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Above, Florence (Lynette Brown), Jeff (Adam Hill), Ethel Savage (Molly Durr) Fairy May (Consuelo Silva-Moore) and Hannibal (Tyler Smith) look on as Mrs. Paddy (Carolyn Wells) gets in the face of Titus (Chuck Denney) as Dr. Emmett (Jamie Speed) looks on at right during the June 4 performance of “The Curious Savage” by the Powell Playhouse.

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‘Face of Powell’ yard sale and car wash a success Event raises more than $2k but more is needed

By Greg Householder Yard sales make great fundraisers. Their very presence in a prominent location are self-promoting.

Folks unfamiliar with the cause will stop just because it’s a yard sale. One person’s junk is another’s treasure.

On June 4, friends of Linda Saia put together just such a sale in the parking lot of Harry’s Market and Grill. The longtime Knox County Sheriff’s Office crossing guard suffers from medium grade, Stage four non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and faces a two-month layoff every year during the summer. Because of her illness, she cannot afford to drop her health insurance. Her premiums are more than $500 per month during her layoffs.

Saia’s friends organized the yard sale and car wash as part of a campaign to raise $10,000 to help offset Saia’s living and medical expenses.

The June 4 sale raised more than $2,000 – a respectable start to the campaign.

The community really came together in the effort – Camille Keck with 1 Source Printing and Graphics donated the flyers; Sandra Estes and Kristi Mallicote of Media Prints provided signs and banners; Greg Sharp of Bojangles in Powell sponsored the car wash and spirit night; Harry’s Market and Grill provided the location; Carson Long and Dave Smith of Auto Zone donated items for the auction and supplies for the car wash; A.J.’s Cuts and Styles sold $10 haircuts; Jim Madden and Ben Spina of Clinton Crossing Storage

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Business is brisk at the Linda Saia Yard Sale on June 4. Photo by Greg Householder tion items, Tom Householder of the Powell Home Depot donated auction items and Mary Winslow from the Leukemia Association donated educational materials.

Kathy Smith of the American Book Company donated auction items; Patty Walker of the Powell Community Chest helped place the unsold items; Ellie Howe donated tables; the Callahan Road Baptist Church loaned tables and chairs; attorney Louis Hofferbert donated his time and advice as well as a cash donation to the cause; Steve Gentry CPA donated advice on tax issues; Domino’s Pizza of Powell donated pizzas to feed the volunteers and the Powell Lions Club donated $500.

Faustina and Sam Heiser of Powell donated $507 – the exact amount for a one-month health insurance premium. Bob McNealy donated $300.

Teresa Underwood, Saia’s friend who is heading up the effort, will speak at Tuesday’s Powell Business and Professional Association seeking donations.

Several volunteers spent many hours helping at the sale.

To help out the cause, mail your donations to: Teresa Underwood, Face of Powell, P.O. Box 1246, Powell, TN 37849.

Teresa Underwood and Rose Carroll ring up a sale for Donna Meade at the June 4 “Face of Powell” Yard Sale to benefit Linda Saia. Photo by Greg Householder donated a 5-by-10 storage unit to safeguard items for the sale; Dr. Andrew D. Skelley of Emory Animal Hospital donated items for the auction; Dr. Patrick Kennedy DDS donated items for the auction and

Jerome Spruill of O’Charley’s on Cedar Lane donated auction items.

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Tyler Smith gets “made up” backstage by LoriAnn LaFollette of Envé Salon before the June 4 performance of “The Curious Savage” by the Powell Playhouse.

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Hot days could serve a purpose So, you think we’ve had a couple of hot weeks in East Tennessee?

You ought to get out more often.

The highest temperature ever recorded in the U.S. was 134 degrees on July 10, 1913, in Death Valley, Calif. The highest temperature ever recorded around the globe occurred on Sept. 13, 1922, when the mercury peaked at 136 degrees in El Azizia, Libya.

Stacked up against those scorching days, Tennessee’s recorded high is practically balmy. The thermometer topped out at 113 on Aug. 9, 1930, in Perryville.

Slipping the surly bonds of the Earth, we find that we’re almost frigid compared to our sister planet, Venus. If you were standing on Venus (and you wouldn’t be standing for long), you’d incinerate in a flash in the planet’s lead-melting 900 degrees surface temperature.

In Knox County, the emotional pitch promises to match the unrelenting heat when County Commission sits down tomorrow to vet Mayor Tim Burchett’s first proposed budget. Burchett would like to see his budget passed with little if any amendments, but a number of commissioners will be angling to massage the mayor’s numbers.

So, here’s my tip of the week for the mayor. If the air conditioning in the City County Building happened to “malfunction,” the budget might pass without amendments on the first ballot. To further quicken the pace, place an Icee machine at the rear of the main assembly room whose attendant will not accept orders until commission adjourns.

Of course, if the mayor finds that strategy too devious, perhaps he can negotiate a delay while preparations are made to move the meeting to Death Valley. (Or Venus.)

Although we pride ourselves on writing that it gets some folks hot under the collar, we promise that this week’s editions of the Shopper-News won’t melt in your hands.

Seniors, heck, everyone, should check out Ruth White’s “Life” section, now in its fourth week. Ruth keeps you up to date on what’s happening at the Halls and Strang Senior Centers, and now and again she’ll show off her photographic skills with selections from her photo album.

In the Bearden print edition, and available to all readers at www.shoppernewsnow.com, Wendy Smith writes about the aftermath of the April 27 hailstorm. In the features section, Marvin West offers his insights on the “turbulent times” for UT athletics.

Time for me to find a shady spot and grab an Icee. Until next week, be cool!

Contact Larry Van Guilder at lvgknox@mindspring.com.

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for this year’s horse show is the celebrity emcee. That would be me. So plan to come on out – it should be a fun time for all.

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Before we get into this week’s column I want to express my deep appreciation for all the condolences I have received from the Powell community since my mother passed away on May 19. I have received Katherine (bending forward) and Emily Sweat check out the chickens at the CAC Beardsley Community Farm last Tuesday.

The two are part of the Noweta Garden Club’s “God’s Little Gardeners” junior garden club. Photo by Greg Householder

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Imagine my chagrin last Tuesday when I went along with the Noweta Garden Club and some of their junior gardeners – “God’s Little Gardeners” – to the CAC Beardsley Community Farm off Western Avenue in the middle of town. There I saw healthy-looking tomato plants (mine are trying to get established), orderly rows of corn (I just last week got my first planting in the ground) and bushy bush beans (mine are awaiting planting).

The farm, something I didn’t know even existed, is at the site of the old Beardsley Junior High School. It got its start as a community garden in 1996. Farm manager Khann Chov and a staff of AmeriCorps volunteers keep the place running.

They run an urban demonstration farm and they also oversee the community gardens. The gardens, doled out on a first-come, first-served basis to members of the community, feature a plot 3 feet by 23 feet.

With seed packets available through other programs, a city-dweller can grow about $350 worth of food on the plot according to Chov.

The urban demonstration farm produces about 3,000 pounds of food which is donated to area food banks.

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numerous cards, emails, phone calls and kind words and I just want to say thank you. On behalf of my family I would also like to express our thanks for all the prayers and kind thoughts during this difficult time.

Thank you all so much.

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Noweta Garden Club visits CAC Beardsley Community Farm

I always considered myself somewhat of a “country boy.”

I grew up on six acres and at various times during my early years my father raised coon hounds, beagles for rabbit hunting, cattle, pigs, chickens, ponies and horses.

My dad always had a garden and my mom did a bunch of canning and freezing.

I got interested in horses when I entered my teenage years and I remember jeering from the saddle at my dad while he labored in the garden – something about him scratching for food in the ground like a chicken.

The horses are long gone and this year I’m trying my hand at raising vegetables.

Weeds are a constant battle – one I am losing badly.

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gardens I mentioned to Carole Whited that these gardens sure look a lot better than mine. She assured me that is because the Beardsley folks have plenty of time to tend to it.

I don’t know about that – maybe I’m not the country boy I think I am.

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Powell Lions Club Horse Show is June 25

The 59th annual Powell Lions Club Horse Show will be 3 to 8:30 p.m. on June 25 at the clubhouse, 7142 Old Clinton Pike.

New this year is the Powell Lions Sing Off which will be 3-4 p.m. with the horse show following at 6. Sing Off info: Cheri Doane at 938-3857.

The Powell High School Marching Panther Band boosters will be handling concessions with all proceeds going to the band.

Horse show info: contact John Black at 719-4667.

For other questions or information, call Diane Wilkerson at 640-1053.

Tickets are on sale from any Powell Lion or band booster for $3. There is no charge for children under 12 and there will be a stick horse event for the kids.

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Powell Lions to host 4th of July Parade

The 4th of July Parade is just around the corner.

The parade will step off from the parking lot at the Food City at Emory Road and Clinton Highway at 11 a.m. on Monday, July 4. The route will go by the middle school and Broadacres subdivision before ending near Powell High School.

The traditional post-parade festivities will include a business expo by members of the Powell Business and Professional Association in Scarbro Field next to Halftime Pizza. Members will have booths set up and there will be activities for the kids as well.

The Knox North Lions Club will sponsor a July 4th Pet Parade at the post-parade festivities. Registration is free and begins at Scarbro Field at 10 a.m., before the parade. The Pet Parade starts at 12:30 p.m.

The idea is to dress your pet – and “pet” is a broad term and can apply to anything. All they ask is that you keep your pet under control and that its shots are up-todate. Votes for the most patriotic pet cost $1 each and the pet that garners the most money will win. So come on out and bring your dog, cat, snake, donkey, Tasmanian devil or whatever kind of pet you have. Just keep it on a leash and make sure it has had its shots.

For info regarding the parade, contact Diane Wilkerson at 640-1053.

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Burchett rallies support prior to budget vote

Ed Jones, vice president of the Gibbs Ruritan Club, listens as Mayor Tim Burchett addresses the group.

Mayor Tim Burchett said the cornerstone of his first budget is paying down debt.

“We’ve doubled our debt (to $690 million) since 2004,” he said Monday at the Gibbs Ruritan Club.

Burchett wants to direct an extra $20 million toward debt reduction annually – $100 million over five years.

He also wants to eliminate community grants – which exceeded $2 million annually under former Mayor Mike Ragsdale. “I’m proposing $523,000 for next year and hope to zero them out (in future budgets),” he said.

Burchett also called for bringing the uniformed officers pensions “back to the voters,” saying, “pensions are going to eat our lunch.”

He said raises for county employees are not in his budget “because we can’t afford them.” His budget

Amenders face uphill battle

By Larry Van Guilder Call them “The Amenders.” They aren’t an obscure male quartet from the 1950s or a gaggle of constitutional law scholars. They’re a group of Knox County Commis-

Analysis sioners who want to amend Mayor Tim Burchett’s proposed budget for FY 2012, and they have their work cut out for them.

Political junkies have seen this act come and go at every level of government from the smallest village to the nation’s capital, and the finale rarely varies: the budget stands with little or no changes.

This year the roles are reversed from what commission watchers had become familiar with during the closing years of the Ragsdale administration. Then, the mantra was “cut.” Some may remember not so long ago former Commissioner Mark Harmon fighting doggedly for what was largely a symbolic reduction and losing by a vote of 17-2.

Now, Harmon’s former 2nd District mate, Amy Broyles, is asking for more, not less, and she’s not alone in her dissatisfaction with the mayor’s budget. But are

six commissioners dissatisfied enough and (more to the point) politically courageous enough to engineer a revolt?

It will take courage, because the mayor’s “I feel your pain” fiscal message undeniably has support from a recessionweary citizenry.

The composition of The Amenders won’t be determined until tomorrow’s budget debate, but the candidate list looks like this: Commissioners R. Larry Smith, Jeff Ownby, Dave Wright and Richard Briggs have sent strong signals that they’ll support the budget as presented. Broyles and Sam McKenzie have openly asked for amendments. Tony Norman, Brad Anders and Mike Brown could be persuaded, depending upon the cause and the cost. Ed Shouse and Mike Hammond have mostly maintained a diplomatic silence, although Hammond says he’s reached an agreement with the mayor to partially restore commissioners’ discretionary funds.

To make their dreams come true, Broyles and McKenzie must not only bring along Norman, Anders and Brown, they must pick off either Hammond or Shouse. And even as their act warms up, they face getting the hook over the most

controversial items on their lists, fully funding the Beck Center and a county employee pay raise.

Beck’s representatives say they welcome an audit.

McKenzie, however, is on a political hot seat, knowing that agreeing to an audit as a condition of funding Beck at a later date won’t win him many votes. But it appears he’ll have little choice if he’s to preserve any chance for commission to reconsider the mayor’s 92 percent reduction of the center’s county funding.

Broyles’ support for employee pay raises would play much better in the city, but County Commission isn’t City Council. She’s backing away from an across the board increase in favor of a step adjustment, but even that is likely to cost something north of $2.5 million.

The sheriff will support Broyles, who led the charge to buy new cruisers for his department a few months back. But, the sheriff has no vote on commission.

If The Amenders numbers swelled to six, where would the money come from to raise pay, restore funding to Beck, the Legacy Parks Foundation and other causes deemed worthy? The word is that Broyles and

Thank You.

■ The East Tennessee Daylily Society will have a show and sale Saturday, June 18, at Knoxville Center Mall. The sale starts at 10 a.m. The show will open to the public after judging at 1 p.m.

■ The Knoxville Songwriters Association will sponsor a workshop 1-4 p.m. Saturday, June 18, with songwriter, recording artist, producer and TV host R.C. Bannon at the Fountain City branch library. All are invited. Seating is limited.

Nonmembers pay $10 fee.

Songs on CD or performed in person will be critiqued if time permits.

Christian, Newsom memorial bike ride is Saturday

Mayor Tim Burchett shakes hands with Halls area residents at Commission R. Larry Smith’s night out event at the Halls Senior The Channon and Chris Center. Smith is pictured at right. Photos by S. Clark Memorial Ride, being held in honor of Channon Chriswill be voted on tomorrow mode. “No, I’m in let’s pass tian and Halls native Chris this budget mode,” said the Newsom, who were mur(June 14).

Leaving Gibbs, this mayor. And he drove away dered in January 2007, will writer suggested Burchett in his old Jeep. be held Saturday, June 18.

– S. Clark remains in campaign Registration will be 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Hooters on Central Avenue Pike (off Cedar Lane/Merchant others are considering a this year. novel approach.

If this proposal surfaces Drive); kickstands up at Aside from the immediate tomorrow, finance direc- 12:45 p.m. The $25 registraproposal, the mayor’s budget tor John Troyer will be tion fee includes a Blood presentation includes a plan called upon to explain how Brothers Tennessee Law Ento reduce debt by approxi- only Beelzebub could have forcement Motorcycle Club mately $100 million over five hatched such an insidious wrist band, a T-shirt, five years. Instead of a $20 mil- scheme. But Broyles says tickets for prize drawings, lion reduction next year, why she’s received encourage- and food and drink specials not dial back to $15 million ment from some prominent from Hooters. Proceeds will and free up $5 million in FY names in the community. benefit Young Life and the 2012? It isn’t “free” money, a How many if any of those Second Harvest Food Bank mythical notion, but neither names will publicly support of East Tennessee Food for is it a property tax increase, the idea remains to be seen, Kids program.

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government Firing on the public (and the public sector) Last Monday was not Mayes isn’t the pera banner day for the sonification of discretion, public and one member and is in of the public sector at fact emCounty Commission’s broiled in special called meetslander ing. Richard Walls, the c ou nter county’s internal audisuits with tor, and Brad Mayes, Salter business owner and now. But whistleblower, spoke to one might the same issue – prob- Brad Mayes ask where he’s to air his grievances if not to his Larry elected Van represenGuilder tatives.

EventuRichard Walls ally, the courts lems in the county’s solwill sort it out, but knowid waste department. ing Mayes there’s no Walls presented the better way to assure his findings of the recently continuing appearance completed solid waste before commission than audit. Mayes, the last to tell him he isn’t welperson to speak at pub- come. lic forum, tried again And Mayes has a right to arouse commission’s to speak. If his words interest in what he bemake trouble for him lieves has been negligent down the road, that’s his or even criminal behavresponsibility. He isn’t ior in the department in yelling “Fire!” in a crowdrecent years. ed theater, and censuring Walls was better re- him arguably violates his ceived. His catalogue First Amendment rights. of missing funds and Commission may be missing oversight was lining up Walls and his thorough, but contained department for the ultilittle information that mate “censure” – elimiMayes had not previousnation. Mayor Tim Burly brought to the table. chett has been quoted Yet even Walls could as saying, “If it’s in the not avoid feeling that Yellow Pages, we (the commission had heard county) shouldn’t be doall it wanted to hear ing it.” about Natural ResourcPlenty of accounting es Recovery and the firms are looking for missteps of the county’s work, and the internal late solid waste director, audit department may John Evans. When Walls become the latest victim said he had a 15-minof privatization. Comute presentation, Mike mission will certainly Hammond urged him to vote to approve the Aucut it short. dit Committee’s rec“I’ll talk fast,” Walls ommendation to solicit said, and he did. proposals to use outside Mayes was placed on help for inside audits. an even shorter leash.

Points go to Richard Not for the first time, Briggs for noting priMayes declared that the vate firms have to turn a current solid waste di- profit, and it’s important rector is not without sin. to make sure the county He had scarcely warmed receives the same serup before Commissioner vices as it does now.

Amy Broyles lashed out.

Walls has been critiBroyles skewered cized by some for being Mayes for alleging that too “political,” meaning a county employee has he stood up to the forcommitted criminal mer mayor. That said, acts. You didn’t name a decision to farm out him, she said, “but we his department’s funcknow you mean Tom tion must stand on solid Salter.” cost/benefit ground.

Broyles added she Walls was right to didn’t want to see Mayes stand up, and it’s Mayes’ come to commission right to continue standagain singing the same ing up. song.

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Madeline Rogero: From runner-up to favorite Madeline Rogero seems as sure a bet to be the next mayor now as Bill Haslam was eight years ago. Unless her rivals start doing something they have not been doing or Rogero has a meltdown, it is hard to see how she loses.

She may even knock them out in the September city primary and have 80 days to plan her transition to the best job she’s ever had: a $130,000 a year salary as well as a lifelong city pension, as she will be vested with four years as mayor and three years plus as community development director.

Rogero has the ability to govern and lead. She is honest. She is knowledgeable and regularly outshines her rivals at joint appearances in terms of intellect, demeanor and grasp of issues.

But where does she stand on issues facing the city?

Frankly, it is not easy to tell you. She has been overly

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cautious in voicing her views on decisions she will have to make after Dec. 17.

When elected to an executive office, one needs a mandate from the voters on some specific goals.

Mike Ragsdale won two overwhelming victories but had a mandate for little as he was virtually unopposed and seldom took a stand on anything substantive. Combined with a loose management style, that led to a world of problems for him.

Madeline needs to speak out if she wants a mandate to carry out her goals. Otherwise, she could still win but then surprise voters with mayoral ideas which they never heard about in the campaign.

In 2003, when she was outspent 6-to-1 yet came within 1,200 votes of being elected mayor, she was a gutsy advocate of several issues.

She opposed the expensive orange route (as did I as mayor then) through Hardin Valley despite the backing of the Chamber of Commerce and most of the business community. This route was not in the city, but it would have impacted the city. Later cost analysis caused the project to collapse in 2010 and no one wants to revive it.

Rogero championed the city charter amendment to halt public funding to build a new hotel next to the convention center. She also opposed public funding for gardens at Lakeshore Park (which I supported).

This outspoken advocate is much more reserved and nuanced today, causing us to wonder what we get when she becomes mayor.

Will it be the Rogero of 2003? Will it be the more politically seasoned candidate who is extraordinarily cautious about making comments which could reduce her current level of support?

Frankly, I do not know.

Next week: Specific issues in the mayor’s race Notes: Knoxville attorney Marshall Stair, 32, is expected to run for City Council Seat B against former state Sen. Bill Owen: a classic clash between the new and the old.

Nashville Mayor Karl Dean was in Knoxville and Oak Ridge last week raising money for his re-election campaign as well as speaking to civic groups. Knoxville attorney and TV commentator Don Bosch hosted a fundraiser, even though Dean’s principal opponent has withdrawn. Take this as a sign Dean is looking at a future statewide race some day for some office.

Tindell blasts education ‘reform,’ Photo-ID law State Rep. Harry Tindell was the featured speaker at this month’s Boyd Cloud Democratic Club, and the Democrats were not in a good mood.

Betty Bean “I don’t know if I’m more mad, more embarrassed or more fired up about this legislative session,” said club president Gayle Alley.

Tindell reminded the group that he’d been sounding the alarm about what would happen if Republicans gained a majority. Last session, House Democrats and Republicans were equally represented (49-49) with an independent speaker. This year has been a drastically different story.

“I told you it was important to break that tie. Unfortunately for Democrats, last year was an amazing national election that brought in many changes. It just shows you how much elections matter.”

State Reps. Harry Tindell and Joe Armstrong Photo by Betty Bean Tindell said the public pays little attention to the 80 percent of the legislature’s work that is routine government stuff.

“In that respect, the Republicans did an admirable job. We have to be proud as Democrats that we taught them well. They kept the trains running. They’d even say they did a better job with routine legislative business than we did.”

He concedes, however, that the first year of GOP control brought “a startling difference in highly public issues.” He said the Demo-

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crats scored some “silent” victories because they were able to modify some of Republicans’ initiatives, like the Sharia Law initiative, which would have given the governor and attorney general the power to designate anybody a terrorist.

“The governor and the attorney general didn’t ask for this,” Tindell said. “It finally passed, but it was watered down and simply raised the penalty for being a terrorist.

It was not as bad as it could have been.”

Tindell, who served on the school board before he

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was elected to the General Assembly, doesn’t downplay the impact some of the most publicized measures passed by the majority party, including what he called “an all-out assault on education. The teachers’ union has supported mostly Democratic candidates, and I think they decided they were going to teach them a lesson.

“Public schools are what make America great, and attacking teachers has nothing to do with what’s going on in the classroom. This is a national Republican agenda – they’ve decided to dismantle what made the Democrats strong for many years.

“In the process, they have angered the teachers. We’ll see if they can become the force they might be.”

He said he is most unhappy about what he calls “an assault on voting rights.

This is a calculated strategy to discourage Democraticthinking people from voting. It’s making it tougher for citizens to participate in their democracy.”

Specifically, he’s strongly opposed to the Photo-ID law that he believes targets elderly and poor people who aren’t licensed drivers.

“We have 500,000 people in Tennessee who don’t have a driver’s license. If you don’t have a license, there’s a good likelihood you don’t have a passport, either. It’s those people on the margins who are going to be discouraged from voting.”

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It’s the economy (and the equity) MPC ponders both issues

By Larry Van Guilder A staff recommendation for connectivity from a planned subdivision of 98 lots on the southeast side of Nubbin Ridge Road provoked a heated reaction from developer Bryan Testerman at last week’s Metropolitan Planning Commission meeting. A staff request that sidewalks be built in the subdivision only added to the developer’s ire.

Specifically, MPC staff asked that the concept plan be revised to provide street connections to “the existing street stubouts to this property from Queensbury Drive to the east and Galewood Road to the west.”

“I’ve done about 50 developments in Knoxville and never seen one with multiple entrances (that didn’t have problems),” Testerman said. “If you have one-entrance access, the thieves won’t come in.”

Testerman added it would “cost me three lots” to hook up the street stubouts.

As to sidewalks: “My neighbor immediately to the west has no sidewalks.

The county went down there and put in a nice new road and didn’t put in sidewalks.”

Commissioner Wes Stowers sympathized with Testerman, noting the side-

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walk provision was “pretty heavy-handed.”

Commissioner Michael Kane defended connectivity, saying he lives in a neighborhood with “lots of connectivity,” and it makes for better neighborhoods.

MPC vice chair Rebecca Longmire pointed out that sidewalks encourage walking and comply with the “Healthy Knox” initiative.

“I don’t see how we can avoid supporting something that both the city of Knoxville and Knox County support,” she said.

But the majority of her fellow commissioners could, and the concept plan was approved 8-4 without staff’s connectivity and sidewalks conditions. For the developer, the decision was a victory for equity.

Commission concerns about the economy played a major role as it considered the concept plan for the Villas at Pellissippi, a planned subdivision of 46 lots on approximately 13 acres on the east side of George Light Road. Only two of the lots front George Light, and therein lay the developer’s complaint.

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MPC staff recommended that the developer widen the road to a minimum of 20 feet from the northern boundary of lot 46 (one of the two lots which fronts George Light) to the road’s intersection with Rather Road. Arguing that the condition was too costly, the developer offered to drop the two lots from the plan. Because traffic would nonetheless increase along the road, staff stuck with its recommendation.

And then Stowers opined that the economy is in much worse shape than we imagined.

“Here’s my problem,” he said. “Right now we’re in a depression, and nobody can afford to build anything.”

Chair Robert Anders sounded a cautionary note, saying commission should be careful about making short-term decisions based on the economy that may have long-term adverse effects.

George Ewart’s motion to approve the revised 44lot concept plan absent staff’s recommendation to widen George Light Road

was approved. Following the vote, Commissioner Laura Cole said, “We’re actually saying we can’t afford to do it right, so let’s go ahead and do it wrong.”

Some lighter moments occurred when a neighbor cried “fowl” over Vance and Pam Griffin’s request to rezone their property on Shoffner Lane in North Knox County from RA (low density residential) to Agricultural. The Griffins keep free-ranging “pet” chickens, and Robert Bean said the wandering birds don’t stay in their own yard.

“Mr. Griffin cannot contain his chickens on his property,” Bean said, noting that the winged vandals are tearing up flower beds and in general making a nuisance of themselves.

Pam Griffin said they have put up fencing, but the scofflaw birds are ignoring it. She plans to increase the border security.

“I do not want to affect

anyone’s quality of life with my chickens,” she said of her flock, which currently numbers seven hens and one rooster.

“I’m all about chickens,” Ewart said. “I like to eat them.”

“I like to eat other people’s chickens,” Griffin replied.

Despite Commissioner Bart Carey’s warning that “once you zone it agricultural, it’s agricultural,” opening the door for many more uses neighbors may find objectionable, commissioners voted 9-3 to approve the rezoning.

Note: Last week we reported that MPC staff was recommending denial of the final plat for Brandywine at Turkey Creek Phase I because the town of Farragut had not issued a letter signing off on the development. The letter in question has since been received, and MPC approved the concept plan.

Carter Elementary project is moving Plans for a new Carter Elementary School are moving forward. Hugh Holt, director of purchasing for Knox County, told the Shopper-News last week that “final agreement” on a letter of intent for development is near, and the plan should be submitted to the school board, County Commission and the Industrial Development Board in July.

“We’ll be asking the school board to transfer the property to the IDB,” Holt said.

The formerly proposed capital leasing option is now off the table. Holt said Knox County finance director John Troyer is working with Ron McPherson, his counterpart at the school system, on ways to fund construction of the new school.

The best news for parents of Carter Elementary School children?

“If everything works out, we could be breaking ground in September,” Holt said.

– Larry Van Guilder

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by KCSO’s Lee Trammel while talking to Mike Arms on a cell phone.

■ David Keith might challenge for the Jamie Woodson senate seat as a Democrat, according to talk in Nashville.

Then again, he might not.

Woodson polled almost 70 percent against the last D who ran.

■ Tim Burchett, speaking in Gibbs, said there’s good news and bad news when his wife, Allison, shops for shoes on eBay. “I showed her how to

buy a pair of $100 shoes for $20, so she bought five pairs.”

■ Auditor Richard Walls told commissioners he had a 15-minute presentation, and commission chair Mike Hammond fell back on his radio experience to advise: “Sound bites used to be 30 seconds and now they are 10. There is a reason.”

■ Law Director Joe Jarret had a good line when we asked him what lawyer is drawing up those athletic department contracts (where UT has paid $10 million for people to leave). “Nobody who’s looking out for his client,” said Jarret.

■ Brad Anders at budget hearings got personal when talking about eliminating commissioners’ car allowances (now a flat $300 per month). “It’s not going to kill

me (to lose it), but it’s nice,” he said. “I’m not rich like (Richard) Briggs and R. Larry (Smith).”

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You can go home again Touring the Thomas Wolfe Memorial A SHEVILLE, N.C. – The seeds of literary greatness were first planted in the yellow Victorian house at 48 Spruce Street known as Old Kentucky Home.

It was here that Thomas Wolfe would move, at age 6, with his mother, Julia, who turned the Queen Anne-influenced home into a boardinghouse. It was here that he would spend the rest of his childhood, dreaming dreams, noticing neighbors and creating the series of moments we call life that would later inspire his first and most lauded novel, “Look Homeward, Angel.”

And it was here he would return, years later, after his book made him a pariah for a time in his own hometown.

Julia Wolfe didn’t go into business for herself because she needed the money. Her husband, W.O., ran a monument shop that supported the family. But she was a feisty woman of Scots-Irish descent, obsessed with real estate, remembered later as a shrewd business owner.

When she bought the home in 1906 and prepared to move into it, W.O. balked, saying that he didn’t want to live with strangers in a drafty old house. So, he and five of the Wolfe children stayed at the family’s nearby home at 92 Woodfin Street. Only Thomas would accompany his mother to the boardinghouse.

Wolfe’s parents have been described as “kind of like Tennessee Williams characters, larger than life.” W.O. loved the theater and kept a copy of Shakespeare’s plays by his bed. It is said that he memorized many of them by heart and would often quote passages from “King Lear” while intoxicated.

He was once arrested for public drunkenness and it is believed that marital estrangement played a part in both Julia’s decision to buy the boardinghouse and W.O.’s decision not to move there.

Thomas would never have his own room at the boardinghouse.

His mother sacrificed her own living space, too, preferring to leave as much room as possible for the boarders. When she opened for business, Julia charged $1 per day for rooms, which included breakfast and supper. She would later send young Tom down to the Asheville train station to pass out advertisement cards to arriving tourists.

Today, the home is the stateowned Thomas Wolfe Memorial and displays a representation of daily life in the boardinghouse.

It is preserved largely intact, with the major exception being renovations required after someone

Thomas Wolfe and his works, particularly “Look Homeward, Angel,” inspired author Pat Conroy to the point that Conroy said that while reading the book “I learned that there was a connection between literature and ecstasy.” William Faulkner considered Wolfe his generation’s best writer.

believed to be a drunken reveler threw a firebomb into the home in July 1998. The six-year restoration cost $2.4 million.

During the boardinghouse’s heyday, the dining room would have served as many as 30 at one time.

Dinner was sometimes served in two shifts and was peppered with Southern-fried staples as well as Julia’s notoriously watered down coffee. The tour guide told us that Julia “put lard in everything, be it a vegetable or dessert.”

“Are you talking about Paula Deen?” somebody cracked.

Around the time Thomas left for college in 1916, Julia updated the house with electricity, more indoor plumbing (then a rarity) and additional rooms.

Thomas Wolfe is considered by many to be the most autobiographical major American writer. When

TALES OF TENNESSEE | Marvin West othing like this has ever happened at the University of Tennessee. To quote Elvis, everything is all shook up.

Out past the plateau, Vanderbilters are snickering at our discomfort. Five years of confusion continues and there is not yet a flicker of light at the end of the tunnel. Well, Joan Cronan is a temporary plus.

Coaches and presidents have been coming and going at a record pace. Makes you wonder about those doing search and select.

The Big Orange is again featured in another instability scramble. What we have this week is fragmentation, pros and cons, some for, some against, some version of chaos and a royal mess. To make it worse, money and perks are blowing in the wind.

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Wolfe sat at this desk in his mother’s boardinghouse to write “Return,” a piece for the Asheville Citizen-Times, in 1937 following a sevenyear exile from the city after the controversial reaction of many of its citizens to the heavily autobiographical “Look Homeward, Angel.”

The writing shown on the table is hand-written manuscript of “Return.”

Thomas Wolfe is buried at Riverside Cemetery in Asheville. His gravestone reads: “The last voyage, the longest, the best,” a quote from “Look Homeward, Angel.

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Visitors tour outside the Thomas Wolfe Memorial, the Victorian house called “Old Kentucky Home” that the novelist’s mother ran as a boardinghouse from 1906 to 1945. The home and much of Wolfe’s early life in Asheville would serve as the inspiration for his first novel, “Look Homeward, Angel.” The house gained its name because its original owner was from Kentucky. Photos by Jake Mabe

committee on infractions and don’t worry too much about the forthcoming trip to hell, the man overboard may remain the focal point for a few more days.

Did he jump? Was he pushed?

Does it matter? We know he did not drown.

Athletic director Mike Hamilton, a God-fearing man known for integrity and fundraising instead of people management and public relations skills, says he resigned of his own free will, to calm the storm and aid the school. It was a classy exit.

Chancellor Jimmy Cheek, prepped to appear calm but probably overmatched, says he accepted the decision at face value.

I, being suspicious of this establishment, say the whole deal was brokered. Somewhere in the background is super agent Jimmy Sexton.

Can you believe Cheek signed

he wrote “Look Homeward, Angel,” he included thinly-disguised versions of his own family (sometimes not even bothering to change their first names), friends, boarders at Old Kentucky Home (called Dixieland in the novel) and roughly 200 other Asheville citizens. When Julia read the novel, she reportedly kept a running commentary, saying “now he’s insulting this person or that person.”

Writing from New York, Wolfe tried to warn his family and the town folk, saying, “Please don’t take it personally. It’s a work of art.”

In the posthumously published novel “You Can’t Go Home Again” he wrote that “he supposed that there might even be a protest here and there and he tried to prepare himself for it. But when it came, it went so far beyond anything he had feared might happen.”

off on a going-away present of $1,547,615.42 plus a lifetime gift of eight season tickets and two preferred parking places for football and basketball? If you read the fine print, there may be complimentary cars, free phones and food stamps.

Of course Mike went out the open door. Of course Cheek declined to discuss the bag of treats at the historic press conference.

If you go heavy on wins and losses and rules violations, Mike Hamilton was mostly a mistake as athletic director. Doug Dickey made it in 2003, on his way back to Florida. He pushed the promotion of his associate as his replacement.

Hamilton was all-world at picking pockets, growing the budget and building facilities but ill equipped to choose and direct high-octane coaches. His timing was brutal.

He correctly identified a football decline but picked homecoming week to fire Phillip Fulmer.

As it was explained to me, the AD feared the coach might end up with eight victories and create a small dilemma, qualifying for an extension and raise while termination was in the works.

Hamilton erred before that. He mistook the rallies of 2006 and 2007 for complete restoration

A typical boarder’s room at “Old Kentucky Home.”

Letters were sent to Wolfe saying, “If you know what’s good for you, you’ll stay in New York.”

Some threatened to tar and feather him in the city square if he came home. The book was banned for a time from the Asheville public library. Wolfe stayed away for seven years.

Ironically, when he did return, this time as a respected American

novelist, he had become a source of pride.

“By then he was so famous that people were insulted if they weren’t in the book,” our tour guide said.

Guess you can go home again after all.

Call Jake Mabe at 922-4136 or e-mail JakeMabe1@ aol.com. Visit him online at jakemabe.blogspot. com, on Facebook or at Twitter.com/HallsguyJake.

Visiting the Thomas Wolfe Memorial The Thomas Wolfe Memorial visitor’s entrance is located at 52 North Market St., Asheville, NC 28801. Admission is $1 for adults and 50 cents for students. It is closed on Mondays and on major holidays. For hours and other info, call 828-253-8304 or visit www.wolfememorial.com.

and signed off on that infamous contract with the six-million-dollar buyout clause. The university is still paying. And paying.

Despite the character reference from Al Davis, Hamilton hired Lane Kiffin because he would bring his daddy as defensive coordinator. This was going to be the beginning of a return to glory.

You know how that turned out.

Firing a cantankerous baseball coach didn’t trouble me as much as hiring a poor replacement.

Consolidating men’s and women’s track saved three dollars but didn’t provide desired results.

Replacing Buzz Peterson was expensive but had to be. I do believe Ernie Grunfeld picked Bruce Pearl for Hamilton. I thought that was a stroke of genius. Pearl was a tremendous salesman who could also coach some. I now think Bruce simply outsmarted himself. I also think Hamilton had no clue what was happening.

Supporting Pearl was one error. Undermining Pearl on the eve of the tournament was another. Firing Pearl was an awkward necessity. That was also the end of Hamilton – unofficially.

This is a very thin summation of Hamilton’s time as athletic director. He oversaw the solicitation of a fortune in gifts and grants but

did not choose and manage coaches who won championships.

In fact, championships are pipe dreams. The Volunteers are nowhere close in the two sports that earn their keep. Both are awaiting sentencing that will kick them backwards. Successful athletic directors at Tennessee have a steelcable connection to winning football games. That is what pays the bills. Six and seven won’t get it.

Amid this plight, a good man is packing for departure. Among those in athletics, Mike is high or better in character. Among compassionate East Tennesseans, Mike is outstanding.

Resigning as athletic director was the correct thing to do. Hamilton support was outnumbered by critics. He was the proverbial lightning rod. This entire calamity was dumped at his desk because those who really caused it were already gone.

Experience says change is not necessarily good or bad. The net result depends on who is next in line and what they do with a golden opportunity. Possibly, hopefully, Cheek has some idea what Tennessee needs. Maybe his national search will discover a correct choice for a change. The other kind of change is very expensive.

Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com.

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The best friend the Smokies ever had Carlos C. Campbell (1892-1978) CROSS CURRENTS | Lynn Hutton HISTORY AND MYSTERIES | Dr. Jim Tumblin

The joys of the fathers

Carlos C. Campbell was born Aug. 6, 1892 in the Sevier County community of Kodak, within sight of Mt. LeConte. After his reluctant first hike to Mt. LeConte in October 1924, Mr. Campbell was hooked. His enthusiasm for the mountains sparked that day was extinguished only by his death in 1978, at age 86.

The Lord passed before (Moses), and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for the thousandth generation, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, yet by no means clearing the guilty, but visiting the iniquity of the parents upon the children and the children’s children, to the third and fourth generation.”

(Exodus 34: 6-7 NRSV)

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o writes Rebecca Campbell Arrants in a book she assembled from her grandfather’s reminiscences, “Memories of Old Smoky: Early Experiences in the Great Smoky Mountains.”

Campbell himself authored “Birth of a National Park in The Campbell house on Gibbs Drive in Fountain City is representathe Great Smoky Mountains,” tive of the street’s distinctive architecture. first published in 1960. It describes his role and the obstacles that had to be overcome close-up of Mount LeConte too busy. Here you are at the before the park’s 1934 estab- from the crest of Sugarland Chamber of Commerce, supMountain. posedly in a position to tell lishment. people what we have around The third hike was an orBut for the persistence of here, and you don’t know a deal, but left him no less enCampbell and a small band darned thing about it!” thusiastic.

At daylight, Campof dedicated proponents the bell and companion Bob Campbell acquiesced and nation’s most visited national Bruner caught the logging took his first hike to Mount park might never have been train that left Elkmont. The LeConte in October 1924. developed. track bed was so curvy and Years later he recalled the Carlos Clinton Campbell steep that a Shea engine with thrilling sights from its two was the first of seven children vertical drive shafts was nec- main observation points. of George Marshall and Reba essary to negotiate the sharp When reading his first perMoore Campbell. The family curves. The terrain eventually moved to Knoxville when he became so steep that even fre- son account of the hike one was 12. Campbell graduated quent switchbacks would not can conclude that Campbell gained a lifetime appreciation from Central High in 1912. permit use of the engine and of the mountains, one that At the urging of his uncle, flat cars from that level. They a general physician, Camp- were pulled up the mountain perhaps marked the genesis bell entered the Lincoln Me- by a steel cable powered by of his intensified preservation morial Medical School (then a gasoline engine to a place efforts.

As a Chamber executive, located in Knoxville) and at- near the pinnacle.

Campbell took every importended for one year. While There, Campbell and Brunstudying “Gray’s Anatomy” er left the rail car and hiked tant visitor to the mountains. one evening, he noted a nine- the remainder of the way, pos- Campbell, UT botany profespage passage of very fi ne print sibly a mile, to the pinnacle sor Dr. L.R. Hesler and local devoted to the description of near the state line and then florist and hiker Brockway just the outside of the hu- walked another mile along Crouch took visiting Cornell man liver. He later would say, the crest before returning to University professor Dr. E.L. “That was too detailed for my meet the afternoon run of the Palmer to Mount LeConte. rambling nature.” Medicine’s primitive cable car. They nev- Palmer was impressed and loss proved to be the conser- er knew exactly where they reported on the trip in Nature magazine, for which he was vation movement’s gain. had hiked but thought it was In 1920 Campbell be- between Clingman’s Dome the associate editor.

Campbell volunteered to came assistant manager of and Cold Springs Knob. furnish the photographs for the Knoxville Chamber of Due to work and family obCommerce and later became ligations, Campbell was un- the story. Another hobby was its manager. As a charter able to visit the mountains born. Throughout the years, member of the Great Smoky much until a life-changing Nature and National GeoMountains Conservation As- event occurred. George F. graphic published Campbell’s sociation, he developed a Barber, physical director of nature photographs. Eventukeen interest in conservation the YMCA, invited a group to ally he assembled a huge coland felt that Knoxville and accompany him on a hike to lection of color slides of the the surrounding area, includ- Mount LeConte. His brother, Great Smokies and presented ing the business community, Charles, a prominent Knox- lectures to area groups.

His interest in the park could benefit from a national ville architect, asked Campand the influence of hiking park. bell to join them. Campbell companions enhanced his In 1922, he was a scout- answered, “I’m too busy.” master and accompanied his Barber replied, “You tell me long-standing appreciation troop to a two-week summer that you are too busy to climb of wildflowers. In 1962, he program at Camp LeConte in one of the grandest moun- co-authored “Great Smoky the Wonderland Park of Elk- tains of the east. If, instead, I Mountains Wildflowers” with mont. He took three hikes, the had asked you to go with me William F. Hutson, Hershal first along the bank of Laurel to Yellowstone you would not L. Macon and A.J. Sharp. The Branch to Laurel Falls which be too busy but you’d jump at book is now in its expanded 1 11/23/2010 8:26:08 AM opportunity.

Because this and revised fifth edition and at the timemovedadShopper-News.ai was not even a the beaten path. On his second is something virtually in our is a must for anyone interesthike he experienced his first back yard, you tell me you are ed in wildflowers.

The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.

(Mark Antony, in Julius Caesar, Act III, scene 2, by William Shakespeare)

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Carlos C. Campbell was one of the early proponents of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park whose books contributed greatly to the popularity of the nation’s most visited national park. Photo courtesy of the C.M. McClung Historical Collection

Campbell and his wife, Ida Watson Campbell, moved to Fountain City’s Gibbs Drive in 1922, where they raised their three children. He was employed by the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce until 1928, then with the Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company until his death.

His contributions to the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park were recognized and rewarded. He was appointed an Honorary National Park Ranger in 1973. The Carlos C. Campbell Memorial Research Fellowship was established in 1978. The Carlos C. Campbell Overlook in the Park was dedicated in 1981.

Campbell passed away on Aug. 19, 1978, at age 86. He and Ida are buried in Lynnhurst Cemetery.

Edward J. Meeman, a former editor of the News Sentinel and national park movement supporter, wrote in his autobiography that “Carlos C. Campbell ... became the best informed man on the Great Smoky Mountains, the most understanding, courageous and persistent friend the park project, and later the park itself, ever had.”

n my work, I frequently see folks – children, teens, young adults and seniors – who reflect their treatment at the hands of their fathers. When I meet someone who is handing down to another generation the same crippling anger and roughness they received, or someone whose spirit was clearly crushed at a young age, my heart aches, and I turn to one or another of my colleagues and opine, “And that is what it means when the Bible says the sins of the fathers are visited upon the children, to the third and fourth generation.”

We parent the way we were parented. It is almost always true, barring some intervening and life-changing event, that if our parents were loving, fair and fi rm, that is how we will treat our children. On the other hand, if our parents were harsh, hateful and unpredictable – well, that is also a learned pattern.

It is sad to see people whose lives have been twisted or ruined by a parent. There are those who can rise above a disastrous childhood, but it takes enormous healing and unfathomable forgiveness. I have heard one man in this town tell his story – and you would recognize his name – a story of abuse and abandonment, of heartbreak and wrenching sadness. Yet somehow, through the miracle of one loving presence, he was able to grow into a extraordinary man and a leader in the community.

Next Sunday is Father’s Day, and we will celebrate our fathers, living and dead, who loved us and taught us and encouraged us and held us accountable. We will remember their lessons, their example, their faults and their love.

I remember my own laughing daddy on the way to church that last morning of his life.

The time we had him was too short by far, but the memory of him – his smile, his blue, blue eyes, his integrity – live on, shaping my heart forever.

Because of that early loss, which has colored my life in ways that I am still discovering, I watch fathers with their children, especially with their daughters. I study how they interact and wonder how Daddy and I would have gotten along as adults.

I hope that your memories of your father (or father-figure) are fi lled with joy and thanksgiving. It is my prayer that it is the joys, rather than the sins, of your father that are visited on you and your children and your children’s children.

And if your father is living, call him, visit him, thank him. Share a memory. Tell a story.

Listen to him. Tell him you love him.

Happy Father’s Day!

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POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS • JUNE 13, 2011 • A-9 a.m. each Sunday in the church gymnasium. The Rev. Dr. William “Bill” Justice leads the class. Info: 577-7130 or e-mail wg_justice@comcast.net.

CONDOLENCES ■ Mynatt Funeral Homes Inc. (922-9195 or 688-2331): Ray L. Ault Lucinda Creech Hansard The Rev. Thomas James “Jim” Holt Ransom Kiser Horace Franklin Lovell Michelle Nedrow Ernest T. Payne Jr. Cynthia G. Bright Rodriguez Ann “Momma Ann” Sellers Betty Ruth Webb ■ Stevens Mortuary (524-0331): Jesse French Gose John Sidney Groseclose, Ph.D. Chad Winters

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Special services

Gregg to speak at KFL Lonnie Gregg will be the guest speaker for the Knoxville Fellowship luncheon at noon Tuesday, June 14. The KFL is a group of Christian men and women that meets weekly at the Golden Corral in Powell. restaurant in Karns. Info: www. beaverridgeumc.com.

Community services ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, takes orders for Angel Food Ministries by phone or in person the Saturday before each distribution.

The distribution of the food is usually the third Saturday of each month from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Info: 228-9299 or the church office, 690-0160.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC Food Pantry hands out food to local families in need 1-2 p.m. every Monday and 7-8 p.m. every first Monday. Donations and volunteers are welcome.

Info: 690-1060 or www. beaverridgeumc.com.

Music services ■ Christ UMC, 7535 Maynardville Pike, sponsors bluegrass each second Sunday during the 8:45 a.m. service.

■ Freeway Church of God, 3282 Hinds Creek Road at Norris Freeway, will host Cliff Adkins and the New Calvary Echoes 6 p.m. Sunday, June 19. Info: 567-9600.

Rec programs

■ Cross Roads Presbyterian hosts the Halls Welfare Ministry food pantry from 6-8 p.m. each second Tuesday and from 9-11 a.m. each fourth Saturday.

Fundraisers and sales ■ New Liberty Baptist Church, 5901 Roberts Road in Corryton, will have a rummage sale 7 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 18.

■ New Liberty Baptist Church, 5901 Roberts Road in Corryton, will host a benefit supper, auction and singing 4-6 p.m.

Friday, June 17. All proceeds benefit 8 year-old cancer patient Haley Stanifer, who is going to Vanderbilt for a Bone Marrow Harvest.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC will receive 10 percent of the total purchases made 5-8 p.m. each Thursday at the Sonic

■ Bookwalter UMC, 4218 Central Avenue Pike, is looking for vendors for its fall festival to be held Oct. 1. Info: 584-2995.

■ Trinity UMC, 5613 Western Ave., will host Alive@35 for anyone ages 35-55. Info: email tonyajelf@gmail.com or call 357-6134.

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

■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway hosts ZUMBA exercise class in the Family Life Center gym at 9 a.m. Tuesdays and 4 p.m. Thursdays. Cost is $2 per class. Low-Impact Aerobics Classes will continue to meet 4:45 to 5:45 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Info: 690-1060.

Senior programs ■ Black Oak Heights Baptist Church, 405 Black Oak Drive, hosts a Bible study class for seniors without a partner 9:30

■ Mountain View Baptist Church, 2974 Cecil Ave., will have Father’s Day Breakfast 10:30 a.m. Sunday, June 19.

There will be Dippin’ Donuts, juice and coffee. Everyone is invited. Info: 525-4192.

■ Cornerstone Baptist Church, 2500 Mynatt Road, will host a community backyard Bible study 5 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, June 24, for ages 5 to adult, which will include bible study, crafts, food, face painting and other activities. Info: 687-9012.

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■ Bell Road Worship Center, 7321 Bell Road, offers Cafe Connection at 6 p.m. Sundays. This is a time of fellowship, snacks, coffee, tea and informal Bible study.

■ The Shepherd of the Hills Baptist Church now offers an Internet prayer line. Anytime you have a prayer or concern, call the line and leave a message. Someone will be praying about the request with you within 24 hours. Prayer line: 484-4066.

Women’s programs ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, will host Women’s Bible Study 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the church library on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The group’s five-week study will be Henri Nouwen’s “The Return of the Prodigal Son – A Story of Homecoming.” Info: The Rev. Glenna Manning, 690-1060; www. beaverridgeumc.com.

Workshops and classes ■ Mt. Calvary Toast Masters meet 6:45 p.m. the fourth Wednesday of each month in the library at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, 1807 Dandridge Ave. The group is for people 18 years and older who want to improve their public speaking and leadership skills. Info: Becki Staley, 704-719-6780 or email BeckiStaley@gmail.com.

■ Fairview Baptist Church, 7424 Fairview Road off East Emory Road, hosts a Celebrate Recovery program 7-9 p.m.

Thursdays.

■ New Hope Baptist Church,

7602 Bud Hawkins Road in Corryton, hosts Celebrate Recovery adult and youth classes 7 p.m. Tuesdays and 12-step class 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays.

Info: 688-5330.

■ Shiloh Baptist Church, 6645 Ridgeview Road, is a new church that meets 10 a.m. for Sunday school, 11 a.m. for morning worship, 6 p.m. for Sunday night service and 7 p.m. for Wednesday Bible study. A new study in the Book of Revelation will be held 6 p.m. Sundays until completion.

Info: the Rev. Wade Wamack, 405-2793.

Youth programs ■ Fountain City UMC has preschool openings available for all age groups for the 20112012 school year. Info: Susan Todd, 689-5518 or email her at stodd@fountaincityumc.org.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, has open registration for Summer 2011 and the 2011-2012 school year (preschool and parent’s day out). Info: Lori or Lisa, 531-2052 or visit www.beaverridgeumc. com.

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The East Tennessee Technology Access Center will host a webcast at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 22, on the FEMA and DHS initiative “Planning for the Whole Community.”

The program’s panelists will discuss elements of the nation’s emergency planning process and how to define and serve people with access and functional needs in the event of a disaster.

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■ Graveston Baptist Church Parents’ Day Out program is enrolling children ages 11 months to pre-k. Prices are $145/month for two days a week, $85/month for one day a week. Info: Michelle, 465-9655.

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■ Dayspring Church, 906 Callahan Drive, suite 109, is a nondenominational congregation worshiping in a “come as you are” atmosphere.

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A-10 • JUNE 13, 2011 • POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS

The nuclear option We’ve been trying to potty train Daniel for more than a year now, and so far, we’ve been thwarted by a common problem of male offspring: the little guys just don’t care.

Shannon Carey

moms101 Daniel will go tinkle on the potty when we ask him to, but sometimes he actively resists, wailing his signature cry of “Don’t want to!” As far as No. 2 goes, he won’t sit on the potty long enough to do the deed.

That is, until I instituted the last resort, what I’m calling Nuclear Option Potty Training.

I hear you potty activists out there bemoaning my insistence that my 3-yearold at least have one poop in the toilet before he hits kindergarten. Well, to put it politely, go jump. Daniel knows when he’s pooped, knows when he’s about to poop. Somehow, I’ve just

Boys and Girls Club joins Safe Place The Halls/Powell Boys and Girls Club, located at 1819 Dry Gap Pike, has joined Child and Family Tennessee’s list of Safe Places.

The program posts yellow and black diamondshaped signs in local businesses where teens can seek help when they feel they have nowhere else to turn.

Participating businesses are trained to call Safe Place when a teen asks for

not made it worth his while to stop what he’s doing and visit the toilet to do it.

The plan was simple, and borrowed from many, many theories on potty training.

First, partial nudity. We had tried putting Daniel in underpants, but they seemed to confuse him. Perhaps they felt too much like a diaper. I cleared off a weekend so all three of us could stay at home, and Saturday morning I put Daniel in a long Tshirt and nothing else.

Second, rewards. I filled a Mason jar with M&M’s and put it in the middle of the kitchen table. I explained that Daniel would get two for pee and five for poop in the potty. I also promised him that we’d buy him a brand new toy the first time he pooped in the potty.

Third, location. I moved Daniel’s little potty from the bathroom into our living space, centrally located and with a good view of the TV. On Saturday, we had a few accidents and no No. 2 in the potty. We called the game for bedtime.

On Sunday, Zac and I were sipping our morning coffee, and Daniel was sitting on my lap, watching Curious George. Daniel slid

help. The teen can then request an on-site counseling session and the Safe Place staff will help them weigh their options. Info: www.child-family.org.

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off my lap, leaned on the table and stood on one leg. I knew it was time.

“Buddy, do you need to go poop?”

“Yeah,” he said.

“OK, then run to the potty!”

He ran and sat. Meanwhile, Zac and I tried to act casual and give him some privacy.

“Honey, is he doing it?” I whispered.

“Yes!” Zac replied, looking sidelong towards the potty station.

I think we woke the neighbors with the resulting jubilation.

I stared down at the results, the thing I’d been waiting more than a year to see, the thing that would mean an end to expensive diapers, with a big, goofy smile on my face.

Meanwhile, a small voice in the back of my head said, “Shannon, that’s poop. Are you seriously that happy about poop?”

Absolutely.

And Daniel’s so proud of himself. He’s done the deed on the potty every morning since then, and every time he jumps up and down shouting, “Yay, Daniel!”

Amen, little buddy.

Amen.

Contact Shannon Carey at shannon@ ShopperNewsNow.com.

option to take with them a new set of underwear.

The Board of Trustees for the Center approved the project, which will begin July 1.

The center holds children ages 12-17. Some who are brought to the facility are wearing underwear in bad condition. There is not money in the budget for this project, thus the need for the ministry. Area churches have volunteered to help with this project. Info: Richard L. Bean, 215-6500.

PandaMania VBS 6:15 to 9 p.m.

June 13-17. Info: 546-0001 or www.newbeverly.org.

■ New Fellowship Baptist Church, 4624 Nora Road, 6 to 8:30 p.m. June 20-24. Info or transportation: 688-1073 or 363-0916.

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■ New Hope Baptist Church, 7602 Bud Hawkins Road, Corryton, Big Apple Adventure VBS 6:30 to 9 p.m. through June 17. Family night Broadway musical will be June 17. There will be classes for all ages. Info or to register: 688-5330.

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VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL ■ Bethany Baptist Church, 6705 Raccoon Valley Road, Big Apple Adventure VBS 7-9 p.m. June 20-24, ages 3 through adult.

Info: Jean, 922-2818.

■ Black Oak Ridge Baptist Church, 6404 Old Maynardville Pike, Big Apple Adventure VBS, 6:30 to 9 p.m. June 13-17, ages 3 and older. Classes for youth and adults, nursery provided.

Meals served each night. Friday night is Family Night. Info: 254-3363.

■ Cedar Grove Baptist Church, 9711 Norris Freeway in Powell, 7-9 p.m. June 20-24. Class for all ages. Info: Heather, 659-2048.

■ Cedar Ford Baptist Church, at the intersection of Tazewell Pike and Highway 61 in Luttrell, Gold Rush VBS 6:30 to 9 p.m. June 19-24. Classes for all ages. Transportation provided if needed. Info: 992-0216.

■ Central Baptist Church of Fountain City, 5364 North Broadway, Big Apple Adventure VBS 9 a.m. to noon, June 13-17, preschool (age 3 before Sept. 30) through rising 6th grade. Info or to register: www.cbcfc.org or 688-2421.

Inside Out and Upside Down on Main Street VBS 6:30 to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, June 13-17, for 3 through teens. Supper served each night. Info: Linda Merritt, 992-0682.

■ Community Baptist Church, 738 Highway 61 West, Big Apple Adventure VBS 7-9 p.m.

June 20-24. Classes for all ages.

Info: 742-9702.

■ Corryton Church, 7615 Foster Road, Corryton, SonSurf Beach VBS 9 to 11:15 a.m. Sundays through Aug. 7, kindergarten through 5th grade. Info: 6883971.

■ Fairview Baptist Church, 7424 Fairview Road, Corryton, Big Apple Adventure VBS 6-9 p.m.

June 19-24. Info or to register: www.fairviewbaptist.com or 687-5648.

■ Grace Baptist Church, 7171 Oak Ridge Highway, The Adventure Squad 2011 VBS 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. June 22-24, ages 2 years through 5th grade.

Nightly giveaways. Info or to register: www.gracebc.org.

■ Greenway Baptist Church, 2809 Adison Ave., The Big Apple Adventure VBS 6:30 to 8:45 p.m. through Friday, June 17. Info: 687-5369.

■ House Mountain Baptist Church, 8621 Washington Pike, Corryton, 6:30 p.m. June 13-17.

■ Church at Sterchi Hills, 904 Dry Gap Pike, Big Apple Adventure VBS 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Monday, June 27, through Friday, July 1, kindergarten through adults. Info: 281-8718 or www.sterchichurch.com.

■ Karns Church of Christ, 6612 Beaver Ridge Road, The Battle Belongs to the Lord VBS, 6:30 to 8:45 p.m. June 26-29. Info: 691-7411.

■ Church of God of the Union Assembly, 336 Tazewell Pike,

■ New Beverly Baptist Church, 3320 New Beverly Church Road,

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■ New Liberty Baptist Church, 5901 Roberts Road in Corryton, 6:30 to 9 p.m. through Friday, June 17.

■ North Acres Baptist Church, 5803 Millertown Pike, Big Apple Adventure VBS 6:30 to 9 p.m. Sunday through Friday, June 12-17, for all ages. Info: 522-7590.

■ Powell Church, 323 W. Emory Road, Kingdom of the Son VBS 6 to 8:30 p.m. June 13-17, Knoxville ZooMobile on June 13, Family Night with inflatables and food June 17, 4 years through 5th grade. Info or to register: www.powellchurch. com or 938-2741.

■ Salem Baptist Church, 8201 Hill Road, Big Apple Adventure VBS 9 a.m. to noon, June 20-24, for all children ages 4 years through 5th grade. Info or to register: 922-3490 or www.salembaptisthalls.org.

■ Son Light Baptist Church, off Rifle Range Road, Inside Out and Upside Down on Main Street 6:45 to 9 p.m.

June 20-24. Classes for all ages. Dinner provided. Commencement will be 6 p.m.

June 26. Info: 922-5501.

■ Union Baptist Church, 6701 Washington Pike, will have PandaMania VBS 6:30 to 9 p.m.

June 26-30, 4 years through 5th grade. The kick-off party will be 5 p.m. Sunday, June 26, with food, inflatables and games. Info or to register: www.DiscoverUnion.org.

■ Union Baptist Church of Halls, 8244 Old Maynardville Highway, will have Big Apple Adventure VBS 6:30 to 9:15 p.m. through June 17. Info: www.unionbaptisthalls.org or 922-7714.

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POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS • JUNE 13, 2011 • A-11

Interns ‘paw around’ at PetSafe

By Tia Kalmon

Meet the Shopper interns

The pet friendly people at PetSafe gave our summer interns their first tour last Monday, showing us what makes PetSafe bark.

“The best years of my life are measured in dog years.”

(PetSafe Ethos Fund T-shirt)

Shater

By Tia Kalmon

Hughes

PetSafe is the brand name for Radio Systems Corporation, which was founded in 1991 with a single product, the In-Ground Radio Fence. Now the company has expanded to 400 worldwide employees and international offices in Canada, Great Britain and China.

The headquarters is located in west Knox County.

PetSafe is dedicated to pets, striving to create innovate products that will benefit all household animals. The company creates products such as wellness beds, kennels, wall entry doors and invisible fences for dogs and cats.

The interns went backstage at PetSafe, seeing the community of workers that president/CEO Randy Boyd has established. The visit began with Eleanor Marshall, marketing specialist for SportDog, who displayed products and discussed the Venture Series.

Mike Shater, dog trainer, led a tour of the PetSafe Village.

The Village includes several economy, luxury and executive suites and boarding areas for dogs and cats to stay while their owners are away. We saw some dogs participating in the Day Camp, four groups of dogs based on size.

Roughly 75 to 100 dogs participate daily in the Day Camp.

The PetSafe Village is complete with a kitchen, washers and dryers, and full-service grooming for cats and dogs, anything and everything to supply the need of animals.

Even if your dog got a little messy after playing in the dog park located next door, the Village has a selfservice bathing station to clean your dog before taking it back home.

“Working with animals is something that I have

Dalton Mullins, Jacob Mullins and Tyler Beard inspect the PetSafe Dog Park at Tommy Schumpert Park near Sterchi Hills. Photo by Jenna Kalmon

PetSafe Facts In the June 2011 edition of the Greater Knoxville Business Journal, reporter Larisa Brass interviewed Radio Systems founder and CEO Randy Boyd.

She wrote that the company has $300 million in sales and employs 480 people. It produces 4,000 pet products. It holds 53 patents with more than 100 patents pending.

Money quote: “If you’re creative and determined, you’re going to find a way. The first thing is to just go out and sell something.”

– Randy Boyd This dog hangs out in an indoor/ outdoor overnight suite at PetSafe.

Photo by Owen Sanders

Kittens (and pups) are available for adoption at the Young-Williams Animal Center on Kingston Pike. A major donation by PetSafe made the center possible.

Photo by S. Clark

always been good at. I’ve enjoyed it,” Shater said.

Lindsey Hughes, content specialist, led a tour of PetSafe’s innovative side.

She showed us the business side and we saw the call center, break room and the office spaces where all the tinkering and live action building of products happens.

“It is pretty awesome to work in a place like this and we take pride in doing it in Knoxville,” Hughes said.

Randy Boyd and PetSafe have provided the funds to create six public dog parks in Knox County. After our tour with PetSafe, we visited the Tommy Schumpert Dog Park to see their efforts in action.

“I really liked going to PetSafe because I love pets and this really interested me,” said intern Madison Noe. For more information on PetSafe, visit www.petsafe. net.

(Note: Tia Kalmon, a graduate of Hardin Valley Academy and Powell resident, is a former Shopper intern. Now a sophomore at the University of TennesseeChattanooga, Tia is coordinating this year’s intern program.)

The Shopper had 10 interns on our first outing with a few more to join up next week. Interns come to the Shopper offices in Halls and Farragut on Mondays during June and July to participate in the program.

The interns are in middle and high school and have differing personalities, but each has a goal to learn something this summer and we are excited to help. These interns will travel with us to local businesses to tour while they learn reporting, writing and photography. Each intern has wonderful potential and we are excited to see them grow and learn!

To our outstanding interns, may they pursue their dreams and learn a lot!

Tyler Alexis Beard, almost 14 and a Farragut resident, is a freshman at Knoxville Catholic High School.

Her favorite color is pink.

Beard likes to play soccer and hopes this program will be fun.

Jenna Kalmon, 17, is a senior at Hardin Valley Academy.

Her favorite color is yellow. In her free time she likes to crochet, take pictures and run. She may have a career in marketing.

Kathleen Karnes, 15, is a sophomore at West High School. Her favorite color is pink.

She participated in this program because her mom suggested it and it sounded like a good idea.

Caroline Longmire, 14, is a freshman at Gibbs High School.

Her favorite color is pink.

Her hobbies include sw imming, hanging out with friends and family, shopping, and a passion to travel. She would like to be a psychiatrist and obtain a degree in interior design. She participated in this program to meet new people and visit new places.

Elizabeth Longmire, 14, is a freshman at Gibbs High

School. Her favorite color is yellow. In her free time she likes to go sw imming, shopping, to football games and to be with friends.

Elizabeth would like to pursue a career in broadcasting or journalism.

Max McCoig, 15, is a sophomore at Bearden High School.

His favorite color is blue.

He likes to play baseball and collect baseball cards. Max wants to pursue a career as a sports announcer.

Dalton Mullins, 11, is in the 7th grade at Halls Middle School.

His favorite color is orange. He loves to play sports and would like to be a professional soccer player when he grows up.

Jacob Mullins, 11, is in the 6th grade at Halls Middle School.

His favorite color is blue.

He loves to play video games and would like to be a professional soccer player. He participated in this internship “to go places and learn.”

Madison Noe, 14, is a freshman at Halls High School. Her favorite colors are pink and navy blue. Madison is interested in journalism and would one day like to become a reporter, lawyer or photographer. She says this program is “a wonderful experience to be more knowledgeable about job options.”

Owen Sanders, 13, is in the 8th grade at Halls Middle School. His favorite color is blue and his hobby is sw imming.

He aspires to be an electrical engineer and entered this program because it sounded interesting.

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A-12 • JUNE 13, 2011 • POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS

Property sales post moderate increase Property transfers in Knox County saw a decent upswing last month, rebounding from a rather slow April. For the month ending on May 31, there were 738 land sales recorded by the Knox County Register of Deeds. The total value of property sold during the month was just more than $131 million.

HPUD gets ‘rebuilding’ award

The Hallsdale Powell Utility District (HPUD) has been honored for helping to rebuild Tennessee.

The utility’s Beaver Creek Wastewater Tr e at m e nt Cardwell Plant Expansion Project received the John S. Wilder Rebuild Tennessee Award at the recent Tennessee Development District meeting in Nashville.

“These awards represent the best in infrastructure:

generally large scale projects and improvements that are vital to the functioning of society and the economy,” said Terry Bobrowski, executive director of the East Tennessee Development District.

“The area we serve has grown immensely, so expanding our treatment plant to meet those needs and meeting the highest possible environmental standards was a challenge,” said Darren Cardwell, president and CEO of Hallsdale Powell.

“Beaver Creek is relatively small. With this state-ofthe-art project the water we

treat and put into the creek is cleaner than the water already flowing. We’re proud of that.”

The TDDA is an association of Tennessee’s nine development districts, which are regional planning and economic development organizations. Development districts assist local governments and communities with planning and economic development coordination, transportation, solid waste, loans and grants for water and sewer systems, housing, tourism, SBA loans, air Barbara Berney, manager of Community Chest of Knoxville, quality and services to the straightens items at the newest location, 1508 N. Central.

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realestatereport This data shows 116 more parcels changing hands in May than in April and an increase in total sales revenue of around $7 million. Despite the improved numbers, the spring surge normally experienced by real estate markets has yet to materialize substantially.

By comparison, in May of 2010 there were 813 property sales valued at a total of $150 million.

New mortgages and refinances remained at a rather slow pace. The amount loaned against property in May was approximately $179 million – almost identical to that of April – but was significantly less than the $332 million borrowed during May of last year.

The largest transfer of the month was for commercial property located at North Broadway and Karnes Avenue. The parcel sold for $3.72 million. The largest mortgage transactions were a $10.7 million loan against property off Middlebrook Pike in the West Hills area and a $6 million assumption agreement on Papermill Plaza.

Thus far real estate activity in 2011 is running fairly comparably to that of 2010. Through the first five months of 2011, there has been about $576 million worth of land sold in Knox County, compared to $595 million a year ago. Lending markets are seeing similar activity levels as well. So far in 2011, there has been approximately $1.08 billion loaned against property in the county. This time last year, about $1.17 billion had been loaned.

Community Chest opens branch

Goodwill opens off Merchant Road Goodwill Industries-Knoxville officially opened its 24th retail store with a ribbon-cutting last week.

On hand were executive vice president Liz Nother, retail production manager Johnny Lane, president/CEO Dr. Robert Rosenbaum, Russ Jensen and store manager Michael Hearon. The retail stores offer on-going training for students and employment opportunities for people with barriers to employment. Goodwill is located in Merchant’s Village at 5210 Schubert Road. Photo by Ruth White

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Thursday, June 16, 2011 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

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The Community Chest has opened a new site at 1508 N. Central.

The Community Chest is a nonprofit clothing and household item shop serving those in need through donations of goods from community members.

The store is filled with clothing for men, women and children, along with accessories, shoes, furniture, appliances, lamps and so much more.

Clothing sells for $1 each piece.

The mission of the Community Chest is to provide merchandise inexpensively and quickly.

Manager Barbara Berney and the staff offer a friendly shopping environment.

“We make a point to learn people’s names and we take time to listen to their struggles and stories,” she said. “We have a lot of friends at this store.”

The store currently needs men’s jeans and donations are accepted during business hours.

Extra funds from items sold at the Community Chest benefit the FISH Hospitality Pantries. FISH is a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization that provides food to more than 11,000 families each month and is located at 122 W. Scott Avenue.

Community Chest is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

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She was the driving force behind “Dog Days of Summer,” which the credit union began three years ago. Pet food and supplies are collected during July and distributed to the animal shelters in the counties where the credit union has branches. This program has received national recognition.

Enrichment Federal Credit Union has recognized Melissa Watkins for 35 years of service to the credit union, formerly known as K-25 FCU. Watkins started her career Watkins as the marketing director at a time when very few credit unions hired someone to promote the organization.

She is a graduate of UT

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