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80-Year-Old Lynn McFarland on Why She Wouldn’t Leave Her Seat

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Eighty-year-old Lynn McFarland was arrested and carried out of a Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee meeting at the Tennessee State Capitol on April 1 after the group passed a bill that would give power to local school boards to deny enrollment to undocumented students or charge them tuition to attend. Tennessee State Troopers carry Lynn McFarland, 80, out of a Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee on April 1. Photo by Alvine

McFarland said when she showed up to protest that day, she didn’t plan on planting herself in a seat and getting physically removed by Tennessee State Troopers. But the thought of cooperating with punishing children was enough to make her stay in her seat when protestors were asked to leave the gallery. A small group stayed in their seats when asked to leave, but eventually also left their seats.

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Morning Coffee and a Thought

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My name is Daniel Holmes, and I grew up in a small town in Maryland. Now I live in Nashville, Tennessee. I was never a person who picked a political party. I generally went with who sounded the best. Recently, we were reminded that everybody has a voice by Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of Washington, D.C. She reminded President Trump that what he does in office affects everyone equally.

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The Strength of a Smile

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When one greets another, a smile soothes apprehension but also shows power — the power to deal with just about any and all circumstances that life has thrown at that person. Passers-by may wonder: “Why and how is he still smiling?” From birth, he was and is the only male of that household. At the age of six, he experienced a lifechanging tragedy. He’d been hit by a drunk driver, which sent him as high as a telephone pole only to come back down and bust his head open on the windshield of the driver’s car.