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SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

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HPUD celebrates 5 years violation-free

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Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett asks a question of plant manager Nick Jackson during his tour of the Hallsdalle Powell Utility District’s Beaver Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant. County commissioners Ed Shouse and R. Larry Smith also attended the luncheon with HPUD officials and staff that celebrated the district going five years without a violation at the Beaver Creek plant. Photo by Greg Householder

with the Powell Panther receivers See Greg Householder’s story on page A-9

End is near for Emory Road ‘cow path’ in Powell Haslam Administration sets funding for 5-lane to Clinton Highway See Larry Van Guilder’s story on page A-3

9/11 reminders The Emory Road DAR heard from a local company that worked with cleanup at Ground Zero. See story on page A-3

Arrested in the pulpit Wendy Smith writes on the colorful past of Knoxville’s First Presbyterian Church See story on page A-6

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Emory Road ‘cow path’ completion scheduled By Larry Van Guilder Construction could start next summer on the long-awaited widening and rerouting of Emory Road in Powell. State Rep. Bill Dunn calls the current road “five lanes leading into a cow path.” BRINK (Better Roads in North Knox) president Clark Hamilton prefers “an old wagon trail.” By any name you choose, improvements to this final segment of Emory Road are due. Dunn and Hamilton were among a group of citizens and East Tennessee lawmakers who met with Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner John Schroer in Nashville last week. Both came away highly pleased. “It was a very positive meeting,” Hamilton said. “We’re very encouraged.” He added that the meeting brought “good news” for Powell, Halls and Union County. In addition to the Emory Road project, work on state route 33 (Maynardville Pike) from Temple Acres Drive to the Union County line should begin by summer. Dunn expects contracts to be let on the Emory Road work as early as February or March. Although the project is entirely funded by the state, uncertainty about Tennessee’s share of federal funds factored into the timing of the project. The design calls for construction of a fivelane road on the south side of Beaver Creek, joining Clinton Highway beside the new Walgreens. The new road will bridge the railroad tracks and eliminate the low spot that fre-

Meet John Schroer TDOT Commissioner John Schroer was appointed by Gov. Bill Haslam. An Indiana native, Schroer received a bachelor’s degree in business from Indiana University. After graduation he moved to Tennessee and subsequently received an MBA from UT. He spent 10 years in the commercial real estate financing business before beginning a real estate development business. He was elected mayor of Franklin in 2007. John Schroer Schroer will be in Knox County this Thursday, Sept. 29, on one leg of a bus ride styled TDOT Project Tour 2011. Scheduled stops are 12:15 p.m. at Litton’s in Fountain City; 1:45 at CVS pharmacy on Emory Road near I-75; and SpringHill Suites at Turkey Creek in Farragut at 4:30. The day concludes with an open house hosted by Schroer at the Farragut Town Hall from 5:30 to 7 p.m. quently floods. The existing road will serve local traffic to downtown Powell businesses, residential areas, and the high and middle schools. Hamilton praised Dunn, state Sen. Randy McNally and state Rep. Steve Hall for their efforts, and he sees more improvements coming to the area soon. He noted, for example, that traffic routinely backs up for more than a mile at Emory Road and Callahan exits from I-75. “The commissioner agreed that’s not acceptable,” Hamilton said.

Linda “Snuff y” Smith, Commissioner R. Larry Smith (no relation) and MPC planner Mike Reynolds discuss land use maps at the North County Sector Plan forum at Halls Senior Center. Photo by S. Clark

North Sector Plan matters By Sandra Clark Come on, people. Let’s outnumber the planners at today’s (Sept. 26) meeting from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Powell Library on Emory Road. That wasn’t the case last week when MPC officials including the executive director, Mark Donaldson, came to Halls to discuss the North County Sector Plan. Fewer than five non-government folks were present. Sector plans set land use boundaries for 15 years. Property owners should care whether the land next door or down the street is developed for commercial or apartments. The days when developers just waved a rezoning past a favorable County Commission are no more. State law has put teeth into sector planning, and it’s harder to obtain changes. Planner Mike Reynolds is heading the north sector study, which includes Powell and Halls. The area has grown from 32,391 residents in 1990 to 42,557 in 2000 and is expected to top 52,261 by 2009. MPC is taking comments and will come with a concept plan, Reynolds said. If you can’t attend tonight’s meeting, contact Reynolds at 215-2500 or mike.reynolds@knoxmpc.org/.

Dawson Hollow disaster victims ‘just hanging on’ fered limited reassurance about “What’s going on with the de- the future. “We will always do our best to velopment on Childress Road?” ensure that all applicable gradCounty Commissioner Tony Norman wanted to know about the ing, construction and stormwater June 28 detention pond collapse at management regulatory policies a development atop Copper Ridge are strictly observed,” Van de Vate that sent a wall of contaminated said. He added that while new polwater rolling down onto the property below. It destroyed the home lutant discharge elimination stanof Gary and Marsha Carter, dam- dards will reduce the likelihood of aged Patty and David Dowling’s pond failures, there is “no plausihouse and eroded their front yard, ble way” for the county to guarandrowned wildlife and contami- tee failures won’t occur. nated a pristine lake on Chuck and Norman didn’t disguise his disMandy Parrott’s property at the satisfaction with Van de Vate’s refoot of the ridge. sponse, even after Commissioner Norman wanted to know why R. Larry Smith announced that it happened and how such catas- developer Rufus Smith Properties trophes can be prevented in the has agreed to build the Carters a future, so he asked Public Works new home. and Engineering chief Dwight Van Gary Carter, who has been livde Vate for answers at last week’s ing in a motel room with his wife commission workshop. Van de for three months, says that Smith’s Vate absolved the county of re- announcement is news to him, and sponsibility for the past and of- he agrees with Norman that the

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Gary Carter. Photo by Ruth White county should do more to protect homeowners. “Ma’am, I have not heard that statement from anybody except R.

Larry Smith when he showed up out here one day. Since that I haven’t heard anything about it,” he said. “This has been about the most miserable time of my life. Having to come home twice a day to take care of my animals and then leave it behind and go to the motel and spend the night – it’s just destroyed the way I think, the way I do and the way I act,” he said. Carter also takes issue with Van de Vate’s contention that drainage problems at the Rufus Smith site are under control. “It rained on Labor Day, and I was out on the back porch, reading. Water started coming down and I had to get off the porch or my feet were going to get wet. By noon, I couldn’t walk on the porch without walking in running water. … We’ve been dealing with this since June and we’ve got no future in sight.” To page A-2

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Dawson Hollow victims From page A-1

Patty Dowling, whose husband, David, built a detention pond in hopes of protecting their home from the Smith Properties runoff, says her family is still dealing with runoff every time it rains. Her husband and some friends dug a drainage ditch through the yard to keep the water away from the house and they have decontaminated the bedroom where their daughters, one of whom is disabled, sleep, but there is mold in other rooms of their living space and the bank behind the house is breaking down. “We haven’t suffered nearly as bad as the Carters, but our problem has been going on for a year. As that pond fi lled up, more water came over and it got worse and worse. We just can’t keep waiting and waiting and waiting and letting it get worse and us living in it.”

HEALTH NOTES ■ Alzheimer’s caregiver support group meets 6-7 p.m. each third Thursday at Elmcroft Assisted Living and Memory Care in Halls. Light refreshments. RSVP appreciated. Info: 925-2668. ■ Alzheimer’s support group meets 6:30 p.m. each first Thursday at Beaver Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 7225 Old Clinton Pike. Info: 938-7245. ■ Cancer survivor support groups, Monday evenings and Tuesday mornings and Tuesday evenings, at the Wellness Community, 2230 Sutherland Ave. Support groups for cancer caregivers, Monday evenings. Cancer family bereavement group is Thursday evenings. Info: 546-4661. ■ Chronic Pain and Depression support group meets at noon to 1:30 p.m. the third Thursday of every month at Faith Promise Church off Pellissippi Parkway. Info: Paula, 945-3810, or 748-1407. ■ Free prostate screening will be held by The University of Tennessee Medical Center’s Cancer Institute throughout September at different locations across East Tennessee. Appointments are required. Info: 6056970 or 1-877-UT-Cares. ■ Grief support groups at Fort Sanders Sevier Hospital 6 p.m. the first Thursday of each month; 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month at the Covenant Home Care Knoxville office; and 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. the fourth Wednesday of each month at the Covenant Home Care Oak Ridge office. Registration is required. Info or to register: 541-4500. ■ Lung cancer support group meets 6 p.m. the third Monday every month at Baptist West Cancer Center, 10820 Parkside Drive. No charge, light refreshments served. Info: Trish or Amanda, 218-7081. ■ October screening mammogram specials will be held Tuesday, Oct. 4, and Wednesday, Oct. 26, at Mercy North Breast Center, 7551 Dannaher Dr. Chocolate-covered strawberries, massages, gifts and more. To schedule, call 545-7771. ■ Stop Smoking: 215-QUIT (7848) is a program of the Knox County Health Department. The hotline is answered 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. ■ UT Hospice conducts ongoing orientation sessions for adults (18 and older) interested in becoming volunteers with its program. No medical experience is required. Training is provided. Info: 544-6279.

One of the tricky things about writing something on Thursday that will not be read until the following Monday is that I run the very real risk of jinxing a team, individual or whatever.

Dancers participate in the Twist contest at the Heiskell Sock Hop on Sept. 17. Photos by Greg Householder

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For example – while in my heart of hearts (and through first-hand observation of the team this year) I have little doubt that the Powell High School football Panthers came out of last Friday’s game victorious over the Karns Beavers. Powell is loaded with talent and has been putting up big numbers and well, Karns is still Karns and while the Beavers have notched the team’s best start in a number of years, they really have not beaten any quality opponents like the Panthers have. So in the hopes that I haven’t put the evil jinx on Powell – how about them Panthers? Friday is homecoming and Hardin Valley Academy comes to town and for the first time this year the team will do the Panther Walk. For those with short memories or who don’t follow football, the Panther Walker will begin at Laura Bailey’s Knoxville Realty Office and follow the orange paw prints to the school. Fans who want to cheer the Panthers on at the Panther Walk should line Emory Road at 5 p.m.

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Thus began the Friends of the 278th. After the regiment deployed to Iraq, Tamara found her living room packed with comfort items donated for the troops. She continued to solicit funds and found that there were lots of opportunities to help soldiers and their families. The first deployment was a rough one for the regiment and it lost soldiers. The Friends of the 278th later provided a memorial at Camp Shelby in honor of the fallen heroes. To help out, mail tax deductible donations to: Thomas Hill of the Knox North Lions Club chats with Tamara Friends of the 278th, P.O. Longworth of the Friends of the 278th at the Lions meeting Box 30804, Knoxville, TN last Wednesday. 37930 or visit the group’s website at www.friendsoftThough offi cially orga■ Heiskell Sock Hop nized as a 501(c)3 non-profit he278th.org. Not only was Sept. 16 the in 2010 the group actually date of the UT-Florida game got its start during the regi- ■ Powell Lions gear with a 3:30 p.m. kickoff, ments first deployment to up for parade and it was also the date of the Iraq in 2004-05. And it all craft show Heiskell Sock Hop sched- started with buses. uled during the meat of the The Powell Lions are After the regiment degame from 5-8 p.m. ployed to and completed gearing up for what has beWhile the Florida game its initial training at Camp come a Powell Christmas kept the crowd low this year, Shelby, Miss., and before it tradition – the community those that turned out had a went overseas, the soldiers craft fair in the morning great time. were granted a leave to visit and the Christmas parade with families before leav- in the evening. ■ Knox North Lions The craft fair will be from ing for Iraq. Unfortunately, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the first the Army does not provide and the Friends of transportation to and from Saturday in December (Dec. the 278th leave and many of the 278th 3). Interested vendors may The Knox North Lions soldiers found that they purchase booth space for heard from a little-known could not afford to make $20 for a 6X10 booth. group that is working hard the trip from Mississippi to The parade steps off to get the word out about Tennessee. from the Powell Place what it does. Up stepped Tamara. She Shopping Center (Food Tamara Longworth, was able to raise money with City at Emory and Clinton president and founder of the help of Grace Baptist Highway) at 5 p.m. the Friends of the 278th, Church in Karns and negotiAnyone interested in was the guest speaker. The ated a discounted rate from either the craft fair or the group supports the 278th a bus company and was able parade should email powArmored Cavalry Regiment to send enough chartered elllionsclub@ya hoo.com of the Tennessee National buses to Mississippi to bring or call Diane Wilkerson at the soldiers home. Guard. 640-1053.

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Emory Road DAR commemorates 9/11 flew airliners into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and were defeated by brave Americans in a field near Shanksville, Pa. On Sept. 17, the Emory Road Chapter of the DaughBy Greg Householder ters of the American RevoluSept. 11, 2001, is one of tion commemorated the 10th those seminal days that anniversary of that dark day anyone of age at the time with a presentation by folks remembers what they were from Phillips and Jordan, a Powell-based general and doing. That was the day that our specialty contractor which world as we knew it changed oversaw the recovery of deforever as Islamic terrorists bris, personal effects and human remains from the World Trade Center crime scene. Kelly Baker, Max Morton Martha Cummings of the and Steve Thompson of P&J Emory Road Chapter of the shared the Phillips and JorDaughters of the American dan story. Revolution looks at some of At the time of the attacks, the debris and items recovP&J had an Advanced Conered from the World Trade Center site in the wake of the tracting Initiative deal in attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Photo place with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for Diby Greg Householder

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processed on July 26, 2002 (day 321 of the project) and 1,462,000 tons of debris had been received and processed; 35,000 tons of steel had been removed (165,000 tons had been removed at ground zero); 806,000 tons of debris had been screened, an average of 75 tons per hour; more than 1.7 million man hours had been worked; more than 55,000 discrete pieces of evidence had been recovered; 4,257 body parts had been recovered and 209 victims had been positively identified. In other business, the DAR elected Laura Kay Pope as chaplain. The group also voted in the following new members: Shelby Morris; Laura Edwards; Lisa Metcalf; Heather Cannon; Kelly Chipps and Rebecca Laroque.

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All veterans are invited to an open house sponsored by American Legion Post 212, Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Tri-County Veterans Honor Guard and the American Legion Auxiliary 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, at 140 Veteran Street, Maynardville. Entertainment and refreshments will be provided. This is an opportunity for veterans and family to meet each other or join these organizations. No alcohol allowed on the premises.

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“Roane” (Elizabeth Eaker) is helped by “Gerald” (Devin Harvey) after she takes a tumble during rehearsals last week by the Powell Playhouse. The group is preparing for its production of Fred Carmichael’s “The Night is My Enemy” at Sharon Baptist Church. Photo by Greg Householder

Initially scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 15, the East Tennessee Technology Access Center has moved its nationwide webinar about online employment applications and website accessibility to Tuesday, Sept. 27. It will be held from 1:30 to 3 p.m. in ETTAC’s office at 116 Childress St. The webinar will teach participants how to make their online applications fully accessible to people with disabilities. The program is free but registration is required. Info: 219-0130.

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Preparations and rehearsals continue for the Powell Playhouse’s next production. The group will present Fred Carmichael’s mystery “The Night is My Enemy” Nov. 3-6 at the Jubilee Banquet Facility. Primary cast members for the production are: Elizabeth Eaker as Roane; Christy Rutherford as Tessie; Jean Weeden as Margaret; Hunter Long as Tommy; Pepper Boone as Hester; Judy Morris as Augusta; Devin Harvey as Gerald; Jeff Carter as Ora; Roy Weeden as Hubert and Chuck Denney as Rodney. On Nov. 13, the Powell Playhouse will present Bill Landry who will do a Heartland Christmas storytelling session and book signing. On Dec. 9, the Powell Playhouse will present an evening of gospel music. On Feb. 14-16, 2012 the Playhouse will present the play “Steel Magnolias.” Next April it will present a comedy night and on June 7-10 will present the sequel to the group’s first play “The Curious Savage” by performing “The Savage Dilemma” to celebrate the first anniversary of its inaugural production.

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Mayor ‘sees the light’ on Carter Elementary School “I think the light’s at the end of the tunnel on the Carter project,” Mayor Tim Burchett said at last week’s County Commission work session. Today’s commission vote will reveal whether that light is a rising sun or an oncoming train. In the words of Commissioner Tony Norman, the process for building a new school “got so convoluted and curious” that predicting commission’s decision has become a slippery business. Tim Burchett Questions about the Devon Group’s abrupt withdrawal linger, and parents with children in other decaying schools are beginning to ask how Carter jumped to the head of the line. If the project stalls, it’s better for Burchett if commission gives the thumbs down. A school board rejection could cast the mayor and the school board as adversaries for the next three years, an outcome that benefits neither. Alternatively, if the commission signs off and the school board says no, Burchett remains a hero in East Knox County. However, his pledge to use the money raised to reduce debt if the Carter project fails could cost him support from parents in other parts of the county. But first things first: how will the commission vote? ■ 1st District: Sam McKenzie’s skepticism is welldocumented. McKenzie is solidly for renovation and against building a new school. He votes no. ■ 2nd District: Some blamed Amy Broyles for Devon’s pullout. That’s farfetched, but Broyles is an emphatic no. ■ 3rd District: At the work session, Norman said, “It was always so curious why (Partners Development) wasn’t selected to begin with,” given their experience with school construction. Norman wants to consider the proposal objectively, but is leaning toward no. ■ 4th District: Jeff Ownby supported a new school for Carter while campaigning for his seat. He hasn’t explained why residents of his district should care, but he’ll vote yes. ■ 5th District: At a recent commission meeting, Richard Briggs opined that building a new school was not a good use of tax dollars. He probably votes no, but Briggs has been known to backtrack. ■ 6th District: There’s little reason for him to support the project, but Brad Anders has signaled he’ll vote yes. ■ 7th District: Conditions at Shannondale and Adrian Burnett should give R. Larry Smith something to think about, but he leans yes. ■ 8th District: Dave Wright votes yes. ■ 9th District: Mike Brown votes no unless a deal emerges for New Hopewell, which appears unlikely. ■ At-large Seat 10: Mike Hammond goes with the mayor and votes yes. ■ At-large Seat 11: Ed Shouse is leaning yes, but against his better judgment. The results: ■ Solid yes: Ownby, Anders, Wright and Hammond ■ Solid no: McKenzie, Broyles and Brown ■ Leaning yes: Smith and Shouse ■ Leaning no: Norman and Briggs The mayor needs to keep Smith and Shouse on the reservation. The loyal opposition needs to hold on to Briggs and Norman and pick off either Smith or Shouse. The former is much easier, making the most likely vote 6-5 or 7-4 in the mayor’s favor. Contact Larry Van Guilder at lvgknox@mindspring.com.

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Winning: Madeline Rogero The outcome of a mayoral election boasting more candidate forums than voters is tough to predict, but that’s what we do here at the Shopper-News, so here goes: Madeline Rogero is going to take this thing in the primary. Despite having four opp one nt s and being dubbed “ T h a t Woman” by Rogero Republican men who professed to be scared to death of her, she will get the necessary 50 percent of the vote and then some, sparing us the agony of another two months of endless appeals to the lesser angels of our natures over things like red light cameras and homeless shelters (if Ivan Harmon had made the runoff) or commercials about running government like a bidness delivered by

Betty Bean the slickest talker this side of Ron Popiel (if Mark Padgett had made the runoff). Joe Hultquist and Bo Bennett won’t be factors, although Bennett’s pleasant manner and perseverance have probably won him a lot of new friends. Hultquist, not so much. By the end of campaign season the gimmicky pseudo issues he was throwing against the wall (dismantling KUB, building a campus for the homeless) were not only not sticking, but were largely being ignored. Not a single news outlet of which I am aware covered his appearance at a recent school board meeting when he promised to increase the city’s already substantial voluntary contribution to the county schools.

Harmon and Padgett are locked in a close contest for second. Harmon ran some early feel-good TV spots casting himself as a helpful neighbor who fi xes old ladies’ mailboxes, but he petered out in the home stretch, probably because he has had difficulties raising money. Harmon is clearly hoping to cash in on the nationwide Republican surge with endorsements from county GOP figures like Sheriff J.J. Jones, party chair Ray Hal Jenkins and County Commissioner Jeff Ownby, whose recent robocall to likely voters was paid for by the Committee to Elect Ivan Harmon, but which took an odd, nasty swipe at City Council candidate and former County Commissioner Finbarr Saunders, whom Ownby defeated last year. It remains to be seen whether an overt pitch to fellow Republicans will overcome Democrat Padgett’s

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Duncan stirs national debate Do East Tennessee Re- 20 percent. We get our votes publicans love Jimmy from the 60 percent in the Duncan? Let me count the middle. ways! “(The debate) has nothing to do with millionaires and billionaires. They can take care of themselves in any system.” Duncan said a rich upSandra per class thrived even under Clark the Communist system in Russia. “Republicans stand for free enterprise, private Duncan was in Halls last property and freedom. week, speaking to the ReOur strength is to keep the publican Club at the new federal government small Q.Q. Pizza, and the room and support a large middle could not hold the crowd. class.” Duncan jumped right into He said many of the probthe national debate over lems in Washington can be government spending, taxes solved with one good elecand debt reduction. tion. But he refused to be “The biggest lie in American politics is that the Re- drawn into the Republican publicans are the party of presidential primary, saying the rich. If that were true, simply, “Everyone wants a we would never win an elec- perfect candidate, but there tion,” he said. “In fact, the is no such thing.” Obviously, Duncan hopes Republicans get very few votes from the top five per- the Republican Party capcent (of the wealthy) and al- tures both the Senate and most none from the bottom the Presidency while hold-

U.S. Rep. John Duncan Jr. ing control of the House. He got two standing ovations. Club president Duane Gregg announced the 11th Honor Air Flight, taking veterans of World War II and Korea, to Washington, will be Wednesday, Oct. 5, and a Fountain City GOP fundraiser is set for Thursday, Oct. 6, at Kitts Café. Tickets are $5. Upcoming: Law Director Joe Jarret and challenger Bud Armstrong, 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17; Property Assessor Phil Ballard and challenger John Whitehead, 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 21; and area Christmas party Monday, Dec. 12.

Country living on Mullins Mountain One of the funniest books to come along in awhile was written by local Realtor and raconteur Sonny Mullins. Sonny memorialized the book to his big brother, Jim, who was murdered Sept. 22, 2009, at his store on Rutledge Pike. And while this tragedy touched Sonny to his core, he worked through the pain by recounting tales of life on Mullins Mountain, where every man and boy

called the others “bubba.” Sonny writes of his onearmed daddy and his mother, Gracie Lee. He writes of his wife, Patsy, a long-time teacher at Central High School, and his “one or two hundred cousins.” He writes of the first time an airplane flew over Mullins Mountain. The Rev. Mullins declared the end of time had come and gathered all his kids and neighbors

phenomenal fundraising ability. Padgett has gained ground, but the runner-up slot is too close to call and doesn’t much matter. There’s an old school saying among campaign operatives: Money finds the winner. Rogero, whose great strength is her strong, citywide base, has consistently lagged behind Padgett in fundraising – until now. In the Sept. 20 financial disclosure, Padgett raised $135,215. Rogero took in $139,054, besting him by $4,000. On Tuesday, Madeline Rogero will be poised to make history. She will become not only Knoxville’s first woman mayor, but the first Tennessee woman to become mayor of a city of this size. The spectacle of this lifelong Democrat prevailing in one of the most reliably Republican regions of the country will finally give Tennessee Democrats a little something to cheer about.

together to pray. The plane circled a couple of times and flew away. Life went on. Sonny went off to fight in Vietnam and came home to sell some real estate . Now he’s peddling his book, “Growing Up Country.” If you want a book or just want to swap tales, contact Sonny at landmanMullins@ hotmail.com or 661-2274. – S. Clark

■ Had time to review those financial disclosures? ■ Marilyn Roddy spent more than $70K in printing with an out-ofstate firm. So much for bringing jobs to Knoxville! ■ Lamar Alexander is taking a break from Republican Party leadership (he holds the No. 3 spot in the Senate) to concentrate on issues of importance to Tennessee. Lamar has looked increasingly uncomfortable touting the hard as concrete right wing talking points. Good move, Lamar! ■ Becky Massey put out the best piece of comparison campaign literature that I’ve seen. For instance, she says four words: “Opposes red light cameras.” Then she cites a Jan. 29, 2009, News Sentinel article reporting that Marilyn Roddy voted for red light cameras as a member of City Council. ■ Massey goes on with taxes, homeless housing and GOP support. ■ Best of all, her flyer was printed and mailed in Knoxville. ■ Four council seats are up; all will go to the November general election. Here’s our best guess for the top two vote getters from each district in order of finish: ■ District 5: Mark Campen, unopposed ■ Seat A: George Wallace, Paul Berney ■ Seat B: Marshall Stair, Bill Owen ■ Seat C: Finbarr Saunders, Ron Peabody.

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Inspecting the inspectors Construction violations trend with economy By Larry Van Guilder “Anyone in construction will sooner or later receive a notice of violation (NOV),” says Chris Granju, who heads Knox County’s Stormwater Management department. The department’s records back that up. From 2008 to the present, NOVs were issued to companies at 35 different business addresses for EPSC (Erosion Prevention and Sediment Control) violations. The number of NOVs per address ranged from five to 25, and 15 were assessed civil penalties of more than $1,000. Not all the penalties were collected. Penalties of $31,750 were levied on the Westland Manor

and Towering Oaks developments for 19 EPSC violations, but the developer went under after paying only $3,000. The county collected an additional $20,000 when the company forfeited its performance bond. Issuing the NOV does not guarantee swift compliance, as Gary and Marsha Carter found out on June 24 when a detention pond collapsed sending a torrent of muddy water into their home on Dawson Hollow Road. As reported in the ShopperNews in August, a stormwater inspector issued an NOV to Southland Excavation on June 6 for defects in the detention pond and gave the company 15 days to fix the problem. On

June 22 Southland asked for more time. On June 24 the pond collapsed. Stormwater records show 21 NOVs issued to the Southland Group and Smithbilt LLC between 2009 and 2011 for nine developments. There is no record of civil penalties assessed. Dwight Van de Vate, director of Public Works and Engineering, says the department’s goal is to put itself “out of business” where violations and civil penalties are concerned. Granju echoes that philosophy, saying the goal is to educate, not punish, the developer. “The last resort is to have Knox County go after the money,”

Granju says. Clearly some builders and developers need education. Van de Vate recalls one who poured five gallons of oil in a creek and incurred a $5,000 penalty. “Autozone will take it for free,” Van de Vate says. “Today’s NOV is 1995’s, ‘Hey, can you put up that silt fence’?” Granju says. And despite horror stories like the Dawson Hollow Road disaster, Van de Vate says “enforcement is better now than it’s ever been.” Granju notes that a developer not in a position to complete the work is probably not in a position to pay a fine. The faltering economy has placed a number of local developers and builders in

that position. “The economy has buried the marginal developer,” Van de Vate says, and the number of foreclosures is “more than we’ve ever had.” Stormwater inspectors performed 623 site inspections during the first quarter of 2011, even as the worst new building market in decades persists. Granju says a consultant study in 2005 concluded that the department needed 17 inspectors “per that paradigm.” But the rules and the “paradigm” change frequently. Phase II of the EPA’s National Pollution Discharge Elimination System for stormwater management makes that certain. “Five years from now, the needs will be different,” Van de Vate says. Granju agrees. No developer is asking for more regulation and stricter enforcement, but no one wants another Dawson Hollow.

Women mayors have a long history Madeline Rogero may soon make local history as the first woman mayor of the city of Knoxville. If elected, Rogero will follow a path blazed by Susanna Madora Salter in 1887 when the 27-year-old Kansan was elected mayor of Argonia, a small town near the south central border of the state. Argonia, a Quaker village of less than 500, became nationally and internationally known when Salter became the first woman elected mayor in the U.S. Ironically, women did not win the right to vote in national elections until the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920, three decades after Salter made history. Writing in the Kansas Historical Quarterly in 1954, historian Monroe Billington recounted how “a certain group of men in Argonia” resented women intruding in political affairs and determined to humiliate them. They had ballots printed with Salter’s name

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on them without her knowledge or consent. When the local chair of the Republican party saw the ballots, he asked Salter if she would run if elected. She agreed, and with the help of votes from members of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union was elected. Mayor Salter had the last laugh in more ways than one. She lived to the age of 101, dying in 1961. (Living long is sometimes the best revenge.) Closer to home, May Ross McDowell became the first woman mayor of Johnson City, Tenn., in 1961. A graduate of what was then East Tennessee State College, now ETSU, and the East Tennessee Law School,

McDowell enjoyed a distinguished career before her death in 1988 at the age of 90. Among her many honors, she became only the second woman to receive the U.S. Department of Labor’s highest award, the Certificate of Meritorious Service, in 1964. In 1965 she was named the first “Distinguished Woman in Residence” at the University of Colorado. Last January, the third oldest city in Tennessee, Parrotsville, swore in its first female mayor. Mary Keller, 68, is retired, but her part-time service as mayor keeps her occupied. “Sometimes when you go to bed at night you wonder, ‘What was I thinking?’” Keller says. “But we’ve been real busy trying to put Parrotsville back on the map.” Keller says the town of less than 300 is in the process of renovating the local baseball field as well tennis and basketball courts. She’s also preparing for festivi-

Political items collectors show is Saturday The East Tennessee Political Item Collectors Fall Show will be held 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Magnuson Hotel (across from West Town Mall). Open and free to the public. Varied collections and vendors will display for show and sale.

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ties including a parade on Heritage Day, Saturday, Oct. 8. According to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, as of July 2011, of 1,167 U.S. cities with populations over 30,000, 203, about 17 percent, had women mayors. In Tennessee, the list includes Kim McMillan,

Clarksville; Sharon Goldsworthy, Germantown; and Jane M. Myron, Johnson City. Clarksville, population 103,000, is currently the largest Tennessee city with a woman mayor at the helm. That may change as early as tomorrow, the last day to vote in Knoxville’s primary election.

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irst Presbyterian Church on State Street is Knoxville’s oldest church, and a few episodes in its long history were highlighted during the recent East Tennessee History Fair. Samuel Carrick is believed to have founded First Presbyterian in 1792. He would later found Blount College, which eventually became UT. Knoxville founder James White donated a parcel of land that was once a turnip patch for the church’s first permanent home, which was completed in 1816. The church’s current pastor, William Pender, portrayed former Civil War-era pastor William Andrew Harrison during a reenactment of a dramatic moment in the church’s history. Harrison, who was pro-Confederate, let it be known from the pulpit that he didn’t think Unionists could be Christians. Union First Presbyterian Church member Pat Armstrong stands beside Abner Baker’s obelisk in the church’s graveyard. Photos by Wendy Smith

Ken Creswell and First Presbyterian Pastor William Pender portray an incident famous in the church’s history when Civil War-era pastor William Andrew Harrison was arrested for anti-Union sentiments.

General Ambrose Burnside heard of Harrison’s remarks, and the pastor was arrested in the midst of a sermon in 1864. First Presbyterian member Kelly Norrell shared the history of church’s stained glass windows. Four of the oldest windows, which date back to the early 1900s, are thought to be the work of Flora and Ruby MacDonald of MacDonald Glassworks of Boston. They are made of opaque glass, which was considered less distracting to worshippers than translucent glass. The MacDonalds were paid $10,000 for the commission – an enormous sum at the time. Two other windows are attributed to Louis Comfort Tiffany. One is a large window that was later divided, and the halves are now on either side of the church’s State Street entrance. The other is in the sanctuary. Tiffany was commissioned to create a third window, but its location is unknown. One window was covered up when the balcony was built in the 1925, and Norrell wonders if it could be the missing Tiffany work. The windows are all memorials to First Presbyterian members. The newest window was installed in a church

Louis Comfort Tiffany is credited with creating the stained glass windows that adorn either side of the church’s State Street entrance. parlor earlier this month in honor of Rosa Scott, who led a popular Bible study for many years. Pat Armstrong conducted a tour of First Presbyterian’s graveyard. Ten percent of the graves belong to Knoxvillians who succumbed to an 1838 plague, Armstrong said. Church founder Carrick is buried in the corner closest to the intersection of State Street and Clinch Avenue, supposedly to be close to the first home of Blount College, which stood in the Tennessee Theater’s present location. James White is also bur-

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A place of peace In the evening quails came up and covered the camp; and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. When the layer of dew lifted, there on the surface of the wilderness was a fine flaky substance, as fine as frost on the ground. When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, â&#x20AC;&#x153;What is it?â&#x20AC;? For they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat.â&#x20AC;? (Exodus 16: 13-15 NRSV) When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a deserted place, and the hour is now late; send the crowds away so that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.â&#x20AC;? Jesus said to them, â&#x20AC;&#x153;They need not go away; you give them something to eat.â&#x20AC;? They replied, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have nothing here but five loaves and two fish.â&#x20AC;? And he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bring them here to me.â&#x20AC;? (Matthew 14: 15-18 NRSV) Hungry masses, deserted place: the settings for two stories. You know these two stories. You probably have heard them linked together in more than one sermon. You also may have heard them explained away, rationalized into nothingness. You may have heard them questioned. You may have heard them scoffed at. It was a conversation with a colleague, whose mind I enjoy, that set me thinking about these two accounts of miraculous feeding. We had finished the business at hand, and because we both work with populations who do not always have what they need, let alone what they want, the conversation turned to the economies in which we live. Not, please note, The Economy, that fearsome beast that is on everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lips these days. We were talking about the economies of scarcity and plenty, and the ways in which each personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perception of those extremes is set in place by our own experiences and our own expectations. We pondered those extremes and agreed that in the center was the ideal, the concept of Enough. And then the question arose, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is the story of manna true? Or is it a parable? A fairy tale? Was the manna real?â&#x20AC;? There are all sorts of answers to those questions. Scholars point out that there is a secretion from certain plants in the Sinai Peninsula that dries to an edible form they call St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bread. As for me, I am pretty sure it as not a fairy tale. You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t live on fairy tales. But after the conversa-

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Lynn Hutton tion was over, I kept reflecting on the question, and I arrived again at my version of Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rules of Manna: 1. There will be enough. 2. There wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be any extra. 3. It may not be exactly what you would choose. 4. It wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come until you absolutely have to have it. 5. When in doubt, see Rule No. 1. Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rules are predicated on our being willing to give up control (tough assignment, that one!), to trust God, and obey the rules: the Israelites had to share, and they couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be greedy. None of which removes our responsibility to do something to help ourselves: the manna did not fall directly onto the Israelitesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; dinner plates; they had to gather it. But the hardest assignment is learning that Enough is a state of equilibrium â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a place of peace, of grace.

Hutton to speak at KFL Shopper-News columnist Lynn Hutton will be the guest speaker for the Knoxville Fellowship Luncheon at noon Tuesday, Sept. 27. The KFL is a group of Christian men and women who meet weekly at the Golden Corral in Powell.

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UT seniors Wes Stokes and Margeaux Hill look forward to the next Passion Conference in Atlanta. Both attended the conference tour stop at the Fellowship Evangelical Free Church on Middlebrook Pike last week. Photo by N. Lester

Passion Conference is church on steroids By Natalie Lester University of Tennessee seniors Wes Stokes and Margeaux Hill agree the annual Passion Conference for college students in Atlanta changed their lives. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It made me stronger, because it brought different topics to light that I would have never thought about,â&#x20AC;? Stokes said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It opened my eyes that life is more about God than it is about me.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has made me question myself,â&#x20AC;? Hill said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve learned to look at the real condition of my faith versus what it looks like to outsiders.â&#x20AC;? In anticipation of the conference in Atlanta Jan. 2-5, 2012, Stokes, Hill and other university students attended the Passion University Tour stop at Fellowship Evangelical Free Church on Middlebrook Pike. The tour is making its way to 12 university campuses nationwide in preparation for the conference. It seeks to attract students who are part of the Passion movement, which exists to see a generation stake their lives on what the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s founders believe matters most. Stokes and Hill said the conference was unlike any religious event they had attended. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is just a unique experience to see so many college students love and worship Christ,â&#x20AC;? Hill said.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is comforting to know there are so many collegeage kids who are passionate about their faith like you are, because you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always see that played out in your daily life,â&#x20AC;? Stokes added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is just so much bigger Community than anything I have ever â&#x2013; Knoxville Free Food Market, 4625 Mill Branch Lane (across been a part of. It is church from Tractor Supply in Halls), on steroids.â&#x20AC;? distributes free food 10 a.m. The Passion Conference to 1 p.m. each third Saturday. began in 1997 with a desire Info: 566-1265. to see spiritual awakening â&#x2013; New Hope Baptist Church will come to college campuses. distribute food from its panThe movement is headquartry to local families in need tered in Alpharetta, Ga. The 6-8 p.m. each third Thursday. Passion Team is led by LouInfo: 688-5330. ie Giglio and operates under the direction of a board that Fall festivals is committed to spreading â&#x2013; Bookwalter UMC, 4218 faith to the more than 20 Central Avenue Pike, will have million college students in a fall festival 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1. There will be America. Usually more than childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities, Petros 35,000 students attend the and hot apple pies for lunch conference at the Georgia and vendors selling aprons, Dome each year.

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baked goods, candles and more. Info: 773-3380. â&#x2013; Nave Hill Baptist Church, will have Old Timers Day 10:45 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 2. Everyone is invited. â&#x2013; Ridgedale Baptist Church, 5632 Nickle Rd., will host its annual Trunk-or-Treat 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, with crafts, games, food and more. Info: visit www. ridgedale.org or 588-6855.

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5:45 p.m. each Monday for $5. Info: 689-7001.

â&#x2013; Faithway Baptist Church is seeking craft vendors for a fall show to be held Oct. 1. Info: Robin, 254-4605.

â&#x2013; Faithway Baptist Church in Halls will host a fall revival through 7 p.m. each night through Wednesday, Sept. 28. The Berry Family will be singing and evangelist Randy Bane will be preaching. Info: 755-7318.

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â&#x2013; Loveland Baptist Church will have a huge sale 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Sept. 29-30, and Saturday, Oct. 1.

The Powell Panther receiving corps: (front) Jonathan Strozyk, Tanner Hughes, Darian Logan, Alan-Michael Agee; (back) Justin Wood, Landon Wright, Hagen Owenby, Andrew Irby and Klay Leeper. Photos by Greg Householder

Panthers keep it on the ground Receivers get little work By Greg Householder As the 2011 high school football campaign grinds through the last half of the regular season the Powell Panther receiving corps might be considering applying for unemployment insurance based on how much work they have gotten so far. Through the demolition of Anderson County (53-16) and avenging of last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second round playoff loss in Maverick land on Sept. 16, the explosive Powell offense had scored 26 touchdowns and rushed for 1,689 yards. Through the air, the Panthers accounted for two of those touchdowns and have thrown for a mere 358 yards through five games. But who is complaining?

REUNIONS â&#x2013; USS Albany Association will hold its 22nd annual reunion Sunday through Friday, Oct. 9-14, at the Glenstone Lodge in Gatlinburg. The association is currently looking for shipmates who served on one of the USS Albany ships (CA123, CG10, SSN753). Info: Dick Desrochers, 603-594-9798, or www.ussalbany.org. â&#x2013; The McCloud family will hold their reunion at a new location this year. Family members will gather at the Fountain City Lions Club

Coming out of the Anderson County game Powell was ranked No. 2 in the state AP poll and boasted a 5-0 record (3-0 in District 3-3A). The Panthers hosted Karns last Friday. Leading in catches for Powell is Darian Logan with nine receptions for 176 yards. Landon Wright and Hagen Owenby have caught four passes each for 93 and 57 yards respectively through the Anderson County game. Also making catches are Justin Wood, Christian Kidd, Drake Owenby and Gray Bunch. Owenby has caught a touchdown pass and a twopoint conversion and his younger brother Hagen has caught a two-point conversion. Bunch accounted for the other receiving touchdown. Jonathan Strocyk is expected to see more action on the of-

building (adjacent to the park) noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2. Everyone is asked to bring one covered dish (with serving utensil). Info: Sandy Bardill, 947-2442.

COMMUNITY CLUBS â&#x2013; Fort Loudoun Lake Association will host a rain barrel workshop 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, in the large conference room at Ijamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Visitor Center. Cost is $45 per barrel. Space is limited. Deadline to register

fensive side of the ball in the last half of the season. Powell will entertain Hardin Valley Academy on Friday, Sept. 30, for homecoming. The Hawks hosted a struggling Central last Friday. Results of Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game were unavailable at press time. Hardin Valley has beaten Bearden (32-0), Clinton (27-0) and Campbell County (26-20). The Hawks lost to Heritage (38-24). As the regular season rolls into the homestretch, Powell is emerging as the class of a relatively down District 3-3A. Going into last Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s games six of the nine district teams sported losing or just break-even overall records: Halls 1-4 (1-2 in district play), Central 0-5 (0-3), Oak Ridge 2-2 (21), Anderson County 2-3 (21), Campbell County 1-3 (0-

Hagen Owenby lines against Oak Ridge.

â&#x2013; The Knoxville Writersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Guild will launch its eighth literary anthology â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Tapestry of Voices: The 2011 Anthology of the Knoxville Writersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Guildâ&#x20AC;? during the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, at the

â&#x2013; The Patriots of East Tennessee will meet 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, at Cedar Springs Christian Bookstore on North Peters Road. Guest speaker Glenn â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cainâ&#x20AC;? Jacobs will discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;Freedom and Liberty of Mankind.â&#x20AC;? Info: 414-6060. â&#x2013; The Poetry Quintessence Society meets 6:30 p.m. the last Monday of each month at CafĂŠ 4â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s library, third floor. Everyone 16 and older is invited. Info: Tonya, 357-6134.

Special services â&#x2013; 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.

â&#x2013; Northside Christian Church, 4008 Tazewell Pike, will host a fall bazaar 2-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7 and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and dinner will be served from 5-8 p.m. Vendors, crafts, baked goods and more will be available. Meal will include chili, hot tamales and dessert.

â&#x2013; Knoxville Day Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Aglow Lighthouse will hold an outreach meeting 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, at New Covenant Fellowship Church, 6828 Central Ave. Pike. Stacey Stockdale, vice president of ministry development at the Harriman, Tenn. Aglow, will speak. Info: Diane Shelby, 687-3687.

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â&#x2013; Bells Campground United Methodist Church, 7915 Bells Campground Road, Powell, will hold homecoming Sunday, Oct. 16. Service starts at 10:30 a.m. with covered dish dinner to follow. Bring a favorite dish to share. Special music provided by The Chords Quartet. Info: 686-1516.

Laurel Theater. A $2 donation will be requested. Everyone is invited.

â&#x2013; Oaks Chapel American Christian Church will have revival starting at 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, with the Rev. Boyd Myers preaching. Pastor is the Rev. Roger Short.

â&#x2013; New Hope Baptist Church will hold a fundraiser festival 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, and is seeking various vendors. Crafters, rummage sellers, games and more are needed. Proceeds will go to offset medical bills for injuries Chris Mitchell sustained in a motorcycle accident. Info: Tammy, 604-7634.

3) and Clinton 0-5 (0-3). Besides Powell, only Karns and Hardin Valley Academy have winning records. The Panthers have yet to play Hardin Valley, Clinton, Campbell County and Central. Kickoff Friday is 7:30 â&#x2013; p.m.

is Tuesday, Sept. 27. Info: 5233800 or email info@fllake.org. â&#x2013; The Barbershop Harmony Society will sponsor a community-wide menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Christmas chorus, meeting 7:30 p.m. each Tuesday night beginning Oct. 4 in the basement fellowship hall of Emerald Avenue United Methodist Church, 1620 N. Central.

â&#x2013; Mount Harmony Baptist Church at 819 Raccoon Valley Rd. in Heiskell will have a rummage sale with concessions beginning at 8 a.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 7-8. All proceeds benefit the church.

Revivals

Broadway Baptist Church, 815 N. Broadway, will hold homecoming Sunday, Oct. 9. Sunday school is at 9:45 a.m. and the worship service begins at 11. A covered dish lunch will follow. Info: 524-2575.

â&#x2013; Home Faith Baptist Church, 5139 Rouse Lane, will hold homecoming Sunday, Oct. 2. Sunday school is at 10 a.m., morning service at 11., Sunday evening service at 6. The Principles will be the guest singers. Info/directions: 323-4541 or 686-4796.

Rec programs â&#x2013; New Covenant Fellowship Church, 6828 Central Avenue Pike, will hold Pilates class

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Youth programs â&#x2013; Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, youth program has several activities planned for the month. Everyone is invited to participate. Info: Jay Lifford, 690-1060 ext. 108, or email jay@beaverridgeumc.com. â&#x2013; Fountain City UMC will host â&#x20AC;&#x153;Becoming a Love and Logic Parentâ&#x20AC;? 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. each Sunday from Oct. 2 through Oct. 23. Certified love and logic independent facilitator Elizabeth Kose will lead the discussion. Cost is $50 per couple or $35 per person. Reservations are suggested. All parents, teachers, grandparents and guardians are invited. Info: 809-9075 or email elizabethkose@yahoo. com.

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Erin Norton and Jaime Bridgman model T-shirts they helped design for a UT class project sponsored by Walgreens. Photo submitted

Dr. Rutherford calls the project “very exciting,” and says of her students, “It’s amazing how creative they are.” Erin says it has been so much fun and such a great challenge that she may change her career path from women’s wear buyer in a department store or a boutique to product development. She says she and her fellow team members – Lee Smith, Taylor McCorkle, Jaime Bridgman and Nikita Johnson – with only two

weeks to develop a product and one week to get it produced, immediately decided to do a T-shirt or sweatshirt, designing several different logos before choosing just one – a checkerboard design. “We designed it with three-quarter length sleeves so it can be worn through the football, basketball and baseball seasons.” As part of the project, each team visited the store where its product would be sold to develop information about the demographics of

shoppers at that specific location. “We are in the Walgreens on Middlebrook Pike at Cedar Bluff Road,” Erin says. “We were told by the store manager that the typical shopper there is a middle aged woman buying for her husband and kids, so we had that in mind when we did our design.” After completion of the design, Knoxville’s Bacon & Co. produced the Tshirts. Last week Erin and her fellow team members were at the store setting up the display. Rutherford says the students won’t just sit back and wait for shoppers to stroll into the store. They’re now hard at work on various marketing strategies – social media included. The contest ends on Oct. 18, and here’s how you can participate: visit Erin’s team’s store on Middlebrook Pike or the other Walgreens participating in the project on Chapman Highway, Clinton Highway at Merchants Road, Northshore Drive near Kingston Pike or Peters Road at Kingston Pike. UT will receive a portion of the proceeds to fund instructional programs. If you do your holiday shopping early, you can choose the next “Volprentice.” Contactannehartsn@aol.com

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Coca-Cola ASST.VARIETIES, 6 PK., 12 OZ. CANS

without valucard regular price

5/ 10 $

for

with card

BUY 1, GET 1

KAY’S SELECT OR MAYFIELD CLASSIC

FREE!

Ice Cream

Potato Chips

with card without valucard regular price

ASST.VARIETIES, 56 OZ.

FUEL BUCKS SAVE 15¢ PER GALLON WHEN YOU SHOP AT FOOD CITY!

1 POINT

with card save at least 4.29 on two

ASST.VARIETIES, 10-10.5 OZ.

REWARDS

Earn 1 point for each $1.00 purchased in grocery items.

1 PO0 INTS

Earn 10 bonus points for every $10 purchased in Food City brands.

FOOD CITY PHARMACY PRESCRIPTION DISCOUNT CLUB MEMBERS

Flu Shots Available!

FREE!

LAY’S

You save 20% or $5!

• KNOXVILLE, TN - N. BROADWAY, MAYNARDVILLE HWY., HARDIN VALLEY RD., MIDDLEBROOK PIKE, KINGSTON PIKE, MORRELL RD. • POWELL, TN - 3501 EMORY RD.

Asst. Varieties, 67 Oz.

SAVE AT LEAST 1.70 AFTER INSTANT REBATE

SAVE AT LEAST 1.00 AFTER INSTANT REBATE

2.49 WITH VALUCARD

FINAL COST

BUY 10 ITEMS SAVE $5 INSTANTLY

1.99

4.49 WITH VALUCARD

FINAL COST

BUY 10 ITEMS SAVE $5 INSTANTLY

3.99

WHEN YOU BUY 10 PARTICIPATING ITEMS IN A SINGLE TRANSACTION WITH VALUCARD. CUSTOMER RESPONSIBLE FOR SALES TAX

PARTICIPATING ITEM

CAMPBELL’S

GENERAL MILLS

Chunky Soup Bowls

Cereal

Asst. Varieties, 15.25-15.4 Oz.

Asst. Varieties, 11.25-12 Oz.

SAVE AT LEAST .50 AFTER INSTANT REBATE

SAVE AT LEAST 1.30 AFTER INSTANT REBATE

2.49 WITH VALUCARD

FINAL COST

BUY 10 ITEMS SAVE $5 INSTANTLY

1.99

2.49 WITH VALUCARD

FINAL COST

BUY 10 ITEMS SAVE $5 INSTANTLY

1.99

WHEN YOU BUY 10 PARTICIPATING ITEMS IN A SINGLE TRANSACTION WITH VALUCARD. CUSTOMER RESPONSIBLE FOR SALES TAX

PARTICIPATING ITEM

KELLOGG’S

150 POINTS EARNS YOU 15¢ PER GALLON ON A SINGLE FILL-UP.

50 POINTS

Earn 50 bonus points for each Food City Pharmacy prescription.*

20 with card

NON-PHARMACY PRESCRIPTION DISCOUNT CLUB MEMBERS Available only at Food City immunizing pharmacies. Visit www.foodcity.com or your Food City Pharmacy for details.

Items and Prices are specifically intended to apply locally where issue originates. No sales to dealers or competitors. Quantity rights reserved. 2011 K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. Food City is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Asst. Varieties, 24 Oz.

SALE DATES Sun., Sept. 25 Sat., Oct. 1, 2011

Corn Flakes

Mini-Wheats

18 Oz.

Asst. Varieties, 15.8-18 Oz.

SAVE AT LEAST 1.76 AFTER INSTANT REBATE

SAVE AT LEAST 1.20 AFTER INSTANT REBATE

2.99 WITH VALUCARD

FINAL COST

BUY 10 ITEMS SAVE $5 INSTANTLY

2.49

3.29 WITH VALUCARD

FINAL COST

BUY 10 ITEMS SAVE $5 INSTANTLY

2.79

WHEN YOU BUY 10 PARTICIPATING ITEMS IN A SINGLE TRANSACTION WITH VALUCARD. CUSTOMER RESPONSIBLE FOR SALES TAX

PARTICIPATING ITEM