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July 16, 2012
‘Y Tri’ hot race Graci Weber nears the finish line as she takes first place for females ages 16 to 19 for the second year in a row, with a time of 45:29. Weber ran cross-country for Karns High School and will run at Converse University this fall. Dad Chuck Weber ran the race with her. Photos by T. Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com
Steppin’ out Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero will lead Knoxville area seniors in the Walk with Walgreens senior center competition.
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Forgotten hero of the Great Smokies Although he may not be as well known as Col. David Chapman or Carlos C. Campbell, Gen. Frank D. Maloney may have had as long a relationship with the movement that finally resulted in the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park as anyone else.
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Two Byrds in the hall of fame Marvin West has known Ben Byrd, former Journal sportswriter, for 60 years. He’s known son Rick since Rick was 8, playing biddy basketball at old Knox High. Marvin was the referee and says nobody in the Byrd family ever yelled at him. In August, son will join father in the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame.
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pool for 200 yards. Participants had timing chips to electronically track their times. So, when Alan Horton was the first racer over the finish line, he was not necessarily the winner with the fastest time, but was hopeful. He did place overall first with a time of 33:35. His trainMike Dotson claims first place in the swimming portion of ing friend, Kevin McDonthe race with a time of 2:24. nell, placed overall third with a time of 36:13. “During the race, Alan Y’s “Save a Life” program. By Theresa Edwards passed me and looked really The race was staggered, good and strong. He just The West Side “Y Tri” fifth annual triathlon was a with swimmers starting one blew by me. But mentally I hot race, with temperatures at a time every five seconds, had to pretend like he was climbing. It consisted of a with the fastest swimmers just right around the cor200-yard swim, 12K neigh- starting first. Competitors ner even though I knew he borhood bike course and 4K swam up one lane, down an- wasn’t. He was way farther run along the West Hills gre- other, up the next, continu- ahead. I just had to keep enway. Proceeds went to the ing until they traversed the motivated because I was in
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male winner was Jim Hall with a time of 36:11, merely two seconds faster than McDonnell. The overall female winners were Marsha Morton in first at 41:29, Megan Fitch in second at 42:29 and Holly Wight in third at 43:41. Rick Coleman, chief financial officer of Y of East Tennessee, also participated in the race, placing sixth in his age group 55 to 59 with a time of 57:12. The West Side Y will hold its first “Youth Splash and Dash” on Saturday, July 21. For more information and to register, go to www.racedayevents.net where you can also view complete race results of the “Y Tri” event.
Roger Kane is cheerleader for Karns By Anne Hart
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no man’s land behind him and in front of a couple of other people. He’s a good motivator. We work out together and he pushes me really hard. I credit him,” said McDonnell. “Likewise, we’ve been training a lot together in the pool and he’s much faster in the swim. So I knew I had to chase him down on the bike and the run. I never caught him until the run. He had a really strong swim and strong bike,” said Horton. McDonnell is training for a half ironman run. Horton was a 2008 Olympics qualifier in the marathon. Running is definitely his strong suit. Both are accountants by profession. The second place overall
Roger Kane says he’s already doing lot of things in the Karns community that would translate well to the state Legislature. The Karns resident cites specifically work he has done with Karns High School to raise private funds for public education. He says he noticed that some of the large business- Roger Kane es in Oak Ridge were contributing funds directly to Fair. “It has been going on Oak Ridge High School and for 59 years, and it takes decided that could also be a ton of work because it done in Karns. draws 4,000 to 7,000 peo“We set up a foundation ple every year.” and raised money from priSponsored by the Karns vate sources to buy the stuff Business Association, for teachers want but the coun- which Kane has served as ty can’t provide – things president twice, the fair has teachers had on their wish grown over the years and lists, like white boards for has lately included more their classrooms. We took activities for children. the initiative with the pri“A good example of provate sector and it worked.” viding more for children to When he moved on to other do is Home Depot, which endeavors, about $20,000 donates leftovers from had been raised for the some of their small projschool, he said. ects so that the children at Kane is also very proud our fair can do crafts, like of the work he has done building birdhouses. with the Karns Community Kane says the Asso-
ciation raises money from booth rental at the fair for its community projects. This year’s Fair will be July 28 at Karns High School. Kane is also proud of the role he played in getting a traffic light installed in front of the Karns Fire Hall and the Ingles grocery store on Oak Ridge Highway. “Traffic is really heavy there at times, and the fire chief said sometimes they were waiting for five minutes or more before they could even get onto the road. “It took a lot of cooperation from a lot of people, working with TDOT (the Tennessee Department of Transportation), the county, the fire department, but it finally happened. That’s the kind of cooperation we need in government. We need smart growth.” Kane says if elected to the Legislature he will place a particular emphasis on public education. “We focus on driving kids toward college, but not all kids need to be in college. Kids can do everything
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with a cellphone or a video game but they can’t put a shingle on a roof. There are plumbers out here making $40,000 or $50,000 a year. You can support a family on that.” Kane says public schools “need to improve their graduation rates and yet provide access to vocational education and to fine arts programs.” If elected, Kane says he would “do a top to bottom review of all current legislation. I am a business owner, and we have so many pieces of legislation that make life miserable for business owners.” Kane also says he believes he is uniquely qualified for the legislative seat because
of his specific business background. As owner of Farmers Insurance agency in Karns, “I sell insurance and I teach insurance. With the new federal health insurance plan, we need to elect someone who will be best able to come up with legislation that will keep us prepared.” Kane and his wife, Brenda, have four children: Christopher, a crosscountry coach at Karns Middle School; Holly, who is married and lives in Pittsburgh, Pa.; Hope, a recent graduate of Hardin Valley Academy who will major in biology at UT and also will be a majorette; and Timothy, a senior at Hardin Valley Academy.
This is the second in a four-part series profiling the candidates in the newly-created state House 89th District race. Because there is no Democrat candidate, the winner of the Aug.2 Republican primary will represent the district in Nashville. The candidates are Tim Hutchison, Roger Kane, Joey McCulley and William “Bo” Pierce. The district consists of Karns, Hardin Valley, Solway, West Haven and part of Norwood.
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