodist Episcopal

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Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, Jr.

Rev. Dr. Ambassador Suzan Johnson Cook

Rev. Dr. T. DeWitt Smith, Jr.

Rev. Dr. Carroll A. Baltimore

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right now. We cannot afford to put this off any longer. Any further delay will have catastrophic effects on the nation’s uninsured.”

The three-page letter, complete with supporting scriptures, and starting with “Dear Mr. President”, was released to the media Monday evening.

The 14 names on the letter are the Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, Jr. chair, Faith Partnerships; Inc.; the Rev. Dr. Barbara Williams-Skinner, co-chair, National African American Clergy Network, who is heading the effort; the Reverend Dr. T. DeWitt Smith, Jr., co-chair, National African American Clergy Network; the Rev. Dr. Carroll A. Baltimore, president,

NEWS

WGU Tennessee Hires New PR Director NASHVILLE, TN — Kirk Graves, former communications director for the Governor’s Books from Birth Foundation, has joined WGU Tennessee as public relations director.

In his new role as public relations director, Graves will work with the chancellor of WGU Tennessee to promote the university to potential students, employers, partners, and other key audiences.

“We’ve made a lot of progress in spreading the word about WGU Tennessee since our launch just three months ago,” said Dr. Kimberly K. Estep, WGU Tennessee’s chancellor. “Having someone of Kirk’s talent and experience on board will help us take our public relations and marketing efforts to an even higher level.”

In addition to his time at the Books from Birth Foundation, Graves signed a book deal in September 2013 with international publisher Bloomsbury Press to contribute a volume to the acclaimed 32⅓ series

gov, while praising the benefits of the new plans for those who have successfully enrolled. “...The problem has been that the website that’s supposed to make it easy to apply for and purchase the insurance is not working the way it should for everybody. And there’s no sugarcoating it,” Obama said. “The website has been too slow, people have been getting stuck during the application process. And I think it’s fair to say that nobody is more frustrated by that than I am - precisely

Bishop George E. Battle

Bishop Paul S. Morton

Church; Bishop Paul S. Morton, international presiding bishop, Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International; the Rev. Dr. Julius R. Scruggs, president, National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.; the Rev. Al Sharpton, president, National Action Network; the Rev. Dr. Stephen Thurston, president, National Baptist Convention of America, Inc., the Rev. Dr. C. T. Vivian, president, Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

The letter was released only hours after President Obama held a Rose Garden press conference deploring the embarrassing glitches that have slowed enrollment on the website, HealthCare.

of books on music and culture to be published in June 2014. Graves’ other work experience includes serving as an account manager for the Bradford Group, a PR/ marketing firm that integrates public relations, inbound marketing, outbound marketing and social media to start public conversations about client brands.

There, Graves managed and executed successful PR and advertising campaigns for tech and entrepreneurial companies.

A native of Hendersonville, Tenn., Graves received his bachelor’s degree from Princeton University in 2003. He later earned his master’s degree in Southern studies from the University of Mississippi, where he was awarded a fellowship through the Center for the Study of Southern Culture.

WGU Tennessee is a competency-based, online university created to expand access to higher education for Tennessee residents. The university offers more than 50 un-

dergraduate and graduate degree programs in the high-demand career fields of business, K-12 teacher education, information technology, and health professions, including nursing.

Established through a partnership with nationally recognized Western Governors University, WGU Tennessee is open to all qualified Tennessee residents. The university is nonprofit and self-sustaining on tuition of less than $6,000 per year for most programs.

rican American people of faith, believe that our devotion to God requires us to be actively involved in promoting the well-being of all people,” states the letter. “In some cases, we can best accomplish that objective by executing clearly defined, focused collaborative efforts amongst denominations and other faith based groups. We believe in those cases we can accomplish more together than we can separately. The issue of providing all Americans with access to quality health care is one of those issues.”

Bishop Charles Edward Blake, Sr.

Rev. Dr. Julius R. Scruggs

because the product is good.”

For anyone experiencing problems or needing answers to questions, he announced the toll free number, 1-800318-2596 for help. The President has also embraced the Republican-invented nickname for the Affordable Care Act. In a video, distributed by mass e-mail, he has ppealed for people to “Join Team Obamacare.”

Meanwhile, amidst escalated criticism of the plan - mainly by Republicans - the pastors and their associates bolstered their support.

“We, leaders of predominantly African American denominations and other faith leaders, who lead millions of Af-

Kirk Graves

Bishop John R. Bryant

Rev. Dr. Stephen Thurston

The letter lists their specific commitments, including to “Facilitate the critical enrollment numbers necessary to ensure the success of the Affordable Care Act” and “Seek other opportunities to work towards improving the health status of our constituencies” such as “Health and Wellness Sundays which will include thematic preaching on specified Sundays along with other related activities.”

They appealed for other pastors to sign onto the letter and the commitment: “We call on all others of like minds and empathetic hearts to join in this public affirmation by affixing your names to this historic document.”

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NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE - TO BE EQUAL #44

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The Government Shutdown

Blacks to know and understand the differRather than gloat ence between the priover the Republicans vate and public sectors. getting their clocks Black workers have cleaned in the governfared so much worse ment shutdown fiasco, than other segments it’s worth Blacks taking of the population since time to note our depenthe recession’s end. In dency on government.

May, the unemployIn some form, more ment rate among Black than half of Americans Americans reached rely on the government; 16.2 percent, up from 165 million out of 308 15.5 percent a year million. Of these, 107 earlier. By contrast, million Americans William Reed White unemployment rely on government was 8 percent, an imwelfare, 46 million seniors benefit from provement from the 8.8 percent level Medicare and there are 22 million government employees. Americans’ ethics of the previous year. But now, with the regarding self-reliance has dwindled as broader economy stuck in a deep rut and eligibility for Medicaid, food stamps, working opportunities chronically lean, earned income tax credit, work pay tax those government jobs are diminishing, credit and unemployment benefits have too. From the Post Office to the White increased since 2009. In 2010, more House, a government job has long ofthan 70 percent of federal spending went fered African Americans pathways to middle-class lifestyles. The loss of govto such programs.

This dependency on government sets ernment paychecks erodes one of what too many Americans up for low aspi- Blacks considered during the past centurations and generations of welfare and ry as an equalizing force.It’s as if Blacks poverty. And, the problem for Blacks can’t see beyond the proponents of “big is that we often rely too much on gov- government socialism” and attitudes of ernment.Washington, D.C. is home to dependency. Blacks would do well to the “wealthiest concentration of Blacks limit the amount of government depenin America.” In D.C., and around the dence in their lives. Without meaningworld, more than 800,000 federal work- ful private-sector endeavors, the Black ers were furloughed during the shut- middle-class cannot sustain itself. Some down. A disproportionate number of would say today’s Black middle-class is furloughed federal workers happened to no more than an illusion. Terms such as be African Americans. Because govern- “job creation” and “economic engines” ment jobs have always been more avail- must become more commonplace in able to Blacks than private sector em- Blacks’ vernacular. As stunted as their ployment, Blacks comprise 17.7 percent economics have been under Democratic of the federal workforce. governments, the mindset among AfOverall, people of color represent 34 rican Americans remains Democratic percent of the federal workforce. Lati- and “big government inclined.” A 2011 nos are 8 percent, Asians are 5.8 percent report by Globescan showed the numand Native Americans are 2.1 percent. ber of U.S. citizens who believe in the People of color comprise 37 percent of strength of a free market economy the U.S. population, a figure projected dropped to 59 percent. When Globescan to grow to 57 percent by 2060.Since the first conducted this survey 10 years ago, 2007 Recession, federal, state and local 80 percent of Americans favored a free government agencies have pared down payrolls and eliminated positions that market economic system. Those people sustained millions of Black middle-class with the lowest annual incomes were workers for decades. Since the begin- found to be more likely to oppose a free ning of 2007, some 375,000 government market economy.

Heritage Foundation findings report jobs have been eliminated. Nearly 21 that on average, Americans who depend percent of the nation’s working Black on federal assistance received $32,748 adults have government jobs. Public agencies are the single largest employ- in annual benefits, which is more than er for Black men, and the second most an average American worker makes in a common for Black women. During the year. In 2011, the median annual salary shutdown many recipients of Head Start, was reported as being $26,364.

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State of Emergency for Black Colleges With lower endowments, cut-rate tuition fees, fund raising challenge and a dispropor“HBCUs have altionate number of firstways been in a situation generation, low-income where a lot of them have students, HBCUs have had to struggle. A lot of been hit especially that has to do with ineqhard by the economic uitable funding.”

— downturn. Recent cuts Marybeth Gasman, Uniin government aid and versity of Pennsylvania other funding streams have been the last straw for several of them. St. Current financial Paul’s College in southproblems facing the stoern Virginia closed its Marc H. Morial ried Grambling State doors in June. Atlanta’s University football proMorris Brown College gram are a sign of funding inequities that are shortchanging students and threat- recently declared bankruptcy. And a ening the very existence of a growing board member at Howard University, number of Historically Black Colleges considered by many to be the nation’s and Universities (HBCUs). On Octo- premier HBCU, recently wrote, “Howber 19th, in protest of severe budget cuts ard will not be here in three years if we that have decimated the football facilities don’t make some crucial decisions now.”

In addition to the financial strains on and led to the firing of Coach Doug Williams, the Grambling State Tigers play- HBCUs, prospective students are finders refused to take the 160 mile trip to ing it harder to scrape up the money to Jackson, Mississippi for their scheduled enroll. A recent change in credit hismatchup with Jackson State. tory criteria in the federal Parent PLUS The Grambling players’ boycott of Loan Program has resulted in the dethe Jackson State homecoming game nial of loans to 28,000 HBCU students sent shockwaves through the Southwest- and a loss of $154 million in revenue to ern Athletic Conference and highlighted HBCUs. Congressional Black Caucus the dire financial status of many of our Chair, Marcia L. Fudge has responded to nation’s 105 HBCUs. this crisis by demanding a return to the Draconian higher education bud- previous credit policy. She says, “The get cuts in Louisiana being pushed by issue must be addressed and the policy Governor Bobby Jindal are a big part of must be fixed now.” the Grambling problem. According to The contributions of HBCUs cannot the New York Times, state funding for be overstated. While the 105 HBCU inGrambling is “down 56 percent since 2008. In response, the university has stitutions represent just three percent of laid off more than 120 staff members and the nation’s higher education establishreduced the number of degree programs ment, they graduate nearly 20 percent to 47 from 67.” This has left the football of African Americans who earn underprogram in shambles, with players forced graduate degrees. They also graduate to practice and play in unsafe and unsan- more than 50 percent of African Ameriitary facilities while sometimes enduring can professionals, half of black public thousand-mile bus trips for away games. school teachers, and most of the African The Grambling football experience is American students who earn bachelor’s unique, but it is also symptomatic of a degrees in STEM fields. For decades larger problem that extends beyond the HBCUs have been the backbone of a football field to the financial offices and growing black middle class and a stronclassrooms of the institutions that have ger America. traditionally produced the lion’s share of We must do everything we can to preAfrican American professionals. vent their decline and keep them alive.

Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League

LETTERS TO EDITOR Dear Editor; I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Congressman Major R. Owens on Monday, October 21st. In thinking of his legacy, I feel proud to be among millions of Americans who are grateful for the life and work of the Congressman. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 until retiring in 2007. While he represented Brooklyn’s 11th District, his dedication to education, civil rights, anti-poverty, and people with disabilities--to mention only a few crucial matters--helped to make our entire country kinder and more just. He will be truly missed!

As a journalist, Aesthetic Realism Associate, and historian of civil rights, I met Major Owens beginning in 2000, at con-ferences and workshops on education, health care, labor, housing, and civil rights, in Washington and in New York City. When, in 2005, Lyn MillerLachmann, Editor-in-Chief of MultiCultural Review, asked me to interview Mr. Owens in relation to the little known fact that he was the only member of Congress who was also a librarian, I welcomed the opportunity. My interview took place at his Brooklyn Congressional office on Utica Avenue in Crown Heights.

“Congressman Major Owens: Literature from Shakespeare to Rap,” appeared in MultiCultural Review (see link below), and was soon taken up by newspapers and journals around the country. It ends with a quote from his rap against proposed cuts in Head Start and other health and education programs. He became known as ‘the rappin rep.” “The Nation Needs Your Lunch” is an instance of the justice he was fighting for and his feeling for people young and old. It begins: Kids of America There is a fiscal crunch.

This great nation Now needs your lunch To set the budget right.

In a near time I’ll say more about Congressman Owens, including about the educational performance event in 2010 presented in his honor at Medgar Evers College (CUNY) in Brooklyn: “The People of Clarendon County”--A Play by Ossie Davis, & the Answer to Racism!

Here is a link: Congressman Major Owens: Literature from Shakespeare to Rap With best regards, Alice Bernstein, Director

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LOCAL Vanderbilt History Home Sweet Veterans Home

In 2010 we visited the Veterans Home of Yountville in the heart of scenic Napa Valley at the request of the California Veterans Support Foundation. This was our first exposure to a state veterans home and we were impressed. We learned that disabled and elderly California veterans could live at the home and receive the medical, social, and therapeutic services they need in a community that supports and honors veterans. The grounds were breathtaking. The foundation was considering a fundraising campaign for the veterans home. One of their priorities was to fund programs for returning women veterans.

A year later our father, Colonel B. Shaw, was no longer able to live independently. We were referred to the Tennessee State Veterans Home in Humboldt. “The Colonel” spent the last two years of his life supported by a top-notch medical and support team: we couldn’t recommend a better facility or better caregivers.

Earlier this year we met a group of dedicated volunteers who want to ensure that veterans from the Memphis, TN area have access to the services of a veterans home that is close to their family, friends and community. They founded The West Tennessee Veterans Home, Inc., and have set out to secure the money and land required to build a state veterans home to serve the 75,000 local veterans.

We mention these three experiences to encourage you to support the veterans in your family and your community. If your spouse or family member

needs specialized medical care talk with your nearest state veterans home.

These homes know how to care for veterans with devastating injuries and disabilities. They also support older veterans who need nursing home care.

Veterans who are cared for at a state veterans home receive $97.07 per day towards the cost of their care. This benefit is awarded to them for their service and cannot be used at a private nursing home. This means that veterans who need full time, year-round care save $35,000 when cared for at a state veterans home. Learning about the Tennessee State Veterans Home was a god-send for our family: it could be the answer your family is seeking.

If your community is not served by a state veterans home, enlist the support of veterans and community leaders to explore the feasibility of raising funds and securing the land required to build one. The federal government will provide 65% of the building costs when a local community secures 25 acres of land and 35% of the cost to build.

Finally, if your community has a state veterans home, visit your veterans.

Talk with those who work at the home to find out if they need additional funds to increase the quality of care provided. If funds are needed encourage your community to raise the money.

Copyright 2013 – Mel and Pearl Shaw, Mel and Pearl Shaw are the authors of “Prerequisites for Fundraising Success.” They position nonprofits for fundraising success. Visit them at www.saadandshaw.com

by Kara Furlong Research by Lyle Lankford, university historian

NASHVILLE, TN — The April 1926 Vanderbilt Alumnus included an article celebrating the loyal service of five longtime staff members.

George Keeble, dressed in white uniform, was the chief guide in the then-new medical building. He began work at Vanderbilt in 1886 as a porter, hauling students’ trunks first by wagon, later by truck. Keeble also ran a laundry in the basement of the Old Gymnasium (now the Fine Arts Building).

Fitzgerald began work in Kissam in 1904 and was trainer for the football team. To male faculty living in Kissam he was a philosopher and friend; to students he was a father figure and confidant. A pillar in his Nashville church and head of several lodges and other organizations, Fitzgerald

Photographed at old Kissam Hall, a men’s dormitory that stood at the south end of today’s Alumni Lawn from 1900 to 1958, were (l-r) Monroe Motley, George Keeble, Bowling Fitzgerald, Mark Collier and William Fox.

also studied chiropractic for four years, receiving certification in 1923.

He continued to work at Vanderbilt with chiropractic as a sideline. It was said by some that Fitzgerald was “the best bone doctor in Tennessee.”

Collier, in his trademark flat derby hat, was an assistant to the football coaches and squad.

After visiting Vanderbilt as an assistant to the Sewanee football team around 1912, he moved to Nashville to work at Vanderbilt. Collier also

served as custodian for Engineering Hall, a portion of which remains today as part of the Owen Graduate School of Management.

The article says Fox kept Science Hall (now Benson Hall) “ship shape” for many years; however, it gives no detail of Motley other than his name.

These men were fixtures on Vanderbilt’s campus, with none having less than 20 years of service at the time the article was written.

TNTP Teaching Fellows Recruiting Nashville

St. Cecilia Students Selected For Honors Choir

Henry Bradford, a 2011 Fellow in a classroom

has that sense of community that other cities may Ever since 2009, not – it’s not too big or Teaching Fellows has too small. Students have been sufficiently training pride in their city and teachers to excel at their community. And because craft in classrooms across it is at the cutting edge of the country, including education reform, you get Nashville. Initially called the chance to be a part of “The New Teacher Proj- history by teaching here,” ect,” the organization said Henry Bradford, a trains teachers and aids 2011 Fellow. Nashville them in getting a license was also targeted beto teach. “We recruit and cause it is recognized as train teachers to serve in a national leader in eduNashville’s highest-need cation reform. Tennessee schools,” said Site Direc- was also one of the first tor Bailey Czupryk. “This two states to win a fedyear we’re recruiting spe- eral “Race To The Top” cific subject areas. We’re Grant. Teaching Fellows recruiting biology and can be located in other chemistry teachers. We’re cities including Atlanta, also looking for English GA, New York City, NY, teachers at the secondary Washington, DC, Charlevel, and we’re recruiting lotte, NC, Baltimore, MD math and middle school and Chicago, IL teachers. We’re recruitCzupryk has been the ing people interested in site director for two years. those service areas we Her task is managing the can train.” team of coaches that train According to their the participants. She also website, there were 102 ensures that the trainees Fellows in the 2012 co- are getting the support hort, 406 Fellows trained they need to be effecto date, and 33,000 stu- tive. “Our primary goal dents reached to date. The is to be the best trainer application deadline for of new teachers in the new applicants is Novem- country,” she explained. ber 11, 2013.

“They have to pass tests Nashville was one of to qualify for a permathe first cities targeted nent teaching license in when Teaching Fellows Tennessee. First there’s originated.

“Nashville an interview process. If

By A.J. Dugger III

Front row l-r, Dina Manalac, Ragan Hummel, Cecilia Green, Zoe Dongas, Christine Wehby; Back row l-r, Shelby Mire, Virginia Cheij, Hannah Gautsch, Julianne Moore, Sanielle Townsend, SCA Choir Director, Stephanie Nolan

NASHVILLE, TN — Six St. Cecilia Academy freshmen selected for the Tennessee Freshman Honor Choir and four students accepted into the Tennessee Mid-State Choir.

Virginia Cheij, Zoe Dongas, Cecilia Green, Ragan Hummel, Shelby Mire, and Sanielle Towsend are the Freshmen Honor Choir students. To audition for the prestigious choir, these freshmen had to perform O’ Lord Increase My Faith by Orlando Gibbons in front of a fivemember panel of judges from the Middle-Tennessee area.

Dina Manalac, Christine Wehby, Julianne Moore, and Hannah Gautsch are the students selected for the Mid-State Choir. Hannah Gautsch was also named as an alternate to the All-State Festival.

To audition, these students underwent rigorous preparation. They performed excerpts of Crucifixus by Antonio Lotti and Adoramus, Te

by Johannes Brahms.

“I am very proud of the choir department and what these girls have accomplished,” Stephanie Nolan, choir director at SCA said. “These students are dealing with a foreign text, singing in Latin, with very complex rhythms, and it requires complete accuracy. On top of that, they have to make their performance musical,” Nolan said.

The SCA students selected for Freshman Honor Choir and MidState Choir will perform at the Middle Tennessee Vocal Association Choir Festival on Nov. 7 in Brentwood.

The SCA choir is also gearing up for a busy performance season. They will perform at St. Cecilia Academy Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. in a program featuring all of the fine arts at SCA, called “Christmas in the Arts.” The choir will also join country music legend, Brenda Lee on the SCA stage in a benefit concert for the SCA Fine Arts Campaign on Dec. 8 in concert called,

“Rockin’ Around the Tree with Brenda Lee”. Last, the choir will perform at the Cathedral of Incarnation in a program called, “Christmas at the Cathedral” on Dec. 9 and 10.

St. Cecilia Academy is Nashville’s oldest private high school, founded in 1860 by the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia Congregation. The Academy has been named to the Top 50 best Catholic high schools in the U.S. list six times since 2004. SCA is also home to the 2012 TSSAA Division II-A State Volleyball Champions, the 2012 TSSAA Division II-A State Volleyball Championship, 2013 TSAA Division II State Long Jump Champion and the 2012 state forensics poetry champion. St. Cecilia Academy’s Class of 2013 earned $12.3 million in merit scholarship offers. The class of 64 young women is attending 37 different colleges and universities in 18 states this fall.

they pass that, then they start summer training.

There is an evaluation at the end of the summer. At the end the year, you must pass ACE (Assessment of Classroom Effectiveness) to earn licensure.”

In late May or early June, the participants undergo a detailed fiveweek pre-service training program. The program focuses on field experience, as the participants study proven teaching techniques and practice these skills with peers and real students in summer school classes.

“The first year is extremely demanding; we constantly had deadlines and deliverables. Prioritizing them helped me learn to pace myself and to work plan,” said Bradford. “Everything we worked on – grouping students, developing lesson plans, implementing a behavior management system – ended up being used in my classroom.”

Over the past two years, 100% of The Teaching Fellows that completed training were hired before school started that year.

For more information, visit http://tntpteachingfellows.org/nashville

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LOCAL

Goodwill Encourages Employers to Hire Disabled

MIDDLE TENNESSEE — There are thousands of Tennessee’s unemployment rate stands at 8.5 percent, but the unemployment rate among adults with disabilities is even higher than that.

During October, National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee encourages employers to strengthen their workforces by hiring qualified people with disabilities.

More than 600 people with disabilities work at Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee, making the nonprofit one of Tennessee’s largest employers of persons with disabilities.

“At Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee, we know firsthand the benefits of having a diverse and inclusive workforce,” said Betty Johnson, vice president and chief people officer. “We believe that all people, including those with disabilities, need to be integrated into the workforce to make our economy stronger.”

Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee offers a program through Goodwill Career Solutions for people with disabilities

l-r, Betty Johnson and Debbie Grant

who may need more time to adapt into the world of work. For individuals with a documented physical, mental or emotional disability, the Transitional Employment program offers intensive job readiness services. Participants learn to work both independently and in a team environment and gain marketable skills. The Transitional Employment program also provides up to six month of paid work training. This may take place at Goodwill or with an employer partner in the areas of retail, hospitality, donations or production/warehousing.

To schedule an appointment with a Transitional Employment case

manager, visit goodwillcareersolutions.org.

Held each October, the U.S. Department of Labor commemorates National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) to raise awareness about disability employment issues and celebrate the many and varied contributions of America’s workers with disabilities. Goodwill stands with the U.S. Department of Labor and encourages companies and organizations to build more inclusive business cultures that value diversity and encourage leaders to recruit, hire, retain and advance qualified individuals with disabilities, which in the end will benefit everyone.

Airport to Hold Emerging Artists Concerts Series

Arts at the Airport Partners with National Museum of African American Music to Launch Emerging Artists Concert Series at Nashville International The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority’s (MNAA) Arts at the Airport program, in partnership with the National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM), will launch an Emerging Artists concert series on Oct. 30, 2013, from noon to 2 p.m. at Nashville International Airport (BNA). The inaugural event will launch with a reception and a live performance on one of BNA’s stages by songwriter and local jazz musician,

Sonja Hopkins

Sonja Hopkins.

The Emerging Artists Concert Series serves as a platform to showcase the different musical genres that people can experience in Music City while also in-

troducing emerging artists.

Arts at the Airport receives over 100 audition CDs each year, and this series was created to spotlight the Airport Continued on page 11A

Peabody Professor Murry to Receive Beckman Award NASHVILLE, TN — Vanderbilt professor Velma McBride Murry has worked tirelessly throughout her career to inspire her current and former students to be resounding agents of change in their communities.

This fall, Murry and nine other notable professors from universities across the United States will each receive a $25,000 cash award from the Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award Trust for inspiring former students to make a difference in the community.

A native of Jackson, Tenn., Murry is the Lois Autrey Betts Professor of Education and Humanities in the Department of Human and Organizational Development at Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of education and human development.

While teaching at The University of Georgia where she served as codirector of the Center for Family Research, Murry mentored graduate student, Cady Berkel, who completed a Ph.D. in Child and Family Devel-

Professor Velma McBride Murry Courtesy photo

opment there in 2007.

Berkel went on to work closely with Murry on her Strong African American Families program, which advances the well-being of African American families by strengthening family relationships, parenting processes and youth competencies. Designed collaboratively with African American communities in the rural South, it laid the foundation for Berkel’s career in culturally-based prevention studies where she is now an assistant research professor at Prevention Research Center at Arizona State University.

This year’s award ceremony will take place

at The Carter Center in Atlanta on Nov. 9, 2013.

Since its inception, the Beckman Award Trust has awarded $1.3 million to 52 professors and/or faculty members to date.

The trust was established in 2008 under the will of Gail McKnight Beckman in honor of her mother Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman, an educator, a renowned author and a pioneer in the field of psychology. She was one of the first female psychology professors at Columbia University and later taught at the University of Pennsylvania.

The Trust is supported by the Wells Fargo’s Philanthropic Services group.

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EDUCATION

TDH, Meharry Partner to Provide Dental Services

NASHVILLE, TN — Tennessee Health Commissioner John Dreyzehner, MD, MPH, joined officials from Meharry Medical College and other state and local officials Tuesday, October 22, for an open house at the Maury County Health Department Dental Clinic in Columbia. TDH is partnering with the Meharry School of Dentistry to enhance provision of comprehensive dental care for children and targeted populations of uninsured adults at the facility and at the Montgomery County Health Department Dental Clinic in Clarksville.

“Oral diseases and their consequences are among the most preventable health problems in Tennessee and affect many people in every county,” said Health Commissioner John Dreyzehner, MD, MPH. “We are delighted to expand this innovative partnership with Meharry School of Dentistry to help protect and improve health and offer more great training experiences for dental students, and we hope it can serve as a model for service, training and even job creation in other parts of Tennessee.”

The Maury County Health Department Dental Clinic is a state-of-the-art facility staffed by a full-time dentist and two dental assistants. Fourth-year students at the Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry in Nashville provide services in two-week rotations at the clinic, as part of a new partnership with the college. Clinic rotations are part of the curriculum for all fourth-year students at the school. Meharry students are also serving rotations at the Montgomery County Health Department Dental Clinic in Clarksville.

“Our partnership with the state is fully aligned with Meharry’s vision of ensuring access to health care services for all. Fourth year students have been well trained to deliver optimal oral health care regardless of a patient’s income or insurance status,” said Cherae Farmer-Dixon, DDS, dean of the Meharry School of Dentistry. “This partnership expands training opportunities for students and, more importantly, it provides an opportunity for us to work together in addressing oral health disease in communities in Tennessee.”

The Maury County Health Department Dental Clinic provides services on a sliding fee scale based on income. Meharry dental students began serving their rotations September 3, with eight students completing rotations to date. In the past year, providers have treated more than 624 patients at the facility. In the past fiscal year, more than 2,900 procedures have been provided at the clinic, with a total value of more than $207,000.

“This partnership will help us better provide needed dental services in communities where those without insurance have limited options for access to oral health care,” said TDH Oral Health Services Director Suzanne Hayes, DDS. “We look at clinics as a regional resource, as we don’t have dental clinics in all counties.”

The Maury County Health Department Dental Clinic is located at 1909 Hampshire Pike in Columbia.

Hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. For more information or to make an appointment, call 931-388-5757.

The Montgomery County Health Department Dental Clinic is also a state-of-the-art facility staffed by a full-time dentist and dental assistant providing services on a sliding fee scale based on income. Dental students began serving their rotations September 16.

In the past year, providers have treated more than 782 patients at the facility. A total of 4,110 procedures have been provided to patients at the clinic during the past fiscal year, with a total value of more than $263,000. The

Meharry Medical College and the Tennessee Department of Health hosted an open house at the Maury County Health Department Dental Clinic in Columbia, TN. l-r, Machelle F. Thompson, RDH, MSPH, Assistant Professor, Dental Public Health, Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry;Suzanne Hayes, DDS, Tennessee Department of Health Oral Health Services Director; Cherae Farmer-Dixon, DDS, Dean, Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry; Cynthia Brown, student, Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry; John Dreyzehner, MD, MPH, Tennessee Health Commissioner; Sen. Joey Hensley, District 28; Dennis Read, DDS, Maury County Health Department Dentist; and Walter R. Owens, DDS, FACD, FICD, Assistant Professor; and Associate Dean, External Affairs, Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry

Officials from Meharry Medical College gather with Maury County Health Department Dentist, Dennis Read, at the Maury County Health Department Dental Clinic open house in Columbia, TN, on Tuesday, Oct. 22. The open house was hosted in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Health. l-r, Machelle F. Thompson, RDH, MSPH, Assistant Professor, Dental Public Health, Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry; Dennis Read, DDS, Maury County Health Department Dentist; Cynthia Brown, student, Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry; Cherae Farmer-Dixon, DDS, Dean, Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry; and Walter R. Owens, DDS, FACD, FICD, Assistant Professor and Associate Dean, External Affairs, Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry

clinic is located at 330 Pageant Lane in Clarksville. Hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. For more information or to make an appointment, call 931-648-5747.

Learn more about TDH Oral Health Services at http://health. state.tn.us/oralhealth/ index.html

Tennessee Health Commissioner John Dreyzehner (left) joined Dean of Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry Cherae Farmer-Dixon (right) for the Maury County Health Department Dental Clinic open house in Columbia, TN

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NATIONAL NEWS President Obama Set To Award Medals

WASHINGTON, DC — On Wednesday, November 20, President Barack Obama will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Medal of Freedom is our Nation’s highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. Additional details about the event, including media logistics, will be released at a later date.

African Americans that will be honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom:

19 seasons with the Chicago Cubs, he eral of the fights for equal rights. played in 11 All-Star Games, hit over 500 home runs, and became the first National League player to win Most Valuable Player honors in back-to-back years. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977, his first year of eligibility.

Oprah Winfrey Cody Tindell Vivian

Bayard Rustin

Ernie Banks

Ernie Banks Known to many as “Mr. Cub,” Ernie Banks is one of the greatest baseball players of all time. During his

Bayard Rustin (posthumous) Bayard Rustin was an unyielding activist for civil rights, dignity, and equality for all. An advisor to the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., he promoted nonviolent resistance, participated in one of the first Freedom Rides, organized the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and fought tirelessly for marginalized communities at home and abroad.

As an openly gay African American, Mr. Rustin stood at the intersection of sev-

Cordy Tindell “C.T.” Vivian C.T. Vivian is a distinguished minister, author, and organizer. A leader in the Civil Rights Movement and friend to the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., he participated in Freedom Rides and sitins across our country. Dr. Vivian also helped found numerous civil rights organizations, including Vision, the National Anti-Klan Network, and the Center for Democratic Renewal. In 2012, he returned to serve as interim President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey is one of the world’s most successful broadcast journalists. She is best known for creating The Oprah Winfrey Show, which

became the highest rated talk show in America for 25 years. Ms. Winfrey has long been active in philanthropic causes and expanding opportunities for young women. She has received numerous awards throughout her career, including the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award in 2002 and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2010.

Other African Americans that have previously received this honor include but not limited to the following: Hank Aaron, Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelou, Bill Cosby, Dorothy Height, Riley “B.B.” King, John Lewis, Nelson Mandela, Thurgood Marshall, Toni Morrison, Sidney Poitier, Colin Powell, Jackie Robinson, Bill Russell and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

FOX News Analyst Williams Accuses GOP of ‘Empty Rhetoric’ Fox News analyst Juan Williams hit out at Republicans on Sunday over their opposition to Obamacare.

Williams appeared on a “Fox News Sunday” panel. He responded to Chris Wallace’s charge that some Americans are losing their health insurance plans under Obamacare.

“I get the sense that people on the Republican side are enjoying this moment, but this is empty rhetoric,” Williams said. He added that some plans are being cancelled because they do not meet

Obamacare standards, but that those affected have received offers “for better packages at lower costs with more benefits.”

“This is not the apocalypse,” Williams added.

Brit Hume disagreed, saying, “The president promised explicitly — we heard it on this program—if you like the coverage you have now you can keep it, period... They’re now being told they can’t have those polices anymore. They must have policies that involve coverage for things they may feel they don’t need.”

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COMMUNITY

Presenters for Dr. Edward L. Risby, Sr’s. 80th birthday party were: Mr. Bill McDaniel, Dr. Charles Fancher, Mrs. Vernell Neely, Dr. Fred Jones, Dr. Henry Foster and Dr. Katie White.

All presenters were lifelong friends of Dr. Risby.

l-r, Dr. Edward L. Risby, Sr. and wife Dr. Alice Risby

l-r, Dr. Edward L. Risby, Sr. and son Dr. Emile Risby, Master of Ceremony

80 years birthday cake made by Mrs. Kenya Lee

Miss Robin Batey, granddaughter

Miss Joanna Risby, granddaughter

Mr. Joseph Risby, grandson

l-r, Dr. Edward L. Risby, Sr., niece Renna Risby and nephew Robert Risby

Dr. Edward L. Risby, Sr.,(second left) with nephew Dorrell Mays (third left) and his family

Dr. Edward L. Risby, Sr. (center) and relatives

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l-r, Dr. George Hill, Carolyn and Carrie Gentry

l-r, Dr. Ed Jackson and wife Dr. Nedra Jackson

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l-r, Mrs. Hotrense Jones and Dr. Fred Jones

l-r, Mrs. Lelia Echols, Dr. Edward L. Risby, Sr. and Dr. Ed Jackson

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AAHGS Conference Held

By A.J. Dugger III

NASHVILLE, TN —The 34th annual AfroAmerican Historical and Genealogical Society 2013 National Conference took place in Nashville from October 10-13 at The Inn at Opryland, A Gaylord Hotel. The goal of the conference was to assist African Americans in searching for their roots. “This will be Nashville’s first time hosting the annual conference,” said AAHGS Nashville President Chajuan Fitzgerald. “The event is hosted by a new city each year. Last year the conference was held in Greensboro, North Carolina. It will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania next year and Richmond, Virginia in 2015. The meeting also gives attendees the chance to socialize with colleagues and engage in lively exchanges of ideas and information.” This year’s theme for the AAHGS National Conference was “150 Sounds of Freedom.”

The Pre-Conference tours began on October 8.

The first tour was the Nashville Black History Tour.

Some of the sights included the Cumberland Museum, Music Cemetery and Old Fairfield Funeral Home.

The next day was a tour of former President Andrew Jackson’s home, The Her-

mitage, which is located 10 miles east of downtown Nashville. The participants toured the Hermitage’s mansion, exhibits, and the tomb where Jackson is buried.

Afterward, those wanting to research more information went to the Nashville Public Library. “It was also a chance to get a taste of the Downtown Nashville night life,” said Fitzgerald.

On October 11, Tennessee State University President Dr. Glenda Glover provided the Opening Plenary entitled “Music Calls Us Home.” That night, people came out to the “Free To Read Book Fair.” The event featured a various selection of books and authors related to African-American genealogy and history. The authors and booksellers were available to discuss their books and fellowship with the people participating.

There was a panel discussion on the morning of Saturday, October 12 where the topic discussion was on how to get family stories published and broadcasted, On Saturday night, renowned Nashville Musician Thomas Cain was the African-American Music History Dinner and Award Presentations Speaker. As the night progressed, he and D.J. Roland Mills provided the entertainment for the high energy Cakewalk Ball.

Power List From Page 1A About Presiding Bishop Elect Joseph Walker, III Noted as one of the most educated and influential leaders in the ministerial community, Bishop Walker, born in Shreveport, LA, received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Southern University, a Master of Divinity degree from Vanderbilt University and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Princeton Theological Seminary, and is a member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.

Recently, Walker was elected as the next Presiding Bishop of the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International, a fellowship of 2,000 churches and two million members. He is the author of eight books, including the current top selling title, Becoming A Couple of Destiny. Bishop Walker also serves as the Bishop of Senior Pastors within the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International. Walker is married to the former Dr. Stephaine Hale. She is the Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Neonatology at Vanderbilt University and they have one beautiful daughter, Jovanni Willow Walker.

Chajaun Fitzgerald has been the AAHGS Nashville President for six years. She is also the AAHGS 2013 Conference Co-Chair Person

Each Luncheon had a special speaker on board.

The Friday Luncheon featured a speech by Chris Haley, the nephew of Tennessee native and “Roots” author Alex Haley. Ashley Bouknight, the assistant curator of “The Hermitage: Home of President Andrew Jackson”, addressed the audience at Saturday’s Luncheon.

Things were wrapped up on Sunday’s Luncheon by Dr. William S. Pretzer, senior curator for history of the Smithsonian Institution’s upcoming National Museum of African American History and Culture. Fitzgerald said that their chapter of the AAHGS is looking for new members. For more information, visit http://www. aahgsnashville.org

For more information, please visit josephwalker3.org About Mt. Zion Mount Zion Baptist Church is one of the largest churches in the nation with over 28,000 members located in Nashville, TN. Mt. Zion’s focus is outreach.

With over 30 help, healing and empowerment ministries, Mt. Zion has helped over 100,000 families, and donated over $3 million dollars towards charity. Mt. Zion has eight weekly services in three locations. Under Bishop Walker’s leadership, the church engaged in the development of a brand new recreational complex called, The Dream Center. This facility will be designed to promote family and safety in the community. Mt. Zion is petitioning to have the first Starbucks in the Nashville inner city. The recreational complex will include a top-notch dance studio, a fitness center and a gym with a track around the top. “We’ll have state-of-the-art workout equipment. This will be a major facility to meet the needs of people in North Nashville,” said Walker.

For more information, please visit mtzionnashville.org

first arrived on campus in 1958, he joined his uncle Bowling Fitzgerald, a trainer for the Vanderbilt football team, who began he received in 1996 and the Dr. Martin Lu- work at Vanderbilt in 1904. Melvin’s nephew, Willy Pendergrass, is a current supervither King Jr. Award he won in 2011.

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Inauguration From Page 1A tegrity through her distinguished career and will be a tremendous asset to higher education in her new capacity.”

Giving her inaugural address on the theme, “Roots and Wings,” Dr. Glover spoke about the possibilities that come with getting a good education.

“Roots and wings are the greatest gift a university can give to its students,” Dr. Glover said, adding that roots can help a student lay the foundation of success, while wings can help them to soar as high as possible. She recounted her own humble beginning and her experience as a student at TSU, and thanked the University “for giving me the wings and the roots to be the person I am.” Saying that she grew up in a house with no running water or indoor facilities, the 1974 TSU graduate with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics said it does not matter where you come from, it’s how determined one is to succeed that counts.

“I’m living witness that God can do exceedingly abundantly above all you could ever ask, ever hope or imagine”, Glover said. “Here I am today a university president.” While emphasizing academic excellence, Dr. Glover, who has been in office since Jan. 2, recounted successes, partnerships and collaborations formed since arriving at TSU. For the first time, the President said, no students was turned away for lack of funding, pointing to the “overwhelming” response of community and business partners, alumni, student and staff to an SOS sent out that raised more than $500,000 in just six days and saved 350 students from being turned away or purged for lack of funding. “Alumni giving has doubled from this time last year, we are forming more partnerships with the community and businesses not just for fundraising but also to be great academic partners,” the president added. Meeting and celebrating with hundreds of family members and well wishers amid the buzz im-

Airport From Page 6A best of this new talent. An emerging artist will be featured each month. Four of the performances will be in partnership with NMAAM. The collaborative concerts with NMAAM will showcase the talent and impact African Americans have on American culture and feature musicians who embody diverse musical and cultural perspectives.

“We are proud to kick-off the Emerging Artist program with NMAAM,” Rob Wigington, president and CEO of MNAA, said. “Nashville is home to many different kinds of music. At the airport, we are Nashville’s first impression for visitors, so we want passengers and visitors to understand and experience what Music City really means when they first arrive. Our music stages have always featured diverse musical styles and performers, and we are excited to partner with one of Nashville’s newest cultural museums.”

In addition to Sonja Hopkins’ performance, the two organizations will collaborate for three additional performances: Dec. 11, 2013, Kiya Lacey - An Ella Fitzgerald Foundation award recipient, Kiya Lacey is a singer, songwriter, and producer. Born and raised in Nashville, Tenn., Kiya has taken in all aspects of the Music City. A 2013 graduate of Harpeth Hall, she plans to enroll in Belmont University to study music business and further indulge herself in pop, jazz, country, soul, and rap. The passion behind all of Kiya’s music demonstrates her ambitious nature, and she hopes to continue to work with professionals in various aspects of the music industry.

April 2, 2014, Joy Styles - Raised outside of Philadelphia, Joy has had a love of music since the age of four.

mediately following her investiture, Dr. Glover minced at the task ahead, but said she was ready for the challenge. “It is an awesome responsibility to lead the institution that gave me my foundation. I am humbled by the oath I have taken, and take my responsibility very seriously with God’s help to lead this great institution to its highest,” Dr. Glover said. Support for the new president was infectious. Dr. Bobby Jones (’59), gospel great, and a platform guest, was one of the first to congratulate Dr. Glover: “This is my alma mater, to come here and to have the honor of sitting on the platform with my new president is a humbling experience. She is a great president.”

State Sen. Thelma Harper, a TSU graduate and a major supporter, who was so excited and could not immediately remember her year of graduation, said: “She (Glover) is ready for the job and TSU is ready for her. We will support her fully.”

Gwendolyn Oatis Neal (’69,’71): “She (Glover) is on point and just the right person for the job. I know she will move TSU to its highest.”

Dr. Glover, whose inauguration ceremonies coincided with Homecoming, crowned out her celebration with the Inaugural and Scholarship Ball at the Opryland Hotel, the parade along Jefferson Street, and the Homecoming football game.

In a thank-you message to the University Community, Dr. Glover expressed gratitude to students, faculty and staff fora “well done” job.

She said, “The Inauguration and Homecoming activities were superb.

We give thanks to God for blessing all of our efforts. This shows what happens when everyone pulls together and strives for a common goal. Our collaborative spirit helped us to overcome any difficulties. The campus is ‘buzzing’ and the community is proud. Thank you so much for your participation, and all that you did to make the Inauguration and Homecoming a wonderful success!”

After finishing college and moving to New York, she quickly emerged as a rising star in the theatre scene, pursuing her passion for acting in Off-Broadway theatre, television, film and voiceovers.

She also starred as a “Raelette” with the Ray Charles Tribute Orchestra headed

by Ray Charles’ manager, Joe Adams.

Finding her true voice in country music, Joy headed south to Nashville and began to sing and write with much success. “The minute I landed, I knew Nashville would be home. It was just so peaceful. It felt right.”

June 18, 2014, Michael B. Hicks Michael has a unique blend of talent and humility rarely found in today’s music scene. As an artist, writer, and performer, Mike is revered as one of the best in the diverse Funk and Soul music scene in Nashville and beyond.

His freshman album, This Is Life, highlights the talents of his writing ability, the moral message of his music, and the production talents of both himself and James Waddell. When he’s not writing and performing his own original music, Hicks is on the road touring the world with Blues icon, Keb Mo. International touring has lent him years of maturity that most young artists never get to experience. This interesting blend of influences and experiences has made him an artist to watch in Nashville.

“We appreciate MNAA partnering with us in this effort and look forward to broaden each artist’s story through this collaboration,” H. Beecher Hicks, III, NMAAM president & CEO, said.

“MNAA has extended the ability of NMAAM to share the ability of music to emotionally tie people together–an undeniable component of American culture.”

For more information about the Emerging Artist Concert Series partnership and performances, please visit NMAAM.org/event/event-listing.

“The younger generations don’t stay here than a century of service to Vanderbilt.

A native of Franklin, Tenn., Fitzgerald as long as they used to,” he said. “What holds plans to retire Oct. 31 to spend more time a lot of people here are the good benefits, the on his farm in Williamson County as well as educational programs. That’s why I stayed.” managing his rental properties throughout Nashville. He realizes that his constancy at Vanderbilt is something of a feat.

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RESILIENT, RECEPTIVE AND RELEVANT THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CONSUMER

2013 REPORT Nielsen and the National Newspaper Publishers Association have strategically collaborated for three years to present an annual in-depth analytical report on the African-American consumer. The reports have become widely respected throughout the industry, and have created more conscious consumers. The following four pages are excerpts from the full 32-page report, which is available for download at www.nielsen.com.

OVERVIEW Black buying power continues to increase, rising from its current $1 trillion level to a forecasted $1.3 trillion by 2017.1 African-Americans have unique preferences from the total U.S. population that makes them an important group to watch. Of the $75 billion spent on television, radio, internet, and magazine advertising only $2.24 billion was spent with media focused on Black audiences. Black businesses, agencies, and media continue to wrestle with this disparity as it is not reflective of the overall high consumption patterns and behavioral trends of the Black consumer.

DEMOGRAPHICS

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55% OF BLACKS LIVE IN THE SOUTH

43 MILLION BLACKS LIVE IN THE U.S.

53%

OF BLACK POPULATION IS UNDER THE AGE OF 35

The Black population, on average, is three years younger than their peers, with an average age of 35 compared to 38. More than half of the population, 53%, is under the age of 35, compared to 47% of the Total Market population.

54%

CITIES WITH HIGH AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATIONS

New York, NY Philadelphia, PA

Chicago, IL

Baltimore, MD

Major Metropolitan Areas

Washington, DC

Southern Cities Memphis, TN

OF ADULT BLACK POPULATION IS FEMALE

Raleigh, NC Columbia, SC Atlanta, GA

Jackson, MS

Black women continue to grow their importance to the Black community. Black women Head of Households represent 29% of all Black households, compared to 20% for the overall population.2 Women control 43% of the annual spending power for the Black population, and own the majority of Black businesses.

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Surprisingly, the southern migration is not limited solely to older retirees.

Young, educated, and forward-thinking Black professionals are deciding to call the South home as well.

All demographic information derived from Nielsen Pop-Facts Premier, 2013 update

Selig Center of Economic Growth, 2012 U.S. Census Bureau, 2011 American Community Survey

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DIVERSE INTELLIGENCE INSIGHTS SERIES BRAND LOYALT Y

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Blacks spend 18% of their annual retail dollars on store brands, or private label items. Out of the top 20 store brand product categories purchased by Blacks and White Non-Hispanics there are six categories unique to African-Americans:

WHERE BL ACKS SHOP On average, Black households shop more frequently (8 trips more) than Total Market households and are more likely to frequent dollar stores (7 trips more), convenience stores (2 trips more) and drug stores (1 trip more), but spend an average of $8 less per trip.

Retail channels where Blacks make fewer trips are grocery stores (3 less), warehouse clubs (3 less) and mass merchandisers (2 less). This could be a direct result of the “retail deserts” phenomenon which suggests some urban and rural communities are lacking in the number and size of certain retail outlets, especially large chains, compared to other communities, which leads to a further issue of “food deserts”. Annual commitments from mass merchandisers like Walmart, Walgreens, and CVS to carry more fresh produce will help to alleviate this problem.1

Frozen Prepared Foods Frozen Vegetables Bottled Water

Shelf Stable Juices & Drinks Nuts Sugar/Sugar Substitutes

Source: Nielsen Homescan, Total U.S., 52 weeks ending 12/29/2012, UPC-coded

African-Americans also have notable preferences for Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs), that differ from Total Market.

McDonald’s: 65% —Total Households 60% Burger King: 44% —Total Households 36%

$20,000 - $29,999: $63

$70,000 - $99,999: $118

$30,000 - $39,999: $94

$10,0000+: $132

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$50,000 - $69,999: $94

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TOP 5 QSR s BLACK HOUSEHOLDS HAVE ORDERED FROM IN LAST 3 MONTHS

BLACK HOUSEHOLDS’ ANNUAL SPENDING WITH BEAUTY SUPPLY STORES BY HH INCOME Under $20,000: $89

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Subway: 43% —Total Households 40%

$40,000 -$49,999: $103

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Blacks consistently place a higher emphasis on grooming and beauty categories and at the top of that list is Ethnic Hair and Beauty Aids (HABA) which Blacks purchase nine times more than others.

Average Spend: $94

BLA

KFC: 37% —Total Households 26% Wendy’s: 36% —Total Households 30%

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Source: Nielsen Homescan, Total U.S., 52 weeks ending 12/29/2012, UPC-coded

CATEGORIES HEAVILY PURCHASED BY AFRICAN-AMERICANS Unprepared Meat/Frozen Seafood

Ethnic Hair and Beauty Aids

Dry Vegetables & Grains

Feminine Hygiene

Refrigerated Juices & Drinks

Spices/ Seasoning/ Extracts

Fresheners/ Deodorizers

Personal Soap/Bath Needs

Shortening/ Oil

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BLACKS’ TOP FIVE PREFERRED NETWORKS Women’s Fragrances

Edible Non-Edible Source: Nielsen Homescan, Total U.S., 52 weeks ending 12/29/2012, UPC-coded 1 The Washington Post. 2011 “Michelle Obama Joins Forces with Walmart, Walgreens to Battle Food Deserts”

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Blacks watch 37% more television than any other group, spending seven hours and 17 minutes per day viewing TV, compared to five hours and 18 minutes of total viewing for Total Market. Black Women, especially those 18-49, tend to be heavier viewers than their male counterparts.

DIVERSE INTELLIGENCE INSIGHTS SERIES

CHANNEL/NETWORKS

% BLACK VIEWERS HOUSEHOLD

TOTAL BLACK VIEWERS (000) HOUSEHOLD

BET

84%

327

VH1

59%

144

TV ONE

87%

107

BOUNCE TV

83%

91

CENTRIC

85%

49

Source: Nielsen 12/31/2012-6/30/2013, Total Day, L+7 Projections.

Viewers shown in millions.

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PROGRAM

ORIGINATOR

TOTAL VIEWERS AA 18-49

Love & Hip Hop Atlanta 2

VH1

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45-64 year-olds spend the most time on Facebook.

Scandal

ABC

2.1

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35-44 year-olds are more likely to spend more time on Tumblr.

Real Husbands 0f Hollywood

BET

1.7

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BRAVO

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18-34 year-olds spend 11% more time on Twitter than those 35-44 and 45-64 combined.

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Blacks are 44% more likely than Total Market consumers to create a social media profile.

Source: Nielsen 12/31/2012-6/30/2012, Prime Day Part, Live +7 Days, Persons 18-49, excluding specials, sport events, and award shows. Viewers shown in millions.

BLACKS ARE MORE LIKELY TO READ FORBES AND FORTUNE MAGAZINES THAN THE TOTAL MARKET

DIGITAL

MOBILE

African-Americans’ overall online category usage reveals some notable behavioral distinctions between Blacks and other consumer groups.

71%

OF BLACKS OWN SMARTHPONES

Most African-Americans use Androids (73%) vs. iPhones (27%).

BLACKS SPEND

44%

MORE TIME ON EDUCATION AND CAREER SITES THAN TOTAL MARKET

BLACKS’ INTERNET CATEGORY RANKINGS BASED ON TIME SPENT African-American Per Person Time • Total Market Per Person Time ▴ More Time Spent

TOP 5 MOBILE APPS PREFERRED BY BLACKS BASED ON TIME SPENT HOURS : MINUTES SPENT

APP

Instagram

7:21

Facebook

6:15

Twitter

2:24

Pandora Radio

2:21

Ebay Mobile

2:19

Source: Nielsen, Mobile Insights, March 2013

Education and Careers

Entertainment

Family and Lifestyles

2:21 • 1:38 ▴44%

9:47 • 8:04 ▴21%

1:42 • 1:25 ▴20%

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BIG SCREEN VIEWING Blacks go to the movies just as much as other consumer groups, with an average of 6.3 trips per year.

TOP AFRICAN-AMERICAN MOVIES WITH BLACK CASTS

Career Development Educational Resources 1:1 • :40 ▴75%

Religion and Spirituality

Personals

:29 • :21 ▴36%

1:43 • 1:20 ▴30%

1:16 • :55 ▴38%

TITLE

STAR(S)

GROSS EARNINGS (000,000)

Django Unchained

Jamie Foxx, with Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson

$163

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Chadwick Boseman

$94

Flight

Denzel Washington

$94

Source: Nielsen, Sept 2012-June 2013, revenue shown in millions

Source: Nielsen, NetView, Total (March 2013), time shown in hours:minutes

87%

OF BLACKS ARE RECEPTIVE TO TRAILERS AND PREVIEWS

3%

DIVERSE INTELLIGENCE INSIGHTS SERIES

ADVERTISING If consumption patterns dictated a company’s advertising budget then advertisers should be spending proportionately with African-American media as follows:

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ADVERTISERS’ SPENDING WITH MEDIA FOCUSED ON BLACK AUDIENCES IS JUST of $75 billion spent in 2012 on television, magazines, internet, and radio advertisements.

TOP 5 ADVERTISERS’ ANNUAL SPEND WITH MEDIA FOCUSED ON BLACK AUDIENCES 1 Procter & Gamble: $75,323

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44% higher spend on Education and Career websites

L’Oréal: $52,341

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38% higher spend on streaming websites

McDonald’s: $38,241

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37% higher spend on television (with a special emphasis on cable)

Unilever: $31,488

•

15% higher spend on mobile phone advertising

U.S. Government: $28,369

COMPANIES MISTAKENLY BELIEVE BECAUSE THERE ARE NO LANGUAGE BARRIERS THAT A GENERAL MARKET “ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL” STRATEGY IS AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO REACH AFRICANAMERICANS. JUST THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE.

Q1 TOP 5 CATEGORIES SPEND WITH MEDIA FOCUSED ON BLACK AUDIENCES 2 Restaurant–Quick Svc $24,200 Automotive: $21,728 Motion Pictures: $20,310 Telephone Svcs & Wireless: $15,622

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Insurance: $13,236 Note: All dollars are in millions Source: Nielsen Selections: Cable TV, Synd TV, Network TV, Spot Radio, National Magazine, Internet 1 Period: Jan. 1, 2012–Dec 31, 2012 2 Period: Jan 1, 2013–Mar. 31, 2013

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2014 Leadership Middle Tennessee Class Selected

NASHVILLE, TN — Thirty-one community and business leaders from the Middle Tennessee region have been selected for membership in the 2014 Class of Leadership Middle Tennessee, Inc., a regional leadership institute encompassing the 10-county area involved with Partnership 2020.

Members were selected from across the 10-county area which includes Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Maury, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson and Wilson.

Selected for the 2014 Leadership Middle Tennessee class and their respective counties are: CHEATHAM COUNTY: Valerie Dreier, Owner/Valerie Kemp Drier, CPA; Larry Roberts, Assistant Vice President Lending, Pinnacle Financial Partners; DAVIDSON COUNTY: Amy Arnold-Martin, Manager, Valley Relations, Tennessee Valley Authority; David Bailey, Architect/ Partner, Hastings Architecture Associates; Brendi Kaplan, Attorney/Partner, Burr & Forman; Beverly Keel, Chair, Department of Recording Industry Management, Middle Tennessee State University ; Lynn Maddox, Education and Outreach Director, Dyer Observatory, Vanderbilt University Medical

Center; Katherine Sheesley, Business Development, Hoar Construction; Ellen Zinkiewicz, Director of Youth and Community Services, Nashville Career Advancement Center; DICKSON COUNTY: Shane Chandler, Gas/Mechanical Inspector and County Commissioner, Greater Dickson Gas and Dickson County; Gary Fouts, Student Services Coordinator, Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Dickson; Mendy Mazzo, Vice President, Business Development, Skanska USA Building Inc.; MAURY COUNTY: Tiffany Howard, Director of Advancement, University of TN Institute of Agriculture; Berrie Pate, Financial Advisor, Caledonian Financial; MONTGOMERY COUNTY: Frazier Allen, Financial Advisor/ Assistant Vice President, F&M Bank; Daniel Binkley, Project Manager, City of Clarksville; Valerie Hunter-Kelley, CEO, The Air Assualt Team, Keller Williams Realty; Brian Taylor, Superintendent/General Manager, CDE Lightband; ROBERTSON COUNTY: Karen Couts, Assistant Vice President, Credit Management/Marketing, Old Hickory Credit Union; RUTHERFORD COUNTY: Chip Hoover, Senior Commercial Executive, J. Smith Lanier & Co.; Tom

Keith, Director of Development, Jones College of Business, Middle Tennessee State University; Richard Stone, Jr., Vice President, Commercial Relationship Manager, Avenue Bank; SUMNER COUNTY: Matt Neal, Regional Vice President, Farm Credit Mid America; Anthony Tate, President/CEO, Tate Commercial Enterprise; WILLIAMSON COUNTY: David Gould, Owner, Main Street Media; Paula Harris, Chief Marketing Officer/Vice President, Barge, Waggoner, Sumner and Cannon Inc.; Luis Parodi, Vice President, Community and Economic Development Manager, Fifth Third Bank; Elke Ridenour, Change Manager, Caterpillar and WILSON COUNTY: Camille Burdine, Development Officer for Major Gifts, Cumberland University; Kim Parks, Executive Director, Historic Lebanon; Robert Porter, President/Managing Principal, Civil-Site Design Group, PLLC. Leadership Middle Tennessee was formed in 1999 as an initiative of Partnership 2000 to contribute to future planned and sustainable economic and community growth and development in the fast-growing 10-county area through the participation of communi-

ty leaders in an annual regional leadership program. At its founding, Marvin Runyon, LMT chairman of the board, said, “The regional leadership institute was founded to help community leaders develop a unity of purpose and meet regional challenges with regional vision.”

Runyon, who passed away in 2004, was the former president of Nissan Motor Manufacturing, U.S.A., TVA chairman and U.S. Postmaster General.

The thirty-one members of the 2014 LMT class include representatives of all 10 counties who will participate in ten one-and-a-half-day sessions focusing on a variety of regional issues and information presentations while visiting each of the member counties.

Leadership Middle Tennessee is overseen by a regional board that is comprised of the Leadership Middle Tennessee alums and business and community leaders. Leadership Middle Tennessee operates through the Jennings A. Jones College of Business at MTSU. Susan Turner Taylor is executive director. Seab Tuck, Partner with Tuck Hinton Architects, is chair of the group’s Board of Directors. Visit www. leadmt.org for more information.

Vanderbilt’s Historian Paul C.H. Lim to Receive Book Prize NASHVILLE, TN — Paul C.H. Lim, a Vanderbilt University religious historian, has received the 2013 Roland H. Bainton Book Prize for Mystery Unveiled: The Crisis of the Trinity in Early Modern England.

Lim’s book, published last year

by Oxford University Press, was recognized in the category of History/ Theology. The award was given to Lim at the Sixteenth Century Soci-

ety and Conference meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

“Paul Lim’s Mystery Unveiled brings to life 17th-century English Christianity’s central mystery of the Trinity and how it moved to the center of political, cultural and religious controversies,” said Emilie M. Townes, dean of Vanderbilt Divinity School and E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Womanist Ethics and Society.

“Some of his commentators call his work ‘elegant,’ others call it ‘essential,’ and still others note its ‘high intelligence and immaculate scholarship.’ It is all these things and more as Lim carefully teases out the powerful impact of trinitarian theology in the battle between Christian philosophies. This is scholarship at its best—exceptional.”

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Big Brothers Big Sisters Adopts New Agency Theme Song NASHVILLE, TN — Nashville is full of folks who recognize a hit song when they hear one. But sometimes a song resonates with the listener in ways that even the best songwriter could never have imagined, and that meaningful scenario unfolded recently when staff from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee met with members of Beatles tribute band, The Wannabeatles.

The band’s song, “If We Simply Love,” really spoke to the youth mentoring organization’s mission of improving children’s lives through volunteer time spent together – and the collaboration that followed resulted in lyrics being edited to even more closely align with the mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters. The Wannabeatles performed the premiere of the newly dedicated song and accompanying music video at a recent Big Brothers Big Sisters fundraiser, the Franklin Wine Festival.

The video combines photographs of Middle Tennessee volunteers and children, or “matches” as they are called, in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program - along with highlights of the agency’s mission, accomplishments, and a few particularly poignant lyrics such as “give kids a chance” and “imagine what could be.”

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee CEO Carlyle Carroll shared,

““Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee surprisingly has never had a theme song written about their primary mission... mentoring youth facing adversity.” He continued, “Today, we have music that portrays what 2,000 children receive every day from our volunteer Big Brothers and Big Sisters... love and care.

Thank you, Wannabeatles for giving so freely of your time and talents.”

Band member David Toledo, lead vocalist on the song commented, “The WannaBeatles are delighted to partner with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee and support such a great cause. The mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters requires immense dedication and commitment that is impossible to carry out without great people who choose to love those less fortunate than themselves.” He continued, “We feel this song uniquely expresses the power behind the work and the people engaged in supporting the important work of this agency.”

Big Brothers Big Sisters provides children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-toone relationships that change their lives for the better, forever. Through one-toone mentoring friendships, the children who participated in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program in 2012 saw an 80% increase in their educational expectations, 78% reported improvements in their re-

lationships with their parents, and 76% showed positive strides in their attitudes towards risk behaviors such as smoking or drinking. It is this positive impact that is a result of the long term, one-toone friendship with a positive adult role model that helps children achieve success in life.

The “If We Simply Love” video is available on Big Brothers Big Sisters’ you tube channel or by visiting www.tinyurl.

com/ifwesimplylove.

For more information on getting involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters, please call (615) 329- 9191 or visit www. mentorakid.org.

For more information on The Wannabeatles, visit www.theWannabeatles. com

The Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum Doubled ®

NASHVILLE, TN — The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum has more than doubled in size, featuring the 800-seat CMA Theater, outdoor Carlton Terrace, and a beautiful 10,000-square-foot Event Hall, with soaring 40-foot windows offering a breathtaking view of the downtown Nashville skyline.

Event Hall The incomparable 10,000-square-foot Event Hall provides an unequaled view of the cityscape. This

new Nashville gem presents an awe-inspiring space for receptions, dinners, general sessions, trade shows and exhibits. This distinctive setting also plays host to live concert events, set against the most breathtaking backdrop in town.

Carlton Terrace The Carlton Terrace is the most welcoming outdoor space in the city — an idyllic setting for receptions, outdoor dinners and weddings, as well as a unique venue for live music. This beautiful space

is adjacent to the Event Hall and Lobby.

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Ford Targets HBCU Students For Community Competition Fund’s signature educational programs, The Ford College Community Challenge.

The new program, conducted in partnership with the “Tom Joyner” and “Rickey Smiley Morning Shows,” encourages HBCU students to design community projects that address pressing local needs.

The program’s theme is “Building Sustainable Communities.”

As part of the program, students are encouraged to creatively address a tangible, unmet community need that touches at least one of these four areas: Mobility, Alternative Energy, Sustainability/Water and Systematic Approaches to Meeting Community Needs. Scholarships will be awarded to the student team, and commu-

nity grants will be awarded to nonprofits to support implementation of the winning projects.

The four teams with the best ideas will be flown to Ford World Headquarters in December to present their ideas for final judging.

“We are thrilled to be able to continue in our efforts to support students attending HBCUs with the launch of this program,” said Shawn Thompson, manager, Ford Multicultural Marketing. “This program will allow students to make a difference in their education, schools and ultimately their communities.”

Interested students can learn more about and enter the competition by vis-

iting www.blackamericaweb.com/hbcuchallenge or www.rickeysmileymorningshow.com/hbcuchallenge between now and Nov. 10.

“Ford Fund is committed to empowering future leaders through community programs,” said Pamela Alexander, director Community Development, Ford Motor Company Fund. “We are truly excited to partner with the Tom Joyner and Ricky Smiley morning shows to bring this new and innovative initiative to the HBCU community. We are eagerly looking forward to receiving and reviewing the ideas this fall.”

So, what are you waiting for? Be sure to enter the competition today.

NASHVILLE, TN (TSU News Ser- an impact at both ends of the collegiate vice) — Tennessee State University re- pipeline, from community college to cently received a $2.5 million grant to graduate school, to engage a diverse pool implement and lead the Tennessee Louis of students in the STEM enterprise.”

LSAMP supports sustained and comStokes Alliance for Minority participaprehensive approaches that facilitate the tion in support of underrepresented students in science, technology, engineer- long-term goal of increasing the number of students who earn doctorates in ing and math (STEM).

STEM fields, particularThe National Science ly those from populaFoundation grant will tions underrepresented cover a period of five in STEM fields. Phase years, paying $493, 207 I awards, which TSU per year to significantly first received in 2002, increase the number of places emphasis on agbaccalaureate degrees gregate baccalaureate awarded to students production. The Unimajoring in STEM disversity then received a ciplines while meeting Phase II award in 2008 the future needs of govto augment Phase I ernment, industry and with emphasis on ineducation. dividual student reten“This grant will imtion and progression to pact nearly 3,800 unLouis Stokes baccalaureate degrees. derrepresented students The recent grant, which throughout Tennessee, covers Phase III, augments Phase I and and increase the production and quality Phase II with attention to aggregate stuof minorities pursuing STEM careers,” dent progression to graduate school acsaid Dr. Lonnie Sharpe, Massie Chair of ceptance.

Excellence and co-principal investigator The program goals are accomplished of the grant. “I am pleased that our excelthrough the formation of alliances of collent STEM faculty and alliance partners leges and universities across the region, are committed to work together to have

in which TSU acts as the lead campus.

Other institutions in the alliance include LeMoyne-Owen College, Fisk University, Middle Tennessee State University, Nashville State Community College, Southwest Tennessee Community College, Tennessee Technological University, University of Memphis, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, and Vanderbilt

University.

“This grant provides tremendous opportunities for us to increase the number of minority undergraduates in STEM,” added Sharpe. “This will ultimately increase the number of students pursuing graduate studies in the STEM workforce that drives the security and economy of our nation.”

By Michelle Matthews-Alexander

Are you a student attending a Historically Black College and University who’s interested in giving back to both your community and your university? If so, Ford is inviting you to enter the Ford Community Challenge Competition for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU).

The competition, which was developed in partnership with Ford Motor Company and the Ford Motor Company Fund will award up to $75,000 in scholarships, university and community grants to the firstplace student team and its project.

The Ford HBCU Community Challenge is an extension of one of the Ford

TSU Receives $2.5M Grant From National Science Foundation

The Inauguration of the 8th President of Tennessee State University, October 25th, 2013

l-r, Dr. Glenda B. Glover and John Morgan, Chancellor, Board of Regents shortly after receiving the presidential “Chain of Office” during the inauguation cermony Photo by Kelvin Braxton

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WHAT’S Lupe Fiasco Keeps Nashville in Happening the ‘Loop’ on New Tour NOVEMBER 1

A “Special Screening” of the TRUTH HALL pilot episode will premiere this Friday, Nov. 1 at 4PM at the Country Music Hall of Fame/CMA Theater, 222 5th Avenue south, Nashville.

Tickets are $5. Filmmaker Jade Jenise Dixon will be in Nashville for a Q&A after the screening. For more info please visit: http://www.ibffnfestivalevents. com/#!truth--‐hall/c16mv

NOVEMBER 2

Watson Grove Baptist Church, will be holding the 17th Annual Community Praise Picnic, affectionately known as “Praise in the Big Field” 12-4 PM in the Edgehill Community Park, located at 1450 14th Ave. South. During this event, the Edgehill Community is invited to come out for Praise, Worship, Free Food, Fellowship, Clothes-Give-A-Way and Activities for kids, Entertainment, Sharing of the Gospel and Community Resources. This year’s entertainment will be provided by several gospel choirs, hip hop artists and the Watson Grove Puppet Ministry. Free food and entertainment to encourage participation for the entire family.

615-573-7296 or email at sfranklin@watsongrovembc.org

NOVEMBER 4

SOAPIFF and The Actors’ Reading Room invite you to join us for a special cabaret mixer and film screening at Canvas and Out Central on Church Street. Meet Miss Make Do! 6:00 pm - Join us for happy hour at Canvas - www. canvaslounge.net Put on your best Monday night cabaret outfits (hats encouraged) and come meet Miss Make Do!

UPCOMING EVENTS 2014

February 14: Les Gemmes Literary Luncheon, Hutton Hotel, 10:30 am March 22: (Tentative) Coalition of 100 Black Women---Sister to Sister Conference August 23: Les Gemmes “Last Summer Fling”

**Send your upcoming calendar events to tribunenews1@aol.com

By Kendall Sullivan

Known for his lyricism which tends to focus on social issues, and his various lyrical techniques, Lupe Fiasco has been turning heads in the music industry since 2005 when he rose to fame after being featured on Kanye West’s single “Touch The Sky.” Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Lupe Fiasco is now preparing his fifth studio album entitled “Tetsuo and Youth,” for a November release. Lupe will begin “The Tetsuo & Youth” tour to promote the album. I recently sat down with Lupe, and discussed the album, the tour, and much more that Lupe has in store.

TRIBUNE: Lupe, nice talking to you. You are doing a lot of big things, busy man!

Are you excited about the upcoming tour? L: Very excited!

This tour is really different. It’s a preview tour for my upcoming album. Usually, the album is released first and then you tour and perform songs from the album. But on this tour I am taking a different approach by touring first and releasing the album last. I am very excited for the fans to hear some of the new material from the album.

TRIBUNE: That is very different and creative. What made you decide to tour first and release the album second?

L: My management! My management presented the idea to me and I thought it was great.

Before, we never got a chance to really get on the road properly so this is definitely a great way for me to give back to the fans.

TRIBUNE: Most definitely. Lupe, since this is a preview tour, will you still be performing singles from your previous 4 albums that the fans have came to know and love you for? L: Yeah, I think I have to perform those songs. Whenever I have a show, I always have a level of fans, fans that came in on my first album, fans

Franklin Teen On The Voice

from the series: after her original celebrity coach Music City USA has Cee Lo Green, made the even more to be proud tough decision to drop her of, as two of the city’s from his team but thanktalented area residents fully she was “stolen” by are making quite a name Maroon 5’s Adam Levine. for themselves on NBC’s It was a dramatic moment powerhouse hit TV talent for the young teen. “I had show The Voice. Singer/ no doubt that I would be songwriter Austin Jenckes stolen by Adam,” Juhi (Team Blake) and teen tells the Tribune in a repop singer Juhi Pathak cent telephone interview.

(Team Adam) of Frank- “I went from being super lin, TN, have both sur- sad to super excited in one vived the show’s “Blind second. I just didn’t know Auditions” and the even how to feel!” The young more grueling “Knock- singer auditioned for The out Rounds.” While pre- Voice in Houston. She taped shows featuring decided at the last minute her performances have to do the audition only aired in recent weeks, 3 days before they took 16-year-old Juhi Pathak is place. But it was her vernow back in class at Page sion of Duffy’s hit single High School. She nar- “Mercy” that nailed her a rowly avoided elimination spot to continue compet-

from my mix tapes, fans from Lasers, fans from The Cool. I always have to come with so me thing for a little bit of everyone. I have to do the songs for the hardcore Lupe fans. I also have to do the songs that make you dance, and I have to do the fan favorites, and I have to do the hits.

And it is still an opportunity for all of my fans to be introduced to my new music at the same time so all in all it is going to be a great show. Most importantly, it will be a fun and a great show.

TRIBUNE: Speaking of the new music, the new single “Old School Love” featuring Ed Sheeran. How did that single come about? L: It came from Atlantic Records. All thumbs up to the label. It was a record people were submitting to the label to get to me.

As confident as I may sound in certain things, I do not know what a hit record sounds

like, so I played the song for my friend Guy Sebastian, he knows hit records. I played the song for him and he said, ‘Lupe you have to do this record!’ Ed Sheeran is a super good dude. But all thumbs up go to Guy Sebastian.

TRIBUNE: The name of the new album is “Tetsuo & Youth.” What is the meaning behind the title for the album?

L: To be 100% honest, as you know, all of my previous album titles have had a significant meaning behind them.

You know you can do a whole album just off of the album title. This title has no significant meaning. It is just a name.

People will make up their own meanings for the title. But from

Nashville Singer Knocks Out Competitor on The Voice

By Janice Malone

By Janice Malone

Juhi Pathak

ing. Academics are very important to Juhi and her family. Although she’s wanted to be an aerospace engineer, music is her passion. Juhi says, “I fully understand the value of getting a top education but music has always been equally as important to me. I’ve always wanted to be a singing something— singing doctor, singing aerospace engineer or singing scientist. I’m passionate about singing. If I can do music and get a good education too, I will be happy in both worlds.”

Follow Juhi on Twitter @Juhix3

the horse’s mouth it does not mean anything. And really when I was meeting with the album they asked me what is the meaning for the title? And I told them, ‘nothing it’s just a name.’

TRIBUNE: It’s recently been reported that you have Big K.R.I.T. on the album and you have Ed Sheeran on the album. Are there any more special guest features on the album? L: Oh yeah there are a ton of people on the album. I have Chris Brown o Rick Ross, Luke James and Nashville’s own Young Buck is on the album. As an artist, I still want the Christmas moment where you look into your stocking under the tree and you say ‘OH MY GOD!’ TRIBUNE: Do you have a release date for the album? Is it set with the label? L: Not yet. No specifc date, should be first quarter 2014 since we are doing the promotion for the album now. I don’t think release dates matter anymore to be honest. When it comes it will come and will be right but as of now no exact release date.

TRIBUNE: Looking forward to it! Any surprises for the show?

L: It really depends on the city and who I can bring out but the most important thing is that the fans are getting brand new music. PRINT THIS: IF YOU ARE COMING TO THE SHOW DO NOT LOOK AT ANY OF THE YOUTUBE FOOTAGE FROM THE PRIOR SHOWS AND SPOIL IT FOR THE SHOW. TRIBUNE: I will make sure that is in bold letters for our readers.

Lupe Fiasco will be in Nashville on Sunday November 3, 2013 at the War Memorial Audoritum! For more information regarding the new album “Tetsuo & Youth” and “The Tetsuo & Youth Tour” visit www.lupefiasco.com

Singer/songwriter/musician Austin Jenckes is another Nashville-based performer who’s making an impressive name for himself on the hit reality talent show The Voice, where he’s a member of the Team Blake crew. During the show’s infamous Knockout Rounds, Austin sang Edwin McCain’s “I’ll Be.” He chose the song to commemorate his father, who committed suicide when Austin was only 16. Austin now performs with his Dad’s guitar in his memory and wants to make his dad proud by winning The Voice. “I moved to Nashville to really sharpen my songwriting skills,” shares Austin, who has also recorded an EP, “An American Story,” here at Uni-

versal Republic recording studio. Competing on The Voice isn’t the Seattle native’s first rodeo when it comes to auditioning for these juggernaut television

Austin Jenckes

talent shows. Earlier in his career he auditioned for the shows The X Factor and American Idol but didn’t make it to the TV rounds.

After performing his initial tryout for The Voice, Austin had a three and half month waiting period be-

fore he knew if he would be invited to Los Angeles for the show’s Blind Auditions. During the lengthy wait the young performer says he was working at a warehouse in the Trinity Lane area of town. He was driving a forklift by day and singing by night, until finally he got the phone call that would change his life forever. “I was on my lunch break when I got this call from The Voice, asking me to come out to Los Angeles. I immediately told my boss that I had to leave town for a few days,” he says with a laugh. Austin says his former co-workers at his old job and his exboss, are cheering him on as he continues competing on the show.

Follow Austin Jenckes on Twitter@austinjenckes

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‘Solstice’ Makes Artist Thomas’ Work Music City Premiere

ENTERTAINMENT at Frist Center

by Howard M. Romaine

A short introduction of swirling colors emitted from a Martin King speech was the first graphic I recall Hank Willis Thomas placing on the large screen in the Frist Art Museum screening room, with bursts of color propelled by certain phrases, pauses, and magic words, which bounced the magic colors of a new art concept relating sound to emissions of color. OK, there’s a technical name for it, but I didn’t retain it. What sticks in my mind was various takes on the ABSOLUT Vodka campaign, using different fillers to transform an advertisement for a commodity of our new ‘world civilization’ into a marker of the darker aspects of its creation - an ABSOLUT Vodka shape molded into a slave ship. for the transformation of the most ubiquitous and familiar ad into the most provocative art seemed to me to be one essential aspect of this young artists incredible early achievement.

On the other hand, there was mixed lighter pieces causing laughter, as well as provocative pieces causing a pause to think throughout this enchanting

Artwork on exhibit at Frist Center from artist Hank Willis Thomas

lecture of one of the 30 American Artists now thru the Holiday Season at the Frist. If you haven’t had a chance to see it, go immediately, as it will take longer than the two hours I had, especially given the unique, (at least to my viewing of American Art exhibits - not since I walked thru an Egyptian Exhibit in Paris a decade or more ago) video interviews with artists shown by the collectors, a Miami couple who sit with the artists, ask questions and chat.

So each of the 30 artists shown, also has a brief video window into his or her artistic history, hopes and meaning, which greatly enhances one’s appreciation of the show, perhaps the most impressive at the FRIST, since the Aaron Douglas exhibit, of 2008.

NASHVILLE, TN — Independent Short Film “SOLSTICE” is an Official Selection of the International Black Film Festival of Nashville. The festival runs from October 31-November 2, 2013.

This is the 6th year of film screenings for this festival which takes place at 810 Dominican Ave., Nashville, TN 37228. This will be the 3rd prominent film festival which SOLSTICE will be an official selection. “SOLSTICE” written by JoAnna Rhambo is a powerful and impactful story dealing with the realities of domestic violence.

Based on real events, the short film tells the story of Jessica Carlon and Thomas Johnson. Jessica initially felt that staying in a rela-

tionship with Thomas was not the best idea however, she strayed from her initial thoughts and maintained her relationship with Thomas. In a power-

ship and will give all who can relate to these characters a visual representation of themselves.

SOLSTICE is directed by award winning Director Reggie Gaskins wwww.Regg i e G a s k i n sTv. com and will be screening on Friday November 2, 2013 at 5:00pm.

For more information on Ms. JoAnna Rhambo please visit www. fa c eb o ok .c om / OfficialJoAnnaRhambo, www.

IMDB.me/JoAnnaRhambo, www. twitter.com /JoAnnaRhambo For more information on Reggie Gaskins, please visit www.facebook.com / Regful thirty minutes Solstice gieGaskins, www.IMDB. conveys the physical and me/ReggieGaskins, www. emotional turmoil of be- t w i t t e r. c o m / R e g g i e ing in an abusive relation- Gaskins

Mandisa Sings For Grand Ole Opry’s ‘Pink’ Event NASHVILLE, TN — Mandisa made her Grand Ole Opry earlier this week at the first annual “Opry Goes Pink,” an event to bring awareness to Breast Cancer and show support for Women Rock For The Cure. LeAnn Rimes turned the switch on for the Opry’s signature barn backdrop, turning it pink for the night as Mandisa performed with other artists,

Amy Grant, Pam Tillis, Lorrie Morgan and Natalie Grant.

Mandisa will have her song “Overcomer” used as the title song for a new series hosted by Robin Roberts called “Overcomers.” In the series, Roberts will ask viewers to share their personal stories and then have a chance to share that story to the world on Good Morning America. Mandisa also won

the Uplift Someone Award at the GMA Dove Awards this week. The award is “for her music, message and humanitarian heart, all of which (individually and collectively) have inspired others.”

Mandisa recently performed the National Anthem in honor of Breast Cancer Month for an NFL game that featured the 49ers and Texans on the NFL

Network. While Mandisa was singing, survivors of Breast Cancer joined her on stage. In a recent interview, gospel singer Mandisa admitted she draws strength from her own music while on tour. “I’m fighting every day -- it’s not just for a final destination,” Mandisa said to MLive.com, regarding her life and the encouragement of her song, “Overcomer.”

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KAM’S KOLUMN Krazy About Keke!

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ENTERTAINMENT

RYCH’S CORNER

Brooks & Dizon: Brilliant as Mister & Pete!

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KeKe stars as Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas in Crazy Sexy Cool: The TLC Story, a VH1 original movie Kam Williams

making suggestions? KP: Yes! She definitely let me do my thing, but she was

By Kam Williams always there for questions.

KW: What message do you think Born in Harvey, Illinois on August people will take away from Crazy Sexy 26, 1993, Lauren Keyana Palmer has been wowing audiences since the tender Cool? KP: You can do anything as long age of 9. Keke first received great ac- as you don’t stop believing. When it is claim when she starred as the title char- meant to be, it will be. You just have to acter in the sleeper hit Akeelah and the follow your heart.

KW: Tell me a little about your new Bee, opposite actor Laurence Fishburne TV series, “Full Circle.” KP: It’s a miniand Angela Bassett. Keke followed that series written by Neil LaBute about a powerful performance with lead roles in The Longshots, Shrink and Joyful bunch of different people who connect in Noise. She’s also made memorable ap- some way in the last episode.

KW: What is your guiltiest pleasure? pearances in such films as Barbershop 2: Back in Business, Cleaner and Madea’s KP: Probably reality-TV. KW: The Mike Pittman question: Family Reunion, as well as voiceover What was your best career decision? work…Keke will next be starring in KP: To pick projects that affect me. the horror thriller Animal, directed by KW: The Ling-Ju Yen question: Brett Simmons, which is set to release in the spring of 2014. On TV. Here she What is your earliest childhood memotalks about her latest outing as Rozonda ry? KP: Running through the beads that “Chilli” Thomas in Crazy Sexy Cool: used to hang from the doorway, separatThe TLC Story, a VH1 original movie, ing the room.

KW: The Viola Davis question: which will air again Tuesday, November What’s the biggest difference between 05 3:00 PM CST on VH1.

KW: What interested you in Crazy who you are at home as opposed to the Sexy Cool? Were you a fan of TLC as person we see on the red carpet? KP: I a kid? KP: Being a fan is exactly what may be slightly more patient on the carmade me want to do this film. I wanted to pet.

KW: The Gabby Douglas question: be a part of telling the story of a favorite If you had to choose another profession, group of mine.

KW: How did you prepare for the what would that be? KP: Hairstyling.

KW: What advice do you have for role? Is it hard to play a real-life person than a fictional character? KP: I anyone who wants to follow in your just watched a lot of old footage. I also footsteps? KP: Follow your heart’s truth spent a lot of time with Chilli and just with no need for personal gain other than the feeling produced when doing observed her.

KW: Was Chilli present on the set what you truly love.

TERRI’S REVIEW

‘His Third Wife’ by Grace Octavia

Terri Schlichenmeyer

Review by Terri Schlichenmeyer

Absolutely nobody can stop you.

Oh, no. You’re too determined to be deterred from what you want. You’ve got plans, you’ve got might, and you’ve got the guts to make it all happen. If there’s somebody in your way, watch out! You’ll run them right over.

Then again, there are times when even the unstoppable is halted in its tracks. And in the new book “His Third Wife” by Grace Octavia, the octagonal red sign is up ahead. Mama Fee was not letting her daughter go through her nuptials alone. Somebody had to be there with Val, who looked tired – and that was no big surprise. Val was pregnant and the groom was reluctant because yes, it was a shotgun wedding. But that was what a girl got when she married Jamison Taylor, Atlanta’s handsome black mayor. That was what Val got when she became the reluctant Mayor Taylor’s knockedup stripper-cum-assistant-cum-second-wife.

Kerry Jackson, Jamison’s first wife, couldn’t get the taste of disgust out of her mouth. Jamison had a good future once, but he couldn’t seem to keep his pants on. His affair with some California woman ruined their marriage not long ago – and now he was with this uncouth Val person. Kerry didn’t want to admit that she still loved her ex-husband, but he obviously wasn’t using his brain. That’s because Jamison Taylor’s brain was preoccupied.

For months, he’d been working on a scholarship idea with his friend, Ras – something that would give inner-city boys a chance at college. But then Ras was arrested, and the charges didn’t make any sense. When Jamison tried to use his political power to straighten things out, he was warned by old colleagues and frat brothers that he’d best just keep his nose out of the problem. But that was a problem, too: Jamison was getting pressure to act from all sides. Kerry kept telling him that Ras was his friend, to do the right thing. Val was pressing to be a proper wife and wanted him to be a proper husband. Even his mother was pushing him for one thing or another.

Jamison needed to be able to think about things. He needed room. He needed everyone to Just. Stop. I have to admit, I didn’t like this book much on its first few pages. It starts out rather abruptly, but I stuck with it – and I’m glad I did.

“His Third Wife” starts off with a “body falling from a mid-level hotel,” and it screams, quick-paced, from there. Author Grace Octavia takes her readers into corners where we don’t expect to go, leading us into tunnels with endings that surprise, and prodding us down a blind ramp. Then, the biggest scream of all is ours, at the end. Yes, this book concludes with one magnificent cliff-hanger. Dang!

This is the second book in a miniseries, but you can read it alone. Just beware of two things: one, you’ll be scrambling for the first book anyhow. And two, start “His Third Wife,” and you won’t be able to stop.

Hollywood has seen its share of child and teen stars come and go. Whereas most shine for the duration of a hit TV show or a couple of movies then fade into oblivion, a select few stand the test of time and graduate to adult stardom with a lasting career. Thirteen-year-old actor, model and dancer Skylan Brooks and eleven-year-old musician (piano), athlete (martial arts and competitive swimming) Ethan Dizon, can easily qualify as candidates for the latter category as mentioned above. Both youngsters played off of each another with such natural timing and chemistry in the new movie “The Inevitable Defeat Of Mister & Pete.” Some critics are already talking possible Oscar® bids for either the pair or one of the two.

Brooks plays the lead role of “Mister.” His mom Gloria (played by Grammy® and Oscar® winning singer/ actress Jennifer Hudson) is a heroin addicted, strung out mom who is apprehended by the police. Mister and his young neighbor friend Pete, are left alone in the apartment to fend for themselves in the projects. Pete’s mom is just as bad as Mister’s mom, so the boys do what they need to do to eat and survive, with Mister calling the shots. Brooks delivers an astounding performance with acting maturity well beyond his 13 years. Dizon himself hangs right in there with him, not missing one beat.

Both boys are remarkable as a team.

They received a rousing standing ovation after their packed house screening on the closing night of the Hollywood Black Film Festival in Hollywood.

The lead role in this film required Brooks to be in 157 scenes. How did he get prepared for that? Books instantly responds, “I really wasn’t sure if I would be able to do it. It had a lot of cursing language in there and my parents were talking about that. So I discussed it and I realized that myself and Mister had a lot in common. Not the drugs or the projects and all that but we had common interest and I was act-

with Tonya English Dear SMC My marriage is so crazy I’m not sure where to begin. I’ve been married for 5 months but we’ve Tonya English been together for a year total. I knew he was an alcoholic one week after meeting him, but everything was going so fast that I just chose not to give his drinking a lot of thought. Now that we’re married, he drinks even more. I could probably deal with the drinking but when he tells me things like; he didn’t know marrying me would be like this, he’s not sure he wants to be with me anymore or that he wants a girlfriend. I just feel like such an idiot. I wish I could tell you that I’m so in love with him and that’s why I’m confused but I don’t even think that’s the case. This is my third marriage. My kids are all grown and I just don’t want to be alone or fail again. This isn’t a situation that I walked into blindly, but now I’m trying to figure out should I just deal with it or face the fact that I’m three husbands down.

It is what it is

l-r, Skylan Brooks and Ethan Dizon Photo by Code Black Films Lionsgate

ing.” This was such an outstanding performance where Brooks demonstrates without question that he can carry a dramatic lead role. What does he hope comes from it? Cutting a quick positive glance, he says, “Open some doors.

I’d like to venture into other things too: drama comedy, everything. How was it working with the master director George Tillman, Jr.? Brooks lights up, “He’s amazing! He knows how to get it out of you. He guided me the whole way through and so did my costar Ethan, We connected immediately and he drove it out of me.” Speaking of his co-star Ethan, how quick did they bond? Brooks responds, “After one audition. It was seconds because we really got to talk to one another before we actually entered together to do the chemistry read and we got the chance to talk alone, meet up and my dad met his dad. I was just really awesome from the beginning.”

How did Dizon prepare for his role? He explains, “The director (Tillman) gave us some films and photos to look at of boys who go through this kind of stuff everyday. We talked with a drug counselor at Homeboy Industries and he shared his story with us about his dad and how he did drugs and how that affected his purpose.” Has Dizon ever known any real life person who has been in his character Pete’s situation? Dizon explains, “No, I’ve never known anybody who has been in this situation. That’s why I thought it was very unique and I needed to play it.”

What was Dizon’s experience on set?

“He flashes a big smile, “These guys are so awesome. They are so nice and I learned a lot working on set.”

Dear It is what it is, Well, I don’t really think you need my advice. You know what your situation is and you know what your options are. Maybe you just need confirmation that if your husband is an alcoholic, that isn’t going to change without treatment-either spiritual or clinical. Maybe you need me to re-affirm that his questioning your brief marriage and making statements about a girlfriend aren’t just the rants of a man under the influence. As the saying goes, “A drunk mind speaks a sober heart”. What I can say to you that you don’t seem to realize is that this is your third marriage and your kids are all grown. Now is the time for you to find a freedom and happiness that moms aren’t afforded. You could wake up each day and make decisions based on your wants instead of your children’s needs. You need to see the value of self and understand that we all make mistakes, but to allow a mistake to hold you hostage, is the ultimate failure. Ask yourself a few questions. Am I happy or will I ever be?

Can I feel comfortable with my kids visiting me in my current situation? Is this all there is for me? Why did I accept this in the first place? And then answer this question. Which makes more since, being three husbands down or one you up?

Send your letters to letters@singlemomchronicles. Tonya English is an entrepreneur, writer, motivational speaker and the founder of Single Mom Chronicles. She resides in the Dallas metroplex and is the single mom of two teenage girls.

Be sure to check our weekly events calendar on Page B1 to see what’s going on in the Nashville area!

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HEALTH

Halloween ‘Trick or Treats’ for Your Health

NASHVILLE, TN — You may think that Halloween “trick or treat” means automatic sugar overload for your kids – but for families who want to control the sugar rush and be health-conscious, even on Halloween: read on! Pull a Halloween “trick” of your own with these American Heart Association tips and make Halloween into a “treat” that will be better for everyone’s health.

For the Trick-Or-Treaters Eat First. What kid doesn’t want to eat their favorite candy right when it goes into their trick-or-treat bag? But hold off!

Having a healthy meal BEFORE your kids go trick-or-treating can reduce their temptation to “snack” while walking or to overindulge because their tummies will be full.

Bag It. Be sure to find the right sized collection bag for your child and steer clear of the pillow case method. If you encourage your child to only take one piece of candy from each house, they’ll be able to visit each house in the neighborhood and still fill up their smaller bag.

Get Rid of It! Worried you’ll have leftover Halloween candy until long after long Valentine’s Day? The tip above about using

the smaller bag will help, but sometimes kids STILL end up with a ton of extra sweets. Here are some ideas of what to do with all the leftover mountains of candy: * Pick out enough candy for one piece a day for 5 days and put those in the fridge. When your child asks for a piece of candy make sure to pair it with a healthy snack: an apple, a banana, some healthy nuts, or celery. * “Buy back” the candy from your child with money or tokens they can trade in for a fun activity: a day at the zoo, an afternoon playing at a local park, going ice skating, or a day at the pool. * Some dentist offices have been known to buy back the candy from their patients so be on the lookout for that option! * Save it for holiday baking coming up. * Stuff a piñata with it for the next birthday celebration. * Recycle it by using it in an arts and crafts project. * Throw it away! And don’t buy the ½-priced candy after Halloween!

Get Moving. Get some exercise by making this Halloween a fun family physical

activity event. Set a goal of how * clementine oranges painted many houses you will walk to like Jack-O-Lanterns, and then stick to it! Wear good * 100% juice juice-boxes, shoes for walking too! * snack sized pretzels, For the Stay-At-Homer * pre-packaged trail mixes, · Be THAT House. No one * pre-packaged dried fruits, said it was against the law to * crayons, NOT pass out candy on Hal* stickers, loween, so don’t be afraid to be * tooth brushes, “that” house that doesn’t. Start a * bubbles, new tradition on your street and * plastic spiders, or think about a healthier version * coupons to local frozen yoof treats to give out. How about gurt stores. trying: Be careful! Avoid using toys * mini boxes of raisins, that could be a choking hazard

to little ones.

Avoid the Whole Mess.

Want to avoid candy and masses of kids? Dress your family up in their costumes and go see a movie, go to the toy store and have your child pick out their favorite toy, see if local malls have trick-or-treat within the stores, local police and fire stations may offer this alternative as well.

Have a heart-healthy Halloween!

Diabetes Diet: Create Your Healthy Eating Plan

By Mayo Clinic staff

Your diabetes diet is simply a healthy-eating plan that will help you control your blood sugar. Here’s help getting started, from meal planning to exchange lists and counting carbohydrates.

A diabetes diet — medically known as medical nutrition therapy (MNT) for diabetes — simply translates into eating a variety of nutritious foods in moderate amounts and sticking to regular mealtimes.

Rather than a restrictive diet, a diabetes diet or MNT is a healthy-eating plan that’s naturally rich in nutrients and low in fat and calories, with an emphasis on fruits, vegetables and whole grains. In fact, a diabetes diet is the best eating plan for most everyone.

If you have diabetes or prediabetes, your doctor will likely recommend that you see a dietitian to guide you on dietary changes and MNT that can help you control your blood sugar (glucose) level and manage your weight.

When you eat excess calories and fat, your body responds by creating an undesirable rise in blood glucose. If blood glucose isn’t kept in check, it can lead to serious problems, such as a dangerously high blood glucose level

(hyperglycemia) and chronic complications, such as nerve, kidney and heart damage.

Making healthy food choices and tracking your eating habits can help you manage your blood glucose level and keep it within a safe range.

For most people with type 2 diabetes, weight loss also can make it easier to control blood glucose and offers a host of other health benefits. If you need to lose weight, MNT provides a well-organized, nutritious way to reach your goal safely.

A registered dietitian can help you put together a diet based on your health goals, tastes and lifestyle and can provide valuable information on how to change your eating habits.

Make your calories count with these nutritious foods: Healthy carbohydrates. During digestion, sugars (simple carbohydrates) and starches (complex carbohydrates) break down into blood glucose. Focus on the healthiest carbohydrates, such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes (beans, peas and lentils) and low-fat dairy products.

Fiber-rich foods. Dietary fiber includes all parts of plant foods that your body can’t digest or absorb. Fiber can decrease the risk

of heart disease and help control blood sugar levels. Foods high in fiber include vegetables, fruits, nuts, legumes (beans, peas and lentils), whole-wheat flour and wheat bran.

Heart-healthy fish. Eat hearthealthy fish at least twice a week. Fish can be a good alternative to high-fat meats. For example, cod, tuna and halibut have less total fat, saturated fat and cholesterol than do meat and poultry.

Fish such as salmon, mackerel, tuna, sardines and bluefish are rich in omega-3 fatty acids, which promote heart health by lowering blood fats called triglycerides. However, avoid fried fish and fish with high levels of mercury, such as tilefish, swordfish and king mackerel.

‘Good’ fats. Foods containing monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats — such as avocados, almonds, pecans, walnuts, olives, and canola, olive and peanut oils — can help lower your cholesterol levels. Eat them sparingly, however, as all fats are high in calories.

Diabetes increases your risk of heart disease and stroke by accelerating the development of clogged and hardened arteries. Foods containing the following can work against your goal of a heart-healthy diet.

Saturated fats. High-fat dairy products and animal proteins such as beef, hot dogs, sausage and bacon contain saturated fats. Get no more than 7 percent of your daily calories from saturated fat.

Trans fats. These types of fats are found in processed snacks, baked goods, shortening and stick margarines and should be avoided completely.

Cholesterol. Sources of cholesterol include high-fat dairy products and high-fat animal proteins, egg yolks, shellfish, liver, and other organ meats.

Aim for no more than 300 milligrams (mg) of cholesterol a day.

Sodium. Aim for less than 2,300 mg of sodium a day.

Putting it all together: Creating a plan There are a few different approaches to creating a diabetes diet that keeps your blood glucose level within a normal range. With a dietitian’s help, you may find one or a combination of methods that works for you.

Counting carbohydrates. Because carbohydrates break down into glucose, they have the greatest impact on your blood glucose level. It’s important to make sure your timing and amount of carbohydrates are the same each day, especially if you take diabetes medica-

tions or insulin. Otherwise, your blood glucose level may fluctuate more.

A dietitian can teach you how to measure food portions and become an educated reader of food labels, paying special attention to serving size and carbohydrate content. If you’re taking insulin, he or she can teach you how to count the amount of carbohydrates in each meal or snack and adjust your insulin dose accordingly.

The exchange system. A dietitian may recommend using the exchange system, which groups foods into categories such as carbohydrates, meats and meat substitutes, and fats.

One serving in a group is called an “exchange.” An exchange has about the same amount of carbohydrates, protein, fat and calories — and the same effect on your blood glucose — as a serving of every other food in that same group.

So, for example, you could exchange — or trade — one small apple for 1/3 cup of cooked pasta, for one carbohydrate serving.

Glycemic index. Some people who have diabetes use the glycemic index to select foods, especially carbohydrates.

Foods with a high glycemic index are associated with greater increases in blood sugar than are foods with a low glycemic index. Complex carbohydrates that are high in fiber — such as whole-grain rice, bread or cereals — have a lower glycemic index than do simple carbohydrates — white bread or white rice, for example — and usually are preferred to highly processed foods.

But low-index foods aren’t necessarily always healthier, as foods that are high in fat tend to have lower glycemic index values than do some healthier options.

A sample menu Your daily meal plan should take into account your size as well as your physical activity level. The following menu is tailored for someone who needs 1,200 to 1,600 calories a day.

Breakfast. Whole-wheat pancakes or waffles, one piece of fruit or 3/4 cup of berries, 6 ounces of nonfat vanilla yogurt.

Lunch. Cheese and veggie pita, medium apple with 2 tablespoons of almond butter.

Dinner. Beef stroganoff; 1/2 cup carrots; side salad with 1 1/2 cups spinach, 1/2 of a tomato, 1/4 cup chopped bell pepper, 2 teaspoons olive oil, 1 1/2 teaspoons red wine vinegar.

Snacks. Two unsalted rice cakes topped with 1 ounce of light spreadable cheese or one orange with 1/2 cup 1 percent low-fat cottage chees

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Tigers Winning Streak Snapped

BY RON WYNN Black Driver Makes History in NASCAR

Until Saturday, few people other than racing fans and historians had heard of Wendell Scott. The number who had heard of Darrell Wallace Jr. was even smaller. But all that changed when Wallace became the first Black driver to win a NASCAR event in 50 years, capturing the Camping World Track Series race at Martinsville Speedway.

It was the first time since Scott took the checkered flag in a then Grand National race in Florida in 1963 that an African-American driver was the winner in any type of NASCAR race. Scott’s exploits were later made famous on screen in the film “Greased Lighting” starring Richard Pryor. Scott was also inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1999.

Scott’s best years were in 1966, when he finished sixth among drivers, and both 1968 and 1969 where he had ninth place finishes. Scott won $47, 451 in 1969 (over $300,000 in 2013 dollars).

“Oh, my God, I’m speechless,” Wallace said following his win. “God, I couldn’t even hold it together coming off (turn) 4 with the checkered. I still can’t. I had so much confidence coming into this race, and I told my guys that I did, and I told everybody that asked if I was going to win I said (Heck) yeah,’ every time. So, it was, No, maybe we’re going to try,’ this one was, “For sure,’ and we capitalized. This means a lot. It’s indescrible. I’m bawling my eyes out.”

At 20, Wallace, in his rookie season as a driver for Kyle Motorsports on the truck circuit, is the fourth fulltime Black driver in one of NASCAR’s top three series. Scott, Willy T. Ribbs (who also drove on the open wheel/Indy circuit) and Bill Lester are the others. But Wallace and Kyle Larson, an earlier winner this season and another participant in NASCAR’s Driver for Diversity program, are the prime exhibits in the sports’ bid to expand its following and finally shatter its image as an all-white, insular Southern sport hostile to anyone outside that traditional base.

There are not any Black drivers on either the Nationwide or Sprint cup circuits, but Wallace clearly has the potential to make the jump soon. NASCAR knows that like golf and tennis it would help them greatly from both a marketing and image standpoint if they could find a consistently competitive Black driver.

There have been occasional inroads into motor sports by Black owners and drivers. England’s Louis Johnson became the first Black to capture the Formula One season crown a few years ago. The late Walter Payton owned part of an Indy racing team. Jim Brown attended the Daytona 500 last year and voiced his hope that one day there would be a Black-owned team and driver in the event.

The biggest problem besides getting gifted and willing drivers involves sponsorship. Racing in any NASCAR series takes an enormous amount of money and corporate sponsorships.

Ironically, that’s one reason why someone like Wallace, a young, articulate and photogenic type, should be a corporation’s dream to sponsor if he proves able to handle the circuit’s requirements.

It is way too early to compare Wallace to Scott, who raced all over the South prior to joining NASCAR and then stayed on the circuit for many years despite some horrible experiences. But if Wallace proves he has the charisma and ability, his win Saturday at Martinsville will have proven the catalyst for another great career.

Tennessee State University’s defense, which entered the game ranked number two in the FCS, found the going quite rough Saturday against the Eastern Illinois Panthers at LP Field. Photo by Earl Flippen, Jr.

By Ron Wynn

Tennessee State University’s number two-ranked defense has been exceptional this season, and often bailed out the team when the offense faltered. But Saturday neither the defense or the offense had any answers against the powerful Eastern Illinois Panthers, the game ranked second among all FBS teams. The Panthers not only shut down the Tigers’ most of the day, they became the first squad to enjoy plenty of success against their defense.

The Panthers scored early and often enough to claim a 34-16 victory before an LP Field homecoming crowd of 22,157. It snapped a seven-game winning streak for TSU, knocking them out of first place in the OVC at 4-1 (7-2 overall). The Panthers are the lone unbeaten conference school (4-0) and have won seven of eight. Their only loss was to an FBS team, Northern Illinois 43-39. Northern Illinois is ranked in the bottom end of the Top 25 by many surveys.

The Tigers’ game plan had been to rely on their ground attack to keep the ball and also prevent Eastern Illinois’ star QB Jimmy Garopollo off the field. But Garoppolo put a quick end to that tactic with a 61-yard TD bomb on Eastern’s third play from scrimmage. The Panther’s quick strike capability eventually led to a 21-3 halftime lead, and TSU was never able to

regain either their offensive edge or halt the Panthers’ air or ground attacks. They also hurt themselves defensively with critical penalties and mistakes.

“You can’t make mistakes and constantly be in long yardage against a strong team like Eastern,” TSU coach Rod Reed later said on TSU’s website. “We didn’t put any pressure on them offensively, and caused a lot of problems for ourselves.”

The Tigers’ were also hurt by injuries.

Starting QB Michael German missed the game, and his presence as a two-way threat was definitely needed. Ronald Butler has made great strides this year in his five previous times replacing German.

Unfortunately, the sixth time was anything but a charm for Butler. He was hampered by the team’s constant penalties (13 for 110 yards), but Butler was also erratic as a passer. He competed 24 of 45 passes for 214 yards and two touchdowns.

The Tigers hope to use their rushing game as a counter to Eastern’s passing prowess also didn’t work. The Panthers’ held thew Tigers’ to 126 yards on the ground in 32 tries. Tim Broughton was their top runner, gaining a hard-earned 93 yards on 16 carries.

Garoppolo scorched the Tigers’ for four touchdowns, hitting 24 of 41 passes for 410 yards. TSU did extend its streak of getting turnovers with an interception and a fumble. But the offense didn’t get a

touchdown until early in the fourth quarter and they were behind at that point 283. The Tigers’ defense surrendered 567 total yards of offense, their worse showing since 2011, when Air Force shredded them for 792.

Garoppolo will no doubt be the choice for all-OVC QB and probably Offensive Player of the Year. But he got lots of help.

Running back Shepard Little had 138 yards rushing on 22 carries. The Panthers’ showed why they are tops in the FCS in offense, getting 25 first downs and keeping the ball almost 33 minutes (32:40).

Tennessee has another critical OVC road game Saturday, traveling to Eastern Kentucky (3-1 OVC, 5-3 overall). They also continue fighting injuries. Tight end A.C. Leonard didn’t start, but entered the game in the first quarter. He had two receptions for 14 yards.

Freshman receiver Lavatiae Kelly had seven catches for 69 yards, his best game.

Weldon Garlington caught an 11-yard scoring pass and freshman Dantawun O’Neal also had a 17-yard TD reception.

The Tigers’ will get three of their final four games at home. The November 9 contest against Austin Peay will be at Hale Stadium, while the November 16 game against Murray State will be at LP Field.

Commodores Can’t Rally on the Road

Vanderbilt safety Andrew Williamson (left, number 32) and defensive end Jimmy Stewart bring down a Texas A&M running back. Unfortunately, the Commodores didn’t get nearly enough defensive stops as they were defeated 58-24 Saturday in College Station, Texas.

By Ron Wynn

The Vanderbilt Commodores have made late comebacks a habit this season, but they had no second half magic agasint the Texas A&M Aggies Saturday in College Station. Vanderbilt got behind big early at 28-0, then scored 17 straight points to end the first half down by only 11. They got the second half kickoff, and the commentators on the national telecast were asking whether it was possible for the Commodores to have two straight weeks of spectacular comebacks.

That question was answered seven seconds later. A&M safety Howard Matthews came racing across the field, intercepted QB Pat Robinette’s pass intended for Jonathan Krause and romped 26 yards for a touchdown. That was followed by two more Aggie scores and

the 21-point third quarter effectively eliminated any questions about whether Vanderbilt could rally.

The final score was 56-24, and A&M’s defending Heisman winner Johnny Manziel had a banner day against the Commodores’ defense. Manziel completed 23 of 35 passes for 305 yards and four touchdowns. He hit his first 10 passes in the first quarter. The Aggies were so effective offensively they held Manziel out the entire fourth quarter.

Injured starter Austyn Carta-Samuels missed his second game. Robinette was 15 of 28 for a touchdown, 216 yards and two interceptions.

Jordan Matthews continued improving his impressive career stats. He caught eight passes for 92 yards. Matthews is the SEC’s career leader in receiving yardage. A&M’s Mike Evans had two

touchdowns among his five receptions.

Safety Kenny Ladler was Vandy’s defensive star. He had a team high 10 tackles, two forced fumbles and an interception. Jonathan Krause had 89 yards on three catches and a touchdown, but left the game in the third quarter with an injury. Cornerback Steven Clarke, linebacker Darreon Herring analso had minor injuries.

Besides the career yardage mark (3,172 and counting), Matthews is also in second place on the SEC career receptions list with 236 catches. He trails another former Vandy star Earl Bennett who has 256.

The Commodores are pleased to have another bye week. They return to action November 9 at Florida.

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SPORTS COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Vols Defeated By Nation’s Top Team got a great opponent as well.”

Offensive balance and consistency will Tennessee can at least say they played probably be a point of emphasis. UT had the country’s top team even for thirty only 14 first downs to 28 for Alabama. The minutes. Unfortunately, college football Crimson Tide rushed for 204 yards comgames are 60 minutes, and the Volunteers pared with just 127 for Tennessee. Rajion were thoroughly beaten in the first half by Neal led UT runners with 70 yards on 13 defending national champion Alabama. carries and a touchdown. Marquez North The Vols got behind 35-0 on the road, had four receptions for 87 yards. and eventually were defeated 45-10 by the Jones would not commit to whether his Crimson Tide. Perhaps the only good thing starter would be Worley or Dobbs Saturabout this outcome was the Volunteers’ day as they journey to number five-ranked didn’t stop fighting, and that freshman QB Missouri.

Joshua Dobbs proved a good substitute in “I thought Josh did some really nice the final half for starter Justin Worley. things,” Jones said about Dobbs. “ThrowWorley was only eight for 15 in the ing the ball, I thought he was for the most opening thirty minutes, suffering a injury part accurate. He managed the offense. to his throwing hand when it glanced off For a true freshman coming into this enan opponent’s helmet. Dobbs completed vironment, I was very proud of the way he five of 12 for 75 yards and gained another 19 rushing on three carries. More impor- Tennessee’s defensive players were usually a step or two late throughout Saturday’s road handled the circumstances.”

“I thought he had great command and tantly, he didn’t force any throws or have game against Alabama, falling behind by a big margin early. They trailed 35-0 at the half presence. He’s extremely intelligent, very and eventually lost 45-10. any turnovers. Worley had two intercepbright, very competitive.” Missouri and tions. The second was returned for an 89concerned about is the resiliency of our need to get better at,” said UT defensive Auburn (November 9 in Knoxville) will yard TD that made it 35-0. tackle Ja’Waun James.’ “We’ve just got to complete the list of Top 25 teams on Ten“I’m concerned about a lot of things,” players.”

“When you play a good team like this, take that from there. Watch film when you nessee’s schedule. Eight of the 12 teams UT coach Butch Jones told the Associated Press. “I’m concerned about our perfor- the number one team in the country, you get back home. Watch film tomorrow as a they’ve played have been ranked this seamance. I’m concerned about being a beat- get to size yourself up against them and see group. See what you need to work on and son at the time of their game. UT is now up football team. But the one thing I’m not what you need to work on, see what you build off of it. Because next week, we’ve 1-3 in the SEC (4-4 overall).

By Ron Wynn

MTSU Gets Last-Second Win Over Marshall

By Ron Wynn

Middle Tennessee State QB Logan Kilgore pretty much ended any debate regarding who should be his team’s starter at the position last Thursday night. Kilgore hit Tavarres Jackson with a nine-yard scoring pass as the horn was about to sound, giving MTSU a thrilling 51-49 win over Marshall in a nationally televised game from Murfreesboro.

Kilgore was livid and obviously angry when he was pulled from the Oct. 12 loss at North Texas. He didn’t hide his disappointment in post-game comments, but provided the best answer to questions about his effectiveness on the field. Kilgore had 277 yards passing and four touchdowns, easily both his and MTSU’s best offensive figures of the season. That they came against a team that led their division was also not lost on MTSU’s offensive coordinator Bruce Faulkner or head coach Rick Stockstill.

“Logan’s composure and poise was at

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Nov. 2 at Missouri an all-time high,” Faulkner told Gannett Tennessee. “Maybe sitting over there and seeing it from the sideline gave him a different perspective. I don’t know.”

“But the biggest thing as a quarterback is that you need to get a lot of reps, and Logan has missed a few practices the last few weeks (with a shoulder injury). But I give him credit. He was unbelievable on Thursday night.”

“You saw the competitiveness in his game,” added Stockstill. “It raised the bar for Logan. He had a really good week of practice. He was challenged and went out there with a sense of urgency.”

Kilgore took MTSU down the field on a 13-play, 79-yard drive in the final 2:29. He had six big completions during that stretch. MTSU had 585 yards in total offense along with 51 points, their biggest explosion in over three years.

Kilgore didn’t sound as though he had completely forgotten being benched, but was somewhat concillatory in his postgame statements.

“Any time you cut down a competitor, he is going to respond in one of two ways,” Kilgore resonded. “It would’ve been easy to point fingers, but I felt

like my (starting) job was threatened. It didn’t matter who was involved in it. But I wanted to do what’s best for the team and raise my level.”

“It was a challenge for him, and I told him that I understood that he was (annoyed), but he’s a competitor,” Faulkner said. “I have been there. I have been benched, too, or I don’t even know if you want to call (Kilgore) benched. (Grammer) deserved an opportunity, and it wouldn’t have been fair to put Logan back in that (North Texas) game when it was 24-7.”

MTSU has four games remaining, road contests against UAB Saturday and Southern Mississippi November 23.

The Blue Raiders meet FIU November 9 and Texas El_Paso at home November 30 in the season’s final contest. The Blue Raiders are 2-2 in Conference USA (4-4 overall). Eastern Carolina leads the Eastern Division at 3-1 (5-2 overall), followed by Marshall at 2-1 (4-3 overall).

WORLD SERIES

Boston Red Sox Pull Ahead of St. Louis Cardinals

By Ron Wynn

The Boston Red Sox moved to within a game of the 2013 World Championship Monday night, defeating the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1. The Red Sox took the final two games in St. Louis after losing Game 3 on a controversial obstruction call in the bottom of the ninth. Monday’s game wasn’t nearly that dramatic, but it had its share of memorable events and moments. St. Louis’ ace pitcher Adam Wainwright had never lost a World Series game at home, and was being counted on to put the Cardinals back in front before the teams returned to Boston.

Instead, he lost his second consecutive game to the Red Sox’s John Lester, who delivered a superb effort. Lester gave up only one run and four hits while going 7 2/3 innings. He also struck out seven and didn’t walk anyone. It was Lester’s third straight World Series victory, and he kept

St. Louis off-balance and mostly ineffective during his stint.

The Cardinals’ got their only run via a solo homer from Matt Holliday. In fact, there weren’t even that many balls hit hard off him. Carlos Beltran did have a vicious liner that carried to the wall, and Yadier Molina had another hard drive directly at someone.

In contrast, while Wainwright wasn’t exactly lit up, he faded in the seventh inning. David Ross broke a 1-1 tie with a double and the Red Sox eventually scored twice. The main culprit for Boston was first baseman/designated hitter David Ortiz.

With three games in the National League ballpark, there was widespread talk that Boston would be severely handicapped.

Ortiz would be forced to play in the field while their regular first baseman Mike Napoli had to become a reserve.

But Ortiz torched the Cardinals dur-

On Halloween in 1968 the expansion Milwaukee Bucks won their first game as a team 134-118 over the Detroit Pistons. It was their sixth contest.

The Bucks finished their first season with only 27 wins, but did top the Phoenix Suns in a coin flip for the first round draft pick. That led to the selection of then Lou Alcindor. Alcindor’s first season he was consensus Rooke-of-The Year and the Bucks soared to a 56-26 mark. The 29 win improvement set an NBA record, though they didn’t win the championship that season. But a deal with the Cincinnati Royals for Oscar Robertson helped the Bucks post a 66-16 record and win the 1971 championship. The Bucks returned to the NBA Finals in 1974, losing in seven games to the Celtics. They have not been back to the Finals since. Alcindor, who later changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, eventually demanded a trade to LA and departed in 1975. The Bucks haven’t been the same ever since.

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ing those three games, adding another multi-hit night and run batted in to his growing list of playoff and World Series accomplishments. He also didn’t make an error during his three games, and was hitting over .700 after the fifth game. Ortiz’s double gave Boston an early 1-0 lead, scoring Dustin Pedroia, who also doubled after Wainwright mistakenly gave him a pitch to hit despite having him down in the count two strikes.

Koji Uehara came in to get his second save, handling the Cardinals for the last four outs. The fifth game didn’t have the enormous mental mistakes or errors that plagued the previous four contests. Oddly, the Cardinals, who led the National League in earned run average, continued to make key mistakes on the mound.

It was Seth Maness, brought in to get a ground ball during the sixth, that made the major misstep. Maness took over for starter Lance Lynn with two runners aboard and two out. Johnny Gomes was playing as a late substitute for the injured Shane Victorino. He had failed to get a hit in his previous nine times at bat, but

he crushed a Maness pitch into the Boston bullpen. The homer gave the Red Sox a 4-1 lead on the way to the 4-2 victory.

Still, the folks at Fox were happy. The Red Sox’ win assured them of at least six and quite possibly seven games, as well as a tidy profit by being able to make good on sponsor promises and guarantees.

Despite the often sloppy play, including some nearly comical throws, the Series has been very close and high on drama and suspense.

It’s also revealed yet again the dangers of premature prediction. One thing that was widely written and spoken on radio and TV shows was “The Red Sox can’t take two of three from the Cardinals at home.” Yet, that’s exactly what happened.

That should be plenty of warning for anyone silly enough to think St. Louis can’t somehow rally and win the final two in Boston. It is certainly a long shot, and hasn’t happened in many years. But given the frequently bizarre twists and turns that this World Series keeps taking, it would be the height of folly for anyone to think they can definitely predict the outcome.

Coming Next Week The Titans try to regroup and snap a three-game losing streak as they travel to St. Louis for a game against the Rams. It’s the first time they’ll face longtime former coach Jeff Fisher, now on the opposition’s sideline. UT meets another Top 25 team as they visit Missouri. TSU faces a second straight critical OVC contest, this time a road game against Eastern Kentucky. MTSU is on the road at UAB. The Predators try to fix goaltending and defensive problems during a long road trip that begins Thursday at Phoenix and continues against Los Angeles (Nov. 2) and Colorado (Nov. 6). Plus MLB will crown a new champion as the World Series matchup between the Cardinals and Red Sox concludes in Boston. We’ll have all those stories in next week’s Tribune.

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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RESULTS

By Scott Wallace School Name Overton Antioch Cane Ridge McGavock Hillsboro Hillwood Hunters Lane Glencliff

Dist.

6-0 5-1 4-2 4-2 3-3 1-5 1-5 0-6

Pct. Overall 1.000 9-0 0.833 5-4 0.667 5-4 0.667 5-4 0.500 4-5 0.167 1-8 0.167 2-7 0.000 0-9

Pct. 1.000 0.556 0.556 0.556 0.444 0.111 0.222 0.000

PF 278 217 258 233 223 81 98 42

PA 113 184 160 206 195 310 302 312

Strk 9W 3W 5W 1L 2W 4L 3L 9L

Week 9 Results

Keshawn Vaughn

Cane Ridge 35 @ Hillwood 0 Week 8 Metro Player of the Week Nick Fuqua ran for 227 and one touchdown Jones and Vaughn Share Metro Player of the Week Honors and his brother Ryan Fuqua added 102 yards and also scored a touchdown as Cane The WTNTribune Radio Sports Team would like to congratulate Stratford’s KenRidge (5-4, 4-2 12-AAA) rolled to their fifth straight victory. Quarterback Courtland neth Jones and Pearl-Cohn’s Keshawn Vaughn on being the co-winners of the Week Owens threw a touchdown and ran for another. Hillwood (1-5, 1-8 12-AAA) was 9 Metro Player of the Week. Jones had another stellar game passing for 220 yards shut out for the second time this season. and rushing for 132 yards in the Spartans’ 32-20 loss against Marshall County. The dual threat Jones became the first 1,000 yard rusher and passer in the same season Hillsboro 39 @ Glencliff 0 Hillsboro (4-5, 3-3 12-AAA) rushed for 268 yards and quarterback Michael for Stratford.

For Vaughn this is the third time this year that he has received MPOW honors.

Hughes passed for 141 yards and three touchdowns in their shutout victory over hapless Glencliff (0-9, 0-6 12-AAA). Running back D’Andre Alexander rushed for The junior tailback rushed for 264 yards on only 14 carries and three touchdowns in 98 yards and three touchdowns. The Borro defense held Glenclliff to 66 total yards. the Firebirds’ 42-0 victory over Franklin Road Academy. Vaughn is leading Metro in rushing yards with 1766 yards and 25 touchdowns on the year.

Overton 32 @ McGavock 3 This was probably the toughest vote on the season for MPOW as there were other Overton (9-0, 6-0 12-AAA) got another strong effort from Justin Martin (230 players with great efforts. Justin Martin of Overton rushed for 230 yards. Last week’s yards three touchdowns) to win their ninth consecutive game. Kimlee North added winner Nick Fuqua of Cane Ridge rushed for 227 yards. Hillsboro quarterback Mi105 yards and three touchdowns. The Bobcats ran for 427 yards on the night. chael Hughes passed for three touchdowns.

Week 9 Kenneth Jones Stratford and Keshawn Vaughn Pearl-Cohn Hunters Lane 7 @ Antioch 28 Week 8 Nick Fuqua Cane Ridge Week 7 LaDarrious Wimberly and Dante Hall Maplewood Week 6 Moses Cornelius Antioch School Name Dist Pct. Overall Pct. PF PA Strk Week 5 Keshawn Vaughn Pearl-Cohn Pearl-Cohn 4-0 1.000 8-1 0.889 400 141 5W Week 4 Isiah Upton East Nashville East Nashville 3-1 0.750 7-2 0.778 367 180 2L Lipscomb 3-1 0.750 8-1 0.889 326 206 4W Week 3 Isiah Upton East Nashville Maplewood 2-2 0.500 4-5 0.444 217 244 1L Week 2 Justin Martin Overton Stratford 0-4 0.000 1-8 0.111 187 333 7L Week 1 Keshawn Vaughn Pearl-Cohn Whites Creek 0-4 0.000 0-9 0.000 91 359 9L Pearl-Cohn 42 @ Franklin Road Academy 0 East Nashville 30 @ Nashville Christian 34 Lennox McAfee rushed for 131 yards and two touchdowns for East Nashville (72) as they lost their second straight game after starting the season 7-0. Dual threat quarterback Isiah Upton was held to no touchdowns passing and only 65 yards rushing for the game. Isaiah Olige added two touchdowns for the Eagles.

Scheduling Problems Plague Metro Teams

Metropolitan Davidson County Schools have 11 teams that participate in football.

Six compete in District 12-AAA and five in District 10-AA. Stratford High School plays in 10-AA. Their head football coach Brian Harrell is known for his no nonsense approach to coaching. His Spartans team is extremely discipline and is probably the best 1-8 team in the country. He also is one of the most outspoken coaches when it comes to scheduling woes. His team has played some of the top teams in the state of Tennessee.

Maplewood 7 @ Alcoa 43 “It is pretty difficult to schedule games against other Metro teams because it is a Maplewood (4-5) gave up 21 points in the fourth quarter to key their lost against Alcoa. Quarterback LaDarrious Wimberly passed for 111 yards and rushed for the money issue,” said Coach Harrell, “Most teams want to take the from schools larger Panthers’ lone touchdown. All five of Maplewood’s losses have come against ranked schools to travel there. If you think about it, it really isn’t that profitable. After you teams. pay for a charter bus and food you are at about the same amount for a home gate.

Our players want to play other teams like them. We were forced to schedule teams Stratford 20 @ Marshall County 32 outside of the count.”

Senior quarterback Kenneth Jones Coach Harrell’s team has traveled to Hendersonville, Chattanooga and Marshall passed for 220 yards and rushed for 132 County. They also had a home game against Rossview High School, a team in Clarksyards in the Spartans’ 32-20 loss against ville, and a Father Ryan team that is ranked 14th in the state of Tennessee. Father Marshall County. The dual threat Jones Ryan defeated perennial power Brentwood Academy and lost by three to Montgombecame the first 1,000 yard rusher and ery Bell Academy (MBA). Notwithstanding they play in a tough division that inpasser in the same season for Stratford.

Kenneth Jones cludes four teams that are virtual locks for the playoffs.

“District 10-AA is tough enough. We were in the game with Lipscomb for a couMetro Leaders Passing NAME SCHOOL G COMP ATT YARDS TD INT ple of quarters and Pearl-Cohn. We played terrible against East Nashville and lost by LaDarrious Wimberly Maplewood 9 93 154 1774 13 3 one to Maplewood. I am proud of my team. They have played hard all year. Our only Isiah Upton East Nashville 9 87 139 1611 18 10 Metro games have been against district teams. I am interested to see how we would Kenneth Jones Stratford 9 80 151 1352 10 11 play against some of those teams in District 12-AAA. This is their last week of pracMichael Hughes Hillsboro 7 79 146 1225 14 5 tice. At the beginning of the year I didn’t think it would end like this,” said Harrell Dustin McAbee McGavock 8 75 155 641 5 1 Some teams that are having a great season would like to see how they would match-up against other Metro foes. Cane Ridge High School is on a five game winMetro Leaders Rushing ning streak. One of the wins came against a perennial playoff team Riverdale High NAME SCHOOL G ATT YARDS YPC TD School. Justin Martin of Overton High School, during an interview for being named Keshawn Vaughn Pearl-Cohn 9 162 1766 10.1 25 Metro Player of the Week, made mention how he would like to play the likes of PearlNick Fuqua Cane Ridge 9 180 1505 8.4 13 Cohn and Maplewood. Overton is undefeated so far this year. Pearl-Cohn’s lone loss Justin Martin Overton 9 211 1498 7.1 22 was against an MBA team that is ranked fourth in the state. They traveled to Station Kenneth Jones Stratford 9 101 1040 7.1 8 Camp, a team that played on ESPN earlier in the season, and scored the victory.

Da’Ronta Nelson Maplewood 9 99 694 7.0 5 Head Coach Tony Brunetti has had some powerful teams over the years. This one is Isaiah Olige East Nashville 9 100 668 6.7 11 Isiah Upton East Nashville 9 85 554 6.5 4 special.

Lennox McAfee East Nashville 9 61 509 8.3 9 “Yeah, I would love to play against other Metro teams but you can look at it two ways,” said Brunetti. “My team gets great exposure playing outside of the county and Metro Leaders Receiving the gate at those games is tremendous. This year we have been competitive. But they NAME SCHOOL G REC YARDS YPC TD would love to play against players around the city too.”

Patrick Smith East Nashville 9 35 766 21.9 9 “We travel outside Metro to play teams in other regions not only to increase our William Summers Maplewood 8 23 515 22.4 2 strength of schedule but also to see where we stack up against the other regions in the Chavaris Newsome Maplewood 8 12 480 40.0 4 state,” said Cane Ridge Head Coach Jonathan Park. “This year we added two RuthDarren Pendergrass Cane Ridge 6 21 381 18.1 2 erford County teams to test our players and to also see where we stand at the end of Dante Hall Maplewood 8 18 359 19.9 3 the year to see what we need to improve on before the playoffs approach. We tested Terrance Valentine Stratford 9 30 342 10.4 1 our players early with a very good Smyrna team during our second week. Because of our location we also scheduled Riverdale during Week 8 to see where we stand when it comes to Rutherford county. We believe Rutherford county schools are a great test for our team going into the playoffs as well as us going east in the first round of the playoffs last year.”

This year Maplewood’s schedule is among the toughest in the country. At this point their five losses have come against teams with an overall record of 38-5. Three of those losses were against Tennessee Class 3A number one ranked Christ Presbyterian High School (CPA), nationally ranked Eastern Christian Academy (ECA) a school in Elkton, Delaware and Alcoa High School, a team they had to travel three hours to play and just happens to be the second ranked team in Class 3A. Their final game is against Pearl-Cohn.

“We never shy away from competition at Maplewood,” said Head Coach Arcentae Broome. The team from Delaware saw that we had an open date and asked to play us.

We knew how good CPA was going to be. We played them because we have forged a great relationship with them over the years. It is what it is. When we sent our schedule out we only had nine games scheduled. We added that game against ECA after the season started. It is getting harder and harder to schedule games.”

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The Challenge of Keeping God First Rev. Jason Curry, Phd. of Fisk Memorial Chapel

Rev. Jason Curry, Ph.D.

There are multiple definitions of the term righteousness as it is understood throughout the bible.

According to Smith’s Bible Dictionary, righteousness is defined as “holiness, justice, rectitude; an attribute of God only….” The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Theology maintains righteousness was “often synonymous with virtue itself.” After reading biblical commentaries for years, I have come to believe that Jesus’ description of the term righteous as explained in his story or Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector is more insightful than the abstract

definitions of the term. In this parable, which is found in Luke 18:9-14, Jesus says that the two men went to the temple to pray. In essence, the Pharisee said: “God, I thank you that I am not like these evildoers because I fast and pray.” However, the tax collector went to the temple and “would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.(Luke 18:13)’” Jesus then said: “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God (Luke 18:14).” Even though Pharisee fasted and prayed, he was attempting to do something that is impossible (i.e., establish his own righteousness). The tax collector recognized that the act of being made holy, righteous, sanctified, pious and consecrated begins and ends with God. The parable confirms that righteous is a spiritual state of being that begins with the submission of our will to the perfect will of God. It also suggests that righteousness is not found in actions or rituals, but rather in human hearts devoted to loving God and loving our neighbors as we love ourselves.

Paul lists the “breastplate of righteousness” among the armor that we are expected to wear when are preparing to combat spiritual wickedness. In Ephesians 6:14, Paul says that we are to stand firm “…with the breastplate of righteousness in place.” His metaphor regarding the armor suggests that the breastplate is designed to cover some of our most vital organs: our lungs, our stomach and most importantly, our heart. Our hearts are important for they are symbolic or our zeal and passion for serving God. Therefore, Paul’s metaphor is central to our Christian walk because it maintains that we need God’s holiness or righteous to protect us from anything or anyone who would discourage our passion for serving Christ. Yes, with hearts full of humility, and with minds convinced that only God can restore us to a state of righteousness, we will be able to “stand firm.” Working to ensure that God remains first and foremost in our lives, (yes, a beacon light instead of a taillight), will help us to keep on the breastplate of righteousness.

It’s Harvest Time Everyday Joy by Regina Prude

and motivation you’ve sown.

Paul wrote these words of encouragement for us today, not just in a letter to the church at Galatia nearly 2,000 years ago. First, he had a warning.

Watch out! Beware of the twin enemies of fatigue and exhaustion. Don’t get tired of doing good. Refuse to let low energy and lethargy to get in your way.

This morning, I woke up texting a loved one who was Regina M. Prude flying home from a business trip and a travel day that began “May we never tire of doing at dawn. You know what that’s what is good and right before like. The alarm sounds at 4:00 the Lord because in His season a.m. and the journey to the airwe shall bring in a great har- port takes place before the sun vest if we can just persist.” comes up. Long travel days re—Galatians 6:9 The Voice quire a buoyancy that normal workdays do not. We make This is your season for doing those sacrifices in our personal great things for God. Harvest is or professional lives because a time for reaping the results of we have a goal in mind—like fertile growth. If we refuse to launching a planned family vaget weary or discouraged, we cation or attending a business are recipients of the promise of conference. a rich harvest. That yield grows Doing God’s work takes the up from seeds of persistence same verve. I believe that the

French call this kind of exuberance joie de vivre.

The “great harvest” God has for us is only visible according to His timetable. Whether that’s now or later doesn’t matter to me. God takes care of the “when.” It’s doing the work that counts.

This is your hour, your moment. God chose you for a special task. Your work is calling you! Someone is waiting for your touch, your action, your reach, your smile, your word.

Your hand on their shoulder.

Your cup of cold water on their lips. © Regina M. Prude, 2013 Regina is an inspirational speaker & author. Comments: regina@reginaprude. com or POB 58795, Nashville, TN 37205. Blog: www. reginaprude.com; Facebook: w w w.face book .com/reg i naprude; Twitter: http://twitter.com/rprude.

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AsktheElder Giving Now As we get ready for Job had seasons so can Thanksgiving which is still we, which is why when weeks away, I’d like to take we give back, you bless this time for us to praise God us all the much more, in advance for who God is because we have comand what God is going to passion for others and do this Thanksgiving in the you also said in your lives of his people. For many word, Acts 20:25 “I have of us, this will be a time of shewed you all things, visiting friends, family, eathow that so labouring ing, and rejoicing. For others ye ought to support the it’s a season of loneliness, weak, and to remember hunger, and despair for all the words of the Lord Elder “X” Lawson kinds of reasons, no job, no Jesus, how he said, It money, no family, no home is more blessed to give and even no food. I encourage every read- than to receive.” We do this because we er of this article to give something to local love you Lord and we cannot say we love churches and charities during this entire you and not love your people, in Jesus holiday season that are helping to impact name I pray, Amen. When the people of the lives of people in your community God come together and feed the hungry, where you live. No gift is too small and give shelter to the homeless, and aid to the you can even give your time. Parent’s this widow especially during the holiday seais the perfect time to take your kids to help son, how much more can the unsaved be serve others. This is the perfect time of saved, how much more will people want year to start living giving back if you’ve to know more about the God we serve, never done so before. This surly shouldn’t how much more will they be willing to just start during the holiday seasons and hear about the Gospel of Jesus Christ who it surly doesn’t have to end after the 1st lived, taught, and had compassion for of the New Year. Right now Lord I’m those who lived on the margins of society, asking you, touch the hearts of everyone the people who were considered outcast, reading this article, and please place the useless, and hell bound. Let us “pursue hearts of those who do have tremendous perfection to help impact an imperfect resources to make a difference in the lives world”, together starting right now. of others who normally don’t care for othQuestions & comments email, Elers a desire to bless others. For those who derxlawson@yahoo.com, Listen to Real have other ways to bless may you show Gospel Sunday’s 9am–12n on 88.1FM, them how they too maybe a blessing. We online at WFSKFM.ORG, this Sunday thank you Lord for allowing those of us I’ll speak with Tim Dillinger about his who have the blessings of family, friends, latest project, “The Baton 1985” Twitand resources to enjoy them in this season ter @XuamLawson, website, http://xuabecause yes Lord we understand just as mlawson.wix.com/rgwtx

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RELIGION Church Giving is Down

WASHINGTON (RNS) Collection plates are growing even lighter as Protestant church member giving reached new lows in 2011, and tithing probably will not recover from the recession, according to a new report by Empty Tomb, a Christian research group.

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