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A few weeks ago at the Powell High School Alumni Banquet Bill Irwin came up to me as we were leaving and asked if I could help him. Bill said he had a photo of the 1930 Powell High School football team and wondered if I could perhaps publish it to see if someone might have the names of the players and what looks to be a student manager. Bill said that he could personally identify the coach as A.G. Haworth. I told Bill to send it to me and gave him one of my cards. Last week I received the photo in the mail. If you can identify the players and others in the picture, shoot me an email at ShopperGreg@aol.com, and I’ll be glad to get word to Bill.

Beginning today, Fountain City Road will be closed from Dry Gap Pike to Flatwood Lane for about four weeks. All local access will still be permitted. The closure is necessary to facilitate the new alignment of Fountain City Road. A four-way signalized intersection will be created with Dry Gap Pike and Dante Road. During the closure, a detour of 1.5 miles will be provided via Rifle Range Road. The 1930 Powell High football team.

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Merkel wins waterline contract By Sandra Clark

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Merkel Brothers Construction Inc. was low bidder by $7,000 to win a contract from Hallsdale Powell Utility District to install a 20inch waterline from Union County to Halls. Merkel’s bid of $3,825,075 was accepted by the utility’s commissioners last week. The Greeneville-based company is expected to start work in May and be finished within a year. Robert G. Campbell, design engineer, said the work will be on one

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HPUD has completed 58 months without a violation at the wastewater plant – a remarkable achievement considering the heavy rainfall this spring. In March, the district set 19 water meters and inspected 18 sewer hookups. CEO Darren Cardwell said he’s talking with Big Ridge State Park about tying onto the HPUD water system. The district’s next meeting is at 1:30 p.m. Monday, May 9.

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HPUD financial officer James Smith said $769,000 of the cost will be funded by federal stimulus money and an estimated $1 million will be reimbursed by the state. Once the project is finished, HPUD can pull water from either Melton Hill or Norris lakes to serve its entire system. District officials were in Nashville over the weekend to accept an award for their wastewater treatment plant on Beaver Creek Drive. It was one of nine state awards, one in each of the state’s development districts.

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side of Highway 33 with several cross-overs. “This project connects the water plant on Norris Lake to the system. It is the spine of your system,” he told commissioners. The 20-inch line will replace a hodgepodge of 8-, 10- and 12-inch lines. Campbell said the project was necessitated by the widening of Maynardville Highway, for which TDOT has acquired right-of-way. “We’ll get our work done and be out of their way,” he said.

The talent level of those auditioning was impressive for the first production of a newly organized community theater group. Lines were delivered with authority after only a few minutes of study, and many punctuated their delivery with gestures. One could see the acting bug in each struggling to be contained.

By Greg Householder Nita Buell Black sure knows how to run an audition. The former Powell High School drama teacher knows that acting is not simply a matter of memorizing lines and portraying a role. No, there are a million things that can go wrong – but the show must go on. Good actors must think on their feet. You may forget your lines. Or perhaps another actor may forget his lines, the very lines that cue you to action. The list of “things to go wrong” on stage are endless. So Black is not merely interested in how well one can read lines from a script. As she told those who turned out last week to try out for parts in the Powell Playhouse’s first production, “The Curious Savage,” scheduled to be presented June 3-4, “I’m going to throw you some curveballs, and you should pretend that I can’t hear very well.” And that she did. The first group was told just before they began their reading to deliver their lines as if they were angry. The second group was told

Black is tentatively planning two evening performances for “The Curious Savage,” 7:30 p.m. on the first Friday and Saturday in June. The performances will be held in the gymnasium part of the Jubilee Banquet Facility off Callahan Road. Black plans to construct a portable stage and perhaps use Those auditioning for parts in the Powell Playhouse’s inaugural production,“The Curious Savage,” go through their paces at the auditions held at the Powell Li- risers for the audience. The Home brary. Those vying for parts are: Hoyt Lansdell, Kevin Sparks, Terri Pendergrass- Depot in Powell on Schaad Road has already pledged to help with Watson and Helen Seymour. Photo by Greg Householder building materials. to pretend they were intoxicated. A third group was told to act snobbishly. All three groups were later given an opportunity to deliver the lines as they were intended. Many of those in attendance at the auditions held last Monday and Tuesday at the Powell Library were former students of Black. The

Powell Playhouse has been “under construction” for some time, spearheaded by Black with the assistance of many of her former students. But not everyone was a former student of Black’s. Kevin Sparks is a Karns High School alumnus who now lives in Powell. Sparks saw the story of the Powell Playhouse

Black is not only looking for actors. She needs set builders, lighting people and understudies, essentially everyone needed to put on a play. If you would like to help in any way with this community production, contact Black at 947-7427. And circle your calendar for June 3 and 4.

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Déjà vu all over again Last Tuesday marked 150 years since Confederate forces under Brig. Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard began the bombardment of Fort Sumter. The war of words between the North and South over “states rights” that had raged for 30 years had become a battle of blood and iron. As Morgan Freeman said to Jessica Tandy in “Driving Miss Daisy,” “Things ain’t changed all that much.” Today the Tea Party and its conservative comrades are again raising the states rights banner, although no one has shelled Fort Sumter – yet. Various historians are also busy reviving the canard that states rights was indeed the issue that cost the nation some 600,000 lives. Don’t believe it. No matter how revisionists spin it today, the fight was always about slavery. This, for example, is from the state of Mississippi’s “Declaration of Secession:” In the momentous step, which our State has taken of dissolving its connection with the government of which we so long formed a part, it is but just that we should declare the prominent reasons which have induced our course. Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery – the greatest material interest of the world. Its labor supplies the product, which constitutes by far the largest and most important portions of commerce of the earth. These products are peculiar to the climate verging on the tropical regions, and by an imperious law of nature, none but the black race can bear exposure to the tropical sun. These are the opening lines of Georgia’s proclamation: The people of Georgia having dissolved their political connection with the Government of the United States of America, present to their confederates and the world the causes which have led to the separation. For the last ten years we have had numerous and serious causes of complaint against our non-slave-holding confederate States with reference to the subject of African slavery. It’s hard to spin that plain language, but some do try. Anyway, welcome to the (usually) “no spin” ShopperNews. As usual we have some great features for you on pages A-6 and A-7 in all editions. This is also your home for community news and provocative political opinion. Visit us online at www.shoppernewsnow.com. Contact Larry Van Guilder at lvgknox@mindspring.com.

Last Tuesday at the monthly meeting of the Powell Business and Professional Association, I learned something that caused me to twist a finger in my ears to make sure I heard right: Seems that one of the newest and hottest jobs out Powell Lions Club charter member Edd Miller with new members Cherie Doane, David Doane, there is “social media guru” Carl Rickels and Powell Lions president Diane Wilkerson on April 7. for businesses.

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Say what? Do I mean that there is a job where one can actually get paid to play on Facebook or Twitter all day? There is, according to Mary Beth West and Tori Rose of Interactive Springboard, guest speakers at last week’s meeting. They talked about how to use social media such as Facebook and Twitter to establish brand recognition, for crisis communication and even for employee communication. West kind of sketched it out and Rose gave some tips such as not spamming and making sure that your contact is strictly voluntary. She spoke of allocating time between growing one’s network, one-on-one engagement and sharing fresh and exciting content. I guess I’m old school – I don’t use social media much except Facebook for keeping up with what my daughter is doing in Seattle. But if one is paying attention to the news – the Egyptian dictator-

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Tori Rose looks on as Mary Beth West speaks to the Powell Business and Professional Association last Tuesday. Martha Cummings of the Emory Road Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution presents the DAR Americanism Award to Sonja DuBois last week. Photos by Greg Householder ship of Hosni Mubarak was overthrown in good part by the use of Facebook – who knows? In other business, the Rev. Jonathan Warren of Powell Presbyterian Church was the Business Spotlight. The group also announced that the quarterly new members reception will be held this evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Heiskell Community Center. Next month’s Business Spotlight is Valerie Stewart of the East Tennessee Eye Bank. The PBPA meets the second Tuesday of each month at noon at the Jubilee Banquet Facility off Callahan Road. Lunch is $12.50.

DAR honors Holocaust survivor Last week I had the opportunity to meet a very impressive lady. Martha Cummings of the Emory Road Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution called me up to ask if I could come take a picture of Sonja duBois, the group’s Americanism Award winner. I told her I would be glad to. The DAR Americanism Medal is awarded to an adult who has been a naturalized U.S. citizen for at least five years and has fulfilled the required qualifications following natural-

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ization. Medal recipients must have shown outstanding qualities of leadership, trustworthiness, service and patriotism. They must have actively assisted other aliens to become American citizens or displayed outstanding ability in community affairs, preferably with the foreign-born community. Sonja DuBois was born “Clara” in the Netherlands. Shortly after Nazi troops invaded the country in 1940, her parents were deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp and became victims of the Holocaust. She was less than 2 years old when she became an orphan, also known as a “hidden child.” “Clara” lost her identity and was renamed by her foster parents as “Sonja.” She is committed to speaking especially to students in middle and high schools, keeping the memory of the Holocaust alive. It cannot be forgotten.

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By Joe Rector During the early morning hours of April 13, McGheeTyson Airport was bustling in preparation for the ninth HonorAir flight to Washington, D.C. This one was special because veterans from the Korean War were included for the first time. It also marked the day when 1,000 East Tennessee veterans have made trips to view the memorials in the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capitol. This flight included 129 veterans and 41 volunteer escorts, as well as several other volunteers. Even the customer service staff at the airport pitched in to make the day successful. Before departing, soldiers were divided into small groups and their pictures were taken by Tech. Sgt. David Knable of the Tennessee National Guard. They assembled at the airport and were greeted by Eddie Mannis, president of Prestige Cleaners and chair of HonorAir Knoxville. Knoxville Mayor Daniel Brown thanked the veterans for their service. Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett said the moment was bittersweet for him: his father was one of the veterans who taken earlier tour and has since passed away. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I owe you so much because everything that I am or will be is possible because of the sacrifices that you made for this country,â&#x20AC;? Burchett said. The mayors jointly proclaimed April 13 as HonorAir Day.

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The Rev. D.L. Derrickson is a Korean War veteran. The hearty welcome as veterans returned to Knoxville touched guard at the tomb of the UnCres Fowler. knowns and drove past the Navy Memorial. Veterans will also receive copies of a DVD that includes footage of their daylong trip. For most of the soldiers, the trip was the first time they had seen these places that have been erected in their honor. The veterans were welcomed back to the Knoxville airport at 8:05 p.m. in a section that had been specially decorated with a balloon arch. The Tennessee Air National guard band of the Smoky Mountains played patriotic music as friends and family waved flags. More than 1,000 well-wishers packed the airport, shaking veteransâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; hands and thanking them for their service to the country. The group was an eclectic Josephine Davis and three other female veterans were present- one with men and women ed flowers when they returned to Knoxville. Photos by Joe Rector from all branches of service: Thomas Mose and Jim The plane landed in World War II, Korean War, Estes were in one group. Washington at 10:45 a.m., Vietnam War, Marine and Mose was a sergeant in the and the group began a day Air Force memorials. They Army. Today he is a judge of touring such places as the also saw the changing of the in Vonore and Estes, at 88,

Book drop-off sites for English library Steve Hillis, support services manager for the city of Alcoa, and retired UT attorney Ron Leadbetter are collecting books to create an English library in the Republic of Georgia. A similar project led to the creation of an English library in Penza, Russia,

in 2006. Collections, educational books, fiction and magazines are all appropriate. Drop-off sites include: Longâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Drug Store, 4604 Kingston Pike; Package Manager, 4815 Kingston Pike; Access Control Systems between Maloney and Ginn roads on Alcoa Highway; Old Mill Bread Company on North Cedar Bluff Road; and Waste Not Want Not on Broadway in Maryville.

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is still working as a juvenile court officer with the Blount County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office. Bob Luttrell was a petty officer in the Navy whose ship was sunk at Okinawa. Sixteen men from the 65-member crew lost their lives. Ashley Valentine served with the Marines in the Pacific. He was wounded in the left arm by mortar fire. John Nipper flew 57 missions over Europe in his P-47 Thunderbolt. The Rev. D.L. Derrickson of the First Church of God in Christ was the only AfricanAmerican soldier to make the trip. He was a medic during the Korean War. Josephine Davis, one of four women on the trip, was a nurse on a hospital ship in the European theater. Jack Kneer was in the Seabees and spent two years in the jungles of Burma. The sacrifices that these veterans made helped to make the United States strong and safe. The tour is a wonderful gesture of appreciation for their service.

Brandon Woods: Artist-in-Residence The Arts and Culture Alliance has announced Brandon Woods, an emerging local artist, as the next Betsy Worden Artist-in-Residence at the Emporium Center through September. Woods will receive free and exclusive access to a 10-foot by 10-foot studio for one year and a solo exhibition of work in The Balcony at the Emporium Center at the end of his residency. His process involves photographic documentation and printing, painting, sculpture or collage. Info: www. brandonwoodsart.com.

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government Reporter’s notebook A host of Knox County media and political activists received emails last week from someone whose email address is jeffbaker. law. The writer of the email said that the League of Women Voters has endangered its tax-exempt status by having members appearing at County Commission and Metropolitan Planning Commission meetings in support of the Hillside and Ridgetop Protection Plan, which was developed over a three-year period by a joint city/county taskforce but has not yet been approved. The email said, in part:

Betty Bean “When the League of Woman (sic) Voters spoke before County Commission and sent out an e-mail to its members asking them to call their County Commissioners telling them to vote for the Hillside Plan, was that the 501(c) (3) League, the 501(c)(4) League or another League?” As you may or may not be aware, there is an ongoing national debate regard-

Replacing Woodson A week in politics can be a officially occurs which will lifetime. Never was this more be July 1 or vividly demonstrated than when the in Jamie Woodson’s stuncurrent legning announcement that she islative sesis resigning from the state sion ends, Senate on or about July 1. No whichever one could have predicted it. comes first. What happens now? (The special election and primary will Woodson fall during the upcoming city mayoral Victor contest.) Ashe The winner in 2011 will still have to run for the full four-year term again in 2012. The governor sets the There will be a special dates for the primary and election this summer or ear- election. ly fall to fill her senate seat However, Knox County since more than a year is Commission can name an left in her term. The timing interim senator for the pewill start when the vacancy riod running from her res-

A-4 • APRIL 18, 2011 • POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS ing lobbying practices of 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations and their taxexempt status. Many such organizations have blurred the lines in an attempt to deceive those they are lobbying and the public. “I would be happy to send you a copy of the video, that has been sent to the proper authorities, from the Commission meeting where the League supporters are wearing their League buttons and lobbying Commission,” the email continued. Renee Hoyos, executive director of the Tennessee Clean Water Network, and Axel C. Ringe of the Harvey Broome Group of the Sierra Club received copies of Baker’s email, as well. ”Mr. Baker, although selfidentified as a lawyer, apparently does not understand the federal rules governing

ignation to the date of the special election which is preceded by a primary for the Democrats and Republicans. It is a heavily Republican district, so the party makeup in the Senate is not likely to change. However, current House members can run for it in the special election without losing their House seat if they do not succeed. This is a chance for Bill Dunn or Harry Brooks to move to the Senate. It is a chance for Marilyn Roddy or Madeline Rogero to move out of the mayor’s race and run for senator as a Democrat or Republican if they wish. Mark Padgett and Ivan Harmon live in the Stacey Campfield Senate district and are not eligible. However, speculation will center on several contenders, some of whom

On the ‘cutting edge’ It’s been fashionable for a while now to blame most if not of all of society’s ills on “big government.” From Nashville, Washington and Knox County we hear that government is too big, that it intrudes far too deeply into our lives and that the only solution is to cut, cut and cut again. While only a fiscal moron could ignore the looming catastrophe posed by the national debt, when you scale down the cutting mantra to the local level, the attitude with which it’s received depends upon whose ox is being gored. Mayor Tim Burchett has repeatedly vowed to cut the size of county government, but so far his administration has been vague on specifics. So, let’s talk specifics. If you’ve heard the names of James McMillan or Laura Cole there’s a good chance

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you’ve heard some of their horror stories. Both McMillan and Cole own property that has suffered because of lax codes enforcement. Their streams and wells have been fouled by runoff from shoddy neighboring developments. McMillan and Cole may have been the most vocal critics of the county’s soso enforcement efforts, but they’re not alone. And, giving codes officials the benefit of the doubt, it’s glaringly apparent that the problem is less one of the will than of the means – there aren’t enough inspectors to go

around. Now, the cynics among you may retort, “Who needs inspectors when there’s no development going on around here?” Oh, ye of little faith. Remember that while one hand is wielding the ax that cuts government down to size, the other is stimulating private investment since fewer of your hard-earned dollars are going to support big government. Well, that’s the theory, at least. But now we run smack into a conundrum as it applies to codes enforcement. If cutting back the size of government stimulates the economy and development takes off, won’t we need even more inspectors? And how, pray tell, are we to simultaneously cut and add? That’s a head-scratcher, but if you haven’t already spotted the hole in the ar-

nonprofit corporations. The Sierra Club, as do the other citizen organizations targeted in his misinformed attack, has every right under the

law to express its opinions on matters of concern to its constituents, on every level of government – be it local, state or federal. We object strongly to Mr. Baker’s attempt to smear our organization and others in an apparent campaign to influence the County Commission’s and City Council’s deliberations on the Hillside and Ridgetop Protection Plan,” Ringe said. Hoyos said that the TCRN carries an “H” exemption from the Internal Revenue Service that allows lobbying up to a certain percentage of resources. The Sierra Club has a 501(c)(4) that does allow lobbying. Jeff Baker did not respond to requests for more information, and a check of the Tennessee Bar Association’s online records showed two Jeffrey Bakers, one in Rutherford County

and another with an inactive license. Mayoral candidates did some politicking last week at a forum held at the University of Tennessee. History, however, is not on their side. Former Mayor Victor Ashe probably made the strongest push for student votes in a mayoral election. “The potential is huge. The reality is small,” Ashe said. “I tried hard on my first and second mayoral race to register students. I got over 800 registered in 1987 and about 80 voted.” One student in the audience last week probably illustrates the candidates’ problem. When asked if any candidate had impressed him, he said he liked Mark Padgett’s delivery. When asked if he planned to vote, he said he is registered in Nashville.

may or may not live in the district. Names like Rob Frost, Harry Tindell, Wayne Ritchie, Phyllis Severance, Amy Broyles, Cortney Piper, Nick Pavlis, David Wright, Joe Bailey, Duane Grieve and R. Larry Smith come to mind as potential candidates in addition to Brooks, Dunn, Roddy or Rogero. Ryan Haynes and Steve Hall do not live in the district, and Haynes is not eligible due to his age. The list will be endless for a few weeks until the dust settles. This means Knox County has two new senators in less than one year and Campfield will be the county’s senior senator. Lt. Gov Ron Ramsey will appoint a new speaker pro tem. Which Republican will get it? The primary is likely to occur in late July or early August with the general elec-

tion run off in September. Voter turnout will be sparse. A few thousand votes will determine the next senator for one year and two months. Knoxville has lost an able senator who was only the second woman to represent Knox County in the state Senate in history. (Editor’s note: Victor’s mom was the first.) Woodson was a “go-to” person. She was a calming influence in occasionally turbulent waters. Gov. Haslam will likely serve two terms, until 2018, unless he is picked to be a vice presidential candidate in 2012 or 2016 and is elected. Woodson could still reenter the political arena in a few years, and as she travels the state she will develop contacts for the post-Haslam era. No Knoxville senator has resigned since March 1984.

It is good to know she continues to help on public issues. I also suspect she felt her opportunities for political advancement for the short term were slim. There is not an open U.S. Senate seat or Congressional seat. When the opportunity to promote education on a full time basis came along, it was a natural fit for Woodson, and she is taking it. I suspect Tennesseans will still hear from and about her in the public arena in years to come. Note: Vice Mayor Joe Bailey has told friends that he and his family may move to Washington where he works several weeks a month as a lobbyist after his term as vice mayor and city council member ends this December. He works with former U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp.

The Knox County Democratic Party’s reorganization meeting didn’t deliver the fireworks that some predicted. Incumbent president Gloria Johnson was re-elected by acclamation. Photo by Betty Bean

gument, I’ll hand it to you. While it might not seem so, “cutting” Knox County government can only hurt the local economy in the short run as people formerly employed join the ranks of the unemployed. But, more to the point, without a local sales tax or property tax decrease, no matter how much Team Burchett thins the herd at the City County Building, you and I have no more money than ever to spend. Here’s where we’re heading: ideologically-driven cutting of local government during a recession is more hazardous than helpful to the local economy. Is there waste in local government? No doubt. Are there efficiencies to be had? Always. But prudence, not political philosophy, should rule. In a few weeks the mayor will present his first budget. Will the hand that holds the knife tremble, or will it cut to the bone?

UPCOMING ■ Halls GOP: County Commissioner at-large Ed Shouse will speak to the Halls Republican Club at 7 p.m. Monday, April 18, at Mandarin House in Halls Center. Those eating should arrive at 6:15. ■ Knoxville officials will discuss results of a recent inventory of city-owned trees and gather input for a new comprehensive management plan for the city’s urban forest at 6 p.m. Monday, April 18, at the Cansler Family YMCA, 616 Jessamine St. ■ Sherry Kasper, professor of economics at Maryville College, will speak on “A vocabulary for discussing the debt and deficit” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 26, at the Bearden branch library, 100 Golf Club Road. The meeting is sponsored by the Third and Fourth District Democratic clubs. Info: Dr. Lorraine Hart at 637-3293 or 850-6858. ■ Madeline Rogero, candidate for Knoxville mayor, will speak to the Sixth District Democratic Club at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 26, at the Karns Middle School library. The club will meet Saturday, April 23, to plant bulbs in the school’s flower bed. Info: Frank at 919-5456. ■ Knoxville City Council will discuss redistricting 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, in the main assembly room of the City County Building. Info: 215-2075.

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Fast movement on Carter project Tim Burchett needs a win, but can it come from his efforts to build a new school for Carter Elementary? Background: Burchett did not create this mess. He’s simply trying to fulfill a promise made but never funded by his predecessor, Mike Ragsdale. The school board budgeted $5 million in their capital plan to renovate at Carter and build a new gym. Commissioner Dave Wright convinced County Commission to delete funds for Carter, hoping instead for a new building on land already owned by Knox County.

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been “short-listed” and interviews with finalists set for this week. He expects a selection by month’s end. All this occurs outside of public scrutiny, Holt said, by custom of the county’s purchasing department and is permitted by state law. He said private citizens agreed to serve on the evaluation committee after assurance that they would not be comparing proposals under the lights of media. Seems odd for an administration that values transparency, but there it is. Holt said after the selection, all the proposals will be made public and there

will/can he find money on top of the school board’s budget to pay back the lease? That payback could be as high as ■ The Devon Group LLC, $1 million a year for 20 years 6330 Baum Drive from somebody’s operating ■ Hewlett Spencer LLC, budget. And Burchett’s first Nashville priority is to cut expenses. ■ Cambridge Construction The school board wants Inc., McMinnville the best affordable build■ Municipal Capital Marings for all its kids. These kets Group Inc., Greenfolks didn’t run for office wood Village, Colo. in order to discriminate ■ Partners Development, against any sector of Knox 502 Union Ave. County. But they also want ■ Pellissippi Investor’s to protect their turf (don’t Group, 107 Depot St., go running to County ComPowell mission, people) and their budget. They’ve voted sevin the Carter community eral times to spend $5 miland, well, there’s Sunday lion at Carter. If Burchett dinner at stake. and the commission want Tim Burchett wants it to to spend more, they should work. He needs a win. But fund the difference.

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‘From here to absurdity’ PULL UP A CHAIR … | Jake Mabe

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avid Hunter says an author’s 16th book isn’t near as exciting as when the first or second one rolls off the press. An old friend, writer Deborah Adams, who along with Justine Veatch has decided to begin publishing books unique to the market, told David she likes his essays and wanted a nonfiction book on any topic. David picked a favorite theme – absurdity. The resulting tome, “From Here to Absurdity,” will be published next month. The first thing that popped into David’s mind was a pink flamingo. He’d seen many of the plastic ornaments propped up in people’s yards virtually his entire life. Turns out the common staple of yard art was originally designed by a man who’d never seen a pink flamingo (Don Featherstone) in an area of the country (Worchester County, Mass.) in which none can live. Featherstone was a struggling artist looking for extra money when he went to work for Union Products in the late 1950s. Somebody asked him if he could sculpt a plastic pink flamingo. He found a National Geographic and a few books for reference and created two flamingos – one with its head held up, the other with its head bent down. Art Deco

was all the rage, so the flamingos were painted pink. Lightning struck. From the time the first one sold until 2004, more than 20 million of the official Featherstone flamingos found their way onto lawns everywhere. And that’s not even counting the knockoffs. “There are probably more pink flamingos in people’s yards than the entire flamingo population,” David says. Oh, he also found out that flamingos are actually white. “They get their color by what they eat.” Union Products stopped

“I write for the same reason a spider spins. I can’t help it.” – David Hunter producing the flamingos in the middle part of this decade. After the molds and intellectual rights were sold to a New York company, lo and behold, another outfit in Worcester County, Mass., bought them and is again cranking out the Featherstone flamingo. They sold for $3 through the 1960s. Now, they fetch $85 a pair. “Made by an artist who’d never seen one, in a place

Local author and columnist David Hunter is releasing his 16th book, “From Here to Absurdity,” in May. Photo submitted

where none could ever live. How ironic can you be?” Another chapter looks at the rise of “the ribbon people.” Somebody put a “spay and neuter” magnetic ribbon on the back of David’s car after he and wife Cheryl attended a Humane Society event. He didn’t notice until his daughter met him for breakfast the next day. David went digging and found out that the yellow ribbon has been a symbol of lost love for centuries. The Puritans, known mostly for monochrome in more ways than one, wore yellow sashes into battle during the American Revolution. “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon” was a popular Civil War song among the cavalry. It was later the subject of a John Wayne film. New York Post writer Pete Hamill apparently wrote a column in 1971 called “Go-

ing Home,” about a convict released from prison who tells the college kids riding on a bus with him that if a yellow ribbon is tied to his gatepost when he gets home, he’s welcome to return. It was reprinted in Reader’s Digest the following year, shortly before James Earl Jones played the convict in an ABC-TV movie. Soon after, songwriters Irwin Levine and L. Russell Brown registered a copyright for a song called “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree.” It became an international hit for the pop group Tony Orlando and Dawn. Hamillapparentlybrought suit against the songwriters after the song became a smash. They claimed they’d heard the story in the Army. “It was discovered that one form of the story was told in 1957 in a book on prison reform,” David says, “only the ribbon was white.” Hamill dropped his suit. Watergate conspirator Jeb Stuart Magruder’s wife put up yellow ribbons when he was released from prison in 1975. Family members of the Americans taken hostage in Iran in 1979 also adopted the image. It made comebacks during the first and second Gulf Wars. “But somebody realized that the yellow ribbon would have a limited market after the troops came home,” David says. “So some became camouflage colored.” And, then, everybody wanted a ribbon. David says he once spotted a car sporting four magnetic ribbons – one that just said “ribbon.” “In one generation, it went from being a national symbol to a cheap ad gimmick. That was the second chapter. Then I was on fire.” He writes about the ill-fated Civil War battle of the Crater, July 1864, Petersburg, Va. U.S. Lt. Col. Henry Pleasants came up with a unique way to

I have noticed since that day that many of the folks I encounter in my daily work – the poor, the marginally housed, and those who are experiencing homelessness – answer the perfunctory “How are you?” in the same way: “I am blessed.” I began listening for it, and realized that it was primarily among our African-American neighbors that I heard it. I ponder that fact, over and over again. The forebears of African-Americans were brought to CROSS CURRENTS | Lynn Hutton this country in chains and lived out their lives as property. They were bought and sold, beaten and driven, separated from their spouses and their children, hunted by dogs if Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, they tried to escape, whipped and tortured if they were whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man whose sin caught. the Lord does not count against him and in whose And yet, they were able to sing songs of praise and worspirit is no deceit. (Psalm 32: 1-2 NIV) ship, claiming the hope of the Gospel and laying hold of a dream of a better day, even though it would come to them only in death. Their gift to all of us was the Afro-American he first time I heard it, I was startled. spiritual: a whole body of musical faith such as the world “How are you?” I said, by way of greeting. had never seen. Mary, a young woman with a hard life and a millionTheir music grew out of fear and oppression, a longing dollar smile, answered, “I am blessed.” for a better life, a better place, a dream. They could sing It caught my attention because it was different. Our usu- the pain-filled “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen,” and al answer to that question is “I’m fine. How are you?” the prayerful “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” which looked to It also stirred my imagination because it was an affirma- a fairer world on the far side of Jordan. But they also gave tion of faith, and an acknowledgment of humble thanksgiv- us “I Got Shoes,” “In the Year of Jubilo,” and “Ev’ry Time I ing, a ray of hope, a gleam of recognition that even in the Feel the Spirit,” singing of songs of comfort and joy in the valleys of life, the sun still shines. midst of a world of trouble.

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break the stalemate between the entrenched Federal and Confederate forces by digging a mine shaft underneath the Rebel lines and filling it with explosive charges. Long story made short, the darn thing blew, creating a 170-foot long, 120-foot wide crater. The hitch was that Gen. George Meade at the last minute ordered Gen. Ambrose Burnside not to use the black troops that had been trained to rush through the tunnel and attack the unsuspecting Confederates. Brig. Gen. James H. Ledlie, who was ordered to brief the replacement white troops, decided to get drunk instead. So, the replacements hesitated for about 10 minutes before attacking and became sitting ducks in the crater, creating what someone later called “a turkey shoot.” The Union suffered almost 3,800 casualties. Burnside became the scapegoat and was never given another command.

On and on it goes, chapters about potted meat and why David is a “failure” as a Southern male (“I’ve never owned a pickup truck and I don’t like beer”) and his discovery that eight Republican red states are among the top 10 consumers of pornography. (Utah is No. 1). Hunter hopes to have the book out by the third week of May. It will be available at local bookstores, through Amazon and Barnes and Noble online, and via eBook download. He isn’t sure what the next book will bring, but David Hunter knows one thing. As long as he can take a breath, he’ll be typing. “Most of us writers never make a lot of money and don’t expect to, but we go on doing it because that’s what we do. I write for the same reason a spider spins. I can’t help it.” Call Jake Mabe at 922-4136 or email JakeMabe1@aol.com. Visit him online at http://jakemabe.blogspot.com, on Facebook or at Twitter.com/HallsguyJake.

The brown velvet voices of the slaves were lifted in song in the fields, to pass the time. They gathered at night around their cabins, when at last the day’s work was done, and there was a moment just to be. They sang their joys and their sorrows, their longing and their anguish. Because, somehow, deep in their souls, there shone a light that made them able to say, “I’m blessed.” This statement – every time I hear it – reminds me that I, too, am blessed. It makes me actively think about my blessings, to give thanks for them, to realize that I am a beloved child of God. It opens my heart and enables my hands to be more generous. It makes me feel rich, in all the ways that count. This is Holy Week, when we walk with our Lord through the valley of the shadow. As we make that journey through Jerusalem, into the Temple courtyard, kneeling in the Garden, standing with him before Pilate, pushing through the crowded streets, and trudging up Golgotha, let us remember the sorrow, to be sure. However, like the slaves whose souls were hollowed out by the augur of slavery, and yet were able to sing of their faith, let us also lay hold of the goodness of God. Like the Psalmist, we can say that our transgressions are forgiven and our sins are covered. Let us also look forward to the dawning of Easter, and the joyous and awesome truth that we are, all of us, blessed.

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Malcolm Rice: a national treasure MALCOLM’S CORNER … | Malcolm Shell

alcolm Rice tops the list of my memories of Old Concord. Rice, originally from Connecticut, moved here from Washington, D.C., in the early 1950s, and after a brief stint with a local architectural firm became the Architect in Residence at the University of Tennessee. I got to know him through his son, Jack, who is one of my best friends. Not many people knew much about Rice when he moved here. We only knew that he was from up north, and although Washington, D.C., was not exactly the North, it was above Bristol, Tenn., and that was up north. He was quiet, unassuming; only later did we learn of his many accomplishments. He was a Yale University graduate and did his graduate work at the Sorbonne in Paris. He built a beautiful home on the lake reminiscent of Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Falling Water” in Michigan. Touring the home is like going through a museum where all the art was created by Rice and his wife, Helen. Beautiful wood carvings, posters, oil paintings and other fascinating items demonstrate the breadth of their talent. One memorable item is a large glass door where Rice created a collage of pictures, newspaper arti-

cles and other memorabilia of their lives together. Rice’s friends included President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was a guest at the White House several times during Roosevelt’s presidency, and among his collection is correspondence between the two. Among his many accomplishments was the design work he did on the Jefferson Memorial and several congressional office buildings in Washington. Helen Rice, who holds a master’s degree from Yale, met her future husband during their student years at Yale and was an accomplished artist in her own right. She created the famous Red Cross poster titled “Join Now” which was used to solicit contributions during World War II. They were an adventurous couple. They celebrated their honeymoon by buying motorcycles and traveling from Connecticut to California along Route 66. When they reached California, they sold their motorcycles and continued their adventure aboard Jack London’s yacht “Snark,” sailing up and down the West coast. When Rice came to UT, most of the area west of present-day Volunteer Boulevard was still residential, and he developed the master site plan and an architectur-

al model depicting the major buildings as he envisioned them. He was also involved in the design and oversight of the construction of most of the buildings that currently exist in that area. The presidential complex and the Frank McClung Museum on Circle Park Drive were among his works. When he developed the museum, there was some discussion among university administrators regarding the location of the beautiful bronze figure that adorns a spot near the stairway leading to the lower level. Some in the administration wanted it in the basement, but Rice insisted that it go in its present location so that it would be the first thing seen when visitors entered the museum. Perhaps the thing I remember most about Rice occurred when I was a student at UT. At that time his office was located next to the president’s office on The Hill, and I met him coming down the hill one day. We stopped and talked. He was truly concerned about me and asked if things were going well. I said they were, but I could use a part-time job, especially one that would allow time for studying. That evening I got a call from Ernie Robertson at the public relations department who asked if I would

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Malcolm Rice’s door collage my mind that Rice was involved in my good fortune, and although we met numerous times on campus, he never spoke of it. When I thanked him for his help, he simply smiled. The job was a fun experience. We photographed cheerleaders, majorand Poster created by Helen Rice Photos by Mal- ettes colm Rice student athletes, and my be interested in a part-time specific duty was to carry job as a photographer’s as- Robertson’s equipment. sistant. Ernie was the cam- However, he taught me the pus photographer, and he finer points of photography, said, “By the way, there will and he even took my wife’s be time for you to study be- engagement picture for the tween assignments.” newspaper. There was no doubt in Looking back, it’s hard to

imagine that the little village of Old Concord became the Rice family home. They might have chosen New York, Boston or even their home state of Connecticut to reside, but it was in keeping with their character to lead private lives, and Concord provided that privacy. Today, my friend Jack is enjoying his retirement and spends a lot of time with his newfound hobby of wood carving. To use a cliché, he told me he was “just a chip off the old block.” But his talent comes through in his remarkable work. We don’t get to see each other as much as we would like, but we do dine together occasionally at Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church, where he and his wife, Carolyn, are involved in preparing Wednesday night dinners. But, when we are together, the conversation is highlighted by our remembrance of Old Concord and the great times we had growing up together.

from Athens, was involved in The Stop of LSU’s Billy Cannon at or near the goal line in 1959. Of course we remember Wayne Grubb. Ed Beard, Norfolk, Va., was second-team blocking back and linebacker behind Wayne Coleman in 1961. I recall Ed picking off a pass and roaring from midfield to a Tennessee touchdown. Alas, I also recall his dismissal for some minor transgression of team rules. A fan and friend purchased a bus ticket and Ed packed his stuff and moved on to the Wheeling, W.Va., Ironmen and from there to the San Francisco 49ers – and a terrific NFL career. I also remember the warm reception a couple of years ago when Beard returned to Big Orange Country, just showed up with a hundred other lettermen in the Lauricella Room at Neyland Stadium before a game. I’ll tell you what I told him, that I am almost certain he would have been an All-American if he hadn’t fractured curfew. Bob Zvolerin was left tackle on the 1963 team that

Dr. Youmans didn’t think it was a good idea but went about his work. “Sweat popped out on Boynton’s forehead but he didn’t say a word. When his arm looked almost normal again, he stood up and announced, ‘I reckon I’ll go back into the game. Are you going to wrap it up?’ ” No, we won’t forget John Boynton. I will not allow it. Best I recall, it was Carl Witherspoon who recovered the Arkansas fourth-quarter fumble that led to the 14-13 Tennessee triumph in the 1971 Liberty Bowl. Curt Watson scored the tying TD. George Hunt kicked the winning point. Razorbacks also remember. Lifetime Volunteers … so many … unforgettable. How about Xavier Mitchell? He made one of the big plays of 2006, stopping an Air Force two-pointer to save the game at 31-30. It seemed so important at the time. You do remember, don’t you?

finished November with shutout victories over Kentucky and Vanderbilt – in honor of outgoing coach Jim McDonald. Zvolerin is the only Vol with vol in his last name. OK, I have been accused of being partial to left tackles. John Boynton, Pikeville, left tackle, 1965-67, was one of the toughest guys in the history of Tennessee tough guys. He suffered an arm injury against Ole Miss in Memphis, came off the field and asked Ray Trail for a little help. “John came up to me on the sideline and said his arm was hurt. It was bent the wrong way at the elbow. It was awful, so bad it was almost sickening.” Coach Trail called for Bill Youmans. The team doctor said Boynton should go to the hospital for repairs. John asked why he couldn’t fi x it right there. The doctor said too painful, nobody could stand that. As Trail remembers, “John said he’d see about that. He invited the doctor to join him on the bench and do whatever was necessary.

Three hundred special memories are in Marvin West’s first book, “Tales of the Tennessee Vols.” Signed copies are available by mail from WESTCOM, P.O. Box 38 Maynardville, TN 37807. The cost is $20.

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Bethel Baptist to visit Ukraine By Ruth White Bethel Baptist Church members hosted a golf tournament at Three Ridges Golf Course to help raise funds for the Friends of Ukraine mission team. Pastor Tim Inklebarger was part of a Ukraine mission project and the trip touched his heart. Inklebarger decided to take a group of 10 members on a trip this summer for a 10day experience that will change the lives of those involved. When the Soviet Union fell in the early 1990s, the project began with 22 churches reaching out to the people of the Ukraine. Today, more than 200 churches participate in church planting, Bible camps and reaching out into the villages. “The only barrier is the language,” said Inklebarger. “The people have open hearts to our message.” Anyone interested in helping the Friends of Ukraine touch lives through Bethel Baptist Church may contact Inklebarger at 6878331. The church is located at 8035 Clapps Chapel Road in Corryton.

CONDOLENCES ■ Mynatt Funeral Homes Inc. (922-9195 or 688-2331): “Riley” Campbell Nancy Jo Everhart Mary “Granny” Byrd Burl Francis Henderson Jessie Goodson Lee Charles Kenneth Roberts David R. Sentell The Rev. Albert Welch Bobby Ray Wilkerson ■ Stevens Mortuary (524-0331): Margaret Elizabeth Kelley Mary Lou Parker

sunrise service 7 a.m., gospel service at 8:45, contemporary service at 9:45 and traditional service at 11. ■ Shepherd of the Hills Baptist Church, 400 East Beaver Creek Drive: fellowship meal and showing of the film “The Passion” beginning 6 p.m. Friday, April 22; an egg hunt and free lunch 1 p.m. Saturday, April 23; “Celebrating the Resurrection” service 10:45 a.m. Sunday, April 24. Info: 947-7151.

Bethel Baptist Church pastor Tim Inklebarger prepares to head out to the golf course for the church’s inaugural tournament to support Friends of the Ukraine. Photos by Ruth White

■ Home Faith Baptist Church, 5139 Rouse Lane in Halls: Easter sunrise service 6:30 a.m. Sunday, April 24. A fellowship breakfast will follow. Info/directions: 323-4541.

Scott Bates makes a putt on the green at Three Ridges Golf Course. Bates participated in Bethel Baptist Church’s golf tournament to support a mission team that will travel to the Ukraine this summer.

■ Mountain View Baptist Church, 2974 Cecil Ave.: “The King is Coming” cantata 11 a.m. Sunday, April 24. Info: 525-4192. ■ Smithwood Baptist Church in Fountain City: the musical “The Power of the Cross” 10:45 a.m. Sunday, April 24. Info: 689-5448. ■ Faith UMC, 1120 Dry Gap Pike: sunrise service 7 a.m. Sunday, April 24, with regular service at 11 a.m. Everyone is invited. Info: 688-1000 or visit www. faithseekers.org. ■ Clapp’s Chapel UMC, 7420 Clapp’s Chapel Road: Sunrise Service 7 a.m. Sunday, April 24. Breakfast will be hosted by the men’s group following the service. Everyone is invited.

‘Just a Little Talk’ The Chords sing at Faithway Baptist Church on Crippen Road. Members are Glenn Farrington, Dale Evans Jr., Burell Ferguson and Dale Evans Sr. Dale Evans Jr. is formerly a member of the Blackwood Brothers. Photo by S. Clark

EASTER SERVICES ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway: Maundy Thursday service 7 p.m. Thursday, April 21; Good Friday service noon Friday, April 22; and Easter sunrise service will be at 7 a.m. Sunday, April 24. The annual pancake breakfast and Easter egg hunt will begin 9 a.m. Saturday, April 23. Children should bring a basket to collect eggs. Info: 690-0160. ■ St. James Episcopal Church,

1101 N. Broadway: Festival Holy Eucharist Rite II at 7:30 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday, April 24. Info: 523-5687. ■ Fellowship Christian Church, 746 Tazewell Pike: sunrise service 7 a.m. Easter Sunday, April 24. ■ First Lutheran Church, 1207 N. Broadway: Maundy service 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 21; Good Friday, April 22, Service of Darkness at noon and 8 p.m. ; Easter vigil 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 23. Sunday, April 24, Easter sunrise service, 7 a.m., breakfast

will be 8-9 a.m. with adult Bible classes and Sunday school 9:15 and Festival service and communion 10:30. ■ Bookwalter UMC, 4218 Central Avenue Pike: Tenebrae service 7 p.m. Thursday, April 21. Easter services 7 a.m. (sunrise service) and 10:45 (cantata and worship service) Sunday, April 24. Info: 689-3349. ■ Christ UMC, 7535 Maynardville Pike: Maundy Thursday service 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 21; Good Friday service 3 p.m. Friday, April 22; Sunday, April 24,

■ Revival Vision Church, 154 Durham Drive in Maynardville: a biker Easter service, “He is Risen,” 11 a.m. Sunday, April 24. Riders of all motorcycle brands are welcomed. Info: 925-2546. ■ Bell Road Worship Center, Christ the Rock and others will present their seventh annual Combined Good Friday worship service Friday, April 23, at 7321 Bell Road. Info: email pastorcharlie@ bellroadworshipcenter.org. ■ Rutherford Memorial Church, 7815 Corryton Road: Good Friday service 7 p.m. Friday, April 22; Easter Sunday, April 24, contemporary service 9 a.m. in the family life center and traditional service 11 a.m. in the Sanctuary. Info: 687-8438.

Brittain to speak at KFL Richard E. Brittain Jr., D.D.S. will be the guest speaker for the Knoxville Fellowship Luncheon noon Tuesday, April 19. The KFL is a group of Christian men and women that meets weekly at the Golden Corral in Powell.

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■ Mount Harmony Baptist Church, 819 Raccoon Valley Road will host a benefit singing 7 p.m. Saturday, April 30. Proceeds will benefit Sharon Roberts and Andrew Russell, who lost all their possessions in a house fire.

■ First Lutheran Church, 1207 N. Broadway, will present Music of the Easter Season performed by the men’s choir of the Concordia Theological Seminary from Fort Wayne, Ind., 7 p.m. Thursday, April 28. A free will offering will be collected for the seminary.

■ Clear Springs Baptist Church, 7600 Maynardville Highway, will have a yard sale 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 22-23. Cost is $5. All proceeds will benefit the church’s youth mission trip this summer to Brazil. ■ New Fellowship Baptist Church, 4624 Nora Road, will hold an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast 8-10 a.m. Saturday, April 23. Cost is $5. Proceeds will benefit the youth mission trip this summer. Info: 688-1073. ■ New Hope Christian School will hold a golf tournament Saturday, May 7, at Ruggles Ferry Golf Course. Lunch and registration beings at noon a shotgun start will be at 1 p.m. Format is a four-person scramble. Entry fee is $240 per team. Preregister by April 22. Sponsorship opportunities are also available. Info: Lisa Helton, 755-1597.

■ Fellowship Christian Church, 746 Tazewell Pike, Luttrell, will host the Bewley Family for a singing 7 p.m. Saturday, April 30.

Revivals ■ Fairview Baptist Church, 7424 Fairview Road, Corryton, will host the Gibbs Area-Wide Revival at 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, April 25-29. Sponsored by Clear Springs, Fairview, Graveston, House Mountain and Bethel Baptist churches. Info: 687-5648. ■ Mountain View Baptist Church, 2974 Cecil Ave., will host a spring revival 7 p.m. Sunday through Friday, April 24-29, with evangelist, the Rev. David Collins. Child care will be available. Info: 525-4192.

Traumatic brain injury workshop The East Tennessee Technology Access Center will host a two-day workshop on traumatic brain injury and brain trauma Thursday and Friday, May 5-6, at the UT-Battelle Information Center, 1201 Oak Ridge Turnpike. Dr. Timothy Urbin, a neuropsychologist from Quillen College of Medicine, will speak from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday on understanding changes to the brain, the person, the family and the future when the brain receives an injury. Elizabeth Power, the CEO of EPower and Associates Inc., will speak from 9:30 a.m. to noon on Friday about how organizations, families and individuals can create a caring and supportive environment for people with brain trauma. From 1 to 3:30 p.m., Alice Wershing, educational technology coordinator for ETTAC, will demonstrate assistive technology supports for people with brain injuries and trauma. Organizations and businesses that help people with traumatic brain injuries will provide information noon to 1 p.m. Admission is free and everyone is encouraged to come, although registration is required by Friday, April 29. Info: 219-0130. Check out updates on all your favorite articles throughout the week at

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Classic day camps Looking for an all-around fun experience for your kid without needing to stay overnight? There are lots of classic day camps in the Knoxville area that offer a variety of activities in relaxed, summer atmospheres. Fountain City’s Garden Montessori School summer program is one example. The program lets kids from age 2 through middle school explore daily and weekly themes including art, drama, literature and music while incorporating outdoor games, water play and nature studies in the historic Savage Garden right next door. The program runs June 6 through July 29, and hours are 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with flexible enrollment options. An open house will be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, April 30. Info: www.gardenmontessori.org. or 688-6776. Kids Place Inc. will offer its classic day camp in elementary schools and

Animal camps churches throughout the area. Kids ages 5-12 will enjoy swimming, bowling, skating, field trips, water slides, obstacle courses and more. Weekly themes include Moovin’ and

Groovin’, Camp KP’s Got Talent, Celebration of Nations and Treasure Seekers. The camp runs May 25 through Aug. 12, and hours are 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Info: www.kidsplaceinc.org.

Your little animal lover can get an immersive experience with birds and beasts this summer. Horseback riding can be fun for all, and horse camp at Cedar Creek Farm in Gibbs adds arts, crafts and games to the equine adventure. Campers will receive

daily riding lessons and learn about riding safety and horse care. Space is limited. The camp runs 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 13-17. Info: 705-5925. With a celebrated animal hospital right here at UT, your animal enthusiast can’t go wrong with the veterinary

programs at UT’s summer Kids U. Older elementary schoolers and middle schoolers can receive a crash course in vertebrate zoology, and high schoolers can take a behind-the-scenes look at veterinary medicine. Info: 974-0150 or www. utnoncredit.com/kidsu.

Academic camps Summer can be a great time for young people to get an academic edge. Keeping those brain cells active can certainly ease the adjustment back into school in the fall. Club Z! offers a variety of programs to help your child get ahead or gain back ground lost during the school year. For high schoolers, ACT and SAT prep courses are available. Kids of all ages can explore interests like art, music and foreign languages. Club Z! can be ideal for kids with learning disabilities who might lose skills during

summer break. Parents can even arrange for individual or in-home tutoring for their kids. Info: 938-2022 or www.clubztutoring.com. Mathnasium of West Knoxville can boost your kid’s math skills through hands-on, fun activities. Math and science camps are available for elementarylevel, from kindergarten through 5th grade. Activities are tailored to prepare kids for the math they’ll use in the upcoming school year. Camps are available in August. Info: 769-6944 or www.mathnasium.com/ westknoxville.

Athletic camps Whether your youngster is a sports star, wants to try out a new sport or just needs to get moving, Knoxville has a camp to that can get the wiggles out. National Fitness Center, with locations in Fountain City, South Knoxville, Maryville, Morristown and Oak Ridge, offers a variety of sports camps each week 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. from June 6 to Aug. 5. Camps include free swim time and weekly themes like Karate Camp, Swim Camp, Amazing Race, All-Star Sports, Survivor and Fitness Fun. Info: www.NFC1.com. Want to take a break from those hot summer temperatures? Sign your kid up for camp at the Ice Chalet in Bearden. Camps are available for all skill levels, with figure skating classes for ages 3-17,

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Is your kid a natural ham? A future starlet? A songster? A sensitive artiste? You could fill his or her summer with opportunities to shine. UT’s Kids U will offer a beginning theater camp for 4th through 6th graders. The camp will be a high-energy week filled with interactive theater games, creative dance, vocal exercises and improve to create “a very special piece of original performance art.” The camp is 9 a.m. to noon, June 2024. Info: 974-0150 or www. utnoncredit.com/kidsu. If you love the hit TV show “Glee,” Camp Webb’s Glee Club Camp will be nonstop fun. Open to campers entering 3rd through 7th grades, the camp will have

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Easter Egg hunts Black Oak Ridge Baptist Church, 6404 Old Maynardville Highway, egg hunts and prizes for all ages, including adults, 2-4 p.m. Saturday, April 23. Christ UMC, 7535 Maynardville Pike, will host an Easter egg hunt 10 a.m. until noon Saturday, April 23. There will be games, a cakewalk, door prizes and a chance to meet the Easter bunny. City View Baptist Church, 2311 Fine Ave., will hold an Easter egg hunt 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 23. Event includes a “Veggie Tales” movie, stories, crafts, prizes and an egg hunt for each age group (through 5th grade) with candy. A free hot dog lunch will be served at noon. Bring a basket.

The Kiwanis Club of Norwood recently donated money for 200 books to Pleasant Ridge Elementary School. “Some of the best kept secrets are found in books,” said Bob Dawson, Kiwanis board member and chairman of the community services committee.

Norwood Kiwanis board member Pat Dawson, Pleasant Ridge Elementary School principal Dr. Ashley E. Aldridge, Pleasant Ridge student Bailey Ensley, Norwood Kiwanis secretary Vivian Jackson and Norwood Kiwanis president Leigh Chagnon work together to get 200 donated books ready for 3rd graders to enjoy. Photo submitted

Faith UMC, 1120 Dry Gap Pike, will host an Easter egg hunt 1 p.m. Saturday, April 23. Everyone is invited. Info: 688-1000. Mountain View Baptist Church, 2974 Cecil Ave., will host an egg hunt and picnic 3 p.m. Saturday, April 23. Info: 525-4192. New Fellowship Baptist Church, 4624 Nora Road, will hold a free Easter egg hunt 10 a.m. Saturday, April 23, with candy and prizes. Info: 688-1073. Ridgedale Baptist Church, 5632 Nickle Road, will host a “Children’s Easter Experience” 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, for children up to 5th grade. Thousands of balloons will cover the worship center floor as kids sort through them to collect eggs. There will be games, Euro Bungee, air bounces, free food and more. Info: 588-6855 or visit www.ridgedale.org. Rutherford Memorial, 7815 Corryton Road, will have an egg hunt 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 20. Hot dog supper will be served prior to hunt. Info: 687-8438. Shepherd of the Hills Baptist Church, 400 East Beaver Creek Drive, will have an egg hunt and free lunch 1 p.m. Saturday, April 23. Info: 947-7151. St. James Episcopal Church, 1101 N. Broadway, will have an egg hunt following the 10:30 a.m. service Sunday, April 24. Info: 523-5687. Shannondale Baptist Church, 5118 Villa Road, will have an egg hunt 11 a.m. Saturday, April 23, for ages 1 to 10 years old.

The doctor is in By Valorie Fister Often their faces are remembered more than their names. Many labor quietly for long hours repeatedly calling physicians, insurance companies and perfecting drug counts. They are local pharmacists, and at Powell’s Kroger pharmacy, the name that goes with the face of the lead pharmacist is Dr. Claire Bone. Bone and her peers are the guardians who ensure that when that small, white bag is handed over the pharmacy counter, it contains the exact medication the patient is prescribed. “There is a lot involved,” Bone said at the Clinton Highway pharmacy. Often, Bone said, employees discover interactions between newly prescribed medications and those that are already prescribed by a patient’s doctor. “(Patients) don’t even know, but we’ll explain the changes when they return,” Bone said, adding that her pharmacy employees are often unsung heroes. “We don’t try to take credit,” Bone said, “but say, ‘That’s what we do.’ ”

She logs 50 to 60 calls per day to physicians just on drug interactions alone. Bone has helped patients at Kroger’s Clinton Highway pharmacy for five years. Before that, she worked at a compound pharmacy in Memphis. That’s a specialized pharmacy that mixes drugs on the spot. She mixed medications not just for humans but for animals at the Memphis Zoo. “We do a lot more than human medications,” she said. “We make a lot of medications for horses with feet infections. Penguins at the zoo contract special types of diseases. We’d make preventative medicine to keep them from getting sick.” Bone remembers when drug co-payments were all $5. Today, she said the economy’s effects are easily seen behind her counter. “We’re seeing the cost of living go up, the cost of medication go up,” she said. “Everything is going up. Employers are asking employees to help pay for health care and that leaves less money in everybody’s pockets. “Those days (of the $5 copays) are pretty much over. Health care costs have just risen.”

Dr. Claire Bone, head of Powell’s Kroger Pharmacy, prepares a vaccination. That’s just one of a list of health care options she and local pharmacists provide. Photo by Valorie Fister Bone and her team also work on insurance snafus when drugs are prescribed that companies won’t pay for. “We try to do our best to help the patients by referring them to assistance programs or coupons off the Internet,” Bone said. “Sometimes we find discount cards, and of course the $4 (generic) list helps, but not everything is on it.” There are those who remember pharmacists’ names, even their birthdays. Every so often, Bone and her employees get “thank yous” from those they help.

“For several of my patients, I have gone into their homes and delivered medications, delivered soup,” Bone said. “They bring us so much food, it’s really sweet and we love it. “They make us cookies and brownies. I get gifts on my birthday. I know their kids and grandkids. We see each other at Dollywood. “Just a few days ago, a patient dropped a prescription bag outside. When they found it, it was run over, so we replaced it. The vial was flatter than a pancake. They brought us donuts over. I told them, ‘You really didn’t have to do that,’ ’’ Bone said, smiling.

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Diamond Panthers at midway point Team is looking good By Greg Householder The Powell High School baseball team entered into the 2011 campaign with high hopes. For the past three years, the Panthers have made regional tournament appearances.

Powell Panthers The club returned seven seniors and five position starters from a team that was eliminated in regional play last year by eventual state champion Farragut. Seniors who returned are: Tyler Alford at catcher, utility player Taylor Braden, jack of all trades (pitcher, first base and third base) Jeremy Latham, Cory Payne at second base, ETSU signee Jordan Sanford at shortstop and pitcher, pitcher and first baseman Austin Smith who recently signed to play football at the University of the Cumberlands, and outfielder Nick Webb. Other key players who returned were: Christian Conner in the outfield, pitcher and general jack of all trades Drake Owenby, pitcher and infielder Colby Skeen, and catcher Clay Payne. New this year are junior utility infielder and pitcher Kyle Tracy; freshmen Hagen Owenby, Marcus Weaver, Dean Kidd and Dalton Long; and Farragut transfer junior pitcher Michael Ledbetter.

Gymnasts to represent Tennessee in regionals Powell’s Jeremy Latham connects last Wednesday against Central. The Panthers mauled the Bobcats 17-1 in a mercy rule shortened game. Photo by Greg Householder So how are the Panthers this year? The answer is pretty good. As of last Wednesday’s game with Central when the Panthers crushed the Bobcats in a mercy ruleshortened game 17-1, Powell stretched its overall record to 13-3 and 8-1 in district play. The Panthers’ only losses came to Sevier County in the Oak Ridge tournament last month, Maryville in March and Karns on April 6. The loss to the Beavers was the only district loss as of the Central game. And Powell has been

Halls’ class of ‘71 Halls High class of 1971 will hold its 40th reunion Saturday, May 7, at Beaver Brook Country Club. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. and feature heavy hors d’oeuvres and desserts and a cash bar. Cost is $30 per person. Make checks payable to HHS Class of 1971 and mail to Gene Parrott, 4410 Cabbage Road, Knoxville, TN 37938. Info: Hugh Wolfe, 922-8452.

Powell Elementary to host carnival The school carnival will be held 4-8 p.m. Saturday, April 30. The community is invited to attend an evening of fun including games, food, vendors, DJ, dance, magician, basket auction and a cake walk. The carnival is hosted by Powell PTA.

crushing opponents as well, starting with a 23-2 drubbing of Emory Road rival Halls in March and more recently with a 12-1 thrashing of Clinton and dual maulings of hapless Central – 17-2 last Monday and of course, last Wednesday’s game. After coming out of the Kessler Tournament at Catholic this past weekend, the Panthers have district games yet to play at Oak Ridge tonight (April 18), Campbell County at home Tuesday, Oak Ridge at home Wednesday, nondistrict games at Gibbs Thursday, at Jefferson County on Friday and with Maryville at Maryville College on Saturday. Powell finishes up district play with Hardin Valley Academy at home April 25 and at Hardin Valley on April 27. The Panthers close out the regular season with South-Doyle at home April 28 and at South-Doyle on April 29; at William Blount May 3 and at Webb May 4. District tournament action begins May 6.

Ten gymnasts from Premier Athletics North performed at the Tennessee Optional State competition and qualified to represent Tennessee in the eight state regional competitions. Pictured are: (front) Kaylor Kelly, Olivia Killian, Hannah Hamblin, Skylar Orr; (back) Molly Callhoun, London Hovis, Tanya Jones, Lily Remondo, Hannah Jordan and Kerres White. Coaches are Sasha Gridnev, Natasha Gridnev and Lea Emery. Photo submitted

Daisy Scouts The members of Daisy Troop 20780 present boxes of Girl Scout cookies to the Sisters of Mercy at Mercy Medical Center St. Mary’s. The Daisy members are Abby Capley, Audrey Kosman, Canaan Chitwood, Lainey Gay, Georgia Rose Tucker and Rachel Armstrong. And accepting the cookies are Sister Patricia Connolly, Sister Mary Martha Naber, Sister Marie Moore, Sister Mary Janice Brink and Sister Margaret Turk. The Scouts attend Copper Ridge or Sterchi elementary schools. Photo submitted

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Go east, young man I’ve often heard that Magnolia Avenue was named for the rows of magnolia trees that once lined the street. I have since learned that the street was named in honor of Magnolia Branner, mother of H. Bryan Branner, mayor of Knoxville from 1880 to 1881.

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Hodge to head Fort Sanders Health and Fitness Center Tommy Hodge has been named general manager of Covenant Health’s five-star fitness facility, Fort Sanders Health and Fitness Center. The newlyTommy Hodge created position includes oversight of all operations and strategic planning for the center.

Hodge previously served as ﬁtness director at the West Knox center for 14 years before accepting a position as director of the RMH Wellness Center owned by Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg, Va. “Tommy played an important role in developing the operations and services that have made Fort Sanders Health and Fitness Center a leader in the ﬁtness industry,” said Ellen Jessee, vice president of Fort Sanders West and Fortress Corporation. Hodge most recently was vice president of sales at Power Systems Inc. of Knoxville, where he was responsible for overall sales of the company’s sports

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I recently had the pleasure of participating in a meeting, graciously hosted by Dean Rosalyn Tillman, at Pellissippi State’s recently renovated Magnolia Avenue campus to discuss elements of the plan. Positive energy surrounded the meeting thanks to a crowd of enthusiastic people eager to see the revitalization plan. The plan covers the north end of downtown, the Hall of Fame-Caswell Park area, Burlington and the areas in between, a section of town described as being a “gateway to downtown.” The plan, which follows other projects to improve the city of Knoxville, defines the area as being, “the last major wedge of land and transportation systems that could be further revitalized within the

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Eastport earns federal kudos The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Southeast Regional Administrator visited Knoxville to present a top sustainability award to Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation’s (KCDC) redevelopment of Eastport. The Residences at Eastport has been named a Region IV Signature Project under the Sustainable Communities Initiative. This federal initiative seeks to create livable and sustainable communities across the country by linking energyefﬁcient housing with job opportunities, quality schools and available transportation. HUD Southeast Regional Administrator Ed Jennings Jr. presented the award to KCDC board chair Juanita Cannon and CEO Alvin Nance during a news conference. The Residences at Eastport is the latest in KCDC’s “green” building initiative. The construction project is transforming the historic Eastport School, circa 1932, and adjacent property into an 85-unit energy-efﬁcient, affordable housing community for low- and moderate-income seniors. KCDC secured funding for the project through a combination of local and federal grants, including HUD Capital Funds. The Residences at Eastport are scheduled for completion in fall of 2011.

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# 675 Food City Pharmacy

# 694 Food City Pharmacy

8905 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN (865) 694-1935 Monday-Friday: 9am - 7pm Saturday: 9am - 3pm

284 Morrell Road, Knoxville, TN (865) 691-1153 Monday-Friday: 8:30am - 7pm Saturday: 9am - 3pm

WE FILL YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS WHILE YOU SHOP!