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Nichols: TBI blameless
Attorney General Randy Nichols has responded to last week’s editorial column, stating that the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is not at fault for the apparent delay in the investigation of Trustee John Duncan.

We appreciate Nichols’ response, because heretofore it seemed that everyone was hiding behind a maybe/maybe not ...  More
Jake Mabe...
Mr. Perry goes to Washington
Turns out the rent is higher in the Washington, D.C. suburbs than it is in Kailua, Hawaii.

But that doesn’t worry Dewayne Perry. Asked what it’s like to be leaving paradise for a concrete jungle, he just grins.

“I’ll be able to fit the car into a parking space.” ... More

The Pigeon Sisters, played by Lorna Pace and Diane Jones. The play will be June 6, 7, 8 and 9 at Jubilee Banquet Facility. Info: www.powellplayhouseinc.com Photo by Nancy Anderson

‘Odd Couple’ draws interesting cast
By Betty Bean

One of Nita Buell Black’s major worries while preparing for “The Odd Couple” was casting the Pigeon Sisters. Specifically, the Powell Playhouse founder/director feared that she wouldn’t find actors who could pull off playing the silly, giggly, flirtatious English sisters without lapsing into Americanese in unguarded moments.

But when Lorna Pace and Diane Jones showed up to audition for the roles of Gwendolyn and Cecily, they were pitch perfect. Black was delighted.

“The time was coming to an end for auditions, and I really was getting concerned,” Black said. “But they showed up and tried out and I almost fell out of my seat. Afterward, I walked by them and they were still in that British mode, and I told them, ‘You really don’t have to do that.’”

Everybody laughed.

Because of course they do have to do that. They’re the real deal. While they’re not sisters, they’re as English as a good cup of tea....  More