VOL. 7 NO. 30
IN THIS ISSUE
Back-to-school Check out the Shopper’s annual back-to-school feature with ads from area merchants and a complete school calendar for 2013-14.
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Karns Fairest of the Fair By Nancy Anderson
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‘Educator at sea’ Noelle Turner says she “lucked into” teaching marine ecology at Bearden High School. And she “lucked into” two summer stints working on the E/V Nautilus, a ship of exploration that took her to the Mediterranean Sea in 2012 and the Gulf of Mexico in 2013. But at some point, luck had to be superseded by Turner’s personal qualities – her passion for educating and her drive to learn. And her students are the lucky beneficiaries of her adventures.
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Madyson Robinson, Kerrington Grabill, Emyle Stansberry and Malerie Taylor. Photo Courtesy Sun Kissed Smiles Photography
Averi Ramsey probably had never heard of leukemia until diagnosed with the disease 18 months ago. Months of chemotherapy and doctor visits were forgotten for a few moments as the 8-year-old placed 2nd runner-up and won a modeling scholarship from Gage Talent in the Lil’ Miss Fairest of the Fair contest at Karns High School. Join Team Averi Ramsey on Facebook for progress reports on this little winner. Kerrington Grabill was named Miss Karns during the 2013 “Once Upon a Time” competition, held in advance of the 60th annual Karns Community Fair which was last Saturday. Grabill, a student at Karns High School, will represent the community in the Tennessee Valley Fairest of the Fair pageant in September. Also finishing in first place at the pageant were: Madyson Robinson, junior miss, Karns Middle School; Emyle Stansberry, teen, Faith Promise Church; and Malerie Taylor, lil’ miss, Grace Christian Academy. The pageant winners were featured in Saturday morning’s Karns Community Fair parade.
Averi Ramsey
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New technology for the classroom Summer’s officially over for the teachers at Stanford Eisenberg Knoxville Jewish Day School as they embark on learning about the school’s newest device – a Promethean ActivTable. The beauty of the table design is that it allows for several students to work together on learning games.
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July 29, 2013
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Beaver Creek
at dusk
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NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ
Bulb sale this week Knoxville Green’s Holland bulb and bare-root fruit plant sale and giveaway will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 3-4, at Windsor Square, Suite 290, at Kingston Pike and N. Seven Oaks Drive, west of Cedar Bluff Road and adjacent to Bailey’s Sports Grille. Each person, including children, will be given free bulbs. Varieties of bulbs and fruit plants such as raspberry will be available for purchase. Proceeds will be used to plant additional daffodils along Pellissippi Parkway and for beautification projects of Knoxville Green, founded by the late Maria Compere. Compere oversaw the planting of two million daffodils on the Pellissippi Parkway, including 60,000 planted in 2012 near the Dutchtown Road and Northshore Drive exits.
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Beaver Creek at sunset looks like a scene from a travel journal. This is the creek most of us do not see because we lack access. carry the boats around log/trash By Sandra Clark Beaver Creek: muddy ditch or jams. “We have said for years how pastoral getaway? great it would be if others could enjoy the scenic and recreational value of this beautiful creek that covers so much distance in Knox Carolyn Felhoelter contacted County. “We see many species of fish us to say she’s really excited about the possibility of Beaver Creek be- and other aquatic life in this area. We also see muskrats, beavers, coming a blueway. “I live in Halls on Emory Road turtles, ducks, geese and deer. “I will be looking for future and we kayak up and down Beaver Creek all the time. We live just updates and ways to become indown from the locally famous Blue volved.” As Powell’s Rick Ross told MayHole. We have been downstream from our home to almost I-75, an or Tim Burchett, “Making Beaver approximate distance of 3-4 miles. Creek a blueway is not a good idea. “We have only been upstream It’s a great idea.” Beaver Creek is defined as “waabout a mile. There are several places where we must get out and ters of the state.” It’s not a private
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lake or pond. But currently the only peoBeaver Creek at Hwy. 33 looks small and muddy. This is ple with easy the creek we see from the highway. Photo by Ruth White access are those whose property adjoins the creek. And trict has worked over the years when paddlers get on the creek, to make Beaver Creek cleaner. like Felhoelter says, they must fre- The district owns property quently jump out and carry their along the creek such as the forboat around log and trash jams. mer water testing plant near If Beaver Creek is a blueway, Brickey-McCloud School. HPUD Knox County Public Works could should talk with folks at Knox keep those jams cleared out. Put- County about low-cost or noin and take-out points with park- cost ways to support the Beaver ing and public access would be es- Creek blueway. tablished, starting at Clayton Park And everyone who loves the in Halls. More people on the creek land should join in. It’s safe boatwould lead to better maintenance ing for the rest of us. After all, it’s – a support group, if you will. tough to drown in water four-feet Hallsdale Powell Utility Dis- deep.
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