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Miracle Maker
Nancy Friedrich had her midlife crisis at the same time her husband had his. In fact, they had the same one. The Friedrichs decided to go back to school.
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Shutdown doesn’t stop HonorAir
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NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ
Spaghetti supper The Fountain City Lions Club will serve a spaghetti supper 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, at the Lions Club building in Fountain City Park. All proceeds go to upkeep and improvements to the park and lake. Former Halls resident and business owner Bob Johnson, a Korean War era Army veteran, sees the Korean War Veterans Memorial for the first time. Photo by Doug Johnson
School talk The Halls Business and Professional Association will meet at noon Tuesday, Oct. 15, at Beaver Brook Country Club. Guest speakers will be Adrian Burnett Elementary School principal Angela Harrod and Halls High School athletic director Mike Wise. All are welcome. Lunch is $10.
HHS Alumni Band Halls High is hosting its first Alumni Band at the Halls/Central football game Thursday, Oct. 17. All former HHS band members are invited and will play with the marching band during the pregame show and in the stands during the game. Register by Tuesday, Oct. 15, by emailing Ashley Waller at ashley.waller@knoxschools. org. Provide your name, instrument played, whether you need an instrument and which part you would like to play. Registration fee is $5 to cover the cost of your flip folder. Registration begins at 5 p.m. in the band room and a brief rehearshal will follow at 5:30. Please wear red and white.
Halloween Event The second annual Halloween Event fundraiser to benefit Second Harvest Food Bank is 7 p.m.-midnight Saturday, Oct. 19, in the TitleMax parking lot, 6533 Maynardville Highway in Halls. Cost is $5 and the event is for all ages. Josiah Atchley will sing and a disc jockey will play music. Event will include a haunted walk-thru, food by Fats BBQ, games, Trunk-or-Treat, drawings and prizes. All profits benefit Second Harvest. Organizer Nora Taylor says the group still needs donations for the start-up costs as well as volunteers. Info: norataylor09@gmail. com.
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Church bell ‘rings’ again By JJake By ake ak ke Mabe Mabe Mab be The bell that called church members to Beaver Dam Baptist for 100 years rings again. No, not literally – the bell cannot be rung due to fear of damage – but it sounds, and looks, just as sweet, through the memories of those who were there and thanks to a joint restoration project between the church and the Halls Women’s League. As reported on Sept. 2, the church bell survived the fire that engulfed the former Beaver Dam church on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 1948, has been restored and placed in a monument at the original Halls Crossroads – the corner of Emory Road and Andersonville Pike. The monument was dedicated at a special service Oct. 6. John Hensley was the last person to ring the bell. “I think it was the Lord’s will that it (the church) burned. It had so much history in it, I’m not sure anybody would have torn it down. I like to think that’s why we have the church we have today.” Gene Bayless says seeing the
Nita Webb, wife of the the late Shields Webb, pastor of Beaver Dam in 1948-50, recalls the night the former church building burned in October 1948.
fire is his first memory. “My father had a service station and he also had a wrecker. I remember being with them when they dragged the bell out of the rubble of the church and drove it to the store,” which was located where Burger King sits today. Nita Webb, whose husband, the late Shields Webb, was pastor of the church from 1948-50, says that she doesn’t recall the bell.
Beaver Dam Baptist Church minister of music Ryan Flint leads the congregation in “Blest Be The Tie” during the bell monument dedication service. Photos by Bob Heydasch
She does remember the aftermath. She says the owner of the drive-in movie theater that once sat at the foot of Black Oak Ridge offered to show a film with all proceeds going to build a new church. Broadway Speedway,
located near the current location of the Halls Co-op, offered to help. Some Beaver Dam members thought the church should sell soap. “I thank God that he was in charge.”
KCS Insight Sessions: 2 hours well spent By Sandra Clark Knox County Schools is conducting a series of public meetings to gather opinions about: What’s right? What’s not? What’s next? The first was at South-Doyle Middle School; last week’s was at Carter Middle. These sessions are for everyone and every voice will be heard. South-Doyle: Some teachers complained about the amount of testing they have to do and all of the hoops that teachers have to jump through that are driving a lot of experienced, good teachers into early retirement.
They said teacher morale is really low, and all the observation they’re under is distracting and dispiriting. Several teachers and parents said teachers should be better paid. Another said educators need more classroom resources. Carter: Attendees voiced support for site-based school management, better teacher pay and a new concept: “advancement based on mastery.” This is a logical extension of individualized learning, made possible with technology. Parents from Gibbs participated heavily, and were able to get construction of a new middle
school at Gibbs into the top three priorities of the entire group. Educators dominated attendance at both meetings, perhaps skewing the results. Leadership Knoxville facilitated each group discussion. Upcoming 6 p.m. meetings at: ■ Farragut High School, Tuesday, Oct. 15 ■ Karns High School, Monday, Oct. 21 ■ Halls Elementary, Thursday, Morgan Camu, a Harvard University Oct. 24 graduate student doing a residency ■ Austin-East Magnet High with Knox County Schools, conducts School, Tuesday, Oct. 29 an Insight Session. Photo by S. Clark – Betsy Pickle contributed to this report
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