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‘Ms. Amy’ turns 98
Longtime Powell High teacher recalls her career By Greg Householder
During her tenure she did a lot of traveling with her students. As she says: “I’ve been east and west and north and south on trips with the kids.” Ms. Amy is still an accomplished musician, belting out a spirited number while her friends at Atria Weston Place cheered during their bingo game. Her musical skills are self-taught, though she did take violin lessons for five years. But she can play just about any instrument she picks up – banjo, guitar, saxophone and, of course, the piano. She plays everything by ear. Ms. Amy doesn’t have much family left. A relative takes her once a week to the beauty parlor. She was the baby of her family and her nearest sibling was 10 years older than her. But several of her former students visit frequently as they did to help celebrate her birthday. Her teaching career spanned a lot of history – the Great Depression, World War II, the Korean War and the 1950s, the turbulent 1960s and the Vietnam years before ending at the time of Watergate.
Amy Armstrong Moyers celebrates her 98th birthday with a few friends and former students. Photos by Greg Householder
In the early days of her career she took the train to work. So what, you ask? Many folks take a train to work. Back when Amy Armstrong Moyers was riding the rails it was a time when the world was a whole lot bigger. And Powell Station was not a water park – it was a real train station. Moyers, known as “Ms. Amy” to her former students, celebrated her 98th birthday with some of her former students Jan. 8 at Atria Weston Place where she now lives. Ms. Amy taught at Powell High School for four decades, from her graduation from UT in 1934 through her retirement after the 1974 school year. In the early years she would go to the Southern Railway terminal downtown where she would catch the train out to Powell. And then did it in reverse at the end of the school day. For several years, Ms. Amy lived off Fairmont Boulevard near Broadway. She recalls how she drove through a lot of water in Powell, attesting to the frequent flooding the area still endures. Ms. Amy taught Spanish, civics and English, and she participated in a new-fangled concept called “team teaching.” She was an avid equestrian in her day. She speaks fondly of the two saddle horses she used to ride. While not going so far as admitting to being somewhat of a “trick rider,” she did recall doing some stunts such as standing on the back of one of her horses.
At the age of 98, Amy Armstrong Moyers – “Ms. Amy” – plays a jazzy tune during her birthday celebration on Jan. 8.
Mayor Brown takes charge By Betty Bean Becoming mayor overnight is a big adjustment – just ask Daniel Brown, whose new office affords him a panoramic view of the Tennessee River between the now-closed Henley and Gay Street bridges. “Looking over there, the Gay Street Bridge is jammed,” Brown said. “A lot of times over the past few days, I’ll think ‘They should do something about this and they should do that.’ Then I realize ‘they’ is me.” The 6th District City Council member was named interim mayor by his City Council colleagues last Monday in the 11th round of voting. He succeeds Gov. Bill Haslam, who resigned shortly before Brown was selected. He will serve until a new mayor is elected and sworn into office in December. Meantime, there’s a city to run.
He says he plans to lean heavily on the services of Haslam mainstays Larry Martin and Bill Lyons. “I’m very glad they’re here,” he said. “If they had resigned or if the governor-elect had taken them with him, that would have been a major upheaval. This means stability. Those two gentlemen remaining in place will allow us to move smoothly during this transitional period. They really are the movers and shakers. And City Recorder Cindy Mitchell, she is of great help as well.” Brown, 64, is a retired employee of the U.S. Postal Service, a longtime community volunteer and election worker, and a graduate of Tennessee State University. He has been a council member for a year and was considered something of a sleeper for the job of interim mayor because he
played his cards so close to the vest. “When people first started asking me if I was interested, I just answered, ‘We’ll see.’ Then when the mayor gave his press conference announcing when he’d resign, I saw where five of my colleagues said they were interested. I thought I better start letting people know that I was interested, too. “The morning we voted, because of the Sunshine Law, I had no idea how things were going to turn out. I knew I would get one vote – my own. Then, when we started voting and things were at a standstill, I thought ‘This may not work.’ But it did. “I believe that everyone on that council has integrity. I’ve said it before and will say it again – any one of us could have done this job and I respect and admire each and every one on that council. I
think we’re going to be just fine during this transition.” Brown is divorced and has a daughter, Stephanie Burgess, who teaches school in Shelby County. He has two grandchildren: Miles, 6, and Maya, 2. His brother, Warren, is a bishop with the AME Zion Church and is off on a business trip to England where he oversees the AME churches. When he returns, he plans to organize a celebration for the new mayor, who has become the first African-American to hold that position. And that thought brings up something that has been on the minds of many over the past week: “I hope we can get past the question of race,” Brown said. “But since this is happening the week that we are remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and February is Black History Month, that fact
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The winter of our discontent Today we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. His is certainly the most recognized name among the thousands who worked to advance the cause of civil rights in this country during the last half of the 20th century. King – and others – gave their lives to the cause. King and his followers practiced Gandhi’s nonviolent mass civil disobedience as a way of effecting change. One wonders what he would make of today’s political climate in which overheated rhetoric has unquestionably incited the sort of violence this community suffered not so long ago at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church. Set aside for the moment the motivation of Jared Loughner, who police say murdered six people in Tuscon, Ariz., last week. Loughner’s attempt to kill U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, a Democrat, may have been more than a coincidence, but the evidence is mounting that Loughner is insane, if not in the legal sense. Whether or not you think that Loughner and others similarly unbalanced can be driven to murder by television and radio “commentators,” it’s hard to conjure an argument in support of the invective we’re bombarded with daily. Politics has always been a rough and tumble sport, but a sinister cast has overtaken so-called “civil discourse,” and where it will end is anyone’s guess. We contribute to the problem when we allow willful ignorance to color our views and thus become pawns to one faction or another. The latest example of this is the push to repeal the recently enacted health care law in the face of a Congressional Budget Office review that says doing so will add about $200 billion to the deficit over the next decade. What’s the reaction to this news from those who oppose the law on (for example) the grounds that it violates their right of “choice”
BOGO at the zoo Through Monday, Jan. 31, visitors can present an outdated phone book at the Knoxville Zoo and receive one free admission ticket with the purchase of another. Since the zoo is currently celebrating Penguin Discount Days when admission is halfprice, visitors who bring an outdated phone book can get two admissions for half the
in health care? They simply don’t believe it. Facts have taken a backseat to “beliefs.” Demagogues on the right and the left are not new on the American scene. But one could make a strong argument that not since the years leading up to the Civil War have the clashes between opposing views inflamed and polarized the public like today. We don’t have to agree with one another. (How boring would that be?) But there’s an edge of truth in the teasing adage about “respecting your right to be wrong.” Let’s bring back that respect. Snow didn’t slow down our intrepid contributors this week. Wendy Smith takes you on a walk with City Council member Duane Grieve, Valorie Fister has the story of a Farragut man who’s less than pleased with his contractor, and Betty Bean wonders if Bill Haslam might become a national political figure sooner than you think. Wherever you receive the Shopper-News, you can check out every edition online at www.ShopperNewsNow.com. Let us know what you think of the new website. It’s a work in progress, but we’re making changes we hope you’ll like. Contact Larry Van Guilder at lvgknox@mindspring.com.
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A fan stands near the entrance to Buford Pusser’s home in Adamsville, which is now a museum. File photo by Drew Weaver
‘Walking on’ Daughter recalls Buford Pusser in memoir
Rhyne recalls meeting Buford Pusser
Dwana Pusser figures if anybody ought to be insane, it’s her. After all, her mother was murdered when Dwana was 6. Her father died in her arms when she was 13.
Jake Mabe Oh, and by the way — her father was legendary McNairy County, Tenn. Sheriff Buford Pusser. Dwana tells her story, and highlights much of her father’s career, in a new memoir, “Walking On.” Co-written with Ken Beck and Jim Clark (who previously authored an excellent book on “The Andy Griffith Show”), Dwana’s story is a quick, engaging and, at times, heartbreaking read. She does a lot to demystify the stories surrounding her famous father. She even provides, complete with documentation, a theory behind Buford Pusser’s controversial death on Aug. 21, 1974, in a car crash that she believes was not an accident. In many ways, Buford’s real life story is more exciting than the version Hollywood filmed as the “Walking Tall” trilogy in the 1970s.
“Walking On” by Dwana Pusser (with Ken Beck and Jim Clark) is available from Pelican Publishing Company. It can be purchased at book outlets or online at Amazon.com. Born in Finger, Tenn. (McNairy County), in 1937, Pusser joined the Marines after high school, but was honorably discharged three months later because of serious asthma. He wrestled professionally for a short time and worked at Union Bag Company in Chicago before marrying Pauline Mullins and moving back to McNairy County in 1961-62 to become the city of Adamsville’s police chief, taking over for his ailing father, Carl. Pusser had already butted heads with the so-called State Line Mob, a group that ran a notorious gambling, moonshine and prostitution operation on the Tennessee/Mississippi border. According to Dwana, Buford visited one of the joints, the Plantation Club, in March 1957. He caught one of the dealers switching dice on him during a game of craps, was jumped by four of the workers, pistol-whipped and beaten, robbed, and left for dead in the pouring rain. Doctors later sewed 192 stitches into him. Pusser got his revenge on Dec. 13, 1959, when he and two friends drove from Chicago back to the state line. He used a fence post – not the famous Hollywood stick – to hit one of the men responsible, W.O. Hathcock Jr., on the head. According to Dwana, Pusser and his pals escaped prosecution because an enterprising friend back in Chicago had time-stamped their time cards at the bag company the
“Walking On” is Dwana Pusser’s story about her life and memories of her legendary father, former McNairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser, of “Walking Tall” fame. day of the attack to give them an “alibi.” The biggest myth about Buford Pusser is that he wielded a large, wooden stick while chasing down crooks. It’s the one image that most people who saw “Walking Tall” remember about him. It’s pure Hollywood. Other than the fence post, Dwana writes that her father would sometimes use either a billy club or a switch (or his fists), but never a big stick. For the longest time, she says, he didn’t even carry a gun. After “Walking Tall” became a box office hit, Pusser would carry a stick to promotional appearances. Pusser was the youngest sheriff ever elected in the state of Tennessee when he won the 1964 McNairy County sheriff’s race at age 26. Unlike in the movie, which shows him with several deputies from the outset, Pusser was a one-officer police force at first. Like in the movie, he did hire the county’s first African-American deputy, Dave Lipford. The movie character Obra Eaker is based on him. Pusser eventually shot and killed one of the State Line Mob’s leaders, Louise Hathcock, on Feb. 1, 1966. An Illinois couple staying at Hathcock’s infamous Shamrock Motel on the state line reported to the sheriff’s office that $500 and some jewelry had been reported stolen from their room. According to Dwana, this happened many times to unsuspecting motorists who picked the wrong place to spend the night. The character of Callie Hacker in the first “Walking Tall” film is based on Hathcock. A drunken Hathcock shot at Pusser in her room at the motel, but missed. Her second shot misfired. Pusser killed her with three shots. The coroner later had to pry Hathcock’s revolver from her hand. As is accurately portrayed in the first film, Pusser was indeed once shot in the face by an unknown woman driver. And his wife, Pauline, was indeed killed in an ambush shooting on Aug. 12, 1967. Pusser had received an anonymous tip early that morning that something was wrong at the state line. Pauline decided to tag along and was killed when three shooters traveling in a Cadillac behind the Pussers opened fire. Pauline was hit in the head. When Pusser stopped the car to assist her, the shooters returned. Bullets blew off the lower left half of his face, including much of his jaw and several teeth. Accounts vary as to why Pauline Pusser accompanied
Union County resident Marie Rhyne and her husband, Maynardville city manager Jack Rhyne, met Sheriff Buford Pusser several times through the Tennessee Jaycettes. Pusser was named one of the state Jaycee’s Outstanding Young Men in 1969. As Marie recalls, “When I was state president of the Tennessee Jaycettes, we saw and talked to him on occasion. One of my vice presidents was from Selmer (in McNairy County) and she is the one who introduced him. “I remember the first time I saw him. He got on the elevator with us (we had not met at this time) but I think he was the tallest person I had ever seen! He and I were supposed to judge a beauty contest in Smithville. However he didn’t show! But it was raining so hard I don’t blame him because we judged outside. “He was larger than life and every time we saw him, a gentleman.”
This marker along U.S. Highway 64 four miles west of Adamsville, Tenn., marks the spot at which Buford Pusser died in a controversial car accident on Aug. 21, 1974. File photo by Jake Mabe her husband that morning. Dwana says that her mother asked her father to buy her breakfast on the way back and believed that her presence would cause him to finish work more quickly so the family could leave on a planned trip to see Pauline’s parents. In his 1971 book “The Twelfth of August,” author W.R. Morris writes – less convincingly – that Pauline was worried something would happen to her husband and decided to go with him. He even includes the ridiculous notion that Pusser cradled his wife in his arms, vowing aloud to catch her killers, before remembering a page or two later that Pusser’s jaw was shot off and he couldn’t speak. The ambush brought national attention, and federal agents, to McNairy County. Tennessee Gov. Buford Ellington offered a $5,000 reward for any information leading to the shooters’ capture. The citizens of McNairy To page A-3
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Cabin Fever Car Show offers needed break
PBPA meets despite weather
There were plenty of motorcycles on display at the Cabin Fever Ronnie and Irene Qualls of Powell show off their 1935 DeSoto. Photos by Greg Householder Car Show. The show ran Jan. 8-9 at the Knoxville Expo Center.
Weather headaches at home and heartache in Arizona For good or ill, one of the byproducts besides a case of “cabin fever” from weather like we had last week is that I get to repeat a lot of the meeting announcements this week. I also watched way too much television – particularly cable and broadcast news.
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Anyone within earshot of a television could not help but be bombarded with news of the “Tragedy in Tucson” as most outlets were calling it. Of course I’m talking about the coverage of the tragic shooting of the congresswoman in Arizona that resulted in the death of six others.
As of this writing, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords seems to be doing better than her doctors expected, and we all should be thankful to God for that. While what happened was indeed tragic, I found myself incensed at how politicians on both sides of the spectrum were using it to gain political advantage. I am so glad that I was at Fulton last Wednesday at a Powell High basketball game and missed the circus that was supposed to have been a memorial service. I would have probably thrown something at my television if I had seen it live. Enough said about that. Kudos to my pal Austin Smith of Powell High School for his selection to play in last Saturday’s Border Bowl, an all star game for Tennessee and Kentucky football players. Austin was the Panthers’ center this year and is one of those all-around good
Austin Smith Photo by Greg Householder
kids that literally crowd the halls at the school. Congratulations to Austin and kudos to mom, Tami, and dad, Rusty, for raising such a great kid. The first casualty of the weather last week was the Powell Rec meeting that was supposed to occur last Monday. It is now set for Jan. 24 – same time, same place – 7 p.m. at Lighthouse Christian
Church. If you have a kid cheering or playing at Powell-Levi you should plan on attending this meeting. Powell Rec will elect commissioners for baseball, softball, cheerleading and football, and it is a great opportunity to provide your input. The next thing to get punted because of weather was the Powell High School PTA meeting. It is now set for Thursday, Jan. 20, in conjunction with the open house which was also rescheduled due to weather. The Powell High School Dreams Foundation meeting was also rescheduled to Jan. 20 at noon. The Heiskell Seniors simply canceled their January meeting. But they plan on meeting on Feb. 10. Circle your calendars for that one because County Mayor Tim Burchett will be the guest speaker. Well, that’s about it for this week. Stay warm.
‘Walking On’ County offered another $2,500. Fourteen .30 caliber cartridge cases were found at the scene of the shooting. Eleven bullet holes were found in the Plymouth that Pusser was driving. Within three years, all of the suspected killers, professional assassins from out of state, were dead. “So, who was behind their deaths?” Dwana writes. “I don’t know. But there are some folks who believe Daddy got to one or more of them.” Pusser was driven to Memphis’s Baptist Memorial Hospital for emergency
From page A-2 surgery. The room was surrounded by armed guards. He was unable to attend his wife’s funeral because of his injuries (unlike his dramatic appearance at Pauline’s funeral in the 1973 film). Dwana writes that she didn’t at first understand the news that her mother had been killed. All she heard was that her father was injured. She assumed her mother was with her father at the hospital. When her grandfather, Carl, came to a friend’s house to tell her about her mother, Dwana writes, “All
of a sudden, this really loud, squealing noise just railed inside my head. (At home), I lay on the bed and cried and screamed. I could not believe my mother was dead.” Asked later, Buford Pusser said if he had it to do over again he wouldn’t have sought to be sheriff. “When I think of what I lost,” he told Charles Thompson of the Nashville Tennessean, “Pauline, her death – it just wasn’t worth it.” “I started the 1st grade the following week,” Dwana writes, “just like any other normal 6-year-old kid.”
Next week: Part II will cover the Hollywood film version of Buford Pusser’s story, including analysis of “Walking Tall” from UT film studies professor Chuck Maland and Dwana’s dramatic account of Pusser’s controversial August 1974 death. Call Jake Mabe at 922-4136 or e-mail JakeMabe1@aol.com. Visit his blog at jakemabe.blogspot.com.
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Inclement weather last week produced a change in plans for the Powell Business and Professional Association. Instead of the scheduled program, last Tuesday members who attended conducted a networking session where each person present was able to give a more extensive introduction of their business than is the norm. Pictured are the 2011 PBPA officers: Teresa Long, secretary; Noell Lewis, president; Kelley Jarnigan, vice president; and Steve Mouser, treasurer. Photo by Greg Householder
Tea Party meeting The Knoxville Tea Party will meet 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, at Cedar Springs Christian Bookstore, 504 N. Peters Rd. to inform the public of an opportunity to fight “Obamacare.” Van Irion, a constitutional attorney who created the “Obamacare” class action lawsuit, will join KTP to discuss the topic. The goal of the lawsuit is to have the entire “Obamacare” act ruled unconstitutional. CLIP & SAVE
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government Romney/Haslam 2012? Some say money is the mother’s milk of politics, but from where I sit, it’s rumors. Seven years ago, the hot underground rumor was that although Bill Haslam was running for mayor, his longterm goal was to be governor. Sure enough, even before Haslam swapped his big house in Westmoreland for a bigger one in Nashville, here came speculation that he had even longer-term goals. And that speculation is not confined to the borders of the Volunteer State, or even to a future as distant as four years down the road. Is the brand new governor of the state of Tennessee already positioning himself to run for something in 2012? Specifically, is he working toward being Mitt Romney’s running mate if Romney captures the Republican presidential nomination? There are signs that this might be the case, if one goes looking. There are obvious signs, like Romney endorsing Haslam and directing his Free & Strong America PAC to donate $2,500 to the Haslam campaign last summer. And there’s the post-election “Mitt congratulates Bill Haslam – Laying the foundation for 2012” Facebook ad with the embedded link routing readers to the Free & Strong America Facebook page. And speaking of strength, Haslam’s hiring of Nashville investment banker Bill Hagerty as economic and community development commissioner looks pretty reasonable on its face, based on Hagerty’s apparent business acumen. But there’s also a strong Romney tie there, beyond the press release that Romney fired off to let the world know that Hagerty will create jobs by “removing the burdens on employers and unleashing the power of innovation.” Hagerty has strong GOP national credentials and was
Betty Bean finance chair of Romney’s campaign for the 2008 GOP presidential nomination. Another sign might be who Haslam isn’t taking to Nashville. His upper level administrators for the city of Knoxville are widely acclaimed for their competence, but he hasn’t hired any of them for the scores of jobs a new governor must fill. Instead, he’s cherrypicked commissioners and managers from every corner of the state, building statewide support that’s stronger than a Cosby ramp. Maybe he’s already feeling insecure about his re-election prospects despite the 65-35 margin he rolled up against Democrat Mike McWherter (sarcasm alert). Or maybe he’s thinking back to 2008 and remembering the highly publicized 80-something percent home state favorability rating Sarah Palin enjoyed before John McCain tapped her as his running mate. And finally, what’s in it for Romney? A running mate from the South who got some Tea Party endorsements despite being accused of not loving guns enough. A running mate whose family had close personal, political and/or business ties to Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker before they ever became U.S. Senators (Corker was big brother Jimmy Haslam’s college roommate and fraternity brother. Former governor and University of Tennessee president Alexander has benefited from his Haslam ties for longer than young voters have been alive). Obama has Oprah, Romney could have Big Jim, whose Rolodex is a very good place to go prospecting for new best friends.
Senators, all Senate Speaker Pro Tempore Jamie Woodson and her colleagues, Sens. Mae Beavers and Delores Gresham, on the first day of the 107th General Assembly. Woodson was appointed to the leadership position by Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey. She also was appointed to three committees: Commerce, Labor and Agriculture; Education; and Finance Ways and Means. Photo submitted
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The way we were I was born in 1950. As I reached adolescence, the civil rights movement was entering its most tumultuous period. The hardening of segregationist attitudes, especially in the Deep South, threatened to make a mockery of Martin Luther King Jr.’s message of nonviolent protest. In May 1963, Birmingham, Ala., police chief “Bull” Connor ordered fire hoses and dogs turned on peaceful civil rights demonstrators. Those newspaper and television images made their way around the world. In September, four African-American girls ages 11 to 14 died when a bomb set by Ku Klux Klan members exploded at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. Nearly a year later, in June 1964, three student civil rights workers were murdered by the Klan in Neshoba County, Miss. More than 40 years would pass before the last of the living perpetrators of these crimes, Edgar Ray Killen, an ordained Baptist minister and Klan member, was convicted and imprisoned. Brutality directed at African-Americans was nothing new in the South, nor were they spared humiliation and even lynching north of the Mason-Dixon Line. What was
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new was the power of television to bring the real-life horror story to living rooms around the country during that turbulent era. In the midst of the violence, King persevered, despite living under constant threats to his own life. His “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, D.C., in August 1963 will forever rank as one of the most inspiring orations in American history. I recall at the age of 10 a trip with my mother to the Sears store on Central Avenue in Knoxville. Growing up in North Knox County, not far from the Union County line, a trip to the city was a rare occurrence. At Sears that day I became acquainted with segregation as practiced in Knoxville when I saw my first “colored” and “white” drinking fountains. I asked my mother if the “colored” water was dirty. I remember her frown but not her answer, or whether she replied at all.
Martin Luther King Jr. delivers the “I Have a Dream” speech on Aug. 28, 1963, from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Our family moved to Fountain City soon afterward, where I attended elementary school and later Central High School. I was 15 before I saw black students in my school, and when I graduated they still numbered but a handful. It’s especially difficult for anyone, black or white, born after the civil rights upheaval of the 60s to understand how different it was before King and his peers defied the segregationists and began the long, painful process that would abolish discrimination in voting rights, education, housing, employment and in every aspect of everyday living we casually take for granted. Prejudice and co-
vert discrimination still exist and probably always will. But the distance from separate drinking fountains in Sears to Knoxville’s first AfricanAmerican mayor is measurable only in terms of human sacrifice that should never be forgotten. One day before he was assassinated in Memphis, King, in another memorable peroration, said, “He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over, and I’ve seen the Promised Land.” King looked over the mountain and saw a world of equality for all. It’s fitting that we should honor the man and his vision today. contact: lvgknox@mindspring.com
Haslam’s mainstays to be there for Brown By Betty Bean up the city/county unification effort and got to know a bank CEO who was so deQuestion: In the nearly two years voted to the cause that he went door-tothat Bill Haslam was off in Mountain door trying to persuade county voters to City and Memphis and everywhere in consider the benefits of combining city between running for governor, who was and county governments. It was a losing running Knoxville? effort. Answer: A banker and a professor. “There was a lot of misinformation And no, this isn’t the punch line to a out there,” Martin said. “Gilligan’s Island” joke. “It was a very intense effort,” Lyons There is a rare unanimity among adds. “People outside the city were unwatchers of the local political scene: easy over future tax burdens, and there Deputy to the Mayor Larry Martin (the was the issue of an elected sheriff versus banker) and Senior Director of Policy an appointed sheriff.” and Communications Bill Lyons (the professor) did a remarkable job while Deputy mayor Larry Martin and policy Eventually, Lyons stepped out of the mayor was barnstorming the state. specialist Bill Lyons stand ready to work for academia and chaired the Knoxville They are very close, personally. Both the new mayor. Photo by Betty Bean Community Development Corporation are Memphians whose first careers board. He worked closely with board brought them to Knoxville, and both have chosen public ser- member Bill Haslam on downtown development projects and vice as a second career. managed Haslam’s mayoral campaign in 2003. He is scheduled They are both members of the same Sunday school class at (but perhaps not locked in) to return to UT in August. He has Church Street United Methodist Church, and they both show been lauded for bringing a participatory, collaborative approach up every day for a 7 a.m. planning meeting. They make their to government, engaging on local blogs and e-mail lists. own coffee, which Lyons admits isn’t necessarily a wonderful “I really believe in this interactive approach to communicathing. tions,” he said. “It’s just a way to engage people and take the Martin worked for First Tennessee Bank for 41 years and high road, for the most part. I’ve slipped up a few times, but came to Knoxville with his wife, Jane, in 1987. He was chief overall, I think it’s paid off.” executive officer of First Tennessee’s banking group when he Lyons and Martin have grown comfortable working toretired in June 2006. By September, Haslam had asked him to gether. Martin admires Lyons’ knowledge of government and come to work as deputy mayor and senior director of finance. public policy. Lyons says Martin’s administrative skills are off He gave up the latter duty to Jim York in 2008, around the the charts. time that Haslam began running for governor. And they both are keenly aware that the clock is ticking. Martin sounds almost surprised when he talks about how Meanwhile, there’s a new mayor in town. The day after City much he loves his job. Council member Daniel Brown’s colleagues elected him in“I can assure you that when I retired, I had no plans, no terim mayor, Lyons and Martin invited him to lunch. They’re thought whatsoever of going to work in the public sector. That excited about working with him. said, I didn’t just want to go to the house. And I can tell you “Right now, we are both committed to Mayor Brown having clearly, my wife didn’t want me to come to the house. That every success,” Lyons said. first Monday morning, she went out to run some errands, and when she came back I was in the kitchen. City Council meeting “She said, ‘Am I mistaken, are you still here?’” The Knoxville City Council will meet 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. Lyons had always dabbled in politics and public policy from an academic perspective since arriving in Knoxville in 1975 to 20, in the main assembly room of the City-County building. The take a position as assistant professor in the political science purpose of the special called meeting is for City Council to fill the department at the University of Tennessee. In 1996, he took vacancy in the Fifth District City Council seat. Info: 215-2075.
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Three promoted by KCS The county school board will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, in the AJ Building board room. Agenda items include in-depth discussion of the recently released AYP scores and what Jim McIntyre calls “beginning a public conversation about strategic compensation.”
Sandra Clark We’re guessing that’s geek speak for paying people more who contribute uniquely, a common practice in business. Some real old-timers remember when Mildred Doyle pushed for equal pay for elementary school teachers at a time when they were mostly women and made less than their high school counterparts who were often men.
Sometimes equality is reform … and sometimes institutionalized inequality is reform. Live long enough and it all rolls back around. Cecil Kelly was a fine man, a committed educator and a community leader. He died last week after years of declining health. But we’ll remember Mr. Kelly as the 7th District school board member (before Diane Dozier who came before Rex Stooksbury who came before Kim Sepesi) who won election on a happy night when this writer chased him down at his house on Mountaincrest Drive for a picture. We showed Leo Cooper, Mary Lou Horner and Cecil Kelly clasping hands – perhaps the first and last time the commission and school board held hands. STEM at L&N: Board members beat up on McIntyre for a couple of hours, then unanimously adopted his recommendation to put
the new STEM high school at the L&N Station downtown. The school will house 800 students in grades 9-12 when built out; admission will be voluntary and by lottery if too many apply. Becky Ashe is the new principal for the STEM high school. A former West High School science teacher, Ashe Becky Ashe now works at the central office in curriculum. She’s high-energy and should do a super job at the science, technology, engineering and mathematics academy. Jon Dickl, the new chief of food services, has upgraded school lunches with the addition of salads and whole grain breads. His team also has brought in fresh fruit choices and “low-fat cookies” with the heads of presi-
dents to support instruction. Ahhh, a vision. Two kids in the back of the lunchroom trading cookies: “I’ll swap Jon Dickl you two Hoovers for a Truman and a Bush 43!” Ginnae Harley came to learn and has stayed to manage. The administrative intern has replaced Lois McSwine as Ginnae Harley director of federal programs. McSwine retired after 30+ years with KCS. Tom Brown, longtime Holston Middle School principal, gets to keep that job while taking on additional duties as mentor principal for schools enter-
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■ John Antun has led research that shows the social experience and the availability of healthy menu options are factors in restaurant selection. John Antun Antun, associate professor in the Department of Retail, Hospitality and Tourism and director of the Culinary Institute, and others have developed a 20item scale called DinEX that can accurately predict whether diners will like a restaurant and return to it. Their research is published in the current issue of the quarterly Journal of Foodservice Business Research.
COLLEGE NOTES Valley campus. Exhibit hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Info: 694-6433.
Pellissippi State ■ Auditions for “Handler” will be 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 19-20, in the Clayton Performing Arts Center on campus on Hardin Valley Road. Roles are available for 15 male and female actors ages 18-60. The audition is open to all. Info: 694-6684 or www. pstcc.edu/theatre. ■ Nursing students for Fall 2011 have two January deadlines. Applicants must register for the Kaplan Nursing Entrance Exam by Jan. 29 and take the exam no later than Jan. 31. Nursing applications also must be submitted by Jan. 31. Info: www.pstcc.edu/ learn or 694-6454. ■ Art by new faculty members Jennifer Brickey and Herbert J. Rieth III is on exhibit through Jan. 31 at the Bagwell Center for Media and Arts on the Hardin
King College ■ Author Katherine Paterson will return to Bristol for the annual Buechner Lectureship and a dramatic rendition of her book, “The Bridge to Paterson Terabithia.” Events are Jan. 28-29 at the paramount Center for the Arts. Paterson graduated in 1954 from King College and later earned two master’s degrees. She now lives in Vermont. Info: Dale Brown at wdbrown@king. edu or 423-652-4156.
UT-Knoxville ■ Nashville law firm Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis has endowed a diversity scholarship for the College of Law. The initial endowment will generate about a third of a full, three-year scholarship. The scholarship is renewable each semester for the three years the recipient attends law school. When the student graduates, the scholarship will be awarded to a new student.
schools ing the TAP compensation program. Some 14 more schools will be added with federal “Race to the Top” dollars. Say what? Board member Karen Carson asked, “What happens if it burns?” referring to the L&N Station, which the school board has agreed to lease for 20 years. Assistant Law Director Marty McCampbell said, “The school board’s obligation to make the payments continues.” That can’t be right. Who writes a lease like that!?! C.B. Howell spoke against the L&N site, saying the selection was “rammed
down our throats” without public input. “It stinks!” Magnet school open houses: If you’ve thought about sending your kid to a magnet school, get details this week and next at area open houses. High school magnets are Austin-East (performing arts), West High (International Baccalaureate) and the new STEM Academy, which will open for 9th and 10th graders in August. The high school meeting is 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, at the Sarah Simpson Professional Development Center, 801 Tipton Ave.
Craft center to jury new members The Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris is looking for new members to sell their handmade crafts in the Craft Center gallery. Anyone interested in going through the jurying process should bring three samples of their work to the center between Friday, Jan. 21, and noon Thursday, Feb. 3. The jurying will take place Tuesday, Feb. 8, and items must be picked up by Friday, Feb. 18. Each person going through the process must fill out a form and pay a nonrefundable $25 jurying fee. Currently there are about 70 crafters who sell in the shop. Jurying takes place four times a year, in February, May, August and November. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.
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■ Christ UMC, 7535 Maynardville Highway, will have a formal wear consignment sale for children and adults 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 12. Info: 922-1412.
Men’s programs ■ Temple Baptist Church will host a Faithful Men’s Banquet 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, in the great hall of Crown College. Dinner served at 7 p.m. Men of all ages are welcomed for a free steak dinner. Guest speaker will be Dr. Mitch Campbell M.D. Info: 938-8182. ■ Temple Baptist Church will host a Faithful Men’s Meeting 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23, and 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, Jan. 24-26. Guest speaker: Dr. Larry Brown. Everyone is
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Music services ■ Christ UMC, 7535 Maynardville Pike, sponsors bluegrass each second Sunday during the 8:45 a.m. service. ■ Fellowship Christian Church on Tazewell Pike will host the Valley boys for a singing at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22. All are welcome. ■ Mount Harmony Baptist Church on Raccoon Valley Road will present gospel singing by the group Wings Over Jordan 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29. Everyone is invited.
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A committee that cares The KCDC Community Involvement Committee is an employee-run volunteer committee. Headed by Becky Fetters, occupancy manager at Northridge Crossing, and Tammy Kitts, office assistant at Virginia Walker and Bakertown Apartments, the committee is an active group. They, along with committee members Joy Russell, David Nelson, Bill Clanton, Jennifer Jamison, Tiara Webb, Sherry Taylor, Tina Reed, Candy Miles and Rosetta Brown, have been busy doing a lot of positive things. In August, they hosted a booth at the Knoxville Area Urban League’s “Shoes for School” event, which included food, games and new shoes and school supplies for about 1,000 area children who most needed the help.
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transformations In September, the committee supported a walk in honor of an employee’s son who has been hospitalized at St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital as a result of cancer. Several employees also participated. It was a great show of support for a friend and coworker facing a tough time. In the fall, the group participated in the Volunteer Ministry Center walk and collected coats for the Knoxville Area Rescue Ministries “Coats for the Cold.” They also assembled 15
Thanksgiving baskets, filled with all the ingredients for a wonderful meal. Baskets were given to KCDC residents based on need. It was encouraging for all of us to know that we made the holidays a little brighter for some people going through tough times. In December, we put on our running shoes to participate in the Jingle Bell Run for the Arthritis Foundation. Later this year, we will play Mud Volleyball in support of the Epilepsy Foundation of East Tennessee. Art Cate, our chief operating officer, is team captain. I look forward to providing details, and I commend our committee for their excellent work and the KCDC employees who take time to support their efforts.
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est years of my life.” Dooley came to work for Sheriff Tim Hutchison after serving as news director for WATE-TV. She had just returned Thursday from an accident in East Knox County where a school security office had skidded into an earlier wreck. The officer’s vehicle bumped into two teenagers who were waiting for a school bus. Dooley said she almost fell a couple of times at the scene and another officer, Frank Phillips, fell on the ice and hit his head. He was treated for a concussion. Sure enough, Dooley’s report of the event (minus her own near-calamities) was already on the website. “Hey, we’re not afraid to put bad news up there. We post good news too,” she said. “Sheriff Jones says, ‘It is what it is.’ He gives us the tools and lets us run with them. … Transparency is an overworked word, but that’s what this is.” For instance, Dooley posted a blurb on Wednesday about pharmacy robberies. “Pharmacy robberies are on the increase, but the good news is that the majority of them are being solved,” she wrote. “Lt. Clyde Cowan of the Major Crimes Unit credits the high solvability rate to cooperation between law enforcement agencies.” Dooley said in 2008, there were 3 pharmacy robberies; in 2009 there were 10; in 2010 there with 20 with 16 solves; in the first weeks of 2011 there have been 3 robberies with 2 solved. The story also quotes Lt. Bobby Hubbs, who compiles crime statistics for the Sheriff’s Office, and Chief Robert Waggoner. Dooley is quick to credit Dick Moran, director of Information Technology for Knox County, and his staff with designing the new website. “They made it easy to navigate and extremely informative.” Hubbs updates the crime map “every 3 to 4 hours,” Dooley said. Why post the mug shots of inmates? Dooley said it simplifies media requests for pictures. The website photos can be downloaded and used by newspapers or television. “This office belongs to the people. We need to let them know what’s going on.”
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Kind words for Matt Simms Never would I interrupt the choir still singing praises of Tyler Bray but here are two words of appreciation for Matt Simms. Tough guy. Matt took the knockdowns and kept getting up when the Tennessee offensive line was totally overmatched. OK, some of the 25 sacks were his fault because he held the ball too long. Some were caused by blocking busts by backs. Some were Chinese fire drills with cornerbacks, linebackers and ugly tackles running dangerously free. Through it all, Simms did not hold up his hand and ask to be excused. Could be his highlight was saving the season back in September. He threw one Danarius Moore could catch in the second overtime against Alabama-Birmingham. The Blazers were within a few inches of creating a disaster. Stats said they beat the Vols but Simms and the scoreboard said no. Not much good happened in October but we never heard Simms complain – until he lost his job. He didn’t like that one bit. He stood in the eye of the storms that were Oregon, Florida, LSU, Georgia and Alabama. All were losses and four were very convincing – but not entirely his fault. He thought he was playing his best game at South Carolina, 10 of 13 and one touchdown, but he fumbled and that was the signal for Derek Dooley to make a change. It was the correct move. Inserting Bray created optimism, put a positive spin on the future instead of belaboring the negative past.
Marvin West The November schedule wrapped a genius cloak around the switch. It did not convince Simms. He was 99 percent certain he could have been a winning quarterback against Memphis, Ole Miss and Vanderbilt and 97 sure he could have guided the continuation of the Kentucky streak. Fortunately for all concerned, Dooley and Simms talked. Simms became a dependable reserve. He congratulated good plays. He held for place kicks when Chad Cunningham had a hurt hand. Indeed, Matt contributed. If sanity prevails, he will be available next season, play when needed, earn a degree and live happily ever after. Lane Kiffin directed the recruitment of Simms. Nobody said he was as good as Cam Newton but he had a strong arm and a royal pedigree. His dad has two Super Bowl rings. It appears Matt did not precisely follow in his father’s footsteps. Alabama fans found an infamous hot tub photo and didn’t wait for the lab report to analyze the smoke. Matt Simms did not ride coattails into the Tennessee starting lineup. He worked for the opportunity. He provided leadership in spring, summer and fall when leadership was desperately needed. I recall a Dooley quote from late August explaining what, at the time, distinguished Simms
Royal Crusaders return to the hardwood By Greg Householder The Crown College Royal Crusaders returned to the court after a lengthy break for the holidays. The last time the Crusaders saw action was on Dec. 4 in the Toccoa Falls Classic in Toccoa, Ga. Crown College traveled to Chillicothe, Ohio, on Jan. 7 to face Ohio University-Chillicothe. The Royal Crusaders fell 73-66. Nate Humphrey led Crown in scoring with 19 including a 3-pointer. Also scoring in double figures for the Crusaders were Collin Hickman with 13 including two from beyond the arc and Houston
from Bray: “It’s the ability to process the situation, get the play, spit it out, distribute it to 10 people, line them up, get the motion and then here comes the play. It’s a wholemanaging-the-offense deal.” Made sense. Simms was a junior, about to be 22 years old, far more experienced and mature. Dooley said nothing about forever. It was apparent Bray had more potential. How quickly he absorbed the concept and adapted to the speed of the game would determine when he moved up in the pecking order. How Simms performed might be a factor. Strange, indeed, that Bray’s first pass against South Carolina was intercepted and returned for a touchdown. If Tyler had shattered, if he had ducked his head and handed the job back to Simms, November would certainly have been different. Not necessarily better or worse, just different. Bray endured. Simms stewed. Bray won. Simms sat. Once upon a time, a second-team Tennessee quarterback carved out an interesting career in the National Football League. I do not expect Simms to flourish in the big show but he is plenty sharp enough to be a business success. He might be an excellent coach. He knows the game. He has leadership ability. He had a silver spoon but was willing to work for what he got. He has dealt with adversity; felt the sting of rejection and survived. Believe me, there is a place for tough guys. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com.
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Sherrod with 11 and three 3-pointers. On Jan. 8 Crown College faced off against Ohio Christian University in Circleville, Ohio. The Royal Crusaders fell hard 83-33. Brandon Johnson led Crown with 10 points. Last Tuesday, the Crusaders returned home to host Pensacola Christian College. Despite heavy point production from Sherrod, Johnson and Humphrey, Crown fell 101-83. Sherrod scored 24 points, Johnsons scored 19 and Humphrey poured in 17. All three hit three from 3-point range.
Powell Recreation will hold its annual elections for all sports and board 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 24, at the Lighthouse Christian Church, 8015 Facade Lane. Info: 938-3367. Tonight (Jan. 17) the Royal Crusaders will host Free Will Baptist College. On Friday, Jan. 21, the team will travel to Louisville, Ky., to face Boyce College, and on Saturday, Jan. 22, the Crusaders return home to play Appalachian Bible College. Saturday games tip at 2 p.m. All others tip at 7 p.m.
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Panthers’ schedule survives weather By Greg Householder Compared to other area teams the Powell High School basketball squads had it pretty lucky as far as the schedule goes last week. On the court, however, there was not a lot of good fortune as the Panther girls dropped games to rival Halls and also at Fulton. The boys knocked off Halls but fell to Fulton. On Jan. 7, the girls lost to the Red Devils 43-41 in overtime. Haley Howell led the Panthers with 15 points, including three 3-pointers. Shea Coker added 10, including two from beyond the arc. The Powell boys won 5250. Zach Miracle led the Panthers with 19, including three 3-pointers. Tres Palmer also scored in double figures with 17. Last Tuesday’s visit to Fulton was postponed for
a day and was played last Wednesday. In the girls contest, playing without senior Torey Hyder, who bruised her ankle in the third quarter against Halls, Powell fell to Fulton 41-36. Halee Logan led Powell with 11. In the boys game, the Panthers fell to the Falcons 58-48. Palmer led the scoring with 15. Also scoring in double figures was Steven Parsons with 11 including two from beyond the arc. Powell visits Hardin Valley Academy on Tuesday, Jan. 18, and closes out the week on Friday, Jan. 21, at Clinton. The wintry weather twisted other high school basketball schedules in the worst way last week. Games were rescheduled and then rebooked again as icy road conditions forced postponements. In girls action on Jan. 7,
Webb rolled over Donelson Christian 61-28, West downed Catholic 53-34, Grace Christian Academy fell to Midway 47-40 and Central beat Karns 49-39. In boys play on Jan. 7, Donelson Christian beat Webb 43-42, West topped Catholic 71-51, Grace rolled over Midway 81-48 and Central downed Karns 7063. The Bearden-Farragut rivalry game at Bearden scheduled for Jan. 7 was reset for tonight (Jan 17).
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