VOL. 8 NO. 36
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Painted pride
September 10, 2014
Alums, school officials speak to Karns underpass skirmish
The Hardin Valley Academy Hawks softball team is running the bases and fundraising with lightning speed. Why the intense fundraising? The girls are in desperate need of a locker room. With a building completion goal of spring 2015, they say they are working hard and are half-way home.
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See Nancy Anderson on page A-3
Earlier in the week, Karns alums responded to the messages on the underpass and the concern that current students weren’t keeping the tradition of painting over any messages from rival schools with their own message of “Show them how it’s done” and “Alumni Pride.”
Fear the hat Derek Dooley’s “Fear the Pants” never quite caught fire, but there’s potential for John Fugate with “Fear the Hat.” Manager of Commercial Bank in Fountain City, Fugate was appointed by County Commission to fill the term of Indya Kincannon until the November election. Three meetings.
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Read Sandra Clark on page A-4
Potatoes and ice cream? A big plus for many students and faculty at the beginning of the school year is the ever-popular ice cream social. Mounds of sprinkles, chocolate syrup and cherries cover ice cream as students, teachers and parents bond over their favorite flavors. Then there’s the occasional mashed potato social …
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See Sara Barrett on page A-8
Forgive him I borrow this thought from my Bible: Forgive him, Father, for he knew not what he doeth. Good man Mike Hamilton wasn’t trying to crucify Tennessee football when he scheduled home-and-homes with Oregon and Oklahoma. He was undoubtedly thinking of national-spotlight intersectional games that would fill stadiums, sell lots and lots of popcorn and attract big TV for all the world to see.
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Read Marvin West on page B-2
NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ
Helton reception Former players are invited to a reception for coach Joel Helton from 6 to 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, in the field house at Central High School prior to the football game.
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In the battle of the underpass, a group of Karns High School alums went out before daylight Sunday, Sept. 7, and covered up the vulgar messages from the previous week with more traditional messages. Photos by Nancy Anderson
By Nancy Anderson Vulgar messages painted on the Karns underpass by rival school supporters sparked a flurry of social media, coffee shop conversations and late-night painting sessions last week. What was different about the years-old tradition of trading barbs via the Karns underpass, which is actually owned by CSX railroad, was two-fold: Messages by rivals hit a new level of
vulgarity, and Karns alums began to question the school spirit of today’s student body. The “I love Karns” Facebook page had as many hits as the football game when messages slurring Karns and supporting Hardin Valley first showed up on Aug. 29. It escalated even more the next week when Powell supporters chimed in with their paint brushes. It wasn’t so much what was
written prior to the Hardin Valley game; it was that the graffiti remained for days, generating indignation by Karns alumni. The alums said, via Facebook, that Karns students should have honored tradition by repainting the bridge on Saturday. “I am totally embarrassed at the total lack of school spirit and total failure of tradition by our current To page A-3 The message that greeted drivers the morning of Sept. 7.
Catholic celebration Road, the Homecoming will be a day of family fun and fellowship among believers. It will conclude with a 4 p.m. outdoor Mass celebrated by Bishop Richard Stika on By Betsy Pickle the school’s football field. A year that began with solemniThere could be quite a crowd; ty will finish on a celebratory note. the Diocese has more than 66,000 The Roman Catholic Diocese of members in about 50 parishes Knoxville wraps up its 25th Annithroughout East Tennessee. versary Jubilee on Saturday with Many of the activities will be the 2014 Diocesan Homecoming ones that are common at all kinds of Family Day Celebration and Closchurch and school events – bounce ing Mass. houses, a dunk tank, a climbing Beginning at 10 a.m. on the wall, sack races, tug of war, volley- New York City Archbishop, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, opens the 25th grounds of Knoxville Catholic Anniversary Jubilee of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Knoxville last High School, 9245 Fox Lonas To page A-3 September in Sevier County. Photos submitted
Fun, family will mark the end of silver jubilee
Knox Bar salutes outgoing judges By Wendy Smith Lawyers, it seems, are slow to talk about judges, even those who are about to leave the bench. But a few brave barristers were willing to share their impressions at last week’s Knoxville Bar Association’s annual Supreme Court Dinner. City Attorney Charles Swanson was quick with his praise. He described Chancellor Daryl Fansler as “one of the most responsible judges in my experience.” Fansler always gave a fair trial without being biased beyond the facts of a case, he said. Circuit Court Judge Harold Wimberly is an excellent scholar who understands the law and enjoyed
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the process of applying it, Swanson said. As a former Knox County Law Director, Circuit Court Judge Dale Workman came to the bench with a broad range of experience. He also brought a sense of humanity to the job. “He empathized with the people before him more than any other judge. He did a great job,” said Swanson. Steven Lipsey, an attorney with Stone & Hinds, served on juries in Wimberly’s and Workman’s courts. Both did an excellent job, he said. “I learned a lot by sitting in the jury box. My service on the juries made me very proud of the legal profession.” As a practicing credi-
school was fortunate to have Fansler as an adjunct professor, in spite of how difficult it was to schedule teaching time around his hunting schedule. “He is one of the brightest, best judges.” Attorney Anne McKinney, known for her hats and musical parodies, recalled portraying Knox County Criminal Court Judge Mary Beth Leibowitz at the East Tennessee Society of New Tennessee State Supreme Court Justice Jeff Bivins Professional Journalists’ greets U.S. District Court Judge Pamela Reeves at the Knox- Front Page Follies. In spite ville Bar Association’s dinner. Photo by Wendy Smith of McKinney’s jab at the judge’s “less than vogue” tors’ rights lawyer, Lipsey the right temperament to wardrobe, Leibowitz hapis in bankruptcy court reg- handle cases for people pily recalls the event. “She always says, ‘She ularly. He describes U.S. who are experiencing fiplayed me,’” laughed McKBankruptcy Judge Rich- nancial problems.” ard Stair as intelligent and Doug Blaze, dean of the inney. compassionate with “just UT College of Law, said the To page A-3
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