A little history

It took 12 years, but Nancy's House finally had a great fundraiser in Athens Thursday night, a tapas-and- wines bash at the Arts Center.

When a bunch of us started the organization all those years ago, we had terrific support in Bradley County, but McMinn was a tougher nut to crack.

But there we were as the Blackberry snapped in the capacity crowd, and at our table were the first three board chairs: me, Carolyn (seated right) and Meredith (seated second from left).

Quite a festive night, and truly wonderful to see so many Athenians turn out for it.