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October 1, 2012
$300K for senior center By Sandra Clark
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Commissioner Brad Anders just never quit, and he came away from last week’s commission meeting with $300,000 for design and environmental studies for a new senior center to serve Karns, Ball Camp and Hardin Valley.
He estimates the total cost at $1 million to build and $80,000 to $90,000 per year to operate. Anders said Mayor Tim Burchett wants to build the center on land already owned by Knox County, and Anders agrees: “I’d hate to pull commercial
property off the tax rolls.” Anders hopes to use a design similar to the senior center in the Carter community, even though it was built in conjunction with an already existing library. “We’ve looked at (the Karns Library site) and there’s just not enough
parking,” he said. Meanwhile, Karns guy Jack Stooksbury called Shopper-News last week to express support for the center. “We’ve worked at this for so long,” he said, hoping nothing would derail Anders’ motion.
“Everything they put (in Karns) is something everybody else has already got,” said Stooksbury. On another issue, Anders said the county’s purchasing department is “looking at a couple of sites” for a new trash center in Karns.
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Miracle Makers Inskip Elementary’s reading scores soared last year, catching everybody’s attention and leading to an appropriation of $3 million to replicate the program in nine other schools. Inskip was one of five elementary schools to pilot the first-grade reading intervention program. In one year, it is credited with moving the proficiency in reading score at Inskip from 27.7 percent to 98.9 percent.
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Party time The Tennessee cross-country family is celebrating the historic NCAA championship of 40 years ago. Oh, the joy of triumphant recollections, tall tales, monstrous exaggerations and bare-faced lies.
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Hardin Valley Academy holds a huge pep rally at Food City prior to its game against Powell. The band, cheerleaders and dance team (above) came together to support the Hawks. At right, Paige Chaloux and Claire Benson of the dance team cheer on the Hawks. “All of them working together, I find that outstanding in high school kids. It’s a real tribute to the kids, their folks, the teachers and the school.” said Chef Walter Lambert. This is the third HVA pep rally at Food City. “We always host the first home game, and this is the second one we’ve done this year,” manager Tim Blakely said. The rallies have been so successful that Food City corporate is now hosting a series of 11 pep rallies in three counties. Refreshments and hot dogs were provided by Food City and Matt Beeler, owner of BKW Seasonings, cooked chicken wings for the crowd. Photos by T. Edwards
Index Theresa Edwards A3 Government/Politics A4 Marvin West/Lynn Hutton A5 Coffee Break A6 Faith A7 Kids A8-10 Business A11 Calendar A12 Health/Lifestyles Sect B
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Cedar Bluff Center renovation attracts new anchor tenant By Anne Hart Cedar Bluff Shopping Center, located on Executive Park Drive at Cedar Bluff Road, is undergoing a major facelift and remodeling effort, and as a result has already attracted a major new anchor tenant. Public records show that Integra Construction was issued a building permit earlier this month in the amount of $1,529,869 for “renovation of the former Food City to be ITT Technical Institute” at 1923 Executive Park Drive. Officials at ITT Technical corporate headquarters in Indianapolis confirmed that the ITT Technical Institute, which opened in Knoxville in 1988 and has been in operation at 10208 Technology Drive since 1994, will relocate its campus to the Cedar Bluff center
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before the end of the year. Lauren Littlefield, ITT corporate director of communications, said the new 32,000-square-foot location will house administrative offices, classrooms, laboratories, a student café and other amenities. “We have had great success with our students in Tennessee, and we are looking forward to the added conveniences this location will offer them,” she said. “This is an excellent location for many reasons, including easy access, ample parking and great visibility.” Littlefield said the school’s curriculum will remain the same, adding, “Nothing will change except the physical address. The course schedule for our students will be uninterrupted.”
Architect’s rendering of Cedar Bluff Shopping Center after renovation. The ITT Technical Institutes are a leading private college system focused on technology-oriented programs of study. There are more than 140 ITT schools in 38 states, offering predominately career-focused, degree programs to more than 70,000 students. While declining to identify the new anchor tenant by name, Jerry Bodie, executive vice president of White Realty and Service
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Corp., did say that Davis Overton, White Realty vice president for leasing and management, gets credit for inking the deal. Bodie said there is also a deal pending for the space at the eastern end of the center that was formerly occupied by First Tennessee Bank but has been vacant for several years. The center has 100,000 square feet of space, with all but four units under
lease. Among the tenants are Dollar General Store and H&R Block. Renovation costs, aside from ITT’s remodeling of its space, are projected at about $3.1 million and include a complete new facade, new signage and repaving of the parking lot. When Cedar Bluff Shopping Center was built in 1973, the major tenant was
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