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VOL. 5, NO. 42
OCTOBER 17, 2011
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Business leaders hear marketing, wellness By Sandra Clark Jeff Smits, manager of the Karns Walgreens, related the story of his store’s recent robbery to members of the Greater Karns Business Association last week. “Nothing I could have said would top that story,” said Debbie Moss, who also spoke.
Cedar Bluff Art Winners Samuel Vennix and Griffin Ahern-Clark have won national recognition for their artwork. And money for their school!
Roundabouts
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By Sandra Clark All are invited to a hearing from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, at the Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive, to discuss final drawings for proposed roundabouts on Bob Gray Road at the intersections
with Bob Kirby Road and Mabry Hood/Hickey roads. Jim Snowden, assistant director of Engineering and Public Works for Knox County, said right-of-way stakes will be in place before Thursday’s hearing. Estimated cost is $600,000 to
Debbie Moss of Shopper-News and Jeff Smits of Walgreens at the Greater Karns Business Association last week. Photo by S. Clark
$800,000 (or about $300,000 to $400,000 each). The roundabout project will reduce speeding on Bob Gray Road, site of numerous accidents. The project must be approved by Mayor Tim Burchett and Knox County Commission.
Bless you, Moses Aminals were blessed in a ceremony in Karns. Joe Rector has the story. See page A-3
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Little conflict on redistricting
and 4A were endorsed by the committee. The school board favors plan 3A. Plan bly room of the City County tee, composed of commis2A shifts the fewest numsioners and school board Building. ber of residents among First reading to approve members, had to meet basic districts, a little more than a redistricting plan (or criteria: 32,000. By Larry Van Guilder ■ Ensure new boundarSixth District CommisSo far, the redistricting plans) is scheduled for comies could hold up to a legal sioner Brad Anders might necessitated by the 2010 mission’s regular monthly challenge. have the most to fret about U.S. census has drawn little meeting on Oct. 24. Com■ Keep at least one high in the plans under considmission has the fi nal say on attention from the public. eration. Plans 3A and 4A That could change today at the plans, and could recom- school in each district ■ Minimize the popula- would move Anders’ resithe conclusion of County mend separate plans for the dence out of the district he Commission’s work session school board and legislative tion shift. ■ Keep communities to- represents. And, under plan when a public hearing on districts. 2A, “I lose Amherst and Ball All the plans considered gether if possible. the plans is scheduled to Plans designated as 2A Camp,” Anders said. begin in the Main Assem- by the redistricting commit-
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news@ShopperNewsNow.com ads@ShopperNewsNow.com EDITOR Larry Van Guilder lvgknox@mindspring.com ADVERTISING SALES Sydney McLean mcleans@ShopperNewsNow.com Debbie Moss mossd@ShopperNewsNow.com Shopper-News is a member of KNS Media Group, published weekly at 10512 Lexington Drive, Suite 500, Knoxville, TN, and distributed to 33,237 homes in Farragut, Karns and Hardin Valley.
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Smits downplayed the robbery (a suspect was later taken into custody) and said Walgreens offers “a neighborhood pharmacist and the most accessible health care.” The Walgreens clinic on Middlebrook Pike offers school physicals, travel vaccines and more. Flu shots are available at all Walgreens any time a pharmacist is on duty. All have been trained to administer the immunization. The Karns store is open 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily with pharmacy hours 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays. Smits has been store manager since 2005. He promoted the Walk with Walgreens wellness program and distributed free kits including a pedometer. Moss, an advertising sales representative for Shopper-News, has 25 years’ experience in advertising and marketing. She told business owners she will be happy to consult with them whether or not they purchase Shopper ads. “You’ve all got to market your company some way.” The Shopper-News started in the mid-1960s in Halls, expanding with a zone in Powell and then in Karns. The current Karns/Hardin Valley zone is “community specific,” Moss said. The paper’s distribution is with the News Sentinel to subscribers and the paper serves as a wrapper for pre-prints for nonsubscribers. “We have direct-home delivery to all the houses in the areas that we serve,” said Moss. Info: 922-4136 or 218-WEST.
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Anders also noted that plan 2A would move school board members Thomas Deakins, Cindy Buttry and Kim Sepesi out of their current districts. The same plan also moves 3rd District Commissioner Tony Norman out of his district. Anders said he favors plan 1A or 2A for commission. Plan 1A moves a total of 53,005 residents among the districts. He summed up his situation simply: “I’m in a pickle.”
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