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INDEXPlease join the Tennessee Tribune’s So-cial Media Director Jason Luntz as he interviews entrepreneurs Ciara Gordon and Robin E. Wilson, co-owners of Ex-pertEase Consulting LLC, an organiza-tion dedicated to helping cosmetology instructors. They produce at least 25 semi-nars each year on topics that range from Tennessee Cosmetology Law, Engaging Teaching Methodologies for Multi-Gener-ational Classrooms and Study Strategies. Their interactive and practice-oriented courses can be immediately applied for the state Cosmetology Instructor exami-nations. ExpertEase recently became only the second company in Tennessee to cover such programs.

You can see the interview at www.tntribune.com.

TAKE 10 on Tuesdays

Jazz on the Triangle

By Ronald W. Weathersby

To better serve its growing pas-senger volume, the Nashville Met-ropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) and the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) have added more bus service throughout the area. The MTA transit system currently provides approximately 33,000 daily passenger trips, which is up

from 32,000 last year. Combined with the RTA’s regional bus and train services, more than 10 mil-lion trips were recorded in Middle Tennessee last fi scal year.

Nationwide, ridership on public transportation rose 1.5% to 10.5 billion trips in 2012, the highest an-nual total since 2008, according to a report from the American Public Transportation Association. Nash-

ville joins at least 16 systems that reported record ridership numbers last year. The increase in transit ridership was partially driven by high gas prices and a report by the National Conference of State Leg-islatures concludes that an individ-ual can save more than $10,000 a year by riding public transit instead

MTA Expands Bus Service

Mayor Karl Dean rides the MTAMTAContinued on page 11A

NASHVILLE, TN — In 2010, women made up 51 per-cent of Tennessee’s population and 47 percent of its workforce while earning just 77 percent of what Tennessee men brought in annually, at the median.

· Several studies, including the Economic Council’s own Wage Gap report, have shown that this gap begins as soon as women graduate and persists in nearly every sector. What’s more, the gap is shown to in-crease as workers grow older and advance in their careers.

· 63.9 percent of women are either primary breadwinners or co-breadwinners in their home.

· Women are more likely than men to spend their wages on household purchases, child-care, and other various needs for everyday life.

· Tennessee women are dis-proportionately represented in lower earning career � elds--such as food service, health care, social services and educa-tion—and earn less than male counterparts in these � elds as well.2

· Only 36 percent of the managerial occupations in Ten-nessee are � lled by female can-didates.1

“� e wage gap sti� es a wom-an’s ability to meet the needs of herself and those in her house-hold,” says TECW Director Dr. Phyllis Qualls-Brooks, “but that’s only one part of it. We also � nd that women continue to be obstructed in their career paths, and are choosing or be-ing steered into a diminished role in the workplace. � is af-fects the entire state because

women are improving stock values and decision-making where they are able to pry their way into the board room. We are missing out on the ingenu-ity and diversity that a female perspective can add.”

“We have had some suc-cesses, but we have a great deal more work to do,” adds TECW Chair Yvonne Wood. “Wearing red on Equal Pay Day, learning more about the wage gap, or at-tending a local rally are ways to help close this gap.”

As Equal Pay, Female Wages Lag, Economy Hurt

Dr. Phyllis Qualls-Brooks

NASHVILLE, TN — Rita Mitch-ell, senior vice president and manager at longtime AWA lead sponsor First Tennessee, and Beth Fortune, vice chancellor for public a� airs at Vander-bilt University and 2011 Academy for Women of Achievement honoree, have been named co-chairwomen for the YWCA of Nashville & Middle Tennessee’s 2013 Academy for Wom-en of Achievement. � e 22nd annual AWA ceremony is set for Oct. 15 at the Renaissance Hotel in Nashville.

“Rita and Beth are two talented, intelligent, hardworking women who are dedicating their time and leader-ship to the 2013 Academy for Women of Achievement,” said Claire Gulmi,

YWCA board chairwoman and CFO of AmSurg. “We are grateful for their commitment to the mission of AWA, and I am con� dent their passion for the YWCA and for this community will help them create an outstanding event for 2013.”

� e 2013 AWA honorees will be announced following a nominations process, which kicked o� March 24. Nominees include women who are involved in e� orts and activities that have made a positive, sustained di� er-ence in the community. � e nomina-tions process is open to the commu-nity, and forms are available online

YWCA Names Academy for Women of Achievement Co-chairs

Rita Mitchell Beth Fortune

NASHVILLE (TSU News Service) - From her early elementary school days, Vicki Gardine Williams always knew she wanted to become a social worker.

Seeing the plight of less fortunate peo-ple in her community, Williams felt she had to do something to help.

“I had a strong desire to change the living conditions and social structure of families who lived in less a� uent environ-ments than I did,” said Williams. “I just felt that it was unfair and unjust.”

What started as a dream for the U.S.

Virgin Island native, did not only become a reality but a lifelong pursuit and passion for teaching, breaking new grounds and outreach to ensure better life for her fellow human beings.

� ese e� orts over the past 38 years have garnered her awards, as well as local, state and national recognitions from her peers.

On March 27, Williams, professor and director of the Social Work program at Tennessee State University, was hon-

TSU Professor Receives State Recognition

Vicki Gardine Williams WilliamsContinued on page 11A

Israel is putting its best face forward for President Obama, and what better face to put forward for America’s � rst black president than Israel’s � rst black beauty queen? � e newly crowned Miss Israelis an Ethiopian Jewish immigrant to Israel.

She is joining Obama � ursday for the o� cial state dinner in Jerusalem. Ethio-

pian immigrants have struggled to integrate into Israeli society, but Obama will be getting a taste of some of their recent success stories.

A few weeks ago, more than a quarter of all Israeli TV viewers watched the judges an-nounce the new Miss Israel of 2013.

Titi is her name, short for Yityish

Obama Meets First-Ever Ethiopian Miss Israel

President Obama meets Miss Israel Yityish Aynaw Miss IsraelContinued on page 15A

YWCAContinued on page 3A

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NASHVILLE, TN — Prominent friends of A.C. Wharton, Jr Tennessee politician (Democrat) and Mayor from Memphis was honored at a fundraiser coordinated by Pamela Martin at the prestigious Bone McAllester Norton PLLC Nashville Law Firm recently.

Mayor Wharton was also the only African-American to serve as Mayor of Shelby County prior to his 2 term elec-tion as Memphis City Mayor.

Wharton, an attorney, was born and raised in Lebanon, Tennessee. A.C. Wharton shares his name with his grandfather, father, and eldest son.

Despite some misconception, Wharton has stated that his first name is simply the letters A and C and does not stand for anything in particular.

In 1980, then-Shelby County Mayor Bill Morris appointed A.C. as Chief Shelby County Public Defender, where his concern for the mentally ill in the criminal justice system gave birth to a national model program, known today as the Jericho Initiative. He chaired the county’s Jail Overcrowding Commit-tee, which developed new ways to ease overcrowding without sacrificing pub-lic safety.

The Tennessee Tribune Lends Support to Memphis Mayor

The mayors l-r, Bill Purcell, A.C. Wharton, Karl Dean and Phil Bredesen, not pictured Richard Fulton

The Mayor’s Nashville-Memphis connection l-r, William L. Miller, Rosetta Miller Perry, Hon. A.C., Wharton, Bob and Dr. Sandy Grant. Mayor Wharton and Miller Perry were co-workers at the United States Equal Employment Commission in Washington D.C.

Hon. Karl Dean, Mayor of Nashville with Tribune Publishers William L. Miller and Rosetta Miller Perry

l-r, Atty. Ruby Wharton, wife of A.C. and Representative Brenda Gilmore

l-r, Atty. James Crumlin, Jackie Akbari, Rosetta Miller Perry, William L. Miller and Dr. Janet Southerland

l-r, Atty. Ruby Wharton, wife of A.C. , Ron Redwing, Rosetta Miller Perry, and Michael Hooks, Jr., grandson of Tribune

publisher


NASHVILLE, TN — Dedicated po-lice work by O�cer Travis Baxter that led to the arrest of two men involved in a shooting and attempted robbery on 9th Avenue South has now earned Baxter the Judge John L. Draper Joint Nashville Po-lice Odd Fellow Award for the �rst half of 2011.

Baxter received a $500 cash award during the recent ceremony.

In the early morning hours of April 10, 2011, O�cer Baxter was near 9th Av-enue

South and Division Street when he heard the sounds of gunshots nearby. As he drove to investigate, a car �ed away from the area at more than twice the speed limit. O�cer Baxter activated his emergency equipment in an e�ort to stop the car for the tra�c violation. �e driver ultimately pulled over on Wedgewood Avenue. Subsequent inves-tigation revealed the two occupants were involved in the shooting and attempted robbery of a victim at 9th Avenue South and Gleaves Avenue. �e gun used was recovered in the path of the vehicle’s �ight from the scene. �e passenger

was later convicted of attempted mur-der, robbery and assault charges. �e driver was convicted of robbery counts and speeding. Both received multi-year prison sentences.

Other Odd Fellow Award nominees for the �rst half of 2011 were O�cers Steven Bowers, Pedro Robles, Daniel Bowling, Je� Moseley, Cli�on Hu�mas-ter, Sam Johnson and Burl Johnson.

Odd Fellow Award for Second Half of 2011

A tra�c stop of a man for not wear-ing his seatbelt in South Nashville snow-balled into a federal Hobbs Act robbery case and has now earned O�cer Jerre Fly the Judge John L. Draper Joint Nashville Police Odd Fellow Award for the second half of 2011.

Fly also received a $500 cash award recently at the ceremony.

On the night of August 10, 2011, Of-�cer Fly stopped a car on Apache Trail at

Haywood Lane a�er observing the seatbelt violation. During a consent search, a semiautomatic pistol and a small bag of marijuana were recovered from the vehicle. O�cer Fly believed the driver to be a member of the Asian Pride Gang and called the police department’s Gang Unit to the scene. �e ensuing in-vestigation led to the federal indictment of the driver and several other persons for violent home invasion robberies in Rutherford and Smith Counties. �e driver was also convicted of failing to wear a seatbelt as the result of O�cer Fly’s stop.

Other Odd Fellow Award nominees for the second half of 2011 were O�cers Rick Martin, John Gilpin, Jonathan Frith, Robert Simmons and Brett Kenney.

For 52 years, Nashville’s Odd Fellows Association has sponsored this award, which is given twice a year to an o�cer below the rank of lieutenant who makes an arrest of a person already wanted, or who makes a criminal case based on the original citing of a tra�c law violator.

Officers Baxter and Fly Honored with Awards from Odd Fellows Association For 2011 Arrest

NASHVILLE - With just days to go before the tax �ling deadline, the IRS reminded Tennessee taxpay-ers to �le either a tax return or an extension request by April 15.

“Missing the tax deadline can be costly,” said IRS spokesman Dan Boone. “But taxpayers can easily avoid or reduce the penalties by taking action no later than April 15,” .

Boone said the IRS estimates that more than 170,000 Tennesseans will �le extensions to avoid the late �ling penalty and request more time to complete their tax forms. An extension request requires no rea-

son or excuse but has to be �led by April 15.

�e IRS o�ered answers to questions o�en asked by those who have waited until now to �le.

1. How can I get an extension? You’ll need to complete and �le Form 4868 no later than April 15 to get an extra six months to �le. Remember that �ling an ex-tension doesn’t give you more time to pay taxes due, it gives you more time to com-plete your tax return. And it allows you to avoid the late �ling penalty. IRS o�ers free electronic extensions through the Free File program at IRS.gov.

2. If I owe taxes and can’t pay the full amount, should I wait to �le until I can pay in full? No. If you wait past April 15, you’ll be charged a late �ling penalty based on the amount you owe. Avoid that pen-alty by �ling either your tax return or an extension form by April 15. Pay as much as you can with the return or extension to help reduce late the payment penalty and

interest charges. 3. Can I set up a payment plan with the IRS? Yes.

�e IRS o�ers short-term extensions of time to pay up to 120 days, monthly payment plans, and other types of agreements. If you owe less than $50,000, you can apply online at IRS.gov using the Online Payment Agreement (OPA) application. �ere is no fee for the short-term agreement, and the fee for a monthly agreement is reduced if you agree to bank dra� pay-ments.

4. If I owe taxes, is there any reason for me to e-�le?

IRS Answers Common Questions for Last Minute Filers

Pictured at the awards ceremony were Odd Fellows Association members Bob Pritchett, Hilary Lingner and Joe Anderson along with Officer Travis Baxter, Officer Jerre Fly and

Chief Steve Anderson

NASHVILLE, TN — Hear the world-re-nowned Orchestra of Fes and experience the melodies that inspire dancing in the streets of Fes, Rabat, and Cas-ablanca. Andalusian classical music is at the core of contemporary Moroccan culture and evolved over centuries

of cultural exchange be-tween the Muslim and Jewish traditions of North Africa and Spain.

Conducted by the legendary Mohammed Bri-

ouel, The Orchestra of Fes are masters of classical Judeo-Arabic music from the Andalusian tradi-tion. Together with Francoise Atlan, they invite audiences to celebrate the sounds of Morocco’s heritage.

Acclaimed Sephardic SingerFrancoise Atlan

Francoise Atlan Joining the Orchestra of Fes is acclaimed Jewish songstress Françoise Atlan. One of the world’s finest vocal interpreters of Sep-hardic music, Ms. Atlan refined her lyrical sing-ing voice at the Paris Opera School, and has per-formed at Carnegie Hall in New York City and many of the world’s great stages.

This concert is presented in partnership with Vanderbilt’s International Student and Scholar

Services’ Office of the Dean of Students, with support from The Nashville Scene.

THE GLOBAL EDUCATION CENTER is one of four organizations from across the U.S. select-ed to host Caravanserai music and film residen-cies and a special photography exhibition featur-ing artists from Morocco. Throughout the week of April 8, these artists will be available to conduct a series of lectures & workshops, as well in-school concerts throughout Middle Tennessee, culminat-ing with a concert performance on April 13.

To learn more about Caravanserai: A place where cultures meet please visit www.caravanse-rai-arts.org.

Feel the Musical Heartbeat of Morocco

The Orchestra of Fes with Francoise Atlan will be in Concert at Vanderbilt’s Student Life Center Saturday April 13 at 8:00 pm.

Francoise Atlan

atwww.ywcanashville.com.�e YWCA’s Academy for Women of Achievement was

launched locally in 1992 by the YWCA of Nashville & Mid-dle Tennessee. �e academy honors women who, through excellence and leadership in their chosen �elds, serve as role models for other women. �is year’s recipients will join 125 other women who hold this distinctive honor.

Yes. First, last-minute �lers usually make the most mis-takes, and using tax so�ware and e-�ling can greatly reduce errors. Second, e-�ling o�ers con�rmation that the IRS got your return. Plus e-�ling is free for most �lers through the IRS Free File program. If you’re wanting to hold your pay-ment until the last minute, you can go ahead and e-�le now and authorize a payment for April 15.

5. How do I know if I even need to �le? Your require-ment to �le depends on the type and amount of income you received in 2012. Your age and �ling status also matter. Remember, too, that even if you’re not legally required to �le, you may want to �le in order to claim a refund of taxes withheld or to claim the Earned Income Tax Credit, a cred-it for low- to middle-income workers. Use the Interactive Tax Assistant at IRS.gov to help determine if you should �le or not.

6. Where can I get help �ling? Filing help is still available at many free community help sites sta�ed by IRS-certi�ed volunteers. Filers whose household income was less than $51,000 or who are age 60 or older usually qualify for help at these sites. Call 1-800-906-9887 to �nd the hours and location of the closest help site. Do-it-yourself �lers can visit www.irs.gov and use one of the IRS Free File options to prepare and �le their own taxes.

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BUSINESS EXCHANGEBy William Reed

In American politics, many object to power fl owing through blood rather than through the ballot. A “dynasty” is a sequence of rulers con-sidered members of the same family. Among Blacks, some prominent families regard politics as business operations.

Blacks elected im-mediately after the civil rights era, gained offi ce as mayors or to the House of Represen-tatives in majority-Black areas. Younger Black politicians are now seeking to win political posts of governor or senator in which they would represent much larger and diverse groups of voters. In theory, having a parent already in politics pro-vides political base younger politicians can use to reach wider multi-racial con-stituencies.

Several scions of Black political fami-lies that came to high political offi ce by virtue of birthright are on the decline. New York Gov. David Paterson, whose father Basil is a powerful fi gure in Har-lem politics, left his appointed offi ce in disgrace.

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Ma-lik Kilpatrick is now a resident in the Federal Correctional Institution at Mi-lan, Mich. A former Michigan state representative, Kilpatrick, was recently found guilty on 24 of 30 federal corrup-tion charges. In 1996, Kilpatrick was elected to the Michigan House of Rep-resentatives after his mother vacated the seat to campaign for Congress. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick represented Detroit in the Michigan State House from 1979 to 1996 and served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1996 to 2010.

Jesse L. Jackson has a family that has benefi ted from his impact on politics. The son that was fi rst elected to Congress in 1995 now faces a prison sentence rang-ing from 46 to 57 months. Jesse Jackson Jr., was convicted for spending approxi-mately $750,000 in campaign money on high-end items, including a Rolex watch and furs. The extended Jackson clan includes Jonathan and Yusef. Jona-than Jackson is a business professor and entrepreneur. He owns a Cricket Wire-less franchise operation, and is a partner with Yusef, in a Chicago-based Anheus-er-Busch distributorship – River North Sales and Service, LLC.

In Memphis, the Ford name became legend as Whites moved from the city

to the suburbs. By 1974, the percentage of Black voters had increased enough for three sons of a local funeral director to win an unprecedent-ed electoral victory: John was elected to the state Senate, Emmett was elected to the state House, and Harold be-came the fi rst African American from Tennes-see elected to the U.S. Congress in the 20th century. In 1996 when

Harold, Sr., decided not to seek a 12th term in Congress, Harold, Jr., easily won the race, taking offi ce at age 26. “Junior” was only 30 years old in 2000 when he gave the keynote address at the Demo-cratic National Convention. He ran for the U.S. Senate seat but lost. Scandal and corruption followed the Fords ascent in politics.

William Lacy Clay, Sr., was elected to the House of Representatives in 1968. In 2000, Clay, Sr., retired from the seat after 32 years and Clay Jr., known as Lacy Clay, became the U.S. Rep. for Missouri’s 1st congressional district.

Carrie P. Meek was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1978 and to the U.S. House of Repre-sentatives in 1992. Kendrick Brett Meek lost the U.S. House seat that his mother had handed him in his 2010 bid for the Florida Senate seat. Kendrick was the U.S. Representative for Florida’s 17th congressional district from 2003 to 2011, after having served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1995 to 1998.

Representative Donald M. Payne, from New Jersey, died of cancer in March 2012 after serving in the House for 23 years. He was 77. His son, Donald M. Payne, Jr., was elected to Congress in November 2012. Brother, and uncle, William D. Payne served in the New Jer-sey General Assembly from 1998-2008.

Black voters have to discern if there’s a disconnect between the agenda of Black political leadership and their con-stituent communities. Will Black voters ever shun political dynasties revolving among husbands and wives, brothers, sisters and children in the guise of serv-ing the public?

William Reed is publisher of “Who’s Who in Black Corporate America” and available for projects via the Bailey-Group.org

The Family Business

Editorial / Opinion

Rosetta Miller-Perry, Founder/PublisherTennessee’s First Black Female Publisher

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LETTERS TO EDITORDear Editor:

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Without the work of this program, treatments like ZYTIGA, XTANDI, XGEVA would still be navigating the fi nal stages of clinical trials instead of being prescribed by doctors and help-ing prostate cancer patients everyday. Other successes of the program include better detection techniques, improved treatment delivery using nanoparticles, and the use of imaging for more accu-rate biopsies.

The strength of the program is in its ability to react quickly to meet the needs of the patient community. If re-search emerges to address a particular area of need for prostate cancer patients, the PCRP can act more quickly than the

National Institutes of Health (NIH) to ensure that the research is translated into treatments. In fact, the PCRP seeks out novel and innovative research that can potentially yield greater rewards for the community.

However, this program is endangered every year because it requires the re-newed support of your elected offi cials to ensure funding is provided. Since 1996, ZERO has alerted you and kept you up to date about what happens on Capitol Hill, and for all of those years, passionate and dedicated advocates like yourself have answered our call.

Five minutes of your time today could mean another new treatment, a better test to diagnose prostate cancer, and in the future, a cure for this hor-rible disease. Don’t wait – we need your voice NOW. Write your representative today!Sincerely,Kevin Johnson, SVP, Government Relations and AdvocacyWashington, D.C.

NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE - TO BE EQUAL #15

Marc MorialPresident and CEONational Urban League

“It is better to be prepared for an oppor-tunity and not have one than to have an oppor-tunity and not be pre-pared.” The late National Urban League and civil rights leader, Whitney M. Young, Jr.

This week, dur-ing the National Urban Leagues 10th annual Legislative Policy Con-ference in Washington, DC, we re-leased the 37th edition of the State of Black America, Redeem the Dream: Jobs Rebuild America. This years re-port commemorates the racial mile-stones that have occurred in the 50 years since the height of the civil rights movement and shines a sobering light on the unfi nished business of achieving full equality and empowerment for ev-ery citizen. One of the most encourag-ing signs in the report is the progress African Americans have made in ful-fi lling Whitney Youngs vision of pre-paring ourselves for real and hoped for opportunities through education.

Since 1963, the high school comple-tion gap has closed by 57 percentage points. There are more than triple the number of Blacks enrolled in college. And for every college graduate in 1963, there are now 5.

Anti-poverty measures have also improved our living standard since 1963. The percentage of Blacks living in poverty has declined by 23 points. And the percentage of Blacks who own their homes has grown by 14 points. But these numbers dont tell the full sto-ry. While Black America has achieved double-digit gains in educational at-tainment, employment, and wealth over the past 50 years, we still have made only single-digit gains against Whites. With an Equality Index of 71.7%, Af-rican Americans enjoy less than three-fourths of the well-being and economic

status of White Ameri-cans. Similarly, Hispan-ic Americans, with an index of 75.4%, are ex-periencing only three-quarters of the full op-portunity America has to offer. For example, in the past 50 years, the Black-White income gap has only closed by 7 points (now at 60%). The unemployment rate gap has only closed by 6 points (now at 52%). And with March unem-ployment fi gures show-ing African American

joblessness now at 13.3% and Hispanic unemployment at 9.2%, compared to an overall rate of 7.6%, we still see a tale of two Americas that continues to break down along the color line.

But rather than bemoan these prob-lems, the National Urban League is us-ing these fi ndings to sharpen our focus on meaningful solutions. Earlier this year, we launched a ground-breaking endeavor Jobs Rebuild America, a $70 million series of public/private invest-ments to create pathways to jobs and put urban America back to work. But Washington must also be part of the so-lution. During our visit to Capitol Hill this week, we reiterated our support of the Urban Jobs Act and the Project Ready STEM Act, a bill sponsored by Congressional Black Caucus Chair-woman, Marcia Fudge. We also support the stated goal in the Presidents 2014 budget released this week: to invest in the things needed to grow our economy and create jobs while reducing the defi -cit in a way that does not unfairly im-pact the most vulnerable communities.

Again, while much progress has been made over the past 50 years, The State of Black America remains a tale of two Americas. The National Urban League has put some real solutions on the table. Its time for Washington to put them to work. To obtain a copy of the State of Black America visit www.nul.org.

Integrated Inequality: A Tale of Two Americas, Part II

Marc H. Morial


NASHVILLE, TN — �e Women’s Political Collaborative of Tennessee hosted a monthly luncheon event with special guest speaker Jim Henry, De-partment of Intellectual and Develop-mental Disabilities Commissioner last week.

Commissioner Henry is the �rst Commissioner of the Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabil-ities (DIDD). �e agency was formerly a division of the Department of Finance and Administration before the Tennes-see Legislature established it as a stand-alone department e�ective January 15, 2011.

As Commissioner of DIDD, Henry is responsible for the oversight of two Developmental Centers, a statewide community based service delivery sys-tem supported by approximately 2,500 employees, 475 community providers and three regional o�ces. For the past 13 years, Henry has been the president

and CEO of Omni Visions, Inc., a com-pany serving adults with developmental disabilities and children and families in crisis. �e company has operations in Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina and Tennessee. Commissioner Henry’s pub-lic service also includes tenure as the mayor of Kingston, 12 years as a state representative – six of those years as the Minority Leader advocating on be-half of individuals with developmental di�culties. Commissioner Henry is a Vietnam veteran, is married with three grown children and was recently hon-ored as Hiwassee College’s Alumnus of the Year. Henry is also currently serving as the Interim Commissioner for the Department of Children’s Services.

Commissioner Henry discussed ad-vancements made within the Depart-ment of Children’s Services as well as continued challenges in providing su-pervision for those children under the care of the state.

“�e Women’s Political Collabora-tive of Tennessee is honored to have Commissioner Henry as the guest speaker for our April luncheon event,” said WPCTN President Dr. Michel Mc-Donald. “We strive to provide informa-tive and educational programs for our members and those in the community. Commissioner Henry has a passion for advocacy in areas that aligns with the mission of our organization.”

�e April Luncheon was on �urs-day, April 4, 2013 at Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis.

�e Women’s Political Collaborative of Tennessee is a multi-partisan, multi-ethnic organization that promotes full and equal participation of women in government and the political process. To learn more about the Collaborative, log on to http://www.wpctn.com.

Commissioner Henry April Luncheon Speaker

Jim Henry

By A.J. Dugger III

The Parent Alliance Group (PAG) of Montgomery Bell Academy (MBA) will host their Inaugural Breakfast of Men on Saturday April, 13 2013 at the LP Field, East Club. The event is sponsored by Porter-Walker LLC, Anthony and Dr. Rose Payne-Hall.

MBA is an all-male college prep school featuring grades 7-12. In 2009, P.A.G. was founded by M.B.A’s Office of Admissions, staff, faculty and minor-ity parents to support the boys of M.B.A by presenting opportunities for them to become project leaders for service proj-ects and exposing them to accomplished men in the community.

The upcoming breakfast is one of these examples, as the event will feature three notable speakers from different parts of the state. Each speaker will edu-cate the boys on how they overcame ad-versities and “barriers of entry” on their pathway to success as African American men.

“One of the things P.A.G. wants to do, in addition to our community service

initiatives held throughout the Nashville community, is expose our students to successful minority community leaders, role models, and mentors – including business owners, educators and others,” said Sidney Curry, MBA parent and president-elect of MBA’s PAG. “These leaders can bring into focus the various

issues they faced along the way as Af-rican Americans and identify potential roadblocks that young boys will face, particularly as they grow and advance through their careers as African Ameri-can men. The Breakfast of Men will be a biannual event with a steady flow of mi-nority speakers and leaders coming onto our campus to discuss these important life lessons and life skills.”

One of the speakers at the breakfast will be Douglas C. Veneable, president and CEO of Porter-Walker, LLC. Vene-able’s son graduated from MBA and is having tremendous success in college and in the community where he is in at-tendance. Also scheduled to speak at the event is Andre Gist, president and CEO of Manufactures Industrial Group, LLC and MIG Construction Services. Gist has the largest African American-owned business in Tennessee. The final speaker will be David Williams, Athletics Direc-tor and Vice Chancellor of Vanderbilt University. Williams is also a professor

of law, and will give the boys tips on how to excel in both sports and education.

P.A.G. believes that highlighting ac-complished minority role models will provide a positive outlook to the stu-dents and demonstrate that excellence, a strong work ethic and discipline have no color barriers.

“Taking a ‘boys to men’ approach should have a great impact on the stu-dents,” said Curry, who also explained that mentoring, education, networking and access are invaluable and essential to young minorities. “The overall mis-sion is to talk to our boys about life skills and overcoming boundaries.”

The Breakfast of Men begins at 7:15 a.m. and will conclude at 9:30 a.m. For more information, visit the MBA and PAG website at https://www.montgomerybell.edu/podium/default.aspx?t=171210&rc=1. PAG and MBA want to issue a special thanks to The Tennessee Titans.

Inaugural Breakfast of Men at LP Field This Saturday

David Williams

l-r, David Kitchen, Chief Emergency Services Officer for the American Red Cross, Tennessee Volunteer Region,Joel Sullivan, Regional CEO of the American Red Cross, Tennessee Volunteer

Region,David Lifsey, President/CEO of Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee, Inc, andNatisha Moultry, Special Projects Manager for Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee, Inc.

NASHVILLE, TN — �e Tennessee Volunteer Region of the American Red Cross and Goodwill Industries of Middle Ten-nessee’s Goodwill Cares program announced to-day that the two organiza-tions have formed a unique partnership that will allow both nonpro�ts to better serve the community dur-ing a crisis.

“Last year, our National Headquarters challenged all of the Red Cross Chap-ters across the country to form partnerships with their local Goodwill o�ces in order to direct dona-tions of physical goods to their organization in times of disaster,” said Red Cross Regional CEO, Joel Sul-livan. “We immediately reached out to Goodwill and reconnected over our shared response e�ort fol-lowing the Murfreesboro tornadoes a few years be-fore, and established an of-�cial agreement on how we

will work together during times of disaster, in order to better utilize donated funds and material goods from the community.”

�e Red Cross helps those who have been af-fected by disasters and, while the organization provides assistance includ-ing shelter, the Red Cross is not able to accept dona-tions of clothing or house-hold goods, due to limited resources available inter-nally to sort, store and dis-tribute donated items. �e new partnership with the Goodwill Cares program will change that.

When a disaster takes place, a Goodwill donation truck will be placed at the disaster relief site. In ex-change for the donations, Red Cross will be provided Goodwill Cares gi� cards which will be given to their clients who have su�ered a loss. �ose Goodwill Cares gi� cards can be used at any Goodwill store in Mid-

dle Tennessee. “Goodwill Industries of

Middle Tennessee, Inc. is pleased to be able to part-ner with the Red Cross in times of disaster to assist our neighbors and friends in times of disaster,” says David Lifsey, President/CEO of Goodwill Indus-tries of Middle Tennessee, Inc. “Our partnership will allow each of our agen-cies to utilize our strengths and expertise to facilitate prompt assistance.”

Disasters create a wide range of emergency needs, more than any one organi-zation can meet. It takes a large network of people and systems to ensure that communities and individ-uals get all the help they need during and a�er a disaster. While one orga-nization can’t meet every need, a partnership like this one can help the Red Cross and Goodwill better serve those who are going through a di�cult time.

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By Dr. Harriette Bias-InsignaresPoet Laureate

You never know who you’re going to run into as you move out and about our town. Sometimes the highlight of your day is just a few steps away in the mailbox. Such was the case recently when collecting my mail. I found an article from Tulsa People Magazine featuring my brother and former Nash-villian, Rev. Joseph A. Bias. He serves as Minister of Music and Worship at the First United Methodist Church of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Not only did the article remind me of his numerous ac-complishments, it also reminded me of a childhood experience we shared. It was the day we met and had dinner with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, at the home of a mutual family friend.

The conversation we had with Dr. King left an indelible mark on both of us. He talked to us about the impor-tance of attending college, the mission of the civil rights movement, some wis-dom from life lessons he learned, how to face the future with success, and our responsibility to future generations to always do our best.

Dr. King had come to our home-town, Savannah Georgia, to speak at the Sunday Mass Meeting. I was of-ten called upon to be the soloist at the Mass Meetings. Such was the case that allowed my brother and me to be the only youth at dinner with Dr. King.

In looking back at those meetings in the 1950s and 60s, I realized I was in great company that included other Mass Meeting soloists, Mahalia Jack-son, Aretha Franklin, The Ward Sis-ters, Sister Rosetta Thorpe, The Staple Singers, Juanita Gilbert, and Angeline Butler to name a few.

I am honored to salute my brother, a graduate of Morehouse College, who is founder of the Crescendo Mu-sic Awards that have served over 800 high school and college students over the past 14 years with awards totaling more than $375,000.

Bias’ many musical achievements include performing as a 2006 Okla-homa Jazz Hall Of Fame Inductee, a soloist for the Billy Graham Crusades,

‘Out & About’ Spotlights Rev. Joseph A. Blas

premiering in the Ragtime Opera “Tree-monisha” in the role of the conjurer, and being a charter member of the Atlanta Symphony Chamber Chorus under famed conductor Dr. Robert Shaw of the Robert Shaw Chorale among other per-formances. In addition, he had the honor

of being the soloist during the telecast of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s funeral singing the Negro Spiritual “Balm In Gilead” with the acclaimed Morehouse Glee Club. Bias’ television show, called “I Choose Life,” was aired on the Trin-ity Broadcasting Network and is still be-

ing broadcast in various countries.A baritone soloist and graduate of the

Eastman School Of Music in Rochester, NY., Bias’ music is available for pre-view and download at josephbiasminis-tries.org. The Tulsa article is reprinted here. See you out and about.

Making the Ask - Part IIFundraising provides nonprofi ts with

the money they need to deliver on their missions. When you ask others to join you in giving you become part of the nonprofi t’s success team.

In part one of this series we discussed how to prepare to solicit a gift. In this column we cover setting the appointment and what to say when asking.

Here’s what we believe: asking for a gift should be done in person whenever possible. Make an appointment to talk with your colleague, family member or friend about giving. Let’s use an example of asking Jesse for a gift. “Jesse, would you have time to meet with me about All In For Children? I am committed to working with them to raise money for their new programs and I want to share that information with you and explore how you would like to be involved.” All you want from the conversation is a time to meet. If Jesse says, “Oh, we don’t have to meet. Put me down for $100,” you can respond with, “I understand. Would you make some time for me just the same? You might want to give even more after we talk!” Keep the conversation light, but get that appointment.

As you prepare for your meeting, make sure you have brochures or online information you can share. Practice your presentation. You will want to talk about the organization’s history, current activi-ties and vision for the future. You will also want to cover what specifi cally you

are raising money for and how the money will be used. Be prepared to communi-cate using emotion and facts. Talk about what the organization means to you and why you are involved.

During the solicitation be sure to ask for a specifi c, reasonable and challeng-ing gift. Know the amount you will ask for. It shouldn’t be too small an amount, nor too large. Remember to talk about the gift you made. If your gift is similar to what you would like your prospect to give, state the amount you gave and why.

Always remember to make the ask. Be very clear and specifi c when asking: “Jesse, I would like for you to make a gift to All In For Children. Would you be willing to contribute $___?”

Pause after you ask for the gift. Do not rush to fi ll the silence. Give Jesse time to respond, for he will. If he says “yes”, thank him and ask how he would like to make his gift. If he says “no”, ask what would be the right amount at this time. If Jesse says this is not the right time, ask what would be a good time. Regardless of the outcome, thank him for his time. After the meeting, send a thank you note. You can do it! Your nonprofi t depends on you.

Mel and Pearl Shaw are the authors of “Prerequisites for Fundraising Suc-cess.” They provide fundraising counsel to nonprofi ts. Visit them at www.saa-dandshaw.com.

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By Janice Malone

THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE, a new fi lm from award-winning fi lmmaker Ken Burns, will air on April 16, 2013, 8–10 p.m. Nashville time on WPNT-TV. The fi lm tells the story of the fi ve black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in New York City’s Central Park in 1989. Directed and produced by Burns, David McMahon and Sarah Burns, the fi lm chronicles the Central Park Jogger case, for the fi rst time from the perspective of the fi ve teenagers whose lives were upended by this miscar-riage of justice. The fi ve served their com-plete sentences, between 6 and 13 years, before another man, serial rapist Matias Reyes, admitted to the crime, and DNA testing supported his confession. In 2002, based upon Matias Reyes’s confession, a judge vacated the original convictions of the Central Park Five. A year later, the men fi led civil lawsuits against the City of New York, and the police offi cers and prosecu-tors who had worked toward their convic-tion. That lawsuit remains unresolved.

The day after the Central Park Five fi lm’s broadcast, on April 17, from 5:30 – 7:00 pm Nashville time, viewers will have an op-portunity to continue the conversation with “Justice and The Central Park Five,” a live TimesTalks discussion hosted by The New York Times. Participants will include Ken and Sarah Burns, Jim Dwyer, the New York Times columnist who covered the Central Park Jogger case and is featured in the fi lm, and the fi ve exonerated men. The event will be streamed live online at nytimes.com/cityroom Follow the conversation on Twitter using #cp5. The full fi lm will also be streamed online at http://video.pbs.org/ through May 1, 2013.

The Tennessee Tribune was granted the opportunity to speak exclusively with fi lm makers Ken Burns and his daughter Sarah, about the making of their latest fi lm THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE.

TRIBUNE: Sarah in 2011 you wrote the book “The Central Park Five: A Chron-icle of a City Wilding,” that was based on the Central Park Five incident. What came fi rst for you, writing the book or doing the fi lm? S.BURNS: “The book came fi rst. I fi rst learned about this story back in 2003. I was too young to know and understand the full details about the case when it fi rst hap-pened back in 1989. When I learned about the case and the story I was a college stu-dent. I ended up writing my undergraduate

thesis about the case. So I’ve been working on telling this story for a decade now. After school, I then started working on the book, which was released in 2011. After the book we then started on the fi lm. It’s such an im-portant fi lm because allows us to interview the Central Park 5 men and let the audience get to know them as individuals.”

TRIBUNE: Ken your fi lm’s been in the news quite a lot within recent weeks regard-ing the court triumph that you guys won for not having to turn over the outtakes of your fi lm to the authorities. Share with us the de-tails on this. K. BURNS: “In 2003 the Cen-tral Park Five launched a civil suit against the city of New York. The process of set-tling that suit has been lengthy and drawn out for almost a decade. We became in-volved when the city requested that we give them our fi lm outtakes and notes. It’s sort of ironic that we spent many years trying to get police and prosecutors to comment for our fi lm, which they always refused and would often not return our calls. But now all of a sudden they’re claiming this kind of bias to our fi lm and their right to see what else we have—a real kind of ‘fi shing’ ex-pedition of sorts. But fortunately a judge did not see it their way and squashed the subpoena. The city of New York has now appealed that move, so we don’t know how long this process will continue. Our desire is not to have things distracted by the imme-diate things that were happening with this ordeal but to keep the focus on what’s been happening with the young men from the Central Park Five and this incredible saga in which they’ve experienced of 13 years of justice that’s been obviously denied and now another 10 years of justice delayed with this civil suit..” We have no stake in what the settlement might be at all. We want to see the completion of all of this. We just think it will be good for the city of New York, the prosecutors, and the police who made

the errors, to admit it. Sort of like a truth in reconciliation of what they’ve done, and by doing so it helps all of us as citizens.”

TRIBUNE: This was a very painful fi lm to watch at times. What were some of the challenges that you guys faced as fi lm makers when doing this project? K. BURNS: “This fi lm was particularly sensi-tive, in large part because the fi lm is so diffi -cult. It is so painful, in large part because as you’re watching all of the different moments when they could’ve found out something else. They could have entertained an alter-native narrative; they could have walked the DNA over from that case to this case and certainly found the boys were exonerated without having to go into jail for 13 years. So for us as fi lm makers it was just trying to tell the facts. We just wanted to try to make sure that we were as journalistically pure. There’s no narration in this fi lm, which is rare with the fi lms we’ve made. We’ve per-mitted the story to just unfold by bringing out two fundamental questions: How could something like this happen? And who are these fi ve who were denied a voice during the original proceedings? They needed to be given or allowed to speak and express them-selves years later. I’ll let Sarah add to this as well.” S. BURNS: “I would say the one of the biggest challenges as far as the process was the fact that several times we asked the police and prosecutors that were involved in the case to give us some interviews, as my dad mentioned earlier. They always refused. We had hoped to be able to represent their perspective from these interviews. Since we couldn’t do that, we were then faced with the challenge of trying to fi nd their perspec-tive on this case elsewhere.”

TRIBUNE: Many who have seen The Central Park Five fi lm have said the fi lm should be required viewing in schools, especially law schools, by students of all races. Will the fi lm be shown in various

schools? K. BURNS: “Yes, that will hap-pen. Thanks to our relationship with PBS have always had a robust educational out-reach. The sheer demand of interest about this fi lm has kept us out on the road pro-moting it. We, along with members of the Central Park Five, recently made an appear-ance at Harvard Law School, where we had an overfl ow crowd. The Central Park Five young men have also made appearances to speak at various schools as well.”

TRIBUNE: A few years ago the woman who was assaulted and raped in this case, Trisha Meili (known to many as the Cen-tral Park jogger) wrote the book, I Am the Central Park Jogger: A Story of Hope and Possibility. Did you guys speak with her during the making of this fi lm? S. BURNS:“We reached out and spoke to her in the early stages of making the fi lm, and asked her would she grant us an interview? I think we all understand on why she declined. We don’t know if she’s seen the fi lm or made any comments about it at this time.”

TRIBUNE: Unfortunately, this is real-ity and this story really has no happy ending for everyone concerned. K.BURNS: “It may take a long time for this to have a so-called happy ending. In 1989, to be a mem-ber of the Central Park Five was to be among the most hated and reviled human beings on earth. But by 2002, when their convictions were vacated, to be a member of the Central Park Five was to be in a kind of limbo situa-tion. Some people thought they got off on a technicality and weren’t quite sure what re-ally happened. But over the course of the 10 years as we’ve gotten to know these young men and as they’ve had the chance to fi nd and express their voice, to me, these young men are now in a heroic number. They’re a group of young people who’ve faced ad-versity with affi rmation. Even though they still suffer from some of the pain, they’ve managed to transcend some of it. But non-the-less they’re exemplars. One hopes that eventually, with resolution that a happy ending will fi nally come. But unfortunately, they will of course never be able to reclaim the childhood that was stolen from them.”

Tune in to Film Festival Radio Show To hear the complete exclusive interview of Ken and Sarah Burns on Friday (April 12th) at 6:00pm.

Click on this link to listen live: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/film-festival-ra-dio-/2013/03/13/film-makers-ken-and-sar-ah-burns

Film Makers Ken & Sarah BurnsInsights on The Central Park Five Documentary

By Janice Malone

� e historic War Memorial Auditorium in downtown Nashville will be THE place to be this weekend to enjoy some of entertainment’s most enduring and successful bands and singers of all time. Legendary soul/funk band Tower of Power will be in concert April 12th followed by a show from multiple Grammy Award-winning recording icon Aaron Neville on April 14th.

Neville, an R&B soul legend, comes to Music City as part of his national tour in support of his current new cd MY TRUE STORY. � e album, produced by Blue Note Records President Don Was and Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, who also contributes his signature guitar work throughout the album—is also one of the most per-sonal projects that Neville has ever created. With this new

release, Neville is revitalizing some of his favorite songs from the doo-wop era that have become the core founda-tion for all of the remarkable music he’s created over the last � ve decades. My True Story, the artist’s � rst Blue Note Records release, represents a landmark in Aaron Neville’s career. It’s his highest-charting album to date, as well as his � rst-ever Top 10 album. “It’s been a great experience being a part of the Blue Note family. � ey’ve really shown a lot of love and support for this project,” says Neville during a recent telephone interview. MY TRUE STORY represents a culmination of Aaron Neville’s incredible ca-reer, which has seen him move seamlessly back and forth between solo work and his role in the � rst family of New Orleans music -- the Neville Brothers. “I think the public has really embraced this latest album because it’s obvious that I’m really having a good time doing this music on this particular project. I’ve incorporated the new songs, with other music I’ve been doing over the years and fans seem to love it. � ese songs helped to mold me into who I am,” re� ects Aaron. “� ey’re all dear to my heart, and they rode with me, in my bones, through all these years,” he adds.

Neville once lived here in Nashville but now calls New York City home. “Just like my hometown of New Orleans, Nashville is also a great city for music and a great place to live. I really enjoyed living there but now for mostly busi-ness reasons, I’m living in NYC.”

Aaron Neville’s � rst hit single was the landmark “Tell It Like It Is,” which held the Number One spot on the R&B charts for � ve weeks in 1967. He went on to win Grammy

Awards for his triple-platinum 1989 collaboration with Linda Ronstadt Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind, and reached the Country charts with the title track of 1993’s � e Grand Tour. A member of the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame, his most recent project was the gos-pel album I Know I’ve Been Changed in 2010. Neville is certainly no stranger to awards and accolades. Earlier this year (January) Neville was honored by the Grammy Mu-seum, which celebrated his career with an intimate dis-cussion and performance hosted by Grammy Museum Executive Director Bob Santelli. “� at was a really cool event,” recalls Aaron. “I’ve been involved with the Gram-my Awards organization in some form or another long before I ever even received my � rst Grammy. � ey really do respect me and my music and that’s such a great feel-ing to be respected by your peers like that.”

Mr. Neville’s current Spring/Summer tour features his � ve-piece band, which features his brother Charles Nev-ille on saxophone. Other upcoming performances in-clude headlining slots at such prestigious festivals as the Tri-C Jazz Fest in Cleveland, the Houston International Festival and his hometown’s New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, an event with which Neville has a deep and long-standing association. He says, “� at’s such a great honor for me to perform at this historical event in front of the hometown crowd. I’m inviting Nashville fans to come out to the concert. If they enjoy that show, then I hope they’ll come down to the Jazz & Heritage Festival for even more fun too.”

Aaron Nevillemusic icon in conert this weekend

Father/daughter fi lm making team Ken and Sarah Burns pose after recent screening of

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By Janice Malone

If the War Memorial Audito-rium didn’t already have enough great jamming music from the up-coming Aaron Neville concert this weekend (April 14th), the old school funk party music of Tower of Pow-er and War will also be packing out the seats this weekend at the War Memorial Auditorium (April 12th). But for those who can’t wait to get your dance on at the concert, check out the fun new TV ad from Ama-zon that features Tower of Power’s smash hit single “What is Hip?” on You Tube. Teaming up with Amazon seemed like a natural fi t for both parties, as they both have one monumental characteristic in common: they continue to defi ne generations of music lovers and consumers alike. Tower of Power band leader Emilio Castillo says: “What is hip??? The only answer I can give is, of course, Amazon.” Emilio says this show is sure to be one for the record books.

Starting next month the Tow-er of Power/War tour will take a turn from funky to funny, as they add the craziness of one of enter-tainment’s funniest comedy duos Cheech & Chong. “WAR and TOWER OF POWER is always a great show but add CHEECH & CHONG to the mix and it’s gon-na be a smokin’ good time,” says Emilio. “Back in the 1970’s we all toured together and the shows were sold out. It was electric! I hadn’t seen Cheech & Chong since those years until recently, when I ran into them and War’s Lonnie Jordan at a TV pledge drive event in L.A.” According to funny man Tommy Chong, this year’s tour will cel-ebrate history making of a different kind. “The ‘Up in Smoke’ gig with WAR and TOWER OF POWER will be a celebration of the legaliza-tion of our right to party all night long,” he says.

Celebrating more than 40 years of success and original “Oakland

style” soul music, TOWER OF POWER’s hits include “You’re Still A Young Man,” “So Very Hard To Go,” “Soul With a Capital S,” “Soul Vaccination,” “What Is Hip?” and “Don’t Change Horses (In The Middle Of A Stream).” Known for its world famous horns, TOWER OF POWER’s sound is in a class of its own. The group has teamed with some of music’s big-gest names including Elton John, Sam Moore, Santana, Bonnie Raitt, Dionne Warwick, Aaron Neville, Aerosmith, Michael Bolton, Rod Stewart and more. The internation-ally acclaimed act has released over 20 albums and continues to gener-ate packed concert crowds and rave reviews from all over the world.

In addition to continuing to make great music and touring, Emilio fi nds a little time to watch some television with his family. He readily admits he doesn’t have the time to watch very many of the big juggernaut TV talent shows but he does like NBC’s mega-hit show The Voice. “My kids watch this show a lot and I must admit that I’m very impressed with the different singing styles the show presents. It’s good to see how com-

mitted these contestants are to real singing these days. Throughout my career I’ve been about great singing talent…Now as far as if I would’ve done one of these shows back in my day, probably not. I’ve always been the guy who loved being part of a band.”

After 40 years in music and over 20-plus albums, some of mu-sic’s A-list of bands, singers and groups have either worked with or recorded the music of Tower of Power. But when it comes to listen-ing to music in his personal time, Emilio continues to remain close to his musical roots. He says, “I still love the great classic singers: Gladys Knight, Johnnie Taylor, Ronald Isley, Philippe Wynn (The Spinners). I’m also a Christian now, and I like to listen to a lot of today’s gospel praise music from artists like Yolanda Adams, Fred Hammond, Smokie Norful, Deit-rick Haddon. But also over the last 5 years I’ve gotten into the music of Alison Krauss and Union Station. I saw them perform on a TV spe-cial and their music reminded me so much of Tower of Power. Such great music!” (www.towerofpower.com)

It’s Classic/Funk/Soul WithTower of Power & War This Weekend


By Rych McCain

Every year during the major league baseball season, April 15 is Jackie Rob-inson Day and all of the players from every team wear number 42. People make great speeches, honors are given and the entire atmosphere throughout the ball parks across America is that of a revival. Blacks rejoice that the color line of baseball has been broken and decent Whites are ashamed and embarrassed to be confronted and reminded about just how blatant and harmful to human-ity the open racism from their red-neck counterparts was in 1947. In the mist of all of the hoopla and hope for a bet-ter tomorrow, very few people of today’s generation actually don’t know who Jackie Robinson was or what his sacri�ce really meant not only to baseball, but to the entire social fabric of America and all of sports. Robinson’s accomplishment with the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers actually opened the door for Blacks to enter the NBA, NFL and other sports.

�e movie 42 is a re-enactment of Robinson’s years up to the 1947 baseball season. Robinson is brilliantly played by Chadwick Boseman and gorgeous actress Nicole Beharie shines just as bright por-traying Robinson’s widow Rachel. Har-rison Ford may be up for a supporting actor Oscar nod as maverick, trailblazing Brooklyn Dodger GM Branch Rickey. Actor Andre Holland will introduce and bring to the forefront Wendell Smith and how signi�cant the1940’s Black sports writer was to Mr. Robinson. Holland act-ed as a guide to help him through the �re but also his role with breaking the color line in journalism, by being the �rst Afri-can-American sports writer admitted to the Baseball Writers Association.

What was Boseman’s assessment of Jackie Robinson the man a�er getting the role and preparing to play him? He smiles and says, “Jackie Robinson was a

Pasadena and national sports legend be-fore this moment. I think that’s one of the things I learned about him that I did not know. He was better at football and was a Hall of Fame football player, led his bas-ketball conference in scoring and broke his brother Mack’s record in the triple jump at UCLA. So he was already athlet-ically great. Plus, he was court martial in the military for not giving up his seat to a White and won the case. Actually, that’s a movie within itself. So his legend before he ever reached this moment was amaz-ing. When the question is asked would there have been a Jackie Robinson? To me it’s the idea of breaking the color bar-rier more so than the person and thank God it was somebody who could not only play baseball but could handle the pressure on the �eld, the politics and the social responsibility.”

Other than this �lm depicting the tri-als and tribulations of Robinson break-ing the color line, what impressed Bose-man the most about the script? Without hesitation he quipped, “It’s a love story. I realized that I had not seen two Black people in love in a major motion pic-ture. It’s crazy! I’ve never seen it before. I’m talking about Warner Brothers, bill-boards going up, trailers on TV and on-line. I have never in my lifetime seen this.

KAM’S KOLUMN

By Kam Williams

Born in Chicago on July 13, 1942, Harrison Ford was a late bloomer who only developed an interest in acting dur-ing his senior year of college. After grad-uation, he moved to Los Angeles where he worked as carpenter for almost a de-cade while struggling trying to launch his showbiz career. He was finally discovered in 1973 while installing cabi-nets in the home of George Lucas. The director cast him in American Graf-fiti, which in turn, led to his landing the iconic character Hans Solo in Star Wars, and the rest, as they say, is cinematic his-tory. Ford went on to play the title role in the Indiana Jones franchise, and to make memorable outings in such hit movies as The Fugitive, Witness, Air Force One, What Lies Beneath, Presumed Innocent, Blade Runner, Frantic, Apocalypse Now and Clear and Present Danger, to name a few. Here, the Oscar-nominated thespian (for Witness) talks about his latest out-ing opposite Chad Boseman as Brooklyn Dodgers’ general manager Branch Rick-ey in 42, a biopic about Jackie Robinson’s breaking the color barrier in baseball.

KW: I was moved to tears several times by the movie. If 42 were released in December, I’m sure you’d be a shoo-in for another Oscar nomination. HF: Again, you’re very kind. Thank you. I credit the wonderful material. It was very well-crafted, well-written and well-directed. I was very pleased to have the opportunity to be involved with the proj-ect.

KW: Why did you decide to play Branch Rickey? HF: First of all, I read what I thought was an amazing script with very high standards, telling an important story with a character for me to play who was colorful and dramat-ic and different from any I’d ever played before, and with a director [Brian Hel-geland] I admired who had written this wonderful script. So, I had a multitude of reasons to want to do this character. I also saw this project as an opportunity to fully ascend to the rank of the noble calling of character actor. I thought that I could best serve the film by not bringing any of the audience’s history with Har-rison Ford into the scene. So, I did ev-erything I could to create a character that truly resembled and was attendant to the real-life Branch Rickey.

KW: Kate Newell asks: How did it

feel shooting on location at some of those venerable, old baseball stadiums? HF:To tell you the truth, I didn’t pay much notice because in many cases the stadi-ums were recreated through computer graphics after the fact. We really only had the first ten rows, and the rest was added during post-production. The plac-es where we shot were not historical or so impressive. But given that this film takes place over sixty years ago, it’s amazing how much different the world was back then. It’s seen so many changes in a rela-tively short period of time.

KW: Editor/Legist Patricia Turnier says: I am honored to ask you a question because I have admired your work since I was a child. Jackie Robinson is special to me because his minor league career began in my hometown, Montreal. What does his legacy mean to you? HF: This is a country which has always proclaimed itself to be founded on and to be pursuing high ideals. I believe that the racial injus-tice which existed such a short time ago probably would have persisted longer if the color barrier had not been broken in baseball, since the Civil Rights Move-ment might not have blossomed when it did, had it not been preceded by Jackie Robinson’s joining the Dodgers. You have to remember that baseball really was the American pastime in the Forties, not football, basketball or any other sport. Baseball was a metaphor for America, both here and in terms of how it was un-derstood by the rest of the world. So, the legacy of Jackie Robinson and the part he played in this very important chapter of our history is very compelling and very meaningful to me personally.

KW: My father took a photo of me with Jackie when I was a kid in the Fif-ties, and I kept that picture on my bureau my entire childhood.

Kam Williams

“42” Interview With Harrison Ford

Chadwick Boseman Plays Jackie RobinsonRYCH’S CORNER

“Friends & Foes”

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Not in a hundred years. There was just no way. From the min-

ute you saw her, you knew everything you needed to know about that woman. She was a schemer, she was ghetto, she was the worst kind of liar, and a friendship be-tween the two of you was Not. Going. To. Happen. In a hundred years. Famous last words, huh? Because you got to know her a little and danged if she wasn’t okay af-ter all. But can she be trusted? As you’ll see in the new novel “Friends & Foes” by ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christopher Murray, that’s up for discus-sion. Rachel Jackson Adams was abso-lutely giddy.

Her husband, Lester, had recently snatched the presidency of the American Baptist Coalition from Hosea Bush in a big election, and it was Rachel’s finest mo-ment. Being First Lady of the ABC was what she’d wanted for ages. That, and squashing Jasmine Bush into the ground. Whenever she thought about Rachel Ad-ams, Jasmine Bush just rolled her eyes. Rachel was backwoods and everybody knew it. She wasn’t very bright, either, which made it easy for Jasmine to get the better of the heffa. Take, for instance, that election. Jasmine had rigged it so that Les-ter Adams would win because she knew about some illegal activity going on with Pastor Earl Griffith and the ABC. If Lester was president, then he and Rachel would look guilty by association. If they got ar-rested, then Hosea could swoop in and take over the ABC.

That was what Jasmine had on her mind when she was scheduled to be on

Oprah to talk about her non-profit organi-zation. But then Rachel got her nose in and made a mess, which became an even big-ger mess when she found Pastor Griffiths dead in his hotel room. Not knowing quite what to do, Rachel dragged Jasmine back to the room but the body was gone! That was just fine with Jasmine. Maybe even better, because it made Rachel look like a psycho. But when Rachel panicked and Jasmine fell deeper into the situation, she had to admit that maybe Rachel wasn’t all that bad. They’d never be friends, but fren-emies might be able to figure out what was going on…

I wasn’t all that thrilled with “Friends & Foes” when I first got it. I’m tired of novels where Christian ladies act UN-Christianlike; I’ve had too many of them. I wasn’t sure I could finish this book – but I’m very, very glad I did.

Authors ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christopher Murray made me laugh in what turns out to be a rompy mystery with plenty of comedy and no profanity. Though I had a bumpy start, I ended up really enjoying this book and its characters, and I can’t wait for the next in-stallment. If you’re looking for something that’s silly in a good way, give this book a try.

Terri Schlichenmeyer

Dear Gwendolyn:I am engaged to get

married in six months. My fiance and I have dated for six years. Last summer we broke up and we both started dat-ing someone else. This is the problem: For 5 years his mother acted like she just adored me. During our breakup she seems to now favor the new lady in her son’s life. However,

my fiance came back to me confessing he loves me. He says the entire time we parted his mind was on me and not the other lady.

Just before our break-up I discovered I was pregnant. We have a nine-month-old baby boy. His mother has nothing to do with our son. Gwendo-lyn, this is the horror of it all. She is telling her son not to marry me until he knows the baby is his. I told my fiance absolutely no to the DNA test. It’s wrong for a man to re-quest testing. Right?Alice

Dear Alice:Wrong! If men who

have been married for

years would request a DNA test, too many would be totally sur-prised when they would hear “You are not the fa-ther.” Let me tell you this: No mother during this new age will encourage a son to marry a woman who refuses testing. Why are you refusing the test? You must have a feeling that your fiance is not the father of your son. Don’t be afraid. If your fiance loves you, then he will love you even if the test proves him not to be the dad. If that happens, your son’s first words would be mom, dad, but not --- grandma.

Copyright 2013 by Gwendolyn L. Baines

My son’s grandmother doesn’t act like one!

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TERRI’S REVIEW

By ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christopher Murray, c.2013, Simon

and Schuster, $15, 279 pages

Harrison Ford chats about his role in the new biopic film 42

Chadwick Boseman (photo by Warner Bros. Pictures)

The great Jackie Robinson says hello to columnist Kam Williams when he was just a

little fella back in the 1950’s


of driving.Although the public’s at-

tention has been on such high profi le MTA projects as the East West Connector Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project, which will operate in some of the city’s more middle and upper income areas, the re-gion’s working poor are de-pending on public transporta-tion more than ever before to carry them to their jobs and across the region. According to the United States Depart-ment of Transportation, the working poor, those with an annual personal income less than $8,000, spend nearly 10 percent of their income on commuting expenses, more than twice the 4 percent fi g-ure for the total population. The disparity grows to fi ve times higher when compared to the 2 percent fi gure for workers earning $45,000 or more per year. Additionally the working poor who use their own vehicle to commute to work spent 21 percent of their income on commuting, while those who took public transportation spent 13 per-cent.

MTA has responded to the need for increased services by adding and enhancing bus lines across the region and in North Nashville including one route, which eliminates the need to travel downtown for connections to the city’s transit system according to Patricia Harris-Morehead, MTA director of communi-cations & marketing.

“Nashville, like many cities in the south does not have a grid street pattern and because of that, our transit system developed into a hub and spoke system,” explained Harris-Morehead who has served in her position for more than 10 years. “Prior to our current CEO arriving more than 11 years ago, we were severely underfunded and operating like a small mom-and-pop business, but all that has changed. We have introduced connector ser-vices that preclude traveling downtown and a number of other new routes.”

For example, last August Route 21 or the University Connector began providing a new cross-town service connecting six universities including Tennessee State University, Meharry Medi-cal College, Fisk University, Vanderbilt University, Bel-mont University and Lip-scomb University. Buses trav-el via the 28th/31stAvenue Bridge every 30 to 60 min-utes on weekdays and hourly on weekends. It provides transfer points to 10 MTA bus routes. It is the growing system’s fourth connector route.

Additionally Route 29 on Jefferson Street has been ex-panded with more frequent service during rush hours and added hourly night ser-vice to downtown on week-days, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.

This month MTA added a second BRT lite service on Murfreesboro Pike where new 60-ft hybrid buses will operate every 15 minutes on weekdays. The new service operates along the system’s second busiest corridor from downtown’s Music City Cen-tral to the Hickory Hollow area. Passengers using this service will arrive to desti-nations faster due to fewer stops along the way and more frequent buses.

However, in spite of these

measures, last week state Representative Brenda Gilm-ore, who represents North Nashville said a lawsuit against the city was, “cer-tainly an option” if MTA offi cials choose not to mod-ify the East-West Connector BRT to include service to North Nashville.

“North Nashville has just been neglected,” she told the Tennessean. “It’s pretty clear that wherever BRT has gone across the nation, businesses, housing and amenities have sprung up immediately. We would like to see some of that wealth spread.”

Gilmore, who plans to discuss the matter with Nash-ville Mayor Karl Dean, said any lawsuit from the group would have an “economic disparity” focus and referred to a lawsuit in Los Angeles that readjusted a BRT line to include a low-income neigh-borhood there.

Gilmore says 40 percent of people in North Nashville depend on the bus and said the Nashville Leadership Council wants “at least” a BRT stop at 28th and Char-lotte avenues. North Nash-ville activists also want a “community benefi ts agree-ment” with MTA to guar-antee employment for those who live in the area on the BRT project, both during and after construction.

In the Tennessean article Paul Ballard, CEO of MTA, pointed out that, “North Nashville has always and continues to enjoy some of the highest frequency and quality of [bus] service in all of Nashville-Davidson County.”

Gilmore said she is “ap-palled at the differences” be-tween the amenities at stops in North Nashville compared to the other stops along the route.

Gilmore said she would like the group’s concerns to be addressed before Metro applies for transit funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to cover approximately half the esti-mated $175 million project. Metro would likely apply for federal funding in the fall.

The city’s BRT project, as well as North Nashville economic development, was on the agenda at a Nashville Leadership Council meeting Monday at the North Police Precinct.

In an effort to assist Nash-villians, MTA established a Travel Training program several years ago that teach-es people one-on-one or in groups how to ride MTA buses. The agency provides training that helps people feel more comfortable and confi dent riding transit buses to their destination. The pro-gram is available to anyone who wants to learn how to ride MTA buses and is very helpful for students, parents, seniors, and people with and without disabilities. Two travel trainers provide train-ing at homes, in classrooms, community centers, and on buses.

For more information about the Travel Training program, call the MTA’s Travel Training Offi ce (615) 880-3597.

To learn more about tran-sit schedules and fares, go to nashvillemta.org, call Cus-tomer Care at (615) 862-5950 or visit the Ticketing and In-formation Center at Music City Central, 400 Charlotte Avenue.

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ored by the state of Tennessee with the Social Work Lifetime Achievement Award, as hun-dreds cheered in the War Me-morial Auditorium on the Leg-islative Plaza in Nashville.

� e award, presented by Rhonda Jacks Moore, President of the Tennessee Chapter of the National Association of Social Work, recognized Williams for demonstrating the best social work values and accomplish-ments throughout her lifetime.

“We recognize Professor Williams for her superb ac-complishments throughout her lifetime in the practice of social work,” Moore said of her long-time colleague whom she re-ferred to as a friend. “She (Wil-liams) has also been a leader in innovative avenues for provid-ing social work and multicul-tural education.”

In congratulating Williams, the Dean of the College of Pub-lic Service and Urban A� airs, Dr. Stephanie Bailey spoke of her (Williams) dedication and commitment to social work.

“� e passion she has for and

dedication to social work is so evident,” Dr. Bailey said. “She lives and breathes it. Social Work is a nobler profession be-cause of her contributions, ded-ication and passion.”

Williams, who has been in higher education since 1975, has directed the TSU Social Work program for the last 13 years, during which she has suc-cessfully ensured the continued accreditation of the program. She is a founding member of the Mid-Tennessee Collabora-tive Master of Social Work pro-gram, the � rst in the country to bring together three universities (TSU, MTSU and Austin Peay) to collectively o� er the MSW degree.

An active member of the National Association of Social Work-TN (NASW-TN), Wil-liams previously served as Di-rector-at-Large and Vice Presi-dent of the Tennessee Chapter. She has served as Chair and Treasurer of the Political Action Committee of NASW-TN. � e previous and present Governors of the state also appointed her

to the Tennessee Board of Social Work Licensure.

“I wholeheartedly cherish this award,” Williams said. “To be recognized by your peers is just heartwarming. I thank all my students, colleagues, sta� as well as my parents and fam-ily for this honor. I did not get to where I am by myself. It was with their encouragement and support for which I am most ap-preciative.”

When asked what was next on her plate, Williams said, “I am going to keep doing what I do best, continue to help my fel-low human beings.”

Williams’ award ceremony occurred during Social Work Day on the Hill, when practitio-ners and students spend a day at the State Capitol interacting with lawmakers, and learning about the political process. TSU social work undergraduate and graduate students joined stu-dents from other universities to present posters of their re-search, which were displayed in the Legislative plaza.

� ese ceremonies were the culmination of activities ob-serving Social Work Month in March.

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NASHVILLE, TN — Women who have excelled in their ca-reers as pathologists, emergency room doctors, artists, policy ad-visors, editors, news anchors, educators, company vice presi-dents and mothers will visit St. Cecilia Academy on April 16 to talk about their work experi-ences and share stories with the student body.

� e event is a part of St. Ceci-lia Academy’s on-going Women’s Leadership Forum, which pro-vides students the opportunity to engage in dynamic topics such as women in the media, self de-fense, service work and more. � is month’s forum focuses on Women in Careers and aims to help St. Cecilia’s all-girl student population see the possibilities

available to them in terms of ca-reers.

Guests include 10 St. Ceci-lia alumnae who have gone on to careers as the Metro Clerk of Nashville and Davidson County, director of accountability for the Tennessee Department of Education, executive director of Ronald McDonald House Chari-ties of Nashville and the owner of Studio BE. In addition to the alumnae guests, other profes-sionals on the guest list include Sharon Corbitt, manager for Ben Folds; Jamie Vaughan, Fox 17 News anchor; Jill Melton, editor-in-chief at Relish Magazine; and Dr. Kim Ely, assistant professor of pathology at Vanderbilt Uni-versity Medical Center.

“Our aim with this forum is

to allow students to meet women in a variety of careers and learn from them how they chose that career, how they arrived in the position they have today, and how they balance work with all of the other facets of life,” said Heather Honeycutt, SCA ’02, director of student activities and forum organizer. “We are ex-cited that the St. Cecilia students have the opportunity to interact with alumnae, past internship mentors, and other community members in both a question-and-answer format and a one-on-one discussion format.”

� e forum begins at 11 a.m. and is followed by a reception in the library at noon.

St. Cecilia to Host Women in Careers Forum


ReligionPracticing Patience:

Hope and Healing Through the Ministry of PresenceMessage by Rev. Jason Curry, Phd. of Fisk Memorial Chapel

I have found that there are many times along our Chris-tian journey when words are unable to adequately express our true feelings as well as the power of God’s presence in the

healing process. When people are enduring intense periods of physical, emotional and psychological suffering, the physical presence of a member of the body of Christ is often able to help them overcome these diffi cult times. When Job lost members of his family, he surrounded himself with his friends (e.g., Bildad, Zophar and Eliphaz – see Job 2:11 When Lazarus died, someone asked Jesus to be present so that he could bring comfort and clarifi cation to the situation at hand (see John 11:31-44). Lis-tening to the problems of people who are suffering, takes great patience. When people ask me about my work in the Chapel, I tell them that I preach, teach,

counsel and write. Then I go on to tell them that counseling is by far the most exhausting as-pect of my ministry. Patience is a virtue, and the depressed, confused, stressed-out, crisis-oriented people who are in need of our ministries are also in great need of our patience. I often hear stories from people who needed a listening ear as opposed to a preached sermon. Indeed, the powerful words that often emanate from inspir-ing passages of scripture often help people through challeng-ing times. However, the ac-tual presence of someone who knows the Lord and loves the Lord often gives hope to peo-ple and provide them with help in the healing process.

Merriam Webster’s online dictionary defi nes patience as “the capacity, habit, or fact of being patient.” It defi nes pa-tient as the act or process of “bearing pains or trials calmly or without complaint.” The in-tense challenges of life some-time cause Christians to make hasty decisions, to become cal-lous to protect our feelings and to promote programs which negatively impact our ability to be present with people. In order to fulfi ll the great Chris-tian mandate placed before us to “love of neighbor as we love ourselves (Mark 12:31),” we must continue to work hard to display patience with those who do and do not love the Lord. Displaying patience

with people of all walks of life is often diffi cult and challeng-ing work; however, the Apostle Paul identifi es longsuffering as a necessary component of the Christian life. As benefi cia-ries of God’s blessings, though His mercy, God has defi nitely demonstrated patience with us. Therefore, let of fi nd the time and embrace our Christian in-clination to display patience to those who may or may not have offended us. For me, the refrain of a great hymn of the Church still stands true: “Oh, how I love Jesus, because he fi rst loved me.”

Rev. Jason Curry, Ph.D.

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NASHVILLE, TN — Members and friends of St. Eli will celebrate the third Anniversary of Elder Michael W. Williams on Sunday, April 21, 2013 at the 11:00 a.m. featuring Elder John Haynes, Burns Tabernacle PB Church as well as the a� ernoon service at 3:00 p.m. featur-ing Elder Marcus Duke, New Day Community Church and Elder Gary Patterson, Cli� on Ave UPB Church.

Elder William was called to St. Eli Primitive Baptist Church in April 2010 a� er the death of its pastor for many years. Reverend Williams was licensed by Rev. James Trotter at Olivet Mis-sionary Baptist Church in Nashville on Febru-ary 24, 1980. He attended American Baptist

� eological Seminary until he joined the United States Air Force He served his country for 24 years until he choose to retire. While in the Air Force he continued his college education. While serving his country he was privileged to use his gi� of teaching and preaching in many parts of America and aboard. On October 24, 1991 he was ordained under the leadership of Reverend Kirby Frank, pastor of the St. James Missionary Baptist Church in Melbourne, Florida.

A� er moving back to Nashville, TN he joined the Greater St. John Missionary Baptist Church under the leadership of Rev. Herbert T. Brown. He served as Adult Sunday School Teacher, As-sociate Minister and Superintendent of Sunday School.

Elder Williams is happily married to his � rst love Sister Linda J. Williams for six and a half years. � eir marriage was featured in the Ten-nessee Tribune’s Contempora Magazine. To-gether they have three children, LaToya (Lo-renzo), Robyn and Vance. � ey also have three grandchildren, McKenzie, Zion and Michaela.

Elder Williams has a testimony that men, women, boys and girls need to hear about the goodness of God. He proudly stands among those who are willing to admit that they are the least of men whom God had mercy upon; and saved from the slavery of sin and brought into his marvelous light. Elder Williams has proven to be an e� ective Teacher, Preacher and Coun-selor. He is a strong and empathetic leader; he has chosen to follow Jesus and he is dedicated to the call of serving the Lord.

To all our families, friends and fellow laborers in Christ, we invite and thank you for celebrat-ing with us.

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Every word of God is � awless; he is a shield to those who take ref-uge in him.

—Proverbs 30:5 NIV

I want you to know today—I am praying for your healing and health. I proclaim the power of God’s Word and promises over you, even if I don’t know you by name…God does.

I don’t claim to understand why some are healed and some are not; what I know for sure is that God wants us to trust Him for healing. If I’m wrong about that, nothing else in the Word makes sense—but since I know I’m right, everything makes sense. As a believer completely healed of

Stage 4 Non-Hodgkins lympho-ma, I know that God still does the hard stu� .

He wants us healed and under-stands our interest in our healing not taking forever.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing ful� lled is a tree of life.—Proverbs 13:12 NIV

� e enemy’s words are always the opposite of what God says. And the enemy uses fear to block our healing and our blessings. Be assured today that things are happening in the spiritual realm that we cannot see or measure. Consider, for example, what hap-pened a� er Daniel prayed (Dan-iel 6). In the lion’s den, lions acted like lambs. An angel of God gave them lockjaw—(look that up; it’s a real pathological ailment.)

I’m con� dent that everything God promised, everything He has ever said to me will be given to me. I believe I will accomplish everything the Lord said about me. I believe I possess all that the Lord said that I have. � is is the level of faith I claim for you. Be con� dent; your deliverance is on the way!

Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand � rm and

you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today…”—Exodus 14:13a, NIV

Reach up your right hand, at this very moment; allow God to take hold of you. � is gesture is not about you holding God’s hand…for you might let Him go…but He will never let go of your hand.

For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, “Do not fear; I will help you.”—Isaiah 41:13 NIV

So don’t be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows, and sparrows, as small as they are, fear absolutely nothing. (Matthew 10:31 NIV)

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I love the Lord, I want my entire family to be saved, and how do I go about doing that? This question has come up recently and especially within house-holds that have children, spouses and extended family. Continue to walk with Jesus Christ. Philippians 4:13, “I can do all things through Christ which strength-

eneth me” Sometimes it may feel like you’re the only one who understands and the only one who cares. There will be times your spouse may not understand, your kids will not understand, your friends will not understand, your family may not even understand but you continue to trust in the Lord and allow your walk with God and your lifestyle to be

pleasing in the sight of the Lord. People tried to fi nd fault in Jesus and they will try to fi nd fault in you so don’t be discouraged, Ecclesiastes 9:11, “I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.” So stand your ground and continue to let your light shine before all men. People don’t always see the works of the Lord and for the most part don’t even recognize the miracles of God. One of the best things you can do is continue to listen and be a servant. When there is need and if you are able to help supply, help supply, when the storms of life come upon yourself and others pray with the strength of the Lord tapping into the “Sphere of God” to help “Pursue perfection to Impact our imperfect world.” This is part of our walk with Christ that day by day, prayer by prayer and situation by situation God may step in and show himself mighty. Father God we pray right now that all those who are struggling to hear your word and fi nd it hard to make that right and righteous choice to follow you come

to you father. We pray that they see your mighty hand in and on their lives and recognized the servants and the shepherds you have placed around them. Lord we ask you to strengthen your people right now who are trying to walk up right before you daily, hourly, and every time they recognize they can do better. This we pray in Jesus name Amen. If you don’t know Jesus Christ as your Lord and savior try him, Romans 10:9-10 says, “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Make that commitment today and I promise you Jesus Christ will bring that well desired change into your life and situation you so desire.

Do you have any questions and comments, email it to [email protected] Catch “Real Gospel” with The Xman Sunday’s 9a–12n on 88.1FM WFSK. This Sunday I’ll speak with Andrea Helms, she’ll give advice to Pastors wives; you don’t want to miss it! Listen live at WFSKFM.ORG. On Twitter @XuamLawson.

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Do you sometimes � nd yourself becoming angry over someone else’s be-havior at home or work? Anger is a natural emo-tion that is normal for everyone. However, we must learn how to express our anger appropriately to prevent harm to ourselves and others. Recognizing your anger can help you to develop e� ective coping strategies. � ere are warn-ing signs that our bod-ies give us. Some people get a sudden headache as their anger builds. Others realize they are clenching their � sts. Chronic anger can lead to a host of health problems. People who are chronically angry are at greater risk of heart attacks. Chronic unexpressed or repressed anger keeps the body in an agitated state

of emergency. � at can result in a host of health problems: from stomach aches to headaches, from depression to back pain and high blood pressure, etc. Also, poorly managed anger may prompt persons to engage in unhealthy be-haviors such as eating high fat foods, smoking and abusing alcohol and drugs.

� e more you know yourself, the easier it is to learn how to control anger. Expressing anger appropriately can lessen your stress and help you feel better. Anger can be a motivator for taking ac-tion to resolve a problem. However, you must be able to analyze your anger � rst before taking action in or-der to make an e� ective and safe intervention. � is seminar is designed to ex-

plore where anger comes from, how it a� ects our lives, what choices we have when dealing with anger, and how we can respond more e� ectively to other people’s anger. You will discover techniques for coping with and defusing anger in yourself and with others. � ere will be ses-sions for both adults and youth. Expert profession-als from the Kelly Miller Smith Center Against Abu-sive Behavior, Centerstone and TSU Counseling Cen-ter will lead the discussion on Sunday, April 21, 2013 at 5:00 P.M., First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill (625 Rosa Parks Blvd.). � e seminar is sponsored by the Counseling Ministry. Rev. Kelly Miller Smith, Jr. is the Pastor.

Anger, Stress and You! Seminar


NASHVILLE, TN — Six Middle Tennesseans were honored for outstanding volunteer work today at Hands On Nashville’s 27th annual Mary Catherine Strobel Volunteer Awards presented by HCA/TriStar Health.

Maury Regional Medical Center Auxiliary – Civic Volunteer Group Award presented by U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company

Susan Hat�eld – Community Impact Volunteer Award presented by C3 Consulting

Deloitte – Corporate Service Project Award pre-sented by Emdeon

Steve and Deb LaForge – Direct Service Volunteer Award presented by McNeely Pigott & Fox Public Re-lations

Roy �ompson, DDS – Volunteer Innovator Award presented by First Tennessee

Ben Rosenberg – Youth Volunteer Award present-ed by Baptist Healing Trust

More than 600 volunteers and agency representa-tives attended the luncheon and ceremony at the Mar-riott Cool Springs Conference Center. �e annual event recognizes volunteers for their outstanding con-tributions to the community.

�e six award recipients were selected from 18 �-nalists and more than 80 nominees. Following is a list of award recipients for each category and a brief description of the volunteer work for which they are recognized. To read the full bios of award recipients and �nalists, please visit www.hon.org.

Civic Volunteer Group Award presented by U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company�e Civic Volunteer Group Award recognizes rep-

resentatives of civic, membership, congregation or noncorporate groups that volunteer together for a cause.

Maury Regional Medical Center Auxiliary has been named the 2013 recipient of the Civic Volunteer Group Award for its volunteers’ ongoing e�orts to im-prove the overall hospital experience for Maury Re-gional Medical Center patients. �e volunteers, many of them former patients themselves, raised more than $1 million in the last 10 years to fund many special projects and services. �ese projects included reno-vating the hospital chapel; assisting 120 community members with free pharmacy plan reviews, resulting in savings of more than $50,000 in prescription drug costs; and developing Compassionate Hearts, a bed-side patient care program.

Community Impact Volunteer Award presented by C3 Consulting

�e Community Impact Volunteer Award honors individuals who are involved in a variety of commu-nity activities or are deeply engaged in the operation or administration of one agency.

Susan Hat�eld has been named the 2013 recipient of the Community Impact Volunteer Award for her e�orts to erase the stigma of mental illness. A survivor of schizoa�ective disorder, Hat�eld has served nearly six years as a board member for Mental Health Amer-ica of Middle Tennessee. She has donated thousands of volunteer hours and participates as an active mem-ber of the Mental Health America of Middle Tennes-see Speaker’s Bureau, sharing mental health and well-ness tips, as well as her personal success story. Prior to volunteering with the organization, Hat�eld was

hospitalized 24 times in 25 years. Today, she is a pro-ductive, independent, whole person and an advocate for mental health.

Corporate Service Project Award presented by Emdeon

�e Corporate Service Project Award pays tribute to initiatives developed by a corporate business group to impact a speci�c cause, issue or service agency.

Deloitte has been named the 2013 recipient of the Corporate Service Project Award for its e�orts to en-sure more students have access to higher education opportunities. In 2011, Deloitte launched the inaugu-ral Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Drive, where FAFSA volunteers provided application assistance to seniors at McGavock, Antioch and Over-ton high schools. In 2012, Deloitte promoted FAFSA awareness throughout the school year, organizing “Financial Aid Nights” at the schools, securing speak-ers to educate students about the resources available to them, hosting job shadow students at its o�ce and o�ering opportunities for students to visit local col-leges. �ese e�orts resulted in 614 students’ complet-ing FAFSA forms in the last three years.

Direct Service Volunteer Award presented by McNeely Pigott & Fox Public Relations

�e Direct Service Volunteer Award recognizes in-dividuals who have participated in hands-on, direct service with an agency’s constituents.

Steve and Deb LaForge have been named the 2013 recipients of the Direct Service Volunteer Award for their e�orts to serve as dedicated Habitat for Human-ity supervisors on-site for the past seven years. �e husband-wife team serves as senior volunteers, lead-ing other volunteers and partner families through the construction of Habitat homes. �roughout their ser-vice with Habitat, Steve and Deb LaForge have guided 4,200 volunteers in the construction of homes in four Habitat communities, and they serve as supervisors on-site at nearly every build throughout the year.

Volunteer Innovator Award presented by First Tennessee

�e Volunteer Innovator Award honors individuals or groups who have responded creatively to an unmet

community need by designing a volunteer program, practice or response, or by adding innovation to an existing program or agency.

Roy �ompson, DDS, has been named the 2013 recipient of the Volunteer Innovator Award for his e�orts to open the Interfaith Dental Clinic of Ruth-erford County. A�er recognizing that the Interfaith Dental Clinic had only one clinic in Nashville, but was serving eight counties and operating at capacity, Dr. �ompson recruited local dentists to volunteer at the Nashville clinic, created an advisory board and chaired a $1.3 million capital campaign to open a Murfrees-boro clinic. In its �rst year, the Interfaith Dental Clinic of Rutherford County completed 2,300 patient visits, making it possible for hundreds of people in Ruther-ford County to smile again.

Youth Volunteer Award presented by Baptist Healing Trust

�e Youth Volunteer Award recognizes youth, teens and young adults ages 5 to 22 who serve as an in-spiration to others through signi�cant volunteerism.

Ben Rosenberg has been named the 2013 recipient of the Youth Volunteer Award for his e�orts in giving his time, presence and service for the bene�t of termi-nally ill patients. As an Alive Hospice volunteer, Ben formed the DreamCatchers Foundation, a club aim-ing to grant special wishes to terminally ill patients. �e �rst wish Ben and the club ful�lled provided a patient, and music lover, with a lighter guitar a�er his original one became too heavy to li� to play. Despite his youth, Ben demonstrates an uncommon maturity and reverence for the end of life, an impressive under-standing of hospice, and an inspiring attentiveness to the needs of patients.

About the Mary Catherine Strobel Volunteer Awards

�e Mary Catherine Strobel Volunteer Awards are named in memory of the late Mary Catherine Strobel, known for her extensive and charitable e�orts toward improving the lives of Middle Tennessee’s homeless, impoverished and less fortunate populations. �e an-nual awards ceremony celebrates Strobel’s service and recognizes those who continue her legacy.

About Hands On NashvilleHands On Nashville’s mission is to meet commu-

nity needs through volunteerism. For more than 20 years, Hands On Nashville (HON) volunteers have been addressing critical issues facing the Middle Ten-nessee community such as hunger, homelessness and environmental protection. In 2012, HON connected or referred more than 117,000 volunteers to service opportunities, making it one of the largest volunteer resource centers of its kind in the world. O�ering more than 400 volunteer opportunities to the com-munity each month at HON.org, Hands On Nashville challenges everyone to �nd a way to give back and to … Be the Change. Volunteer. For more information, visit www.HON.org or call (615) 298-1108.

Hands on Nashville Announces Strobel Recipients

Susan Hatfield accepted the Community Impact Award Presented by C3 Consulting for her exemplary efforts

to erase the stigma of mental illness. l-r, Brian Williams, Hands On Nashville president & CEO; Susan Hatfield; Justin Graham, C3 Consulting managing consultant

Steve ad Deb LaForge accepted the Direct Service Volunteer Award Presented by McNeely Pigott & Fox Public Relations for their service as senior volunteers for Habitat for Humanity for the past seven years. l-r, Brian Williams,

Hands On Nashville president & CEO; Steve and Deb LaForge; Mike Pigott, MP&F founding partner; Mary Ruth

Raphael, MP&F account supervisor

Deloitte employees accepted the Corporate Service Project Award Presented by Emdeon for the group’s

work to make it possible for seniors at three MNPS high schools to access higher education by providing

assistance in completing financial aid applications. l-r, Brian Williams, Hands On Nashville president & CEO; Susan Byrd, Emdeon’s senior vice president of human resources;

Deloitte representatives Jan Maddox and John Doerge

Dr. Roy Thompson accepted the Volunteer Innovator Award Presented by First Tennesseefor his efforts in launching

the Interfaith Dental Clinic of Rutherford County. l-r, Brian Williams, Hands On Nashville president & CEO; Dr. Roy

Thompson, DDS; Drew Brooks, manager of the First Tennessee Watson Glen Financial Center

Ben Rosenberg accepted the Youth Volunteer Award Presented by Baptist Healing Trust for his service in

supporting terminally ill patients via Alive Hospice. l-r, Dr. Catherine Self, Baptist Healing Trust president & CEO; Ben

Rosenberg; Brian Williams, Hands On Nashville president & CEO

Maury Regional Medical Center Auxiliary representatives accepted theCivic Volunteer Group Award Presented by

U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company for the group’s extraordinary work to improve the experience for Maury

Regional Medical Center patients. l-r, Greg Shiflett, director of quality for U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company;

Betty Wells and Cindy Fox, Maury Regional Medical Center Auxiliary representatives; Brian Williams, Hands On Nash-

ville president & CEO

All of the 2013 Mary Catherine Strobel Volunteer Awards Recipients, along with HCA/TriStar Health representatives.

HCA/TriStar Health served as presenting sponsor of the Strobel Awards for the fifth consecutive year. l-r, Jill Scobey

with HCA/TriStar Health; Elizabeth Scutchfield with HCA/TriStar Health; (Front Row): Jan Maddox; Deb LaForge; Susan Hatfield; Cindy Fox; Betty Wells; Colleen Dowd;

Betsy Whitaker with HCA/TriStar Health; Joanne Pulles with HCA/TriStar Health; Mike Cassity with HCA/TriStar Health; (Back Row): John Doerge; Steve LaForge; Ben Rosenberg; Dr. Roy Thompson, DDS; Joe Flynn with HCA/TriStar Health


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Chattanooga, a scenic two hour drive from Nashville, is a perfect weekend destination. From modern art to historical sites, here’s a few places worth visiting.

Tennessee AquariumFinding the Tennessee

Aquarium won’t be di�cult. Look for six glass peaks which top the Tennessee Aquarium’s River Journey and Ocean Jour-ney buildings. �e architec-tural angles contrast the or-ganic tree covered backdrop of Lookout Mountain.

Within the aquarium, �nd exotic aquatic life from sand tiger sharks and alligator gar to barracuda, Paddle�sh and stingrays. Each habitat houses life unique to that area.

River Journey is the original Aquarium building and fea-tures freshwater creatures as otters, giant cat�sh, prehistoric sturgeon, colorful frogs,

Ocean Journey is home to 10-foot sharks, stingrays, pen-guins and butter�ies.

A�er the aquarium, head over to the IMAX theater and get entertained while learning fascinating facts about nature, wildlife and more. Current movies at the IMAX 3D are Born to be Wild, Flight of the Butter�ies and �e Last Reef.

Rock CityRock City is one of nature’s

masterpieces, consisting of

massive rock formations with walking trails woven into the boulders. �e rocks are 200 million years old. �e sites will make all ages marvel, in-cluding the breathtaking views from Lookout Mountain. Ad-ditions to Rock City include Fairyland Caverns and Mother Goose Village, the Corner-stone Station, as well as a shops and restaurants. Guests can enjoy annual events such as the Rock City’s Enchanted Garden of Lights during the holiday season the gardens which in-clude more than 400 di�erent species of native wild�owers, shrubs, and trees.

Points of interest along �e Enchanted Trail include the 100-foot waterfall, 1,000-ton balanced rock, Swing-A-Long Bridge and a view of seven states from Lover’s Leap.

Hunter Museum of Ameri-can Art

Located o� of Blu� View is the Hunter Museum of Ameri-can Art. Not only does the facility house fascinating ar-tifacts, but is also o�ers stun-ning views of the Tennessee River from it balconies, weav-ing art with nature.

�e Hunter Museum fea-tures American art from the Colonial period to the present day.

�e collection includes paintings, works on paper,

sculpture, furniture and con-temporary studio glass cover-ing a diverse range of styles and periods. Artists whose work is represented in the Hunter in-clude �omas Cole, Fitzhugh Lane, Winslow Homer, Mary Cassatt, Childe Hassam, Rob-ert Henri, John Marin, �omas Hart Benton, Helen Franken-thaler, Louise Nevelson, Jack Beal, George Segal, Duane Hanson and Robert Rauschen-berg.

Chattanooga Choo ChooWhere should you stay when

visiting? �e Chattanooga Choo Choo. Built in 1908 and converted into a hotel in 1973, the historic site o�ers not only comfortable accommodations, but also a museum, restau-rants, shopping and more. Choose from Victorian Train Cars, Hotel Suites or Standard Rooms.

Dine at the “Station House,” a restaurant with singing wait-ers and waitresses which once housed the baggage room. �e terminal’s dome room has been converted into an im-pressive dining hall.

For a perfect getaway, con-sider Chattanooga and experi-ence art, history, nature and a variety of dining and shopping for all ages to enjoy. Visit www.chattanoogafun.com.

Shelly Turner

Chattanooga Scenic | historic | Modern

Scenic Chattanooga offers sites, dining, entertainment and the outdoors for all ages to enjoy

for everyone

Authentic sleeper cars, made for wealthy travelers, offer com-fortable accommodations at the Chattannooga Choo Choo.

The Tennessee Aquarium offers a diverse showcase in-cluding a stingray pool for curious visitors

The Hunter Museum of American Art is located in the Bluff ViewArt District

Waterfall in Rock City

Chattanooga, a scenic two hour drive from Nashville, is a perfect weekend destination. From modern art to historical sites, here’s a few places worth visiting.

Tennessee AquariumFinding the Tennessee

Aquarium won’t be di�cult. Look for six glass peaks which top the Tennessee Aquarium’s River Journey and Ocean Jour-ney buildings. �e architec-tural angles contrast the or-ganic tree covered backdrop of Lookout Mountain.

Within the aquarium, �nd exotic aquatic life from sand tiger sharks and alligator gar to barracuda, Paddle�sh and stingrays. Each habitat houses life unique to that area.

River Journey is the original Aquarium building and fea-tures freshwater creatures as otters, giant cat�sh, prehistoric sturgeon, colorful frogs,

Ocean Journey is home to 10-foot sharks, stingrays, pen-guins and butter�ies.

A�er the aquarium, head over to the IMAX theater and get entertained while learning fascinating facts about nature, wildlife and more. Current movies at the IMAX 3D are Born to be Wild, Flight of the Butter�ies and �e Last Reef.

Rock CityRock City is one of nature’s

masterpieces, consisting of

massive rock formations with walking trails woven into the boulders. �e rocks are 200 million years old. �e sites will make all ages marvel, in-cluding the breathtaking views from Lookout Mountain. Ad-ditions to Rock City include Fairyland Caverns and Mother Goose Village, the Corner-stone Station, as well as a shops and restaurants. Guests can enjoy annual events such as the Rock City’s Enchanted Garden of Lights during the holiday season the gardens which in-clude more than 400 di�erent species of native wild�owers, shrubs, and trees.

Points of interest along �e Enchanted Trail include the 100-foot waterfall, 1,000-ton balanced rock, Swing-A-Long Bridge and a view of seven states from Lover’s Leap.

Hunter Museum of Ameri-can Art

Located o� of Blu� View is the Hunter Museum of Ameri-can Art. Not only does the facility house fascinating ar-tifacts, but is also o�ers stun-ning views of the Tennessee River from it balconies, weav-ing art with nature.

�e Hunter Museum fea-tures American art from the Colonial period to the present day.

�e collection includes paintings, works on paper,

sculpture, furniture and con-temporary studio glass cover-ing a diverse range of styles and periods. Artists whose work is represented in the Hunter in-clude �omas Cole, Fitzhugh Lane, Winslow Homer, Mary Cassatt, Childe Hassam, Rob-ert Henri, John Marin, �omas Hart Benton, Helen Franken-thaler, Louise Nevelson, Jack Beal, George Segal, Duane Hanson and Robert Rauschen-berg.

Chattanooga Choo ChooWhere should you stay when

visiting? �e Chattanooga Choo Choo. Built in 1908 and converted into a hotel in 1973, the historic site o�ers not only comfortable accommodations, but also a museum, restau-rants, shopping and more. Choose from Victorian Train Cars, Hotel Suites or Standard Rooms.

Dine at the “Station House,” a restaurant with singing wait-ers and waitresses which once housed the baggage room. �e terminal’s dome room has been converted into an im-pressive dining hall.

For a perfect getaway, con-sider Chattanooga and experi-ence art, history, nature and a variety of dining and shopping for all ages to enjoy. Visit www.chattanoogafun.com.

Shelly Turner

Chattanooga Scenic | historic | Modern

Scenic Chattanooga offers sites, dining, entertainment and the outdoors for all ages to enjoy

for everyone

Authentic sleeper cars, made for wealthy travelers, offer com-fortable accommodations at the Chattannooga Choo Choo.

The Tennessee Aquarium offers a diverse showcase in-cluding a stingray pool for curious visitors

The Hunter Museum of American Art is located in the Bluff ViewArt District

Waterfall in Rock City

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United Effort to Launch Jefferson Street to New HeightsNASHVILLE, TN — In 1994 a group

of concerned citizens -- homeowners, business owners, longtime residents and developers with new construction in mind -- met to create a framework for advancing Je� erson Street.

� ey talked about the past. � ey talk-ed about the future. � ey remembered things that had gone wrong. � ey point-ed out things that had gone right. � ey had ideas for the future. Ideas that would make the Je� erson Street Corri-dor a bustling business, univer-sity and hospital center, and the kind of neighborhood where you really know your neighbors, eat in their restaurants and buy in their stores.

� e result of their vision of progress was J.U.M.P. -- a non-pro� t organization whose mis-sion is “To develop, foster and promote cooperative economic development through revital-ization, acquisition, education and public safety programs in North Nashville.”

Today over 111 individu-als and organizations make up JUMP’s active membership -- publishers, doctors, lawyers, dentists, master barbers, musi-cians, ministers, journalists, hair stylists, retailers and restaura-teurs -- with one thing in com-mon. Keeping Je� erson Street alive and thriving.

Help J.U.M.P. through your United Way Contribution!

Je� erson Street United Mer-chants United Way Destination Code = 2696

Sharon HurtSharon was born and raised

in Memphis but has known “life on Jef-ferson” since coming to Nashville for col-lege at TSU. She has more than 20 years experience in business and grant admin-istration.

Sharon has served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Alpha Com-putech, a Nashville-based computer so� -ware training company, and was with Meharry Medical College for 16 years, serving as their Director of Admissions

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� e result of their vision of progress was J.U.M.P. -- a non-pro� t organization whose mission is “To develop, foster and promote cooperative economic develop-ment through revitalization, acquisition, education and public safety programs in North Nashville.”

Today over 111 individuals and orga-nizations make up JUMP’s active mem-

bership -- doctors, lawyers, dentists, master barbers, musicians, ministers, writers, hair stylists, retailers and res-taurateurs -- with one thing in common. Keeping Je� erson Street alive and thriv-ing.

Help J.U.M.P. through your United Way Contribution!

Je� erson Street United Merchants United Way Destination Code = 2696

Sharon Hurt

NASHVILLE, TN — It’s time for spring cleaning, and that should include making choices about what sensitive documents should be kept, and what should be disposed of properly with docu-ment shredding. In order to ensure important sensitive documents are properly disposed of, Rich-ards & Richards O� ce Records Management o� ers its neighbors a free Shred Day, giving community members the opportunity to have personal documents shredded professionally at no cost. “We help Nashville-area residents dispose of hundreds of pounds of sensi-tive � les every shred day,” Steve Richards, president and CEO of Richards & Richards O� ce Re-cords Management said. “Proper disposal should be an integral part of the spring cleaning process. It turns a new leaf and creates peace of mind. � at’s what we want for our neighbors.”

� e next neighborhood shred day will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 20. � e event, co-sponsored by the Nash-ville Better Business Bureau, will be held at Richards & Richards o� ce at 1741 Elm Hill Pike. Indi-viduals and small businesses alike are invited to the free event, and attendees can bring an unlimited amount of items to be shredded. “Protecting your identity and ensuring your � nancial security should be at the top of every per-son’s mind,” Richards said.

For more information about Richards & Richards’ shredding process, visit www.richardsand-richards.com.

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Several homes in East Nashville will soon “go green”. It’s part of an initiative underway in District 5 called Green is Alive in District 5. The effort, spear-headed by the Tennessee Alliance of

Progress, kicked off recently at at New Livingstone Church on Hancock St in East Nashville.

Close to 100 residents from the area showed up to learn about the program which will weatherize homes and busi-nesses, targeting African American homes along with moderate to low-in-come homes.

“The response has been terrifi c. I think people are excited about the atten-tion this project will bring to District 5 and about the possibility of improving their homes and creating jobs,” said Nell Levin of TAP.

Weatherizing the homes and busi-nesses calls for workers to upgrade the

buildings by tightening up cracks in door and window seals as well as check-ing all cooling and heating systems to make sure they function properly.

Doing so will save residents and busi-ness owners money by lowering utility bills. Currently, at least 40 percent of the greenhouse gases in Davidson County come from buildings, and Levin says weatherizing the buildings will help re-duce Nashville’s carbon footprint.

TAP plans to weatherize 100 homes and 10 businesses in District 5. This is the fi rst project for the Green Is Alive initiative. Levin said they intentionally started in District 5.

“We serve on the Advisory Commit-tee for the Mayor’s Nashville Energy Works program where we have noticed that most of the people who were partici-pating in the NEW program were from more affl uent neighborhoods.

Green is Alive in District 5 is a dem-onstration project designed to make the NEW program more equitable by bring-ing it to a majority black, low- to moder-ate-income East Nashville neighborhood that has many older leaky homes,” added Levin.

The project will be done using the Mayor’s NEW program and the Hous-ing Fund loan program. TAP will not actually do the labor. TAP, an advocacy group, is educating residents who will be responsible for getting an energy audit done and hiring a contractor to do the work on their home.

Levin said they will lobby on behalf of homeowners with Metro to get ev-erything in place such as funding and permits to complete the project. One of the funding options will be the Housing Fund loan program which is based gross income.

It is a low-cost, long-term loan for homeowners who are between 60 per-cent to 120 percent of median family income. For a family of four, the maxi-mum income is $74,000.

In addition to getting the homes up to par on Green standards, Levin said they will create jobs in the area, which is part of a long-term vision to “meld energy effi ciency with job creation. Robert Pol-lin, of the New Labor Institute, says 17 weatherization jobs can be created for every $1 million spent.

Green is Alive in District 5 is ex-pected to wrap up in about two years, giving time for all participating homes and businesses to be brought up to Green standards.

Levin says they are not sure which district they will go to next, but they do plan to continue to target low income-moderate income neighborhoods. They will be holding a workshop in District 5 on April 25 on Green Sustainable Living that will be conducted by two professors from Tennessee State University.

For more information about the April 25 program or the Green is Alive in District 5 initiative, visit www.gogreen-nashville.com.

Green Initiative to Create Jobs, Improve Homes

Metro Councilman Scott Davis (right) and Nell Levin of the Tennessee Alliance of Progress, talk to attendees at the Green is Alive in District 5 informational session.

Davis is listed as one of the supporters

CLARKSVILLE, TN — Jaydie Tatum from Hender-sonville TN, wife of Terry L. Tatum, has been selected to participate in the 2013 Mrs. Tennessee United States Pageant. � e pag-eant will take place April 21, 2013 in Clarksville, TN. She will be competing as Mrs. Nashville and will compete in Swimsuit, Eve-ning Gown, and Interview

Competitions. � e pageant is a two day event, and the winner will go on to repre-sent our state in the 2013 Mrs. United States Pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada. � e Mrs. United States system stresses good morals, physi-cal � tness, communication skills, social awareness, and community involvement.

Interesting facts about Jaydie: She is married to her

best friend, mother of six, enjoys spending her time volunteering at the Nash-ville Rescue Mission, coun-seling victims of abuse, and being an active member of her community. Jaydie is a member of the board of di-rectors for the Henderson-ville Soccer Club, a volun-teer soccer coach, an active member of the PTO, and currently leads a small life

group along side of her hus-band for blended families at her church, Cornerstone Church in Madison TN.

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Clarksville Woman to Compete in Mrs. U.S. Pageant

Jaydie Tatum


...game time!SportsSportsSports

Despite the best efforts of ESPN and other networks, sports really isn’t quite as important as many people want to make it. Certainly such en-tities as the NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB make enormous profi ts for the handful of corporations and extreme-ly rich team owners who control them, and the NCAA Tournament is a billion-dollar operation featuring “amateur” athletes.

But in terms of really being mean-ingful beyond the fi nal outcome, es-pecially in terms of helping change society for the better, a good case can be made sports hasn’t done such a great job, except in a few instances. But those examples are so epic they compensate for many other failings. High on that list is Jackie Roosevelt Robinson’s breaking of baseball’s color line, a feat that remains incred-ibly impressive and important 66 years later.

“42” is the second fi lm made which documents that event. The fi rst was a 1950 biopic effort “The Jackie Robinson Story” that was a decent effort for the time, but also restricted by the sanitized and restrictive prac-tices of the day. There were no such barriers in the way of director Brian Helgeland, and those whose ears have problems with vile language should be advised that there are plenty of ugly racial slurs throughout “42.”

But that’s what Robinson faced at the time. In fact in some ways the fi lm doesn’t go far enough. It doesn’t show the black cat thrown on the fi eld at St. Louis, and only skims the sur-face in terms of the vicious treatment Robinson received across the league. It’s designed to be an updated version of the feel-good, inspirational treat-ment delivered by its predecessor, and it’s impossible not to get a feel-ing of intense pride when main star Chadwick Boseman superbly docu-ments the amount of courage and grit it took Jackie Robinson to deal with the daily reality of overt hatred and racism.

Baseball in America during the ‘40s occupied the place that the NFL has in the 21st century. It was both an obsession and a metaphor for so-ciety, a mythical enterprise where the greatest athletes in the world (or at least in America) regularly collided to determine their superiority.

While many in the know (includ-ing Brooklyn’s Branch Rickey) knew that there were actually many play-ers better than the ones in the majors toiling in the Negro Leagues, a ban had existed against Blacks since the late 19th century. One area where the fi lm doesn’t go into enough detail is to show just how that ban was en-forced, including the role of the base-ball commissioner and major Ameri-can newspapers who supported it.

Still, I would advise anyone who cares about history of any kind to see “42” when it opens Friday. It’s not perfect, but in its tale of a victory over racism, as well the secondary story of the love affair between Jackie Robin-son and his wife Rachel, it is one of those rare times when a sports story transcends the baseball diamond and truly does provide a meaningful mes-sage for everyone.

BY RON WYNN

“42” Isn’t Just a Sports Story

BY RON WYNN

WOMEN’S NCAA FINALS

By Ron Wynn The Louisville Cardinals overcame

a 12-point fi rst half defi cit, then held on down the stretch to defeat the Univer-sity of Michigan 82-76 Monday night in Atlanta. It was their fi rst NCAA men’s championship since 1986, and Louisville’s third overall.

Their coach Rick Pitino, voted into the Hall of Fame earlier in the day, became the fi rst man to win championships at two schools (he also won a title at the Univer-sity of Kentucky). The win left him tied with the legendary John Wooden for ninth place overall (664) on the NCAA list.

Luke Hancock’s fi ve three-pointers helped Louisville erase Michigan’s lead before the fi rst half ended. He was voted the game’s Most Outstanding Player, the fi rst time a substitute won that award. The Cardinals closed to within 37-36 by halftime, despite the scoring heroics of surprise star Spike Albrecht. Albrecht hadn’t played much during the season and entered the game averaging less than two points.

But he made four of four from three-point territory in the fi rst half, scoring 17 total points. While Wooden Award win-ner and national Player of the Year Trey Burke was temporarily on the bench with foul trouble, it was Albrecht who kept Michigan’s offense rolling. But the combi-nation of Hancock’s long-range accuracy and Louisville’s rotation of its defenses began taking a toll.

Michigan led the nation in lowest turn-over percentage during the season. But they had 12 against Louisville, most of them in the second half. Other than Burke, who got his game going over the fi nal 20 minutes and ended up with 24 points, Michigan didn’t get the kind of output

they anticipated from its other stars. “This team’s one of the most together,

toughest and hard nosed teams,” Pitino told the Associated Press. Being down never bothers us. They just come back.” The players also had another interesting motivational weapon. Pitino had prom-ised to get a tattoo if they won the cham-pionship.

“I have a couple of ideas,” Hancock said. “He doesn’t know what he’s getting into.” “Our biggest motivation was to get Coach a tattoo,” added Silva. Louisville even survived a less than stellar game from usual standout guard Russ Smith, who missed much of the game due to in-effectiveness and poor shooting.

Louisville (35-5) concluded the season on a 16-game winning streak that also saw them win both the Big East regular season and tournament titles, and earn the

overall number one seed in the tourna-ment. Michigan fi nished 31-8, making the fi nals for the fi rst time since 1993. “A lot of people didn’t make it this far,” Burke said. “A lot of people didn’t expect us to go past the second round. We fought hard to get past this point, but Louisville was the better team tonight, and they deserved the victory.”

Injured guard Kevin Ware helped cut down the nets for the victorious Cardinals. After a fl urry of interviews Pitino was preparing to head for New Orleans, the site of the women’s Final Four. The num-ber fi ve seed Lady Cardinals were oppos-ing UConn, hoping to make Louisville only the second team in NCAA history to win men’s and women’s championships in the same year.

Ironically, the only team to accomplish this feat has been UConn in 2004.

Louisville Wins Men’s Title

By Ron Wynn � e University of Connecti-

cut ended any suspense regard-ing Tuesday night’s NCAA women’s championship game very early. � ey established their superiority with a 25-point � rst half, then eliminated any remaining doubt with a 12-2 second half run. � e 93-60 � -nal in New Orleans was the biggest margin of victory in the tournament’s history, topping Tennessee’s 25-poiint win over Louisiana Tech in 1987.

It was also UConn coach Geno Auriemma’s eighth title, which ties him with legendary UT coach Pat Summitt for the most championship victories among women’s coaches. His teams are also a perfect 8-0 in title games. Louisville lost to UConn in the 2009 � nal by 22 points, but were even more out-matched this time.

� ough their record (35-4)

didn’t equal some of the past UConn squads, the 2013 team unveiled the latest in a series of stars with highly touted � rst year player Breanna Stewart. She established their domina-tion with an 18-point � rst half. Stewart ended with 23 points overall. She was voted the Final Four’s Most Outstanding Play-er, and will be the anchor for the team that looks to defend its title next season when the NCAA women’s tournament comes to Nashville.

Auriemma recognized Summit a� er the game, telling the Associated Press: “� e fact I tied Pat Summit’s record puts you in the category of the great-est women’s basketball coach that ever lived. I’m just thrilled for our seniors. � is team ac-complished an amazing feat this last month.”

Louisville was trying to be-come the � rst team seeded � � h or lower to win an NCAA wom-

en’s championship. � ey had upset overall number one seed Baylor, and number two seeds Tennessee and California, but had no answers for UConn’s re-lentless o� ensive and defensive pressure. � e Schimmel sisters collectively went only six of 23 from the � oor, with the Lady Cardinals’ three-point shooters making just � ve of 23.

UConn made 13 of 26 from three-point territory, while also outrebounding Louisville 44-28 and surpassing them in assists 24-13. � e closest Lou-isville came was early in the second half, when they got within 16 points at 60-44. � en UConn surged again, outscor-ing them 33-16 the remainder of the game.

“� is is unbelievable,” Stew-art said in regards to both win-ning the championship and Most Outstanding Player hon-ors. “� is is what we’ve thought about since the beginning of the

season. And now to be here and � nally win it, it’s a great feeling, and I don’t think it’s going to set in for a while. I just played really con� dent and stopped thinking. When I second-guess myself, nothing good comes out of that.”

Louisville’s NCAA men’s coach Rick Pitino, fresh o� Monday’s title victory over Michigan, sat behind the Lou-isville bench. He spoke with the team before the game, but by hal� ime he was also paying tribute to Stewart, calling her “one of the best freshman in basketball.”

Louisville coach Je� Walz praised his team’s e� ort and sa-luted what he called a “dream” season, but also said it was clear his team didn’t have enough � repower, nor shot well enough, to provide a challenge to UConn. � e Cardinals � n-ished 29-8.

UConn Wins Championship Easily

MEN’S NCAA FINALS

Members of the UConn women’s team celebrate after their blowout victory Tuesday night over Louisville in New Orleans. The 93-60 win was the biggest rout in NCAA tournament history, and was the school’s eighth championship. UConn coach Geno Auriemma is tied with Tennessee’s legendary Pat Summitt, as each have eight championship crowns. With UConn’s top player Breanna Stewart only a fresh-

man, they will be title favorites next season as well, when the women’s Final Four comes to Nashville.

Members of the victorious Louisville men’s basketball team embrace following Monday night’s 82-76 victory over Michigan in Atlanta


WOMEN’S TENNIS

This Day in Sports On this day in 1981, Larry Holmes encountered surprisingly tough opposition in defense of his heavyweight title. Homes had previously knocked out eight straight opponents, but future WBC champion Trevor Berbick took him the distance before fi nally losing. Despite winning his fi rst 48 professional bouts and falling only one short of equaling Rocky Marciano’s 49-0 record, Larry Holmes was never an enormously popular or highly regarded fi gure. Part of that was due to his defeat of Muhammad Ali in 1980. Also, the heavyweight division had lost much of its luster, and many of his opponents weren’t considered exceptional fi ghters. But Larry Holmes ranks second only to Joe Louis in successful title defenses (20). He fi nished his career winning 59 of 65 fi ghts (44 by knockout), most losses coming well after he was past his prime. Holmes was inducted into both The International Boxing and World Boxing Halls of Fame.

By Ron Wynn

The playoff fortunes look very different for the Nashville Predators and Memphis Grizzlies as the NHL and NBA regular seasons’ enter their fi nal days. The Preda-tors’ chances may have taken a fatal blow over the weekend, while the Grizzlies are assured of the best year in franchise history.

The Predators needed to win every one of their remaining games to have any real-istic chance at making the playoffs. Instead, they dropped back-to-back games against the Chicago Blackhawks. The losses dropped the Predators into 13th place in the Western Conference, fi ve points behind the eighth place Detroit Red Wings on Monday with only eight games left. Despite having the majority of those games at home, in-cluding four of the next fi ve, coach Barry Trotz called their playoff hopes “remote” Sunday evening.

The Memphis Grizzlies blew a 12-point fourth quarter lead, but rallied to edge the Sacramento Kings 89-87 Sunday after-noon, fi nishing their last West Coast trip with a 2-1 record. The victory was their 52nd against 25 losses, though they still re-mained in fi fth place. But they’ve clinched a playoff berth, and have surpassed by two the previous mark for regular season wins.

A lack of offense has been Nashville’s primary problem, along with numerous

injuries. Sunday they faced the conference-leading Blackhawks in Chicago without their top goal scorer (Gabriel Bourque), number one center (Mike Fisher) and one of the NHL’s top faceoff men (Paul Gaus-tad). Then forward Brandon Yip was added to the injury list after going out at the 4:56 mark of the second period. Yip logged less than fi ve minutes (4:41) and was later de-clared “doubtful” for the Predators’ next

game Tuesday.The roster was so depleted the Predators’

inserted rookie forward Austin Watson, who was just called up from Milwaukee on an “emergency” basis the day before, into Sunday’s game for nearly 14 minutes. Wat-son was their 2010 fi rst round draft pick. He had one shot on goal and played on both the power play and penalty kill units.

Still, the Predators’ worked hard in both games, losing Saturday 1-0 at Bridgestone Arena, and 5-3 Sunday evening in Chicago. The Sunday game was an even tougher de-feat because they twice overcame one-goal defi cits. Nashville even took a 3-2 lead ear-ly in the third period on David Legwand’s 11th goal at the 6:54 mark. But a 55-sec-ond interval where the Blackhawks scored twice turned the tables, and an empty net goal provided Chicago’s fi nal victory mar-gin.

Chicago’s Brandon Saad knocked a loose puck behind Predators’ goaltender Pekka Rinne with 10:23 remaining to tie the score. Then the Blackhawks’ Patrick Kane beat the Predators’ defensemen to a loose puck behind Nashville’s net. His pass to the slot led to Jonathan Toews’ go-ahead score. Coach Trotz was critical of his play-ers, saying the winning goal came when Nashville had a man advantage in the zone, and was more the result of poor effort on his team’s part than a great play from the

Blackhawks. The Predators’ faced St. Louis on Tues-

day. They have Friday and Sunday home games against the Dallas Stars and Detroit Red Wings respectively. The Detroit game is on the NBC Sports Network at 6:30 p.m. The others were 7 p..m. starts, both tele-vised on SportSouth.

The Grizzlies got two blocked shots by Marc Gasol in the fi nal seven seconds, preserving their two-point win and giving them a season’s sweep of the Kings. Ga-sol blocked fi ve shots, including Marcus Thornton’s three-point try with one second left. Mike Conley hit the go-ahead basket for the Grizzlies with 30 seconds remain-ing. He had his fourth straight 20-point game, getting 25 points and adding four assists.

Memphis didn’t get big offensive games from Zach Randolph (nine points) or Ga-sol (15 points but only four of 10 from the fl oor), but they got solid support from the bench. Quincy Poindexter’s season-high 17 points were vital, as well as strong team de-fense that held Sacramento under 25 points in three of four quarters.

The Grizzlies remain a game behind Denver (53-24) and the Los Angeles Clip-pers (51-26) in the battle for third place. Their next game was Tuesday night at home against the Charlotte Bobcats.

Predators and Grizzlies Approach Playoffs

By Ron Wynn

This season it seems Serena Williams isn’t going to wait until the summer to make her case for tennis superiority. She posted her second straight title victory Sunday, defeating Jelena Jankovic 3-6, 6-0, 6-2.

It was also her second consecutive Family Circle Cup crown. But it was a heated exchange between Williams and Jankovic at the start of the second set that got the crowd buzzing at the Charleston, South Carolina event. It also seemed to energize Williams after a lethargic start.

She had lost three straight games, and seemed distracted. Then Williams confronted Jankovic about allegedly serving before she was ready. Jankovic disagreed, and the two bickered briefl y before Jankovic resumed serving.

From that point Jankovic was never in the match. Williams blistered through the second set, winning every game. Her domination extended until the end of the match, as she won 12 of the last 14 games. However she discounted the idea the confrontation had propelled her to victory.

“I don’t know what the turning point was,” Williams told the Associated Press. “I mean I think after that (the con-frontation) I just got really relaxed and I was like, ‘Honestly, Serena, you’ve got to kind of chill out and not get crazy.”

Jankovic is a former number one play-er, and was the only opponent to break Williams’ serve the entire tournament. After two breaks in the fi rst set, she was in position to jump ahead 1-0 in the sec-ond set. But instead, Williams took eight straight points, and the rout was on.

“The key (to her early success) was I served very well and made a lot of fi rst serves in, so she couldn’t attack it,” Jankovic said. “But I managed to lose them. Of course, she’s going to go up and feel much better and she is again in con-trol. So that was my mistake, and it was unfortunate for my side.”

It was Serena Williams’ 49th career singles title. She’s only four behind Mon-ica Seles for ninth place on the WTA’s career list. But it didn’t come particularly easy, as she had to defeat big sister Venus in the semifi nals. Williams dispatched her 6-1, 6-2, the most one-sided victory she’s had over Venus.

It also was the second straight week she’s lost an opening set, then steam-rolled an opponent. Jankovic denied she had done anything wrong, or that her tactics were some sort of new strategy aimed at Williams.

“She should follow the return and not the opposite, like she said, that I’ve got to wait for her to be ready,” Jankovic said. “That’s not true.” But the two players ex-changed smiles and greetings after the match, and Williams even applauded her opponent’s play along with the crowd.

Weather affected the tournament, forcing a condensed schedule and ex-panded play schedules. Williams had to win two matches on Friday to make the fi nals. Now her next goal is win-ning the French Open. That would take things completely back to square one, since it was at last year’s French Open where some “experts” declared she was fi nished being a dominant player on the tour.

Williams got knocked out at Roland Garros in the opening round by Virginie Razzano, who at the time was ranked number 111 in the world. It was the earli-est exit for Williams at the French Open and one of her worse losses ever. Since that time, she’s won Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and an Olympic gold medal, as well as two straight victories in the early 2013 season.

“This year my goal is won a match at the French Open,” she joked afterwards. It would certainly be a landmark way to get her 50th title.

Serena Wins Second Straight Title

Coming Next WeekThe regular seasons end for the National Hockey League and National Basketball Association. The Grizzlies are defi nitely in the playoffs, and we’ll have information on their opponent. The Predators are a longshot to make it, but we’ll still cover their fi nal games. Also the NFL draft approaches and spring football season nears its end. We’ll have updates on the Titans, Vanderbilt and Tennessee State University. Follow weekday sports games and events in tntribune.com.

Serena Williams continued her domination of the women’s tour, winning a

second straight Family Circle Cup title Sunday over Jelena Jankovic. After

dropping the fi rst set, Williams won 12 of the next 14 games. Her 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 victory earned Williams her 49th WTA singles title. She’s now tied with Monica Seles for ninth

place alltime on the women’s tour

Chicago goalie Ray Emery frustrated the Predators twice over the weekend, as the

Chicago Blackhawks’ won back-to-back games against Nashville


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Blacks are one of the groups most af-fected by HIV, cur-rently currently ac-counting for about half of the people who get HIV and AIDS — although they comprise 14% of the US popula-tion.

Many high-pro-� le celebrities have

lived and died with the HIV/AIDS as well. � e loss of these stars should serve as a re-minder of what our community will con-tinue to lose if we don’t educate ourselves, change our behaviors, get tested regularly and get treated to prevent and � ght against HIV…which many people forget is very much a preventable disease.

Choreographer Alvin Ailey is renowned for popularizing modern dance through his world-famous company, the Alvin Ai-ley American Dance � eater. He passed away from AIDS-related diseases at 58.

Arthur Ashe was the � rst African-American man to reach prominence as a professional tennis player. A� er contract-ing AIDS from a blood transfusion in the ‘80s, he became an activist to raise aware-ness about the disease. He died at 49.

As the founder of Ruthless Records and group N.W.A., Eazy-E is credited with in-venting the genre of gangsta rap. � e hip-hop icon died of AIDS-related illnesses at 31.

Rollins made a name for himself in memorable roles such as Coalhouse Walk-er, Jr. in the 1981 � lm Ragtime. A� er strug-gling with substance abuse, Rollins died of AIDS-related lymphoma at 46.

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Fela created an immortal reputation for himself as an originator of “Afrobeat” mu-sic, which mixes jazz, R&B, and traditional African rhythms. He died from an AIDS-related illness at 58.

Greene was a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter who penned hits for stars like Mary J. Blige, such as “Reminisce” and “Love No Limit.” He died of complica-tions due to AIDS at 32.

Bobby DeBarge (March 5, 1956 – Au-gust 16, 1995) In 1988, shortly before being sent to prison for drug tra� cking, Bobby DeBarge con� ded to his family that he had contracted AIDS from intravenous drug use. In 1995, DeBarge became gravely ill and his family sent him to a hospice in Grand Rapids, where he died at 39 from AIDS complications.

Testing Information You Need To Know…

How can I tell if I’m infected? � e only way to know if you are infected is to be tested for HIV infection. You cannot rely on symptoms to know whether or not you are infected. Many people who are infected with HIV do not have any symptoms at all for many years.

For information on where to � nd an HIV testing site, visit the National HIV Testing Resources web site at http://www.hivtest.org or call CDC-INFO24 Hours/Day at (800) CDC-INFO (232-4636), (888) 232-6348 (TTY).

What are the most e� ective ways to be tested for infection? In most cases the test is performed on blood drawn from a vein. � e blood is checked for the presence of antibodies to HIV. Other body � uids can also be tested to screen for HIV.

� ese include: Oral Fluid Tests: � ese tests use oral � uid (not saliva) that is col-lected from the mouth using a special col-lection device.

Urine Tests: � ese tests use urine in-

stead of blood. � e sensitivity and speci� c-ity (accuracy) of the oral and urine tests are less than that of the traditional blood tests.

Rapid Tests: A rapid test is a screening test that produces very quick results (ap-proximately 20-60 minutes).

Home Testing Kits: In July of 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved OraQuick, the � rst home test kit for HIV infection. Individuals can purchase the kit at stores and pharmacies and even on-line to test themselves in the privacy of their homes. Chain drugstores, including Duane Reade and CVS, carry the test for around $40.

Departments, clinics, o� ces of private doctors, hospitals, and other sites set up speci� cally to provide HIV testing. For information on where to � nd an HIV test-ing site, visit the National HIV Testing Resources web site at http://www.hivtest.org, or call CDC-INFO, (800) CDC-INFO (232-4636), (888) 232-6348 (TTY).

How long a� er possible infection should I wait to get tested? It can take some time for the immune system to produce enough antibodies for the HIV test to detect. � is time period can vary from person to per-son. Most people will develop detectable antibodies within two to eight weeks (the average is 20 days to 25 days). Even so, there is a chance that some people will take longer to develop detectable antibodies. If the initial negative HIV test was conducted within the � rst three months a� er possible exposure, repeat testing should be done at six months.

What happens if I test positive? If you test positive for HIV, the sooner you take steps to protect your health, the better. Early medical treatment and a healthy life-style can help you stay well. Prompt medi-cal care may delay the onset of AIDS and prevent some life-threatening conditions. � ere is much you can do to stay healthy. Learn all that you can about maintaining good health.

Black Celebrities Who Have Died From AIDS

Alvin Ailey Arthur Ashe

Easy-E Fela Kuti

Franklyn Seales Howard Rollins

Kenny Greene Sylvester James

Bobby DeBarge

THURSDAY, APRIL 11 - 17, 2013 The Tennessee Tribune 7B1 C The Tennessee Tribune FORECLOSURES THURSDAY, APRIL 11 - APRIL 17, 2013

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE`S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated August 28, 2008, executed by JACQUELINE N. BORDEN, TIMOTHY J. BORDEN, conveying certain real property therein described to DEBORAH B. NIETO, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register's Office of Davidson County, Tennessee recorded September 8, 2008, at Instrument Number 20080908-0091492; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, Notice of the Right to Foreclose, if required pursuant to T.C.A. § 35-5-117, was given in accordance with Tennessee law; and WHEREAS, the undersigned,Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, having been appointed as Substitute Trustee by instrument to be filed for record in the Register's Office of Davidson County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on April 25, 2013 at 11:00 AM at the Front Entrance of the Historic Courthouse located at 1 Public Square , located in Nashville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds ONLY, the following described property situated in Davidson County, Tennessee, to wit: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND AS SHOWN ON SCHEDULE "A" ATTACHED HERETO WHICH IS INCORPORATED HEREIN AND MADE A PART HEREOF. LAND IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, BEING LOT NO. 38 ON THE PLAN OF OAKWOOD TERRACE, SECTION 1, AS SHOWN BY PLAT OF RECORD IN PLAT BOOK 4460, PAGE 55, IN THE REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, TO WHICH PLAT REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO TIMOTHY J. BORDEN AND WIFE, JACQUELINE N. BORDEN BY DEED FROM JOHNNY F. HUFFMAN, II OF RECORD IN INSTRUMENT #200809080091491 IN THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. Parcel ID: 14808006200 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 804 OAKWOOD TERRACE DRIVE, ANTIOCH, TN 37013. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): JACQUELINE N. BORDEN, TIMOTHY J. BORDEN OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: BEECHWOOD TERRACE APARTMENTS, CARMEL FINANCIAL CORPORATION/CT LIEN SOLUTIONS The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38103 www.rubinlublin.com/property-listings.php Tel: (877) 813-0992 Fax: (404) 601-5846 Ad #47106 2013-03-28 2013-04-04 2013-04-11

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE`S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated November 14, 2003, executed by LARRY G JENKINS, conveying certain real property therein described to DONALD A. GILLIAM , as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register's Office of Davidson County, Tennessee recorded November 20, 2003, at Instrument Number 20031120-0169479; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, Notice of the Right to Foreclose, if required pursuant to T.C.A.s 35-5-117, was given in accordance with Tennessee law; and WHEREAS, the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC having been appointed as Substitute Trustee by instrument to be filed for record in the Register's Office of Davidson County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on April 25, 2013 at 11:00 AM at the DAVIDSON County courthouse door where the foreclosure sales are customarily held at the DAVIDSON Courthouse, located in Nashville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds ONLY, the following described property situated in Davidson County, Tennessee, to wit: BEING LOT 81, AS SHOWN ON THE ENCLAVE AT BAYVIEW ESTATES (FORMERLY KNOWN AS BAYVIEW ESTATES), PHASE FOUR, OF RECORD IN INSTRUMENT NO. 20030703-0092328, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, TO WHICH PLAN REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE COMPLETE AND ACCURATE LEGAL DESCRIPTION. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO LARRY G. JENKINS BY DEED FROM NVR, INC. T/A FOX RIDGE HOMES, TO BE RECORDED IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE RECORDING HEREOF IN INSTRUMENT NO. 20031120-0169478, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. Parcel ID: 136050A11000C0 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 3325 TINNEY PLACE, NASHVILLE, TN 37217. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): LARRY G JENKINS OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38103 www.rubinlublin.com/property-listings.php Tel: (877) 813-0992 Fax: (404) 601-5846 Ad #47151 2013-03-28 2013-04-04 2013-04-11

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE`S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated June 30, 2009, executed by LUCINTA JOHNSON, conveying certain real property therein described to ROBERT M. WILSON, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register's Office of Davidson County, Tennessee recorded July 6, 2009, at Instrument Number 20090706-0062452; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, Notice of the Right to Foreclose, if required pursuant to T.C.A.§ 35-5-117, was given in accordance with Tennessee law; and WHEREAS, the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC having been appointed as Substitute Trustee by instrument to be filed for record in the Register's Office of Davidson County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on April 25, 2013 at 11:00 AM at the DAVIDSON County courthouse door where the foreclosure sales are customarily held at the DAVIDSON Courthouse, located in Nashville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds ONLY, the following described property situated in Davidson County, Tennessee, to wit: A CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF1AND DAVIDSON COUNTY, SLATE OF TENNESSEE, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT: BUILDING 4-D, AS SHOWN ON PLAN OF VILLAS AT BELLE PARKE, PHASE I, A HORIZONTAL PROPERTY REGIME, OF RECORD IN INSTRUMENT NO. 20020913-0111601, AND AS DEFINED IN THE MASTER DEED OF RECORD IN INSTRUMENT NO. 20020911-0110959, AS AMENDED IN INSTRUMENT NO. 20021025-0130922, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, TO WHICH REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE COMPLETE AND ACCURATE LEGAL DESCRIPTION. Parcel ID: 162120B01100CO PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 1345 BELL RD UNIT 315, ANTIOCH, TN 37013. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): LUCINTA JOHNSON OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: VILLAS AT BELLE PARK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38103 www.rubinlublin.com/property-listings.php Tel: (877) 813-0992 Fax: (404) 601-5846 Ad #47176 2013-03-28 2013-04-04 2013-04-11

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE`S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated April 24, 2009, executed by FRANK ADAMS AKA FRANK E. ADAMS, GLENDA ADAMS, conveying certain real property therein described to JONATHAN BACH, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register's Office of Davidson County, Tennessee recorded May 8, 2009, at Instrument Number 20090508-0042416; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, Notice of the Right to Foreclose, if required pursuant to T.C.A.§ 35-5-117, was given in accordance with Tennessee law; and WHEREAS, the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC having been appointed as Substitute Trustee by instrument to be filed for record in the Register's Office of Davidson County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is

hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on May 2, 2013 at 11:00 AM at the DAVIDSON County courthouse door where the foreclosure sales are customarily held at the DAVIDSON Courthouse, located in Nashville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds ONLY, the following described property situated in Davidson County, Tennessee, to wit: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF DAVIDSON, SLATE OF TENNESSEE, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS TO WIT: LAND IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, BEING LOT NO. 50 ON THE PLAN OF SECTION II LARCHWOOD SUBDIVISION, AS OF RECORD IN BOOK 5200, PAGES 57, 58 & 59, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. **FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY** THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEING KNOWN AS 828 NORWALK DRIVE, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37214 BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO FRANK ADAMS FROM JOHNIE TROY WILSON, BY WARRANTY DEED DATED AUGUST 30, 2007, AND RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2007, AS DOCUMENT NO. 20070905-0106508, AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. BEING ALSO THE ME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO JOHNIE TROY WILSON FROM ELIZABETH MCALISTER SMITH AND RICHARD P. SMITH, BY WARRANTY DEED DATED SEPTEMBER 29, 2000 AND RECORDED ON OCTOBER 10, 2000 AS DOCUMENT NO. 20001010-0100601, AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. Parcel ID: 109 01 005 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 828 NORWALK DRIVE, NASHVILLE, TN 37214. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): FRANK ADAMS AKA FRANK E. ADAMS OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: GLENDA ADAMS The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38103 www.rubinlublin.com/property-listings.php Tel: (877) 813-0992 Fax: (404) 601-5846 Ad #47239 2013-03-28 2013-04-04 2013-04-11

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE`S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated August 4, 2006, executed by AMBERLY RITTENBERRY, conveying certain real property therein described to FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register's Office of Davidson County, Tennessee recorded August 28, 2006, at Instrument Number 20060828-0105913; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to Provident Funding Associates, L.P. who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, Notice of the Right to Foreclose, if required pursuant to T.C.A.§ 35-5-117, was given in accordance with Tennessee law; and WHEREAS, the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC having been appointed as Substitute Trustee by instrument to be filed for record in the Register's Office of Davidson County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on May 2, 2013 at 11:00 AM at the DAVIDSON County courthouse door where the foreclosure sales are customarily held at the DAVIDSON Courthouse, located in Nashville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds ONLY, the following described property situated in Davidson County, Tennessee, to wit: LAND IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, BEING LOT NO. 69 ON THE PLAN OF "LOCKELAND", A SUBDIVISION OF CHADWELL HOME PLACE, AS OF RECORD IN BOOK 57, PAGE 135, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR SAID COUNTY, TENNESSEE. SAID LOT NO. 69 FRONTS 50 FEET ON THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF FORREST AVENUE, FORMERLY MORROW STREET, AND RUNS BACK BETWEEN PARALLEL LINES 170 FEET TO AN ALLEY. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO KARIN BALSLEY AND AMBERLY RITTENBERRY, AS TENANTS IN COMMON, BY DEED OF RECORD IN INSTRUMENT NO. 20041213-0147561, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. AND FURTHER BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO AMBERLY RITTENBERRY, UNMARRIED, BY DEED OF RECORD IN INSTRUMENT NO. 20060828-0105912, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE Parcel ID: 83-10/287.00 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 1804 FORREST AVENUE, NASHVILLE, TN 37206. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): KARIN BALSLEY, AMBERLY RITTENBERRY OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: TRADERS NATIONAL BANK OF TULLAHOMA, TENNESSEE The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 3740 Davinci Court, Suite 150 Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 www.rubinlublin.com/property-listings.php Tel: (877) 813-0992 Fax: (404) 601-5846 Ad #47726 2013-04-04 2013-04-11 2013-04-18

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE`S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated June 6, 2006, executed by EDWIN THOMPSON, NECO SHARNTA THOMPSON, conveying certain real property therein described to Sandra F. Jones, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register's Office of Davidson County, Tennessee recorded June 8, 2006, at Instrument Number 20060608-0068192; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2006-FF13, MORTGAGE PASS- THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-FF13 who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, Notice of the Right to Foreclose, if required pursuant to T.C.A.§ 35-5-117, was given in accordance with Tennessee law; and WHEREAS, the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC having been appointed as Substitute Trustee by instrument to be filed for record in the Register's Office of Davidson County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on May 2, 2013 at 11:00 AM at the DAVIDSON County courthouse door where the foreclosure sales are customarily held at the DAVIDSON Courthouse, located in Nashville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds ONLY, the following described property situated in Davidson County, Tennessee, to wit: LAND IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, BEING LOT NO. 375 ON THE PLAN OF SECTION 3, HAYNES MANOR, OF RECORD IN BOOK 4175, PAGE 11, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. SAID LOT NO. 375 FRONTS 74.00 FEET ON THE SOUTHERLY MARGIN OF AUGUSTA DRIVE AND EXTENDS BACK 117.1 FEET PASSING A WITNESS LINE AT 87. 1 FEET ON THE EASTERLY LINE AND 119.3 FEET PASSING A WITNESS LINE AT 89.1 FEET ON THE WESTERLY L I NE TO A DEAD LINE IN THE REAR, MEASURING 93.09 FEET THEREON. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO THE GRANTORS DEED WHICH IS BEING PLACED OF RECORD BY INSTRUMENT NO. 200606080068191 IN THE REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN. Parcel ID: 059100153.00 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 3832 AUGUSTA DR, NASHVILLE, TN 37207. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): EDWIN THOMPSON OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLDERS OF THE FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2006-FFA, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-FFA NECO SHARNTA THOMPSON The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38103 www.rubinlublin.com/property-listings.php Tel: (877) 813-0992 Fax: (404) 601-5846 Ad #47744 2013-04-11 2013-04-18 2013-04-25

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE`S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated November 10, 2006, executed by James Willeby and Tana Willeby, conveying certain real property therein described to Park Place Title, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register's Office of Davidson County, Tennessee recorded November 16, 2006, in Deed Book XXX, Page XXXat Instrument Number 20061116-0142357; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to U.S. Bank National Association, As Trustee, On Behalf Of The Holders Of The Home Equity Asset Trust 2007-2 Home Equity Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-2 who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, Notice of the Right to Foreclose, if required pursuant to T.C.A.§ 35-5-117, was given in accordance with Tennessee law; and WHEREAS, the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC having been appointed as Substitute Trustee by instrument to be filed for record in the Register's Office of Davidson County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on May 2, 2013 at 11:00 AM at the DAVIDSON County courthouse door where the foreclosure sales are customarily held at the DAVIDSON Courthouse, located in Nashville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds ONLY, the following described property situated in Davidson County, Tennessee, to wit: TRACT II LAND IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, BEING THE NORTHERLY 1/2 OF LOT NO. 12 ON THE PLAT OF THE RE-SUBDIVISION OF WESTOVER SUBDIVISION OF LOT NO. 37, COCKRILL PLAN AS OF RECORD IN BOOK 421, PAGE 25, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR SAID COUNTY. SAID PART OF LOT NO. 12 FRONTS 50 FEET ON THE EASTERLY SIDE OF VERNON AVENUE AND EXTENDS BACK BETWEEN PARALLEL LINES 175 FEET TO A DEED LINE. THIS CONVEYANCE IS MADE SUBJECT TO ALL MATTERS APPEARING ON THE PLAT OF RECORD IN PLAT BOOK 421, PAGE 25; AND ANY RESTRICTIONS, EASTMENTS OR SETBACK LINES ANCILLARY THERETO, SAID REGISTER`S OFFICE. Parcel ID: 91.05-247.00 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 632 Vernon Avenue, Nashville, TN 37209. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): James Willeby, Tana Willeby a/k/a Tana M. Willeby OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38103 www.rubinlublin.com/property-listings.php Tel: (877) 813-0992 Fax: (404) 601-5846 Ad #47761 2013-04-04 2013-04-11 2013-04-18

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE`S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated March 20, 2006, executed by TINA S. ROSE, conveying certain real property therein described to REALTY TITLE & ESCROW COMPANY, INC, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register's Office of Davidson County, Tennessee recorded March 23, 2006, at Instrument Number 20060323-0033467; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR HOLDERS OF THE FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2006-FF9, MORTGAGE PASS- THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-FF9 who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, Notice of the Right to Foreclose, if required pursuant to T.C.A.§ 35-5-117, was given in accordance with Tennessee law; and WHEREAS, the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC having been appointed as Substitute Trustee by instrument to be filed for record in the Register's Office of Davidson County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on May 2, 2013 at 11:00 AM at the DAVIDSON County courthouse door where the foreclosure sales are customarily held at the DAVIDSON Courthouse, located in Nashville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds ONLY, the following described property situated in Davidson County, Tennessee, to wit: LAND IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, BEING LOT NO. 28A, ON THE PLAN OF ZONE LOT DIVISION OF LOTS 23,27,28 & 48 HUNTERS POINT SUBDIVISION, OF RECORD IN BOOK 5200, PAGE 736, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR SAID COUNTY, TO WHICH PLAN REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION. SAID LOT NUMBER 28A FRONTS 43.21 FEET ON THE WESTERLY MARGIN OF HUNTER`S POINT LANE AND EXTENDS BACK 176.56 FEET ON THE SOUTHERLY LINE AND 175.42 FEET ON THE NORTHERLY LINE WHICH IS A BROKEN LINE TO A DEAD LINE IN THE REAR, MEASURING 43.51 FEET THEREON. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO BRIAN JEFFREY GILBERT AND WIFE, TRISHA ANNE GILBERT BY DEED FROM ROGER J. MAYNARD AND WIFE, MARY J. MAYNARD, DATED 9-26-97, OF RECORD IN BOOK 10625, PAGE 312, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. FURTHER BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO DONALDSON, LUFKIN AND JENRETTE MORTGAGE CAPITAL, INC. BY TRUSTEE`S DEED FROM CHRISTOPHER L. PALMER, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE, DATED 11-24-04, OF RECORD IN INSTRUMENT NO. 20041214-0148148, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. FURTHERMORE BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO HOMECOMINGS FINANCIAL NETWORK, INC. BY DEED FROM DLJ MORTGAGE CAPITAL, INC., DATED 7-11-05, OF RECORD IN INSTRUMENT NO. 20050824-0101259, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. SUBJECT TO ALL EASEM ENTS, RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS AND CONDITIONS, AND OTHER MATTERS OF RECORD, INCLUDING ALL ITEMS SET OUT ON ANY APPLICABLE PLAT OF RECORD. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO GRANTOR(S) HEREIN BY DEED DATED 3/17/06, OF RECORD IN INSTRUMENT #200603230033466 REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR SAID COUNTY. Parcel ID: 98-5/127.00 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 5162 HUNTERS POINT LANE, HERMITAGE, TN 37076. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): TINA S. ROSE OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: METRO CODES DEPARTMENT, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., acting solely as nominee for NATIONPOINT A DIVISION OF NAT. CITY BANK OF IN, Select Portfolio Servicing Inc. The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38103 www.rubinlublin.com/property-listings.php Tel: (877) 813-0992 Fax: (404) 601-5846 Ad #47770 2013-04-11 2013-04-18 2013-04-25

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE`S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated April 6, 2009, executed by JENNIFER KREUSCH, conveying certain real property therein described to Matt B. Murfree, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register's Office of Davidson County, Tennessee recorded April 16, 2009, at Instrument Number 200904160034500; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, Notice of the Right to Foreclose, if required pursuant to T.C.A.§ 35-5-117, was given in accordance with Tennessee law; and WHEREAS, the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC having been appointed as Substitute Trustee by instrument to be filed for record in the Register's Office of Davidson County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on May 2, 2013 at 11:00 AM at the DAVIDSON County courthouse door where the foreclosure sales are customarily held at the DAVIDSON Courthouse, located in Nashville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds ONLY, the following described property situated in Davidson County, Tennessee, to wit: LAND IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE BEING LOT NO 131 ON THE PLAN OF LAKE TOWN PARK, SECTION SEVEN, OF RECORD IN PLAT BOOK 7900, PAGE 402, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, TO WHICH PLAT REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO JENNIFER KREUSCH, UNMARRIED, FROM TAMIKA LASHALLE TYUS AND HUSBAND, TONYE DEVOYNE TYUS, BY DEED DATED NOVEMBER 29,2006, OF RECORD IN INSTRUMENT NO. 20061213-0153716 IN THE RECORDS FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN. Parcel ID: 150110333.00 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 3516 LAKE TOWNE DRIVE, Antioch, TN 37013. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): JENNIFER KREUSCH OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: Capital One Bank (USA) NA, Department of Housing and Urban Development/Secretary of Housing and Urban Development The

sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38103 www.rubinlublin.com/property-listings.php Tel: (877) 813-0992 Fax: (404) 601-5846 Ad #47777 2013-04-11 2013-04-18 2013-04-25

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE`S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated October 31, 2006, executed by KARETA THOMAS, THOMAS C. WHEELER, conveying certain real property therein described to MIDDLE TENNESSEE ESCROW COMPANY, LLC, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register's Office of Davidson County, Tennessee recorded November 3, 2006, at Instrument Number 20061103-0136762; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWABS, INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-25 who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, Notice of the Right to Foreclose, if required pursuant to T.C.A.§ 35-5-117, was given in accordance with Tennessee law; and WHEREAS, the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC having been appointed as Substitute Trustee by instrument to be filed for record in the Register's Office of Davidson County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on May 2, 2013 at 11:00 AM at the DAVIDSON County courthouse door where the foreclosure sales are customarily held at the DAVIDSON Courthouse, located in Nashville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds ONLY, the following described property situated in Davidson County, Tennessee, to wit: LAND IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, BEING LOT NO. 116 ON THE PLAN OF SECTION 10-A, CHERRY HILLS OF RECORD IN PLAT BOOK 4860, PAGE 97, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR SAID COUNTY, TENNESSEE, TO WHICH REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION. SAID LOT NO. 116 FRONTS 68.49 FEET ON THE WESTERLY MARGIN OF CEDARCROFT COURT AND EXTENDS BACK 140.33 FEET ON THE NORTHERLY LINE 120.0 FEET ON THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE TO A DEAD LINE IN THE REAR, MEASURING 103.58 FEET THEREON. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO THE GRANTORS HEREIN BY INSTRUMENT OF EVEN DATE AND FILED OF RECORD AT 200611030136761, SAID REGISTER`S OFFICE. Parcel ID: 150-10-0-009.00 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 117 CEDARCROFT COURT, ANTIOCH, TN 37013. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): KARETA THOMAS, THOMAS C. WHEELER OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38103 www.rubinlublin.com/property-listings.php Tel: (877) 813-0992 Fax: (404) 601-5846 Ad #47812 2013-04-04 2013-04-11 2013-04-18

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE`S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated September 8, 2006, executed by TWILA PETTIS AKA TWILA PETTTIS, conveying certain real property therein described to FIRST NATIONAL FINANCIAL TITLE SERVICES, INC., as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register's Office of Davidson County, Tennessee recorded September 12, 2006, at Instrument Number 20060912-0112732; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK,AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS, INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-20 who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, Notice of the Right to Foreclose, if required pursuant to T.C.A.§ 35-5-117, was given in accordance with Tennessee law; and WHEREAS, the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC having been appointed as Substitute Trustee by instrument to be filed for record in the Register's Office of Davidson County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on May 2, 2013 at 11:00 AM at the DAVIDSON County courthouse door where the foreclosure sales are customarily held at the DAVIDSON Courthouse, located in Nashville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds ONLY, the following described property situated in Davidson County, Tennessee, to wit: A CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, STATE OF TENNESSEE, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT: LAND IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, BEING LOT NO. 8 ON THE MAP OF SECTION ONE WOODYCREST, AS OF RECORD IN BOOK 1835, PAGE 25, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR SAID COUNTY. SAID LOT NO. 8 FRONTS 70 FEET ON THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF HUTTON DRIVE AND RUNS BACK BETWEEN PARALLEL LINES 180 FEET TO A DEAD LINE. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO TWILA PETTIS, UNMARRIED BY WARRANTY DEED FROM MARK CARTWRIGHT, MARRIED, DATED , RECORDED, IN BOOK 200609120112731, PAGE , DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. Parcel ID: 106-9/32.00 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 1912 HUTTON DRIVE, NASHVILLE, TN 37210. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): TWILA PETTIS AKA TWILA PETTTIS OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38103 www.rubinlublin.com/property-listings.php Tel: (877) 813-0992 Fax: (404) 601-5846 Ad #47820 2013-04-04 2013-04-11 2013-04-18

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S SALE TENNESSEE, HAMILTON COUNTY DEFAULT having been made in the terms, conditions and payments provided in certain Deed of Trust executed by Brian K. Miller and Susan E. Miller to Title Guaranty & Trust Company, Trustee dated October 9, 2009 in the amount of $201,530.00, and recorded in the Register's Office of Hamilton County, Tennessee in Deed Book GI 9035, Page 776-795, ("Deed of Trust"); and, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust having been last transferred to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association by assignment; and, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as the current holder of said Deed of Trust (the "Holder"), has appointed as Substitute Trustee the undersigned, , any of whom may act, by instrument filed for record in the Register's Office of Hamilton County, Tennessee with all the rights, powers and privileges of the original Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; therefore, NOTICE is hereby given that the entire amount of said indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the Holder, and the undersigned as Substitute Trustee, or a duly appointed attorney or agents by virtue of the power and authority vested by the Appointment of Substitute Trustee, will on Thursday, April 25, 2013 commencing at 11:30am at the Walnut Street side of the Courthouse steps, Hamilton County Courthouse, Chattanooga, Tennessee; sell to the highest bidder for cash, immediately at the close of sale, the following property to-wit: In the Second Civil District of Hamilton County, Tennessee: Lot Twenty-Six (26), Georgetown Landing, Planned Unit Development, as shown by plat of record in Plat Book 83, Pages 16 and 17, in the Registers Office of Hamilton County, Tennessee. Together with all benefits, rights, privileges, easements and subject to the burdens, covenants, restrictions, by laws, rules, regulations, and easements all as set forth in Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions for Georgetown Landing Subdivision and Bylaws for Georgetown Landing Homeowners Association recorded in Book 8026, 3, as amended in Book 8545, Page 362, as amended in Book 8647, Page 884, as affected by document recorded in Book 8700, Page 61, in the Registers Office of Hamilton County, Tennessee, and recorded plat. For prior title, see Warranty Deed from A.L. James Construction and Development, LLC, organized and existing under the Tennessee Limited Liability Company Act, to Stuart J. Cohen and wife, Shirley J. Cohen, dated August 21, 2006 and recorded in Book 8058, Page 340, in the Registers Office of Hamilton County, Tennessee. This conveyance made subject to the following: Restrictions, easements, lien of assessments and all other terms and provisions as set out in Declaration of Covenants and

Restrictions for Georgetown Landing Subdivision and Bylaws for Georgetown Landing Homeowners Association recorded in Book 8026, Page 233, as amended in Book 8545, Page 362, as amended in Book 8647, Page 884, as affected by document recorded in Book 8700, Page 61, in the Registers Office of Hamilton County, Tennessee, but omitting any covenant or restriction based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin unless and only to the extent that said covenant (a) is exempt under Chapter 42, Section 3607, of the United States Code or (b) relates to handicap but does not discriminate against handicapped persons. Restrictions, covenants, easements, reservations, etc., as are contained and set forth in Deed Book 1011, Page 121, in the Registers Office of Hamilton County, Tennessee, and as set out in Notes on recorded plat, but omitting any covenant or restriction based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin unless and only to the extent that said covenant (a) is exempt under Chapter 42, Section 3607, of the United States Code or (b) relates to handicap but does not discriminate against handicapped persons. Building setback requirements as shown, described or noted on recorded plat. All notes as set out in legend on recorded plat. Conditions and easements contained in document of record in Book 2116, Page 186, in the Registers Office of Hamilton County, Tennessee. Any governmental zoning and subdivision ordinances in effect thereon. All notes, stipulations, restrictions, easements, conditions, and regulations as shown, described or noted on recorded plat. Parcel Id No.: 104G A 026 Map & Parcel No.: 104G A 026 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 8459 Lexie Lane, Ooltewah, Tennessee 37363 CURRENT OWNER(S): Brian K. Miller and Susan E. Miller SUBORDINATE LIENHOLDERS: Georgetown Landing Homeowners Association OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: N/A All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, however, the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The sale will be held subject to any unpaid taxes, assessments, rights-of-way, easements, protective covenants or restrictions, liens, and other superior matters of record which may affect said property; as well as any prior liens or encumbrances as well as priority created by a fixture filing; and/or any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. If the U.S. Department of Treasury/IRS, the State of Tennessee Department of Revenue, or the State of Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development are listed as Interested Parties in the advertisement, then the Notice of this foreclosure is being given to them and the sale will be subject to the applicable governmental entities` right to redeem the property, as required by 26 U.S.C s 7425 and T.C.A. s 67-1-1433. The sale will be conducted subject (1) to confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and (2) to final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the holder of the Deed of Trust. The notice requirements of T.C.A. s35-5-117 were satisfied prior to the first publication of the Notice of Substitute Trustee`s Sale. Substitute Trustee reserves the right to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. MCC TN, LCC 3525 Piedmont Road NE, Six Piedmont Center, Suite 700 Atlanta, GA 30305 (404) 373-1612 www.mccurdycandler.com File No. 13-01545 /CONV Ad Run Dates: 4/4/2013, 4/11/2013, and 4/18/2013 THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Ad #47826 2013-04-04 2013-04-11 2013-04-18

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE`S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated October 14, 2005, executed by MATTIE DIXON, conveying certain real property therein described to ROBERT M. WILSON, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register's Office of Davidson County, Tennessee recorded October 28, 2005, at Instrument Number 20051028-0130543; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK,AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-14 who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, Notice of the Right to Foreclose, if required pursuant to T.C.A.§ 35-5-117, was given in accordance with Tennessee law; and WHEREAS, the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC having been appointed as Substitute Trustee by instrument to be filed for record in the Register's Office of Davidson County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on May 2, 2013 at 11:00 AM at the DAVIDSON County courthouse door where the foreclosure sales are customarily held at the DAVIDSON Courthouse, located in Nashville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds ONLY, the following described property situated in Davidson County, Tennessee, to wit: PROPERTY LOCATED AT: 3712 LAKERIDGE PASS, DAVIDSON COUNTY, NASHVILLE, TN 37214 AND: LAND IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, BEING LOT NO. 66, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP ENTITLED PHASE ONE, LAKERIDGE, OF RECORD IN PLAT BOOK 7900, PAGE 962, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, TO WHICH PLAN REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE COMPLETE AND ACCURATE LEGAL DESCRIPTION. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO MATTIE DIXON ON 10-03-03, BY DEED FROM JOSEPH W. WALKER AND WIFE, DIANE G. WALKER, FILED FOR RECORD ON 10-08-03, IN INSTRUMENT NO, 200310080149509, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. Parcel ID: 109010A01700CO PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 3712 LAKERIDGE PASS, NASHVILLE, TN 37214. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): MATTIE DIXON OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS OF TENNESSEE, INC., LAKE RIDGE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., LAKERIDGE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. C/O THE LAW OFFICE OF HALL & SITLER The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38103 www.rubinlublin.com/property-listings.php Tel: (877) 813-0992 Fax: (404) 601-5846 Ad #47836 2013-04-11 2013-04-18 2013-04-25

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE`S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated October 30, 2009, executed by MELODY A FLEMINGS, conveying certain real property therein described to CHARLES PATRICK FLYNN, as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register's Office of Davidson County, Tennessee recorded November 2, 2009, at Instrument Number 20091102-0100771; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, Notice of the Right to Foreclose, if required pursuant to T.C.A.§ 35-5-117, was given in accordance with Tennessee law; and WHEREAS, the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC having been appointed as Substitute Trustee by instrument to be filed for record in the Register's Office of Davidson County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on May 2, 2013 at 11:00 AM at the DAVIDSON County courthouse door where the foreclosure sales are customarily held at the DAVIDSON Courthouse, located in Nashville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds ONLY, the following described property situated in Davidson County, Tennessee, to wit: A CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LOCATED IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS TO-WIT: BEING LOT NO. 240, HICKORY HIGHLAND PLACE, SECTION 3, PHASE 1A, OF RECORD IN INSTRUMENT NUMBER 20031014-0151914, WHICH VOIDS AND VACATES PLAT OF RECORD IN INSTRUMENT NUMBER 20030904-0128439, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, TO WHICH PLAT REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE COMPLETE AND ACCURATE LEGAL DESCRIPTION. THIS CONVEYANCE IS MADE SUBJECT TO ANY AND ALL ZONING REGULATIONS, BUILDING RESTRICTIONS, SETBACK LINES, IF ANY, EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES APPLICABLE TO THIS PROPERTY. TAXES FOR THE CURRENT YEAR HAVE BEEN PRORATED AND ARE ASSUMED BY THE GRANTEE(S) HEREIN. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO MELODY A. FLEMING, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN FROM ANNIE D. GRAVES, UNMARRIED BY WARRANTY DEED BEING RECORDED SIMULTANEOUSLY HEREWITH IN INSTRUMENT NUMBER 20091102-0100770, IN THE REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. Parcel ID: 163 020 A 038 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 4924 ELLEN WAY, ANTIOCH, TN 37013. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): MELODY A FLEMINGS OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: TENNESSEE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AGENCY The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38103 www.rubinlublin.com/property-listings.php Tel: (877) 813-0992 Fax: (404) 601-5846 Ad #48007 2013-04-11 2013-04-18 2013-04-25

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE`S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated September 18, 2007, executed by PATRICIA CASHON AKA PATRICIA C. PUGH, conveying certain real property therein described to SOUTHEAST TITLE , as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register's Office of Davidson County, Tennessee recorded September 27, 2007, at Instrument Number 20070927-0115059; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, Notice of the Right to Foreclose, if required pursuant to T.C.A. § 35-5-117, was given in accordance with Tennessee law; and WHEREAS, the undersigned,Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, having been appointed as Substitute Trustee by instrument to be filed for record in the Register's Office of Davidson County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on May 9, 2013 at 11:00 AM at the Front Entrance of the Historic Courthouse located at 1 Public Square , located in Nashville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds ONLY, the following described property situated in Davidson County, Tennessee, to wit: PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS 130 PARK CIRCLE, OLD HICKORY, TN 37138, DAVIDSON COUNTY. BEING LOTS 19, 20 AND 21 IN BLOCK "A" ON A MAP ENTITLED SUBDIVISION MAP 13 OF THE LIFE & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY PROPERTY AT OLD HICKORY, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, OF RECORD IN PLAT BOOK 974, PAGE 11, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, TO WHICH PLAN REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE COMPLETE AND ACCURATE LEGAL DESCRIPTION. BEING SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO PATRICIA C. PUGH, BY DEED FROM DAVID R. PUGH, DATED 4/29/97 AND FILED OF RECORD IN BOOK 10439; PAGE 534, SAID REGISTER`S OFFICE. PATRICIA C PUGH AND PATRICIA CASHON ARE ONE AND THE SAME PERSON. Parcel ID: 05311001400 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 130 PARK CIRCLE, OLD HICKORY, TN 37138. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): PATRICIA CASHON AKA PATRICIA C. PUGH OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: The Bank of Nashville The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38103 www.rubinlublin.com/property-listings.php Tel: (877) 813-0992 Fax: (404) 601-5846 Ad #48222 2013-04-11 2013-04-18 2013-04-25

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE`S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated May 14, 2003, executed by DEMETRICE HARRIS, conveying certain real property therein described to ARCHER LAND TITLE , as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register's Office of Davidson County, Tennessee recorded June 5, 2003, at Instrument Number 20030605-0077826; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was last transferred and assigned to THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWABS, INC., ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2003-BC5 who is now the owner of said debt; and WHEREAS, Notice of the Right to Foreclose, if required pursuant to T.C.A. § 35-5-117, was given in accordance with Tennessee law; and WHEREAS, the undersigned,Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, having been appointed as Substitute Trustee by instrument to be filed for record in the Register's Office of Davidson County, Tennessee. NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable, and that the undersigned, Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, as Substitute Trustee or his duly appointed agent, by virtue of the power, duty and authority vested and imposed upon said Substitute Trustee will, on May 9, 2013 at 11:00 AM at the Front Entrance of the Historic Courthouse located at 1 Public Square , located in Nashville, Tennessee, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash or certified funds ONLY, the following described property situated in Davidson County, Tennessee, to wit: A CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LAND IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, BEING LOT NO. 65 ON THE PLAN OF HAYNES PARK SUBDIVISION, SECTION 3, AS OF RECORD IN BOOK 4460, PAGE 185, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR SAID COUNTY, TO WHICH PLAN REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE COMPLETE LEGAL DESCRIPTION. SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD IN BOOK 4707, PAGE 766, SAID REGISTER`S OFFICE SUBJECT TO ANY AND ALL EXISTING EASEMENTS OF RECORD. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO DEMETRICE HARRIS, BY DEED FROM BUDDY GILES, UNMARRIED, DATED 01-26-1996, RECORDED 01-30-1996, OF RECORD IN BOOK 9931, PAGE 600, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. PROPERTY ADDRESS: (FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES) 205 HAYNES PARK DRIVE NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37218 Parcel ID: 058-16-0-057.00 PROPERTY ADDRESS: The street address of the property is believed to be 205 HAYNES PARK DRIVE, NASHVILLE, TN 37218. In the event of any discrepancy between this street address and the legal description of the property, the legal description shall control. CURRENT OWNER(S): DEMETRICE HARRIS OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: The sale of the above-described property shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. This property is being sold with the express reservation that it is subject to confirmation by the lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The Property is sold as is, where is, without representations or warranties of any kind, including fitness for a particular use or purpose. THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rubin Lublin TN, PLLC, Substitute Trustee 119 S. Main Street, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38103 www.rubinlublin.com/property-listings.php Tel: (877) 813-0992 Fax: (404) 601-5846 Ad #48228 2013-04-11 2013-04-18 2013-04-25

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S SALE TENNESSEE, HAMILTON COUNTY DEFAULT having been made in the terms, conditions and payments provided in certain Deed of Trust executed by Marmon Milita and Regina Milita to Superior Title Company, Inc., Trustee dated February 13, 2006 in the amount of $225,600.00, and recorded in the Register's Office of Hamilton County, Tennessee in Deed Book GI 7847, Page 191-210, ("Deed of Trust"); and, the beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust having been last transferred to HSBC Bank USA, National Association as Trustee for Luminent Mortgage Trust 2006-3, Mortgage Loan Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-3 by assignment; and, HSBC Bank USA, National Association as Trustee for Luminent Mortgage Trust 2006-3, Mortgage Loan Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-3, as the current holder of said Deed of Trust (the "Holder"), has appointed as Substitute Trustee the undersigned, , any of whom may act, by instrument filed for record in the Register's Office of Hamilton County, Tennessee with all the rights, powers and privileges of the original Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; therefore, NOTICE is hereby given that the entire amount of said indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the Holder, and the undersigned as Substitute Trustee, or a duly appointed attorney or agents by virtue of the power and authority vested by the Appointment of Substitute Trustee, will on Thursday, May 9, 2013 commencing at 11:30am at the Walnut Street side of the Courthouse steps, Hamilton County Courthouse, Chattanooga, Tennessee; sell to the highest bidder for cash, immediately at the close of sale, the following property to-wit: Being Lot No. 37, Bentwood Cove Subdivision, Phase 1, as shown by plat of record in Plat Book 69, Page 27, in the Registers Office of Hamilton County, Tennessee. Property Commonly Known As 3718 Bentwood Cove Drive, Apison, TN 37302 Being all of the same property conveyed to Marmon Michael Milita and wife, Regina Kay Milita by Warranty Deed from P.C. Cory Construction Corporation, a Tennessee Corporation, executed January 28, 2004 and filed of record in Book 7018, Page 756, Registers Office for Hamilton County, Tennessee. Also being the same property conveyed to P.C. Cory Construction Corporation, A Tennessee Corporation by Warranty Deed from Fred L. Edgmon, Inc., a Tennessee Corporation, executed March 19, 2003 and filed of record in Book 6591, Page 902, said Registers Office. Parcel ID No.: 173A-B-037 Map & Parcel No.: 173A-B-037 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 3718 Bentwood Cove Drive, Apison, Tennessee 37302 CURRENT OWNER(S): Marmon Michael Milta and Regina K. Milta SUBORDINATE LEINHOLDERS: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. f/k/a WAMU OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: N/A All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, however, the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. The sale will be held subject to any unpaid taxes, assessments, rights-of-way, easements, protective covenants or restrictions, liens, and other superior matters of record which may affect said property; as well as any prior liens or encumbrances as well as priority created by a fixture filing; and/or any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. If the U.S. Department of Treasury/IRS, the State of Tennessee Department of Revenue, or the State of Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development are listed as Interested Parties in the advertisement, then the Notice of this foreclosure is being given to them and the sale will be subject to the applicable governmental entities` right to redeem the property, as required by 26 U.S.C § 7425 and T.C.A. § 67-1-1433. The sale will be conducted subject (1) to confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and (2) to final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the holder of the Deed of Trust. The notice requirements of T.C.A. §35-5-117 were satisfied prior to the first publication of the Notice of Substitute Trustee`s Sale. Substitute Trustee reserves the right to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above. MCC TN, LCC 3525 Piedmont Road NE, Six Piedmont Center, Suite 700 Atlanta, GA 30305 (404) 373-1612 www.mccurdycandler.com File No. 13-01820 /CONV Ad Run Dates: 4/11/2013, 4/18/2013, and 4/25/2013 THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.Ad #48300 2013-04-11 2013-04-18 2013-04-25


REQUEST FOR PROPOSALSTHE METROPOLITAN NASHVILLE AIRPORT AUTHORITY (MNAA) is requesting Proposals from interested firms to operate an “Airport Ground Transportation Shuttle Service Concession” at the Nashville International Airport, Nashville, Tennessee. The concession provides for the offering of fixed-schedule/fixed-route and prearranged charter services for the pickup and drop-off of passengers at designated curb-side loading zones at the Airport.A Pre-Proposal Meeting will be held at 1:00 p.m. Central Time in the Authority’s Board Room on Monday, April 29, 2013. Attendance at the Pre-Proposal Meeting is mandatory for Proposers.It is the Authorities policy to promote, encourage and provide maximum opportunities for disadvantaged business enterprises (DBEs) and airport concession disadvantaged business enterprises (ACDBEs) to participate in the Authorities business opportunities. Based on the availability of ACDBE firms and the policies stated in the Authorities ACDBE program, The Authority expects to achieve a goal of 8.45% participation in this Airport Ground Transportation Shuttle Service Concession opportunity. Proposers are therefore, encouraged to meet the ACDBE goal of 8.45% by utilizing ACDBE’s in the work of a contract resulting from this solicitation, including providing goods and services. Further detail concerning this advertisement may be obtained on April 15, 2013 from the MNAA web site at the following address: www.flynashville.com/business/

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALSThe Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority is seeking proposals from interested firms qualified to provide comprehensive Mystery Shopper and Performance Management Consultant Services to evaluate and monitor airport concessions at the Nashville International Airport. Proposals must be submitted no later than 1:00 p.m. (CST) on May 21, 2013, to the attention of Ms. Nena Bowling, Specifications Writer, Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority, One Terminal Drive, Suite 501, Nashville, Tennessee 37214.It is the full intent and objective of the Authority to promote and foster a favorable climate, within our organization and surrounding community, which will provide maximum opportunities for small, minority, and women-owned business enterprises to participate in contracts, programs, and related business activities of the Authority. The level established for this RFP is Zero Percent (0.0%) SMWBE. Further detail concerning this advertisement may be obtained on April 15, 2013 from the MNAA web site at the following address: www.flynashville.com/business/

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID FOR DATA CENTER RELOCATION MNAA PROJECT NO. 1304PREQUALIFICATION REQUIRED: Prospective bidders must submit Experience and Qualifications Questionnaires no later than 5:00 p.m. (local time) on April 23, 2013. Only Qualified Bidder’s Bids will be accepted (see Invitation to Bid, Specification Section 00029 for details). ELECTRONIC BIDS, submitted through www.aerobidz.aero, (or SEALED NON-ELECTRONIC BIDS, if Bidder has written authorization from MNAA) for furnishing all materials, labor, tools and appurtenances for the Data Center Relocation project and other incidental items shall be received by the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority, in the Boardroom, 4th Floor, Terminal Building, Nashville International Airport, not later than 2:00 p.m. (local time), May 16, 2013. All bidders must be licensed contractors as required by the Contractor’s Licensing Act of 1994, T.C.A. § 62-6-101 et seq.A Pre-Bid Meeting will be conducted at 9:00 a.m. (local time), April 17, 2013, in the Nashville International Airport Board Room, 4th Floor, Terminal Building, Nashville, Tennessee. Attendance at this meeting is MANDATORY. A one-time tour of the project site will be conducted after the meeting. Copies of the Contract Documents (ITB, Bid Schedule, Attachments, etc.) will be available on April 8, 2013 and may be obtained electronically from www.aerobidz.aero, an online tendering service. The requestor shall pay the cost of the document printing.The Small Minority Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (SMWBE) participation level established for this project is Thirteen and Eighty-Seven Hundredths Percent (13.87%) (Nine and Fifty-One Hundredths Percent (9.51%) MBE & Four and Thirty-Six Hundredths Percent (4.36%) WBE). For information on eligible SMWBE firms, bidders should contact the Director, Business Diversity Development, (615) 275-1468, or visit www.flynashville.com/business/minority.aspx.Further detail concerning this bid may be obtained from the MNAA web site: www.flynashville.com/business/

NOTICE TO CONSULTANT RIGHT-OF-WAY UTILITY COORDINATION SERVICES FIRMS REGARDING A REQUEST FOR LETTERS OF INTEREST (RIGHT-OF-WAY DIVISION)April 14, 2013 The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, is seeking to retain the services of professional engineering firms for the performance of utility coordination services on a continuing contractual basis. The contract shall have a term of five years but “work orders” will only be issued during the first two years. The method of payment shall be lump sum.The services may include all or parts of the following: provide utility design, coordination, and inspection services in the areas of both distribution and transmission for electrical power, communications, gas/oil, water, and sewer/sanitary systems. These services would include but not be limited to: the preparation of utility relocation cost estimates; the review and analysis of submitted utility relocation estimates; maintaining data pertaining to average regional utility relocation and engineering costs; the preparation of the TDOT Utility plans for contract assembled from the utility submitted relocation plans; providing a review and analysis of utility relocation plans, estimates, work schedules and specifications submitted; providing utility coordination and/or inspection for utility relocations or utility installations; provide utility workshop/training support as necessary;and providing Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) design, if needed.

The consulting firm must be pre-qualified by submittal of Form DOT-0330 Part 1 and have it approved before being considered for a contract. The DOT-0330 Form and helpful information can be found at: www.tdot.state.tn.us/business.htmFirms may request consideration by submitting a letter of interest to: Mr. Jeff Hoge, Director, Right-of-Way Division, Suite 600, James K. Polk Building, 505 Deaderick Street, Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0337. (Phone 615.741.3196) All letters of interest must be received on or before 4:00 P.M. (Central Time), Tuesday, May 14, 2013. The letter of interest shall indicate the scope of services anticipated to be completed by any sub-consultants. The sub-consultant shall be one that is prequalified by TDOT to perform the specific tasks required. A pending prequalification status will be acceptable. Please note: New or updated prequalification forms must be received before deadline for Letters of Interest. Additional prequalification procedures, prequalification forms, current “Standard Procurement Policy for Engineering and Technical Services”, and additional information can be found at this internet address: www.tdot.state.tn.us/consultantinfo.htm. Interested consultants without internet access may obtain this information by contacting Ms. Chris Smotherman at (615) 741-4460 or [email protected] The Department will evaluate the current DT-0330 Part 1 Pre-Qualification Statements on file for those submitting letters of interest and choose several consultants who would make viable candidates from which to invite to submit DT-0330 Part 2 demonstrating understanding of the Scope of Work. The factors that will be considered in the Department’s evaluation process shall include but not be limited to: a. Ability and relevant expertise of the firm’s personnel to be used in performing the service.b. Past experience in the required disciplines (utilities) with TDOT and other clients;c. Project Manager’s experience relevant to the Scope of Work; d. Qualification and availability of staff;e. Demonstrated ability to meet schedules;f. Evaluations on prior performance on TDOT projects, or other state DOT’s for relevant projects, and;g. Amount of work under contract with TDOT.h. Past Experience in Subsurface Utility Engineering as prescribed in the American Society of Civil Engineers CI/ASCE 38-02 Standard Guideline for the Collection and Depiction of Existing Subsurface Utility Data.Evaluation proceedings will be conducted within the established guidelines regarding equal employment opportunity and nondiscriminatory action based upon the grounds of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, creed, age and disability. Interested certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) firms as well as other minority-owned and women-owned firms are encouraged to respond to all advertisements by TDOT. For more information on DBE certification, please contact the Civil Rights Office Small Business Development Program at (615)741-3681. Details and instructions for DBE certification can be found at the following website: http://www.tdot.state.tn.us/civil-rights/smallbusiness/ .John SchroerCommissioner

NOTICE: INVITATION TO BID The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority is seeking proposals from firms qualified to oversee the development, editing and production of a Vehicular Ramp Safety video at the Nashville International Airport. Proposals must be submitted no later than 2:00 p.m. (CST) on April 26, 2013, to the attention of Ms. Nena Bowling, Specifications Writer, Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority, One Terminal Drive, Suite 501, Nashville, Tennessee 37214.It is the full intent and objective of the Authority to promote and foster a favorable climate, within our organization and surrounding community, which will provide maximum opportunities for small, minority, and women-owned business enterprises to participate in contracts, programs, and related business activities of the Authority. The level established for this RFP is Eight Point Six Percent (8.6%) SMWBE.Request for Proposal documents will be available on the Business Opportunities page of http://www.flynashville.com.

NOTICE: INVITATION TO BID (ITB) Sealed proposals will be received by the City of Murfreesboro for Passenger Waiting Shelters for Various Rover Routes at the City of Murfreesboro , Office of the City Manager, located on the first floor of City Hall, Post Office Box 1139, 111 West Vine Street, Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37133-1139, any time prior to the hour of 3:00 P.M. CST Monday, April 22, 2013. Any proposal received thereafter will be considered unresponsive. The Passenger Waiting Shelters for Various Rover Routes will be funded by Federal Transit Administration American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Federal Transit USC 5307 Urbanized Area, State, and Local funds.Proposals must follow the Format and Instructions available from the City of Murfreesboro at http://www.murfreesborotn.gov. Any correspondence, questions, requests for ITB packets or further information are to be directed in writing only to the Director of Transportation, Mr. Dana L. Richardson, 111 West Vine Street, P.O. Box 1139, Murfreesboro, TN 37133. No oral or telephone responses will be considered by the City of Murfreesboro. The City will not accept bid responses submitted by fax or electronic mail. All bids shall be submitted in sealed envelopes with “Passenger Waiting Shelters for Various Rover Routes” on the outside of the envelope. By Inviting to Bid, The City of Murfreesboro shall not be under any obligation to award any contract or to pay any costs incurred in preparation of a proposal. The City of Murfreesboro reserves the right to waive any minor irregularities and/or informalities, to reject any or all proposals submitted, to re-advertise, to elect not to contract for the work, and/or to make contract awards in the best interest of the City of Murfreesboro.The proposer selected will be required to comply with all applicable Federal and State laws, regulations and certifications, and equal employment opportunity laws and regulations. The City of Murfreesboro, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended and 49 CFR Part 26, will afford

Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE’s) full opportunity to respond and will not discriminate against any interested firm or person on the basis of race, color, sex, age or national origin in the review of qualifications or contract award. The City of Murfreesboro is requiring a DBE goal of 3% participation on this project.

INVITATION TO BIDDERS FOR IMPROVE STORMWATER COLLECTION & TREATMENT SYSTEM MNAA PROJECT NO. 1301 ELECTRONIC BIDS, submitted through www.aerobidz.aero, (or SEALED NON-ELECTRONIC BIDS, if Bidder has written authorization from MNAA) for furnishing all materials, labor, tools and appurtenances for the construction for the IMPROVE STORMWATER COLLECTION & TREATMENT SYSTEM and other incidental items shall be received by the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority, in the Boardroom, 4th Floor, Terminal Building, Nashville International Airport, not later than 2:00 p.m. (local time), April 18, 2013. All bidders must be licensed contractors as required by the Contractor’s Licensing Act of 1994, T.C.A. § 62-6-101 et seq.A Pre-Bid Meeting will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. (local time), March 28, 2013, in the Nashville International Airport, Board Room, 4th Floor, Terminal Building, Nashville, Tennessee. Attendance at this meeting is not mandatory. A one-time tour of the project site will be conducted after the meeting. Copies of the Contract Documents (ITB, Bid Schedule, Attachments, etc.) will be available on March 18, 2013 and may be obtained electronically from www.aerobidz.aero, an online tendering service. The requestor shall pay the cost of the document printing.The Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) participation goal established for this project is NINE PERCENT (9%). For information on eligible DBE firms, bidders should contact the Director, Business Diversity Development, (615) 275-1468, or visit www.flynashville.com/business/minority.aspx.Further detail concerning this bid may be obtained from the MNAA web site: www.flynashville.com/business/

INVITATION TO BIDDERS FORTERMINAL DRIVE PAVEMENT REHABILITATIONELECTRONIC BIDS, submitted through www.aerobidz.aero, (or SEALED NON-ELECTRONIC BIDS, if Bidder has written authorization from MNAA) for furnishing all materials, labor, tools and appurtenances for the construction for the TERMINAL DRIVE PAVEMENT REHABILITATION and other incidental items shall be received by the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority, in the PDC Innovation Room, 4th Floor, Terminal Building, Nashville International Airport, not later than 2:00 p.m. (local time), April 23, 2013. All bidders must be licensed contractors as required by the Contractor’s Licensing Act of 1994, T.C.A. § 62-6-101 et seq.A Pre-Bid Meeting will be conducted at 9:00 a.m. (local time), April 8, 2013, in the Nashville International Airport, Board Room, 4th Floor, Terminal Building, Nashville, Tennessee. Attendance at this meeting is not mandatory. A one-time tour of the project site will be conducted after the meeting. Copies of the Contract Documents (ITB, Bid Schedule, Attachments, etc.) will be available on March 25, 2013 and may be obtained electronically from www.aerobidz.aero, an online tendering service. The requestor shall pay the cost of the document printing.The Small Minority Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (SMWBE) participation level established for this project is SEVEN AND FIVE TENTHS PERCENT (7.5%). For information on eligible SMWBE firms, bidders should contact the Director, Business Diversity Development, (615) 275-1468, or visit www.flynashville.com/business/minority.aspx.Further detail concerning this bid may be obtained from the MNAA web site: www.flynashville.com/business

NON-RESIDENT NOTICE4th CIRCUIT- Docket No. P7167276CHRISTAN RILEY vs. QUINTON JONES. In this cause it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the defendant is a non-resident of the State of Tennessee, therefore the ordinary process of law cannot be served upon QUINTON JONES it is ordered that said Defendant enter his appearance herein with thirty (30) days after April 28, 2013 same being the date of the last publication of this notice to be held at the Metropolitan Circuit Court located at 1 Public Square, Room 302, Nashville, Tennessee, and defend or default will be taken on April 30, 2013. *It is therefore ordered that a copy of this Order be published for four (4) weeks succession in the TENNESSEE TRIBUNE, a newspaper published in Nashville. G. AVERY MOTT, Attorney for Plaintiff. Richard R. Rooker, Clerk By Deputy Clerk C. Haefner Date: January 25, 2013. Publish Dates: April 4, 11, 18, 25, 2013

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALEDefault having been made in the terms, conditions and payment of the debts and obligations secured by a certain Deed of Trust dated 26 April 2006, executed by JEROME W. JOHNSON and ANGELA D. JOHNSON, to Brent S. Knight as Trustee for Beneficial Tennessee, Inc., of record in the Office of the Register of Montgomery County, Tennessee, in Volume 1098, Page 48, and Richard J. Myers having been appointed as Substitute Trustee in an instrument of record in the aforesaid Register’s office in Book 1494, Page 1224, and the owner of the debt secured by said Deed of Trust, Beneficial Tennessee, Inc., having required the undersigned to advertise and sell the property described therein conveyed, the entire indebtedness having been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust, the undersigned, RICHARD J. MYERS, will by virtue of the power and authority vested in him as Substitute Trustee, on THURSDAY, 18 APRIL 2013, commencing at TWELVE O’CLOCK NOON, in front of the Register of Deeds office at 350 Pageant Lane, Suite 101A, Clarksville, TN 37040, sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property in Montgomery County, Tennessee, to wit:THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE, TOGETHER WITH ANY AND ALL IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATED IN THE SEVENTH (7TH) CIVIL DISTRICT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TENNESSEE, AND BEING SHOWN AS MAP AND PARCEL NUMBER 81K-A-20 ON THE MAPS OF THE ASSESSOR OF PROPERTY FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TENNESSEE, TO-WIT: BEING LOT 10 ROOSEVELT RIDGE SUBDIVISION, AS SHOWN BY PLAT OF RECORD IN PLAT

CLASSIFIEDSBOOK 9, PAGE 84, IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TENNESSEE. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED FROM JOSEPH L. NALLEY AND SHERYL D. NALLEY (TENANCY NOT STATED) TO JEROME W. JOHNSON (SINGLE) BY DEED RECORDED 3/26/2004, IN BOOK V956, AT PAGE 2560, IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TENNESSEE. SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS OF RECORD IN OFFICIAL RECORD VOLUME 159, PAGE 470. TAX MAP OR PARCEL ID NO.: 081KA020.00Property Address: 131 Ledbetter Lane, Clarksville, TN 37043At the time of this publication, a search of the public records reveals no lien filed by the United States or the State of Tennessee which affects the above described property. The sale of the property described in said Deed of Trust shall be subject to any and all instrument of record, prior liens, encumbrances, deeds of trust, easements, restrictions, building lines, unpaid taxes, assessments, penalties and interest, if any. All right and equity of redemption, homestead, dower and all other exceptions are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the Substitute Trustee will convey and sell only as Substitute Trustee. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day or time certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time for the above.Richard J. Myers, Substitute TrusteeDate: March 25, 2013APPERSON CRUMP PLC6070 Poplar Avenue, Sixth FloorMemphis, Tennessee 38119-3954(901) 756-6300Publish: 28 March, 4, 11 April 2013

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALEDefault having been made in the terms, conditions and payment of the debts and obligations secured by a certain Deed of Trust dated 15 March 2005, executed by MARC E. CARMOSINO and LISA CARMOSINO, to Trace Robbins, as Trustee for Beneficial Tennessee, Inc., of record in the Office of the Register of Hamilton County, Tennessee, in Book GI 7466, Page 99, Instrument No. 2005032100079; and Richard J. Myers having been appointed as Substitute Trustee in an instrument of record in the aforesaid Register’s office in Book GI 9879, Page 873; Instrument No. 2013022500064; and the owner of the debt and obligations secured by said Deed of Trust, Beneficial Tennessee, Inc., having required the undersigned to advertise and sell the property described therein conveyed, the entire indebtedness having been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust, the undersigned, RICHARD J. MYERS, will by virtue of the power and authority vested in him as Substitute Trustee, on Thursday, 18 April 2013, commencing at TWELVE O’CLOCK NOON, at the west front door of the Hamilton County Courthouse, 625 Georgia Avenue, Chattanooga, Tennessee, sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property in Hamilton County, Tennessee, to wit:ALL THAT CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND IN HAMILTON COUNTY, STATE OF TENNESSEE, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT: IN THE THIRD CIVIL DISTRICT, HAMILTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE: LOT ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX (156), ROLLING HILLS SUBDIVISION, UNIT THREE (3), AS SHOWN ON PLAT OF RECORD IN PLAT BOOK 52, PAGE 11, IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE OF HAMILTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. SUBJECT TO FIFTEEN (15) FOOT POWER AND COMMUNICATION EASEMENT AS SHOWN ON RECORDED PLAT. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED FROM TRAVIS MANNING SMITH AND DEBORAH RENA STAIRS F/K/A DEBORAH RENA SMITH, HUSBAND AND WIFE TO MARC E. CARMOSINO AND LISA CARMOSINO, HUSBAND AND WIFE, BY DEED RECORDED 11/15/01 IN BOOK 6051, AT PAGE 651, IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE OF HAMILTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. TAX MAP OR PARCEL ID NO.: 0750 G 025.Property address: 2712 Windtop Lane, Soddy Daisy, TN 37379Interested Party: Southeast Local Development Corp.At the time of this publication, a search of the public records reveals no lien filed by the United States or the State of Tennessee which affects the above described property. The sale of the property described in said Deed of Trust shall be subject to any and all instrument of record, prior liens, encumbrances, deeds of trust, easements, restrictions, building lines, unpaid taxes, assessments, penalties and interest, if any. All right and equity of redemption, homestead, dower and all other exceptions are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the Substitute Trustee will convey and sell only as Substitute Trustee. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day or time certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time for the above.Richard J. Myers, Substitute Trustee Date: March 25, 2013APPERSON CRUMP PLC6070 Poplar Avenue, Sixth FloorMemphis, TN 38119(901) 756-6300Publish: 28 March, 4, 11 April 2013

NON-RESIDENT NOTICE4th CIRCUIT- Docket No. 13D789AKBAR NAZIROV vs. DINORA MUKHMADKULOVA. In this cause it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the defendant is a non-resident of the State of Tennessee, therefore the ordinary process of law cannot be served upon DINORA MUKHMADKULOVA it is ordered that said Defendant enter his appearance herein with thirty (30) days after April 18, 2013 same being the date of the last publication of this notice to be held at the Metropolitan Circuit Court located at 1 Public Square, Room 302, Nashville, Tennessee, and defend or default will be taken on May 20, 2013. *It is therefore ordered that a copy of this Order be published for four (4) weeks succession in the TENNESSEE TRIBUNE, a newspaper published in Nashville. G. AVERY MOTT, Attorney for Plaintiff. Richard R. Rooker, Clerk By Deputy Clerk C. Haefner Date: March 20, 2013. Publish Dates: April 4, 11, 18, 2013

NON-RESIDENT NOTICE4th CIRCUIT- Docket No. 12D3720STUART MARTIN LEVINE vs. GABORNE ERZSI MACSAI. In this cause it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the defendant is a non-resident of the State of Tennessee, therefore the ordinary process of law

cannot be served upon GABORNE ERZSI MACSAI it is ordered that said Defendant enter his appearance herein with thirty (30) days after April 18, 2013 same being the date of the last publication of this notice to be held at the Metropolitan Circuit Court located at 1 Public Square, Room 302, Nashville, Tennessee, and defend or default will be taken on May 20, 2013. *It is therefore ordered that a copy of this Order be published for four (4) weeks succession in the TENNESSEE TRIBUNE, a newspaper published in Nashville. ROBERT W. RUTHERFORD, Attorney for Plaintiff. Richard R. Rooker, Clerk By Deputy Clerk C. Haefner Date: March 20, 2013. Publish Dates: April 4, 11, 18, 2013

NOTICE TO CREDITORS 13P479ESTATE OF DAVID SPEAR, DECEASED. Notice is hereby given that on the 2nd day of April, 2013, Letters of Authority in respect to the estate of DAVID SPEAR who died February 21, 2013 were issued to the undersigned by the Seventh Circuit (Probate) Court of Davidson County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured, or un-matured, against the estate are required to file same with the clerk of the above name court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2), otherwise their claims will be forever barred: (1) (A) Four (4)months from the date of the first publication (or posting, as the case may be) of this notice if the creditor received an actual copy of the Notice to Creditors at least sixty(60) days before the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting); or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the Notice to Creditors, if the creditor received the copy of the Notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting) as described in (1) (A); or Twelve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death this 21st day of February, 2013 . Harriet Alexander Spear, 6512 Radcliff Drive, Nashville, TN 37221, Personal Representative. Prestwood, Alison Bennett, 414 Bridge Street, Franklin, TN 37064. Richard R. Rooker, Seventh Circuit Court, One Public Square, Room 303 Nashville, TN. 37201. Publish Dates: April 4, 2013 and April 11, 2013.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS 13P473ESTATE OF SALLYE S. PAQUETTE, DECEASED. Notice is hereby given that on the 2nd day of April, 2013, Letters of Authority in respect to the estate of SALLYE S. PAQUETTE who died November 18, 2012 were issued to the undersigned by the Seventh Circuit (Probate) Court of Davidson County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured, or un-matured, against the estate are required to file same with the clerk of the above name court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2), otherwise their claims will be forever barred: (1) (A) Four (4)months from the date of the first publication (or posting, as the case may be) of this notice if the creditor received an actual copy of the Notice to Creditors at least sixty(60) days before the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting); or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the Notice to Creditors, if the creditor received the copy of the Notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting) as described in (1) (A); or Twelve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death this 18th day of November, 2012 . Barbara S. Leeman, 3700 Old Greenbrier Pike, Apt. 2201, Springfield, TN 37172, Personal Representative. Temple, Gray Wayne, 4211 Gallatin Road, Nashville, TN 37216. Richard R. Rooker, Seventh Circuit Court, One Public Square, Room 303 Nashville, TN. 37201. Publish Dates: April 4, 2013 and April 11, 2013.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS 13P463ESTATE OF RUBY ALINE MCGINNIS, DECEASED. Notice is hereby given that on the 2nd day of April, 2013, Letters of Authority in respect to the estate of RUBY ALINE MCGINNIS who died April 17, 2012 were issued to the undersigned by the Seventh Circuit (Probate) Court of Davidson County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured, or un-matured, against the estate are required to file same with the clerk of the above name court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2), otherwise their claims will be forever barred: (1) (A) Four (4)months from the date of the first publication (or posting, as the case may be) of this notice if the creditor received an actual copy of the Notice to Creditors at least sixty(60) days before the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting); or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the Notice to Creditors, if the creditor received the copy of the Notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting) as described in (1) (A); or Twelve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death this 17th day of April, 2012 . Claude Mcginnis, 609 Albany Drive, Hermitage, TN 37076, Personal Representative. Rutherford, Robert Wesley, 1312 6th Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37208. Richard R. Rooker, Seventh Circuit Court, One Public Square, Room 303 Nashville, TN. 37201. Publish Dates: April 4, 2013 and April 11, 2013.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS 13P511ESTATE OF BRENDA KATHERINE WOODARD, DECEASED. Notice is hereby given that on the 9th day of April, 2013, Letters of Authority in respect to the estate of BRENDA KATHERINE WOODARD who died March 01, 2013 were issued to the undersigned by the Seventh Circuit (Probate) Court of Davidson County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured, or un-matured, against the estate are required to file same with the clerk of the above name court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2), otherwise their claims will be forever barred: (1) (A) Four (4)months from the date of the first publication (or posting, as the case may be) of this notice if the creditor received an actual copy of the Notice to Creditors at least sixty(60) days before the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting); or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the Notice to Creditors, if the creditor received the copy of the Notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting) as described in (1) (A); or Twelve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death this 1st day of March, 2013 . Tressa Green Mcdaniel, 505 Lemont Drive, Nashville, TN 37216, Personal Representative. Hedge Jr., Richard, Film House Bldg, 810 Dominican

Drive, Nashville, TN 37228. Richard R. Rooker, Seventh Circuit Court, One Public Square, Room 303 Nashville, TN. 37201. Publish Dates: April 11, 2013 and April 18, 2013

NOTICE TO CREDITORS 13P410ESTATE OF DANIEL MCDANIEL, DECEASED. Notice is hereby given that on the 9th day of April, 2013, Letters of Authority in respect to the estate of DANIEL MCDANIEL who died February 16, 2013 were issued to the undersigned by the Seventh Circuit (Probate) Court of Davidson County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured, or un-matured, against the estate are required to file same with the clerk of the above name court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2), otherwise their claims will be forever barred: (1) (A) Four (4)months from the date of the first publication (or posting, as the case may be) of this notice if the creditor received an actual copy of the Notice to Creditors at least sixty(60) days before the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting); or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the Notice to Creditors, if the creditor received the copy of the Notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting) as described in (1) (A); or Twelve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death this 16th day of February, 2013 . Daniel Mcdaniel Jr., 505 Lemont Drive, Nashville, TN 37216, Personal Representative. Hedge Jr., Richard, Film House Bldg, 810 Dominican Drive, Nashville, TN 37228. Richard R. Rooker, Seventh Circuit Court, One Public Square, Room 303 Nashville, TN. 37201. Publish Dates: April 11, 2013 and April 18, 2013

NOTICE TO CREDITORS 13P351ESTATE OF CALLISTO F. BELL, DECEASED. Notice is hereby given that on the 9th day of April, 2013, Letters of Authority in respect to the estate of CALLISTO F. BELL, who died March 28, 2012 were issued to the undersigned by the Seventh Circuit (Probate) Court of Davidson County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured, or un-matured, against the estate are required to file same with the clerk of the above name court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2), otherwise their claims will be forever barred: (1) (A) Four (4)months from the date of the first publication (or posting, as the case may be) of this notice if the creditor received an actual copy of the Notice to Creditors at least sixty(60) days before the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting); or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the Notice to Creditors, if the creditor received the copy of the Notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting) as described in (1) (A); or Twelve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death this 28th day of March, 2012 . Aldorthy Wright, 4346 Enchanted Circle, Nashville, TN 37218, Personal Representative. Cain Jr., Leroy, 208 Third Ave., North, Suite 500, Nashville, TN 37201. Richard R. Rooker, Seventh Circuit Court, One Public Square, Room 303 Nashville, TN. 37201. Publish Dates: April 11, 2013 and April 18, 2013

NOTICE TO CREDITORS 13P383ESTATE OF JEFFRIES AARON WEBB, DECEASED. Notice is hereby given that on the 9th day of April, 2013, Letters of Authority in respect to the estate of JEFFRIES AARON WEBB, who died January 7, 2013 were issued to the undersigned by the Seventh Circuit (Probate) Court of Davidson County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured, or un-matured, against the estate are required to file same with the clerk of the above name court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2), otherwise their claims will be forever barred: (1) (A) Four (4)months from the date of the first publication (or posting, as the case may be) of this notice if the creditor received an actual copy of the Notice to Creditors at least sixty(60) days before the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting); or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the Notice to Creditors, if the creditor received the copy of the Notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting) as described in (1) (A); or Twelve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death this 7th day of January, 2013 . Aaron Webb, 574 Gibson Wells Rd, Humboldt, TN 38343, Personal Representative. Richardson, Jonathan E., Quorum Financial Center, 4121 Clarksville Pike, Suite 7, Nashville, TN 37218. Richard R. Rooker, Seventh Circuit Court, One Public Square, Room 303 Nashville, TN. 37201. Publish Dates: April 11, 2013 and April 18, 2013

NOTICE TO CREDITORS 13P464ESTATE OF JAMES ESTER REED, DECEASED. Notice is hereby given that on the 9th day of April, 2013, Letters of Authority in respect to the estate of JAMES ESTER REED, who died January 22, 2013 were issued to the undersigned by the Seventh Circuit (Probate) Court of Davidson County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured, or un-matured, against the estate are required to file same with the clerk of the above name court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2), otherwise their claims will be forever barred: (1) (A) Four (4)months from the date of the first publication (or posting, as the case may be) of this notice if the creditor received an actual copy of the Notice to Creditors at least sixty(60) days before the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting); or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the Notice to Creditors, if the creditor received the copy of the Notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting) as described in (1) (A); or Twelve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death this 22nd day of January, 2013 . Michelle Carver, 2203 Dinah Court, Mt. Juliet, TN 37122. James Reed Jr., 7379 Magnolia Avenue, Riverside, CA 92504, Personal Representatives. Stover, William H, St. Cloud Corner, 500 Church Street, Suite 450, Nashville, TN 37219. Richard R. Rooker, Seventh Circuit Court, One Public Square, Room 303 Nashville, TN. 37201. Publish Dates: April 11, 2013 and April 18, 2013

NOTICE TO CREDITORS 13P352ESTATE OF MARY PITTS, DECEASED. Notice is hereby given that on the 9th day of April, 2013, Letters of Authority in respect to the estate of MARY PITTS,


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NASHVILLE (TSU News Service) – A bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios, naming the months of the year, playing games on his electronic tablet, brushing his teeth, and watching Mickey Mouse cartoons…this is 3 year-old Jordyn Marks’ every-morning routine. �en, he and mom are out the door for school. Spotting a yellow school bus on the way is a must if mother and toddler are to start the day on a good note.

“If we don’t see a yellow school bus while riding in the car Jordyn gets upset,” explains mom Chasity Robertson. “His routine has to be consistent. If his routine is broken he gets upsets. In the a�ernoon when we get home, it has to be gold-�sh crackers every day.”

Robertson has a full schedule like most moms with work at the University, attend-ing school, and being an attentive mother. However, that is where the similarities end because Jordyn has Autism Spectrum Disorder. �e doting mother and Ten-nessee State University student (M.Ed. in Elementary Education) says she became suspicious something was not right when he was 11 months old.

“Jordyn wasn’t mumbling or uttering the �rst word for many other children, ‘dada’ or making eye contact when some-one would talk to him. I was told he’s a boy and they develop slower than girls and not to worry. As time passed by, I tried not to place much emphasis on the fact that he still wasn’t talking at 14 months.”

On Feb. 14, 2012 when most people were preparing for Valentine’s Day, Jor-dyn’s parents were up at 7 a.m. preparing themselves mentally, and their son, for a series of evaluations that would last up to six hours. Doctors and psychologist evaluated the toddler’s social interaction, speech, and imaginative play skills. His mom recalls what seemed like two-and-a-half hours of playtime to Jordyn was nerve wrecking for the parents.

“All the while this was taking place; his dad and I were questioned about anything you can imagine about Jordyn. A�er the

evaluation, he was diagnosed with Au-tism Spectrum Disorder. Jordyn received speech-language therapy, applied behav-ior analysis (ABA) therapy, developmen-tal therapy, along with occupational and physical therapy up until he was 3 years old.”

Children with autism can be taught many ways based on their social, emo-tional, functional, and behavioral needs, according to Dr. Sumita Chakraborti-Ghosh, professor, Special Education, EDTL, College of Education, at Tennessee State University. Dr. Charkraborit-Ghosh is a leading expert on autism and has in-stituted the Strengths Based Instruction (SBI) (C) model in Davidson County.

“SBI is currently being implemented on a high functioning child with ASD in inclusion setting in one of the largest high school in Davidson County in collabora-tion with a special education coordinator/inclusion teacher and parent. My study was recently presented at “Georgia Autism Conference” in Atlanta, and currently in the process of being patented.”

Dr. Chakraborti-Ghosh has been rec-ognized nationally and internationally for

her research in the area of special educa-tion for minority children and inclusion services. Her current model is a creating a new dimension of teaching children with disabilities.

According to the American Psychiatric Society, ASD and autism are both general terms for a group of complex disorders of brain development. �e disorders are characterized, in varying degrees, based on di�culties in social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication and re-petitive behaviors. Over the last �ve years, scientists have identi�ed a number of rare gene changes, or mutations, associated with autism. A small number of these are su�cient to cause autism by themselves. However, most cases of autism appear to be caused by a combination of autism risk genes and environmental factors in�uenc-ing early brain development.

�e latest statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention point to a 1,000 percent increase in reported cases over the last four decades. It is estimated that 1 in 88 children in the United States will be diagnosed with autism (1 in 54 boys and 1 in 252 girls). �is is more children

than are a�ected by diabetes, AIDS, can-cer cerebral palsy, cystic �brosis, muscular dystrophy or Down syndrome combined. A growing body of research suggests that a woman can reduce her risk of having a child with autism by taking prenatal vita-mins containing folic acid and/or eating a diet rich in folic acid (at least 600 mcg a day) during the months before and a�er conception.

At age two and a year a�er being di-agnosed, Jordyn began to talk and retain information from therapy sessions, and sessions with family members. He also learned to say his alphabet, days of the week, numbers from 1-20, colors and shapes, along with his name and where he lives. Today, reading books from the “Pete the Cat” series and naming all the months of the year in chronological order are his favorite activities.

Dr. Chakraborti-Ghosh believes Jordon has every right to be educated in inclusion classrooms based on his ability. “Jordyn is on the right track with early intervention services, with an Individual Family Plan. With his ongoing developmental and be-havioral progress with appropriate ABA, and a Behavior Intervention Plan in place, Jordon can certainly function in an in-clusion classroom. However, all pros and cons must be considered carefully prior to placement.”

On Tuesday evening while Jordyn is taking his practice swing at home plate with his T-ball team and mom and dad are in the stands, TSU will join thousands of other organizations in observing the sixth annual World Autism Awareness Day.

�e College of Education faculty and students will wear blue and decorate Clay Hall. Meanwhile, President Glenda Glover will have the Ned Wherter Administration Building donning a familiar color, TSU blue, as the campus proudly participates in the Autism Speaks Light It Up Blue event for a very special boy and his family, rep-resenting thousands as they face the daily challenges of this disorder.

TSU Faculty and Staff Bring Autism to the Forefront on World Autism Awareness Day

Jordyn Marks and Chasity Robertson

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