LARGEST CIRCULATION IN WILSON COUNTY • MARCH 6, 2019 • VOLUME 39, NUMBER 10 CELEBRATING OUR 39 TH YEAR AS THE LEADING NEWSPAPER IN MT. JULIET AND WEST WILSON COUNTY | WWW.TCOMJ.COM THE CHRONICLE of Mt. Juliet By Sarah Tate Managing Editor COMMUNITY CALENDAR - pg. 3 / OBITUARIES - pg.10 / CLASSIFIEDS - pg.12 Community Calendar MARCH 9 Indoor Yard Sale MJ Senior Center MARCH 12 Election Commission Lebanon Office MARCH 14 Parkinson’s Support Group Green Hill Church Additional information Page 3 This week The Chron- icle will be featuring two teachers nominated for Wilson County’s Teacher of the Year: Brooke Carr and Julie Davenport. Brooke Carr teaches Pre-K special education at Springdale Elemen- tary School, where she has been since the school See TOY, PAGE 16 By Sarah Tate Managing Editor Julie Davenport W.A. Wright Elementary Brooke Carr Springdale Elementary The Board of Commissioners held a special-called meeting Sunday night to amend a zoning ordinance, limiting the types of services a new clinic can perform in the City. | Photo: Phyllis Robinson. Two Wilson County com- panies were recognized during the 30th annual Nashville Lawn and Garden Show last week. Mt. Juliet business Ponds by David was awarded for Best Use of Water and Lebanon’s Gardens on Main was given the Architecture and Hard- scape Award. Nature’s Best Lawn and Landscape, Nolensville, Tennessee, was awarded the Best in Show Award at the annual Nashville Lawn and Garden Show, present- ed Feb. 28 through March 3 at The Fairgrounds Nash- ville. Additional awards for garden design and product displays were presented to companies and orga- nizations from Davidson, Sumner, Montgomery, Wil- liamson and Wilson Coun- ties in Tennessee and two other states. Award winners were: •Cumberland Herb Asso- ciation, Nashville — Show Theme Award for the gar- den which most clearly dis- plays this year’s theme of “Changing Times, Changing Gardens.” •Gaylord Opryland Re- sort and Convention Cen- See GARDEN, PAGE 3 Local businesses honored at garden show Staff Reports A vigilant officer quick- ly solved a hotel burglary while investigating a sus- picious person nearby. On Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, around 6 a.m., a construction foreman at Staybridge Suites, a hotel under construction at 69 Belinda Parkway, noticed a room holding electron- ics was burglarized at the hotel. The sus- pect broke through a window and stole around six new flat- screen tele- visions. In the process, it was clear the suspect cut themselves on the bro- ken window due to blood William Kinney MJ officer solves hotel burglary Staff Reports See MJPD, PAGE 8 The Mt. Juliet Board of Commissioners held a spe- cial-called meeting Sunday night in an attempt to pre- vent a new clinic from pro- viding surgical abortions. Carafem Health Center, a women’s health clinic that also provides abortion ser- vices, opened its fourth loca- tion in Mt. Juliet on Friday and was almost immediate- ly met with opposition from local residents and city offi- cials. In response, the City Com- mission convened in a spe- cial-called meeting March 3 to pass an ordinance that would limit the services the clinic could provide at its current location. The Board voted to rezone surgical cen- ters that provide surgical abortions from commercial to industrial zoning. The clinic is currently located in a building zoned for com- mercial activities. The meeting, which lasted less than five minutes, was met with a packed crowd, the majority of whom oppose See CLINIC, PAGE 15 Vote limits clinic services City Commission holds special meeting Sunday, unanymously passes ordinance
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LARGEST CIRCULATION IN WILSON COUNTY • MARCH 6, 2019 • VOLUME 39, NUMBER 10
CELEBRATING OUR 39TH YEAR AS THE LEADING NEWSPAPER IN MT. JULIET AND WEST WILSON COUNTY | WWW.TCOMJ.COM
This week The Chron-icle will be featuring two teachers nominated for Wilson County’s Teacher of the Year: Brooke Carr
and Julie Davenport.Brooke Carr teaches
Pre-K special education at Springdale Elemen-tary School, where she has been since the school
See TOY, PAGE 16
By Sarah TateManaging Editor
Julie DavenportW.A. Wright Elementary
Brooke CarrSpringdale Elementary
The Board of Commissioners held a special-called meeting Sunday night to amend a zoning ordinance, limiting the types of services a new clinic can perform in the City. | Photo: Phyllis Robinson.
Two Wilson County com-panies were recognized during the 30th annual Nashville Lawn and Garden Show last week. Mt. Juliet business Ponds by David was awarded for Best Use of Water and Lebanon’s Gardens on Main was given the Architecture and Hard-scape Award.
Nature’s Best Lawn and Landscape, Nolensville, Tennessee, was awarded the Best in Show Award at the annual Nashville Lawn and Garden Show, present-ed Feb. 28 through March 3 at The Fairgrounds Nash-
ville. Additional awards for garden design and product displays were presented to companies and orga-nizations from Davidson, Sumner, Montgomery, Wil-liamson and Wilson Coun-ties in Tennessee and two other states.
Award winners were: •Cumberland Herb Asso-
ciation, Nashville — Show Theme Award for the gar-den which most clearly dis-plays this year’s theme of “Changing Times, Changing Gardens.”
•Gaylord Opryland Re-sort and Convention Cen-
See GARDEN, PAGE 3
Local businesses honored at garden showStaff Reports
A vigilant officer quick-ly solved a hotel burglary while investigating a sus-picious person nearby.
On Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, around 6 a.m., a construction foreman at Staybridge Suites, a hotel under construction at 69 Belinda Parkway, noticed a room holding electron-ics was burglarized at the hotel.
The sus-pect broke t h r o u g h a window and stole around six new flat-screen tele-visions. In the process, it was clear the suspect cut themselves on the bro-ken window due to blood
William Kinney
MJ offi cer solves hotel
burglaryStaff Reports
See MJPD, PAGE 8The Mt. Juliet Board of
Commissioners held a spe-cial-called meeting Sunday
night in an attempt to pre-vent a new clinic from pro-viding surgical abortions.
Carafem Health Center, a women’s health clinic that also provides abortion ser-vices, opened its fourth loca-tion in Mt. Juliet on Friday and was almost immediate-ly met with opposition from local residents and city offi -cials.
In response, the City Com-mission convened in a spe-cial-called meeting March 3 to pass an ordinance that would limit the services the clinic could provide at its current location. The Board voted to rezone surgical cen-ters that provide surgical abortions from commercial to industrial zoning. The clinic is currently located in a building zoned for com-mercial activities.
The meeting, which lasted less than fi ve minutes, was met with a packed crowd, the majority of whom oppose
See CLINIC, PAGE 15
Vote limits clinic servicesCity Commission holds special meeting Sunday,
unanymously passes ordinance
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WB&T raises funds for Food BankWilson Bank & Trust
recently concluded its most successful penny drive to date to help hun-gry neighbors, exceeding $18,000 in money raised and donated for Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee.
The contributions, which equate to more than 72,000 Second Har-vest meals, were gathered during a three-month campaign as part of Ms. Cheap’s penny drive. The bank’s efforts included customer giving at all WBT branches; change collected by employees and customers on their own; and a pair of match-ing donations by the bank and CEO Randall Clem-ons. When combined with a matching campaign by Nissan during December, the amount given came to more than $25,000.
On the whole, the Ms. Cheap Penny Drive for Second Harvest raised more than $100,000 this
year to help feed hungry men, women and children in Middle Tennessee, a new record. Wilson Bank & Trust has partnered with Ms. Cheap on the penny drive since 2012. Throughout WB&T’s ser-vice area, Second Harvest works with local partner agencies to provide food for the hungry.
Founded in 1978, Sec-ond Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee works to feed hungry people and solve hunger issues in Middle and West Ten-nessee. Second Harvest has a network of more than 490 partner agen-cies working together to feed hungry men, women and children throughout a 46-county service area. Partner agencies include food pantries, soup kitch-ens, shelters, senior cen-ters, group homes and youth enrichment pro-grams.
Wilson Bank & Trust, a member of the FDIC and an Equal Housing Lend-er, is an independent, lo-
cally owned bank estab-lished in 1987 to provide personal and profession-al service in a hometown setting. One of the top banks in the South in
stability, products, tech-nology, growth and earn-ings, WB&T currently operates 28 full-service offices in nine Middle Tennessee counties, of-
fering a full range of fi-nancial products that in-clude secondary market mortgage loans and mo-bile and online banking services.
Staff Reports
Thanks to fundraising and donations of more than $18,000 by Wilson Bank & Trust team members and management, together with a December matching campaign by Nissan, WB&T recently present-ed Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee with a check for more than $25,000. On hand for the presentation were (L to R) WB&T President John McDearman; Courtney Blaise of Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee; Holleigh Upchurch and Ansley Mullican of WB&T; Mary Hance (Ms. Cheap); and WB&T CEO Randall Clemons. | Photo submitted
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WCRTAThe Wilson County
Retired Teachers’ Asso-ciation’s first meeting of 2019 will be 10 a.m. Thursday, March7, at the Owens’ Building on the Immanuel Baptist Church campus. Dr. Paul Stumb, president of Cumberland Univer-sity, will be the guest speaker.
MARCH 9
Indoor Yard SaleThe Mt. Juliet Senior
Center’s Indoor Yard Sale will be from 8:30 a.m. to noon March 9, located at 2034 N. Mt. Juliet Road. Refresh-ments will also be sold. Contact 615-758-9114 to rent a table.
MARCH 12
Election Commis-sion
The Wilson County Election Commission will have its regular-ly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, March 12, 2019, at 7 a.m. at the Election Commission Office at 203 East Main St., Lebanon.
MARCH 14
Health FairThe Mt. Juliet Senior
Activity Center’s Spring Health Fair will be held Thursday, March 14, from 8-11 a.m. Locat-ed at 2034 N. Mt. Juliet Road, the fair is open to
the public.
MARCH 30
Camp Horizon 5KCamp Horizon’s fifth
annual 5K and Silent Auction will be held March 30 at Mt. Juliet Middle School. Camp Horizon is a free camp for kids facing child-hood cancer. To register online, visit www.active.com.
MARCH 14
Parkinson’s support group
The Mt. Juliet Peter-son Foundation for Par-kinson’s support group will celebrate its one year anniversary with a meeting at noon Thurs-day, March 14 at Green Hill Church, 13251 Leb-anon Road in Mt. Juliet.
MARCH 16
Wilson County Re-publican Party
The Wilson Coun-ty Republican Party will have a member-ship breakfast Satur-day, March 16, at 9 a.m. at Music City Baptist Church, 7104 Leba-non Road, Mt. Juliet. Michael Sullivan, ex-ecutive director for the Tennessee Republican Party, will be the speak-er. To RSVP or for more information, email [email protected].
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ter, Nashville — Best Use of Color Award for best use of color in a garden;
•Josiah Lockard and As-sociates and Middle Ten-nessee Lawns, Hermitage — Excellence in Horticul-ture Award for best use of plant materials;
•Ponds by David, Mt. Juliet — Best Use of Water Award for the best use of water in a garden;
•Master Gardeners of Davidson County, Nash-ville — Plant Awareness and Education Award for best use of clear and accu-rate labeling;
•Gardens on Main, Leb-anon — Architecture and Hardscape Award for best use of construction ele-ments in a garden;
•Milkweed and Honey Farm, Clarksville, with Jo-siah Lockard and Associ-ates and Middle Tennessee Lawns, Hermitage — En-vironmental and Sustain-ability Award for garden showing sensitivity toward the environment; and
•Lone Oak Farm and Peacescapes, Goodlettsville — Creativity Award for cre-ativity and innovation in garden design.
Five vendors were recog-nized for outstanding dis-plays, as follows:
•Cumberland Plants, Gallatin — Green Goods
•Hewitt Garden & De-sign Center, Franklin — Green Goods
•Nature’s Best Nursery, Lawn & Landscape, No-lensville — Green Goods
•Born in a Barn, Frank-lin, Kentucky — Hard Goods
•King Custom Metal De-sign, West Helena, Arkan-sas — Hard Goods
The show brings an early taste of spring to Nashville. The free daily lectures of-fer advice and inspiration from experts. More than 175 exhibitors from a doz-en states participate in the Show, the largest annu-al gardening event in the
state. The Nashville Lawn and
Garden Show is present-ed by the Nashville Lawn and Garden Foundation, a not-for-profit organiza-tion. Proceeds from this year’s Nashville Lawn and Garden Show will benefit Libby’s Legacy Pink Ribbon Garden Project at Farm in the City Community Gar-den, as well as other com-munity and horticultural organizations.
Pictured is the garden created by Ponds by David, who was award-ed Best Use of Water at the 30th annual Nashville Lawn and Gar-den Show. | Photo submitted
From GARDEN, PAGE 1
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Maristone of Providence, an assisted living and memory care communi-ty, is helping the commu-nity prepare for weather emergencies. Emergency
Preparedness Week is full of information for the res-idents, families, and team members. Maristone of Providence is teaming up with special guests from Mt. Juliet all week to dis-cuss what to do in case of
weather emergencies. News Channel 5 Meteo-
rologist and Mt. Juliet na-tive Heather Mathis on will speak Monday, March 18 at 10 a.m. about preparing and predicting weather for the area.
On Tuesday, March 19 at 10 a.m., the National Weather Service will talk about tornadoes, flood-ing, and all other storms and how to prepare and protect yourself. Maris-tone is proud to be a NWS StormReady communi-ty, equipped to handle all weather emergencies.
There will be a scheduled evacuation on Wednesday, March 20 at 10:30 a.m. It will involve Maristone at Providence, Mt. Juliet Fire Department, Mt. Juliet Po-lice and WEMA.
Staff Reports
Maristone to host Emergency Preparedness Week
Narcotic Detectives with the Wilson County Sher-iff’s Office and Lebanon Po-lice Department, along with the assistance of the Metro Nashville Police Department, conducted a lengthy inves-tigation on the distribution of heroin and fentanyl by 30-year-old Isaiah Richard Gates.
On Feb. 26, agents received in-f o rmat ion that Gates would be d e l i v e r -ing a large amount of heroin and fen-tanyl to an unknown sub-ject at a local business in the Old Hickory area by utilizing an Uber for transportation. Surveillance was conducted at the location on Lebanon Road in Old Hickory.
A black Chrysler arrived with an Uber emblem in the front window around 6 p.m. Gates was seen exiting the back seat. Detectives at-tempted to make casual con-tact with Gates until he rec-ognized law enforcement and began to run.
After a short foot pursuit, law enforcement made con-tact with Gates in the park-ing lot. Gates ripped open a large bag of powder heroin in an attempt to destroy the evidence. When taking Gates into custody, several agents and Gates were heavily ex-posed to the heroin. Gates was also in possession of a smaller bag of white powder believed to be fentanyl that remained sealed. Gates was
a d m i n i s -tered Nar-can due to his expo-sure. The Uber driv-er, Tariku Gezahegn Bulit, was also taken into custody.
Wilson County Emergen-cy Management responded to the scene to assess Gates and each law enforcement officer that was exposed and to decontaminate the scene. Agents were able to collect approximately 100 grams of heroin and 8 grams of fen-tanyl from the scene.
“We are continuing to see the rise of heroin and fentan-yl use on the streets that are feeding into the addictions of many of our citizens,” said Sheriff Robert Bryan. “The detectives that were involved with this investigation are to be commended for their work in taking Gates and Bulit off the street. These are very dan-gerous drugs that are taking the lives of many people and we are going to continue to hold the ones responsible ac-countable for their actions.”
Both Gates and Bulit were taken into custody and trans-ported to the Wilson County Jail. Gates is in custody on a $100,000 bond and charged with Possession of Schedule I (Heroin) with Intent for Re-sale, Possession of Schedule II (Fentanyl) with Intent for Resale, Reckless Endanger-ment x 5, and Tampering with Evidence. Bulit was booked on a $25,000 bond and charged with Criminal Responsibility by Facilitating a Felony.
Two arrested in lengthy drug investigation
Staff Reports
Gates
Bulit
In a duly constituted Nominating Convention held Feb. 16, 2019, at the East/West Building at James E. Ward Agricul-tural Center, the Wilson County Republican Par-ty elected its Executive Committee to serve during 2019 and 2020.
The elected officers elected include: Mae Bea-
vers, Chairman; Jeff Har-tline, Vice-Chairman; Jeff Howe, Secretary; Aaron Shane, Vice-Secretary; Matthew Claiborne, Trea-surer; Tom Hoffman, Vice Treasurer.
After the completion of the elections, State Rep-resentative Clark Boyd and Senator Mark Pody addressed the crowd, en-couraging them to be ac-tive in the affairs of the party during the next two
years, especially as the 2020 Presidential Election approaches.
“We have a unique op-portunity in the next two years to make the Wilson County Republican Party a shining example of what we can do when we put our minds, our hearts, and our feet to the cause,” former State Senator Bea-vers said as she assumed chairmanship of the par-ty.
Wilson County GOP elects officersStaff Reports
Pictured left to right: Aaron Shane, Matthew Claiborne, Mae Beavers, Scott Golden, Tom Hoffman, Jeff Howe, Jeff Hartline. | Photo submitted
The Chronicle of Mt. Juliet, MARCH 6, 2019 Page 5
Crye-Leike Real Estate Services congratulates Re-altor Vice President Kay Self on being awarded 2018 Realtor of the Year by the East Middle Tennes-see Association of Realtors (EMTAR). Self is affiliated with Crye-Leike’s Mt. Juliet branch office and serves the residential real estate needs of home-buyers and sellers in the Greater Nash-ville area.
Self was honored at the EMTAR Awards of Ex-cellence ceremony at the end of February. The cer-emony honors members of the Association who meet specific standards and re-quirements throughout the year.
In the past, she has served on the EMTAR Board of Directors and has earned the EMTAR Diamond Lev-el award, which requires a minimum of $10 million in gross sales volume. Self is currently an active mem-ber of EMTAR’s communi-ty involvement committee, the 2019 awards banquet committee and the Realtors Political Action Committee (RPAC).
A Crye-Leike Multi-Mil-lion Dollar Club Member, Self served as the co-chair of EMTAR’s RPAC and has previously earned the Crye-Leike Circle of Excel-lence award — the highest achievement a Crye-Leike associate can earn — titling
her with vice president. Self is passionate about
her real estate career and credits her success to lov-ing what she does.
“I have been in this pro-fession for 15 years now and love it more each day,” said Self. “I am a firm be-liever that you can’t be good at this job if you don’t love what you’re doing.”
Crye-Leike Real Estate Services, a full service real estate company for more than 40 years, is ranked as the third largest inde-pendently-owned real es-
tate firm in the nation and the largest serving Tennes-see, Arkansas, Mississippi and the Mid-South.
Crye-Leike has more than 3,200 sales associ-ates, 800 employees and 139 company-owned and franchise offices spread across nine states. It gen-erated $6.5 billion in sales volume and 30,550 closed transaction sides corporate wide in 2018 — its biggest year ever — and is on track to achieve the company’s goal of $6.8 billion in sales volume this year.
Self awarded 2018 Realtor of the YearStaff Reports
Wilson County Schools recently announced that all School Board meetings and work sessions will be streamed live and avail-able on the school district website, starting Monday, March 4.
“Since the day our Ad-ministrative and Train-ing Complex opened last spring, our vision was to launch a tool that would allow our stakeholders to remain engaged in what’s happening throughout the district without having to physically attend every Board meeting,” said Mick-ey Hall, deputy director of Wilson County Schools. “After extensive research, it became clear that Swagit Productions had the best
system to help us provide this invaluable service.”
Swagit’s hands-free streaming video and broad-cast solution will not only ensure high-quality live streaming, but all videos of the meetings will be in-dexed with the agenda on the district’s website. Once a meeting is archived, the on-demand feature allows viewers to choose which meeting agenda items or conversations they wish to watch, then advance direct-ly to that portion of the vid-eo.
“Mickey Hall had a vi-sion for making information more accessible to the pub-lic, and we’re just excited to have the product available to help realize that vision,” said Vin Nguyen, Swagit ac-count manager.
Staff Reports
Wilson County Schools to stream meetings online
Photo courtesy of WCS
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Assembly of GodLighthouse Church
BaptistBaker’s Grove BaptistBeckwith BaptistCedar Grove BaptistCorona Baptist ChurchFaith ChurchFellowship BaptistThe Fellowship at Mt. Juliet First Baptist Church of Mt. Juliet*The Glade ChurchGrace Baptist ChurchGreen Hill Church*Hickory Hills BaptistThe LightHouse FellowshipMays ChapelMt. Juliet Missionary BaptistMt. Olivet BaptistMusic City Baptist ChurchNew Life Baptist ChurchRutland Baptist ChurchSilver Springs BaptistTruth and Grace Free Will Baptist ChurchVictory Baptist Church
CatholicHoly Comforter Anglican (ACC)St. Stephen Catholic Com-munity
Church of ChristBelinda Parkway Church of ChristCenter Chapel Church of ChristCorinth Church of ChristGladeville Church of Christ
Green Hill Church of ChristLeeville Church of ChristMt. Juliet Church of ChristNonaville Church of ChristVesta Church of Christ
Church of GodLiving Water FellowshipMt. Juliet Church of GodThe Pointe Church
Church of Jesus ChristThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
EpiscopalChurch of the Epiphany
Jehovah’s WitnessKingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witness-es
LutheranCelebration Lutheran
MethodistCook’s United MethodistGladeville United MethodistGrace United Methodist Church
Mt. Juliet African Methodist Episco-pal ChurchPleasant Grove United MethodistProvidence United Methodist*Scott’s Chapel African Methodist Episcopal ChurchWilliamson Chapel CME Church
NazareneCovenant Fellowship Church of the NazarenePentecostal Church Alive
PresbyterianCloyds Cumberland PresbyterianHickory Grove ChurchSuggs Creek Cumberland Presbyte-rian
UnityUnity of Music City
Non-DenominationalAbundant Life*The BARN ChurchBridge Fellowship ChurchCedar Ridge Church
The Church at Pleasant GroveConnect ChurchFaith is the Victory Church Cross Point ChurchFriendship Community ChurchGateway of HopeGeneration Changers ChurchGlobal Vision Bible ChurchGrace Bible FellowshipGrace Fellowship MinistriesGreater True Faith Community ChurchHoly Temple ChurchThe Journey ChurchJoy Church InternationalLifeChurch of Mt. JulietLiving Hope ChurchMending Fences Cowboy ChurchNew Heart Christian ChurchNew Tribe ChurchOur Father’s House Community ChurchThe Rock of NashvilleRoyal Life International
In writing to the church at Rome, the apostle Paul recorded one of the most often quoted and preached from passag-es in the Bible. He told them (and you and me) that they should pres-ent themselves as a living sacrifice (I like that living part) that is made holy and acceptable to the Lord God.
In some versions, what
he wrote next is translat-ed as “This is your spiri-tual worship.” In others, it is translated “Your rea-sonable service.” While commentators debate which one, I submit to you that both apply. As a matter of fact, The Ampli-fied Bible does this with the end of that verse. “…which is your reasonable (rational, intelligent) ser-vice and spiritual wor-
ship.” What constitutes our reasonable service to God is also our spiritual worship.
Now, I know that we usually think of worship as the singing of a song on Sunday morning with others gathered around us singing the same song. And that certainly is wor-ship, but it is only part of our worship. Paul was communicating that we
should live a life of wor-ship to Him.
We present our bodies to Him; that means all of our life and that which it contains. To present it to Him as a living sacrifice is to determine that He can manage and govern our lives better than we can.
See F & M, PAGE 11
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I have watched in horror the many recent news ac-counts about assaults, ab-ductions, senseless mur-ders and countless other types of crime that should never occur and can’t help but ask the following question: Why? The more I ask, the more disappoint-
ed and confused I become. I have yet to think of one good reason for any wrong doing, much less the hor-rific crimes I see daily in the media.
Therefore, I have the perfect solution to all of our problems that could possibly solve all crime and disrespect immediate-ly with one very powerful word: respect.
Respect is the answer. Think about it. We are all raised to respect our Lord, our parents, our family, our country and fellow citizens. This world and our great country are to be shared. It is no more mine than it is yours. We should not have to worry about sending our chil-dren to school or college only to worry about them being shot, abducted or assaulted. We shouldn’t have to worry about our
homes, businesses and automobiles being bur-glarized and senior cit-izens shouldn’t have to worry about being abused, scammed or taken advan-tage of.
Uniting as one with the same good moral and eth-ical beliefs could lead to harmony. Think about the word harmony. Accord-ing to Webster’s dictio-nary, harmony is defined as complete agreement; as of feeling or opinion; an agreeable combina-tion of component parts. What I’ve discovered is when you add people and respect you get harmo-ny. When you add disre-spect to the equation you get trouble. The solution sounds simple because it is. The problem we have is lack of desire, effort and excuses.
Respect is defined as
to show consideration or esteem for; to relate to; courtesy or considerate treatment. Wow, what a simple solution to all our problems solved just like that. In other words, if people respect the rights, property and feelings of others, there will be no shootings, killings, steal-ing, cheating, lying and so on.
You mean to me tell drug pushers won’t try and sell my child drugs for the sake of making a quick buck. This is too good to be true, and it’s absolutely free and something we can all do.
Being good to one an-other doesn’t cost a sin-gle penny. It just takes effort. Most every human being on the face of the planet understands the difference between right and wrong. The problems
we have come from those who to continue to make excuses for their actions through improper and wrong justification.
The only way we will ever solve our problems is to quit being one. We must respect one another in or-der to accomplish and overcome these very seri-ous problems. If not, the problems will only wors-en and people will contin-ue to justify their actions with lame excuses.
We all have the same problems in life. We all suffer the loss of loved ones, we all get sick; we all bleed red and we all thirst for happy, healthy and loving lives for ourselves and our families. Please make a valiant effort at being part of the solution, not part of the problem. People plus respect does in deed equal harmony.
REFLECTIONS FROM AN OLD FRIENDPeople plus Respect equals Harmony
Kenny MartinCity ManagerMt. Juliet, TN
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Isla is up to date on age appropriate vaccines, spayed, de-wormed, and on flea/tick prevention.
Please call the shelter at 615-773-5533 to schedule an appointment to meet Isla, or come during
Encore Theatre Com-pany, Wilson County’s premiere community the-atre since 2006, recently announced the upcoming production “The Birds” by Conor McPherson, from a story by Daphne du Mauri-er. Directed by James Beal-or, the show opens Friday, March 8, and runs week-ends through the March 17. Friday and Saturday shows are at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees are 2:30 p.m. The house opens 30 minutes before show time.
Daphne du Maurier’s short story, also the basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s clas-sic film, is boldly adapted by Conor McPherson — a gripping, unsettling, and moving look at human re-
lationships in the face of societal collapse.
In an isolated house, strangers Nat (Michael Welch) and Diane (Kath-leen Jaffee) take shelter from relentless masses of attacking birds. They find relative sanctuary but not comfort or peace; there’s no electricity, little food, and a nearby neigh-bor (Joel Meriwether) may still be alive and watching them.
Another refugee, the young and attractive Ju-lia (Storm Sloan), arrives with some news of the out-side world, but her pres-ence also brings discord. Their survival becomes even more doubtful when paranoia takes hold of the makeshift fortress — an in-ternal threat to match that
of the birds outside.This show is based on
the movie by the same name. It is not suitable for children and contains harsh language that may offend some people.
For tickets, visit Tick-etsNashville.com; tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for seniors (60+). You can also reserve seats and pay at the door by calling 615-598-8950.
Encore Theatre Compa-ny is located at 6978 Leba-non Road in Mt. Juliet (just east of Highway 109). For auditions and upcoming productions please visit Encore-Theatre-Company.org.
The show is produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
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Pictured are Kathleen Jaffee and Joel Meriwether, both of whom are featured in Encore Theatre’s upcoming production of “The Birds.” | Photo submitted
Encore presents ‘The Birds’
traces left at the scene. Within two hours after the initial report, an offi-cer noticed a suspicious male behind the nearby Target, who had cuts on his hands.
Further investigation by detectives revealed that the suspicious person,
identified as 31-year-old William Kinney of Nash-ville, was the suspect in the burglary. Kinney ad-mitted to the theft and took detectives to the sto-len televisions in Antioch. All of the stolen property was recovered, and Kin-ney was booked into the Wilson County Jail and charged with Burglary.
From MJPD, PAGE 1
The 2019 Mrs. Ten-nessee Pageant, a state-wide pageant for married women, will be held the weekend of June 28-30, 2019, with finals on Sun-day, June 30, 2019, at 3 p.m. at Spring Hill Middle School in Spring Hill, Ten-nessee.
To qualify, contestants must be at least 18 years of age, married, a resident of her state (residency at a military base or dual-res-idency is acceptable), and of good moral character.
Contestants will be judged in four categories including personal inter-view, beauty, fitness wear, and evening gown, each worth 25 percent of her total score. There are ad-ditional awards given for Fitness Award, Interview Award, Evening Gown
Award, Photogenic Award, Congeniality Award, and Top Ad Sales.
Mrs. Tennessee will be awarded a prize package that includes cash and sponsor gifts.
The Mrs. Tennessee Pageant celebrates all that the contemporary mar-ried woman represents, whether her days are fo-cused on family, career, civic duties, or a combina-tion of all. Pageant judg-es will be looking for con-testants who are not only beautiful, but articulate and well-rounded.
For more information about becoming a con-testant in the 2019 pag-eant, email the state di-rector, Caitlin Jadofsky, at [email protected] or visit their website at www.mrsten-nesseepageant.com for more information about the organization.
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U.S. Air Force National Guard Airman George H. Horvath graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Anto-nio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week pro-gram that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core val-ues, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles
and skills. Airmen who complete ba-
sic training also earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.
Horvath is the son of Jay A. and Lori B. Horvath of Lebanon.
He is a 2011 graduate of Mt. Juliet High School. He earned a bachelor’s degree in 2015 from the University of Tennessee at Chattanoo-ga.
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Horvath graduates basic training
Photo submitted
February Gator of the MonthGladeville Elementary
School recently announced the February Gators of the Month. They are pictured above, left to right.
Front row: Ella Hobbs, Evie Sanders, Makenna Hart, Maggie Donaldson,
tles, Carter Spencer, Gavin Skrobe, Kate Mitchell, Av-ery Hall, Keira Morrison, Josie Hassell, Jenna Lee.
Not pictured: Ethan Rag-land, Mason Lee, Easton Scarbrough, Sloane Taylor.
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ABEL, Nancy Ann
Nancy Ann Abel, age 86 of Hermitage, passed away March 5, 2019. She was preceded in death by hus-band, John Abel; parents, Lucian and Gladys John-son; four brothers; six sisters; and granddaugh-ter, Carey Cunningham. Survived by children, Di-ane Choate (Mark) Page, Brenda Choate Radley and Stanley (Kim) Choate; five grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at noon Monday, March 11 at Sellars Fu-neral Home in Mt. Juliet. Interment will follow the service at Johnson Ceme-tery in Burns, Tennessee. Visitation with the family will be Monday, March 11 from 10 a.m. until time of service.
Arrangements by Sel-lars Funeral Home at Mt. Juliet, 2229 N. Mt. Ju-liet Road, Mt. Juliet, TN 37122, 615-758-5459, obituary line 615-758-8818, www.sellarsfuner-alservices.com
HAMILTON, John Rob-ert “Bob”
John Robert “Bob” Hamilton, age 72 of Leb-anon, passed away March 2, 2019. No services are scheduled. Bob was the son of the late Robert Howard and Mildred Ma-rie (Markins) Hamilton.
Preceding him in death, in addition to his parents, are son Devon Hamil-ton, sister Kay Hamilton Burns, and step-daughter
Vicki Christopherson Bar-ber. Survivors include: his wife, Claralee “Cary” Wohlfert Hamilton; sis-ter: Lynne Hamilton and husband Galen Neal; stepsons: Michael Chris-topherson and partner Harold Scott, and Rick Christopherson and wife Diane; step granddaugh-ters: Brittany Barber and Cara Christopherson and fiancé Isaac; brother-in-law: Richard Burns; nephews: Joe and wife Mary Burns, and Travis Burns; and one grand dog: SueEllen.
In lieu of flowers, Me-morial Donations may be made in Bob’s memo-ry to: Sherry’s Run (110 Babb Drive, Lebanon TN 37087), Habitat for Hu-manity (606 E. Main St, Lebanon TN 37087), Ten-nessee Suicide Prevention Network (446 Metroplex Dr., Suite A-224, Nash-ville TN 37211), or donor’s favorite charity. Sellars Funeral Home, Lebanon TN, 615.444.9393.
IRWIN, Vivian F.
Vivian F. Irwin, 87, of Hermitage, passed away quietly surrounded by her loving family on March 1, 2019.
She is survived by her two children; daugh-ter, Sandi (Mickey) Oros, and their daughter, Ash-ley (Drew) Oros-Robin-son, and their son, Zavi-er; daughter, Kathy Irwin and her daughter, Erica (Jason) Bockman, and their daughters, Alexis and Jessica. She will also
be remembered as a very special aunt, to her many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by beloved hus-band, William (Bill), to whom she was married for 63 years; son, Steven Irwin; parents, Elmer and Tishie Stevens; brothers, Guy (Myrtle) Stevens, El-wood (Gladys) Stevens, Earl (Vivian) Stevens, Raymond Stevens, Leon (Mauvalene) Stevens, Charles (Marie) Stevens and Ralph (Robbie) Ste-vens.
Visitation will be on Saturday, March 9, from 1-4 p.m.
Arrangements by Sel-lars Funeral Home at Mt. Juliet, 2229 N. Mt. Ju-liet Road, Mt. Juliet, TN 37122, 615-758-5459, obituary line 615-758-8818, www.sellarsfuner-alservices.com.
KUCHINSKI, Richard Edward
Richard Edward Kuchinski, age 77 of Her-mitage, died Feb. 26, 2019. Mr. Kuchinski was the son of the late Ben-jamin and Mary Leggin Kuchinski.
He is survived by: Wife of 46 years – Brenda Webb Kuchinski; Daugh-ters – Karen Kuchinski, Cynthia Kuchinski Reeves and Julie (Sam) Kuchins-ki-Elliott; Brother – Rob-ert (Joan) Kuchinski; Grandchildren – Antonio Herico-Kuchinski, Lau-ren Reeves and Benjamin Kuchinski.
A funeral service was
held March 3 at Bond Me-morial Chapel, and inter-ment followed at Hermit-age Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, memori-als may be made to Alive Hospice, 1718 Patter-son Street, Nashville, TN 37203 or Safe Place for Animals, 1070 Old Hwy. 109N, Gallatin, TN 37066.
Bond Memorial Chap-el, N. Mt. Juliet Road and Weston Drive, Mt. Juliet, TN. (615)773-2663. Obit Line (615)641-2663, www.bondmemorial.com
LYERLA, Nora Jemira
Nora Jemira Lyerla, age 90 of Mt. Juliet, went home to be with the Lord on Feb. 27, 2019, after a long illness. She was born in Swainsboro, Georgia, on June 24, 1928, and married James E. Lyerla on Dec. 28, 1952. A Cele-bration of Life Service was held March 2 at Sellars Funeral Home at Mt. Ju-liet.
She is survived by daughter, Sharon Marie Haines; son, James Ray Lyerla; grandsons, Adam Haines and James Ray Lyerla, Jr.; great-grand-children, Braiden Haines, Harley Haines, Hunter Haines, and Acelyn Wil-liams; three brothers and two sisters. She was pre-ceded in death by parents, Lonnie and Mary Smith.
In lieu of flowers, me-morial contributions may be made to St. Jude Chil-drens’ Research Hospital: 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105. The family would like to ex-press their gratitude to Amedisys Home Health and Hospice Care for the love and care that Mrs. Lyerla received.
Arrangements by Sel-lars Funeral Home at Mt. Juliet, 2229 N. Mt. Ju-liet Road, Mt. Juliet, TN 37122, 615-758-5459, obituary line 615-758-8818, www.sellarsfuner-alservices.com.
MOONEYHAN, Paula Hodge
Paula Hodge Mooney-han passed away March 2, 2019, at age 57. The Funeral Service is 1 p.m. March 6 in the chapel of Sellars Funeral Home, Lebanon. The family will
begin receiving friends at the funeral home on Wednesday at 10 a.m. In-terment in Wilson County Memorial will follow the service.
Ms. Mooneyhan is sur-vived by children: Jeremy (Cassie) Woodard, Tommy (Amber) Woodard, Tonya Goodall, and Mindy John-son; grandchildren: Kody, Alex, Sarah, Taylor, Kody, Laynie, Dylan, Chloe, Jor-dan, Brooklynn, Addison, Aisha, Micayla, Jacob, Eli, and James; husband: Buddy Mooneyhan; and siblings: Terry Hodge, Janice (Jimmy) Kolbe, Eugene Hodge, and Kay Bates. She is preceded in death by parents Kenneth and Maidale Taylor Hodge, siblings Tony Bates and Sandra Bates, and grand-parents Willie and Hassie Elizabeth Hodge. Sellars Funeral Home, Lebanon TN, 615.444.9393.
RUE, Nelson Bright III
Nelson Bright “Skip” Rue, III, age 62 of Mt. Ju-liet, and formerly of Bowl-ing Green, KY, and Crest-view Hills, KY, died Feb. 28, 2019. Mr. Rue was the son of the late Nelson Bright Rue, Jr. and Mar-tha Sue Rogers Rue.
He is survived by: Wife of 40 years – Carol Wear Rue; Daughters – Lau-ra (Nathan) Rue-Shaw and Suzanne (Eric) Rue Adkins; Siblings – Nan-cye (Richard) Feistritzer, Jon (Melinda) Rue, Becky (Tom) Keck and David (Linda) Rue; Grandchil-dren – Caroline, Miriam and Baby Boy Adkins due in July 2019; Several nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be from 9:30-11 a.m. Wednesday, March 6, at Providence United Methodist Church. Funeral services will be conducted immediately after, and interment will follow at 2:30 p.m. at Fair-view Cemetery in Bowling Green.
Flowers accepted or memorials may be made to the Providence United Methodist Church, 293 S. Mt. Juliet Road, Mt. Ju-liet, TN 37122.
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The problem with a lot of us is that we present our bodies to Him as a sacrifice, but then we jump back off the altar. We take the entirety of our lives and offer it to Him, then we don’t al-low Him to be the Lord of our life. I believe that is why Paul also said that we should make our bod-ies and our life holy unto Him, because this is what pleases Him and is ac-ceptable in His sight.
The apostle begins this part of his writing by de-claring we should do this in view of God’s mercy. When we think of the mercy that God extends to us, it becomes even more reasonable that we should present to Him our life to use however He desires and in such a
manner that it will bring glory to His name.
The apostle continues by admonishing us to not allow the world system around us to cause us to adopt the lifestyle of the surrounding culture. J.B. Phillips offers my favorite rendering of Romans 12:2 — “Don’t let the world around you squeeze you into its own mould, but let God re-mould your minds from within.”
Once we have com-mitted ourselves to Him and presented our bodies as a sacrifice, we make a conscious decision to not allow the values and mindsets of the current culture to become ours. In Mr. Phillips words, we resist the squeezing of our surroundings that attempt to shape us into something other than what our Maker desires.
Then and only then can He reshape and re-mould us by causing our think-ing to line up with His thinking.
God actually trans-forms our minds from our old self-centered way of thinking into a God-way of thinking. Paul writes in another letter that we should have the mind of Christ. When we commit to Him and allow God to reshape our think-ing, then we will begin to think like He does. Now, doesn’t that sound like a great destination.
So, what is your rea-sonable and spiritual ser-vice of worship? To give Him the entirety of your life, who made it to be-gin with, and purpose to be His kingdom subject in the earth for the dura-tion.
From F & M, PAGE 6
As Demos’ Restaurant kicks off its 16th year of-fering Brooks Bucks to benefit Wilson Habitat for Humanity, the annu-al fundraiser takes a new twist. One $10 coupon is good for $7.50 off a meal at both Demos’ Restau-rant in Lebanon and the new PDK Southern Kitch-en and Pantry in Mt. Ju-liet. The $15 value coupon is valid at both locations during April and May.
The popular Brooks Bucks is named after the late Brooks Franklin, hu-manitarian and 30-year veteran writer for the Leb-anon Democrat. Franklin was a nationally recog-nized newsman, winning numerous national and state awards for report-ing and editorial writing. The issue of poverty and homelessness in Lebanon led to the Brooks Bucks fundraiser, which bene-fits one of Franklin’s most loved causes, Habitat for Humanity.
Brooks Bucks is avail-
able during March at Wilson Bank & Trust branches, the Lebanon Democrat, Wilson Habitat office and ReStore, and from Habitat Board Mem-bers.
“We are grateful for the wonderful community partnership we share with Demos’ Restaurant,” said Wilson Habitat Director Tory Tredway. “As Peter Demos and his family open a new restaurant in Mt. Juliet, we are thrilled that they have offered the opportunity to expand the Brooks Bucks fund-raiser to include their new location. Patrons will enjoy a great meal at both restaurants, save some money, and know that they are helping Habitat serve more families.”
“We are thrilled to bring our new concept, PDK Southern Kitchen and Pantry to Mt. Juliet and even more excited to be able to expand our Brooks Bucks offerings to include both PDK and Demos’ Restaurants,” said Peter Demos. “Wil-
son County is an ab-solutely wonderful and giving community, and we are proud to support Habitat in this way and give back to a community that has blessed our fam-ily business so much.”
Wilson Habitat for Humanity seeks to put God’s love into action by bringing people together to build homes, commu-nities and hope. Prior to becoming homeowners, Habitat future homeown-ers attend home educa-tion classes, work at the build site, and volunteer at Habitat’s retail outlet, the ReStore.
The work of Habitat in Wilson County began in 1992 and Wilson Habitat has now built 77 hous-es and renovated three, serving 80 households. The next Wilson home build is set for May 18.
To request an appli-cation or to receive more information about Wil-son Habitat for Humani-ty, call 615-453-4539 or visit http://www.habitat-nashville.org/wilson.
Brooks Bucks to benefit Habitat for Humanity
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SPEARS, Robert L.
Robert L. Spears, age 82 of Mt. Juliet, died Feb. 26, 2019. Mr. Spears was the son of the late Norman and Sue Spears. He was also preceded in death by his daughter, Lorilee Spears Brown, and his sister, Norma Sue Davis.
He is survived by: Wife - TC Spears; Sons – Rob-ert Lee Spears, Jr. and Thomas Nelson (Mendi) Spears, Sr.; Daughter – Michelee Spears Unger; Step-daughter – Dawn Ward; 18 Grandchildren; 21 Great-grandchildren.
Family and friends gathered March 1 at Bond Memorial Chapel to Cele-brate the Life of Robert L. Spears. At Mr. Spears’s request, his body will be cremated.
Arrangements by Bond Memorial Chapel, N. Mt. Juliet Road and Weston Drive, Mt. Juliet, TN. (615)773-2663. Obit Line (615)641-2663, www.bondmemorial.com
WRIGHT, Bobby Lee
Bobby Lee Wright, age 91 of Lebanon, died March 1, 2019. Mr. Wright was the son of the late Jes-se Raby Wright, Sr. and Mary Lee Johnson Wright. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Betty Hutchison Wright; sib-lings, Nancy Petty and Jesse Wright, Jr. and his aunt, Elizabeth Johnson Wright.
He is survived by: Daughters – Barbara (Phillip) Sisk and Mary-ann (Clyde) Hicks; Grand-children – Trent Lyda, Todd (Jen) Lyda, Aaron Hicks and Haley (John) Charlton; 3 Great-grand-children; Special friend – Cynthia Pachciarz.
A graveside service was held March 5 at Mt. Oliv-et Cemetery. Flowers ac-cepted or memorials may be made to Animal Res-cue Corp, 1420A Toshiba Drive, Suite #300, Leba-non, TN 37087.
Bond Memorial Chap-el, N. Mt. Juliet Road and Weston Drive, Mt. Juliet, TN. (615)773-2663. Obit Line (615)641-2663, www.bondmemorial.com
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PUBLIC NOTICE
The Board of Commissioners of the City of Mt. Juliet will have a Work Session on Monday, March 11, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. to discuss the following items:
•Discussion on Property Tax for Fire Department expansion and road improvements.•Discussion on zoning restrictions for businesses.
The public is invited to attend.
Kenny Martin, City ManagerCity of Mt. Juliet
PUBLIC NOTICE
The City of Mt. Juliet Alcoholic Beverages Board will meet in City Hall at 6:30 P.M. on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 to con-sider the following applications:
And any other topics arising therefrom or generally related thereto. The public is invitedto attend and comment.
Sheila S. Luckett, MMC Deputy City Manager
Instructions MT-2 Forms 1
The City of Mt. Juliet Department of Public Works, in accordance with National Flood Insurance Program regulation 65.7(b)(1), hereby gives notice of the City’s intent to revise the flood hazard information, generally located between Station 9.95 and 10.35. Specifically, the flood hazard information shall be revised along Stoners Creek from a point 180 feet downstream of Oak Avenue (Old Mt. Juliet Road) to a point approximately 1,870 feet upstream of Oak Avenue (Old Mt. Juliet Road) .
As a result of the revision, the floodway shall widen and narrow, the 1% annual chance water-surface elevations shall decrease, and the 1% annual chance floodplain shall widen and narrow within the area of revision.
Maps and detailed analysis of the revision can be reviewed at the Public Works Department at 71 E. Hill Street, Mt. Juliet, TN 37122. Interested persons may call Mr. Rob Ealy, City Floodplain Administrator, at 615-773-6233 for additional information from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday thru Friday .
Figure TBD. SAMPLE PUBLIC NOTIFICATION FOR FLOOD HAZARD REVISIONS
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PUBLIC NOTICE
The Board of Commissioners of the City of Mt. Juliet will have a Public Hearing on Monday, April 8, 2019 at 6:15 PM on the following item to be considered on 2nd and Final Reading:
•Amend the Zoning Ordinance/Land Development Code – Professional Services “Surgical Abortion Clinics” to be allow-able within Industrial Districts, and to add the use classifi-cation “Surgical Abortion Clinic” in Section 3-102 (C), and to create a new section two “Surgical Abortion Clinic” in Sec-tion 3-104.7, and to amend Table 7-102A to include “Surgi-cal Abortion Clinic
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Recently, I attended a 40th birthday celebration. Forty seems to be the big year. From the window of 40, you can see clear-ly into your fourth de-cade and the view looks fabulous (allegedly)! You have worked hard, made the mistakes, and FINAL-LY realized those things you once thought were a big deal aren’t worth the effort it takes to sneeze without peeing. There’s a metaphorical map labeled “bliss” and an arrow point-ing to YOU ARE HERE. YOU. ARE. FORTY.
Something else happens after the big 4-0. A few years after. I remember several friends telling me something like, “After 40, you don’t mind telling peo-ple what you think. You aren’t afraid to say what you want. You are done with people pleasing.” And yet, here I sit, at almost 45 years old and just yester-day I bought three boxes of girl scout cookies. All because I made eye con-tact with one of the scouts in front of the grocery. I didn’t want to hurt her feelings. When I said, I just wanted one, she per-sisted. Why did I buy? I don’t need another item in
my pantry that makes it impossible to lose the 10-12 pounds I’ve been trying to lose since 2005.
Don’t get me wrong, a lot of things are eas-ier now than they were 10 years ago. It’s easi-er to gain weight. Easier to wake up at 3 a.m. and not get back to sleep. Eas-ier to fall asleep during a movie. Easier to overreact. But it took me a bit lon-ger to adopt the other hab-its. Since I’m a recovering people pleaser, I can eas-ily fall off the wagon and into agreeing to attend an event at 7 p.m. on a school night. Well past the time I normally take my bra off.
When I was in college, I lived in California for a few months. I had a friend who possessed the self confidence that I desper-ately wanted. She proba-bly told 10 people a day to go “f$%^” themselves. She took no crap. She walked down the street with a “do not mess with me” stride. While I walked down that same street with the body language that said, “You
can push me down and I’ll still help you organize your closet.”
A few days before my old-est child’s first birthday, I realized that what I had been told about losing the baby weight was not going to happen to me. “It takes nine months to gain it, so give yourself a year to lose it. By the time he’s a year old you’ll be back to your pre-pregnancy weight.” Unless I was supposed to wake up on the one-year anniversary of his birth lying next to 34 pounds of baby weight, that statistic apparently didn’t apply to me. It took me until a solid year after the birth of my second child to lose the baby weight I had gained.
As cliche as it sounds, it’s also true that noth-ing worth having is easy to get. There’s no “Disney Fast Pass” that will take you from 160 pounds to 130 pounds. There’s no magic age where you sud-denly possess the will power to cut out sugar and toxic people. There’s not a magic pill to give you
self-confidence. If there were, I would have found it and bottled it for mass consumption by now.
Forty may not be the year you find your voice. But it doesn’t matter that I’m telling you this. It doesn’t matter that I’ve done the research, aced the test and am now a can-didate for a PhD in “Over-thinking and Regret” with an emphasis on “People Pleasing.” It doesn’t mat-ter that it took me a few decades to learn what is NOT important. It matters because if you find your-self at a crossroads, you’re there for a reason. And as uncomfortable as this sea-son might be, at the end of the lesson, you’re a little bit closer to becoming the person you were meant to be. Not the person you think you should be. Not the “social media” you, the real you. Even if the real you doesn’t material-ize until you’re over 50 (or 60).
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The Lebanon Police De-partment is seeking assis-tance in identifying a per-son of interest in a daytime residential burglary last week.
The incident occurred in the Spence Creek Sub-division on Feb. 28, 2019, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., while the homeowner was away.
The offender removed window screens and pried doors in attempts to gain entry into the residence be-fore finally kicking in the
back door. Once inside, the offender took electronics and cash.
Surveillance from a neighbor’s camera captured a person of interest peering into a residence in the same area around the time of the burglary. The video can be viewed at the Lebanon Po-lice Department’s Facebook page.
If you can identify the suspect, or have any infor-mation about this crime, contact Detective Brandon Payne at 615-453-4319 or [email protected].
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the clinic. Despite the vote, the clinic was open on Mon-day.
Mt. Juliet Mayor Ed Ha-gerty said carafem did not apply for the necessary permits before they opened and that the board chose to amend the City’s zoning or-dinance, essentially forcing surgical abortion services to be located in industri-al-zoned areas.
“We will take any action that is within the law,” said Hagerty. “I think at this point we’ve done what we can. Beyond this, it’s up to [carafem] to comply. If they choose not to, then we will take further action within the law.”
A statement from carafem said the decision to open the
new location stems from an increase in Tennessee cli-ents traveling to Atlanta after Nashville Planned Par-enthood paused their ser-vices last fall.
According to carafem’s website, carafem.org, the clinic provides abortion care up to 10 weeks with the abortion pill and offers a va-riety of birth control options and emergency contracep-tion. They currently do not provide surgical abortion at the Mt. Juliet clinic, howev-er they plan to expand ser-vices to include the proce-dure as well as STI testing and treatment. The website also states that carafem is a nonprofit organization that provides women’s repro-ductive health services with centers in Maryland, Illinois, Georgia and Tennessee.
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With most of the Vol-unteer State experiencing frigid temperatures, the Tennessee State Fire Mar-shal’s Office (SFMO) is re-minding residents that decreasing temperatures bring an increased risk for fires and fire deaths.
When temperatures drop below 15 degrees Fahrenheit, structure fires are twice as likely to occur than when temperatures remain above 32 degrees Fahrenheit, according to state fire data and informa-tion from the National Oce-anic and Atmospheric Ad-ministration (NOAA). For this reason, January and February are consistently the most deadly months of the year for accidental residential structure fire deaths in Tennessee.
“Fire safety isn’t sea-sonal, but winter brings its own hazards and safety concerns,” said Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance Commis-sioner and State Fire Mar-shal Julie Mix McPeak. “By taking a few simple precau-tions now such as check-ing your smoke alarms to ensure they’re working and having a fire escape plan, Tennesseans can help keep their families fire-safe all winter.”
To help combat fire dan-gers associated with winter weather, the SFMO shares the following tips:
Give space heaters space
•Keep anything that can burn at least three feet away from heating equip-ment, like fireplaces, wood stoves, and portable space heaters.
•Never use your oven to heat your home.
•Turn off portable heat-ers before leaving home or going to bed.
•If you use a wood-burn-ing stove:
•Make sure your stove is listed by a qualified testing laboratory.
•Burn only dry, sea-soned hardwood.
•Place stoves on a non-combustible, fire-re-sistant base.
•Remove ashes regu-larly. Let them cool before disposing of them in a met-al container that is kept at least 10 feet away from buildings or vehicles.
•Check for damage or cracks in the stove’s exte-rior masonry, glass, metal, or flue.
Smoke safely•If you smoke, smoke
outside. Most fire deaths caused by cigarettes start in the living room, fami-ly room, or bedroom after people fall asleep while smoking.
•Keep cigarettes, light-ers, and matches out of reach of children.
•Do not discard ciga-rettes in combustible ma-terials like mulch, potted plants or landscaping, a trash can, or other things that can ignite easily.
•Never smoke where medical oxygen is present. Medical oxygen can cause materials to ignite more easily and make fires burn hotter and faster.
Stay safe in high-risk domiciles
•Never run electricity or extension cords from one structure to another.
•Never modify a building to fit a flue or exhaust pipe.
•As a reminder, it is
against state law to mod-ify a ready removable structure for use as a res-idential, recreational, or emergency housing in Ten-nessee.
Take steps to protect yourself
•Ensure you have work-ing smoke alarms inside each sleeping area, outside each sleeping area, and on every level of your home.
•Replace smoke alarms that are 10 years old or older.
•Many Tennessee fire departments offer free smoke alarms and instal-lations. Contact your local fire department today to request a free alarm instal-lation.
•Don’t forget to have and practice a home fire escape plan. You can download a free grid on the SFMO’s website.
•Close your bedroom door at night before going to bed. In the event of a fire, a closed door can slow the spread of flames and toxic smoke.
For more tips on keep-ing you and your family fire safe, visit tn.gov/fire.
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opened. She previously taught in Wilson County at W.A. Wright Elementa-ry and West Elementary Schools.
Carr received her bach-elor’s degree in psycholo-gy from Cumberland Uni-versity, her master’s in counseling from Trevecca Nazarene University, and her teaching certification from Cumberland.
As a Pre-K teacher, Carr works with the youngest students and helps start their foundation for learn-ing.
Though basic lessons such as the alphabet are important and necessary for their education, Carr said the “little things” her students accomplish are just as important, such as when a 4-year-old student was able to say “I love you” to his mother.
“The little things to a lot people are the big things here,” she said. “It’s excit-ing to see the growth that some of them make.”
She loves to see the smiles on her students’ faces when they under-stand something they had
been struggling with.“You get to help instill
their love for learning at a small age, so if you can do that, then it’s like they get on a roll where they keep going and you just go with them,” Carr said. “It’s ex-citing.”
Another lesson she wants her students to learn is that everyone makes mistakes and that’s OK.
“My thing is it’s OK to not know, but it’s not OK to not try to do it,” she said. She teaches them to learn to overcome and keep training.
One of Carr’s goals is to help her students feel included and special, say-ing that everyone needs a cheerleader and someone who believes in them.
Carr said she was in total shock and was very humbled when she learned she was named Springdale’s Teacher of the Year.
“I’m on several teams throughout the building ... and for them to vote me to be the one for the year is a huge honor,” said Carr.
She said the faculty at
Springdale are like a fam-ily, all working together to do what is best for their students.
“I think as teachers a lot of the time we’re not ones to toot our own horn,” said Carr. “We do what we do for the love of the kids and to help them, not for any kind of noto-riety for our self. It was very humbling and a great honor.”
Julie Davenport has been teaching for 25 years, all of which have been at W.A. Wright Ele-mentary School. She cur-rently teaches all subjects to first grade.
“It feels like a family here,” she said. “We take care of each other, we love on our kids as if they are our own. It’s a very sup-portive place.”
She received her bache-lor’s degree in elementary education from Belmont University and her mas-ter’s in reading from Mid-dle Tennessee State Uni-versity.
Davenport was always around teaching growing up, but did not neces-sarily realize she would take the same path. Her
mother was a teacher, and she enjoyed helping at her school when she was younger. She also had some teachers in high school who made learning exciting, making her re-alize she would like to do the same for others.
While younger chil-dren may seem difficult to teach at times, Davenport said she has the patience and understanding of how their minds think and process information.
She said it’s exciting to see her students who are hesitant and think they cannot read to, later in the year, realize they can understand what is being presented to them.
She said she grew up loving to read and she wants her students to also have a relationship with books.
A reason she pursued her master’s in reading was because she wanted to know about why some students struggle with the subject and how to help those who do.
Davenport said one purpose of teaching is to make sure all of her stu-dents know they are loved
and cared for. She also wants them to be success-ful adults and have the power and opportunity to choose a career that is exciting to them and not just what is convenient.
“I know I need to give them a strong foundation so they can continue their educational career with the best opportunities,” said Davenport.
Davenport said she was surprised and humbled when she learned she was named W.A. Wright’s Teacher of the Year.
“This is a school with some amazing teachers,” she said. “For other peo-ple to think of me when the nomination process comes up, it was very humbling.”
Davenport said the team she works with are a tight family who can count on each other’s support.
“I couldn’t have Teach-er of the Year without the support of my team,” she said.
“I know the award of Teacher of the Year is something I shouldn’t have, couldn’t have, with-out the support of my team,” she said.
