Guest Column: Black Eyed Pea Cakes

January 1, 2013
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Guest Column: Black Eyed Pea Cakes

Black Eyed Pea Cakes By Kathy T. First, my thanks to Ivy and Lola for inviting me to write a guest column. Of course I steer away from any city-related posts in order to avoid any potential conflicts of interest, but I’m excited to share a New Year’s Day recipe instead!  I only cooked it because Ivy made the suggestion and it sounded pretty good.  She found a recipe at Publix, but the one I used originated with Paula Deen. Here is her ingredient list with my suggested corrections: 3 cup left over cooked black eyed peas 1-2 cups of…

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Point : Counterpoint on DNJ OpEd

December 30, 2012
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Point : Counterpoint on DNJ OpEd

While the DNJ was right on target in today’s year-end review article called “2012 Winners & Losers” about the city benefiting from Bruce Richardson as interim city administrator and a mayor working full time, we have a very differing opinion about calling the Board of Mayor and Aldermen “Losers” in this instance, LOSERS: The La Vergne Board of Mayor & Aldermen retreated from efforts to ban residents from parking on their front yards. Upon more in-depth review, there were too many homes built as high-density housing with short driveways, leaving no other parking options for these homeowners since a ban…

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Stone Soup: We’ll Miss the Mayans

December 29, 2012
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A week after anthropologists managed to scare the beejeezies out of everyone thinking the world was ending, here we all are. But don’t despair all you stock-pilers who have your treasures hidden in secret rooms and bunkers… the “Prophet Gabriel” supposedly told the Sword of God Brotherhood that the “dying time” will come in 2017. A host of other “prophets” believe it will be between 2021 and 2029, so there’s plenty more time to hunker down and plan for the worst. OR. Or we can just live. Speaking of living, how about the flip side … all those dying Christmas…

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LaVergne: Best of, Worst of 2012

December 26, 2012
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Oh LaVergne. You’ve had some spectacular moments this year, but you’ve had some pretty dismal ones as well.  Here is our view of the best of LaVergne and the worst of LaVergne in 2012. BEST High School Students Rescue Boy We have to give our most outstanding persons of the year credit to Cynthia and Humberto Ornelas for being incredibly Good Samaritans. They saw a little boy in distress – he was lost after slipping out of a daycare carpool van – and they brought him to safety. This after many other people passed him by, they stopped. Cynthia and…

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Merry Christmas, Y’all!

December 25, 2012
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Wishing you a very Merry Christmas on this beloved day.  May your stockings be full, may you give and receive from love rather than obligation, may your meal be healthy and plentiful, and may you share the day with special friends and family. Photo from our pal Kathy who took the picture on Elm Street right here in LaVergne. We love seeing how people get into the Christmas spirit decorating their lights and houses! Thank you for sharing!  

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Guest Column: On Mental Health

December 16, 2012
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Like the rest of us, my friend was deeply affected by the terrible events at Sandy Hook Elementary School. He struggles every day with mental health issues, and I have been a witness to the depression and hopelessness he battles. This incredibly smart man has expressed to me before his concern about the unavailability of affordable mental health care options. This essay is written from his point of view, grounded both from living in the African American community and facing his own mental health needs. He asked to remain anonymous because of the stigmatization that comes with admitting your mental…

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