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Officials, citizens discuss signals Sterchi Hills homeowners worry their backyards will be lit around the clock after the construction at Dante Road and Dry Gap Pike is finished. “I just want to be able to sit on my back porch in the evening and not have lights from the road ruining what would be a peaceful evening,” one neighbor complained. In a brief meeting called by Commissioner R. Larry Smith, the citizens shared their concern with Jim Snowden from Knox County Public Works. Snowden assured them the lights would be aimed towards traffic and not towards the homes. He also said he would discuss the issue with his traffic signal engineer to see what could be done. “We’ll do everything we can to help you. We have to have a traffic light here because of the volume of traffic at this intersection,” Snowden said. “But we want this to be the most beneficial it can be for those who use it.” – Natalie Lester
Yes, it snowed back in the late ’60s and early ’70s in Powell like it does today. Shropshire Boulevard is to the left in the picture and the houses visible in the distance are on Ashley Road. Pictured are: Roger Brown, Steve Brown, Vickie Cowden Beckers and Michael Cowden.
Shropshire Boulevard is the street visible in this photo of Broadacres subdivision circa the late ’60s and early ’70s. Note the neighborhood go-kart track in the lot next to the house behind the kids. Pictured are Vickie Cowden Beckers, Stacy Ghent Seel and Michael Cowden. Photos provided by Vickie Beckers
You can go home again ‘Broadacres kids’ move back By Greg Householder
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AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD Broadacres Homeowners to meet The Broadacres Homeowners Association will hold its annual meeting 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, at Powell Presbyterian Church. Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett will speak.
Lost Bible found A New Testament/Psalms Bible was found between Halls and Powell. If you have lost one, call the Shopper-News office at 922-4136 and provide a description.
Two of the “Broadacres kids” who have moved back to Broadacres are Sherman Meadows and Vickie Beckers. Photo by Greg Householder
here must be something about Broadacres that keeps bringing them back. The sprawling subdivision off Emory Road that was developed beginning in the mid-to-late 1960s has been home to thousands of Powell residents through the years. A lot of kids grew up in Broadacres, many of them graduating from Powell schools. Some of the earliest “Broadacres kids” are now pushing 50, some even older. As they grew up and went on their own ways their parents aged and either bought property elsewhere or moved into easier to manage places such as condos and such. Some of the “kids” came back. Last Wednesday, three of the “Broadacres kids” shared some of the memories of growing up during To page A-3
Ladies of Charity take good works to new headquarters By Anne Hart Erika Fuhr is one of those remarkable people who can always find something good in even the worst of situations. But that admirable characteristic has been tested mightily over the last year or so. Fuhr has been the major force – they call her “the building guru” – behind the remodeling of a 25 ,000 - squa re foot building soon to be the new home of the Ladies of Charity. It will allow the organization to move its operations from Erika Fuhr cramped, outdated headquarters in two different locations to the new site and eventually expand its charitable programs. After months of effort, work on the new headquarters – the former Royal Beauty Supply building on Baxter Avenue – was nearing completion when a five inch highpressure water pipe froze and burst overnight in January 2010, flooding the entire building.
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“Those who love the poor during life will have nothing to fear at the hour of their death.” – St. Vincent de Paul “Everything was ruined,” Fuhr says. “All the ceilings had to be ripped out to the rafters, the walls taken back to the studs, all the flooring pulled up. We lost the furnace, the electrical, everything. It was a nightmare. It cost us $80,000 just to get the water out, but we got right back to work the very next day.” So what good could she possibly find in all that? “We learned a lot was wrong with the building that we hadn’t known about. Now we have been able to take care of those things. It will save us money over the long run.” For example, there were large holes in the walls along roof lines that would have resulted in enormous heating and cooling bills. The building has many large windows, none of which was double-paned or insulated. Much of the structure
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is concrete block, and the chinking was crumbling between the blocks. But now, everything that was old and outdated and worn out and not working the way it should has been replaced. “We now have a solid, tight building,” Fuhr says. “It’s almost a new building.” Help has come from many sources. A $33,500 grant from the Timken Foundation, an Ohio manufacturing firm with a facility in Mascot, replaced the large windows with new double-paned ones. A large part of the cost of the building was made possible by a bequest from a former member. In her will, Helen Marx left the Ladies of Charity $384,000. Funding sources for the organization include the United Way, private gifts, donations from the churches and the Angel Tree program. A volunteer writes grants applications. Paid staff is the equivalent of 3 1/2 fulltime positions, and the remaining work is performed by more than 100 volunteers who donated about 25,000 hours last year. Ladies of Charity operates both a thrift shop, where furni-
The new Ladies of Charity headquarters on Baxter Avenue. Photos by Ruth White ture, clothing and other items are available, and a food pantry, where supplies to prepare more than 3,000 meals a week are provided. In addition, vouchers are available for kerosene for heating in the wintertime, and layettes for newborns are provided to indigent women. Some 33,000 individuals received services from the charity last year. Founded in France in 1617 under the direction of St. Vincent de Paul, Ladies of Charity is the oldest lay organization in the Catholic Church. The local organization
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Read any good books lately? If there’s one thing we try to impress on our young writers, it is the necessity to read. An argument can be made that the best writers are born, but even the minds of Shakespeare, Faulkner, Hemingway and Twain were once blank slates. Reading helped fill those slates. So, I hope you’ll pardon me if I briefly indulge in the timeless tradition of codgers everywhere in every era of lamenting the way in which we are preparing our youth. When I see “Huckleberry Finn” undergoing censoring or – worse yet – outright banning, I cringe. When I see the latest vampire novel flying off the shelves (or on to your Kindle) while “The Grapes of Wrath” gathers dust, I lament. And when I see what passes for “conversation” is these days of teen text-messaging madness, I fear for their future, because what flies off their fingertips is a reflection of what has (and has not) impressed their brains. Human beings are mimics. We copy others in our dress, our speech and our mannerisms. But thinking is a solo endeavor. We might take inspiration from another, and there is sometimes truth to the adage that two heads are better than one. But ultimately your thoughts and your ability to reason are your own, and the mind is a tool that grows dull when unchallenged. Reading good books sharpens that tool. Reading that stretches your understanding, that asks as much of you as it gives, invariably shapes a mind capable of dealing with complex issues. Those are the minds we need in an increasingly complex world. There are bright and inquisitive minds in every school in this nation, but we need to do more to encourage them. So, shut down the Xbox and the PlayStation for a few hours this week and give the library a try. With my digression into geezerdom out of the way, I can tell you that Jake Mabe is a kindred spirit when it comes to reading. Check out his feature on page A-7. Anne Hart comes with a front page feature about the Ladies of Charity, as worthy a lay organization as any. If you’re reading the Halls edition, or if you’re online, check out Betty Bean’s story about a new private middle school. Lorraine Furtner’s front page story for the Farragut edition is also a worthwhile read and should bolster your faith in what young people are capable of. All of our writers are available at www.shoppernews now.com. Go ahead – read something. Your mind will thank you for it. Contact Larry Van Guilder at lvgknox@mindspring.com..
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Earlier this month, Mr. Groundhog did not see his shadow, which means that spring is just around the corner. But a more accurate harbinger of warmer weather is the prevalence of motorcycle rides in the weeks ahead.
Greg Householder The Heiskell Mardi Gras court: Arlen King as the Jester, Eddie Laws as the King and Carolyn Wells as the Queen at the Heiskell Mardi Gras Fundraiser Feb. 19. Photo by Greg Householder
FBC Motorcycle Ministry kicks off riding season The motorcycle ministry of First Baptist Church of Powell and Fountain City begins the 2011 riding season with its first ride March 12. All riders are invited, and the ride begins with a meet-up at 8 a.m. at “The Spring,” the parking lot across Ewing Road from the FBC-Powell Youth Center. Kickstands up will be at 8:30 a.m. Watch this space for more details about the upcoming ride.
Powell High Band motorcycle run is April 30 The Powell High School Band boosters will hold the second annual motorcycle run April 30. The ride begins with registration at 11 a.m. Lunch is at noon, and the ride will kick off at 1 p.m. at Knoxville Harley Davidson on Clinton Highway. There will be goody bags. The ride is free, but donations are greatly appreciated. The Marching Panthers will be representing the Powell community at the 70th anniversary obser-
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vance of the attack on Pearl Harbor this fall in Hawaii, so all motorcycle riders should come out and support this fun event.
Powell High PTA The Powell High School PTA will be selling treats and drinks during the Powell High Band’s spring concert 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 8. If you haven’t been to a band concert, you’re missing a true experience from a group of talented young people.
Powell High Alumni Dinner is April 2 The Powell High School Alumni Association will celebrate its 93rd anniversary April 2 with the group’s annual dinner to be held at the Jubilee Banquet Facility off Callahan Road. Registration will begin at 4:45 p.m., social hour is 4:45 to 5:45 p.m. dinner will begin at 6. Bob Hodge, Powell High Class of 1979 and a contributing outdoor writer to the Knoxville News Sentinel, will provide entertainment. Cost is $20, and reservations may be made by calling Mary Hodge-Cunningham
at 938-9428 or Vivian Jett McFalls at 607-9775. Reservations may also be made by e-mail to Lynette Brown at Lbrown8042@aol.com. Deadline for reservations is March 25.
High School, 938-2171, ext. 108.
Dreams Foundation Hall of Fame induction The invitation letters for the inaugural class of the Powell High School Hall of Fame inductees have been mailed. The foundation will be holding the induction gala at the Jubilee banquet facility off Callahan Road at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 9. The induction will honor Anthony Buhl, Sharon McIntosh, Richard Bean, Ron Rackley, Jennie Meredith Cowart, Tom Householder, Raymond Johnson, Charles Roach, Rex Stooksbury, Laura Bailey, Allan Gill, W.F. “Snooks” Scarbro, John Cooper, Leo Cooper, J.D. Jett, Larry Stephens, Nita Buell Black, Marvin West, Mike Ogan and Jim Hobart. Tickets are $50 and tables of 10 may be purchased at a discount for $400. Tickets may be reserved by calling Greta Stooksbury at Powell
Roger Purkey at KFL Roger Purkey will be the guest speaker for the Knoxville Fellowship Luncheon at noon Tuesday, March 1. The KFL is a group of Christian men and women that meets weekly at the Golden Corral in Powell.
Heiskell holds Mardi Gras fundraiser The Heiskell Community Center held its first-ever Mardi Gras themed fundraiser on Feb. 19. The event featured New Orleans style food and music, door prizes and a Mardi Gras court. Eddie Laws was King, Carolyn Wells was the Queen and Arlen King was the Jester.
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Volunteers work hard for World Rotary Day By Jake Mabe Rotarians from all seven Knox area clubs rolled up their sleeves and went to work on the playground area at the Tennessee School for the Deaf on Feb. 19 as part of World Rotary Day. World Rotary Day (which was Feb. 23) celebrates Rotary’s founding in 1905. Farragut Rotarian Fred Martin said that the clubs hold a Saturday project event each year to coincide with World Rotary Day. “This is the fourth year we’ve worked a project at a school,” Martin said. “Volunteers have worked mostly at playground improvement, but we’ve also done some cleaning.”
Home again the early years of the subdivision. Wendy Meadows Cameron, her brother Sherman Meadows and childhood chum Vickie Cowden Beckers talked about what it was like back in the day. Beckers and Meadows have both moved back to Broadacres and Cameron lives in Ponderosa Hills. In the early days, Broadacres was more pastureland than homes. Beckers, whose family moved into Broadacres in 1968, shared that cows from the nearby Weigel’s dairy grazed in the pasturelands of the subdivision and would sometimes even visit their yard to eat the fresh grass her father was trying to grow. Beckers’ home was on Shropshire Boulevard, one of the longest roads in the development that loops the breadth of the sprawling subdivision, and her home was one of the first built on Shropshire. At the time, there were only 12 other homes on the boulevard. “There was not a mail route to our street in the early days. My parents’ mail was kept in a shoebox down at the old post office which used to be on Depot Street,” says Beckers. The big pet of Broadacres during those days, according to Cameron, was a dog named “Brandy” who belonged to Stacy Ghent Seels. “The school bus wouldn’t run on our street until there were five kids,” said Beckers. When bus service did start, most of the kids rode bus No. 131. “All us boys had BB guns,” said Meadows. “Living in Broadacres in the ’60s and ’70s was like living in the country.” Meadows says that in those days, one rarely heard an air gun or power saw. Construction noises consisted of men swinging hammers and sawing boards by hand. The massive construction during those days offered the “Broadacres kids” plenty of
Powell High School junior Brandon Bean is hard at work.
Joining the volunteers are Crissa May, Katherine Woods, Sidney Glenn, Emeri Allan, Sarah Shirley, Taylor Lay and Shelly Wilson from Central Baptist Church of Fountain City. Photos by Jake Mabe Martin says that the Rotary Club of Knoxville (the Downtown club) has had a connection with TSD for 80-some years.
From page A-1 opportunities to play, get into trouble and to get hurt. Meadows tells the story of how he, his older brother Johnny and another fellow were playing at a construction site one day. The roof trusses were lying there and Johnny decided to try to ride the trusses like a seesaw. The stack of trusses fell over and broke Johnny’s leg. “Those early days made for a happy, carefree childhood,” says Beckers. “A lot of the kids from Shropshire have now moved back into Broadacres to raise our own families. It’s a great neighborhood and I feel lucky to be able to live here again.” So yes, one can go “home” again.
In addition to Rotarians, volunteers from interact clubs at Catholic, Webb and Farragut High schools, as well as from Central Bap-
tist Church of Fountain City and UT Law School, also chipped in. Here are some snapshots.
Water lines sure, road widening possible for Hwy. 33 By Sandra Clark Hallsdale Powell Utility District is seeking bids for a major, yearlong waterline expansion from Halls Crossroads to Union County. The line will tie the district to the new water treatment plant on Norris Lake, giving HPUD an additional source of water. The bids will be opened at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 10. Robert G. Campbell & Associates is the design engineer. With the utility work underway, what are the prospects for the long-awaited
widening of Highway 33 (Maynardville Pike) from Halls to the Union County line? Steve Borden, who replaced Fred Corum as director of Region I (East Tennessee) for the state Department of Transportation, essentially had no comment. While confirming that the right-of-way has been purchased, Borden said the construction has not been funded. He estimated that construction will be 75 percent of the project’s cost, with RO-W acquisition about 15
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percent and design work and environmental studies about 10 percent. Highway 33 widening is “not funded in the current three-year plan,” said Borden, but each year toward the end of April the TDOT releases a new three-year plan. “That will tell you if it’s funded.” Here’s betting we’ll soon be seeing the orange barrels, a four-laned road with turn lane, and a slew of Union County residents moving more easily into Halls and Powell for shopping and entertainment.
Masons host fundraiser Beaver Ridge Masonic Lodge 366, 7429 Oak Ridge Highway, will host a benefit bean dinner 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 5. Five different kinds of homecooked beans will be served with homemade cake for dessert. Admission is free, although donations will be accepted for two local families in need.
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I wish I could lay claim to that title, but it was the “There’s no cover anyIt’s an interesting time for the little band of volunteers more for the people who brainchild of Walt Kelly, (“three church ladies and a are opposing this bill,” said creator of the “Pogo” comic preacher”) who are trying Dawn Coppock, legisla- strip. The phrase was picked to persuade the Tennessee tive director of LEAF, the up by conservationists more General Assembly to ban church-based group that than a generation ago. It’s mountaintop coal mining. has been lobbying the Sce- as true today as it was then, nic Vistas Act, which was and it goes to the heart of authored by Coppock nearly the contentious debate over the Hillside and Ridgetop four years ago. Protection Plan. “Last year their lobbyist Betty Bean was running around saying my bill could cost 6,000 jobs, not to mention the tax Larry Public interest in their revenue,” Coppock said. Van issue has shifted one way “Well now they’ve closed Guilder while the surging Republi- down and you don’t get sevcan Party has gone in the op- erance tax on coal you don’t posite direction. mine. The fact the severance Support for the Scenic tax is low doesn’t have anyAt last week’s public Vistas Act has been build- thing to do with our bill. hearing on the plan, Coming steadily over the past “There isn’t any mining missioner Tony Norman three sessions, even though going on that I can find, but proclaimed it a “happy day” the church ladies have been what I’m hearing is that nobecause the issue was about avoided, evaded, neglected body’s mining up there (in to be settled. Norman charand rejected by politicians the Cumberlands) but a few acterized developers’ redesperate to keep the bill old wildcatters who’ve been luctance to abandon their from coming to a vote. doing it for years. How do God-given rights to fell evThe Legislature has you get upset about banning ery tree and flatten every moved steadily to the right something in Tennessee hill as a “clash” between a and Big Coal has been em- that’s not even happening in “reasoned approach” to depowered by a Supreme Court Tennessee? There’s no cover velopment and “emotion.” decision that has allowed anymore. What’re they go- Norman said a mouthful, them to untie the purse ing to say: ‘I hate mountain- and before the hearing was strings and pour unlimited tops? They’d look better as over, his happy day had besums of money into politi- mesas?’ ” come a Blue Monday. cal campaigns even as the The obvious answer is The plan dissenters were public has become increas- that mountains are still bein no mood to hear that ingly determined to protect ing blown to hell in Kentucky their “taking” argument was Tennessee’s mountains from and West Virginia and the hogwash or that the “nocoal company dynamite. industry giants don’t want tification” they demanded The major and maybe even a symbolic precedent be mailed to thousands of the only sensible-sounding set in nearby Tennessee. “affected” property owners argument against banning The administration of this form of mining has been newly minted Gov. Bill economic: Haslam probably shouldn’t inspire much confidence in Jobs. Taxes. Money. But that claim never had anyone who opposes mounmuch merit and will be even taintop removal. Tennessee tougher to make now that Department of Environment the last in-state coal compa- and Conservation commisny practicing mountaintop sioner Bob Martineau made removal, National Coal, has a career defending polluting sold out to a West Virginia industries. Coppock, chooscompany that fired its 155 ing her words carefully, Recently, city Mayor Danemployees and ceased its op- says she’s waiting for an opiel Brown announced an exportunity to speak with the eration at Zeb Mountain, the cellent choice for police chief largest and oldest mountain- TDEC brass. “We haven’t talked yet. I in David Rausch. A national top removal site in Tennessee. Permits are still pending have a pending request for a search was not needed or warranted as KPD had sevmeeting,” she said. at other sites, however. eral persons who could have ably stepped into the posiBurchett: plan is a slippery slope tion, and Rausch is certainly one of them. He brings enfor property rights ergy, knowledge, experience It’s official: Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett opposes and integrity to the position. the Hillside and Ridgetop Protection Plan. In a press reAs part of the promolease last Friday sure to give aid and comfort to developers tion from deputy chief to and backers of the fallacious “taking” argument, Burchett police chief will come a salcalled the plan “a roadmap for the significant erosion of the ary boost. Outgoing Police rights of thousands of Knox County property owners,” add- Chief Sterling “I.V.” Owen ing that “government should not … place new bureaucratic is the second highest paid roadblocks that further restrict economic development.” city employee at $158,780 As was pointed out by MPC staff at last week’s public in total compensation. His hearing on the plan, development possibilities in the coun- pension for six years with ty are scarcely restricted. Within the plan’s hillside area, the city will be around approximately 76,000 units housing roughly 190,000 $19,000 a year, starting the people may be constructed. Outside the protected areas day he retires depending there is developable land that could contain 103,000 units on which option he picks. for 230,000 residents. In total, enough space to effectively What Brown decides to pay the new police chief has not double Knox County’s current population. been announced. However, Some “roadblock.” – Larry Van Guilder he should consider where
Knoxville Chamber CEO Mike Edwards holds the creation of Julia Lawyer, a Bearden Elementary School student. Julia’s simple apparatus illustrates the rise in slope from 15 to 50 percent. Photo by L. Van Guilder
was not only unreasonable but legally unnecessary. Because the plan applies to the entire county, the logical extension of that demand is that every property owner in the county, whether residing on ridgetops or flatlands, should receive notification. This defies logic and good sense, of course, but both were in short supply among those eager to blast the plan’s architects as nothing short of anti-American environmentalist wackos. It did little good for Law Director Joe Jarret to ex-
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it places Chief Rausch in terms of other salaries at the high levels of the city. There has been a $67,000 disparity between the fire chief, Stan Sharp, who earns $91,470 in total compensation, and the police chief. This unfair difference sends a message that the fire chief is not important. The fire chief’s salary should be adjusted upwards given his responsibilities. The new police chief should not start off at the identical salary of the person he replaces. The fire chief also should not be making $60,000 a year less than David Hill, who earns $152,940 in total compensation. Hill was removed as the mayor’s chief of staff several years ago and assigned lesser duties running waterfront de-
plain that, in the first place, “taking” could not apply to a plan, which is, after all, only a set of guidelines and not statutes. And what, allegedly, was being taken? The aginners wail that the insidious plan takes away their right to use their property as they please without restriction. Save for the lucky few who own and inhabit a private island in the tropics, that “right” has been dubious from the moment people began forming communities. “You took $300,000 of our money to take our
velopment where activity is slow to say the least, but his salary was not reduced along with his duties. Hill is the fifth highest paid city employee and certainly his work load does not justify anything close to this amount or position on the pay scale. If not changed, this is a valid topic in the mayoral campaign. Hill’s job could easily be eliminated, his duties transferred to community development, and no one would notice his departure. The mayor is paid $130,000 annually. The highest paid city employee is Janet Wright who runs computer services. Her total compensation is $161,300, and she earns it as this is a highly competitive area requiring expertise and skill. She has both. The third and fourth highest paid city employees in total compensation are Larry Martin at $157,460 (which I suspect is far less than he made at First Tennessee) and Bill Lyons at $152,800. Both have been with the city more than five years and can receive a city pension based on their
property rights away to please you,” said one irate protester. If you attended any of the endless task force meetings over the last couple of years, you’d know the members weren’t motivated by “pleasure.” Another, an MPC commissioner no less, said his impression is “the plan was developed by too narrow a group.” The “group,” 23 in all, consisted of professionals in planning and development as well as elected officials. One brave property owner bucked the trend when she complained that landowners “were not thinking about anything other than monetary value.” But she was the exception who proved the rule, her comments buried under complaints that the plan was “shallow and emotional,” that the task force “overstepped” its mandate or that the process should start over. There’s little indication that the plan doesn’t meet the approval of the majority of Knox County residents. Norman said the opposition’s strategy is to “elongate the issue,” a tactic he considered “inappropriate.” But he summed up the opposition’s position best in words that Pogo himself couldn’t have bettered: “This is absurd.” Contact: lvgknox@mindspring.com.
years of service and highest pay at time of retirement. There are only 13 persons with the city who make more than $100,000 a year out of a workforce of 1,600 employees. City employees are anxious about a pension study committee being appointed and what it will recommend. They assume it means reductions and cuts. Meanwhile, the lawsuit from 31 city employees for a change in their pension plan continues to the dismay of many. It is hard to see broad pension changes occurring if the city leaders do not also address and resolve this lawsuit which, if successful, could add several million dollars to the pension liability. Also, it is incomprehensible that Bill Lyons has said the pension study committee will hold some private meetings. State law requires open meetings, and even if it did not, it is bad public policy to bar taxpayers from meetings where public monies are being discussed. Surely Lyons remembers the controversy with Knox County Commission.
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Carson’s big day on The Hill Knox County school board member Karen Carson had a full day last Wednesday. As legislative chair for the Tennessee PTA, Carson was in demand as hundreds of PTA members descended on Nashville for their annual Legislative Day on The Hill.
Sandra Clark Knox County school board vice chair Karen Carson, Gov. Bill And to make it even Haslam and state PTA president Kathy Patty at the PTA’s annual more fun, she and some Legislative Day on the Hill. Photo submitted colleagues decided to include students. “We expected maybe PTA Legislative Agenda 30 to 50 students. We had ■ Support an appointed superintendent more than 200,” she said. ■ Support local (not state) control of school “Logistics were a probcalendar lem.” ■ Support funding of BEP 2.0 Leaders quickly improvised, dividing the kids ■ Support timely feedback on TCAP scores into three groups and con■ Support regulations on cyber-bullying (but ducting each session in not 24/7 school responsibility) triplicate. Students not in
session were dispatched on tours of the Capitol and the nearby state museum. Carson said the format changes (and no doubt the fact that the Legislature had scheduled work for Wednesday) caused the sessions to be more “dropin” than formal. Gov. Bill Haslam visited one group and former UT coach Phillip Fulmer also stopped by. State Sen. Jamie Woodson was terrific, Carson said, and the students related so well to state Rep. Ryan Haynes that, “I had to cut off questions!” Carson’s day was so hectic that when she got into her car to drive home, “the
silence was wonderful.” It was a day-trip for the high and middle school kids, with the Knox County group leaving at 6 a.m. and the Memphis students leaving at 5:30 a.m. Knox County sent 36 elementary, middle and high school students. The local group was sponsored by the Knox County Council PTA, the Howard Baker Center and the Metropolitan Drug Commission. “There was no charge to any child,” said Carson. “It’s so important that we get this generation of people involved and passionate about more than the day-to-day activities of their own life.”
NOTES ■ The Knox County school board will meet at 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, at the City County Building; a workshop will be held at 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 28, at the Andrew Johnson board room. At 4 p.m. Monday, Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre will announce the new UT Leadership Academy participants, a 15-month training program for aspiring principals.
Library to host book sale The Friends of the Knox County Public Library will hold this year’s annual used book sale 1-6 p.m. Saturday, March 6; 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, March 7-11; and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 12, at the Knoxville Convention Center. Drive-up curbside service will be offered this year where volunteers will load purchases into your car. Most hardcover books for adults will be $2, paperbacks will be $1 or less. Hardcovers for children will be $1, with board books and paperbacks selling for 50 cents or less. There will also be movies, magazines, music and a rare special collection for sale. All proceeds benefit the Knox County Public Library. Info: www. knoxfriends.org.
DREAM #31: Planning for a future that isn’t mine The Rev. Clarence Sexton and Knoxville Chamber president Mike Edwards wrap up the Crown College Business forum last Thursday. Photos by Greg Householder
The Crown College Choir performs in the rotunda for the Crown College Business Forum.
Business Forum hears education woes Chamber president calls middle school ‘failed system’ By Greg Householder It is no secret that education in America is in a crisis. Knoxville Chamber president Mike Edwards just brought the issue into perspective for hundreds of business leaders who attended the Crown College Business Forum hosted by the college’s School of Business Applications. Edwards told the group that East Tennessee has lots of assets: UT Medical Center where third year medical students complete their fourth year and the first year of residency, many staying in the area after completing their studies; Oak Ridge; and the research facilities at UT. All attract educated talent who stay in the area. According to Edwards, the problem is that students graduating from the American educational system simply do not possess the skill sets to compete in today’s economy. He went on to say that the top 10 jobs in 2010 did not even exist in 2004. He talked of ways the Chamber – the local and the national organizations – are trying to help. Edwards said education is a matter of managing outcomes and that management skill is not frequently found in education. “Management skills are not part of the DNA of public education.” He talked of the latest legislative changes in post secondary through the Complete College Act
where funding is based on outcomes versus enrollment, etc. Edwards also drew a stark picture of Social Security in the U.S., pointing out that when implemented in the 1930s there were approximately 10 workers paying in to the system for each retiree. Today, that number is four and it will soon be two. The Rev. Clarence Sexton, pastor of Temple Baptist Church, joined Edwards to close out the forum and told the group that today, one in three in high school students do not graduate. He announced that Crown College will hold educational camps this summer.
Sexton also talked about the issues with the middle school system and how we must start looking to high school and post secondary education in middle school versus merely using middle school as a “warehouse” between elementary school and high school. Edwards agreed that the middle school system is a failed system in the U.S. County Mayor Tim Burchett drew a laugh when Sexton asked him if he had anything to add and Burchett told the group that he would be bringing a budget shortly and, according to Burchett, “to borrow from the scriptures: ‘there will be much gnashing of teeth.’ ”
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The billboard outside Radio City Music Hall advertises “Elvis Presley in Concert.”
Elvis conquers the Empire State
And here too, up on a video screen, was Elvis “himselvis,” still able, through the raw power of that remarkable voice, to bring the audience to its feet. On and on the classics came, “Hound Dog,” “Blue Suede Shoes,” “All Shook Up,” “Suspicious Minds.” But the highlights were the showstoppers, the big numbers that utilized both the full orchestra and the full range of Elvis’ two octave voice. “What Now My Love” and “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and “How Great Thou Art” and “American Trilogy.” When Elvis and the band hit the bombastic final notes of “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” people were standing, screaming, swooning. Some clapped. Others cried. All the tough images of terrible impersonators were thrown in the trash with yesterday’s Times. The King was back, or as back as he’s ever going to be, making you forget all about the unfair caricature of the bloated, bejeweled self-parody and remember the artist, the entertainer, the man who changed American pop music forever. Years and years ago, after watching Presley’s “comeback”
show on NBC, reviewer John Landau wrote, “He sang with the kind of power people no longer expect from rock and roll singers.” If Landau thought it was dead in 1968, I hope to God he has been spared the sight of 2011. Bieber Fever and Britney Spears and fi ll in your own blank can’t hold a candle to the King. But, then again, neither can anybody else. They never could. “There have been pretenders and there have been contenders,” Bruce Springsteen once observed. “But there’s only one king.” “Before Elvis,” lamented John Lennon, “there was nothing.” This super-duper spectacle should be seen again and again and again, if only to remind the young and the ignorant that popular music doesn’t have to be pointless drivel. Manhattan is marvelous this time of year. A blustery 30-degree Tuesday gave way to a 50-degree Wednesday. We went to the top of the Empire State Building. I was last there on Sept. 1, 2001 – 10 days before the towers fell. Everything and nothing has changed. We ate lunch at Heartland Brewing Company and sat next
to Pete from Texas, who works in television. Pete gets up here about four times a year. He had finished work for the day and decided to sit by a window and watch. He lives on three acres an hour outside Big D and said he was ready to go home. “Two or three days of this madness is enough.” It was time to go to Penn Station, time to head to Newark, to Knoxville. On the plane I talked to a teacher from Louisiana. She was headed to New Orleans and said her house was spared by Katrina, but damaged during Gustav. She had one of those wonderful Old South accents, thick as sweet molasses, much different from my mountain mumblings. I had awakened in Times Square and went to sleep in Tennessee, visions of Elvis and the Empire State dancing in my head. I don’t have any reasons, to quote Billy Joel. I’ve left them all behind. I’m in a New York state of mind. Call Jake Mabe at 922-4136 or e-mail JakeMabe1@ aol.com. Visit him online at http://jakemabe. blogspot.com, on Facebook or at Twitter.com/ HallsguyJake.
PULL UP A CHAIR … | Jake Mabe Since 1997, Elvis Presley Enterprises and SEG Events have put together the ultimate production. Called “Elvis Presley in Concert,” it features video performances from classic Elvis concerts stripped down to only include the King’s vocals. Surviving members of his TCB Band and backup singers perform live on stage. The show has set a Guinness world record as the first live tour NEW YORK – The King of headlined by a performer who Rock and Roll knocked ’em dead at Radio City Music Hall is no longer living. Only Elvis, right? this month, 40 years after he It played to a packed house at last conquered Manhattan Radio City earlier this month. and 33 years after he left the Guitarist James Burton, drummer Ronnie Tutt and pianist Glen building for good. D. Hardin were here. So were the ait, wait. Don’t do a dou- Imperials Quartet and the survivble take and read that ing original Sweet Inspiration, Essentence again. Pull up telle Brown. So was conductor Joe a chair instead and let me tell you Guercio, Elvis’s maestro, fronting Elvis Presley (on video screen) sings while surviving members of his TCB Band and others play live to his synched a 20-piece orchestra. vocals at Radio City Music Hall during a production of “Elvis Presley in Concert.” Photos by Jennifer VanOver about it.
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Little John CROSS CURRENTS | Lynn Hutton I have much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink; instead I hope to see you soon, and we will talk together face to face. (3 John 13 NRSV) The third letter of John is unique. In Greek, 3 John is just 219 words, 15 verses – the shortest book in the New Testament. In Greek, not one of those words is Christ. The translators of the New Revised Standard Ver-
sion render verse 7 as “for they began their journey for the sake of Christ,” but in Greek, it is “for the sake of the name.” This third letter of John is the only book in the New Testament that does not include the word Christ. And it is the only one of the
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nonbelievers for support. In a sideline, he writes about “Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first. …” (That is a charge that could be leveled against a great many of us, who worry about I, me and mine instead of the welfare of the whole community of faith.) Apparently, he is an elder in the church as well, because he has and exercises the authority to expel those who want to welcome “the friends.” The letter is apparently carried by one Demetrius, about whom we know nothing else (surely not the silversmith we meet in Ephesus in Acts!), but whose virtue is vouched for by the writer of the letter. And then verse 13 piques my curiosity. Perhaps it is the tone of the whole letter, and the obvious factions and tensions in the church, but I wonder about verse 13. The
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Not enough heroes TALES OF TENNESSEE | Marvin West
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By Jake Mabe
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guess the whole thing started with “Danny and the Dinosaur.” My parents read it to me again and again. I can still see the pictures, still see the words on the page. I remember the dinosaur hiding in the museum. I remember thinking that was funny. Clever, even. Somewhere in the 2nd or 3rd grade, neighbor Marilyn Johnson gave me a copy of her son Ben’s Hardy Boys mystery, “While the Clocked Ticked.” And I was hooked. Thus the dominoes began to fall – more Hardy Boys and “Where the Red Fern Grows,” when the boy falls on the ax. Joyce Hill showed us the movie; my pictures were better than Hollywood’s. Then came Encyclopedia Brown. Books on meteorology and football and politics. By 9 or 10, maybe before, I was reading the papers – the stories, the comics, the Mini Page, the TV guide. I began writing stories by the 3rd grade. I can remember sitting on the playground at the old Brickey School, looking, learning, lamenting. When I got to Virginia Rains’ 5th grade class, she would have me write one story a week to share with my chums. It continued that next year at Halls Middle, Roy Andrews and the “Snood” mysteries. He put them up on a board at the front of the class. Jon Wright drew the cover. These memories floated out of the mist of time while I was reading Roger Rosenblatt’s “Unless it Moves the Human Heart,” about the craft of writing. He says that all good writers are readers. I agree. I would worry, fret even, over a writer who doesn’t read. The late, great Wilma Dykeman once gave me great advice. To be a writer, she typed in an old-fashioned letter, write, write, write and read, read, read. So I did. Whenever I was happy or sad or lonely or fulfilled, I would write. And read. Agatha Christie and Conan Doyle and Rex Stout. Ian Fleming and Dorothy Gil-
man. I tried to read Spillane but didn’t much care for him. The summer before high school I read Harper Lee. “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Brilliant in its simplicity, that little girl’s story. Still later came Hemingway and Faulkner, Larry McMurtry and John Grisham; Charles Dickens, the best and worst of times, and the New York Times. I can still recall the absolute thrill, the shiver that ran up my spine, when I first held a Sunday Times in my excited little fingers. I was assigned John Updike in college, the one about that boy at the A&P, and knew I’d stumbled onto something special. I could see the ringleader and her two sidekicks. I was there, in the store with them. I could see it. I could see it! Then my boss introduced me to Pete Hamill. For the first time I became cognizant of language as rhythm, music keeping time with the metronome. I read “A Drinking Life,” the perfect memoir with not a wasted word, and I knew. Yes. This was writing. Other discoveries have been gold nuggets sifted out of the soil. Pat Conroy and the broken sand dollars. Jay Gatsby and the blinking green light. “In Cold Blood,” that awful, awful night in Kansas. A bit later I read Capote’s novella “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” evidence, if you need it, that even the cinema can’t top a super scribe. I remember the night I read “The Old Man and the Sea,” in one sitting. I could smell the saltwater and the sea air and see the look of grief on the old man’s weathered face. I could see it. I could see it! Reading is such a pleasure. It isn’t passive, for one thing. The author sets the stage. You get to be the casting director. The pictures are in your head. And what’s wonderful about it is your pictures are different from mine. Someone once said that a good book is a garden carried around in one’s pocket. Nurture it, I say. Let it grow!
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hopper editor Larry Van Guilder got my attention with last week’s strong story about a genuine hero. If I see famous names in the news for all the wrong reasons, I am reminded that we are running a bit short on leadership. Business giants rise and fall. Politicians are vulnerable. Some coaches cheat. Even preachers sometimes sin and fall short. Many top athletes reject the responsibility of role modeling. They prefer to just play the games, earn fortunes, appear in one charity golf tournament, maybe sign a few autographs and flip the switch. Privacy is precious. They don’t want to be bothered. My search for a hero was richly blessed. Pat Shires (Tennessee tailback, 1952) sent me a book, “Escape from Davao” by John D. Lukacs, 2010, Simon and Schuster. It dusts off one of the greatest stories of the Pacific segment of World War II, a daring daylight escape from a notorious Japanese prison camp. A former Volunteer was a ringleader. Believe it or not, there was a tattered background file in my office. Before he was a Marine, Austin Shofner was a substitute Tennessee tackle, 175 pounds, somewhere behind Bob Woodruff on the depth chart. Austin lettered in ’36, the year Red Harp ran back a punt and knocked heavily favored Duke out of a Rose Bowl trip. Shofner grew up outside Shelbyville, along the Duck River. His father, a teacher and part-time farmer, sent him to the big city with sage advice: “If you can’t be smart, be lucky.” Robert R. Neyland gave young Shofner additional coaching tips, all those football fundamentals, plus the maxims. The player said the coach taught mind over matter. At 25, Shofner was a Marine officer stationed in the Philippines when the Japanese bombed Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Arthur Jones was there. He remembered the chilling news: “Capt. Austin C. Shofner took charge, issuing ammunition, telling us our play days were over, we could start earning our money.” Jones said the captain could be caustic, abrasive or glib, that he was a natural leader, able to motivate under difficult, even impossible circumstances. There were some. The 4th Marine regiment was dispatched to Corregidor. It fought fiercely but did not fare well. On May 6, 1942, the warriors were told to give up. “It fell to Capt. Shofner to pass the word to the men that for the first time in history U.S. Marines had been ordered to surrender. He
broke his ceremonial sword over his knee.” Shofner, prisoner of war, survived the infamous Bataan death march. Many didn’t. He survived 11 months at Davao, a former penal colony for Filipino criminals. Many didn’t. Conditions were barbaric – slave labor, not enough food and no medical support. Americans were beaten, tortured, killed. There was no way to escape. That hellhole was surrounded by a swamp. When seven officers (three marines, three airmen and an artillery major) and two tough sergeants pondered the possibility, somebody said it couldn’t be done. Shofner said they had to try, that their other choice was to die. Motivation was to tell the civilized world what they had seen. With two Filipino convicts as tour guides, they simply jogged away from an assignment outside the walls. Guards laughed and said the Americans had learned to appreciate their jobs, that they were running to work. The escapees waded the swamps and fought off wasps and leeches and crocodiles. They hacked their way through jungle. They got lost. They came to a large stream. It was Shofner who said cut a large tree and use it as a bridge. One in the group wanted to turn back. “No!” roared Shofner. “You will not.” “You can’t stop me.” “The hell I can’t. I will kill you with my bare hands.” The Americans finally found a Filipino resistance group – or maybe the natives found them. “Brave Americans” were celebrated as heroes. Nobody could escape the Japanese. The U.S. government delayed their formal rescue. It had a different timetable for telling the world about prison camp horrors. Instead of just waiting, Shofner rejoined the war. When the story was finally told, the Pacific heated up. Some think the Davao escape may have galvanized the decision to drop atomic bombs. Douglas MacArthur was among those who pinned medals on Shofner’s chest. Indeed, he was a hero – promoted to brigadier general, recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross, the Legion of Merit with V for valor, two Silver Stars, the Bronze Star with V, two Purple Hearts and the Chinese Cloud and Banner, along with various campaign medals. Shofner later told Neyland that what he learned in Tennessee football saved his life. Neyland turned away. He had something in his eyes. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@ netzero.com.
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Book fair fun at BrickeyMcCloud
Powell High School student Peyton Rohde listens as Brickey-McCloud student Sydnie Ailey reads a Junie B. Jones book during the book fair. Rohde and other Powell High students attended the book fair with the Student Government Association and entertained guests on a fun night out. Photos by Ruth White
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Skate-a-thon will benefit Special Olympics
Teaching is a passion for Banks By Ruth White Lyle Banks began teaching 32 years ago, a passion that developed within her in high school. She worked with special needs children and loved their nature tendency to want to learn. Copper Ridge Elementary was built in 1979 and the school had one class per grade. Banks began at the school as a Title 1 reading teacher before moving to a regular classroom setting. The school is special to her. Her daughters went through Copper Ridge Elementary and Banks likes
the warm feeling of the school, the staff and community members. Teaching 2nd grade is still exciting to Banks and each year brings new students and new wonders. “I have gone from using chalk and chalkboards to white boards to ActivBoards during my career.” The methods may have changed, but the passion and the purpose have not. Students in the 2nd grade are fun, friendly and generous and are ready to start each day. “Every day is a clean slate to them and they
always come into the classroom with a smile every morning.” Banks fosters a positive learning environment and pushes them to learn but she never forgets that they are children. Being named Teacher of the Year is an honor for Banks because she is proud of the teaching staff at Copper Ridge. She believes that the staff is the core to the school climate and the climate at Copper Ridge is warm and friendly. “This is a nice place to work. Everyone works together to help Copper Ridge Elementary 2nd grade teacher Lyle Banks was the students be successful.” selected Teacher of the Year. Photo by Ruth White
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Eastern Star helps others The Acacia-May Chapter #24 Order of the Eastern Star made several donations to charitable organizations recently. Members making a monetary donation to the Love Kitchen, along with cookware and utensils, include: (front) Laura Smelcer, Helen Ashe and Ellen Turner of the Love Kitchen, Lillian Pickens; (back) Joline Cureton, Robert Smelcer, Kay Southern and Mildren Braden. Photo submitted
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CHURCH NOTES Community services ■ Powell Presbyterian Church, 2910 W. Emory Road, will host a Second Harvest Mobile Food Pantry 8 a.m. Saturday, March 5. Info: 9388311. ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, takes orders for Angel Food Ministries by phone, 228-9299, or in person the Saturday before each distribution. The distribution of the food is usually the third Saturday of each month from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Info: 228-9299 or the church office, 690-0160. ■ Beaver Ridge UMC Food Pantry hands out food to local families in need 1-2 p.m. every Monday and 7-8 p.m. every first Monday. Donations
■ Cross Roads Presbyterian hosts the Halls Welfare Ministry food pantry from 6-8 p.m. each second Tuesday and from 9-11 a.m. each fourth Saturday.
Fundraisers and sales ■ Central UMC, 201 Third Ave., will hold a children’s clothing and toy consignment and bake sale 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, March 4, and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 5, with a consignorsonly pre-sale Thursday, March 3. Consignors are currently being accepted for a $10 registration fee. Deadline to register is Tuesday, March 1: e-mail kanoak@knoxcentralumc. org or call 363-3103. Info: knoxcentralumc.org/cs01. html. ■ Christ UMC, 7535 Maynardville Highway, will have a formal wear consignment sale for children and adults 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 12. Info: 922-1412. ■ Cornerstone Worship Center, McFall Lane in Halls, will hold a chili supper 5-9 p.m. Saturday, March 5. Cost is $6 for adults and $3 for children 6 and under. Proceeds go to the building fund. Info: 684-3926.
Tuesdays and 4 p.m. Thursdays. The ZUMBA program fuses hypnotic Latin rhythms and easy-to-follow moves to create a one-of-a-kind fitness program. Cost is $2 per class. Low-Impact Aerobics Classes will continue to meet 4:45 to 5:45 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Info: 690-1060.
Revivals ■ Community Baptist Church will hold revival services beginning 6 p.m. Sunday, March 27, and at 7 p.m. Monday to Wednesday, March 28-30. Evangelists will be the Rev. Mike Viles and the Rev. Tim Inklebarger. Special singers each night.
Senior programs ■ Black Oak Heights Baptist Church, 8000 Brickyard Road, will begin a Bible study class for seniors without a partner 9:30 a.m. each Sunday in the church gymnasium. The Rev. Dr. William “Bill” Justice will lead the class. Info: 577-7130 or e-mail wg_justice@comcast.net.
Special services ■ The Shepherd of the Hills Baptist Church now offers an Internet prayer line. Anytime you have a prayer or concern, call the line and leave a message. Someone will be praying about the request with you within 24 hours. Prayer line: 484-4066.
■ Christ UMC, 7535 Maynardville Pike, sponsors bluegrass each second Sunday during the 8:45 a.m. service.
■ Bell Road Worship Center, 7321 Bell Road, offers Cafe Connection at 6 p.m. Sundays, a time of fellowship, snacks, coffee, tea and informal Bible Study.
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three Saturdays in March. Beth Moore’s DVDs will be discussed, including “The Guarded Heart” March 5; “The Healing Heart” March 12; and “Praying God’s Word” March 19. Info: 947-7151. ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, will host Women’s Bible Study 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the church library on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The group’s five-week study will be Henri Nouwen’s “The Return of the Prodigal Son – A Story of Homecoming.” Info: Rev. Glenna Manning, 690-1060; www. beaverridgeumc.com.
Youth programs ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, will begin registration for summer and the 2011-2012 school year sessions of preschool and Parent’s Day Out 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 2. Info: Lori or Lisa, 531-2052. ■ Beaver Dam Baptist Church’s Little Creations, serving children from 6 months to 5 years old Tuesdays and Thursdays is now enrolling for the 2011-12 school year. Parents Day Out registration is 9 a.m. to noon Monday, March 7, and Wednesday, March 9, on the first floor of the Education building. Info: 922-7529. ■ Graveston Baptist Church Parents’ Day Out program is enrolling children ages 11 months to pre-k. Prices are $145/month for two days a week, $85/month for one day a week. Info: Michelle, 465-9655. ■ Dayspring Church, 906 Callahan Drive, suite 109, is a nondenominational congregation worshiping in a “come as you are” atmosphere. Dayspring Christian preschool trains children from 2 years through 1st grade. Info: 2660324 or dayspringchurch10@ yahoo.com.
‘Dogs’ aid in Feed a Pet delivery Dr. Steve Skinner, co-owner of the Knoxville Animal Clinic (KAC), holds Shorty Joe, owned by Katherine Douglas of Powell, during a “Feed a Pet” delivery. KAC personnel recently assisted the Knox County Office on Aging and UT with Hill’s pet food deliveries to local seniors. An online “dogs versus cats” poll by the clinic revealed that dogs were Knoxville’s favorite family pet, so clinic personnel wore dog gear for the home visits. As a dog owner, Douglas joined the fun by wearing doggie antenna. Photo submitted
Fort Sumter Cemetery group to meet The Fort Sumter Community Cemetery Association will hold its yearly business meeting 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 3, in Room 140 of Salem Baptist Church, 8201 Hill Road in Halls. Directions/info: 660-6949.
AARP driver safety classes For registration info about these and all other AARP driver safety classes, call Barbara Manis, 922-5648. ■ Thursday and Friday, March 3-4, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., St. Marks United Methodist Church, 3369 Louisville Road, Louisville. ■ Tuesday and Wednesday, March 15-16, 9:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m., Dandridge Senior Center, 917 Elliott Ferry Road, Dandridge. ■ Wednesday and Thursday, March 16-17, noon to 4 p.m., O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. ■ Thursday and Friday, March 17-18, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Alcoa First United Methodist Church, 617 Gilbert St., Alcoa.
Karns Republicans to meet Karns Republican Club will meet 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, in the Karns Middle School library, 2925 Gray Hendrix Road. Guest speaker will be General Sessions Judge Andrew Jackson IV. Info: Lorriane Coffey, 6603677, or Chris Smith, 256-4866.
Stamp show to feature 1861 Confederate stamps The Knoxville Philatelic Society, a nonprofit hobby and educational organization, will hosts its annual stamp show, “Knoxpex 2011 – 150th anniversary of Knoxville’s 1861 Confederate Stamps,” 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 5, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 6, at the Holiday Inn Knoxville West, 304 N. Cedar Bluff Road. Admission and parking are free. Info: www.stampclubs. com/knoxville/index.html.
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Spatacular expands salon Spatacular has expanded its current location. In addition to hair and nail services, the staff at Spatacular now offers massage therapy for clients. The Spatacular team includes manager/stylist Michelle Collins, stylist Sara Stroud, stylist Jessica Kilgore, stylist Lynn Lawrence, nail tech Kristi Cooper, owner Cindy Cooper, stylist Micki Dalton, stylist Jennifer Henderson, massage therapist Karen Effler and nail tech Sonya Bopp. This team brings 15 years of experience. The salon has space for two hair stylists with the new expansion. Spatacular is located at 6671 Maynardville Highway near Domino’s Pizza and is open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Info: 922-5772. Photo by Ruth White
Exterior Home Solutions: the choice in roofing Greg Rives (with Zoe) and Katrina and Jeff Headrick at the new location of Exterior Home Solutions at 311 E. Inskip Road. Exterior Home Solutions is an Owens Corning preferred contractor with 50 years combined experience in the roofing business. This family-run business is celebrating 10 years of providing quality service and will work with major insurance companies to resolve claim issues. The staff at Exterior Home Solutions is community oriented and raising children in the Halls and Central schools. They are open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday with 24 hour emergency service. Info: 524-5888. Photo by Ruth White
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Farragut student finds a lifeline as a poor refugee. “It was a lifechanging moment of inspiration to see that success can arise from pain and sorrow,” Truett said. After returning, another friend and mentor, Clarence McDowell, helped alter the course of Truett’s life. McDowell is a business owner – Palace Liquor Store and Lonsdale Market and Deli – with strong Christian beliefs. Truett said he owes “a lot” to McDowell: “He helped me overcome my hardships (and) became a spiritual leader, counselor, and a business mentor and investor
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Once drowning in despair, 18-year-old high school senior and business owner Thomas Truett found a lifeline tethered to work and faith. Truett is an awardwinning business student and DECA club member with a great smile and firm handshake, an “all around” kind of guy. He snow skis, volunteers with his church and the Red Cross, and is part of Farragut High School’s Student GovBonny Kate Elementary School student Cora Browning, first place winner of the 2010 Arbor Day ernment Association. contest sponsored by Knoxville’s city tree board, receives her prize from Ijams Nature Center’s Guidance counpark manager Ed Yost. Art teacher Tiffany Eng-Szakacs is on the right. Photo submitted selor Susan Bolinger Thomas Truett in Cyprus with long time will tell you that he’s friend and business mentor Constantinous a semifinalist for Constantinou. Photo submitted the NFIB (National The theme of the Knox- grade students can down- receive $50 and $25. Teachat home that were compliFederation of Indeville City Tree Board’s load entry forms at www. ers of winning students will pendent Business) Young cated by financial strain. His to me.” second annual Arbor Day cityofknoxville.org/boards/ receive $30. Prizes will be Entrepreneur Awards for a father’s career has been unTruett said he had grown poster contest is “Trees are treeboard/postercontest. awarded at the annual Arrenewable scholarship rang- stable, and his mother works up in a religious environment Terrific. … They Provide pdf. bor Day celebration at Ijams ing from $1,000 to $10,000. four jobs teaching and coun- at the Episcopalian Church of Habitat for Many Living The first place winner Nature Center on Friday, Truett is eligible for the seling, putting two older sib- the Good Samaritan, but it Creatures.” will receive $75 and second April 29. Entry deadline is award because he started lings through college. didn’t become real until his Teachers of 4th and 5th and third place winners will Thursday, March 31. Matters got worse last year life was in turmoil. The pain his own jet ski rental company. He secured $8,000 in when a relationship that be- was worth it, he said, because investments for start-up and gan in the 9th grade ended. he would never have learned ■ Lacrosse coach needed 742-9911 or 740-5840. is projected to gross $20,000 “It was the worst summer to trust in Christ and may not for spring season for Knox ■ Spring rec lacrosse sign-ups his first season, which begins of my life. I was devastated,” have pursued opening a busiYouth Sports, players age for Knox Youth Sports, ages May 1. He also does webpage said Truett. ness. 9-14 and generally new to the ■ Baseball tournament, Friday 9-14, excluding high school design on the side. Truett’s Still, Truett accompanied game. Games and practices In Knoxville, there are through Sunday, March 4-6, 6Ustudents. Games at Lakeshore dream is to do international his ex-girlfriend’s father, his thousands of high school stuat Lakeshore Park. Tryouts 14U and also a middle school Park. Guaranteed playing time, business and settle down friend and business mentor dents like Truett who may be Sunday, March 6. Season runs division for both varsity and season from March 26 to May March 26 through May 21. Info: with a wife and family. junior varsity. Info: 992-5504 or Constantinos Constantinou, treading emotional waves. 21. Info: e-mail kyswc@aol.com e-mail kyswc@aol.com or call e-mail hcpsports@msn.com. Just last summer he was to Cyprus as planned. Con- Truett agreed to share both or call 584-6403. 584-6403. “going under.” stantinou, a successful busi- sides of his story, tossing his ■ Baseball tournament, Friday ■ Spring rec baseball sign-ups ■ to fi ll Three players needed through Sunday, March 11-13, ness owner, showed Truett own lifeline out to someone Like many teens, Truett for Knox Youth Sports, ages Cherokee 11u team’s spring 6U-14U. Open to all. 992-5504 has struggled with problems how he had begun in Cyprus who might need it. 3-12. T-ball, coach pitch and
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■ Players needed for Halls Storm 14U baseball team’s spring/summer season. Local tournament play. Info: 3843349 or 679-3851. ■ Sign-ups at Inskip Ballpark noon to 2 p.m. every Saturday in March for ages 4-14, baseball and softball. Fee is $65 and includes a shirt and hat. Teams of up to six are welcome and siblings get a price break. Info:
player pitch. Games at Lakeshore Park. Guaranteed playing time, season from early April to early June. Info: e-mail kyswc@ aol.com or call 584-6403. ■ Spring recreational softball sign ups for Knox Youth Sports, ages 7-12. Games at Lakeshore Park. Guaranteed playing time, season from early April through late May. Info: e-mail kyswc@aol.com or call 584-6403.
roster. Will play in the Knoxville area and possibly two out of town tournaments. Info: Rex, 765-0306.
■ Open registration for additional teams CYF Football based at CAK for 7-, 8-, 9- and 10-year-olds. Teams will play in AFC and NFC divisions. Rosters capped when full. Info: Jeff Taylor, 765-2119. ■ Three players needed for 12u traveling team. Info: 466-0927.
Powell High seeks football records
Correction In last week’s edition we reported that the CAK girls lost to Elizabethton on Feb. 12. The CAK girls actually defeated Elizabethton 60-57. We apologize for the error.
Powell High School and PowellPanthersfootball.com are seeking to fix some holes in their records. Currently, they need verifiable team won-loss-tie records for any year prior to 1950 and for the 1955 and 1957 seasons. Verifiable means that there is some kind of documentation supporting the records such as a game program, newspaper clippings etc. If you can help with the records, contact Bill Mynatt at powellfootballradiovoice@yahoo.com.
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District tourneys conclude, regionals begin ris of Hardin Valley, Jennifer Schilling of College basketball Hardin Valley, Armeka has March Madness, but Booker of Oak Ridge, high school hoops have Sydney Cardin of Halls, February Frenzy. Kristin Chapman of Last week, district Campbell County;, tournaments concluded Shayla Goins of Campand regional play began bell County, Kaitlyn for Division I schools and Couples of Anderson the Division II champiCounty and Makayla onship was settled. Graham of Central. On Feb. 19, the The District 3-3A Bearden girls fell to boys All-Tournament Maryville 35-34 in Disteam were: Lonnie Mctrict 4-3A tournament Clanahan of Oak Ridge play. The Hardin Valwho won MVP honors, ley Academy boys fell Zach Miracle of Powto Anderson County 61ell, Lucas Nelson of 50 and Central mauled Campbell County, CaClinton 83-48 in District mion Patrick of Clinton, 3-3A action. Sherrius Smith of HVA, On Feb. 18, the Webb Tanner Torres of Andergirls downed Ezellson County, Alan Holt Harding 66-42 in Diviof Anderson County, sion II play. The Catholic Devin Sibley of Karns, boys downed Farragut Dre Mathieu of Cen51-39 in District 4-3A Central’s A.C. Eddins snags an inbound pass tral, Marcus Stanford play, and CAK bombed against Oak Ridge in the district championof Central and Spencer Loudon 62-44 in Disship game last week. Photo by Ruth White Shoffner of Oak Ridge. trict 4-2A. The District 4-3A On Feb. 19, in District girls All-Tournament lic 80-56, and West got by 3-3A girls action Hardin team were: Shira Buley of Valley topped Halls 42-41. Maryville 53-50 at William West who won MVP honors, In boys play Central bested Blount. Miranda Maples of Maryville, Anderson County 79-64, and Last Tuesday, the West Torey Vaught of Maryville, Karns fell to Oak Ridge 65-46. girls claimed the District 4-3A Sarah Wilson of William The Webb girls fell to championship over Farragut Blount, Tatum Burstrom of Franklin Road Academy in 48-47. The CAK girls fell to William Blount, Sami Vanthe Division II-A East/Mid- Loudon 54-49 in the District vranken of William Blount, dle championship game. In 4-2A championship game. Katie Cargo of Farragut, HayDistrict 4-2A, the CAK girls In boys play at Karns, the ley Newby of Farragut, Anna topped Scott 56-46, and the host Beavers fell to Anderson Brinson of Farragut, Keera CAK boys beat Stone Memo- County 59-52 in the consola- Smith of West and Grace rial 73-61. tion game, and Central fell Alonso De Armino of West. In District 4-3A, the Far- to Oak Ridge 61-62 in the The District 4-3A boys ragut girls topped Maryville District 3-3A championship All-Tournament team were: 58-57, and the West girls beat game. The CAK boys fell to Al- Ty Greene of Bearden who coa 51-49 in the District 4-2A William Blount 54-50. won MVP honors, Tyler Jones Last Monday, in District championship. of Lenoir City, Matt Cox of Last Wednesday, Catholic Catholic, Joey Bodewig of 3-3A play at Karns, Halls fell to Campbell County 60-53 in won the District 4-3A conso- Catholic, Stian Romberg of the consolation game, and the lation game against Maryville Maryville, Jayjuan Mitchell of Hardin Valley Academy girls 53-51, and Bearden claimed West, Calvin Walker of West, claimed the school’s first dis- the crown over West 62-42. Carson Brooks of West, Deon trict championship by beating The District 3-3A girls All- Fair of Bearden, Rico White Oak Ridge 53-44. Tournament team were: Kayla of Bearden and Drew StandiIn District 4-3A boys ac- Carey of Hardin Valley who fer of Bearden.Bearden and tion, Bearden downed Catho- won MVP honors, Taylor Har- Drew Standifer of Bearden.
By Greg Householder
The 2011 Powell High School softball team. Photo courtesy of David McGill
Softball Panthers: ‘one team, one goal’ By Greg Householder Athletic teams tend to develop sayings. The Powell High School softball Panthers have two. The first is simple – “one team, one goal.” The team – them. The goal – a state championship. The second one is “have I done enough?” Over the past couple of years, the Panthers have been chipping away at the goal of a state championship. In 2009, Powell was a district runner-up and a regional and sectional tournament qualifier with only one senior on the team. Last year, the Panthers set a new school record for wins with a 44-15 overall record and a 14-2 district record. Powell was again a district runner-up but won the regional tournament
before getting knocked out by Daniel Boone in the sectionals. The 2011 edition of the Powell High Panther softball team hopes to make it all the way this year. The heart and soul of the team are seniors Danielle Allen, at pitcher and first base, and catcher Jordyn Wilson. Wilson has already signed to play at Lincoln Memorial University. Other key players on coach David McGill’s team are juniors Brittney Johnson (centerfield and second base) and Kelly Dreier (shortstop). Returning players are juniors Whitney Pettiford ( left field), Ashley Fortner (first base), Kara Wilson (right field) and sophomores Hannah Wheeler (left field),
Paige Brown (catcher), Naomi Mayes (outfield and shortstop), Gracie Holt (right field), Erin Williams (pitcher, first base and third base), Jillian McGill (third base) and Rebecca Stuckey (outfield). Joining are freshmen Lakin Orrick as a pitcher and outfielder and Hannah Parton as a pitcher and outfielder. The Panthers will host the Powell Preseason Play Date at Powell-Levi Field on Saturday, March 5, hosting 19 other teams. Games begin at 9 a.m. and run on five fields through 6 p.m. Concessions will be available. Powell will play in the Knox County Jamboree March 7-8 and will open regular season play at Clinton on March 21.
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