• Over 30 vendors
• Pumpkin Chunkin’
• Cake Walks
• Photo Booth
• Loads of children’s games, some with prizes
• Face Painting
• Food (Home Made Brunswick Stew!
• a Silent auction

And much more.

Many years ago, Trinity Episcopal Church had a huge annual craft fair that many made sure to schedule on their calendar each year for their early Christmas gift shopping. Now, over a decade later, the members of the Trinity fund raising committee have decided it is time to resurrect this exciting event. Not to be out done by the previous event coordinators, we have all kinds of new plans in the making!

First, we start with PUNKIN’ CHUCKIN’! It turns out this is a fad that is HUGE, but we had no idea until we Googled it. Go ahead… give it a try! You will get thousands of images, articles and instructions on how to make your own catapult for your pumpkin. For those who have never heard of this new funomenon here is what Wikipedia says, “Pumpkin chunking (or Punkin’ Chunkin’ or pumpkin chucking) is hurling a pumpkin by mechanical means over great heights and distances in an attempt to hurl the pumpkin the farthest.” Sounds fun right? Ok, and a bit messy! We will have a mini version of these catapults so the kids can watch their pumpkins fly!

Next, we have a huge cauldron that we are going to boil up some Brunswick stew! The recipe we are using is an original from Brunswick County, Virginia, and has the ability to keep away the chill on those nice
fall evenings. You can pre-order a take home container for $7 per quart or purchase a bowl to enjoy that day while walking around the festival and craft fair.

We will have lots of children’s games to play, all sponsored by Clarksville Family Magazine! We will have bobbing for apples, a fishing game, ball toss, face painting, and more! And you know the saying, “It
isn’t a cakewalk”? Well, this time it is! We have three cakewalks scheduled with more cakes to give away than you can shake a spatula at! The walks will be at 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.

A photo booth is also going to be set up for everyone to get their fall photos taken by local photographer, Ashley Richardson. Ashley is planning on a great fall display for these photos and will print some
photos for you immediately. You will also be able to order more for later delivery.

We will have a silent auction with all different themes, including scrapbooking, University of TN, Spa & Bath, Hodgepodge basket, Trinity photos and many more.

So come give this family event a try. Bring your family, your checkbook, your appetite and your friends!

For more information, call 645-2458

About Kendall Welsh

Kendall Welsh is a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, a mother of two, the owner of BTR Designs, and is the Manager of the ARTifacts Emporium in Downtown Clarksville.

About Clarksville Family Magazine

This originally appeared in the October issue of Clarksville Family Magazine and was republished here with their generous permission. Their high quality magazine is aimed at parents and families, and the businesses which want to reach them. Clarksville Family Magazine is published by Carla & and Cliff Lavergne. They started publication in April of 2007, and currently publish and distribute 10,000 issues a month, which are available free of charge at various locations around Clarksville.

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. ANNOUNCE MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE (VERIFY QUORUM)

III. ADOPTION OF MINUTES: January 27th (TAB 1)

IV. DEPARTMENT REPORTS

1. PURCHASING (Robert Bryant)

• a) Bids (TAB 2)

b) Professional Services (reporting only) (Tab 3)

• Renewal of services with TRC Environmental, Inc. for archaeological survey at Ft. Defiance
• Selection of The Tennergy Corporation, engineering, to provide design services for pipeline extensions, new regulator station and metering stations for the Gas and Water Dept.
• Selection of PKF Consulting to provide market analysis and financial advisory services for a feasibility study for a conference center.

c) GovDeals.com sales for January 2009: City General – $13,675.49

2. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (Scott Oglesby)

• a) Update on council email repairs
• b) Update on council chambers voting system
• c) Report on telephone system failures

3. HUMAN RESOURCES (Will Wyatt)

• a) Update on pay study

V. COMMITTEE ACTION FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL

1. ORDINANCE 56-2008-09 (First Reading) Amending the Official Code relative to review of River District Design Guidelines by the Downtown District Partnership Design Review Board (Lance Baker) (TAB 4)
2. RESOLUTION 48-2008-09 Authorizing a lease between the Clarksville Parking Authority and Trinity Episcopal Church (Wilbur Berry) (TAB 5)
3. RESOLUTION 49-2008-09 Authorizing a Memorandum of Understanding with Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency (Lance Baker) (TAB 6)RESOLUTION 50-2008-09 Authorizing issuance of general obligation bond anticipation notes, not to exceed $7,149,000, for various public works projects (Wilbur Berry) (TAB 7)

VI. ADJOURNMENT

VII. PUBLIC COMMENTS (5 minutes each)

Did you know that:

• Every day in Clarksville more than 225 persons rely on local hunger relief agencies for a noon meal.
• More than 200 persons rely on local congregations for their Sunday Lunch!
• Hundreds of children in our schools rely on the F.U.E.L program for food on week-ends.
• Hundreds of families visit local churches for food donations every month.

Several local organizations have joined hands to raise awareness and funds to feed our neighbors. Empty Bowls 2009 is scheduled to be held on February 12, 2009 with all proceeds benefiting local food banks and feeding agencies.    Empty Bowls is a nationally recognized event to help eliminate hunger and raise public awareness of hunger problems in communities across the U.S. and around the world.

Before that national event occurs, though, representatives of local churches and their ministries, and delegates from local organizations are invited to an informational session to learn about the Empty Bowls project on Thursday, October 16  at 11:30 a.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church,  317 Franklin Street, in Clarksville. To reserve a spot at the table, call  Tara at 648-8007 by October 14.

APSU Art students have made 250 handmade bowls that will be decorated by local seniors and Project Excel (Inner City youth, YMCA program) and local artists; twelve bowls will be made into celebrity bowls for a Gala and silent auction at the Museum. A Soup Supper will be held on Feb. 12, 2009. Ticket holders will pick out a handmade bowl and will be served soup, bread and a dessert. If you are an artist or know of someone who might want to hand paint a bowl for this project, please call Rita at 931-648-6133.

The Empty Bowls Porject is sponsored by the APSU Student Art League, Senior Citizens from Walking Horse Meadows, YMCA Project Excel Program, City of Clarksville Office of Housing and Community Development, Trinity Episcopal Church, and Clarksville Montgomery County Customs House Museum.

The tour was organized by Dr Minoa Uffelman, a history professor at Austin Peay State University; and guided by Taylor Emery and Dr. Ellen Kanervo, who both did an excellent job keeping the group on plot and on schedule. As the tour progressed they read aloud excerpts from the diary of Nannie Haskins Smith about her life in Clarksville during the Civil War era.

Monday Morning February 16th `63
Again I have commenced a journal. I used to keep one but two years ago when the war broke out, I ceased to write in it just when I ought to have continued. Yes! Our country was then perfectly distracted; To arms! To arms! was echoed from every side; volunteer companies were being gotten up all over the country to fly to her rescue; and of course Clarksville did her part….

Haskins goes on in this to describe the mustering of two Clarksville regiments, the fall of Fort Donelson, Clarksville’s occupation, it’s brief reprieve from Woodward’s raid, and Col. S. D. Bruce’s recapture of the city.

Riverview Cemetery

At Riverview Cemetery Dr. Richard Gildrie spoke about the history of Clarksville during the Civil War and the period directly following it. He also took the tour group to view the Confederate memorial located at the cemetery.

The Memorial remembers 164 confederate dead, and two African American nurses (Mary and Susan Bibb) who died from disease contracted from soldiers in their care, and honors Miss Blanche Lewis at the Clarksville Female Academy for her dedicated care of the soldiers before they died.

More than 305 Confederate soldiers who died in Confederate hospital in Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee, were buried in the garden behind the Clarksville Female Academy. Two African-American women, sisters, who contracted a disease and died while caring for the ill and wounded the soldiers at hospital are also buried there.

The initial graves were marked with wooden headboard but in time these deteriorated and specific knowledge of burial locations was lost. In 1897, a landslide exposed some of the soldiers’ remains. One hundred and twenty seven [127] unidentified remains were found, disinterred, and re-interred in the Clarksville City Cemetery [present-day Clarksville Riverview Cemetery]. The remains of the other 180+ Confederate soldiers were not disturbed

Trinity Episcopal Church

After the tour left the cemetery, it proceeded to Trinity Episcopal Church where the Rector of the church Reverend R.H. “Mickey” Richaud gave a detailed accounting of it’s history, from its founding in 1875, to the damage it received in the 1999 Tornado, and it’s subsequent reconstruction.

The highlight of this historic church is 18 incredibly rich and detailed stained glass windows including the Bishops’ window which was installed in 2007. As the brochure for a self guided walking tour states “Trinity Church is an embodiment in stone and wood of an ancient faith and a still developing tradition. You are welcome here.” I suggest you take them up on their offer.

Madison Street United Methodist Church

After leaving the Episcopal Church we traveled a few blocks to the Madison Street United Methodist Church where we were welcomed by Phil Whittinghill the Business Administrator. The church features ethereal bell towers erected in memory of the 1999 tornado during which it was almost completely destroyed.

At approximately 3:45am on Friday, January 22, 1999, a massive tornado hit Clarksville and Madison Street United Methodist Church. The Sanctuary was completely destroyed and the educational wing and chapel sustained considerable damage. It goes without saying that members of the congregation were devastated by the destruction of the church. On June 8, 1999, the administrative board of the church accepted a bid from the architectural firm of Everton-Oglesby-Askew of Nashville to design a new building. On September 19, the architects displayed their preliminary drawings of the church as it now stands. The reconstructed church includes a six-hundred person sanctuary, fellowship hall and kitchen, educational and administrative offices, Christian Life Center and gymnasium, and space for community/outreach services.

The most striking feature of the new church, and one it should rightly be proud of is it’s pipe organ. The organ was built by Rieger – Kloss, Euro Musik Corporation from Krnov in the Czech Republic. The 47-rank organ has over 3500 pipes, and took approximately 18 months to construct in Europe, before being transported to the United States for assembly. Tour members were treated the performance of a piece of classical music on the organ by Rev. Jared Wilson (Minister of Music), and it was heavenly.

Immaculate Conception Catholic Church

The third stop on our tour was the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church which is on the National Registry of Historic Places. Our tour guide at this location was Deacon John B. Carroll, SFO. The church which was constructed in 1880 is a place of peace, beauty, and serenity. Outside the Church is lovely meditation gardens including statutes of the Virgin Mary, Saint Francis of Assisi, a rose garden, and a memorial to the innocents souls lost by abortion.

The church inside is striking. Starting with the altar which is packed full of symbolism: the colors of the veil; the symbol of the lamb; the vigil light; to the angels which flank the tabernacle and adorn the sanctuary dome. The stained glass window behind the altar depicts the Virgin Mary and the Immaculate Conception. The church also features another 15 stained glass windows, each one showing a different image and designed to teach us different lessons. Take it from me, you can spend hours studying each of the glorious windows, and a lifetime learning each of the lessons enshrined within these walls. There are many more treasures waiting inside for you to discover but I leave to you to find them during your own tour of this unique church.

Tip Top

The final stop on the tour Tip top, the home of Rubye and Elwyn Patch.

Waiting for us on the front lawn was Hugh Dunlop (APSU President Tim Hall), he was joined soon after our arrival by Sarah Pennington Williams (Rubye Patch), and Boy (Elwyn Patch) who treated each of us as if we were members of their family.

Sarah related the story of their home, including the recent marriage of Hugh to Mattie (County Trustee Brenda Radford). We were then treated to the experience of Hugh serenading Mattie (who was on the balcony) from the front lawn while Sarah’s 14 year old son Fred (Brenda’s real life brother Scott Emerson) played the violin. The song was “Beautiful Dreamer,” by Stephen Foster. Afterwards we were invited inside by Sarah who then formally introduced us to Mattie and Fred, Colonel S. D. Bruce (Jerry Ross) of the Union Army, and of course to her maid.

Sarah persuaded Mattie to serenade us with another lovely Stephen Foster song which was enhanced by utilizing the acoustics created by the grand spiral staircase.

I must compliment both Tim Hall and Brenda Radford on their singing ability, and their willingness to take time out of their busy schedules to perform for us on this day. We must also not forget Scott’s talent with the violin. They were also each excellent actors who drew us into their performance.

Sarah also told us the saga of the Fuss Cake, and that we would soon be treated to a sample of this delicious cake. She invited to walk about the home and then when we finished to join them for a snack in the dining room.

Petinka Bailey Foskett loved to cook as did her best friend, Mary Dunlop. In the late 1920’s (or there about) Petinka returning from a trip brought back a “NEW recipe” which she then served to Mary, asking her not to divulge the secret to this coveted “recipe” until she had had a chance to serve it at a planned bridge party, two weeks later. Mary agreed giving Petinka her solemn word.

One week later while Petinka was at a high society tea in the antebellum dining room of Mrs. Will Daniel Clarksville’s grande dame, she spotted her friend Mary, the co-hostess coming through the swinging door with a silver tray bearing her prized “secret” cakes/cookies.

Petinka exploded, spouting to her-used-to-be best friend, Mary “HAIL COLUMBIA” right there in Mrs. Daniel’s dining room filled with all of Clarksville’s white-gloved, party-mannered society dames.

Before dark the same day, an additional telephone operator had been brought in to handle “business” as the phones all over Clarksville stayed busy until past bedtime divulging to everybody Petinka’s “secret recipe.”

After this Petinka (nickname for pretty thing) was know sub rosa as “PeStinka!”

For me Tip Top was the highlight of the day’s tour. As of this time Mrs. Patch does not intend for Tip Top to be one of the locations on the Clarksville Writer’s Conference tour next year. I am sure that whatever locations are placed on the tour next year will make that tour just as memorable as this year’s tour was!

Fuss “Cakes” (cookies)

Here is the Rubye Patch’s recipe for fuss cakes.

You need:

• 3-1/2 cups flour
• 2 sticks REAL butter (softened almost to room temp)
• 5 tablespoons of sugar
• 2 teaspoons of vanilla
• a tart jelly such as Crab Apple or Damson preserves (Mrs Patch uses whatever she has on hand Raspberry, Strawberry, Apricot preserves, etc. She actually prefers apricot or orange marmalade)
• pecan halves
• sifted powdered sugar
• A paper sack

Directions.

1. Preheat your oven to 325 Degrees
2. Sift then measure 3-1/2 Cups flour, separate out the 1/2 cup.
3. Sift the flour a second time.
4. Cream butter and sugar thoroughly (Mrs Patch does this by hand with a pastry cutter as it makes the cakes crispier)
5. Add the vanilla
6. Work in the 3 cups of sifted flour with the pastry cutter, 1 cup at a time.
7. If the dough is workable you might want to add in some of the last 1/2 cup of flour, a little at a time (Mrs. Patch seldom uses it all)
8. Roll the dough into balls and place on a cookie sheet.
9. Make indentions in the top of each ball with your thumb.
10. Fill the indentions with jelly or preserves.
11. Top with a pecan half.
12. Bake in the 325 degree oven for 25-30 minutes.
13. Take out of the oven, let cool a bit, and check to see if one is crisp. If not crisp place all back into the oven for a few more minutes.
14. When done cooling place the cookies into a paper sack with your sifted powered sugar, then shake gently up and down until covered.
15. Rub off any excess sugar and let cool completely.
16. Store in a tightly closed container. (these freeze well on paper plates in tightly sealed ziploc bags. In fact freezing may make the cookies a bit crispier.)

Note: If you use a sweet jelly, such as strawberry, you might want to cut the granulated sugar to 3 or 4 tablespoons instead of 5. Be sure to use real butter.

The Clarksville Arts & Heritage Development Council

Every true supporter of the arts should already be a member of this worthy organization. They help make Clarksville’s culture richer by promoting the local arts. In addition to the yearly Writer’s conference they are a driving force behind many of the art programs in our community (Art Walk, Youth Chorus, Arts in Motion, Youth Orchestra, Open Studio Tour, Poetry Reading Evenings, Collaborative Workshops, Writer’s Conference, Livable Community Fair, Traveling Quilt Show, Speakers Bureau, Student Art Gallery, and Public Art in general) So if you are not yet a member consider joining, or at the least volunteering your time to assist them in their worthy endeavors.

You can contact them via mail at

or via telepone at (931) 551-8870; or fax (931) 553-5179. Their web page is at http://www.artsandheritage.us/

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