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MARCH 14, 2011
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Commissioners of the Hallsdale Powell Utility District inspect the utility’s new headquarters, now under construction on Cunningham Road in Halls. The building was designed to last for 50 or 60 years, said chair Jim Hill, and it is utilitarian with concrete floors, exposed beams and geothermal heat. The current building, constructed in 1969, will be torn down. Commissioners are: Sandy Lifford, Kevin Julian and Jim Hill. Photo by S. Clark
Did Haslam shirk his duty? See GOVERNMENT, page A-5
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Dr. Jim Tumblin on Ross Smith, annexation and the ‘funeral’ of 1962 See page A-7
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HPUD rates increase, but growth is slowed By Sandra Clark Water and sewer rates will increase in April, but not by as much as projected by Hallsdale Powell Utility District’s rate model. Commissioners sent staff back to the spreadsheet last week, recessing the meeting to tour the new headquarters. Chief Financial Officer James Smith sharpened his pixels to produce an increase of 3.5 percent on water and 5.5 percent on sewer which will equate to an increase of $4.40 per month for a 5,000 gallon user.
Water only customers will see an increase from $44.62 to $46.18 for 5,000 gallons ($62.57 to $64.75 for 7,500 gallons). The increases will be reflected on the April billing. The rate model had projected the 3.5 percent increase on water with a 7.5 percent increase on sewer. Smith said rates are debtdriven and the utility is required by state law to make a profit. Revenues are influenced by weather; a rainy season results in decreased water use.
Commissioners will review the finances in September to ensure that the increases were adequate. President/CEO Darren Cardwell did not oppose the reduction in projected rates, but he stressed, “Our overall plan has worked and is working today.” Cardwell said HPUD will pay down $10 million in debt principal and $4.6 million in interest in the upcoming fiscal year. Other increases are fuel costs and electric utilities. HPUD pays $2.6 million a year for electricity.
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Knox County Trustee John Duncan III recently announced that his office has collected $228 million in property taxes through the February payment deadline, setting a record for the office. Chad Tindell, hired by Duncan to be the office’s fulltime delinquent tax attorney, has played a significant role in that accomplishment. “When you take a job, you need to make a difference,” said Tindell, who was in private practice for 20 years before joining Duncan’s staff. For veteran observers of the trustee’s office, that difference is something more than just the savings in tax dollars and more efficient processes Tindell’s hiring brings to the table. For years the office contracted with a private attorney, Albert Harb, whose firm earned millions from a 10 percent delinquent tax add-on fee.
In November 2007, when the Shopper-News took a critical look at the operations of the trustee’s office under then-acting Trustee Mike Lowe, former Tindell Knox County Law Director John Owings estimated that an in-house attorney and a paralegal could handle delinquent tax collections for about $150,000 annually. Tindell’s salary of $106,905 combined with that of tax assistant Linda McGinnis actually falls below Owings’ estimate. “Albert did a good job,” Tindell says. “Any lawyer in the county would have taken it. But it makes tremendous sense to have a full-time attorney in a major metropolitan office. “When you’re full time in the office, you get an overview.”
That overview is resulting in better ways to do business. Tindell notes, for example, that about 13,000 taxpayers must be notified when the delinquent tax suits are filed. Under the previous system, 15 to 20 employees would be involved in preparing and printing out labels, a process that took several weeks. The office now contracts with a printing company that accomplishes the job in two days, saving $45,000 in labor and an additional $2,000 in postage. Tindell participates in weekly meetings with the trustee and other senior staff members. He says morale has “soared” under Duncan: “People in the office are happy to come to work.” And Tindell points out another change for the better under Duncan: “No one in the office now has a (legal) problem,” a reference to alleged embezzlement by one of former Trustee Fred Sisk’s employees.
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HPUD completed its 57th consecutive month without a violation at the wastewater plant on Beaver Creek Drive in Powell, despite heavy rains during February. Commissioners hope to be in the new headquarters by May. It contains two drive-thru windows and a community room that is accessible to restrooms and a kitchen. Vehicles and equipment will be housed in a separate operations center. The district’s next meeting will be 1:30 p.m. Monday, April 11.
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Tindell says he has “reached out” to other municipal tax attorneys around the state with a goal of forming a statewide association. About 45 attorneys gathered in Nashville for a discussion a few weeks ago. Tindell has drafted bylaws and expects the first formal meeting to take place this summer. “We can learn from other counties and share information,” Tindell said, which will help in crafting best practices here as well as in trustee offices around the state. Tindell’s duties aren’t restricted to filing suits for delinquent taxes. He’s active in reviewing blighted properties, has assisted in setting up payment plans for delinquent taxpayers and routinely interacts with his professional counterparts in Knoxville city government. While acknowledging that “working for the government is different,” his work philosophy is simple: “Always find ways to make things better.”
Brother, can you spare a Twit? Jonquils are in bloom in my front yard, a sure sign that better days are ahead after a cold, wet winter. While we wait on the rest of spring’s blossoms, we can enjoy the abundance of nuts provided by the silly season. Some say with good reason that the silly season opens in Tennessee as soon as the gavel calls state legislators into session. Never have we seen more convincing proof of this than state Sen. Bill Ketron’s proposal to form a committee that will consider whether Tennessee should establish its own currency. You’d probably have to travel back in time (I’m thinking South Carolina in 1860) to match the lunacy that’s in vogue in the statehouses these days. Still, I must admit that Ketron’s brainstorm got me thinking about the condition of the state’s finances. After all, the county depends on state grants to fund a number of projects. What if that well runs dry? Be prepared, the Scouts say, and I’m all for that. Let’s take Ketron’s idea a step further and mint our own Knox County currency. We don’t have gold reserves to back it up, but we do have a lot of idle land now in the hands of The Development Corporation we could use as “currency collateral.” That problem settled, the question arises as to whose faces should grace our currency. My choice for the $1 note is former Commissioner Mark Harmon. Mark cast the single dissenting vote so often in his commission career that it seems fitting he should adorn this bill, which in the vernacular will become known as the “Twit.” You can exchange five twits for a “Doc” if your wallet is beginning to bulge with the singles. The Doc, our $5 bill equivalent, is aptly named for Dr. Richard Briggs, who represents District 5 on commission. Women and minorities deserve a place in our county currency, so let’s put former Commissioner Diane Jordan on the front of our 10 spot and current Commissioner Amy Broyles on the reverse. This bill is legal tender only when presented to Democrats. If you’re rolling in dough, your money clip may be filled with “Tims.” It takes 20 Twits or four Docs to make change for one Tim, which naturally bears a portrait of Mayor Tim Burchett. (Fist bump!) Now for the good news: you don’t need a Twit, a Doc or a Tim to enjoy this week’s edition of the ShopperNews, and even Democrats can keep their money in their pocket. Catch up with all your favorite Shopper-News contributors at www.shoppernewsnow.com – it’s worth its weight in Tims! Contact Larry Van Guilder at lvgknox@mindspring.com.
The airplane gets some work done Next up: stabilization of the nose
Passersby along Clinton Highway may have been wondering what’s up with the airplane filling station. The historic building – built in the
Greg Householder Fantastic Style by Elmer and Henry Nickle in 1930 – is a true piece of Americana. Several years ago, the Airplane Filling Station Preservation Association was formed to purchase and begin restoring and renovating the iconic building. Through various fundraising efforts and grants, the group has been able to stop the deterioration and begin restoration of the building. Work of late has been focused on the interior, and those driving by may think that progress has stopped with the exterior. Recently, crews removed the old beadboard walls and shored up the interior framing with new wood and threaded rods, roughly $4,400 worth of work. Before that, a raised floor was installed and the handicapped accessible restroom was rough-plumbed in. Next up for the airplane is the support and stabilization of the “nose” of the plane. This will involve an aluminum cage-like apparatus attached to the newly installed framing to hold the nose up. Currently, the nose is supported from outside
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Bryan Christian discusses some of the interior work he recently completed on the Powell Airplane Filling Station building. Photos by Greg Householder
Rod Creigh displays the proclamation he received from County Mayor Tim Burchett at the Broadacres Homeowner’s Association meeting last Tuesday. Creigh is joined by daughters Cathy Roberts, Carol Mahler and Chris Cunningham and Mayor Burchett. by temporary wood bracing. The AFSPA met last Monday and discussed various fundraising plans and the status of grants. Treasurer Rock Bernard said the group apparently scored low on the Knox County Community Grants and would probably not be receiving funds this year. The group has earned a Tennessee Historical Commission match-
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The Powell Business and Professional Association heard from guest speaker Bob Bell of WRJZ Joy 62 radio. Bell, a talk show host and account executive, told the group of his “three rules of business” – 1) take responsibility and make no excuses; 2) do what you say you are going to do; and 3) inspect what you expect – pour fun into your business. In other business, the PBPA voted to donate $500 to the Second Harvest Food Bank to help with the flood damage the food pantry suffered in flooding
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High School. The group discussed also planning a biscuit and gravy breakfast the weekend after the car show. In August, the group plans to have a “Plane Old Yard Sale” at the airplane. Anyone wishing to donate items for the sale should contact Bernard at 9337158. The next meeting of the AFSPA will be at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 30. This will be a combination workday and meeting at the airplane.
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The airplane gets some work done two weeks ago. County commissioner R. Larry Smith reported that commission was looking at the budget and redistricting as a result of the 2010 census. School board member Kim Sepesi reported that the board was also looking at the budget and that this year’s plan included improvements at Powell High School. The membership and events committees are looking for businesses to host the new member receptions. The PBPA hopes to have the first sometime in April. State Farm Insurance agent Sage Kohler, new chair of the Teen Driver Awareness committee, reported that she had met with the Powell High Arrive Alive group and April 4-8 will be Teen Driving Safety Week at Powell. For prom, the group will be getting signed commitment cards promising to not drink and drive and there will be a drawing from those signing the cards for a chance to win a limousine ride on prom night. Kohler also reported that near the end of school, all drivers at Powell High, including faculty staff, will be asked to sign a commitment card for the summer promising to not drink and drive, text and drive, talk on the phone and drive, and to not be distracted and drive for a chance to win $50 gas cards. The PBPA also recognized Dr. Don Wegener for his work in organizing and overseeing the selection of the annual Man, Woman and Businessperson of the Year. The group has recreated plaques that were previously lost listing every recipient since the program started and presented these to Wegener who will display them in the lobby of his office at Powell Chiropractic Center off Clinton Highway. The PBPA, in conjunction with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, will be sponsoring a Crime Prevention in the Workplace Seminar at Mercy Health and Fitness Center. The PBPA will be providing a continental breakfast and Ruby Tuesday’s will be providing lunch. The seminar is free and anyone interested in attending should call Sgt. Sheila Story at the KCSO at 215-5619 or sheila.story@ knoxsheriff.org.
Broadacres Homeowners Association honors Rod Creigh Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett was on hand last Tuesday at the Broadacres Homeowners Association meeting held at Powell Presbyterian Church to issue a proclamation in honor of longtime Broadacres resident Rod Creigh. Creigh and his family moved into Broadacres in 1968. He was honored for his volunteer activities in the Powell community and was recognized for his generous donation to the Broadacres Homeowners Association in memory of his wife, Betty. Burchett proclaimed last Tuesday as “Broadacres Homeowner Rod Creigh Family Day.” Realtor and Broadacres resident Andrew Sharits reported on homes sold over the past couple of years and average prices. Burchett also spoke to the group telling the association
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Bob Bell from WRJZ Joy 62 speaks to the Powell Business and Professional Association. Clare Crawford and Noell Lewis turn over the new plaques listing past Powell Business and Professional Association Man, Woman and Businessperson of the Year recipients to Dr. Don Wegener. The plaques will be permanently displayed in Wegener’s office on Clinton Highway. that there would be “serious cuts in the budget.” The mayor, discussing various grants and county programs, told the members, “You didn’t elect me to be Santa Claus. You elected me to be mayor.” Burchett also had some advice for the group. “The larger the homeowners association, the greater the voice in local government – absolutely.”
Knox North Lions plan ‘Patriotic Pet’ contest for July 4th parade The Knox North Lions Club met last Wednesday to discuss plans for a couple of fundraisers. The Lions will be joining with the Farragut Lions Club to host a pancake breakfast from 8-10 a.m. Saturday, April 2, at the Applebee’s at the corner of Cedar Bluff and Peters roads. Cost is $5 and tickets may be purchased from any Knox North or Farragut Lion and can also be purchased at the door. The Lions will be hosting a “Patriotic Pet” contest in conjunction with the Powell 4th of July parade. Plan to bring your pet decked out in its best patriotic regalia. Winners will be determined by popular vote. Cost to enter the pet is $5 and votes are $1 each. The contest will be held at the post-parade festivities at the Scarbro field.
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11 a.m., lunch at noon and the ride kicking off at 1 p.m. at Knoxville Harley DavidThe Powell High School The Powell High band son on Clinton Highway. Alumni Association will cel- boosters will be holding its There will be goody bags ebrate its 93rd anniversary second annual motorcycle and the ride is free but doon April 2 with the group’s run on April 30. The ride nations are greatly appreciannual dinner to be held at begins with registration at ated. the Jubilee Banquet Facility off Callahan Road. Registration will begin at 4:45 p.m., social hour is 4:45 to 5:45 and 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.
The Marching Panthers will be representing the Powell community at the 70th anniversary observance of the attack on Pearl Harbor in this fall in Hawaii. Funds raised will help with band members’ expenses.
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Up until March 8, some observers felt Mayor Brown had not asserted his authority as mayor as they wished he would. He seemed to abdicate to Lyons and Martin on all issues involving the pension task force. The decision to have closed meetings was not made by Mayor Brown. The announcement on the pension task force was never posted on the city website. When Lyons gave his long, defensive and rambling talk to council on the pension task force and announced its passing, he never mentioned Mayor Brown. Lyons referred in his remarks to former Mayor Haslam, to “the administration” and “the executive branch” of city government but never to Mayor Brown. This was odd given Brown was presiding and sat only a few seats away. It is as if Lyons cannot accept there is a new mayor who possesses all the powers of mayor. Meanwhile, a few weeks ago in a staff meeting, Deputy Mayor Martin ordered that new city business cards printed for city employees, for the first time in memory. would no longer contain the incumbent mayor’s name. How he arrived at this symbolic decision when we have our first African-American mayor, which is a source of pride to many, defies imagination.
It does not cost any more to print Daniel Brown’s name than it did to print Bill Haslam’s name. Why did Martin never suggest removing the mayor’s name when Haslam was mayor? Why change the custom now? Many city employees are proud of Mayor Brown and would like to have his name on their personalized business card. It is a small but deeply telling error which should be reversed. Our African-American community would not appreciate this if they knew about it. Mayor Brown should be briefed by Law Director Debbie Poplin on his powers, including the unfettered right to name commissions without council approval. This is how I established the Civilian Police Review Commission by executive order when I lacked support on council. Brown does not need a council resolution to act on pensions and to have open meetings. Finally, some council members said a study is needed now. But why not first hold a council workshop with Mike Cherry, director of the city pension board, to get the facts on the financial status of the pension fund instead of depending on unverified statements from the prior city administration? Cherry has not been asked to appear. City employees would appreciate this, and council members might learn things which could impact their thinking. Campaign observers noted Madeline Rogero did not attend the council meeting despite many city employees being there. Both Ivan Harmon and Mark Padgett spoke in favor of open meetings and worked the city employees present. Roddy, who had co-sponsored the Palmer resolution for open meetings, did not speak in favor of it. She spoke less on the whole issue than either Harmon or Padgett.
What meeting? Some of you may have may have heard about the fuss out in East Knox County over the proposed Midway business park. You may even have heard how County Commission listened to the community and derailed The Development Corporation’s plans last December, ending – for now – a battle more than a decade old. It was in all the papers, including this one. If you followed the story that far, you probably know that Knox County
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Haslam shirked his duty, didn’t finish job On his way out the door, former Mayor Bill Haslam said his successor, the yet-tobe-named interim mayor, had better get busy figuring out how to keep city workers’ pension funds solvent.
Betty Bean There’s no doubt that now-Gov. Haslam is correct. Current cost estimates show that city taxpayers will have to kick in ever-larger sums of money every year to keep the pensions in the black – as much as $30 million in 2019 alone. Haslam’s valedictory came as he was packing to move to Nashville in January. He had been mayor since December 2003. Relative political neophyte Daniel Brown, just a year into his first City Council term, was elected interim mayor by his colleagues in the 10th round of voting a couple of days later. The courtly, dignified retired post office worker has the distinction and the burden of becoming the first African-American Knoxville mayor. Haslam got specific with his advice. He recommended that the new mayor create a
Gov. Bill Haslam. File photo task force made up of stakeholders (employees, pension experts, taxpayers, administrators) to work out a plan to present to the newly elected mayor after she or he is sworn in next December. He said he wished that he could have done it himself. So why didn’t he? He’s one of those business guys everybody says should be running government, and it’s not like he didn’t have the opportunity to tackle the issue. But he had better things to do, like slapping backs and making promises in Wartburg and Buck Snort
and Summerville. There are at least two schools of thought on this issue, the first and most obvious of which is that he didn’t want to stir up the storm that would inevitably accompany any move to touch employees’ pensions. Picture a Republican primary fight featuring Zach Wamp TV commercials asking us why we would elect someone to run a whole state who can’t even handle a medium-sized city’s business affairs. Picture a general election campaign with Mike
McWherter standing shoulder to shoulder with heroic police officers and firefighters talking about the mayor’s failure to keep faith with those who risk their lives to protect and serve. No sane candidate would choose that path. Unless, perhaps, undertaking a massive public pension overhaul while running for governor could be seen as a way to shore up Haslam’s somewhat shaky conservative bona fides. But that would be denounced as pandering and conservatives would ask what took him so long. So the sensible thing to do was not do anything. But there’s a third, and radically simple way to look at it: Bill Haslam ran for mayor on his business acumen (with a considerable assist from his family’s immensely profitable business). He was hired on to run government like a business and to fix what’s broken. For years, he privately acknowledged that the city’s pension plans needed an overhaul. So why didn’t he fix it before he set his sights on becoming governor, instead of dumping the job on the folks he’s left behind?
Fighting words for Democrats By Betty Bean “The old days of Abe Lincoln talking about the dignity of work are all long gone,” said former schoolteacher Dave McElwaine, featured speaker at the March meeting of McElwaine the Democratic Women of Knoxville. “Today, Republicans are owned and operated by big business.” McElwaine, who represents
there’s a fair amount of curiosity about what the committee will propose. Everyone seems to think so, anyway, except, that is, for the committee itself, which scheduled a meeting last Friday and forgot to tell the media or other interested parties about it. To be clear, there was no legal obligation to “sunshine” the meeting. With no elected officials deliberating, the gathering safely flies under the Open Meetings Act radar. And when word of the meeting got around, we asked and were informed that the press was welcome.
the United Food and Commercial Workers and works as a substitute teacher, was in Nashville March 5 to participate in the Tennessee Education Association’s protest against Republican-backed legislation that will strip TEA of most of its powers. He said that TEA does not have binding arbitration powers, and he is critical of many TEA members’ response to state politics. “TEA is an affiliate of the AFL-CIO, but they haven’t learned the lesson that they are now a union. I hope all these teachers who voted for these Republicans who went
But that’s hardly the point. The seesaw battle over the Midway industrial park has occupied the time of hundreds of ordinary citizens and dozens of elected officials since 2000. Supporters and opponents of the park have hurled charges and counter-charges at one another during public meetings, in print and on radio and television. Mistrust piled up by the truckload. We want to believe the committee will work diligently and openly for the best interests of all of Knox County. An unannounced first meeting is not a good start. Contact: lvgknox@mindspring.com.
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to Nashville and took over the legislature are paying attention.” McElwaine said that the role of the Tennessee School Boards Association in the controversy is being overlooked. “These bills are being pushed by the state school board association. They represent our school board, and they are the people who hire the lobbyists who go to Nashville and push those bills. And we’re letting them off scotfree.” McElwaine bought up the situation in Wisconsin where 14 Democratic state senators left the state in an attempt to stop union-busting legislation from moving through the Republican-dominated legislature. He said that Wisconsin has had collective bargaining for almost all state employees since 1956, and that its Democratic legislators had learned a lesson from Texas Democrats, who fled to New Mexico in 2003 an attempt to thwart an unprecedented mid-decade redistricting plan led by former Texas Rep. Tom “The Hammer” DeLay. The plan, which targeted Democrats for defeat, was challenged by the U.S. Justice Department and started a chain of events that led to DeLay’s conviction for illegally funneling corporate contributions to Republican candidates. He has been sentenced to three years in jail. “The Texas Democrats held
out until one of their members weakened,” McElwaine said. “He came back and the Republicans had the one vote they needed. We lost 10 Democratic seats in Congress.” McElwaine said that in Tennessee, as in other states, “The government is attempting to break all the unions with a slew of these bills.” Although Gov. Bill Haslam is ostensibly neutral on some of the anti-TEA legislation, he supports extending the probationary period for tenure from 3 to 5 years, establishing more charter schools and expanding the voucher system. “There’s a bill that would allow school boards to declare themselves out of business, fire all their teachers and start over with all schools being private schools,” McElwaine said. “Haslam is not a friend of organized labor and certainly not the friend of teachers … This is not reform, it is an assault on teachers. If you take away the ability to have dues deducted, how are you going to go around to every building and collect dues? There’s even a bill that would make any union in the state that endorsed a candidate guilty of a Class D misdemeanor.” And he issued a call to arms: “We need to get up on our hind feet, get mad, crank up and get rid of some of the Republicans and replace them with good Democrats.”
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Teachers, music and more Taking my own good advice, I’m writing this week about local kids and educators and having fun at the Tennessee Theatre. Come on along.
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Elizabeth Hill Deyoung taught elementar y school at Smithwood and Brickey. She plays piano by ear and recently turned 100. Mayor Deyoung Tim Burchett (who has to be good for something) asked what she wanted for her birthday. And Elizabeth said she had always
Natalee Beeler Elkins wished she could play on the Mighty Wurlitizer at the Tennessee Theatre. Burchett turned to his aide and said, “Let’s make that happen.” Last Monday, Dr. Bill Snyder hosted Deyoung at the Mighty Musical Monday program. She was there with family and friends, about 100 people in all, ably assisted by her nephew, John S. Hill, and
his wife, Wanza. The lift was broken, but Elizabeth got on stage. Then by ear she played “Amazing Grace” and “The Easter Parade.” She was still playing when I left. A woman in the room said Elizabeth had given her piano lessons 40 years ago. Deyoung’s sister, the late Elsie Hill Thomas, was a music teacher and directed the choir at Central Baptist Fountain City. She would have enjoyed hearing Elizabeth play and would have wanted a turn herself. Wanza Hill said Elizabeth had never played an organ, but you couldn’t tell it by her performance. She frequently plays piano at Elmcroft Assisted Living, now her home. A bit younger but every bit as musical was Powell High and UT graduate Natalee Beeler Elkins, now the music teacher at Holston Middle School. Natalee brought Holston’s elite performing
ensemble, Kids in America Show Choir. These students are a triple threat, she said. They excel at singing, dancing and acting. They have performed at Disney World, Carowinds and Dollywood. Yet another educator, Dr. Joe Johnson, UT president emeritus, was master of ceremonies. “I hope I can have my 100th birthday at the Tennessee Theatre,” he said. Dr. Joe is edging up on 78. And Dr. Bill Snyder dedicated “How Great Thou Art” to the late James A. Dick, a patron of the Tennessee Theatre whose donation made the restoration possible. Snyder then launched into tunes from “Showboat,” followed by Freddie Brabson, who wore green socks and played “My Wild Irish Rose” and some Cole Porter. Music reverberated in the theatre, kids sang and danced, the stage was filled
Heiskell seniors learn of tax relief and tax freeze Deadline for 2010 is April 5 By Greg Householder Despite a power outage since 4 a.m. that resulted in a chilly room, the Heiskell seniors gathered last week for their monthly program to learn about property tax relief programs available to seniors. Knox Williams, state programs administrator for the Knox County trustee, told the group three things: ■ His boss, Knox County Trustee John Duncan, has stressed that everyone in his office works for the taxpayer and he outlined what the trustee’s office does; ■ The availability of tax relief for property taxes; and ■ The availability of tax freezes for seniors. Williams said that Knox County is home to an estimated 65,000 citizens age 65 or older. However, when Duncan took office last September, only 4,000 folks were enrolled in either of the two state-mandated programs. He explained that
one of Duncan’s objectives was to increase that number by 1,000 in the first year. So Williams has hit the road, visiting seniors groups, churches and anywhere he could get the message out. And he has been successful. The number of folks taking advantage of the programs hit 5,000 by November. There are essentially two programs with separate qualifications. The tax relief program allows property owners who are either age 65 or older, anyone regardless of age who is 100 percent disabled, or a veteran who is 100 percent disabled and whose income for 2009 was $26,830 or less and whose taxes are current to receive a relief payment from the state for $148. The tax freeze program is for seniors only (age 65 and older) whose income was $36,050 or less in 2009 to freeze their property taxes at 2010 levels. The program is an annual program, and each year the Legislature defines income levels for the current tax
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Ten days in Belize
UT senior takes medical mission trip
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o ahead and mark this down. Alicia McClintock will never take the United States for granted. Not after what she’s seen on vacations to the Caribbean. Not after she’s seen health conditions from which no human being should suffer. And especially not after a 10-day medical mission trip to Belize last December. Alicia, a UT senior and 2007 Gibbs High School graduate, made what she calls a spur-of-the-moment decision to go to Belize with 10 other undergraduates from around the country through International Service Learning. She wanted to learn more about international medicine firsthand. They walked house to house at first, assessing the living conditions, predicting the needs. The clinics were held the following day. Another day was spent at a hospital in San Ignacio. “The fathers are mostly farmers. The wives stay home with the kids. It’s not that they can’t afford health care (it’s free), but they don’t have access to it. One community we went to was 30 minutes away from the main road. And by main road I mean the most terrible road we’d have here.” Alicia says that some families use rain as a water source without boiling it. None of the houses look the same. One might have part of a wall or part of a roof. “You make it from what you have.”
Doors are left open at night to cool the household. Alicia says that some families had wall air conditioning units. None had central heat and air. She also saw a lot of homeless dogs. The medical needs were unexpected. “Many just wanted vitamins for their kids. They’d make up symptoms in order to have medicine for later. A doctor gets up there maybe once a year.” A language barrier was also unexpected. “We’d heard that Belize is 90 percent English (speaking). So I thought, ‘Oh, great! No problem!’ They took us to the Spanish (speaking) part of the country and none of us knew Spanish.” She got to meet the Garifuna tribe and see them dance. She handed out toothbrushes and toothpaste donated by Fountain City dentist Dr. Allen Hunley to children at St. Joseph Roman Catholic School. “The kids were so kind, patient and gentle, not gabby, greedy or mean. All of the Belizean people were very welcoming, passionate and happy. It obviously starts with the kids.” And she learned how to administer three kinds of sutures and injections, how to treat snakebites, how to take blood pressure and check glucose levels, and how to listen to heart and lung sounds. Alicia has always known she could become a doctor. She knows she has what it takes. The deciding factor came on a bus ride in Honduras during a cruise vacation. A child on the bus was singing, dancing, having a big ol’ time. He lives in one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. “His dream was to become a rap star and move to Hollywood. His motivation inspired me … to become all I can be. He’s going to be all he can be. I have all the resources.
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f there is such a thing as a perfect fit, safety Brian Randolph of Marietta, Ga., appears to be what Derek Dooley was talking about when he described low-risk, high-reward recruiting. The coach was looking for athletic ability, character, work ethic and smarts, prospects who would pick Tennessee for the right reasons, be eligible, listen, learn, hang in there and grow up to be Vols for life. Lance Thompson’s recruitment of Brian Randolph seemed almost too easy. Early commitment. Rock-solid decision. No drama on signing day. Too good to be true? Does Brian Randolph really match the mold? Good player? Parade All-American, Gatorade player of the year in Georgia, most feared hitter on the loose, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Good student? Second or third in senior class, 4.12 GPA. Math analysis is favorite subject. Seems to have an affinity for business dynamics and problem solving. Good person? Active in the FRIEND youth program at Friendship Baptist Church. Has given time to a cancer research foundation, a
Alicia (right) checks the blood pressure and glucose levels of an unidentified woman in the marketplace at San Ignacio, Belize.
Alicia McClintock passes out stickers at St. Joseph Roman Catholic School in the Duke Run II community of Belize. McClintock, a UT senior, participated in a medical mission trip in December. Photos submitted
There’s no excuse for me not to become a doctor.” She wants to be a military physician. She heard a pitch by the Army a few years ago. They offer a scholarship program that pays for medical school. “But I wanted to do it for the right reasons, not just for the money. So I did some research.”
Randolph fits Dooley mold TALES OF TENNESSEE | Marvin West baseball program for students with special needs and to the community Christmas gift-giving campaign. Background? Father Mark Randolph is an All-State insurance agent. Mother Lisa is a sales manager. Brother Justin had an athletic appointment to Air Force Academy but elected to walk on at Georgia Tech. He gave up football to concentrate on academics. Brian’s outlook: Be the best that you can be. Randolph’s high school coach, Derek Cook, says he is on target. “Anything that has Brian Randolph on it is great; he doesn’t do anything halfway. I’ve never even seen him finish second in a sprint while conditioning – he’s going to be first.
“When it’s time to work, he’s going to be in the front of the line. He’s the guy you want everybody watching – he has an incredible work ethic, character, integrity and leadership. There’s not a knock on the kid. He’s got it.” If Brian Randolph is solid gold, how the heck did Tennessee get him away from the Georgia Bulldogs, prominent, influential and convenient, 64 miles away? Here’s the part you may not have heard: As a sophomore, Brian was the best safety in Georgia high school football. His coach was a Georgia grad. The Bulldogs made regular stops at Kell High. Indeed, they recruited Randolph. He emerged as their No. 1 target at his posi-
She went on a Navy-funded trip to Portsmouth, Va. She learned that the Navy offers positions in a hospital, on a ship or at a base. Alicia likes the idea of being able to travel with her job, “getting out there and seeing different cultures. “I don’t want to stay in the U.S., but I don’t want to be gone long, either. A doctor’s assignment usually
tion. Georgia was first to offer a scholarship. Randolph suffered a shoulder injury that affected his entire junior season. He couldn’t even signal for a fair catch without it slipping out of place. He played hurt, made only 137 tackles and gained a mere 1,300 yards as a running back. New coaches at Georgia saw the junior tape and wondered if the kid was losing some of his killer instinct. Georgia offered three safeties for the 2011 recruiting class and said, up front, there was room for only two. Randolph was not ready to make a decision in January a year ago. The other two jumped at the offers. Class closed. Randolph was wounded. He really liked Georgia but he did not collapse. He was philosophical. “I guess that’s how recruiting works sometimes. I can’t complain because I’m blessed to have so many opportunities.” He had 20, a cross section, including Florida, South Carolina, Oklahoma State, Stanford, Virginia Tech and Maryland. Georgia Tech seemed to have a home-court
lasts six months. A couple of those every once in awhile would be cool.” She will earn a biological sciences degree in May and has applied to or interviewed with several medical schools. She’s waiting to hear back from Florida State and Virginia Tech. She’s ultimately trying to decide between the Navy and the Air Force. Asked what she’ll carry with her from Belize, Alicia exhales. “I have an appreciation for the way we live. And I think it’s given me some ‘oomph’ to make others realize that you’ve got it good here in America. Don’t complain. The people down there are so happy. And they never complained.” Here’s something else to mark down. Alicia McClintock will become a medical doctor. That boy on the bus and 10 days in Belize have seen to that. 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..
advantage. Big brother was there. Mississippi State made sense. Dad has a MSU degree. Relatives live nearby. Tennessee was the winner before Randolph paid close attention to what was said. Thompson is an outstanding recruiter. He is very convincing when he talks about the impact of Volunteer football on the state, the livability of Knoxville, outstanding campus facilities, opportunity for early playing time. Dooley was obviously a major factor. The head coach and recruit could understand what each wanted without an interpreter. Both are believable. Cook, the prep coach, has foresight. He says Randolph, 6-0 and 190, very fast and very competitive, will play this fall, grow into stardom, earn a job in the NFL. “Great speed, instincts, incredibly physical. He lights it up.” Just what the Vols needed, a defensive back who hits and measures up to Dooley’s exact standards. Amazing that Georgia has such a surplus. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com.
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lmost 50 years ago “funeral services” were held for Fountain City. John Adair’s frontier outpost, established in 1788, only two years after James White’s Fort, had blossomed into the largest unincorporated community in the United States. In the same pioneering spirit Adair had shown, the estimated 30,000 inhabitants supported their own water and sewage utility, garbage collection company and fire department. With occasional help from the Knox County Sheriff, Curt Brock provided police protection. A private water utility organized in 1931 with 200 subscribers had grown to 5,700 households served by 140 miles of mains by the 1960s. Many homes still used septic tanks, but the Fountain City Sanitary District served 1,600 homes. In 1942, the Fountain City Fire Department placed in service its newly arrived truck with 1,200 feet of hose and a 400-gallon booster. The 2,000 subscribers in Fountain City, Smithwood, Beverly and Inskip paid only $6 per year. Another independent body, the Fountain City Park Commission, chaired by Judge John W. Green, had maintained perhaps the finest public park in the county for more than 20 years. Under the late Dr. A.L. Jenkins’ leadership, the Fountain City Recreation Commission had provided a comprehensive sports program for youth since 1953. Is it any wonder then that, when the mayor and the Knoxville City Council began proposing annexation in 1959, there was much resistance? John Brothers conducted a mail poll that year and received letters or cards indicating that 1,796 were opposed and 112 were for annexation. His initial observation was, “If the city worked out a program in a calm and reasonable manner and with a proper schedule for extension of services, opposition would lessen considerably.” Ross Tillery Stuart (1912-1999) was the suburb’s pro bono unofficial “law director” and the veteran attorney member of the group chosen to investigate the matter. Ross was the son of J. Andrew, a machinist at the Southern Railway’s Coster Shops, and Maude Bowen Stuart. He grew up in Inskip, attended Inskip Grammar School and graduated from Knoxville High School. He then graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law. Lt. Ross T. Stuart served from April 1944 to March 1946 as gunnery officer and later as legal counsel in the Judge Advocate’s branch of the U.S. Navy during World War II. When he came home from the service, he first served as the chief claims attorney for the Tennessee Odin Insurance Company in Knoxville and then for the Southern Casualty Insurance Company. In about 1950 he and Al Redell founded Redell-Stuart and Company, a general insurance and real estate agency with offices in the then-new Fountain City Bank Building. Stuart also practiced law, specializing in wills, trusts, deeds, charters and other civil aspects of the law. Redell-Stuart was a leader in working with many other
A new old milk can CROSS CURRENTS | Lynn Hutton For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people. … (Jeremiah 8:11a KJV)
I The Annexation Ceremony on Feb. 12, 1962. Harry Hitch is the presiding minister with John Akridge, Fred Graves Jr., C.M. Hill, Sam Cook, Jack Easton and Bill Beckler serving as pallbearers. Photo courtesy of “Our Stories” by WBIR-TV
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Ross T. Stuart (1912-1999). Stuart was a partner in the Redell-Stuart Insurance and Real Estate Company and a key member of the committee negotiating Fountain City’s annexation to the city of Knoxville. Photo courtesy of Dorothy Foster Stuart
Fountain City businesses to foster community improvements and civic pride. In addition, Stuart was an adjunct professor in the UT Law School, teaching a course on insurance law for 15 years. Ross married Dorothy Louise Foster on April 7, 1938. They built their home on land long owned by the Stuart family on Inskip Road and lived there for all their married life, except for the service years and three years in Chattanooga. Pillars of the Fountain City Methodist Church, the Stuarts served their community faithfully and well. Ross taught the men’s Fidelis Sunday school class for a number of years and had no equal as a student of the Bible. The annexation study committee met with city law director T. Mack Blackburn, who represented the mayor and City Council in the negotiations. The committee, consisting of Ross T. Stuart, John T. Brothers, Carl L. Butcher Sr. and Robert H. Temple, worked with their
outside attorney Clyde Key to negotiate the best arrangement possible. Finally, it was agreed that Fountain City would become a part of Knoxville on Feb. 11, 1962, at midnight, after the 1962 tax assessment deadline. In essence this assured almost a full year moratorium on city taxes. However, at the city’s discretion, some city services could be provided that first year, with streetlights and a new fire station to have priority. At an 11:30 a.m. “Funeral Ceremony” on Monday, Feb. 12, 1962, Stuart handed over a symbolic sword to Mayor John Duncan and Fountain City became a part of Knoxville. Some 350 “mourners” accompanied the hearse and the casket down Broadway to a plot on Old Broadway at Dutch Valley Road in the shadow of Rand Scandlyn’s D-Lyn Tourist Court. During the procession, the Central High School band played the solemn march “Pomp and Circumstance” while several citizens carried banners with slogans such as these: In memory of our beloved Fountain City. Our pocketbooks will bleed. Died in 1962 – we lived in peace. Surrendered with reluctance. Memorial Day, 1962. End of a beautiful dream. Six pallbearers – John Akridge, Fred Graves Jr., C.M. Hill, Sam Cook, Jack Easton and Bill Beckler – assisted “the Rev.” Harry “Hop” Hitch with the services. They were all dressed in black and wore Abraham Lincoln-esque black stovepipe hats. Prior to the service the “viewing” disclosed a
giant yellow key to the city in the coffin, which was presented to Mayor Duncan later. As he passed a replica of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s “sword” to the mayor, Stuart said, “As the surrender of Gen. Lee at Appomattox heralded a united nation, so this 100 years later we herald the unity of our community with yours.” Duncan responded, “No city can be great unless its citizens are great. We can make no progress unless as a great, united community we wholeheartedly support a program of progress. We cannot have that self-confidence and optimism in our future unless all our citizens share in that spirit. United, forward-looking, one for all and all for one, this great city can go forward.” Duncan read the provisions of a “deed” prepared by Stuart, which conveyed to the citizens and residents of Fountain City the following: A proportionate share in the Knoxville Utilities Board property of the city of Knoxville having a value in excess of $250 million. A proportionate share in McGhee Tyson (Municipal) Airport, the James White Auditorium and a proportionate share in millions of dollars worth of good streets, libraries and sewage disposal systems. A voice in the government and progress of Knoxville. Then a bugler played taps, signaling the end of one era and the beginning of another. Now, nearly 50 years later, few would question the wisdom of our city fathers. However, Fountain City has maintained its own identity with immense community pride. If that isn’t a win-win, what is?
wrote a lament in this space several weeks ago: a lament over my grandfather’s milk can that had been stolen from my front porch. It was an antique, yes, but it was also a link to a grandfather I adored. It had been for me a symbol of a life given to hard, honest work. And, more importantly, it was something that his hands had touched time and time again as he ran a dairy farm in the first half of the 20th century. It pleased me that it sat beside my front door, a symbol of family continuity and a tribute to the simple values of country folk. So when I came home one night to find it gone, I was, in turn, disbelieving, then angry, then deeply saddened. It was irrefutably, irretrievably gone. That same grandfather had lost the tip of his little finger in a farm accident, and he talked about the phantom pains that he sometimes felt in a part of a finger that was no longer there. Like him, I felt phantom pains every time I came and went by my front door where his milk can used to sit. So it was that my daughter Jordan, who haunts antique stores in Memphis, found a milk can at some event in Mississippi and brought it to me on her last visit. It now resides in the place of honor beside my front door. (To any reader who is considering plans to remove it from my porch, believe me when I tell you my pet python likes to sleep in that milk can and will not take kindly to being disturbed!) This new old can is different. It is painted red, and Papa’s hands never touched it. It does not carry the same love forward from the past that the old one did. Even so, it certainly carries love from the future. Jordan’s gift of love and caring was an attempt to heal a hurt, to soothe a loss. She could not restore Papa’s milk can to me: The past is gone. But, from the next generation, a sense of rightness and continuity impelled her to do her best to fix the situation. Her understanding of the silken threads of family ties is strong. Now, instead of an artifact of the past, I have an offering from the future. And here is the best part. The milk can has a flaw. It is dented slightly on the front, and I promise you (could I make this up?), the dent is heart-shaped. Not a perfect heart – it is a little lop-sided – but a heart nonetheless. None of us gets through life without a few dents and scratches, a ding here and bruise there. This milk can has been through some things, and it bears the scars. But fortunately, the scar itself is the shape of love. My new old milk can is a reliquary of love that stretches from generation to generation to generation and back again. In this Lenten season, let’s remember the Name of love, his work of love, his scars of love, his restoration of love and always, always, the faithfulness of his love for us.
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John Maxwell to speak at KFL John Maxwell will be the guest speaker for the Knoxville Fellowship Luncheon at noon Tuesday, March 15. John Maxwell The KFL is a group of Christian men and women that meets weekly at the Golden Corral in Powell.
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Central Baptist Church Faith at Work mission team members Nancy DeCosta, Elizabeth West, Debby Moore, Gail Kitts, Jane Myers, Judy Weber, Elaine Womack, and Mary Sue Miller with the Valentine treats they served to teachers and staff members at Central High School for Valentine’s Day. Photo submitted
There will be a Veterans Outreach Program 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 26, at Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church, 9132 Kingston Pike. Veterans will receive free assistance in filing claims for disability compensation, health care benefits, burial benefits, survivors’ benefits and more. Info: Linda Bailey, 694-7102, Don Samuels, 741-2931 or call 215-5639.
Central Baptist brings Valentines to teachers The Faith at Work Ministry Team from Central Baptist Church Fountain City hosted a Valentine Dessert Treat Event for the faculty and staff at Central High School on Feb. 14. A variety of cupcakes, fruit fondue, nuts, and spiced tea and coffee provided by several church members were served during the lunch periods. Each teacher registered for the drawing to win one of the two Valentine floral ar-
rangements donated by Fountain City Florist and Petree’s Flowers. Central Baptist has partnered with Central High School, and the Faith at Work team has been active in its efforts to let the faculty and staff know how much they are appreciated and loved by the church and community. The team is making plans to host a picnic lunch on April 14.
Cornerstone hosts chili fundraiser Cornerstone Worship Center pastor Tommy Gass serves up a bowl of chili during a fundraising event to benefit the building fund. Cornerstone is located at 6570 McLane off Brown Gap Road. Info: 582-5911 or visit the website at www. cornerstoneworship.com. Photos by Ruth White
CONDOLENCES CHURCH NOTES Community services ■ The One Call Club will sponsor “Caring for Your Parents,” a seminar designed to educate and empower caregivers 2-4 p.m. Sunday, March 27, at Faith UMC, 1120 Dry Gap Pike. Info: 688-1000.
Fundraisers and sales ■ The United Methodist Men of Faith UMC, 1120 Dry Gap Pike, will host its annual hot tamale dinner 5-7 p.m. Saturday, March 19. Admission is free. Info: 688-1000 or visit www.faithseekers.org. ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Hwy, is looking for crafters to participate in a craft fair 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 9, in the family life center. Spaces are $20 with a table and two chairs included. Only original, handcrafted items will be sold. Info: E-mail Julie at julie-graham@comcast.net or call the church at 690-1060. ■ Bethel Baptist Church, will host a golf tournament fundraiser 1 p.m. Friday, April 8, at Three Ridges Golf Course. Proceeds from the event will benefit church members’ mission trips to Ukraine. To register: 216-5721.
Creek Dr., will host a women’s bible study 10 a.m. Saturday, March 19. Beth Moore’s DVD “Praying God’s Word” will be discussed. Info: 947-7151.
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 will be the Bethel Youth Choir, the Berry Family, Josh Collins, Haley Brooks and the Community Baptist Church Youth Choir.
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Youth programs ■ Temple Baptist Academy, 1700 West Beaver Creek Dr., will hold an open house 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 15. There will be information on academic programs, a meet-andgreet with current students and a tour of the facilities. Info: Jessica Missey, 938-8181.
Senior programs ■ Black Oak Heights Baptist Church, 405 Black Oak Drive., 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.
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Outgoing Noweta Garden Club president Lana McMullen (far right) inducts the new officers at the club’s 52nd spring luncheon. Pictured are: Marjorie Gardner, president; Peggy Jones, first vice president; Sarah Carroll, second vice president; Suzanne Sweat, second vice president; Judy Eubanks, third vice president; June Jennings, treasurer and Wilma Shular, secretary. McMullen will also serve as third vice president. Photo by Greg Householder
Noweta Garden Club installs new officers president in the club’s history to have served two consecutive two-year terms, conducted the installations. Marjorie Gardner was installed as president, Peggy Jones as first vice president, Sarah Carroll and Suzanne Sweat as second vice presidents, Judy Eubanks
and McMullen as third vice presidents, June Jennings as treasurer and Wilma Shular as secretary. Sarah Carroll was also recognized as the outstanding member for 2010. The club will be attending the Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs District IV
spring membership meeting March 29 at The Stables in Lafollette. The Noweta Garden Club’s next meeting will be a tour of the Robert Tino home and gardens in Sevierville on Tuesday, April 5. The group will meet at Powell Church at 9:15 a.m.
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“Dogwood After Dark,” the official kickoff party for the Dogwood Arts Festival, will be held 7-10 p.m. Thursday, March 31, at Latitude 35 on Market Square. Guests are encouraged to show their creativity by dressing “with attitude” for the event. Tickets are $75. Tickets: www.dogwoodarts. com or 637-4561.
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perform a free concert 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 19, in the James R. Cox Auditorium at the UT Alumni Memorial Building on campus. Everyone is welcome. Info: www.music.utk.edu/events/ march.html.
By Greg Householder The Noweta Garden Club installed officers for the Powell High School Boys State representative Chris Bright and 2011-13 two-year term last Girls State representative Alana Henley. Photo by Greg Householder Monday at the club’s 52nd spring luncheon held at the Orangery in West Knoxville. Outgoing president Lana McMullen, the only Noweta
Two of the brightest and best PHS makes Boys and Girls State selections By Greg Householder
Later this spring, one will see a couple of names on the marquee at Powell High School. It will say something like this: “Congratulations. Alana Henley, Girls State and Chris Bright, Boys State.” Unfortunately, many passersby will not have the slightest idea what this is all about. Boys and Girls State is life-changing and a high honor for the young men and women selected to participate. Boys State will be held May 22-28 at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville. Girls State will be held May 29 to June 4 at Lipscomb University in Nashville. Boys State is a program of the Tennessee American Legion and is officially called the Tennessee American Legion Boys State. Girls State is a program of the American Legion Auxiliary and is officially known as the American Legion Auxiliary Volunteer Girls State. Both programs are essentially the same – the kids learn citizenship skills by actually forming state and local governments, running for offices and interacting with other bright kids from across the state.
Only the brightest and best are chosen. According to Powell High School Boys and Girls State sponsor Rachel Kirkpatrick, she asks the faculty for nominations. The nominees must be in the top 30 percent of their class and must exhibit leadership qualities. Once she has the nominations, she sends out a ballot to the faculty with all nominees listed. This may be eight or 10 or so. The teachers vote. The boy and girl with the most votes become the representatives of Powell High School. Kirkpatrick says that this year’s reps, Bright and Henley, are in the top 10 percent of their classes. Both are juniors. Bright is a member of the tennis team and the Beta Club. Last year he was a member of the Powell High debate team. Henley has been on the Powell High swim team and is a member of FBLA, FCA and the Beta Club. According to Kirkpatrick, “This is not only a great scholarship opportunity, but they get to meet with kids from around the state who are also college bound.” Henley and Bright are both excited about the prospect but neither knows what to expect. Kirkpatrick is not too concerned. “Every kid who goes comes back and tells how awesome it was,” she says.
Fort Sumter Cemetery seeks bids Fort Sumter Community Cemetery will be taking bids for mowing and landscaping services for the remainder of 2011. A prebid meeting will be held 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, at the cemetery. If unable to attend, call 660-6949 to make arrangements to pick up a bid package. Bids must be returned by March 29.
Northside Kiwanis to hold pancake jamboree The Kiwanis Club of Northside Knoxville will hold its 39th annual Pancake Jamboree and Bake Sale 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 26, at St. John’s Lutheran Church (on North Broadway at Emory Place). Proceeds benefit the club’s service fund for community projects primarily focused on children. A family ticket
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The Knox County Sheriff’s OfďŹ ce in conjunction with the Powell Business and Professional Association is sponsoring a
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For reservations, please contact Sgt. Sheila Story at 215-5619 or sheila.story@knoxsheriff.org Lunch donated by
Continental breakfast donated by