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Marching with Martin He’s marched with MLK, met with RFK and even had Jimmy Carter read his book (above). Sandra Clark literally ran into Bill Willis in Fountain City Park and later sat down with him to hear his fascinating tale.
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Powell High School cafeteria staff decked out themselves and the cafeteria in pink last Wednesday for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Pictured are: Misti McGill, Crystal Glenn, Angie Warren and Robyn Worley. Photos by Greg Householder
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Haunted! Ghostly doings at Cherokee Caverns By Sandra Clark
If you think caves are grey, get ready for a splash of color at the Haunted Cave. Jim Whidby has named formations such as “big bird’s legs” and “alligator’s head” and, errrr, “Dolly Parton.”
There’s just one week remaining to catch this year’s version of The Haunted Cave at Cherokee Caverns on Oak Ridge Highway. Stop by from 7-10 p.m. Friday, Saturday or Monday (Oct. 28, 29 and 31). The Caverns are located at 8524 Oak Ridge Highway, one mile off Pellissippi Parkway on Highway 162. Info: www.thehauntedcave. net/. “Some things just won’t stay dead and buried,” says manager Mike Whidby. And that must be these Caverns. The annual Halloween event was discontinued in 2008 only to reopen this year. Mike’s dad, Jim Whidby, has handled the promotion for 23 years.
This jumping spider awaits visitors to the Haunted Cave. It looks benign here, but meeting it in total darkness is another matter. Did we mention that it’s named “jumping spider” for a reason?
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The formations inside The Haunted Cave overshadow anything the organizers can devise. Jim Whidby says scientists have estimated the Caverns’ age at 300 million years. “It was a prehistoric drainage system and there is marine life mixed with clay” in the walls.
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‘I didn’t take the job to go through the motions’ Cuonzo Martin speaks to local civic clubs By Jake Mabe
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Cuonzo Martin wants his team to know one thing really quickly. When he talks about discipline, he doesn’t mean control. He says it’s another form of love. The new UT men’s basketball coach told a joint meeting of the Northside Kiwanis Club and Downtown Sertoma Club at The Foundry
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UT men’s basketball coach Cuonzo Martin spoke to a joint meeting of the Northside Kiwanis Club and Downtown Sertoma Club at The Foundry last week. File photo by Sandra Clark
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last week that his team will be focused on effort, team togetherness, team toughness and, yep, discipline. “But when you explain it (discipline), they respond better to that.” Martin says he and his staff stress doing the right things off the court, stuff like getting up early and making an 8 a.m. class on time. He says it’s all about building long-term relationships. Team togetherness might mean a night at the bowling alley or eating dinner together. Often, he says, they don’t even talk about basketball. Team toughness isn’t just the physical “train like a boxer” mindset that Martin says is his approach, but “also the mental part.”
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“Being on time, working hard, maximize your time during a threehour practice. You do that, then you put together a good week, and then you become a good ball player. Then you become a good team when you have four or five guys doing that.” Martin says the next phase for his team is to learn how to battle and compete against one another. He tells them they will get to sort out who becomes the starting five by how they compete and practice. He says he didn’t take the job to go through the motions. “My goal is for us to be the last team standing. We’ve got a tough schedule but it’s a great schedule. “You put your head down and work ’til the sun sets.”
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Gibson joins staff at Powell Branch Library Becky Gibson is the new senior assistant at Powell Branch Library. She previously worked at the Sequoyah Branch and has been with the library system for almost 12 years. Gibson will assist librarian Melissa Ferguson with special programs, including the Read Across America in March and a “pajamarama” in which
kids wear PJs and bring a favorite stuff animal. February is children’s dental month, she said, and the Powell Library will work with pediatric dentist Todd Pillion to present a program on tooth care. “Powell (library) has had incredible growth. It’s very busy here,” she said. “And it’s the only library with a fireplace.”
Foster parenting classes start tomorrow Childhelp, one of the nation’s leading nonprofit organizations dedicated to helping victims of child abuse and neglect, will start classes tomorrow (Tuesday, Oct. 25) for prospective foster parents. According to Hugh Nystrom, director of the local organization, there are currently more than 6,000 children and teenagers in Tennessee who need a safe and loving foster or adoptive home. For those fostering a child, Childhelp offers 24/7 support, free training and nontaxable financial assistance. For more information, call 579-5498 or go to www. childhelp.org.
Fundraiser for Lost Sheep Ministry Lost Sheep Ministry will have a Tablescape Fundraising Banquet at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, at Beaver Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 7225 Old Clinton Highway. Bruce Pearl will be the guest speaker. Each table will be decorated according to a theme and a buffet meal will be served. All proceeds will benefit Lost Sheep Ministry which serves the less fortunate in Knoxville and the surrounding areas. Info: 688-9636.
A-2 • OCTOBER 24, 2011 • POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS
Linda Saia to co-captain team for Light the Night Remember Linda Saia? Linda is the longtime crossing guard at both Powell Elementary and Powell High schools who is battling nonHodgkin’s lymphoma and who, because of her status as a crossing guard, has to take a two-month furlough during the summer.
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Back in the summer, the community responded with a yard sale to help Linda with her medical bills and insurance costs. Well, Linda and her pal, Teresa Underwood, are cocaptains of the team “Face of Powell” for the Thursday, Oct. 27, “Light the Night for Blood Cancer” fundraiser at 6:30 p.m. at Circle Park on the UT campus. Linda and Teresa are walking to give back to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to not only raise money, but to give hope to others battling blood cancers. If you want to walk with them or merely donate to the cause, you can either show up Thursday and look for the “Face of Powell” team or give Teresa a ring at 951-9959. Linda is doing well, still at her crossing guard posts and she also recently took a parttime gig as a security officer for UT football games.
Linda Saia at work last spring. Photo by Greg Householder
der new zone director John Black of the Powell Lions at the Powell clubhouse last Thursday. Lions from the Karns, Powell and Knox North clubs were represented. Lions from Inskip and Fountain City were absent. After a delicious dinner of some of John’s great chili and potato soup, the Lions got down to business. Powell Lions president Traci Orberg reported that ■ Lions hold the Powell club has its annual Christmas parade zone meeting and community craft show The Lions Clubs of District 12N, Region 3, Zone 1 coming up the first Saturheld the first meeting un- day in December, a pancake breakfast scheduled for April 14, 2012, and the horse show scheduled for the last Saturday in June 2012. Knox North Lions president Clare Crawford reported on her club’s adoption of Whittle Springs Middle School last Wednesday and some of the things the Knox North
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Wallace to be inducted into CHS Wall of Fame By Dr. Jim Tumblin The Rev. Billy Wallace will be inducted into Central High School’s Wall of Fame during the annual breakfast ceremony 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, at the school. Wallace lives on Emory Road between Powell and Halls adjacent to his family’s farmhouse. The old homeplace was restored by his daughter who lives there now with her famOpera star Mary Costa joins her first cousin, The Rev. Billy W. Walily. Billy Wood Wallace was lace, at his recent birthday party. He will be installed on the Central born on Sept. 29, 1923, in the High School Wall of Fame on Nov. 12. Photo courtesy Carolyn Ogg Riggs old Knoxville General Hospital. He and his parents, R. Rex and Bertha Ogg Wallace, lived The 10th annual CHS Wall of Fame Breakfast will be on E. Fifth Ave. When he was held at the Central High School commons at 9 a.m. Saturin the 4th grade, the family day, Nov. 12. The ceremony will follow in the school audimoved to the ancestral home torium and will conclude at about 10:30 a.m. Tickets are of the Oggs on Emory Road. $20 each and are available at the school office and from Peter Ogg (1765-1850) and his Alumni and Foundation representatives. Call R. Larry descendants have occupied Smith at 922-5433 or Courtney Shea at 545-4316 ext. 20 the plat, originally 900 acres, for more information. since 1807. Other inductees include Charlotte Davis, Dr. Ralph V. The massive Blue Hole Norman Jr. and Eddie Mannis. Spring on the property is a geologic wonder that supplies
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about half the volume of Beaver Creek and is adjacent to the only remaining segment of the original Emory Road, on which President Andrew Jackson used to travel. Billy’s father, Rex, was a long time real estate agent and city government employee. He was director of welfare and later director of finance in the administration of Knoxville Mayor George Dempster. At Central HIgh, Billy played trombone in the band and later played trombone for two years in the UT band. He also participated in Central’s dramatic club, the variety show, the debating club and was on the yearbook staff in 1940-41. Aftergraduation,heworked on the family farm from the fall of 1942 until 1946. Then he attended UT for three years. It was there, in the fall of 1946, that he met Lynne Haynes, the younger sister of one of his
Buddy Valastro: he’s the (cake) boss
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Valastro is a fourth generation baker born in Hoboken, N.J., and raised into the bakery business owned and operated by his parents. By the time he was 17, Valastro was already an accomplished cake decorator, trained to work on all types of cakes, including the prestigious task of piping wedding cakes. When his father passed away, Valastro took over the bakery. He and his father, a master baker, had spent countless hours of quality time together. Valastro learned his father’s old world secrets of baking. His father’s recipes and Buddy’s innovative decorating and sugar art techniques have taken the business, Carlo’s Bakery, above and beyond his father’s wildest dreams. Today, Valastro is an accomplished master baker and cake decorator
While there, he took classes and received his master’s in education administration and supervision. During his tenure, he became the assistant director for correspondence study. He began visiting the guidance counselors in nearby schools and eventually was visiting every high school in the state of Tennessee every year, distributing catalogs for every campus in the system – Knoxville, Martin, Chattanooga and the Medical Units in Memphis. He retired from UT in 1987, served 12 years as director of FISH food pantry, and continues active church work at First Baptist. Just this year, Wallace donated a conservation easement for all of the historic Ogg property on the south side of Emory Road to the Legacy Parks Foundation. This 16acre plat includes the Blue Spring and the adjoining strip of historic Emory Road.
Powell Library hosts Lincoln exhibit
The Mask of Lincoln, a and led the fight to preserve special exhibition format- the union during the Civil ted specifically for public War. The educational portlibraries and other educa- folio is specifically designed tional institutions, will be for middle school and high at the Powell Branch of the school students and their Knox County Public Library history and American studthrough Nov. 12 as part of ies’ teachers. the library’s commemoraLincoln was the fi rst tion of the Civil War’s ses- president to serve after quicentennial. photography came of age. Based on the scholarship He embraced the new techand collections of the Na- nology to craft his image tional Portrait Gallery and and keep himself in the organized by the Smithso- eye of his fellow citizens. nian Institution Traveling The portfolio includes the Exhibition Service, The “tousled hair� portrait Mask of Lincoln presents taken in 1857 and used in 10 iconic portraits of Presi- early campaign materials, dent Abraham Lincoln and and a Mathew Brady phoincorporates interpretive tograph taken just before text. Lincoln’s groundbreaking These portraits show the 1860 speech at the Cooper Buddy Valastro, aka The Cake Boss, stands outside Carlo’s Bakery in Hoboken, N.J. Photo submitted changing face that Lincoln Union. The latter image is and star of the hit TLC real- for Selena Gomez following ing with the Cake Boss: 100 (Feb. 12, 1809-April 15, known as the “photograph ity show “Cake Boss.� of Buddy’s Best Recipes 1865) presented to the world that made Lincoln presiher concert in New Jersey. as he began his presidency dent.� Valastro and the staff Valastro will appear at and Decorating Secrets,� at Carlo’s Bakery have cre- the Tennessee Theatre at 7 will be released Tuesday, ated thousands of beautiful p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6. In this Nov. 1. In the book, Buddy Hearth Scares Ball set for James White’s Fort works of art and some that live interactive event, he will shares everything a home are quite unusual. Some share the stories behind his cook needs to know about James White’s Fort will host the first Hearth of the most recent designs hit TV series and his color- baking as he takes readers Scares Ball from 7-11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28. through the same progresinclude a toilet bowl cake, Lori Tucker is the master of ceremonies, with ful Italian family, answer sive training he had in his a cake for a new car dealdancing to the sounds of the Chillbillies, appetizers audience questions, and give apprenticeship at Carlo’s ership and the replica of a provided by Rothschild Catering, a costume party, a live demonstration of the Bakery. Valastro shares his baseball stadium compete silent auction and other adult treats as the evening with working scoreboard. techniques that have made tips and secrets because he unfolds on the back lawn of the Fort. The most popular cake him one of the most success- wants the home baker to Tickets are $75 and can be purchased by sendat the bakery is a classic, ful and renowned cake art- have access to some of the ing payment to JWF Association, 205 E. Hill Ave., simple floral design known ists in the nation. Members tricks of the trade. Knoxville TN 37915 or by visiting the website at www. as the “groovy girl� cake. of the audience will be invit“I want people to be able jameswhitefort.org. Proceeds will benefit urgent presValastro had the honor of ed to join the fun on stage. to go home and makes cakes ervation needs at the Fort. Info: 525-6514. making the groovy girl cake His second book, “Bak- as a family,� he said.
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good friends. They were married and had two daughters, Lorri Wallace Johnson and Beth Wallace Bales. Feeling a need for more education, Wallace entered the University of Louisville and graduated with a bachelor’s in history in 1951. He also attended the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and graduated in 1952 with a master’s in theology. Having been ordained in December 1951 in his home church, First Baptist Church of Knoxville, Wallace attended the university and was also pastor of the Lusby Mills Baptist Church in Owen County, near Frankfort, Ky., from January 1951 to May 1952. He and Lynne served vavious churches, working with youth programs and a summer camp. In 1968, Wallace was hired as assistant director of the Department of Correspondence Studies at UT.
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Recycler is recycled Smith, Briggs only ‘no’ votes By Larry Van Guilder Love, goes the song, is better the second time around. But what’s true for affairs of the heart may not apply to business affairs, so it was fitting that a heart surgeon pointed this out at the recent County Commission work session. With admirable restraint, Commissioner Richard Briggs questioned the wisdom of going back into the greenwaste recycling business with Natural Resources Recovery, reborn, for these purposes, as Nature’s Best Organics of Tennessee. “Do we really want to go back in business with a company that didn’t live up to its (former) contract obligations?” Briggs asked. The good doctor answered the quesBriggs tion to his own satisfaction with a far less diplomatic addendum, noting that “(NRR was) a company that – in my opinion – defrauded us of hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars.” The issue of fraud is a matter for the courts to decide. Local business owner Brad Mayes’ false claims suit is still active, even after the county in a 2008 mediated settlement with NRR in essence Smith declared “no harm, no foul” and renewed the company’s contract for three years. Commissioner Amy Broyles volunteered that, “A lot of what happened before was Knox County’s own fault.” Broyles is not Brad Mayes’ biggest fan, and her opinion leaves much unsaid. Certainly the maverick behavior of John Evans, the late solid waste director, can’t be disregarded. Without authority, Evans relieved NRR of its contractual revenue sharing obligation. But Chancellor John Weaver notably opined that the county’s reasons for dismissing Mayes’ lawsuit (the county initially joined the suit) were “disingenuous” and “spurious.” And Weaver’s 2009 ruling that the suit could go forward left little doubt that he was troubled by the evidence presented at the hearing. Is Nature’s Best Organics the best choice for the new contract? Public Works and Engineering Director Dwight Van de Vate is satisfied. “Purchasing has really taken this and put copious amounts of time into (the process) and we have confidence in the work done,” he said. Law Director Joe Jarret was careful not to express an opinion on the choice of vendors, only saying the contract contains provisions to protect the county’s interests. Specifically, the vendor must keep books and records and allow inspections of the same. The cynically minded among us would say that begs the question: Didn’t the contract which has generated lawsuits and enough acrimony to keep the larder stocked for years to come contain the same provisions? How did that work out for Knox County? The county needs a better outcome this time around; we’re running out of recyclers to recycle. Perhaps Briggs was thinking of Proverbs 26:11: “As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.” He cast his vote as if he was, joining R. Larry Smith as the only other commissioner to vote against the resolution. In absentia, Brad Mayes cast a resounding “nay.” Contact Larry Van Guilder at lvgknox@mindspring.com.
A-4 • OCTOBER 24, 2011 • POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS
The gloves are off The mayoral campaign has entered a new, hard hitting phrase. The gloves are off and Mark Padgett is waging all out war. Padgett is determined to win, and he has Rogero responding to his charges. Padgett’s recent attack piece on Rogero hits tax votes from County Commission going back 20 years in one case. Rogero responded that her votes kept Austin-East and Fulton high schools open. She points out that Padgett has no record of public service. No doubt she worries that if she does respond, it gives his attacks more circulation. But if she ignores them the charges may stick. Either way is a political risk. However, remaining silent would be the greater risk. Rogero can count on several more attack pieces before Nov. 8. She will need to motivate her base to vote in droves to win. The first Padgett piece to
Last Monday night, Mark Padgett’s campaign manager Tony Coppola filled in for his candidate at the Alice Bell Spring Hill Neighborhood Association while Padgett
Betty Bean hit the West Hills homeowner’s group. He got a polite, if somewhat subdued reception, possibly because his candidate got endorsed by Realtors and homebuilders’ groups earlier in the day. On Tuesday morning, his counterpart, Chip Barry, campaign manager for Madeline Rogero, was covered up with infrastructure work in his candidate’s Sutherland Avenue headquarters. Scheduling, planning, coordinating fundraising activities and dealing with volunteers made for an appointment-filled day. Out at Alice Bell, Coppola hit all of Padgett’s talking points – Lonsdale, public service, Bredesen, borrowed laptop, friend’s couch, $5,000 savings, job
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creation, ability to schmooze world-class CEOs. A Pennsylvania native and a 2006 Boston College graduate, he gained some notoriety as a student by protesting BC’s inviting Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to speak at commencement and receive an honorary degree. Now 27, he is a hired gun who has been involved with eight Democratic candidates, starting with an entry-level staff position with the John Edwards campaign in Iowa. He has been working in the Padgett campaign since late May, when he came here from Florida where he managed a congressional campaign for Lori Edwards, a Democratic woman in a
heavily Republican district. She was an underdog from the get-go and it was no surprise that she lost. Barry came to Knoxville from Nashville 27 years ago to attend the University of Tennessee and has never left. He has long been active in neighborhood issues – he is past president of the Colonial Village Neighborhood Association, treasurer of the South Knoxville Neighborhood and Business Coalition, and a board member of the South Knoxville Foundation – and is making his first foray into politics. The bulk of his work experience has been in operations management of mental health centers and nonprof-
its, but more recently he has been a Realtor because having flexible work hours has given him the time to make extended Nashville visits to care for his aging parents. He says he has never been particularly partisan. “I went to work for Madeline as campaign manager in January after being recommended by some other neighborhood people who advocated on my behalf because they saw me as someone actively involved in community issues and as someone with operations experience,” he said. “I’ve really enjoyed it. Every day’s a different experience.” Coppola’s history, on the other hand, is that of a yellow dog Democrat who isn’t shy about mixing it up if need be. When asked if he is comfortable accompanying Padgett to Republican strongholds to woo GOP support in this nonpartisan race, he stayed on message: “I don’t think Mark views politics through a partisan lens. Creating jobs is his No. 1 goal and the issue I care about most is jobs and the economy. We’re going to get this economy going.”
Who you gonna call? Moncier represents Union County schools chief For those missing their Herbert (as former Texas Gov. Ann Richards once said when comparing George W. Bush to his dad), he’s back! Herb Moncier was in Union County last week when the school board suspended Director of Schools Wayne Goforth. Herb promised we’ve not heard the last of this. You can take that threat to the bank! At right, Goforth and Moncier talk before the meeting. – S. Clark
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arrive at my mail box was a most unusual. First, it has potential Mayor Padgett on the waterfront in front of the closed Baptist Hospital. The mailer does not mention one thing Padgett plans to do to reopen or convert Baptist Hospital to another use. It is a symbol of failure with little current hope for revival. Most candidates liked to be pictured in front of successes. Padgett’s flyer cites “job creation” as point one. “Support businesses which already call Knoxville home.” But the bulk rate permit on the same mailer shows a Memphis permit (#4622) which suggests he is taking his business to Memphis,
visible in these final weeks on TV and in the mail to have the convincing win she seeks. ■ KUB is sending Mayor Brown five or more names to replace attorney Tom Jones who is leaving the KUB board after two terms (14 years). Mayor Brown will choose one name to submit to City Council for a vote. More on this process in a later column. ■ Larry Martin, who has been a key player in the Haslam and Brown administrations, emailed me in response to an inquiry that he plans to leave city government before the new mayor takes office in mid-December. Martin has been the “go-to” person in the city for the past six years serving ably and effectively. Some observers had thought he would stay if Rogero wins. ■ Former County Commissioner Bee DeSelm has moved from Hamilton House in Sequoyah Hills to Shannondale Retirement Center in West Hills. She is recovering from a recent fall but doing well.
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not Knoxville. Padgett’s pledge does not match his practice in the same mailer. Several longtime businesses in Knoxville could have printed and mailed this item but he placed his campaign money elsewhere. Metro Pulse has jumped into the fray by questioning the number of employees Padgett has with a surprise visit to Padgett’s office which is featured in the current issue. My best guess is that Rogero still wins but by a closer margin than previously thought. Rogero will need to step forward with more publicity on the endorsements she has won such as the FOP and Firefighters plus neighborhood leaders from across the city to counter the Padgett endorsement announcements. Rogero also will need to send out mailers to offset the Padgett mailers. To date (Oct. 20), Padgett has sent out three mailers in four days while Rogero mailers have not arrived. Presumably, they are on the way. Rogero needs to be more
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POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS • OCTOBER 24, 2011 • A-5
Playing at Oakes Farm As we left the Legacy Parks Foundation lunch in the woods, executive director Carol Evans said, “MenSandra tion Oakes Daylilies.” Clark Hey, that’s an easy one. Oakes is a super place in Corryton where both kids and adults can play on the Carol likes Oakes because farm. Check the story on this page for Cindy Taylor’s Stewart and Ken Oakes donated a couple hundred Corn Maze visit. day lilies to be planted in Legacy’s parks and this year donated a door prize to each attendee at the annual fundraiser. Ken Oakes said this year’s “Legacy Lily” was the Red Volunteer, introduced by his grandfather, Bill Oakes, in honor of the Tennessee Vols.
more worthy dad than Victor. At the Farragut Rotary last week, the former mayor told of his appointment as ambassador to Poland. The idea of an ambassadorship was first suggested by President George W. Bush, who was a classmate of Ashe at Yale University. George and Laura Bush attended the Knoxville wedding of Victor and Joan and went whitewater rafting with them. So Victor was interested in an ambassadorship and had talked a couple of times with a White House representative. It was approaching Christmas and the Ashes The next Martha Ashe opted to send Martha, then It’s said that parents 10, along with Victor to the get the kids they deserve, White House Christmas Victor Ashe speaks at the Far- so certainly Martha Ashe, Party. She had done well in 18, couldn’t have come to a school and the trip was both ragut Rotary Club.
a reward and present, he said. These dinners are held almost nightly in December with 400 of the president’s closest friends who stand in line for an hour to shake hands for 15 seconds. But the food and decorations are great, said Victor. He and Martha inched along the line and up to the president. “So have you decided to take that job in Poland?” asked Bush. Victor had not mentioned the possibility to his kids, and Martha is not dumb. “Are we moving to Poland?” she asked as they headed upstairs to dinner. “I do not want to go. “I don’t know anyone in Poland. All of my friends are here. If I go to Poland, they’ll find other friends and I’ll never see them again. “How could you do this to us? I don’t want to go and I’ll just tell you, J. Victor won’t want to go either!” She fussed in this vein all through dinner. “You don’t get a vote,” Victor told her. So off to Poland went the Ashes, and last year, the day after Christmas, Martha was on a plane to Poland to visit her friends there. It ended well, but for that one evening in Washington, it was touch-and-go. And for those who remember the original Martha Ashe, you’ve gotta know that somewhere she was grinning.
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Contractor David Hurst, Union County Mayor Mike Williams, Union County Commissioner Doyle Welch, state Rep. Dennis Powers, Bob Colvin with Robert G. Campbell and Associates, and contractor Hugh Brogdon break ground for a water line expansion that will serve 58 households in the Highway 61 area. Hurst Excavating is the contractor, and David Hurst hopes to be finished in February. Hallsdale Powell Utility District will provide the water and maintain the lines. Info: 922-7547. Photo by Cindy Taylor
A benefit concert for Jerry Lee Cole (medical bills and other final expenses) will be held 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at the Union County High School auditorium. Performances will be given by Cody Shuler
Kaylynn Wells, 2, decides to take her own tour of Oakes Farm. Photo by C. Taylor
Corn Maze crazy! By Cindy Taylor For 10 years, folks have been coming to pick their pumpkins and walk the maze at Oakes Farm. The 2011 event has broadened to include visitors from Kentucky, Alabama and beyond. Ken Oakes and his brother-in-law David Black are managers of the Corn Maze at Oakes Farm while founder Stewart Oakes now works primarily as manager of Oakes Daylilies. “Our most popular attraction is the rest rooms,” said Ken Oakes. “People never liked the port-a-potties, so we replaced them a couple of years ago. This event has become a family tradition with a lot of folks who spend half a day or all day. One of our most popular photo op is the sign post ‘How Tall This Fall’ so families can see how much children have grown from the previous visit.” The primary maze covers nine acres and is a tribute to Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne, who will visit
the farm Oct. 30. Guests can enjoy the “Back 40” Entertainment Area, including two separate corn mazes, the old mine shaft, the animal exhibit, a bouncing pillow, a hay maze, pedal carts, tire mountain play area, Rat Racers, Farm Scene Investigation Game, a giant sand play area, quad slides and a downhill derby. Children can also pan for gems, rope steers or play tetherball. The farm offers educational activities and field trips for students through the week as well. “This is my favorite thing to do during our festival,” said Oakes as he flipped a burger on the grill. The Trail of Doom and Haunted Maze will continue to draw the brave in the evenings through Halloween night, and a portion of the proceeds from the Haunted Maze will go to benefit Children’s Hospital. Info: 6873770.
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Archive photos show Bill with Bobby Kennedy, Jimmy Carter reading Bill’s book and Bill (far left) with Martin Luther King Jr. just hours before King was shot. Courtesy of Bill and Lynn Willis
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ill Willis has a way of turning up. “I get into situations I don’t deserve,” he puts it. Bill was in Fountain City Park a couple of weeks ago when Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey and legislative committee chairs endorsed Becky Duncan Massey for state senator. “Are those folks politicians?” he asked. Well, yes, Bill. Where have you been? Turns out Bill marched with Martin Luther King Jr., drove for Bobby Kennedy and has met people the rest of us have only read about. The retired preacher now lives in Knox County with wife Lynn to be near their only grandson. What stories he tells. Lynn gigged him to tell “coal pile,” a story he says makes him seem closer to Dr. King than he was. Seems King and his confidantes were at somebody’s home in Selma when some kids were arrested. As Bill tells it, the kids were released and then arrested again before they got home. He was
incensed. “I was mad as hell. I stormed out and slammed the door and said, ‘I’m about ready to burn it down!’” Standing by a coal pile, he heard the door close again and footsteps. Dr. King spoke softly, “I think you’re involved (in the Civil Rights movement) out of concern for social justice. I don’t think it grows out of your Christian faith. Mine does and I hope you learn this.” Although a preacher then, Bill said it was years later before a “Christian experience” deepened his faith. Back at the coal pile, another fellow later asked what King had said. “Oh, just some black preacher talk,” Bill replied. William Willis Jr. and Lynn have been married for 33 years. Lynn says, “God matched us,” and Bill agrees, but adds, “How often God is confused with our imaginations.” Bill is complex. He holds a doctorate but not from Harvard which he attended for three years. Smart enough
to be admitted, he never graduated from the Ivy League university. “A professor told me I was a rare one who didn’t do well enough to flunk out,” he says. Andrew Young: UN Ambassador for Jimmy Carter and later mayor of Atlanta. Bill was with Young, then mayor, when a little girl approached, crying she was lost. “Honey, you’re not lost, you’re with me!” said Young, taking her to the dais. Another time Bill was with Young in the Chicago airport
To talk with Bill Willis (without waiting to bump into him in the park), call 931-256-0485. when they encountered President Carter. “If you need me, call,” said the president. “Now the president did not know me,” said Bill, but Andrew said, “Let’s figure out
body but me,” Bill says. Abernathy rose to introduce him. “Now Ralph McGill (crusading editor and publisher of the Atlanta Constitution) has referred to Billy Willis as Dr. King’s white lieutenant, but this ain’t no lie. Billy is a five-star general!” The crowd cheered. Stolen sermon: My favorite thing is preaching, says Bill, and once King sent him to Brooklyn to fill in. A young intern went along. “It was an upscale black church; people were wearing minks and furs,” Bill says. When they returned, the intern raved. “You oughtta heard him. He was great. He had that crowd in his hands.” “But what did he say?” asked King. “He took his text from Acts 27, ‘and they made it in on broken pieces,’ not on white horses or with a grand army.” King said, “I’m quite familiar with that sermon. Billy stole it from me.” Bobby Kennedy: He called me “The Reverend,” Bill said. “And I did not call him Bobby.” Willis met Robert Kennedy in Detroit following the riots of 1967. Kennedy was running for president and Willis was there to help calm the community. Bill volunteered to help in Kennedy’s campaign and later was tasked with driving the candidate to an event. He got Lynn and Bill Willis walk their dog, Onyx, in Fountain City Park. to talking and took a wrong Photo by S. Clark turn at the Holland Tunnel. “We ended up in New Jerwhat we want and call him.” Rights movement.” sey, and the senator said, ‘I’m Thinking he was there sure glad I’m not running for “That’s just something politicians say,” said Bill, to pray, Bill picked up the governor (of New York).’ ” “but if we ever need him, church bulletin to see he Bill went into a severe was scheduled to preach. He depression compounded by you can call.” The Rev. Ralph David peeked out to see a solidly heavy drinking following Abernathy: King’s succes- black and younger crowd. the killings of King and Kensor in the Southern Christian “This is not going to do well,” nedy. But he continued his Leadership Conference. Af- he said to Abernathy. political involvement. He was “I’ll take care of it, Billy,” a delegate to the infamous ter King’s assassination, “we were back in Mississippi,” said Abernathy. 1968 Democratic convention Bill relates, “and the miliMahalia Jackson sang. To page A-7 tants had taken over the Civil “Everybody there was some-
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Marching with Martin
Don’t ‘Let it Be’
From page A-6 in Chicago, and he rode in a limousine with Sen. George McGovern (Democratic nominee in 1972). Career: After the excitement of the ’60s, Bill settled in to preach, pastor and raise his family. His training is in counseling, which Lynn calls “creative listening.” Bill says a counselor must be objective, ask questions and get the patient to talk. “Most people know the answer without knowing the question.” He and Lynn have done couples counseling. “One of the nice things about the Christian faith is it’s adaptable. … New Testa-
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WORSHIP NOTES Community services ■ 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. ■ Knoxville Free Food Market, 4625 Mill Branch Lane in Halls, distributes free food 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. the third Saturday of the month. Info: 566-1265. ■ New Hope Baptist Church distributes food from its food pantry to local families in need 6-8 p.m. every third Thursday. Info: 688-5330. ■ Temple Baptist Academy is collecting nonperishable food items through Friday, Nov. 18, for its Thanksgiving Food Drive. Food will be accepted at the school office or at home games.
Fall festivals ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, will have
ment writers wrote in a nonscientific age; while we live in a scientific age.” Bill’s first book is titled “What’s Wrong with the Church.” He says, “There’s a desperate need for someone to say, you don’t have to believe that. Just believe the gospel. Jesus never said that.” While Bill’s lifestyle has mellowed, his idealism burns brightly and he’s a joy to know. One never knows who will turn up in Fountain City Park. The old preacher ends wistfully: “I wish Martin had lived to see what he talked about come true.”
pumpkins of all sizes for sale 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Oct. 30. Info: 690-1060 or visit www.beaverridgeumc.com. ■ Clear Springs Baptist Church’s RACK Ministry will hold a Trunk or Treat 5 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at the church’s future home in front of Midway IGA, Tazewell Pike at Emory Road. Info: www.clearspringsbaptist.net or 688-7674. ■ City View Baptist Church, 2311 Fine Ave., will host its annual Fall Festival with Trunk or Treat 6:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26. Medic blood drive all day. Info: 522-2364. ■ Dayspring Church, 906 Callahan Drive, Suite 906, will hold Carnival Fun Night 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29. ■ Faith UMC,1120 Dry Gap Pike, will hold their annual bonfire and wiener roast 5-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29. Everyone is welcome. Info: 688-1000 or www.faithseekers.org. ■ Glenwood Baptist Church, 7212 Central Avenue Pike, will hold Trunk or Treat 7-9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28. Info: 938-2611. ■ Graveston Baptist Church, 8319 Clapps Chapel Road, will host Trunk or Treat 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30. Info: 686-0186 or www.graveston.org. ■ Greenway Baptist Church, 2809 Addison Drive, will hold a Fall Festival noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29. Everyone welcome. ■ Lincoln Park Baptist Church, 830 Chickamauga Ave., will host its fall festival 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26. Hot dogs, chips and a dessert. Info: www. lincolnparkchurch.org. ■ New Beverly Baptist Church, 3320 New Beverly Church Road, will host a Trunk or Treat 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30. Info: www.NewBeverly.org. ■ Norwood UMC, 2110 Merchants Drive, will host its Pumpkin Patch noon to 8 p.m.
Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” (Psalm 14: 1a NRSV) Proof-texting is what people do when they pick and choose what they read in the Bible. It is taking a particular phrase or verse out of context to make a point. For example, you can prove that the Bible says “There is no God.” See? It’s right there in Psalm 14: 1 (quoted above). Of course, if you read the entire verse, it actually says, “Fools say in their hearts, ‘There is no God.’ ” Totally different message. I started thinking about this the other day when I was working on the church bulletin. One of the hymns for the upcoming Sunday was “Take My Life and Let It Be Consecrated.” At least, that is how I
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Lynn Hutton published the title in the bulletin. The United Methodist Hymnal titles it “Take My Life and Let It Be.” I happen to object strenuously to that shortened version of the title, for one simple reason. I come from a long line of Appalachian pioneers, and where I come from, “Let it be” means something. To “let (something) be” means to leave well enough alone. Don’t touch it, don’t mess with it, don’t bring it up again, don’t have anything to do with it. “Let it be.” When it comes to my life, I dearly hope that God will day, Nov. 19, in the Family Life Center Gym. Vendor applications deadline: Monday, Oct. 24. Forms and more info: email Julie at jbmintn@gmail.com, or call 690-1060 and leaving a message for Julie Moorefield.
Monday through Saturday and 1-6 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 31. There will be pumpkins and pumpkin bread for sale. Info: 687-1620. ■ Ridgedale Baptist Church, 5632 Nickle Road, will host its annual Trunk-or-Treat 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26. Info: www.ridgedale.org or 588-6855. ■ Salem Baptist Church, 8201 Hill Road, will hold a fall festival 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, with special guest Tom Toombs. To show a classic car or for more info: 922-3490. ■ Shepherd of the Hills Baptist Church, 400 E. Beaver Creek Drive, will hold Trunk or Treat from 6-8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31. ■ St. Paul UMC, 4014 Garden Drive, will hold a Trunk or Treat 6-8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30.
■ “Cherish the Child, Change the World” will take place 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, at the Knoxville Convention Center. Tickets are $75 ($35 for children under 13). All proceeds benefit the Smoky Mountain Children’s Home. Info: 247-0314 or visit www. knoxvilleevents.org. ■ Faith UMC, 1120 Dry Gap Pike, will hold the annual fall bazaar and rummage sale 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 4-5. Info: 688-1000 or www.faithseekers.org.
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■ New Hope Baptist Church will hold a fundraiser festival 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, and is seeking vendors. Proceeds will go to offset medical bills for injuries Chris Mitchell sustained in a motorcycle accident. Info: Tammy, 604-7634.
■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, will host a Fall Craft Fair 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Satur-
■ Shepherd of the Hills Baptist Church, 400 E. Beaver Creek Drive, will hold an end-of-the-
■ Union Baptist Church, 6701 Washington Pike, will host Family Palooza 6-8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31. Info: 687-4500 or www.discoverunion.org.
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not “let it be”! I hope that God will be right up in my business! So I considered what that hymn title would mean if a person were to chop off even more of it. “Take my life” means something else, too. To take someone’s life means to kill them. You see, words mean things. And that is why I listed the title of the hymn as “Take My Life and Let It Be Consecrated.” Moreover, that train of thought let me to consider how we truncate our faith in general. We have our favorite passages of the Bible that we love to quote, but do we consider the entirety of the message contained in the whole book? Can you come up with a one-sentence synopsis of the Bible? What is its message? What, exactly, is God’s word for us? We also like to cherry-
pick our firmly held tenets of faith. I know lots of upstanding Methodists who want to quibble over certain of the Articles of Faith they claim to believe. For that matter, I know lots of upstanding members of many denominations who will say, when pushed, “Well, no, I don’t exactly agree with that one tenet of what my church says.” My point is this: it is OK to be not quite so concerned about every jot and tittle, and to pay way more attention to the overarching sweep of the story of God’s creation of, activity in and abiding love for the world. That is the story contained in The Book. It all counts; it all matters; it all brings its own witness to bear on the grand arc that is God’s love and concern and mercy showered upon Creation.
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Music services ■ Oaks Chapel Church, 934 Raccoon Valley Road, will hold a singing 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29. Everyone is welcome. Pastor is the Rev. Roger Short.
Revivals ■ Clear Springs Baptist Church, 8518 Thompson School Road, will host a revival 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, and 7 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, Oct. 31 to Nov. 2. Evangelist will be the Rev. Bryan Wright, senior pastor of Fairview Baptist Church of Corryton. Special music. Info: www.clearspringsbaptist.net 688-7674.
Brooks to speak at KFL Karen Brooks will be the guest speaker for the Knoxville Fellowship Luncheon at noon Tuesday, Oct. 25. The KFL is a group of Christian men and women who meet weekly at the Golden Corral in Powell.
REUNIONS ■ Howard’s Quarter School (Red Hill School) of Claiborne County will hold its annual reunion 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, at the fire department building. Lunch served at 1:30 p.m. Bring a covered dish to share and drinks for your family, lawn chairs, and photos and memorabilia to share. All community members are invited. Info: J.D. and Mollie Waddell, 423-587-3402; Margaret Seals Bull, 423-626-3075.
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A-8 • OCTOBER 24, 2011 • POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS
Kicking team scores points, sets field position By Greg Householder
Lynzee Brown is youth homecoming queen Lynzee Brown, daughter of David and Angie Brown of Powell, won the 2011 Powell Youth Football Homecoming Queen contest. Lynzee was escorted by Brayden Smith, son of Barry and Heather Smith of Powell. Photo submitted
The coin is in the air as the team captains watch it flip before the game begins. The Powell High School football Panther captain picked it right and the man wearing stripes asks him what he wants to do. “We’ll defer,” says the Panther. As the crowd settles into their seats, the PHS kickoff team takes the field. Opponents usually do a doubletake. Instead of the stereotypical kicker, perhaps a small skinny kid with a soccer background, for the most part this year it has been Darrian Farmer who sets the ball on the tee. Farmer wears No. 92, a number usually reserved for a defensive lineman. Farmer is also 6 feet tall, weighs in at 210 pounds and is listed in the press guide as a defensive end. Or perhaps it might be the freshman Josh Neely, wearing No. 55, a number usually held by an offensive lineman or linebacker. Whoever the kickoff kicker might be for the Panthers, he doesn’t look like the typical kicker. As with all aspects of the game for Powell this year, the kicking game is doing well,
Part of the 2011 Panther kicking crew: Justin Wood, punter and place kick holder; Josh Neely, kicker; and Drake Owenby, long snapper. while yet to attempt a field goal. After all, who needs three points when the Panthers have outscored opponents 386-107 going into last Friday’s season finale at Central? Punter senior Justin Wood has punted 15 times for a total of 544 yards as of the Campbell County game on Oct. 14 with three being downed inside opponents’ 10-yard line. Wood is also two of four on PAT kicks and has passed for a two-point conversion. Wood usually holds for placekicker Neely who is hitting more than 80 percent as of Campbell County on extra point kicks. Neely has hit 29 of 36. Hagen Owenby has four punts for 144 yards and place kicker Austin Robinson is
two for three on PAT kicks. On Friday, Oct. 28, the Panthers will take a much needed Week 10 break before beginning playoff action on Nov. 4. So who will be the playoff opponents? Since the Tennessee Secondary School Athletics Association (TSSAA) adopted the playoff formula system last year, opponents will not be known for sure until the Saturday following Friday’s game. One thing is pretty sure though, last year’s second round playoff nemesis, Anderson County, will most likely be sitting at home this year. As of last Tuesday’s playoff matrix update, the Mavericks were four spots out of the playoff. With last Tuesday’s ma-
Josh Neely kicks off against Clinton on Oct. 7. Photos by Greg Householder
trix, the Panthers would have opened up as the top seed in Quad 2 by hosting Cleveland. But for now, it’s anyone’s guess.
Dance team does ‘Thriller’
‘Immersed in Color’ “Immersed in Color: Sanford Wurmfeld’s Cyclorama” will be on display through Thursday, Oct. 27, at the Ewing Gallery on the UT campus. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Info: Call 974-3200 or visit www. ewing-gallery.utk.edu.
To usher in the Halloween season and to celebrate senior night, the Powell High School dance team members dress as zombies and perform Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” before the final home football game on Oct. 14. Photo by Greg Householder
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Powell Branch Library threw open the doors to teen readers last week with special exhibits and activities. Manager Melissa Ferguson led a spin art workshop on Tuesday in which teenagers made brightly colored squares of construction paper. The squares were sized to serve as a CD cover, but they could be used as a postcard or as wall art, said Ferguson. Spin artists got creative with their work and the hour moved quickly. The activity was free. Also, the Powell Branch Library has an exhibit of Abraham Lincoln portraits called the “Masks of Lincoln.” The Powell branch is open Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. and Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. It is closed on Sundays. Maureen Padilla, 14, assists younger brother Garrett with spin art.
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Leading by flu shot example By Rob Webb The flu is unpredictable and its severity can vary from year to year. But this upper respiratory virus can cause serious Webb health issues and even death in those affected – especially children, the elderly and those with weakened immune systems. We at Rural/Metro know that the flu shot is the first and most important step in protecting against this serious disease. That’s why we recently held our annual on-site flu vaccination clinic providing nearly 400 flu shots to Rural/ Metro employees as well as employees of the UT Police Department, 911 Dispatch, Karns Volunteer Fire Department and the Knoxville Volunteer Emergency Rescue Squad. The Centers for Disease Control recommends a yearly flu vaccine for everyone six months of age and older. It is not, however, a guarantee that you will not be victim of this virus. These precautions will help prevent or limit the spread of flu virus: ■ Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue if you cough or sneeze. ■ Wash your hands often with warm water and soap for 15 to 20 seconds. Alcohol based sanitizers can also be effective, but does not replace hand washing! ■ Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth.
■ Avoid close contact with those who have the flu. ■ Use disinfecting wipes or sprays on hard surfaces such as copy machines, telephones and countertops, as the virus can be spread via hard surface contact. Many avoid the flu shot based on false information. Know the facts: Myth: You can get the flu from the flu vaccine. False. This is impossible. The flu vaccine does not actually carry a live virus; it contains inactivated or weakened organisms. Vaccine manufacturers grow the flu virus in eggs, then cleanse and chemically treat the virus to deactivate it. Myth: The side effects of the vaccine are worse than the flu itself. False. Most people who get the flu shot have no reaction. Up to 25 percent may have some redness and slight swelling at the site of injection; the risk of a severe allergic reaction in those who receive a vaccination is less than one in four million. Myth: Getting the influenza vaccine every year isn’t necessary. False. The vaccination needs to be given every year. Because flu viruses are constantly changing, flu vaccines are updated from one season to the next to protect against the most recent and most commonly circulating viruses. Flu season is upon us. Help protect yourself and your loved ones with a flu shot now.
Clayton Homes, a Berkshire-Hathaway company, has promoted three employees. J e r r y Creel is vice president of human reCreel sources and talent management for all of Clayton Homes. Previously, he was vice president of HR for Clayton’s retail division, and before joinHill ing Clayton in 2000, he was HR director for Oakwood Homes’ manufacturing division. Carl Hill is director of marketing and consumer insights. He joined the company as a
Arby’s gift to Alzheimer’s Tennessee The Johnson family – including Arby’s franchise owners John Johnson and Tom Johnson III and their children – presented Alzheimer’s Tennessee Inc. with a recordbreaking donation of $187,760 raised through Arby’s coupon book sales. New coupon books go on sale Monday, Oct. 24, for $1 and include $20 in savings. Pictured are John Johnson, Joy Johnson, Alzheimer’s Tennessee board president Mary Lyn Goodman, Ben Johnson, Alzheimer’s Tennessee executive director Janice WadeWhitehead, Carrie Johnson Gandy and Tom Johnson III. Photo submitted
after working in international business development for Dura-Line. He has lived in Knoxville for 10 years and is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
BUSINESS NOTES ■ East Tennessee Association for Female Executives will meet at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, at The Orangery to hear blogger and PR consultant Mark W. Schaefer. Info: www.etafe.org/.
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■ Food City customers raised $76,441 for the American Diabetes Association through the recent ADA Coupon Book campaign. Mickey Blazer, Food City’s director of pharmacy operation, presented the check to Wendi Mullins of ADA. The promotion ran in August and September.
■ Cabot Young has joined the practice of Child and Adult Clinical Associates in Knoxville as a clinical psychologist. Dr. Young provides therapy, counseling, assessment and coaching to children, adolescents, adults, couples and families. He received his doctoral and master’s degrees from California Institute of Integral Studies and his bachelor’s from the University of Tennessee.
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■ Franz Liszt will be honored on the occasion of his 200th birthday as members of the Steinway Society of Knoxville perform his works, starting at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, at American Piano Gallery, 11651 Parkside Drive. Pianists include Peggy Hinkle, Dianne Griffith and Stephanie Wayland, Mirandi Herrenbruck, Frank Gray, Aleex Conner, Lucy Gibson, Bernadette Lo, Ryan Fogg, Charlotte Walden and Tom Boduch. RSVP: 671-3388.
■ Holly Buchanan is the new events and media manager for Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee. She holds a bachelor’s degree from UT, taught for two years through Teach for America and earned a master’s degree in organizational leadership from Vanderbilt University. ■ The UT Medical Center has earned Magnet status from the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program. The designation is granted only to those organizations that demonstrate sustained excellence in nursing care. Janell Cecil, senior vice president and chief nursing officer, said the designation is “a data and process driven measurement of patient outcomes.”
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In search of signature win If all goes well, some day we will look back and say THAT was the Derek Dooley signature victory. It is not easy to score a sizzling upset or just win a meaningful run-of-themill thriller when you are fighting with a short stick – but it has happened. Robert R. Neyland did it early in his career, third Saturday in October, 1928, edge of Tuscaloosa town, young Vols against the vaunted Alabama Crimson Tide. The then Army captain fed enemy overconfidence by suggesting they let the clock run if the home team got too far ahead. Gene McEver returned the opening kickoff for a Tennessee touchdown while much of the crowd was still settling into seats. Alabama almost answered but flubbed the extra point. Farmer Johnson racked up a safety. McEver scored again. So did the Tide. It also knocked out
Donate blood, save lives Medic will give one donor a weekend getaway in the Smoky Mountains. The winner will be announced Tuesday, Nov. 1. Those who enter must be over 21 years of age. Donors can stop by one of two donor centers: 1601 Ailor Ave. or 11000 Kingston Pike in Farragut. Other sites: ■ 2-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, Court South North, 5621 Merchants Center Blvd., Bloodmobile. ■ 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, Karns High School, 2710 Byington-Solway Road, inside theatre. ■ 3-9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, City View Baptist Church, 2311 Fine Ave., Bloodmobile. ■ 2-7 p.m. Wednesday,
long to complete a 1-yard run, officials considered delay of game. Bill Battle’s big win was the amazing rout of Air Force in the 1971 Sugar Bowl. Praise be to Bobby Scott. You have a choice in Majors’ dramatic coaching career, the Miracle at South Bend, terrific comeback victory over Notre Dame, or the 35-7 mauling of Miami in the 1986 Sugar Bowl. That one remains a memorial to defensive strategist Ken Donahue. The signature victory for Phillip Fulmer was the 1998 national championship, 23-16 over Florida State. The ending against Arkansas was better. This next thought is tricky. Read at your own risk. There were two signatures in ’92, Georgia and Florida, back to back, while Fulmer was fill-in coach. Great victories. Careful about going there. Might start a riot. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@ netzero.com.
Bobby Dodd. The second half was a pointless war. Tennessee won 15-13. On that day were born the Flamin’ Sophomores, the stuff of legends. They grew up to go undefeated for 33 games. Believe me, Neyland had other signature wins. Hall of fame coach Bowden Wyatt got his in Atlanta, Nov. 10, 1956, third-ranked Volunteers against No. 2 Georgia Tech. This was a classic in Bobby Gordon punting, defensive fundamentals and field position. It pivoted on two Johnny Majors passes to Buddy Cruze. Tommy Bronson scored the lone touchdown from the 1. He also grabbed the
clinching interception. Pressure was awesome or awful. Every play seemed life or death. Tech threatened in the first quarter, got as close as the UT 28 and PUNTED on fourth and four. Why would Dodd do that? Said Wyatt: “Because he knew he couldn’t make it.” Tennessee ran a play and quick-kicked, 68 yards to the other end of Grant Field, a safer place to play. The Vols scored in the third quarter. The conversion attempt failed. Pressure intensified. Great game ended with Tennessee in possession, Tech standing by helpless, UT fans counting down the seconds, 14, 13, 12, 11. What a delightful day! Doug Dickey had a signature tie with Alabama and three great victories but the unforgettable game was the Rosebonnet Bowl, 37-34 over UCLA in Memphis. Dewey Warren did it. The Swamp Rat ran so
Oct. 26, Sevier Heights Baptist Church, 3232 Alcoa Highway, lobby. ■ 2-4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, Barge Waggoner Summer & Cannon, Century Park Plaza, Bloodmobile. ■ 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, Bearden High School, 8352 Kingston Pike, Hall of Memories. ■ 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31, Asheville Highway Animal Hospital, Bloodmobile. ■ 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31, Fulton High School, Student Center. Donors must be at least 17 years old (16 years old weighing 120 pounds with parental consent), weigh at least 110 pounds and have positive identification. Info: 524-3074 or visit www. medicblood.org.
appalachianarts.net. The center is hosting a chili supper with music The Appalachian Arts by the Woodpickers and Craft Center, 2716 Andera silent auction from 5-8 sonville Highway in Norris p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, is looking for new memat the Norris Commubers to sell their handmade nity Building. The cost is crafts in the Craft Center $5 for homemade chili, gallery. Anyone interested cornbread, dessert and in going through the jurydrink. Those wanting to ing process should bring purchase a meal served three samples of their in their own handcrafted work to the center between pottery bowl, which they Monday, Oct. 31, and noon can take home afterwards, Thursday, Nov. 3. can do so for only $20. Center hours are 10 There will also be a a.m. to 6 p.m. The jurying range of homemade crafts, will take place on Tuesday, services, and other items Nov. 8, and items must be up for bid at a silent aucpicked up by Nov. 21. Each tion. This event is a fundperson going through raiser for the center and is the process must fi ll out open to the public. People a form and pay a nonreare encouraged to purfundable $25 jurying fee. chase tickets in advance Info: 494-9854 or www. by stopping by the center
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AARP driver safety class For registration info about these and all other AARP driver safety classes, call Barbara Manis, 922-5648. ■ 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mon-
HALLS SENIOR CENTER Feature events for the week of Oct. 24: ■ Monday, Oct. 24: 9:30 a.m., Scrapbooking; 1 p.m., Mah Jongg; 1 p.m., Rook; 1 p.m., Exercise; 2:15 p.m., Social Dance class. ■ Tuesday, Oct. 25: 10 a.m., Canasta; 11 a.m., Exercise; 1 p.m., Mexican Train Dominoes; 2 p.m., Movie Time featuring “True Grit.” ■ Wednesday, Oct. 26: 10 a.m., Bingo; 10 a.m., Hand and Foot; 12:30 p.m., Bridge;
The Jubilee Community Arts will present traditional Appalachian dance with Allison Williams 7:30 p.m. each second Thursday at the Laurel Theater. Tickets are $7 ($5 for students and JCA members). Info: 523-7521.
1 p.m., Rook; 1 p.m., SAIL exercise; 2:15 p.m., Yoga. ■ Thursday, Oct. 27: 10 a.m., Line dance; 11 a.m., Exercise; 1:30 p.m., Dominoes; 1:30 p.m., Board Game Social; 5:30 p.m., Beginning Ballroom; 6:30 p.m. Intermediate Ballroom. Center is open until 7:30 p.m. ■ Friday, Oct. 28: 9:30 a.m., Pilates; 10 a.m., Euchre; 1 p.m., SAIL exercise; 1 p.m., Western Movie. Info: 922-0416. For a complete calendar of events, call the Halls Senior Center or visit www. knoxseniors.org/seniors.
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October is Adopt-a-Shelter-Dog month, and Young-Williams will be offering adoption specials each week. Twoyear-old shepherd mix Jessie is ready for anything this month has to offer. She is available for adoption at the main center at 3210 Division St. Hours there are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1-6 p.m. Sunday. The “new” center at Young-Williams Animal Village at 6400 Kingston Pike is open daily from noon to 6 p.m. Visit www.young-williams.org to see photos of all of the center’s adoptables, and call 215-6599 for more information about each pet. Follow the center on Facebook at www. facebook.com/knoxpets.
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stay-at-home mom. Then again, she’s not staying home—she’s here every day. Meet Stephanie Clausen, 48-year-old mother of four. That’s right, 48.
always coming up with new ideas for weight training and advising me
She’s always been physically active and enjoys outdoor recreation, like
about carbohydrates and supplements,” Stephanie said. “I’m there every
fly fishing, hiking, camping and exercise. Stephanie met her husband
day, so maybe they’ll just give me my own key.”
while working out, and for the past 11 years, he has been her No. 1
Aside from feeling great and
trainer. Both she and her husband are avid fitness buffs, and they
the obvious physical benefits
encourage their four children, two daughters and two young sons, to
that come with pursuing her
exercise and keep fit too.
passion for figure competition,
On any given day, you’ll find Stephanie exercising at Tennova Health
Stephanie has discovered
& Fitness Center. In fact, when the family relocated to Powell, Tenn.,
another reason to work hard
she was a member at the fitness center before she was in a house.
in the gym. She has become
Stephanie was delighted that the fitness center was less than two miles
an inspiration to many of her
from her new home. The wonderful children’s area, Kid’s Klub, is
workout friends at Tennova
perfect for Stephanie. Her sons, Andrew, 8, and Ethan, 9, love it and
Health & Fitness Center.
get excited when she
One in particular is her close
takes them there. She is
friend, Heather Hensley.
able to work out while
Heather started training with
they play—a big win-
Stephanie and now she feels
win for everyone.
fantastic and is thrilled at her
Last April, one of
progress. “Tennova is just that
her fellow workout
kind of place,” Stephanie said.
regulars, Stephen
“Everyone is really friendly,
Edwards urged her
and we encourage each other.”
to consider training
The facility is top notch with
for bodybuilding and
the best and latest equipment
figure competitions.
and is very clean, but what she
So, she finally decided
likes most is being able to relax and work out in a family-friendly
to go for it. From then
atmosphere. That’s most important to Stephanie.
on she began a high-
For more information on Tennova Health & Fitness Center, call 859-7900 or visit TennovaHealthcare.com.
protein diet, rich in
Stephanie poses in the spotlight after taking First Place in Figure Novice and Figure Masters at last August’s Knox Classic competition in Knoxville, TN.
fresh produce, meat, fish, poultry and dietary Stephanie Clausen trains with weights every day at Tennova Health & Fitness Center. “It’s a great place with everything I need,” she said.
supplements. She trains through power lifting at the fitness center
two hours each day, seven days a week. But that doesn’t include the
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running, calisthenics, and other physical activities that she regularly
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