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Buffat Mill

Historian Dr. Jim Tumblin has tracked down the origin of the farm at Buffat Mill, from whence the road and community name derive.

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See Jim’s story on page A-6

March 19, 2012

Parents want improvements at Powell Elementary

Remembering Josh Moore Central High School students and Fountain City residents mourn the loss of popular football player Josh Moore.

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See Bean’s story on page A-3

Ready for spring Powell High School baseball team was 2-0 to start the season when Shopper-News writer Cory Chitwood dropped by for interviews with players and coaches.

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See Cory’s story on page A-10

NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ

Broadacres homeowners set meeting The Broadacres Homeowners Association will meet 7 p.m.

Tuesday, March 27, at the Powell Presbyterian Church. Everyone who lives in Broadacres is invited and urged to come by president Ed Smith.

Annual dues of $50 go toward upkeep and lighting of the entrances as well as mailing expenses, Smith said. Discussion at the annual meeting will include the group’s Facebook page, neighborhood maintenance concerns and Broadacres’ real estate sales trends.

Retired U.S. Marine Roderick Creigh, a longtime Broadacres resident, made an additional contribution to enable the association to close out 2011 in the black.

Membership dues should be mailed to Broadacres Homeowners Association, P.O. Box 1101, Powell TN 37849.

Info: Ed Smith, 947-0129 or 250-2460. Andrew Sharits is vice president.

Index Community Sandra Clark Government/Politics Marvin West Jim Tumblin Faith Schools Business

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Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett kids with Powell Elementary School student Carson Brengle, son of PTA president Rachel Brengle (at right).

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By Sandra Clark Conditions at Powell Elementary School headlined the “night out” event last Thursday when Knox County Commissioner R. Larry Smith, school board member Kim Sepesi and state Rep. Harry Brooks met with constituents at the Powell Branch Library.

PTA president Rachel Brengle, Kimberly Hawk (at right) looks Commissioner R. Larry Smith in the eye and secretary Kimberly Hawk and vol- asks for attention to Powell Elementary School. unteer coordinator Regina Overton Barnes asked that attention be paid to the aging Powell Elementary structure.

“We have the largest number of portable classrooms in the county, and last year mold was found in one of them,” said Barnes. “(Knox County Schools) was supposed to test (after remediation), but we cannot find that test.

“We’re not even on the five-year capital improvement plan except for $1 million in repairs and maintenance. Now it looks like we’re supposed to lose a teacher.”

Brengle said Powell Elementary has 970 students and is scheduled to get another portable classroom in the fall.

Sepesi said funding follows students, and if Powell Elementary has more students enrolled next year than this year, the school will not lose a teacher and might actually gain one. Sepesi noted the $1 Kim Sepesi, R. Larry Smith and Harry Brooks at the Powell Branch Library. million for maintenance is in the 2014 capital plan, a year out.

And Smith said the women ward Smith, took his hand and and all second grade classrooms should start attending school said, “I’m looking you in the eye are in portables, she said.

Brooks recommended that she board and County Commission and asking you to help my child.” get an Individualized Education meetings. “Look them in the eye Smith seemed nonplussed.

Hawk’s son, a rising second Program (IEP) for her son. and tell them what you need.”

After a tortured 45 minutes of With that, Hawk moved to- grader, has breathing problems,

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Commissioner Larry Smith and Chris Caldwell, Knox County’s manager of Accounting and Budgeting, tackled the issue of funding improvements at Powell Elementary and other area schools.

Smith said the school system typically gets a $10 to $12 million annual increase, but this year Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre has asked for $14 million in continuation funding plus another $35 million for systemwide improvements, including teacher merit pay and technology.

He asked Caldwell to explain Mayor Tim Burchett’s position.

Burchett does not support a property tax increase, even though Knox County has not had one since sometime in the last century (roughly 1999). Additionally, Burchett wants to pay down $100 million of the county’s debt in five years.

Caldwell said that does not mean the county has stopped borrowing, but rather that at year’s end, the county will have paid debt down by $20 million more than the amount borrowed.

Burchett will have his budget ready for County Commission “by the first of May,” said Caldwell.

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Brooks announced that he would return to the Powell Branch Library on Saturday for a public forum. And we all went home.

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Open house at First Baptist Academy A Powell community institution flung open its doors last week to show off programs and accomplishments. Several prospective enrollees toured the campus of First Baptist Academy on Ewing Road, a ministry of Powell First Baptist.

Lorraine Abbott and Robert Elmore, financial representative with Modern Woodmen. Photo by S. Clark

Abbott cited for community work

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Sydney Neal, 7, holds her creation.

POWELL HOWL

Becky Grooms is the art teachAdministrator Darrell er at First Baptist Academy.

Vandergriff The science fair included welcomed s t u d e n t s the standard displays. One Lorraine Abbott was honored for her volunteer service and par- kid looked at the effects of by the local Modern Woodmen of America at a dinner last ents for the light on grass. Another comweek at Bel Air Grill in Halls. annual art pared dog toys. And a third Representing the fraternal financial agency, Robert Elshow and discussed health results more said Abbott was selected for her dedication to helping science fair. from a variety of desserts, others.

He also ac- presumably as an educa“She serves in many community outreach projects sponknowledged tionally sanctioned reason sored by her church,” Elmore said. “She worked as liaison Vandergriff prospective to eat 30 donuts. between Inskip United Methodist Church and Partners for Or maybe I was just hunfamilies who came for an Children to open a child care center that would serve lowopen house. Kindergarten gry. income families in the Inskip community.

At any rate, if you want students kicked off the as“In recognition of her efforts, members of Modern sembly by reciting the 23rd more information about Woodmen’s 12374 Chapter presented Abbott with a cerPsalm. That was impressive. this private school in the tificate and awarded a $100 grant to the Roxie Davis Vandergriff said the middle of Powell, call 947Price Scholarship Fund, the charitable organization of her school will add an 11th grade 8503. Tours are available choice. this fall. It has 162 students most any time.

About 30 friends joined Abbott for the dinner at Bel Air. in kindergarten through ■ Lunch with Clark 10th grade this year.

Becky Grooms proudly Speaking of food, this ■ Egg Hunt coming showed off her K-8 grade art Tuesday, March 20, I’ll be at The annual Fountain City Easter Egg Hunt is set for classroom, filled with an arAubrey’s up by the Interstate Saturday, March 31, from 9 a.m. to noon at Fountain City ray of student work. Grooms at noon. Stop by and chat if Park. The event is free and open to the public. Mark Enix has been at First Baptist you can. If you come to see promises to bring the Easter Bunny.

Academy for six year and me and I’m talking with Hunts start at 9:30 for ages 4-7; 10:15 for ages 1-3; and worked the first three as a some else, just interrupt.

11 a.m. for ages 8-12. volunteer.

My best hope is that we get a Parents won’t be allowed in the hunt. Small kids must be Students have a 45-min- roundtable discussion going walking on their own. ute art class once a week, among people who may not she said, and her curricu- even know each other.

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Eli Neal, 10, holds a piece of pottery he made in art class.

The eagle is a 7th grade art project.

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This week at the Powell Library

Tuesday, March 20, 3:30 p.m. Reading Roundup, a story time geared specifically for kindergarten through second grade.

Wednesday, March 21, 10:30 a.m., Baby Bookworms, for infants to age 2 (must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Friday, March 23, 10:30 a.m. Storytime, for children age 3-5.

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Heiskell School Reunion is 1-5 p.m. Saturday, March 24. The seniors will be taking a bus trip to Renfro Valley in Kentucky on Saturday,

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Remembering Josh Moore

By Betty Bean When Dr. Joe Black Jr. diagnosed Josh Moore with leukemia after a raft of specialists missed the call, he told the strapping 17-year-old he was sending him to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital for treatment.

His mother, Sherri Raines Moore, says that Josh, who stood 6-4, weighed nearly 300 pounds and was a standout left tackle/nose guard on the Central High School football team, was concerned: “He asked Dr. Black, ‘Do they have beds big enough for me?’ Dr. Black said ‘They have some pretty big cribs in there.’ ” Sixteen months later, on the first Friday night in March, Knoxville was battered by hail and wracked with tornado warnings.

It was white-knuckle time all over the county as people wondered if it was time to head for the basement.

Cody Blanc

“If you needed anything, you could call Josh and he’d give you anything he had.”

– Cody Blanc, teammate Josh Moore

His last words were “I feel good.”

– Josh Moore Seeking shelter wasn’t an option over at Children’s Hospital, where the best the nurses and attendants could do was move critically ill patients out into windowless hallways.

Josh Moore, now 18, was undergoing a last-chance course of experimental treatment and got two doses in the hall outside his room. While he was out there, he noticed that his next-door neighbor, a little girl no more than 2 or 3, needed mechanical assistance to breathe. Watching the tiny child struggle was deeply moving to the big-hearted teenager.

“He said, ‘Mom, that’s so awful they are having to do that to her.

I could have it a whole lot worse, couldn’t I,’ ” Sherri Moore said.

The sun eventually came out that weekend, but Josh’s condition kept deteriorating, and by Monday morning he was in septic shock.

Too weak for pain medication, he suffered terribly. At the end, he asked his mother to call his girlfriend, Natalie Oakley.

“His last words were ‘I feel good,’ and after 12 hours of excruciating pain, he got relief,” she said.

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Powell alumni

Powell High Alumni Association annual dinner is set for Saturday, April 7, at Jubilee Banquet Facility with registration and fellowship from 4:45 to 5:45 p.m. and dinner at 6. The business meeting will start at 7 p.m. Dinner is $20, annual dues are $7 and donations to the scholarship fund are welcomed.

Reservations are due March 30.

Entertainment will be

by Judy Morris of the Powell Playhouse (PHS Class of ’78). Golden Grads from the Class of ’62 will be recognized, along with the oldest graduate in attendance and the one who has traveled the farthest.

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“He had such a heart for the homeless.”

– Maxine Raines, grandmother

Maxine Raines

Josh was declared dead at 7:44 a.m., Monday, March 5.

Josh’s grandmother Maxine Raines is the founder and executive director of the Lost Sheep Ministry and is no stranger to suffering, having lost two children and experienced homelessness as a child. But nothing has been harder than losing Josh.

“We kept believing that he might be healed,” she said. “When his oncologist told him about the experimental drug, he did a fist pump and told his doctor, ‘I’m gonna fight it. I’m not giving up.’

“When he was a little boy, he used to go with me under the bridge when I would feed the homeless at Thanksgiving. He’d

say ‘Mimi, when I get big, I’m gonna help you all the time.’ He had such a heart for the homeless. … Eventually, if he had lived, he probably would have been with me, doing what I’m doing.”

Word of Josh’s passing spread quickly through Fountain City and Central High School, where he wore No. 77 on the football field.

Natalie Oakley’s mother, the Rev. Lyn Oakley, opened up Fountain City Presbyterian Church, where she is an assistant minister, and brought in a grief counselor for all the young people who wanted to come. Later that week, hundreds attended his funeral at Fountain City United Methodist Church. Many of them would speak, and the family particularly cherishes the words of a girl who said that Josh had stepped in to stop a group of kids from bullying her.

Assistant football coach Kevin Lane and a group of Josh’s teammates had planned to get together

and visit him the day he died. They had to be wondering how this could happen to the gentle giant, the biggest and strongest among them.

One of those teammates is Cody Blanc, who grew up just a few doors down the street on the north end of Inskip. They called themselves the “Skip Boys,” and Cody, who got a football scholarship to the University of Tennessee, sat with Josh during some of his most difficult days.

Cody graduated from high school in December and enrolled early to get a head start on his academics, but he stayed in close touch with Josh, who had also been highly recruited. They were both scouted by UT’s offensive coordinator the summer before their junior year before Josh got his diagnosis.

“I have no doubt that he’d be playing somewhere next season if this hadn’t happened. He was a really good player and a great person on top of that. If you needed anything, you could call Josh and he’d give you anything he had,” Cody said. “The first time he got diagnosed, I’d come over and hang out with him. Then when he relapsed, I went over to the hospital to hang with him there. But Natalie would stay there for days and days and was there through a lot of things that we couldn’t be there for. If it wasn’t for Natalie, don’t know what it would have been like.”

Being a good neighbor

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Massey suggested some common sense tips on a handout to attendees: ■ Take time to chat with your neighbors.

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■ Park RVs and campers in the side yard or backyard.

■ Be sure your address is readable and well lit so emergency personnel can find their way around the neighborhood.

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■ Before building a fence, have your property surveyed. The fence, including post holes, must be on your side of the property line.

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In early January, Josh, Cody and Nate Caldwell made a road trip to Biltmore in Josh’s Caddy, the white, mint-condition 1993 Cadillac Coupe de Ville that he’d talked his grandmother, Ruby Moore, into giving him when she gave up driving. Cody and Nate remember that the Christmas decorations were still up.

“That was before he relapsed and was the last time we ever got to do anything together. It was a good getaway. Josh loved that car and took so much pride in it. When I go home on weekends, I see the Caddy sitting in his driveway. …

We’d all meet up at Josh’s house, and he was always so good to everybody. He was kind-hearted.

Josh was the one who’d say ‘that’s not a good idea. …’ He wouldn’t hurt a fly,” Cody said.

Nate, who had text messaged Josh the night before he died, says he’ll always remember that Biltmore trip.

“He was my best friend and that was the last trip we took anywhere. A lot of people are going to miss him, for sure. What’s hardest for me is seeing that Cadillac.

He always parked right beside the street and every time I drive past it reminds me of him. …”

Andrew “Titanic” Wallace is another old friend, a teammate who is grieving. He played right tackle and was the “other” big guy on the team. He says Josh was an exceptionally hard worker with a great desire to play.

“He was good. Probably better than me. We all worried about him a lot but thought he’d be all right.

Nate had told me he only had about a 10 percent chance to make it, but I kept on hoping. Besides that, he was one of the best friends I’ll ever have. That’s what he was.”

The family has set up a fund to help families pay for the expensive medications young cancer patients must have. Donations may be made to the Josh Moore Memorial Fund at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, P.O. Box 15010, Knoxville, TN 37901.

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Joe Jarret

It’s a puzzlement Armstrong won’t take job he just won Why did Joe Jarret resign as Knox County Law Director after losing the GOP primary to Bud Armstrong?

Betty Bean

Why did Armstrong turn down the opportunity to be appointed to the position, which would allow him to advise the committee that’s going to recommend changes to the county charter under which he will be operating?

At first blush, Jarret looks like a sore loser who decided to show his opponent up for his lack of experience and credentials. (Armstrong got his law degree in 2008 from Nashville School of Law, a night school which isn’t American Bar Associationaccredited.) Make him look like the dog that chased the school bus and didn’t know what to do when he caught it.

But Jarret says that’s not so, and Armstrong isn’t saying anything beyond what’s in his rather puzzling press release about needing time to wind his practice down and consulting the finest legal minds in East Tennessee to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interests.

The whole thing would be hard to explain to anyone who’s not From Here, as we say, because explaining starts with the fact that Knox County is essentially a one-party operation and most local races are decided in the Republican primary, making the August general election nothing more than a legal formality.

One of the worst byproducts of the system comes into play when an incumbent officeholder loses in the primary. Horror stories

abound about retaliation, absentee-management and malaise among the staff.

Historically, interregnums breed mischief, and a lot can happen between March and September.

Jarret, whose major political liability is that he’s not From Here, knows those difficulties first hand. He was hired on as chief deputy by former law director Bill Lockett, who resigned in 2010 after pleading guilty to felony theft for stealing more than $60,000 from his former law firm. Jarret did the law director’s job for an assistant’s pay for almost a year while Lockett twisted in the wind. After the resignation, County Commission appointed him to serve out the balance of Lockett’s term.

When asked why he’d give up half a year’s salary, Jarrett had a ready answer: “I’ve done all I can do for this office and it’s time for me to move on. For me to sit here and draw a paycheck just because I can isn’t right,” Jarret said.

“I just presumed (Armstrong) would be knocking my door down because of how important this (charter revision) is, and since he claimed to be an expert in the charter and in Tennessee law, I thought he’d be anxious to do this.”

Jarret recalled that Armstrong regularly told audiences at campaign events that he had put his practice on hold to knock on doors, making the claim that he’s too busy “specious at best.”

“His claim that he can’t just abandon his clients is equally without merit, due to the fact that section 3.08 of the charter permits him to dispose of cases while in the county’s employ,” Jarret said.

Armstrong, meanwhile, says he’ll see us in September as packs of hungry lawyers line up to apply for the temporary job.

Contact Betty Bean at bbeanster@aol. com/.

Donations for churches Knox County Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones, Mayor Tim Burchett, Alan Jones and the Rev. Stephen Steele at a ceremony Thursday during which Jones and Burchett each donated $250 from campaign funds to the Concord AME Zion Church and a second $250 to the Original Church of God. Both churches were vandalized with windows broken, as reported in a Shopper-News story by Betty Bean on Feb. 27. Pastors for the Concord AME Zion Church are the Rev. Elaine Steele and the Rev. Stephen Steele. Alan Jones is the pastor of the Original Church of God. The Rev. Elaine Steele said, “We’ve received an outpouring from the community of donations and well wishing through the media. We’re very, very thankful. It truly would have been a stuggle had we not received the help.” The windows were replaced last week. Fourteen of 16 were broken. Photo by T Edwards of TEPHOTOS.com

Qualifying deadline April 5 for state primaries Perhaps the most intriguWith a sigh of relief, most folks thought incessant ing candidate is the blueeyed Bo Pierce, longtime electioneering was over. director of the Knox County Wrong!

Housing Authority, expert on the late Cas Walker, and eager participant in Andy Griffith Show reprisals.

Bo has never run for ofSandra fice. He emailed the picture Clark at right with a note: “Barney is running. Win with Fife!”

There’s a long time to fl esh out the issues and find Next up are the state and out who all the candidates federal primaries for the are, but for now, Bo Pierce is House and Senate. U.S. Rep. in the room and is running John Duncan Jr. has drawn for the House. some no-name foes.

Others who have picked Gloria Johnson, who’s up petitions for District 89 never seen a ballot she are Democrat Shelley S. doesn’t want to be on, has Breeding and Republicans picked up a petition to run Roger Kane and Joey Mcfor the District 13 seat be- Culley. ing vacated by Rep. Harry The primary is Aug. 2 Tindell. and the election is Nov. 6.

The qualifying deadline is noon Thursday, April Upcoming 5. Already several people Halls Republican Club have picked up and even re- will hear from GOP Party turned qualifying petitions. Chair Ray H. Jenkins and The usual suspects will vice chair Phyllis Severance probably win without much at 7 p.m. Monday, March 19, sweat: Rep. Joe Armstrong, at QQ Pizza in Halls Center.

Democrat, District 15; Rep. All Republicans are invited.

Bill Dunn, Republican, DisKnox County Lincoln trict 16; Rep. Steve Hall, Day Dinner will be coming Republican, District 18; and soon. Details elude me.

Look for Powell ElRep. Harry Brooks, Repubementary School parents lican, District 19.

The fun will start, to push hard for improvethough, in the newly creat- ments to their school.

Knox County Comed District 89 – over in the mission will vacate the Karns and Hardin Valley area – where four people al- City County Building for its ready have picked up a peti- March 19 workshop, meettion and others are rumored ing instead at the Farragut Town Hall. to be interested.

William “Bo” Pierce has figured out what he wants to be when he grows up – a state legislator. He’s a candidate in the Republican Primary for Knox County’s new 89th district seat.

GOSSIP AND LIES ■ Ruth White went to the roof of Powell Middle School last week to photograph a bunch of kids forming “pi” or 3.14 in the yard. She posted her fears on Facebook which led to this exchange: ■ Jake Mabe: You need your trusted assistant who usually stands at the bottom of the ladder and holds your feet ... But my all-time favorite: “Go down and get a picture of some homeless guy under the bridge. Keep the engine running.”

■ Shannon Carey: You forgot, “Get a picture from the middle of the intersection, but try not to get hit.”

■ Sandra Clark’s response: Hey, I didn’t mention that John Evans was spreading ‘zoo doo’ until AFTER you walked around in it for the best shot.”

■ Debbie Raticoff Moss: “LOL. Never a dull moment at the Shopper-News!”

■ Pellissippi State has purchased the old Phillips Consumer Electronics headquarters on Strawberry Plains Pike. The college bought the 32.6-acre property with a 223,000-square-foot building for $10 million. Look for Pellissippi to train workers for jobs such as we once had at ... Phillips.

■ WIVK fired operations manager Mike Hammond and popular evening DJ Jack Ryan. Who’s next? The frog?

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Moxley retreats Work done at KTSC

Cynthia Moxley, well known, high powered Knoxville public relations guru, has completed her work for the Knoxville Tourism and Sports Corporation. Her firm handled damage control during the Gloria Ray resignation.

Kim Davis handles media for the corporation now.

Meanwhile, KTSC is working on how to structure its search for a replacement for Ray as well as filling several vacancies on the current board.

With Mayor Tim Burchett’s urging, the county has an audit underway on KTSC which could reveal more inappropriate expenditures from the Ray days and may underscore need for more reform. The next KTSC meeting is 8 a.m.

Tuesday, March 27, at its headquarters in the Gloria Ray Building on Gay Street. It is open to the public.

It will be months before a new person is chosen to replace Ray. You can count on a different pay package this time with full discussion at the board meeting where the decision will be made. It truly seems to be a new day at KTSC, but the final answer will lie with the new CEO decision and the process by which it happens.

Mitt Romney won Hawaii and American Samoa but lost Alabama and Mississippi the same day to Rick Santorum, which gave him major bragging rights.

However, when it comes to delegates, Romney was actually ahead with 42 for Romney, 38 for Santorum and 23 for Gingrich.

It is hard to see how

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Romney loses the GOP nomination at this stage despite the success which Santorum is having. It does guarantee that the primary process continues to late spring or summer.

Will Santorum and Gingrich backers rally to Romney in November?

For one of the few times, Tennessee was a battleground state even if briefly.

The presidential primary here saw strong activity by all four Republican candidates which is one reason the primary was created by the Legislature in 1972.

Tennessee will not be a battleground state in November with the president unlikely to carry the state.

Greenways co-ordinator Donna Young retired from her position with the city last fall, and her successor still has not been chosen. But, don’t be alarmed, as Mayor Madeline Rogero’s spokesperson Jesse Mayshark assures me an announcement is not far off.

Seventeen persons applied for the job and five were interviewed by the Recreation Department.

Former City Council member Charlie Thomas was not among those applying despite reports that he might apply.

Whoever is hired has lots of work and advocacy to maintain the level of activity and enthusiasm which Donna Young displayed daily. Howev-

er, with Mayor Rogero’s pledge to make Knoxville a green city, the new person should have support at the highest level. One obvious goal will be to add new miles of greenways each year as well as planting trees on city property to keep current with those which die annually or were destroyed by storms.

Rogero attended Young’s retirement party at Ijams while she was still a candidate, which shows her personal high regard for Young as well as her support for an active greenways program.

Former Gov. Winfield Dunn contacted me recently after reading my column on my lunch with Bill Jenkins. Dunn gently pointed out my error in saying that Jenkins was the only Dunn cabinet member still living.

As Mark Twain (paraphrase) once said, reports of the demise of several others are premature.

Still around and well are Ted Welch and Jerry Adams, both former finance commissioners; Lee Smith, deputy to the governor; Jane Hardaway, former personnel commissioner; Pat Choate, former economic and development commissioner; and Richard Treadway, former mental health commissioner; as well three top aides: Ralph Griffith, former press secretary; Leonard Bradley, former policy aide; and Knoxvillian Frank Barnett, former aide and later governor of American Samoa.

Glad all are still with us after service which started 41 years ago in 1971 when Dunn became the first Republican governor in 40 years. He paved the way for three more GOP governors afterward, including Knoxville’s own Bill Haslam.

Tyler Bray remake I do believe public relations people are creating a new and better Tyler Bray.

be a national story, maybe an All-American. There are encouraging reports of rededication. Some worry that he will leave early for the NFL. Without knowing for sure what he is, if I were Jim Chaney coaching Tyler Bray, he and I would watch the first installment of the Leaders series, the terrific DVD from the magicians at the Vol Network.

When Heath Shuler says “being a Tennessee quarterback changes your life forever,” I would push the pause button and we’d talk roots.

Back in boyhood, Shuler’s dad told him how great was Condredge Holloway as a Tennessee quarterback. The Artful Dodger, gutty guy, made seemingly impossible plays. It was Holloway who came out of the hospital X-ray room and hurried back to the arena to rejoin the fight against UCLA. And when Heath made it to Neyland Stadium, there was Condredge, staying after practice to help the newcomer improve his skills.

With the DVD running again, there is old Vol Dewey Warren, the original Swamp Rat, saying “a lot of kids would give anything to play quarterback at Tennessee.”

Dewey played as if it mattered. To complete a pass, he would stand tall against any rush and take whatever hit was coming.

He was tough and clutch.

And there on the Leaders DVD is Pat Ryan saying “a lot of great quarterbacks have come through here and just being a part of that is special.”

So said Peyton Manning.

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His recent trip to Newport to visit Brandon Williams was a stroke of genius. Well, a small stroke.

No, I don’t think it was Tyler’s idea to check on the 5th grader who was chewed up last summer by a pit bulldog. It didn’t just happen that reporters and photographers picked that day to visit Bridgeport Elementary School.

It was scripted. It was good. Tyler and Brandon needed that. Tyler may have needed it more than Brandon.

Maybe you have noticed a difference of opinion about Tyler Bray. Some think he is less than committed to Tennessee football. His record is confusing. He has enough natural talent to riddle Montana and Buffalo but the team he leads has not beaten the big boys. No, not one.

Critics see immaturity.

They have a list. They have not forgiven that lackadaisical performance in the Kentucky disaster. Outgoing seniors were fussy. It was rumored that Tyler wasn’t interested in another second-rate bowl game.

There are now whispers of academic problems.

Others see Tyler Bray as the brightest spot in two losing seasons. As Tennessee rises from rags to riches this fall, or at least returns to respectability, Tyler will

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“My dad tutored me on Tennessee history.”

Archie could tie it all together, from Warren to Bubba Wyche to old roommate Bobby Scott to Jim Maxwell to Condredge to Randy Wallace to Jimmy Streater.

He may have missed Steve Alatorre but not Alan Cockrell or Tony Robinson or Jeff Francis or Andy Kelly.

“I saw Andy win a Sugar Bowl in New Orleans,” said Peyton.

The most famous quarterback knows where he fits in the chronology – Shuler to Manning to Tee Martin to Casey Clausen to Eric Ainge to Jonathan Crompton.

“There is a great history of Tennessee quarterbacks,” said Manning.

“I am proud to be a part.

When young people ask, I tell them that if they get a chance to play quarterback at Tennessee, to jump at it.

There is nothing like it.”

Thanks, Tyler, for giving the kid some time. Did you get all that about being a Tennessee quarterback?

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‘The Watch-Dog of the County Treasury’

Alfred Buffat (1840-1908) and Elisa Bolli Buffat (1842-1925).

He was a prosperous miller, school director and member of the County Court, and was known as the “Watch-Dog of the County Treasury.” Elisa kept a detailed journal during the Civil War. Photos courtesy C.M. Mc-

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Alfred Buffat (1840-1908) Alfred Buffat, son of Pierre Francois and Sylvia Tauxe Buffat, was born in Aigle, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland, on Dec. 8, 1840, but moved with his parents to Knox County in 1849. Pierre bought 300 acres near Spring Place (off Loves Creek Road).

Always industrious, he farmed the land and, by 1861, had constructed a large grist mill on the property which would eventually prove to be quite profitable.

Alfred was the eldest of the nine Buffat children, of whom the five youngest were born in Knox County.

He attended the public schools and supplemented his education by independent study of arithmetic, grammar, history, philosophy and chemistry. His father placed him in charge of the mill during his teen years.

He was 21 when the Civil War began and desired to enlist in the Confederate Army. However, the military authorities considered the mill to be a vital resource to the community and he was exempted.

During the Confederate occupation (1861-1863), Buffat’s flour and meal were impressed for the army, the flour at 20 cents a pound (Confederate money). At one point, Gen. Joe Wheeler’s cavalry seized a considerable amount of local wheat and brought it to the mill to be ground. In late 1863, after the Siege of Knoxville and occupation by the Union, Buffat was paid 14 cents per pound for flour and one dollar a peck for meal.

The mill survived the war in modest financial condition, and, when the war ended in April 1865, Alfred was taken into partnership with his father.

On Sept. 14, 1865, Alfred Buffat married Elisa Bolli (1842-1925).

Her father, C. Edouard Bolli, was born in Paris, France, and her

mother, Elise Porta Bolli in Lausanne, Switzerland. Edouard went to Pernambuco (now Recife), Brazil, as a young man, where he engaged in the wholesale dry goods business.

Later, he was named Swiss Consul to Brazil. In 1853, when his health failed, he decided to come to Tennessee, where his sister-in-law and her husband, Cecile and Theodore Chavannes, were already living.

Edouard Bolli, Elisa’s father, bought a 265-acre farm six miles out Clinton Pike. He died after only six months in Knoxville, leaving her mother to raise their five children and an adopted niece and nephew.

A cousin came and helped with the farming for two years but afterward the boys and the hired hands planted and harvested the crops.

Elisa was the third of the five children and was 21 years old when Gen. Ambrose Burnside’s Union troops arrived in Knoxville on Sept.

1, 1863. David Babelay’s thorough history of the Swiss families in Knox County, “They Trusted and Were Delivered” (1988), contains Elisa’s interesting journal kept before and during the Civil War titled, “Some recollections of my childhood days and incidents in my life during the Civil War.” Indicating her sentiments about the conflict, she wrote this in her journal on Sept. 1, 1863: Yesterday was the first of September. Long shall it be remembered among us! It was the day when we beheld for the first time our most dreaded foes, the Yankees! So long expected throughout East Tennessee! We were all in our rooms resting as the day was warm when sister Adele called us to the window. There was a cloud of dust on the road; presently we saw small troop of cavalry riding by at full speed. We remained breathless, what could it be? Was it the enemy?

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The Buffat Mill, located at Spring Place on Loves Creek Road, operated from 1861 to 1926, when it was demolished.

Following the Siege and the Battle of Fort Sanders on Nov. 29, 1863, Elisa’s entry of Dec. 5 indicated how desperate conditions had become with the scarcity of food and absence of law and order: Alas, has it come to this? The troops are leaving (Gen. Longstreet’s Confederate Army) and we are left in the hands of the tyrants.

Oh, why did they come? They were all so confident of taking Knoxville, but after skirmishing every day, they see it is useless, and leave.

What a triumph for our enemies, who are well fortified and expecting reinforcements daily. Things are a great deal worse than before.

After the war, the young married couple moved into the home of Alfred’s parents. The Buffat Milling Co. prospered and became one of the largest in the county and Alfred and Elisa were able to build their own four-room frame house near the mill. With their infant son, they moved into the house in 1868 and,

by 1880, they had built a second story. The nine-room house now accommodated the eight children who would eventually bless the union.

In 1882, Alfred was elected a school director for the 2nd District and held the office for six years. After only a year he was convinced that the schools needed a better system of management and a set of rules for governing. He made a careful study and proposed a plan to establish a graded school system and to select textbooks for the different grades.

The graded system was soon adopted throughout the county.

He was elected a Justice of the Peace in 1894 and became a member of the Knox County Quarterly Court, where he served for 12 years.

Squire Buffat became known as “The Watch-Dog of the County Treasury” and, through his honesty and integrity, he guarded the county finances against graft and extravagance. He was then elected trustee and, after serving ably for

two years, he ran for a second term as an independent but was defeated.

Alfred, a faithful member and elder of Spring Place Presbyterian Church, died suddenly of a heart attack on Sept. 4, 1908, at age 67.

Judge H.H. Ingersoll wrote this tribute: The death of A. Buffat is a great public loss. He was the personification of peaceful patriotism and illustrated well how it is sweet and graceful to live for one’s country.

He incarnated the maxim that a public office is a public trust, and in the clouds of defeat he held aloft this banner. His last appeal to the people of Knox County was “If you won’t have me, don’t reject my principle.”

Elisa remained in her Spring Place home for another 16 years and died there on Feb. 26, 1925, at age 82. Alfred and Elisa are buried in Spring Place Presbyterian Church Cemetery. In April 1926, the Buffat Mill was dismantled and Loves Creek Road was built directly across the property.

Author’s Note. Thanks to David Babelay, who has passed away, and the C.M. McClung Historical Collection for assistance with the text and the photographs.

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Freedom balloons Pastor Ron Stewart of Grace Baptist Church surprised the congregation March 11 with a live symbolic demonstration illustrating his sermon on freedom. Each person was given a balloon to release while yelling “freedom” in unison.

Approximately 700 balloons filled the sky after each of two worship services. The weather cooperated with a clear blue sky. The balloons rose and drifted slightly westward.

Dr. Stewart’s sermon began with a short video of America’s history that began in the pursuit of freedom.

“It’s a proclamation, a right worth protecting, a movement, and a dream. It’s a celebration … It is for freedom the pilgrims sailed to a new world. It is for freedom our

founders signed the Declaration of Independence.”

The video ended by reminding us of another day of freedom gained more than 2000 years ago through Christ.

Stewart said Christians have a new nature inside of them, but the old nature resides also, and it is a daily battle as to which will prevail.

Stewart described “freedom fighters” as those tired of living the old defeated life. It is a minute-by-minute battle to maintain that freedom.

“The side which gets fed the most is going to be in control,” he said. “If you feed the old nature, it’ll dominate you … being in the wrong places and doing the wrong things.

Feed the new nature by reading the Word of God and serving God, and the new nature will win.”

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Why? Because I have been working at the Refuge for almost two years, and – in my memory – only one other person has ever come back to thank us for helping. We are thanked, more often than not, when someone leaves the Refuge, but to make the effort to come back?

I told this story to a colleague, who suggested I consider the Biblical story of the other nine, and why it is we assume they were just ingrates. Why didn’t they come back to thank Jesus? Why do so many of our neighbors not come back especially to thank us for our help? Hard to say.

They may be grateful with all their hearts, but life beckons and they go on

Think about it

Easter Services ■ Nave Hill Baptist Church will have its first Easter play 7 p.m.

Saturday, March 31. Everyone is invited.

On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping their distance, they called out, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” When he saw them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were made clean. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. He prostrated himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan.

(Luke 17: 11-16 NRSV)

Music services ■ Mount Harmony Baptist Church, 819 Raccoon Valley Road, will hold a gospel singing 7 p.m. Saturday, March 31.

Everyone welcome. Michael Parsley is pastor.

Rec programs ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, holds a beginner yoga class 6-7 p.m. Mondays in the family life center.

Cost is $10 per class or $40 for five classes. Bring a mat, towel and water. Info: Dena Bower, 567-7615 or email denabower@ comcast.net.

■ New Covenant Fellowship Church, 6828 Central Avenue Pike, will hold Pilates class 5:45 p.m. each Monday for $5. Info: 689-7001.

Special services ■ The Knoxville Fellowship Luncheon (KFL) will meet at noon Tuesday, March 20, at Golden Corral on Clinton Highway. Carroll Carmon will speak.

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■ Grace Baptist Church, 7171 Oak Ridge Highway, will welcome evangelist Tim Lee and Christian comedian Tim Hawkins 7 p.m. Friday, April 13.

Tickets are $19 in advance, $25 at the door. VIP tickets are $49.

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Women’s programs ■ Beaver Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 7225 Old Clinton Pike, will host the women’s brunch “Renewal of Faith through Thought, Word and Deed” 10 a.m. Saturday, March 31. Guest speaker will be Takisha Fitzgerald, assistant district attorney for Knox County, and music will be provided by the Powell High Singers.

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I never thought I would say that I knew how Jesus felt in any given circumstance, but … well, just let me tell you the story.

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For someone to go out of her way, to share her joy, to let some of her exuberance spill over onto me was a blessing in itself! She felt beautiful! I wonder: did Jesus feel blessed by the one who thanked him? He must have, because the story made it into the Gospel of Luke.

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Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Eva Mae Bailey.

Walter H. Ballard, 86, was a member of Cumberland Baptist Church and a veteran of World War II. Lou B. Bryan, 82, was a regisWalter Ballard tered nurse and charter member of Fairview Baptist Church. She belonged to Grace Baptist Church since 1996.

Timothy Carlos Butler, 52, of Powell, was a member and elder at Beaver Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church; active member and past Timothy Butler president of Powell High School Touchdown Club and a youth coach.

He is survived by his wife of 29 years, Dawn Reedy Butler, their children and a large extended family.

Charles Richard “Buster” Graham, 56, of Halls, was an Army veteran who left a large family, including his wife of 31 years, Vickie Buckner Charles Graham Graham.

Janice Darlene “Tut” King, 53, of Corryton, also left a large family, including her mother, Bobbie Jean Moore, and husband, Pete King.

Janice King Shirley Large, 75, was preceded in death by her husband, Mel Large.

Leon G. Lyle, 88, of Knoxville was an Army veteran of WWII and retired from East Tennessee Trucks.

He leaves his wife of 64 years, Mildred J. Lyle.

Bill G. McMahan, 84, was a member of Oakwood UMC and a U.S. Army veteran of WW II and Korea. He retired from South Central Bell as an account manager.

He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Joyce McMahan.

Mary Nell Shotsman, 95, of Halls, was the last of 10 sisters and brothers. She was preceded in death by husband Harry Shotsman.

Agnes Watson, 93, was a member of Oakwood Baptist Church and taught for 20 years at Fulton High School.

Robert B. Wyrick Jr., 81, was a member of Fountain City Presbyterian Church. He is survived by his wife, Nina Hatchcote Wyrick.

Balloons float skyward at Grace Baptist Church as everyone yells, “freedom.” This was a surprise demonstration Pastor Ron Stewart used to symbolize freedom gained with the release from Pastor Ron Stewart looks at emotional baggage that keeps people from fulfilling their God-given purpose. “Wave goodbye the freedom balloon before to whatever’s been holding you back,” he said. Musician Jeff Davis sang “Amazing Grace, My releasing it.

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Celebrating math with Pi Day Students at Powell Middle School celebrate Pi Day by wearing custom-made T-shirts and forming 3.14. The purpose of Pi Day is to celebrate math curriculum, prove that math is fun and to promote math awareness. Photos by Ruth White

Powell Middle student Isamaria Helget’s design for a Pi Day T-shirt was selected for print and Tessa LaRue was able to screen a shirt at Heaven’s Presence in Powell.

Wilson, Scircle represent Powell at UT

By Suzanne Foree Neal Powell High School students Austin Scircle and Haylie Wilson were among the more than 40 students and teachers representing 16 high schools from across the state to take part in the 47th annual Tennessee Junior Science and Humanities Symposium at UT. Twelve students presented original research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics as they competed for college scholarships.

Debbie Sayers, a teacher at Hardin Valley Academy, received the 2012 Teacher Mentor Award for her extraordinary contribution to mentoring high school students in their original research.

Also representing Knox County were students from Farragut High School and Hardin Valley Academy.

The symposium consisted of student oral research presentations judged by a panel of UT faculty, tours of various research laboratories at UT and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory where students interacted with world-renowned researchers, and a teacher professional development workshop focused on mentoring student research.

The Tennessee Junior Science and Humanities Symposium is one of 48 programs hosted by leading research universities in the U.S. Info: www. jshs-tn.utk.edu/.

Lightning champs Rush Lightning has won the KYS League 10U championship, Knoxville City 10U championship and MLK Jr. 10U tournament. Pictured are: (front) Caleb Teeter, Jordan Gillespie, Javon Gillespie, Teahzjawon Harper, Jalen Geer; (back) coach Byron Gillespie, Jacorian Anderson, Brad Grenkowski, Dorian Goddard, Roman Robinson, Alec Boroff, Shawn Stacy, coach Al Harper and coach Major Geer. Photo submitted

SPORT NOTES ■ Baseball tournament: Chris Newsom Preseason Classic, Monday, March 26, through Sunday, April 1, Halls Community Park. Rec teams only, Tee ball to 14U. Info: 992-5504 or email hcpsports@ msn.com.

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■ Knox Seniors Co-Ed Softball Season open registration will be held at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 10, at Caswell Park. Noncompetitive league, new players are welcomed. There is a $10 fee for accident insurance (a city of Knoxville requirement). Info: www. knoxseniorsoftball.com.

Powell team wins Knox County championship Powell’s youth basketball 14U boys team recently won the Knox County championship. Team members pictured are: (front) Tanner Jones, Micah Woods, Steven Torkelson, Brandon Barnes, Cody Reed, Andrew Ball; (back) coach Bryan Hyde, coach Tracy Jones, Jonah Devito, Will Hurt, Josh Smith, Gavin Hicks, coach Jackie Reed, Kobe Hyde, Blake Jenkins and Hunter Wooliver. Photo

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Brickey-McCloud hosts Epic Adventure Fun Run closes celebration Students at Brickey-McCloud Elementary School raised over $26,000 to help the PTO purchase technology items for the classrooms.

Finishing off the event was the Boosterthon Fun Run where students ran the track at the school to earn money through pledges raised.

Brickey-McCloud kindergarten teacher Kara Israel and Boosterthon team member Fancy Nancy lead students through the tunnel at the fun run. Photos by Ruth White

Brickey-McCloud gym teacher Larry Israel cheers on students as they run laps during the recent fundraising event.

Kicking off the Boosterthon Fun Run at Brickey-McCloud are kindergarten students Brileigh Dawes and Jocelin Hunter.

Brickey-McCloud kindergarten teachers Jennifer Stambaugh and Kara Israel were covered in pies following the fun run. Students were able to toss pies at their teachers for reaching the fundraising goal.

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Powell baseball players aim for the sky Powell baseball starts 2012 season

Cory As the trees begin to bloom and the temperatures Chitwood start to rise, baseball season is getting in full swing. The Powell Panthers baseball Assistant coach Chad team is looking to make the Scarbro believes in the somost of it, too. lidity of the Panthers.

“We should have a chance “We’ve got a pretty good to make it all the way,” said nucleus of players,” said senior Christian Conner. Scarbro. “We have a tal“We should have a chance ented group of sophomores to take regionals,” he said. It who are going to play a lot is possible for Powell to ad- and help us considerably. vance to regionals without And then we have the sewinning the district cham- niors that have played all along.” pionship, however.

As far as the ever-important pitching is concerned, Scarbro thinks the team is in good shape.

“We have some pitching depth. That’s going to help as much as anything,” he said. “We have several pitchers we can really count on.”

One of those pitchers is senior Drake Owenby, who is currently committed to play baseball for the University of Tennessee next year.

“I’m excited to become a Vol and advance my baseball career in my hometown,” said Owenby. “(It’s)

one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.”

In the meantime, Owenby is leading the way for the Panthers this season and believes that his team can go all the way.

“I think our season will go great. We have a great team that can have some big goals and expectations,” he said. “We expect to take this season to the state tournament and eventually become state champs.”

Powell has shown they can do well under pressure.

The Panthers were down 4-0 against the Anderson County Mavericks only to come back and win 15-5.

Both of Powell’s first two games were against the Mavericks. Powell won both to

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The Panthers will play 29 more games before the district tournament, includ- Central High ing games against Halls ■ Knox County jobs fair, 9 a.m. and Hardin Valley, both of to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 28. which are expected to contend for the district cham- Head Start pionship alongside the Pan- ■ Registration for Head Start thers. The only place Powell will be held on the followcould face local powerhouse ing days: Thursday, April Farragut is in the regional 5, at North Ridge Crossing tournament.

Head Start, 1008 Breda Drive; Tuesday, April 10, at East II There’s optimism among Kiwanis, 2330 Prosser Road; the players though, as many Tuesday, April 17 and 24, expect the Panthers this at L.T. Ross, 2247 Western year to win the district Avenue; and Thursday, May championship and make a 3, at Anderson-South, 4808 deep run into postseason Prospect Road. Head Start play. “Powell can easily take serves low income families. the district. It’s going to Bring proof of income on all come down to us, Hardin adult family members in the Valley, or Halls,” said Conhome, child’s shot record, ner. “Watch out for us.” physical and birth certificate.

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Teen Safe Driver Week More sponsors are needed, is revving up, and Sage though.

“If you can impact just Kohler of State Farm is at one teen driver to drive a the wheel.

Kohler gave a rousing little saver, it can really update at the Powell Busi- impact their lives,” she ness and Professional As- said. sociation meeting March Info: www.powellbusiness.com.

13 at Jubilee Banquet Facility. The program, which Back to school Leslie Reeves with Adult will run April 10-12 at PowEduc at ion ell High School, is chock at Pellissipfull of fun and prizes, and pi State told quite a few wake-up calls the PBPA for student drivers. about her On April 10, Chick-filprogram.

A and Bojangles will give Adult Edcoupons for free sandwichucation es to all students who arhelps peorive at school wearing their ple comseatbelts. Students will Leslie Reeves plete their sign commitment cards, which will enter them in education, whether learndrawings for movie tickets ing to read or completing a GED. and more.

Reeves said that about On April 11, students and emergency profession- 1 million people in Tenals will perform in a mock nessee have never finished wreck, followed by a pre- high school. In five years, sentation by the head of she said, an estimated 63 the Tennova North emer- percent of jobs will require gency room. There will be post-secondary education prize drawings in all four at least.

“We are working with classes, and the final three seniors drawn will wincol- adults who fell through the cracks,” she said. lege scholarships.

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HPUD rates increase; rate structure stays intact

By Sandra Clark Hallsdale Powell Utility District customers will see an increase on their bills, effective April 1. Water rates will increase by 3 percent, while sewer rates will increase by 3.75 percent.

This represents a $1.38 on water and $1.83 on sewer for a total $3.21 before taxes on an average 5,000 gallon user bill, said chief financial officer James Smith.

Commissioners adopted a $29.1 million budget for fiscal year 2013 (April 1, 2012 through March 31,

2013) and opted to stay with the current rate structure rather than switch to an alternate model which would have eliminated a minimum bill for a flat fee and a rate on gallons of water used past zero.

At last week’s meeting, Joy Phillips, director of environmental services, presented an update on the Capacity Management Operation and Maintenance Program, part of HPUD’s consent order with the state Department of Environment and Conservation and the federal Environmental Protection Agency,

which began in August 2004.

Phillips said that HPUD had 160 effluent violations in 2004 in its wastewater facilities. This year marks five years with zero effluent violations. Components include the capital improvements plan, GIS mapping, sewer rehabilitation, manhole inspections and preventive maintenance inspections.

HPUD refinanced its 2002 A bonds for an estimated savings of $5 million to $7 million in interest.

The district is exploring a refinance on its 2004 B

Smith keeps a file on every UT men’s basketball alumnus, complete with programs and ticket stubs. He bought the floor of the old Alumni Gym, and he has the oldest known jersey, dating to the 1922-1923 season.

Smith pointed out that Betty Cooper’s husband, Ray, played for UT, while Ray’s brother, Leo, played for the University of Kentucky.

“I can go to just about anywhere in town and tell you where the former players are,” Smith said.

Weigel’s has hired Chris Ooten as its new director of real estate to expand Weigel’s retail footprint Chris Ooten through new store site acquisition, and the selling and leasing of companyowned property.

“With a solid background in commercial development, Chris is poised to help expand and take Weigel’s to the next level,” said Bill Weigel.

Ooten is a LEED Accredited Professional via the Green Building Certification Institute and in his new role he will

guide new site development, green building design, construction and maintenance solutions.

His background includes 14 years with Schaad Companies in Knoxville where, as COO, he led completion of more than 1 million square feet of office and commercial projects.

His background also includes three years with the Metropolitan Planning Commission of Knoxville and Knox County, and three years as project manager with local civil engineering and design firm Batson, Himes, Norvell and Poe. He is a graduate of East Tennessee State University with a bachelor’s degree in urban and regional planning.

Bass tournament The 19th Herman Gettelfinger Bass Tournament will be held Saturday, April 7, on Fort Loudoun Lake beginning at the Tellico Canal ramp. The ease off will be at safe light. Registration fee is $200 per boat (two-man team) and includes lunch.

Back for this year’s tournament is the “Duck Hunt,” where 25 rubber ducks will be released into parts of the lake and prizes will be given to any participant who fi nds one of them.

Grand prize is $10,000, and all proceeds will benefit the Helen Ross McNabb Center. Info: 329-9030.

This worn out toilet was part of an exhibit in the lobby of Hallsdale Powell Utility District last week as HPUD hosted Modern Supply’s display of new, water-saving plumbing fixtures. Called “Fix a Leak,” the display filled the lobby of HPUD’s new office. Sandy Liford said it’s the first of many community service programs to come. Photo by S. Clark

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In February, HPUD set 16 water meters and inspected 17 sewer connections. The district treated 203.9 million gallons of water and 285.9 million gallons of wastewater.

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