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Last week, the ShopperNews interns toured the Knox Area Rescue Ministries, the health department and ate lunch at the Knoxville Welcome Center during a WDVX Blue Plate Special concert.
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UT revitalization This is the revitalization time of Tennessee football, says Marvin West. “Hope is here. Rebirth is likely. Improvement is just around the corner. Derek Dooley is optimistic.” Marvin says, “There had to be changes.”
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Finding ‘Dallas’ Most college kids head to sandy beaches during the summer. When he was at UT, Jake Mabe went to Southfork. He reminisces about the 1998 trip on the heels of the new TNT cable TV version of the popular CBS-TV series “Dallas.” Among other things, Jake discovered that the ranch is not as big as it looks on TV.
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NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ
Customer appreciation days at Frontier Frontier Communications will host several customer appreciation events during Frontier Week, June 25 through July 1, at the Powell office, 2104 W. Emory Road. There will be a cookout at the office 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, June 28. There will be daily prize drawings, and Frontier team members will perform “random acts of kindness” at local businesses. Info: www.frontier.com.
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Planning for parks By Sandra Clark Planners are wrapping up the county’s North Sector Plan with substantial input from Powell residents and a thundering silence from Halls. MPC has conducted four public sessions to discuss the plan which establishes land use for 15 years. Sector plans are more difficult to amend now than in past years, a point noted by attorney Arthur Seymour Jr. who attended every session, possibly to influence extension of the Emory Road commercial district west of Central Avenue Pike. Seymour is not talking – at least to reporters. It’s interesting to see developers and large landowners involved at sector meetings while residents stay home, reacting to proposals as they come. Anyone wanting to vet the plan before its adoption by the Metropolitan Planning Commission and the Knox County Commission can see details online at www.knoxmpc.org. Lee Robbins is not passive. He advocates for greenways and bicycle routes at every opportunity. Robbins was at Powell last week, talking about a suburban bus line to serve Halls and Powell, possibly running at morning, midday and evening. “It takes a half day to get anything done downtown,” he said. “Buses would not have to run every hour or two.” Robbins also engaged planner Mike Carberry about proposals for parks in the north sector. The planning map is dotted with 5- to 20-acre neighborhood parks and a large 100- to 200-acre district park, now sited ominously close to the Clark family farm on Bull Run
Nathan Benditz of the MPC staff talks with Powell residents Willard “Snooks” Scarbro and David Dietz. Photos by S. Clark Creek. Cousins, beware! Carberry admitted there is no money in the county budget to acquire land and said parks often are created by community fund-raising through an agency such as the Legacy Parks Foundation, which assisted Halls residents in buying 11 acres for the Clayton Park. Knox County has large parks in deep west (Concord Park) and northwest (Melton Hill). It owns almost 400 acres in the Seven Islands Wildlife area in the southeast sector. “Ideally, we would have one really significant natural area of 100 to 200 acres in each sector,” Lee Robbins examines bike routes with MPC planner Mike Carberry. Carberry said.
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By Sandra Clark Hallsdale Powell Utility District will expand the Raccoon Valley wastewater plant, built 30 years ago for the World’s Fair. “Everything there is worn out,” said plant manager Nick Jackson. HPUD commissioners awarded a $2,504,550 contract to low bidder Judy Construction Company at last week’s meeting. The Raccoon Valley plant pumps treated wastewater into Bull Run Creek. The project will include a new generator and electrical backup in cases of power outage. It includes new blower equipment to introduce air to “bugs” which eat waste, and will increase both intake and output capacity, according to Jackson. “This will double our capacity at Raccoon Valley,” he said. The increased capacity could support commercial development around the Raccoon Valley and I-75 interchange, a component of
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the North Sector Plan being developed by the Metropolitan Planning Commission. HPUD commissioners also awarded a $167,800 contract to low bidder Bouchard & Sons of Nashville to upgrade electrical equipment at the Melton Hill Water Treatment Plant. Although six companies looked at the project, only two bid on it, said HPUD president Darren Cardwell. “We’re paying for this out of cash.” HPUD set 29 water meters and inspected 18 sewer connections in May. The utility treated 233.2 million gallons of water and 201.7 million gallons of wastewater. The longest discussion centered on who signs on bank accounts. The district operates 16 active accounts spread between Home Federal and Pinnacle banks. Each account requires two signatures to spend money. The next meeting is July 16 at 1:30 p.m.
Wright to take job in Williamson County By Jake Mabe Knox County Schools assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction Dr. Donna Wright has accepted a job with the Williamson County (Tenn.) Schools as assistant superintendent of middle and high schools. Wright, a Powell resident, is a former teacher at Powell High School and was principal at West High School before being promoted to the central office. She succeeded the late Sarah Simpson in her current role with Knox County Schools.
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Dr. Bill Bass and team, referred to as “The Bone Zones,” will entertain guests during a discussion of his forensic work at the UT Body Farm and his new book, “The Inquisitor’s Key,” on the back lawn of James White’s Fort. The event starts at 7 p.m. with refreshments and cash bar. Dr. Bass will speak at 8. Books will be for sale and autographed by Dr. Bass. Limited tickets are $75 and are available online at www. jameswhitesfort.org or by sending a check to James White’s Fort, 205 East Hill Ave., Knoxville, TN 37915. Ticket sales benefit preservation of James White’s Fort, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Info: 525-6514.
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