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VOL. 6 NO. 15 NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ
Chick-fil-A delays sign installation Bearden will not be home to a 50-foot sign (pictured on our April 2 front page) from Chick-fil-A. City Council member Duane Grieve, who represents District 2 which includes Bearden, received an email from Getra Thomason last Monday. “In an effort to work with the community and to be a good neighbor, Chick-fil-A Corporate, will be discussing internally this week a compromised modification to the existing 50 foot sign that was scheduled to be installed at the Bearden/Knoxville site this week. “We will not install the sign this week as originally permitted and approved by the City of Knoxville in November of 2011, but we will get back in touch with you on our decision of what modified sign we will install at a later date.” Thomason copied the correspondence to Joyce Feld, president of Scenic Knoxville. The proposed Chick-fil-A sign is legal under the city’s ordinances, but those ordinances are under review after recent turmoil over proposed 50-foot pole signs at Sherrill Hill. Chick-fil-A Inc. is based in Atlanta. – Wendy Smith
April 9, 2012
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Ghana gets boost from West Knox Lions By Wendy Smith They didn’t travel to Africa themselves, but the West Knox Lions Club got a close-up look at how their work benefits those from as far away as Ghana, Africa. James East, who recently returned from a weeklong medical mission trip to Ghana, spoke at the club’s awards banquet last week. He is a member of the Farragut Church of Christ, which has organized several trips to the country located on the western coast of Africa. The mission team of 17 included three doctors, a dentist and an optometrist. They worked alongside a Ghanaian doctor in a clinic in the Village of Hope, where there is also a school and an orphanage. Each morning, up to 400 patients arrived before 8 a.m. in order to take a number that would allow them to visit the clinic. Many of those who saw the optometrist needed only reading glasses, but others were examined and given donated glasses that matched their prescription. The West Knox Lions Club donated 1,800 pairs of glasses and 500 glasses cases to the residents of Ghana. East was particularly moved by a mother who
Beth East was one of 17 members of a medical mission team that took 1,800 pairs of glasses and 500 glasses cases donated by the West Knox Lions to the Village of Hope in Ghana, Africa, earlier this month. Photo submitted
West Knox Lions Club member Bill Howell, center, was chosen to be inducted into the Lions Hall of Fame at the club’s awards dinner last week. Jim McFarland and Bobby Harrington presented awards. Photo by Wendy
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All shook up! Powell guy David Hunter recalls a tale about Elvis and Cas Walker. Seems Elvis made a whistle stop in Knoxville, most likely when he came home from the Army in 1960. Cas decided, as a prominent Knoxvillian, to go down to the depot to say hello. David writes: “That evening, Cas was trampled by teenage girls. He showed up on the ‘Farm and Home Hour’ the next day, battered and angry about out-of-control youth.” See Jake’s column and more at www.ShopperNewsNow.com/.
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Churches to join for day of service By Wendy Smith There will be strange things happening around Knoxville on Saturday, April 21. Expect free car washes, neighborhood carnivals or folks passing out smoke detectors. Less obvious happenings will be quiet acts of service to our most needy neighbors. It’s all part of Inasmuch United Knoxville, the local event of the national nonprofit Operation Inasmuch. Members of 32 local churches will pitch in, and more than 2,000 volunteers are expected David Crocker to participate, says David Crocker, executive director of Operation Inasmuch, which is based in Knoxville. Crocker was a pastor in Fayetteville, N.C., when he worked with other church leaders to put together a one-day event designed to get church members out of the pew and into the community in 1995. When he became senior pastor at Central Baptist Church in Fountain City in 2002, he continued to have a heart for compassion ministry. He stepped down in 2006 to devote himself to the nonprofit full time. While some Christians are turned off by the idea of a one-day event, the idea is to “draw in people who sit very comfortably on the sidelines.” Within a typical church, most of the work is done by 20 percent of the congregation. But Operation
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Eric West repairs a car during the 2011 Inasmuch United Knoxville. Members of 32 local churches will participate in this year’s event Saturday, April 21. Photo submitted
Inasmuch events are geared toward the other 80 percent, he says. Crocker travels across the country to train churches on how to conduct events like Inasmuch United Knoxville. His first task is to stimulate a vision of what could happen if the majority of members would participate in a day of ministry. Then, he helps with logistics, like how to find projects, organize volunteers and promote the event. In preparation for Knoxville’s event, three dozen local agencies were contacted ahead of time so projects could be planned. Some were large agencies, like Knox Area
Rescue Ministry and Volunteer Ministry Center. But others were small, like Agape Outreach Homes. “We’re trying to spread it out a bit, to get as many people to help as possible,” he says. Another goal is to acquaint church members with new service opportunities. Sometimes, they get hooked. “There’s nothing like exposing people to real need.” Crocker sees a nationwide trend toward compassion ministry over the last 15 to 20 years. Operation Inasmuch and other similar models have changed the way churches are working in the community. He’s encouraged by it.
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