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Rep. Mark Green’s bill ensuring federal funding for archery, shooting sports in schools signed into law

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Looking Forward:

Southwest Nashville council members prioritize infrastructure

BY NICOLLE S. PRAINO The first Metro Council meeting since the election took place on Oct. 3. There are multiple new and returning council members in The News’ southwest Nashville coverage area, so we sat down with each of them to talk about the issues they want to address during their term.

Looking Forward will be an ongoing series of topics addressed by each member we were able to speak with ahead of the first council meeting.

Southwest Nashville Metropolitan council members noted that, when it comes to development, the future growth needs to be sustained by further infrastructure improvements.

“I think that it’s a great opportunity out here for us to gather and identify like we did back in 2011 when I started this,” Sheri Weiner (D22) said. “We did things over that eight year period, like bringing One Bellevue Place back to life from a dead mall.”

She said over her last period in council they focused on things like the new James Lawson High School, a new fire hall, the library and more. Now, she said she’s hearing

people ask for walkability and connectivity.

“We are a denser, I think, very pedestrian area,” Tom Cash (D18) said. “District 18 has two universities, which includes a lot of walking around of the students as they interact with the rest of the district.”

Safer crosswalks are a concern for areas like 21st Ave., Cash said. Not just by lines on the ground, but making sure there are more ways to protect people and cyclists. He said that also includes better light that’s not intrusive, as technology improves, but helps illuminate the path for people who are walking.

“Like I said, a lot of students, we want to make sure they’re safe, a lot of folks walking around for exercise, we want to make sure they’re safe to do it at night if that’s what their schedule necessitates,” Cash said.

Sandy Ewing (D34) echoed that same sentiment. Being new to council, she said she wants to continue to study the issues and work with the Metro Department of Transportation to find a way to craft a solution. She said taking a holistic approach is important because a lot of these same

issues tie into transportation and traffic calming solutions as well.

Ewing said there’s another major infrastructure need that she’s been paying attention to.

“I’m aware of the fact that our stormwater regulations across the city need a serious overhaul and updating,” Ewing said. “It’s going to probably become a bigger issue as we have more climate-induced weather events.”

She said she wants to help create stronger regulations alongside the council members who have already begun efforts in this area, like Thom Druffel.

Druffel (D23) said he is still working on those stormwater revisions, but the infrastructure needs do not just show up in the physical sense. He is focusing on issues like at-risk youth and building gap solutions.

“Last year I chaired the mayor’s task force on youth career development, trying to identify pathways for kids in places that don’t have much summer opportunities, and then substitute the gap with career potential for those or those kids,” he said. >> PAGE 3

A new law sponsored by Tenn. 7th Congressional District Rep. Mark Green ensures federal funding for archery, hunting and other shooting sports in schools.

The Protecting Hunting Heritage and Education Act amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, which clarifies that the prohibition of the use of federal education funds for certain weapons does not apply to weapons training for archery, hunting or other shooting sports.

President Joe Biden signed the bill into law on Oct. 6.

“I appreciate the President signing this bill into law,” Green said. “Today, politics was put aside, and our children are the real winners.

Student-athletes deserve to take part in shooting sports without fear of their programs losing funding. If there’s anything both sides of the aisle can unite on, it’s protecting students’ ability to get involved in school programs that foster an appreciation for nature and benefit their development.”

“I hope Americans see the incredible outpouring of support for our student-athletes.

Life-changing opportunities come from participating in these programs—and our children are better because of it.”

The bi-partisan bill drew support from 24 state attorneys general, including Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, as well as numerous outdoor sporting groups and organizations including The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation, The Council to Advance Hunting and the Shooting Sports, The Boone and Crockett Club, The National Shooting Sports Foundation, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, The National Wildlife Federation, National Archery in the Schools Program and the International Order of T. Roosevelt.

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O’Connell addresses campaign priorities in first days as mayor

BY ELI MOTYCKA

long been the idea that you could have a commuter rail alignment from Nashville to Clarksville similar to the Star. It could connect up to light rail capacity in the city eventually. If we got the overall transit initiative right, we could potentially be looking at gold-standard bus rapid transit to and from the airport. There’s been a lot of talk about [private rail operator] CSX and north-south alignments there — I think that’s less likely. Commuter rail to Clarksville and improvements on the Star gives us two east-west spurs of commuter rail potentially connecting up to a long-term light rail scenario in Nashville.”

“The third element is something I know the state is working on: Amtrak. I know Chattanooga is looking at some proposals.

Nashville is on several of the proposed Amtrak maps. If there is anything we can do as a local government to accelerate the likelihood of restoring passenger rail service beyond Nashville and beyond Middle Tennessee, we certainly want to be a part of that.”

Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s inauguration, Sept. 30, 2023 These answers pull from public appearances

by Mayor Freddie O’Connell during his first week in office. Some combine responses to questions from media, including our sister publications Nashville Scene and Nashville Post, organized by topic.

THE EAST BANK Mayor John Cooper spent much of his last two years in office setting up a complete redevelopment of the East Bank, anchored by a new $2.1 billion Titans stadium. Boston-based real estate firm the Fallon Co. won a recent bid to oversee the development of city-owned land on the East Bank, a project that will demand significant city resources and attention over the next four years.

“I don’t think the East Bank 10 years from now will look exactly like Fallon’s submission, but they seem to be on the right track with park elements, infrastructure elements, housing and the overall mix of uses. They seem to be in the ballpark of affordable housing units, but we still have a lot of work to do to figure out whether these are long-term affordable, what are the income thresholds, how much is workforce housing, how much is very low-income.”

“The tension of the overall project will be what is encumbered by the financial necessities of the overall deal. We saw with River North there was a form of tax increment financing that came into that proposal. The good news is this was a reclamation of public land. We get some choice about how we value that for

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things the city needs, including long-term affordable housing and a potential expansion of our property tax base. The project of this quarter is to develop something with the business and legal components to take a final contract [with Fallon] to Metro Council by the end of the year.”

“With the Titans stadium in particular, I don’t intend to go back and relitigate that.

We’re going to make substantial public investment produce as significant a return as it possibly can.”

TRANSIT O’Connell separated himself during the campaign with his sophisticated understanding of public transit in Nashville and constant pledges to improve how the city moves. Expanding bus and rail have been elements of his promise to improve Nashville mobility.

“The federal railway administrator was here to present a check for just over $20 million for bridge repairs for short-line railroads in Middle Tennessee. A couple of the private rail operators were there.

[State transportation commissioner] Butch Eley was there. It was a local, state and federal initiative. We talked about potential upgrades to the short-line route that includes the [Music City] Star; the likeliest path we have for rail service is actually hours and frequency updates to the Star. Potentially there are a couple other stops along the way that we could add.”

“The long-term view of Middle Tennessee has two things to consider. There has

POLICE Mayor Cooper tapped John Drake to lead the Metro Nashville Police Department as chief in November 2020. Since then, the department has struggled with hiring and retention, despite being flush with financial support from the mayor’s office. Arrests related to violent crime remain concentrated in a few districts near downtown. Overall violent crime statistics per capita have ticked up in recent years, though remain far below the highs of the 1990s.

“It has helped the department that we increased new recruit pay and increased across-the-board pay for first responders and specifically police. In the transition briefing we had with Chief Drake, [he said] he believes we will fully staff the department — for the first time I’m aware of — by sometime next year. He had a recruiting class schedule that he showed me.

The other piece of good news is that we just received a $2 million grant from partners at the federal level that should allow us to do a full three-year implementation of group violence intervention as we’ve watched gun violence increase here in Nashville. We know that in so many scenarios where gun violence exists in a community, there tend to be a small number of people pulling the trigger in unlawful scenarios. Group Violence Intervention has been a program that started as a pilot just a few months ago; this expansion should be a really good model for us. It will supplement all traditional patrol scenarios.”

COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT BOARD The state legislature abolished community oversight boards this year, explicitly threatening official police accountability

bodies in both Memphis and Nashville. Now the city must chart a future for the members and staff of the Metro Nashville Community Oversight Board, established by referendum in 2018 after the police killings of Jocques Clemmons in 2017 and Daniel Hambrick in 2018.

“We saw preemptive activity from the [Tennessee] General Assembly that we have not seen in Nashville previously, including an effort to roll back things that Nashville voters said a few years ago that we wanted, including a strong civilian oversight model for police.”

“State law has forced us to reconstitute what is moving from a Community Oversight Board to a civilian review board.

We have to go through a rehiring process and reconstitution. There is basically a dropdead date of Oct. 29, with a board meeting on Oct. 27. We have to have board members in place, hire a new director and have that director make recommendations about staff.

There is a possible world in which all staff are retained with different roles.”

REPAIRING THE CITY-STATE RELATIONSHIP A suite of bills aimed at Nashville passed through the state legislature during this year’s session, prompting lawsuits from the city and bureaucratic crises across Metro. The city-state relationship was among voters’ top priorities in the mayor’s race this summer.

“I don’t know what repair looks like. We have seen unprecedented encroachment on the sports authority, convention center authority and airport authority. I can’t anticipate that the state is going to walk back any of those unless legally required to do so. I don’t think they’re going to do it out of goodwill. [Sept. 28] was a strong starting point, with the federal rail administrator being here and Commissioner Eley directly participating. From a regional basis, there is probably a lot of alignment around economic development and infrastructure cooperation. There may be less alignment around things like education.”

“I do expect to meet with Gov. Lee one-on-one. We’ve had great contact already with the comptroller’s office, the secretary of state and leadership in both legislative chambers. We’d like to at least be communicating regularly so that we are transparent about the things that we want to work on on behalf of Metro and look for those opportunities to collaborate.”

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

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Looking Forward CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

“We just put our final recommendations to [former Mayor John Cooper] and hoping to bring those to [now-elected Mayor Freddie O’Connell].”

Pieces like education and child care are important parts of the overall growth puzzle.

“I think we have a dearth of childcare options for parents, long waiting lists; there are areas of town that are child care deserts where there really aren’t options for parents,” Cash said. “So looking at seeing if we can make some of those childcare options on or in metro properties that can give our employees with young children a kind of first option. And, if we can put it on our property, then it’s subsidized to some degree.”

District 24 councilmember Brenda Gadd said she’s already been an advocate for women and youth in the community and wants to find a way to localize that work in her district now as a member of council.

“If we’re a city that can invest the amount of money that we do in infrastructure, some of the infrastructure needs to be our children,” Gadd said. “And so, how do we care for that? That actually supports families that live here.”

Cash said, for example, he’s heard from the sheriff’s department about especially having trouble keeping single mothers employed. He added that the new emergency communication center that’s been built in District 18 runs 24/7, and the public safetytype jobs that work odd hours can make it hard to find childcare. Along that same vein, prioritizing public safety infrastructure is also a focus for these council members.

“From a public safety standpoint, one of the things that I’m very acutely aware of, that I think was incredibly laid to bear on the Christmas day bombing, is how vulnerable our communications and our infrastructure are, and that’s something that is concerning to me,” Jeff Preptit (D25) said. “And that’s something that I want to make sure that we’re working with our state, local and federal authorities to look at how we can continue to bolster the security of our power.”

He said he brings with him experience and understanding about how policies and intitiatives can affect people’s civil liberties and how practices within the criminal legal system can be violated.

Weiner said the council is going to have to start prioritizing these things as she thinks they will have sufficient funds to work with as the city moves forward and grows.

“Setting priorities for how we direct any excess revenues from these new nonproperty tax revenue opportunities that we’ve configured,” Weiner said. “I’m known to be one that won’t raise taxes if and until I know that our government is running efficiently and that we have set the priorities in place like our first responders, our students. And so for me, it’s looking at the facts and not the fiction…and making decisions based on those facts and listening to my constituents.”

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Despite controversies, Hanson maintains religious and political support in bid for Franklin mayor

BY MATT MASTERS

Franklin Alderman and mayoral candidate Gabrielle Hanson hides behind her body guard following an Oct. 11, 2023 BOMA meeting where her colleagues condemned her actions, statements and association with Nazis.

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Even as mayoral candidate and current Alderman Gabrielle Hanson has stood by welcoming white supremacists into Franklin’s city hall, and even as her colleagues have rebuked her actions, Hanson has maintained the support of religious and political groups.

Hanson’s controversy-fraught run for mayor has brought national attention to Williamson County, particularly when she was joined by white supremacists who attempted to intimidate both the public and the press, both of whom the racists later threatened with violence. The current alderman has responded to criticism of her campaign by pointing the finger back at the city and the Franklin community, saying, “You reap what you sow.”

“Those things are called spiritual repercussions, and they do come back to you, and it’s easy to shift all the blame,” Hanson said earlier this month. “I just happened to arrive when everything was

starting to crumble.”

All of Hanson’s colleagues on the Board of Mayor and Aldermen signed a public letter denouncing Hanson and the white supremacist group prior to an Oct. 10 meeting. At that meeting, the BOMA members chastised Hanson publicly. Two BOMA candidates — Greg Caesar and Bhavani “BK” Muvvala — also denounced Hanson and the white supremacists, but candidates Jeff Feldman, Gary Moore and Patrick George did not return requests for comment.

George did previously answer some questions from Scene sister publication The News, stopping short of directly denouncing Hanson and the group.

“Having outside influences from any side of the table or any groups that are harmful in a social or cultural way is never good,” George told The News on Oct. 6. “It’s never been good for society, so I just think that people have to refocus on what’s important.

It’s our city, and what decisions we make are important for what we do; nobody else from outside is going to live with the consequences of our decision-making process.”

Hanson, George, Feldman and Gary Moore are all endorsed by the Williamson Families PAC (which also endorsed incumbent Alderman Clyde Barnhill, who is running unopposed). Williamson Families Chair Robin Steenman previously told The News that she and the PAC “disavow any group supporting racial or ethnic supremacy/white nationalism/Nazism or any form of racism whatsoever,” as well as disavowing violence.

Williamson Families, according to election finance filings, contributed $8,000 to Hanson’s campaign before she stood with the hate group. The group continues to endorse her run for mayor.

Courting white supremacists is far from Hanson’s only controversy. She previously falsely claimed having advanced knowledge

of the Covenant School shooting and alleged “unfounded” threats against her surrounding her opposition to the 2023 Franklin Pride Festival. She attempted to pressure the Nashville International Airport to pull sponsorship support of a Juneteenth event, which led to a city ethics violation. Hanson then sued the Franklin Ethics Commission, though she ultimately lost.

In April, Hanson threatened to have this reporter arrested for asking for comment on a story, and she continues to evade questions about her criminal record, which includes a charge of promotion of prostitution stemming from the 1990s. NewsChannel 5 has run a series of stories on Hanson’s deceptive campaign posts featuring relative strangers as well as questions about her husband’s residency and his participation in a Chicago Pride parade despite Hanson’s opposition to such celebrations.

On Oct. 14, Williamson County Republican Party Chair Tracy Miller sent out an email titled “Virtue Signaling,” which details what Miller argues is the GOP’s historic stance against and denouncement of “evil, oppression, racism, grooming, moral relativism, and the like,” without specifically addressing or condemning any of Hanson’s actions, statements or associations.

“We refuse to judge, lest we be judged,” reads the email. “We refuse to try anyone in the court of public opinion. We refuse to hate our enemies. We doubly refuse to be coerced into that hatred by groups like the Southern Poverty Law Center. We refuse to let a biased media dictate who we endorse and who we denounce, simply on the fear that they may well set their sights on us.”

NewsChannel 5 recently reported that the Westhaven Conservatives group has revoked its endorsement of Hanson and Feldman, both of whom live in the exclusive Franklin community. NC5 also reports that Hanson has been removed from the board of the Sister

Cities of Franklin and Williamson County.

While the fallout of Hanson’s statements and actions is still in motion, she has retained support from some community members, several of whom tell The News they “didn’t believe” any of the criticism of Hanson — even after she admitted to her association with white supremacists. Some of that support was evident last week when Hanson attended a religious tent revival in Franklin’s Park at Harlinsdale Farm.

There she was prayed over by attendees who, according to the organizer, were “surrounding her with a shield right now with the spirit.”

The three-day revival was organized by Amy Elizabeth Taylor Ministries and Revival Glory Tennessee — Tent of Encounters.

The services, described as “taking back the land and releasing His Glory in our city,” were recorded and posted online. During Thursday night’s revival, Taylor brought Hanson to the front of the crowd of worshipers, who then surrounded her and prayed over her for several minutes.

“The enemy has not been nice, and the enemy has been moving through people in our very community with deception, with lies, and that happens when we stand for truth,” Taylor said. “Because when we bring the glory, demons have to leave but they kick and scream on their way out, and these demons are on their way out.”

Following the Oct. 10 BOMA meeting, Hanson refused to answer any questions from the press, including questions regarding whether she considers herself a white supremacist. Early voting in the Franklin mayoral and aldermen elections is open now, with Election Day to follow on Oct. 24.

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

Biggest group yet loses TennCare coverage

BY HANNAH HERNER More than 37,000 additional Tennesseans were poised to lose their TennCare coverage in July as part of the state insurance provider’s post-pandemic unwinding process, according to a report released this week.

TennCare is in the midst of a 12-month unwinding process, which began in April, to recertify each of its 1.7 million members. In July, more than 150,000 people were up for renewal, based on their pre-pandemic renewal month — the highest number yet. Of those who lost coverage, the largest portion, 27,701 people, failed to return the required renewal packet. In addition, 8,393 were found ineligible, and TennCare requested additional information from 1,471 members, with 40 days to produce

the material. Members also have 90 days to appeal if they were not initially approved.

TennCare was also able to auto-renew 72,342 members and 22,598 were approved through responding to renewal packets.

Overall, there were 274,581 members renewed as of the end of July numbers, and about 146,183 removed since April.

In June, more than 31,000 Tennesseans lost their TennCare coverage, out of a smaller batch of approximately 80,000 up for renewal. Of those, 21,500 failed to return required renewal information, 7,383 were deemed ineligible and 5,300 were asked for additional information from TennCare. In April, roughly 48,000 TennCare users were renewed and more than

30,000 lost coverage, while in May nearly 50,000 people were renewed and more than 25,000 lost coverage.

Due to the federal public health emergency, TennCare paused its renewal process from January 2020 until April, causing enrollment to swell from a typical 1.4 million people to 1.7 million. The TennCare renewal process has not gone smoothly in the past, with clerical errors and barriers to online access causing eligible Tennesseans to lose access. In August, 35 adults and children from Tennessee filed a class action lawsuit challenging the state for wrongful termination from the TennCare during the renewal process.

“We are using multiple forms of

communication to try and reach members including text, email, and paper notifications, so it’s important that people open and respond to communication from TennCare,” said Amy Lawrence, TennCare spokesperson.

“It’s also important to note what we are seeing in Tennessee is similar to the experiences of other Medicaid agencies,” Lawrence added. “As has been true since the start of the unwinding, we remain one of a minority of states that do not require a mitigation plan from CMS, which is a reflection of all the work we have done to be prepared for renewals.

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

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Palestinians protest in Nashville as Israel strikes Gaza ahead of ground invasion

BY MATT MASTERS

Several hundred people gathered outside of Nashville’s Estes Kefauver Federal Building

on Saturday for an “Emergency Rally for Gaza” one week after Israel was attacked by Hamas

Pro-Palestinian protesters chant and wave signs and flags outside of Nashville’s Estes Kefauver Federal Building on Oct. 14, 2023. PHOTO BY MATT MASTERS

militants, sparking a war that has already killed thousands of Israelis and Palestinians.

As previously reported, the Oct. 7 surprise attack killed approximately 1,400 people in Israel, many of whom were Israeli civilians, and resulted in thousands of injuries, as well as more than 100 people kidnapped and taken into Gaza.

Israel has responded in the days since the attack with a barrage of airstrikes which have killed several members of Hamas’ leadership, but has also killed at least 2,750 Palestinians with more than 9,700 wounded by the air strikes in the Gaza Strip.

Business Insider reports that many of the Palestinian casualties have been children, who make up about half of the population of Gaza.

Saturday’s protest was held in conjunction with demonstrations across the nation and the world over the past week, calling for an end to the siege in what some have called “genocide” as Israel prepares for a full-scale ground

invasion of Gaza.

In Nashville, Palestinian protesters were met by a handful of pro-Israel counterprotesters before they marched through downtown in a peaceful event which saw no physical altercations and no arrests.

U.S. President Joe Biden pledged “critical assets” in the form of military aid, as the U.S. has also increased its military presence in the region and is working to help with the negotiation and rescue of hostages.

Americans were among those killed, injured and kidnapped in the Oct. 7 attack, and CNN reports that Americans are among those trapped in the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

As previously reported, on Oct. 9, hundreds of Nashvillians gathered at the Gordon Jewish Community Center for a solidarity rally which was attended by numerous public officials, including Gov. Bill Lee.

Pro-Palestinian protesters wave flags outside of Nashville’s Estes Kefauver Federal Building on Oct. 14, 2023. PHOTO BY MATT MASTERS

Pro-Palestinian protesters march on Legislative Plaza on Oct. 14, 2023.

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Pro-Palestinian protesters and pro-Israeli counter-protesters argue outside of Nashville’s Estes Kefauver Federal Building on Oct. 14, 2023. PHOTO BY MATT MASTERS

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

Metro sues again, this time over Sports Authority legislation

BY STEPHEN ELLIOTT

Metro Nashville is suing the state of Tennessee again.

The city filed suit Wednesday in the Davidson County Chancery Court seeking to overturn recently passed legislation giving state leaders appointments on the Metropolitan Sports Authority, the board that oversees Nissan Stadium, Bridgestone Arena and other Nashville sports facilities.

“We do not enjoy filing lawsuits against the state and in fact hope for an improved relationship,” Metro Legal Director Wally Dietz said in a release. “But this statute affects only Nashville, not any other sports authority in Tennessee. We cannot sit idly by and let the state deprive the Metropolitan Government and the people who live here of their rights under our Tennessee Constitution.”

State leaders argued they should have a voice on the board in part because the state is putting up $500 million in bonds for construction of a future domed stadium to replace Nissan Stadium. The legislation allows the governor and the speakers of the House and Senate each to appoint two members to the board, with the Nashville mayor appointing the other seven members.

The legislation was part of a suite of

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bills aimed at Metro in the 2023 legislative session. Nashville has filed suits over new laws targeting the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority, the size of the Metro Council and city management of the Fairgrounds Speedway. Each is ongoing.

Metro is seeking an injunction ahead of the law’s effective date of Jan. 1. The case will be heard by a three-judge panel, a relatively new creation by the state aimed at reducing the power of judges elected in Nashville that historically oversaw challenges of state laws.

This is the first lawsuit filed by Metro against the state since Mayor Freddie O’Connell took over from former Mayor John Cooper late last month.

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

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President Biden has shown empathetic leadership and economic progress over four years

BY BILL FREEMAN

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In August 2020, The New York Times reported that a remarkable yet accidental encounter took place in 2019 that would come to represent the heart and character of Joseph R. Biden Jr. Long before he secured the Democratic nomination for president, as he headed for an interview with the Times editorial board, Biden shared an elevator with Jacquelyn Brittany, a star-struck 31-year-old security guard who couldn’t contain her admiration. “I love you,” Jacquelyn told the former vice president. It was a candid moment she didn’t realize was captured by a film crew for The Weekly, an FX show produced with the Times. While Biden did not receive the Times’ endorsement during the Democratic

primaries, his easy rapport with Jacquelyn resonated across social media.

In August 2020, Jacquelyn Brittany was selected as the first person to nominate Joe Biden for president at the Democratic National Convention. It’s been four years since that heartwarming elevator exchange, but the story still captivates. As it did then, it offers a glimpse into the authenticity and kindness of the president. It’s worth revisiting this special exchange from the past, and reflecting on the transformative impact of President Biden’s leadership.

But that’s not all. We must also look at the economic progress achieved during his tenure. As reported earlier this month

by The Washington Post, in September,

the U.S. economy created 336,000 jobs, defying economists’ expectations. The unemployment rate remains steady at 3.8 percent, while wage growth outpaces inflation to the benefit of American workers.

These statistics underscore the success of President Biden’s economic policies, creating a stronger and more prosperous America.

And this isn’t just about the numbers.

These figures represent the lives of hardworking Americans like Jacquelyn Brittany and are the culmination of 33 consecutive months of job gains, offering a glimpse into the resilience of our labor market. Beyond the statistics, this means that Americans have been consistently finding job opportunities, despite the challenges posed by the pandemic and its fallout.

According to the Post, although the unemployment rate has inched up recently, it’s a reflection of robust job postings, drawing workers back into the labor force, indicating that President Biden’s economic initiatives are succeeding. “Bidenomics is about investing in America and investing in American workers,” Biden recently said.

“We’re creating good jobs in communities all across the country, including in places that have been left behind.”

In a world where we often see leaders disconnected from the realities of ordinary Americans, President Biden stands out. He is a leader who not only talks about empathy but embodies it, connecting with people from various backgrounds and experiences.

Economic policies affect the everyday lives of people like Jacquelyn Brittany, so having a leader who genuinely cares for the American people is of paramount importance. President Biden’s work to date has transformed not just the economy but the lives of countless individuals across our nation.

In 2020, none of us could have predicted the myriad challenges that lay ahead — a global pandemic, economic uncertainties and political divisions among them. But President Biden rose to the occasion to steer

us through those turbulent times.

The American people will decide the course of our nation, but one thing remains clear: President Biden is a leader who understands the collective aspirations and needs of the American people. He connects — he’s approachable. And if Jacquelyn Brittany’s experience is any indication, he also listens to those he serves. Isn’t that what we all want in a president? Someone who listens and who is prepared to lead us to becoming a better, stronger and more united America?

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Mayoral election: Rolli outspent O’Connell in race’s final days

BY STEPHEN ELLIOTT

one of the five positions in the first round of voting in August), the eight remaining candidates reported a wide variety of financial activity in the campaign’s closing days.

The four seats went to Delishia Porterfield, Quin Evans-Segall, Burkley Allen and Olivia Hill. Missing out were Chris Cheng, Howard Jones, Jeff Syracuse and Russ Pulley.

Porterfield Raised: $15,415 Spent: $21,252.22 On hand: $14,342.22 Evans-Segall Raised: $21,064.45 Spent: $94,944.82 On hand: $122.71 Alice Rolli

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Alice Rolli outspent Freddie O’Connell in the final days of the mayoral election, according to campaign finance filings covering the period from Sept. 6 through the end of the month (Election Day was Sept. 14).

Rolli, who lost the runoff to O’Connell by nearly 30 percentage points, reported receiving $81,823.49, including more than $11,000 in a personal loan, during the period.

She spent $207,207.82, though more than $50,000 of that spending was on repaying personal loans made to the campaign. Rolli reported having nearly $17,000 on hand at the end of September and more than $100,000 in outstanding loans.

Though most of the contributions came in prior to the Sept. 14 election, Rolli reported receiving several big checks after she had lost, including max donations from local business and legal figures John Ingram, Andrew Byrd and Aubrey Harwell.

O’Connell, meanwhile, reported receiving north of $200,000 during the period and spending $117,617.94. He has nearly $560,000 left in the bank with no loans outstanding. The report showed that O’Connell was able, as the election’s outcome became clear, to lure support from camps that might be unexpected.

As previously reported, local businessman Bobby Joslin, who funded ads attacking O’Connell, donated to him in early September. Officials from downtown bars and transpotainment companies, plus East Bank master developer The Fallon Company, were also among those giving to O’Connell’s campaign.

Most of O’Connell’s expenditures went to staff.

In the race for four remaining Metro Council at-large seats (Zulfat Suara won

Allen Raised: $6,200 Spent: $74,175.69 On hand: $20,538.50 Hill Raised: $9,292 Spent: $71,943.75 On hand: $72,281.44 Loans outstanding: $81,500 Cheng Raised: $3,750 Spent: $21,094.78 On hand: $2,694.51 Jones Raised: $11,630 Spent: $13,458.51 On hand: $0 Unclear whether he paid back a $12,000 loan from earlier in the campaign Syracuse Raised: $15,957.00 Spent: $147,070.76 On hand: $27,129.57 Pulley Raised: $19,154 (including a donation from then-Mayor John Cooper) Spent: $98,387.87 (including a $10,000 donation made to the Hillsboro High School basketball program after the election) On hand: $10,027.69 This story was first published by our sister publication Nashville Post.

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Local boutique retailer set for 12South Owners of Molly Green eye November opening after summer closing in Green Hills

BY WILLIAM WILLIAMS

The owners of local women’s clothing and accessories shop Molly Green are targeting a November opening for the retail concept in 12South — with the business, to an extent, to replace a Green Hills location that closed earlier this year.

The future Molly Green will operate at 2408 12th Ave. S. in a space sandwiched by pizzeria MafiaOZa’s and restaurant/bar Embers Ski Lodge.

Brandon Hartwell, who co-owns Molly Green with wife Brittany Hartwell, said the looming opening of the 12South boutique retail shop will come as he and his wife plan to reopen a Molly Green in early 2024 at a new building located at 918 Main St. in East Nashville (read here). That shop (with an alternative address of 18 Mcferrin St.) closed due to the 2020 tornado that ripped through segments of the city’s east side, Brandon Hartwell said. It had been open about 1.5 years prior to the storm, which destroyed the previous building.

“We are excited to reopen in East Nashville in the same location we existed before the tornado,” Hartwell said. “The East Nashville community showed us a lot of love and support when we opened in East and also when the tornado took us out.”

The Hartwells also operate Molly Green in Hillsboro Village, downtown at Fifth + Broadway and at the Cool Springs Galleria in Franklin.

Hartwell said Molly Green employs about 30 full- and part-time workers, with its administrative office located at 521 Gallatin Ave. The business previously operated its main office in Houston Station in Wedgewood-Houston.

The Molly Green at The Mall at Green Hills closed this past July after a roughly six-year run.

“We have been searching for a space on 12South for a few years, so we are thrilled to finally bring Molly Green to the neighborhood,” Hartwell said. “We hope that our Green Hills customers will come shop with us at 12South and also at Hillsboro Village.”

According to Metro property records, Mary McMillen and Martha Thompson own the 12South building in which the Molly Green will operate. The property also includes an adjacent structure housing Five Daughters Bakery.

McMillen and Thompson also own a nearby building, located at 2500 12th Ave. S., that accommodates restaurant Emery Wood Fired and, prior to that, had housed Royal Cleaners.

The cost to get operational and terms of the lease between the Hartwells and the owners is not being disclosed, Hartwell said.

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

Green Hills ex-church site listed for $7.55M

BY WILLIAM WILLIAMS

A Green Hills former church property that sold for $2.5 million in December 2022 and that now offers a Montessori school has been listed for sale for $7,556,000.

The 1.95-acre property offers an address of 1710 Woodmont Blvd. (and an alternative address of 3440 Stokesmont Road).

An LLC affiliated with San Franciscobased Evcap Investment LLC owns the property and has, according to marketing material, undertaken “significant renovations” to the building.

Lake Forest, California-based Higher Ground Education Inc. owns and operates a Guidepost Montessori school (for children 6 months to 6 years old) from the site. The company website notes Higher Ground also owns Academy of Thought and Industry, with that entity and Guidepost collectively offering about 120 Montessori schools in the United States, Asia and Europe. Higher Ground bills itself among the largest U.S.based operators of Montessori schools.

The marketing material notes Higher Ground has 20 more years on its lease.

Evcap Investment acquired the property from Woodmont Bible Church, the congregation for which ceased worshipping from the building after the transaction.

John Andreini, a partner with both Evcap and CP Partners (both based in San Francisco), is handling the marketing and sale of the property. Andreini said Evcap is an equity partner in the ownership of the property with an undisclosed Dallas-based development company.

“We are proud to have turned this property into a very successful Montessori school,” he said. “This is our 20th Guidepost project and we are in various stages of expanding this tenant into Texas, Tennessee and throughout the U.S. We closed on a new one last week in Clarksville as part of a program to enroll children from our U.S. military service people at Fort Campbell.”

The Green Hills property sits within Metro Councilmember Jeff Preptit’s District 25.

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

Emergency housing pod certification hits another hitch

BY HANNAH HERNER

Build-out set for Taco Bamba in Green Hills

BY WILLIAM WILLIAMS

A permit has been issued to allow for the build-out of the space to accommodate fast-casual Mexican restaurant Taco Bamba in Green Hills.

Led by James Beard-nominated chef Victor Albisu, Taco Bamba will take space at H.G. Hill Realty Co.’s Hill Center at Green Hills. Nashville Business Journal previously reported Taco Bamba is expected to open by year’s end.

Taco Bamba will take the Hill Center at Green Hills space last home to Pei Wei Asian Kitchen. The retail center is located at 4017 Hillsboro Pike.

This will be the first Taco Bamba, which was founded in 2013, in Tennessee.

The permit offers a construction cost value of $506,307.

Investors Management Corp., the parent company of the Golden Corral franchise, is an investor in Taco Bamba, according to Nation’s Restaurant News.

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

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The State Fire Marshal’s Office completed its long-awaited inspection of Nashville’s unused emergency housing pods, but the process of converting them to short-term housing for the homeless has hit

another hitch.

In a letter to Metro Codes Director Byron Hall dated Sept. 11, inspector Devinder Singh Sandhu wrote that Pallet Shelter, which designed the 108 pods >> PAGE 11

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“They are hard-sided secure ‘tents’ for temporary and emergency shelters,” he wrote.

Metro bought the pod units for $1.2 million with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funding in 2021 for use as quarantining locations for those staying at Nashville Rescue Mission. The pods were installed but never used, held up by a state fire marshal request for a letter sent by the codes department and signed by a statecertified engineer certifying that they were up to state residential code. Sandhu signed the letter, but the State Fire Marshal’s Office has additional requirements.

In the letter, Sandhu recommended approval of the shelters with a list of 15 restrictions, including installation on a level surface, anchoring the units, installing fencing around the units, providing 24-hour security and providing electrical services to the units, which have heating and air capabilities. Other recommendations centered around flammability, including prohibiting smoking and open flames, limiting personal items for concerns of flammability and having 10 feet of space between units.

“I look forward to seeing these temporary, emergency shelters being put to use as soon as possible to serve our citizens,” he concluded.

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Blackburn calls for end to U.S. humanitarian aid, Ogles calls for ban on Palestinian refugees

BY MATT MASTERS

Rep. Andy Ogles and Sen. Marsha Blackburn Tennessee elected officials are calling for ending humanitarian aid for Palestinians and barring Palestinian refugees from the United States as Israel prepares for ground invasion into Gaza.

The statements from Tenn. Sen. Marsha Blackburn and Rep. Andy Ogles came just one week after the Hamas terrorist attack in Israel killed approximately 1,400 people, as well as wounding thousands more and resulting in the kidnapping of more than 100 people who were taken into Gaza.

American citizens are among the dead, wounded and kidnapped, and President Joe Biden pledged “critical assets” to Israel in the form of military aid and increased U.S. military presence, calling the attack “pure unadulterated evil.”

As first reported by Brietbart, Ogles and Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI) introduced the “Guaranteeing Aggressors Zero Admission Act” or “GAZA Act” which would prevent anyone with a Palestinian Authority passport from being issued a visa and would prevent Palestinians from entering the U.S. through a humanitarian parole system, which allows for the resettlement of refugees.

“At a time when the threat of terrorism is not only grotesquely on display but being encouraged and justified, it is critical that we do our best to ensure the security of our nation,” Ogles told Breitbart.

The FBI is warning of increased threats of terrorism in the U.S., especially threats against both Jewish and Muslim communities.

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at the U.S.-Mexico border, with Blackburn saying that “an attack on our own soil isn’t a matter of if, it’s a matter of when.”

On Saturday, a 71-year-old Illinois man was charged with committing a hate crime after police said that he fatally stabbed a 6-year-old boy and wounded the boy’s mother because they are Muslims. Terrorism is believed to be a motive in several recent attacks around the world, including the shooting death of two people in Brussels and the stabbing death of a teacher in France.

Blackburn has led calls for the United States to “permanently freeze” $6 billion in Iranian money which had been frozen in a South Korean bank and became part of the negotiations in a prisoner swap that was completed between the U.S. and Iran in September.

According to NBC News, the Biden administration is “reserving the option to halt” the access to the money, with Reuters reporting that an unnamed U.S. official said that “Iran will not be able to access the funds for the foreseeable future.”

“It is perplexing why this administration refuses to issue a formal decision to freeze the $6 billion,” Blackburn said in a Tuesday news conference.

Fellow Tenn. Sen. Bill Hagerty joined 23 other senators in introducing the “Revoke Iranian Funding Act” to permanently block Iran from accessing the money.

“Money is fungible, so Congress must do everything it can to deny all funds to the Iranian regime, which provides money, arms, and technology to the Hamas terrorists,” Hagerty said in part.

Hamas is backed by Iran, but U.S.

officials have not found evidence that Iran was directly involved with the Oct. 7 attack.

“An important part of standing up for Israel is standing up to Iran,” Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) added in the press conference.

Blackburn also criticized the Biden administration after Washington Post reporter Tyler Pager tweeted that Biden’s planned trip to Israel was “intentionally not announced until the U.S. received commitments from Netanyahu on a humanitarian package,” citing two unnamed U.S. officials.

“The USA should not be placing conditions on our support for Israel because of demands from the squad,” Blackburn said, referring to progressive lawmakers who are calling for an ““immediate deescalation and cease-fire in Israel and occupied Palestine” and for the Biden administration to prioritize sending humanitarian aid to Gaza.

“Humanitarian aid repeatedly ends up in the hands of Hamas terrorists who use it to build rockets and kill more Israelis,” Blackburn continued. “We should immediately halt U.S. aid for the Palestinians.”

Palestinians have received billions of dollars in international humanitarian aid over the years, aid that is critical to civilians who are impacted by a years-long IsraeliEgyptian blockade of Gaza.

Some European countries are increasing humanitarian aid packages to Gaza, aid that is increasingly not being distributed to Palestinians trapped in Gaza as Israel prevents entry and exit from the area where the humanitarian disaster is expected to worsen.

The Washington Post reported that Israeli

National Security Council head Tzachi Haneg called Biden’s visit “historic.”

“Tomorrow, for the first time in Israel’s history and for the first time in all its wars, the president of the United States will be here, with us, during our most difficult time,” Hanegbi said.

Blackburn and Ogles’ statements come days after several hundred people protested in support of Palestinians on Saturday in Nashville, which took place in conjunction with demonstrations across the nation and world, calling for an end to the Israeli siege on Gaza which has seen air strikes and artillery barrages.

While Israel has killed several members of Hamas’ leadership, the counter-attack has also killed at least 2,750 Palestinians with more than 9,700 wounded by the air strikes in the Gaza Strip.

Business Insider reports that many of the Palestinian casualties have been children, who make up about half of the population of Gaza, with some Palestinians and others calling Israel’s military response “genocide.”

Ogles and Blackburn have been joined by fellow Rep. Mark Green and Sen. Hagerty in their pledge to support Israel following the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas.

On Oct. 9, Hundreds of Nashvillians gathered at the Gordon Jewish Community Center for a solidarity rally, which saw the attendance of Gov. Bill Lee, Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, state Sen. Heidi Campbell, state Rep. Caleb Hemmer and Nashville Council Member Olivia Hill.

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This week we’ve got a five-festival lineup — almost too many fall-themed things to accomplish in one weekend. The Southern Festival of Books kicks us off and is the least fall-themed of them all, though the festival itself does signal fall in Nashville. The other four events take you all over town for pumpkin painting, bounce houses, crafts, balloon animals and more in Murfreesboro, Crieve Hall, Bell Buckle and The Nations.

Pick your poison.

As part of our series on free and cheap things to do with the family, here is our weekly roundup of places to spend time together over the next week: SOUTHERN FESTIVAL OF BOOKS The Southern Festival of Books will host its 35th anniversary beginning Oct. 20 at the Bicentennial Mall, Tennessee State Museum, and Tennessee State Library. The weekend features appearances from roughly 150 authors from a wide variety of genres including fiction and nonfiction, young adult literature, poetry, science fiction and mystery. Oct. 20 is Student Day, where 1,000 students from Davidson County schools will come for author meet-andgreets, book giveaways and educational programming. Featured festival books will be available for purchase and can be signed by authors throughout the entire festival weekend. There’ll be plenty for the kid and adult readers alike.

WEBB SCHOOL CRAFT SHOW In downtown historic Bell Buckle, south of Nashville by about an hour, there will be a Webb School Craft Show on Oct. 21. The show is held annually in Bell Buckle on the

third weekend in October. The juried show features handmade arts and crafts such as pottery, metal works, wood working, textiles, jewelry, old fashioned soaps and lotions. The festival showcases more than 100 booths and the event includes food and more.

FALL IN THE HALL In Crieve Hall, Fall in the Hall on Oct. 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. invites folks to come and enjoy entertainment and food for the whole family. This year’s daylong event will include food trucks, live music, bounce houses, face painting, balloon animals and special guests from the Nashville Fire Department Fire Department and the MNPD Mounted Patrol Horses.

LIGHT THE NATIONS Light the Nations is slated for Oct. 21 from 2-10 p.m. in West Nashville. The festival highlights the area by featuring local food, music, businesses and art. The festival gives a portion of funds from the event to support Thistle Farms. There will be face painting and plenty of other events for children as well as a glow in the dark pet parade, a full music lineup, trivia, games and more.

FALL KIDS FEST At Fall Kids Fest, Nashville Parent will host an array of activities at The Avenue in Murfreesboro. Kids can paint pumpkins, bounce inflatables, scale the climbing wall and more on Oct. 22 from noon until 4 p.m.

There will be vendors, free giveaways, live music and dance, science shows and food.

The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association will have prayer partners available to talk with you 24/7.

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS The City of Forest Hills is seeking Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) from professional engineering firms for a Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Division of Water Resources American Rescue Plan Non-Collaborative Grants-State Water Infrastructure Grants Program project specifically for the development of: 1. Stormwater Asset Management Data Collection & Database Development 2. Update Stormwater Management Regulations and Stormwater Management Program 3. Citywide Stormwater Basin Master Plan ISSUE DATE: TITLE: CONTACT: TELEPHONE: E-MAIL ADDRESS:

Oct 19th, 2023 Request for Qualifications Mark Hill, City Manager of the City of Forest Hills (615) 372-8677 mark.hill@cityofforesthills.com

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The SOQ must be received by 3:00pm CST on Thursday, November 9, 2023. The SOQ submittal shall not exceed a total of fifteen (15) pages in double-sided format or thirty (30) pages in single-sided format excluding a cover letter that shall not exceed one (1) page, page dividers, and cover.

SOQs that do not adhere to these submittal requirements will be considered non-responsive. Proposals received after the deadline will not be accepted.

DO NOT INCLUDE PRICE INFORMATION IN YOUR STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS. Selection will be based on qualifications first.

Questions will be accepted in the Vender Registry through November 6, 2023 to ensure that all parties have adequate time to review the answers. All proposals must submitted through the City of Forest Hills’ Vender Registry under Doing Business by 3:00pm CST on Thursday, November 9, 2023.

No hard copies will be accepted. The full Request for Qualifications is available on the Vender Registry site.

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Former WCSO deputy-in-training found guilty of five Jan. 6 charges following trial

BY MATT MASTERS

Ronald Colton McAbee PHOTO COURTESY OF THE FBI

On Wednesday, a former Williamson County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) deputyin-training was convicted of five felonies stemming from the Jan. 6 insurrection following a week-long jury trial.

29-year-old Ronald Colton “Colt” McAbee, of Unionville, was found guilty of assaulting, resisting, or impeding

certain officers; civil disorder; entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon; and engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon.

As previously reported, in Sept. McAbee also pleaded guilty to an additional count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding an officer and act of physical violence on the Capitol grounds related to the insurrection.

McAbee was a deputy-in-training in WCSO’s detention division from Nov 9, 2020, to March 23, 2021, and was arrested in Nashville in Aug. 2021.

Williamson County Sheriff Dusty Rhoades told The News in 2021 that McAbee had sustained an off-duty injury which had kept him on a medical leave from the department during the insurrection.

Sheriff Rhoades said that WCSO was later contacted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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the arrest of hundreds of people across the nation, including several Tennesseans.

Prosecutors point to a YouTube video, which can be viewed below, noting that at the 5:35 mark the group can be seen in the large crowd engaging in the riot.

McAbee was arrested along with a Michigan man as part of an ongoing investigation into five other men who attacked police officers with a baton, crutch, flag pole and reinforced gloves that prosecutors called “deadly and dangerous weapon[s].”

A federal court jury found McAbee inflicted injuries on a Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer, which resulted in that unidentified officer sustaining “a head laceration, concussion, elbow injury, bruising, and bodily abrasions.”

It’s unclear at this time what McAbee’s sentence could be for these crimes, but he is already facing a maximum of eight years and six months in prison, up to $255,000 in fines, and up to eight years of probation for his single conviction from September.

He is expected to be sentenced on all the charges in Feb. 2024.

The Huffington Post reported that McAbee

was chastised by the judge for displaying a “sheriff” patch as he assaulted police officers, an act that the judge called “outrageous.”

The Tennessean first reported on McAbee’s connection to WCSO and also reported that prosecutors argued in court that McAbee should be held without bail, calling him a “threat to the peaceful functioning of our community.”

Their report cites that, at one point, McAbee also allegedly flashed a badge to police in order to gain entrance to the Capitol.

The Tennessean also reported that before his stint with WCSO, McAbee worked as a deputy with the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia.

More than 1,100 people have been charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack, and the FBI continues to ask the public for information to assist in the ongoing investigations by calling 1-800-CALL-FBI (800-225-5324) or visiting tips.fbi.gov.

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SPORTS

Brentwood, BA, BGA boys, Ensworth girls, Brown, Crews earn golf state titles

BY LOGAN BUTTS

The TSSAA golf state championships took place at Sevierville Golf Club this week, and several local schools and players took home state titles.

In the Class AA boys championship, Brentwood won the team trophy with a score of +10, 586 after two rounds of play.

They finished five strokes ahead of secondplace Clarksville to win a second state championship in three seasons.

In the individual standings, Franklin’s Will Pinson led the way for local athletes with a third-place finish (-4, 140). Other top finishers include Dickson County’s Jackson Herrington in a tie for fourth (-3, 141), Brentwood’s Jack Doyle in 12th (E, 144), Brentwood’s Fletcher Dasso and Sam Johnson in a tie for 14th (+2, 146), and Page’s Jake Eickoff in a tie for 17th (+4, 148).

In the boys DII-AA championship, Brentwood Academy won the state title on the back of a history-making performance from Blades Brown. The sophomore phenom won his third consecutive individual state trophy by tying the two-day state tournament scoring record at -14, 130.

The Eagles finished -10, 566 overall, 12 strokes ahead of second-place Baylor. MBA placed third with a score of +7, 583. Other notable individual placements include MBA’s Will Jackson (-4, 140) and William Hull (-2, 142) in fourth and fifth, respectively, BA’s Stewart Claassen in a tie for seventh (E, 144), and BA’s Carter Graham and Pope Prep’s Noah Lim in a tie for 10th (+1, 145).

MBA’s Michael Shivers, who finished in a tie for 15th, sunk a hole-in-one on hole 17 on day-two of the competition.

In the girls Class AA championship, Page finished as the runner-up for the second time in program history. They also earned runnerup status in 2012. The Patriots compiled a score of +18, 298, placing them just one stroke beyond champions Dobyns Bennett.

Page’s Brooke Bennett was the top local finisher, taking fourth place with a score of +6, 146. Other top local placements include Beech’s Reese Rexroat in sixth (+10, 150), Page’s Gaby Diaz in a tie for seventh (+12, 152), Hume-Fogg’s Rachel Waters and Centennial’s Isabella McCutchan tied for 13th (+16, 156), Ravenwood’s Holly Hake

in a tie for 17th (+20, 160), and Rockvale’s Solia Mechling in a tie for 19th (+21, 161).

In the girls DII-AA championship, Ensworth swept the team and individual titles. The Tigers finished at +6, 286 in the team competition, eight strokes ahead of second-place Baylor. Harpeth Hall placed sixth (+55, 335).

Ensworth’s Alexandra Crews and Savannah Cherry were actually tied for first at +3, 143 following the final hole. Crews won the low medalist honors thanks to a par on the first playoff hole.

Other top local finishers include St. Cecilia’s Dalton Vaughn in third (+4, 144), Harpeth Hall’s Lillian Yarbrough in a tie for sixth (+9, 149), Ensworth’s Hayden Cherry (+14, 154) in eighth, and Brentwood Academy’s Lauren Cleater (+20, 160) in 12th.

In the boys DII-A championship, BGA won the team competition by four strokes over Franklin Road Academy, posting a score of +17, 593 after the two rounds of action.

In the individual standings, the Wildcats almost pulled off the championship sweep

as Leo Froio placed second with a score of -3, 141, just one stroke behind first-place Thatsakon Phothing of Webb.

Other top local finishers included FRA’s Miguel De Garcia (E, 144) in a tie for third and Walker Webb (+1, 145) in a tie for fifth, BGA’s Harry Brown (+2, 146) in seventh, FRA’s Jaime De Garcia (+5, 149) in a tie for 11th, and BGA’s Brady Ray (+6, 150) in a tie for 13th.

In the girls DII-A championship, Providence Christian finished first with a score of -1, 279, and PCA’s Caroline Purdue (-4, 136) won the individual title. BGA’s Jackie Henderson (+3, 143) took third.

Other top finishers included DCA’s Sloane Biddle (+8, 148) in a tie for seventh and PCA’s Reagan Warren (+12, 152) in ninth.

The top local finisher in the Class A boys individual championship was Merrol Hyde’s Austin Schreiner (+6, 150) in seventh. For the girls Class A individual rankings, it was Merrol Hyde’s Katelyn Dehart (+34, 174) in a tie for 20th.

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Slow-Roasted Beef With Tomatoes and Pimento Cheese Grits

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PHOTOS BY BRENDA BATEY The Ballet Ball Kickoff was held at the Sugartree Club House, with 2024 Ballet Ball Chairs Evelyn Cate Galletti, Bob Deal and Jason Bradshaw and Honorary Chair Amy Joyner.

The ball will be held Saturday, March 2, 2024 at the elegant Schermerhorn Symphony Center and the co-chairs shared the theme and details of this significant evening.

As it is the 35th anniversary of the ball, the chairs had the clever idea of using the lovely colors coral and jade, which are the gifts appropriate for a 35th wedding anniversary. Because of the coral and jade theme there will be a “slightly Asian theme,” which will be interesting to see.

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The Ballet Ball hosts more than 600 of the city’s most prominent philanthropists and patrons of the arts for an elaborate black-tie affair. At $800 per ticket, the evening includes a cocktail hour, a gourmet seated dinner, and an exclusive gala performance by Nashville Ballet, accompanied by special guest music artists.

Ball guests then take the floor and dance the night away.

For the younger crowd, the black tie Ballet Ball Late Party offers younger adults a chic evening of cocktails and dessert bites to be enjoyed while the main ball attendees savor their dinner. Late Party attendees then have the opportunity to enjoy the gala performance before dancing with the other guests. The Late Party begins at 8 p.m. and tickets are $200 each.

The ball, which benefits Nashville Ballet, is a major event for the Nashville community, raising funds to support the community outreach efforts, which make the arts accessible to tens of thousands of young students and other members.

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