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Fun at Fantasy of Trees Craft show and parade are Dec. 3 The Powell Lions are putting the finishing touches on their community craft show and parade on Dec. 3. ■ The community craft show will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Powell High School. Vendor space is filling up fast but there are still spaces available. ■ The Lions will be doing Kids Sight and adult vision screenings 9-11 a.m. There is no cost for the screenings. ■ Frontier Communications will be sponsoring pictures with Santa Claus from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. There is no cost to attend the craft fair but the Lions are asking for a nonperishable food donation that will go to a local food pantry or used eyeglass donations that will be recycled to give the gift of sight to someone who might otherwise not be able to afford them. ■ The Christmas Parade will step off at 5 p.m. from the Powell Place parking lot (shopping center where Food City is located at Emory Road and Clinton Highway). Info on either the craft show or the parade: Diane Wilkerson, 640-1053.
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Katie Ann Evans enjoys the carousel during Fantasy of Trees last week at the Knoxville Convention Center. The event benefits Children’s Hospital of East Tennessee. Photos by Ruth White
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Powell High CTE classes created this stunning tree with a woods theme. The scroll reads, “Behold, the Lamb of God.”
A hero takes a break By Greg Householder Army Staff Sgt. Ted Meyers was in a relaxed mood Nov. 20. He was wearing a soft sweat suit and he had let his beard grow. Family, friends and neighbors were gathering at the Lazy Acre home of his parents, Ted and Vicky Meyers, for a picnic and welcome home party – again. Meyers is on his mid-tour break from his fourth overseas combat tour. Yes, his fourth tour in eiThe sign at the entrance of ther Iraq or Afghanistan. the Lazy Acres subdivision Hanging on the fence is expresses the neighbor- a well-used sign that says hood’s gratitude to Staff “Welcome Home, Stumpy.” Sgt. Ted Meyers. Photos by Greg “Stumpy is a name his Householder grandfather gave him when
The best laid plans? Commission neuters Hillside/ Ridge Top Plan By Larry Van Guilder After more than 3 1/2 years, County Commission’s debate on the Hillside and Ridge Top Protection Plan ended last week as that body accepted an amendment which declared the plan “advisory.”
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Briggs’ amendment was supported by the Knoxville Chamber and mollified developers. It allowed commissioners who had never supported the plan Commissioners voted 7-3 to declare victory. R. Larry for the amended plan, with Smith said later Monday at Dave Wright abstaining. the Halls Republican Club, Only Tony Norman, Amy “both sides won.” Broyles and Sam McKenzie Despite Briggs’ declarastood against the amend- tion that the amendment ment that gutted the plan. was “not intended to subCommissioner Richard vert anything,” it’s a frank
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he was born,” says Meyers’ father, himself an Army veteran. Meyers is in the field artillery – the light field artillery which means he does a lot of walking and not much riding. He spends a lot of time exposed. This homecoming is a little bit different for the 1995 Karns High School graduate. He shed a little blood on this tour in Afghanistan. On Aug. 6 his unit was attacked with rocket propelled grenades. Meyers and five others were wounded. Meyers was awarded the Purple Heart for his wounds. Meyers is not home on convalescence leave for his
betrayal to homeowners and businesses that endorsed the plan that had emerged from the facilitated joint meetings of commission and City Council. Plan opponents have habitually engaged in bluster and threat, and last week was no exception. Speaking for the Chamber, attorney Tom McAdams said, “There are lawsuits waiting to be had if you make this binding.” “All you want to do is kick us in the teeth when we’re down,” developer Scott Davis said, alluding to the depressed construction industry. County Law Director Joe Jarret said a property owner’s right to appeal an MPC decision was not affected by the plan. “Regardless of what language you put in the plan, there’s still redress for the landowner,” Jarret said.
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Staff Sgt. Ted Meyers (second from left) is flanked by his father, Ted; mother, Vicky; and grandmother Evelyn Spears. The family is standing in front of a well-used welcome home sign for the Army sergeant on his fourth combat tour. wounds. His break is the usual 15 day mid-tour break given to all soldiers. “I guess I heal pretty quick,” says Meyers of his wound. Meyers joined the Army
in 2002. He served in Afghanistan in 2004 and 2005, Northern Iraq in 2006 and 2007, and Iraq in 2008 and 2009. Meyers will be returning to finish his Afghanistan tour in a couple of weeks.
“It’s raining again,” said Norman, as discussion wound down. The vote is about water issues and Briggs’ amendment “is a Trojan horse, he added. “City Council walked away (from the joint facilitated meetings) and we were in agreement. “Water knows no boundary between city and county. … We need to stay parallel with the city.” “The Briggs amendment,” Norman concluded, “is muddying the water metaphorically and practically.” But Briggs said his amendment “un-muddies” the water. “People may say I’m taking one side or another, but I’m not,” he said, without a trace of irony. What are those who expected more left with? First, a plan for the county that is unlikely to pass – or even be presented – at City
Council. If council members sign off on the plan approved at the joint meetings, city and county policies on slope protection diverge. That outcome brings to mind the city/county divide on stormwater ordinances in 2007 which resulted in the city threatening to sue the county. Because of Briggs’ amendment, developers in the county may feel less constrained in continuing the practices that resulted in the Dawson Hollow disaster a few months ago or the hillside stripping at Watt Road which Norman aptly called “an abomination.” “How do you have a ‘nonbinding’ map?” Norman asked. With Briggs’ “advisory” amendment tacked on, that self-contradicting, limbo-dwelling creation is precisely what we have.
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community PBPA seeks honorees Selection committee meets Tuesday Do you know someone who has perhaps gone above and beyond in service to their community? It might be someone from your church, a coach, a scoutmaster, someone who does things for the poor or homeless. It can be just about anyone. The Powell Business and Professional Association would like to recognize such folks at the group’s annual banquet Friday, Dec. 9. And the Man and Woman of the Year do not have to be associated with the PBPA. It can be anyone. The criteria for nomination are pretty straightforward. All nominees must have lived or worked in the Powell community for at least two years and must be individuals who have contributed time and effort to a cause for advancement in the growth of the Powell community but does not seek compensation or rewards for doing so, and their cause may be in a field
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Powell Playhouse Gospel Music night is Dec. 9
The Powell Playhouse will be sponsoring an evening of gospel music on Dec. 9 beginning at 7:30 at the Jubilee Banquet Facility. Groups featured are Barry Rowland and DelivGreg erance, the Beelers, and the Householder quartet New Heights. The playhouse will also be holding auditions for its upcoming production of deemed appropriate by the “Steel Magnolias� from 5 nominating committee. The to 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 29 and Businessperson of the Year from 3-5 p.m. Dec. 30 at the must be a member of the Powell Library. The play will PBPA in good standing. be presented Feb. 23-26 and Nominations have been will be a dinner theater forslow coming in this year. mat so advanced ticket sales I personally think it is beare a must. Rehearsals for cause folks in Powell are “Steel Magnolias� will begin not aware that Man and Jan. 2. Woman of the Year nominations are being sought ■AFSPA Christmas and that those nominees sale is Dec. 10 do not have to be affi liated with the PBPA. Looking for something So, if you know someone different to give this year who is deserving of the rec- for Christmas? Why not Tognition, let the PBPA nom- shirts, sweatshirts or other inating committee know. memorabilia from the PowWork up an email or letter ell Airplane? outlining why you think the The Airplane Filling Staperson should be consid- tion Preservation Associaered, what they have done tion will be having a Christand how to get in touch mas sale at the airplane from with them. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nominations should be Dec. 10. It’s a great time to sent to Dr. Don Wegener, stop by and look at the progphone, 938-8700; fax, ress the group has made on 938-8706; or email at the iconic building.
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Oz Collins enjoys riding the carousel with his aunt Sarah Monroe. Photos by Ruth White
Jacob Frye is all smiles as he poses for a photo in the red and white tree forest.
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Alex Ailor and Brianna Emory help greet guests to the handprint potholder booth at Fantasy of Trees. The holiday craft was one of many projects for children to make and take home.
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Attending the special luncheon reunion for coach J.W. Jones are: Wiley Jones (a golfing buddy) and teammates Joe Wilson, Robert Hamilton, Jimmy Sullivan, coach J.W. Jones, David Rector, Greg Ratcliff, Tommy Ray and Mike Fleming. Teammate Terry Cox has passed away and Sam Brown, Gary Cassell, Bob Parrish and Randy Williams live out of state and could not attend. Photos by Jake Mabe
NOTES ■ Christmas Toy Drive is underway. If you need assistance with toys this Christmas, go to Cross Roads Presbyterian Church, 4329 E. Emory Rd. Applications are in a red box at the top of the stairs. Fill one out and slide it under the door at the end of the overhang. To sponsor a child, call Jeanie at 922-3137. Toy collection boxes are at Halls Commercial Bank and Halls Senior Center. ■ Powell Lions Club meets 7 p.m. each first and third Thursday at 7142 Old Clinton Pike. ■ Scott’s Free Community Recycling Center at 6529 Clinton Highway will recycle computers, TVs, electronics, cardboard, metal, paper and clothes for free. Info: 307-0659.
Sterchi team honors Coach Jones You should’ve seen the look on J.W. Jones’ face last week when he walked into the back room at Litton’s. Waiting on him were players from his 1961-62 8th grade basketball team, the Sterchi Royals, which won the East Tennessee Elementary Championship with a 30-1 record. They held a surprise luncheon for their coach on the 50th anniversary of the team’s success. Pointing to his golfing buddy, Wiley Jones, who drove him to Litton’s, J.W. Jones said, “Wiley said we were going to get together with some older guys and talk some. I thought it was going to be golfers from Beaver Brook, where I’ve been a member for 40-plus years.” Instead, he saw Mike Fleming, Robert Hamilton, Greg Ratcliff, Tommy Ray, David Rector, Jimmy Sullivan and Joe Wilson, all of whom stood and applauded. They
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gave him a special plaque as well as a directory and letters from surviving players. Everybody took a minute to share a story or two. “Today is your day,” Sullivan said. “It’s well deserved. Little did we know as young boys we had a coach qualified to teach at a high school or college or university. I just hope that one day my grandchildren and the grandchildren of these guys here can have a coach like J.W. Jones.” Jones graduated from Carson-Newman and taught and coached boys and girls at Sterchi from 1960-62. He went to Halls High School in 1962 and
served as head basketball coach for 10 years and taught golf for two years. He was the KIL Coach of the Year in 1962-63, his first year at Halls, and was later named the county’s Teacher of the Year as a physical education instructor. Jones earned a master’s degree in administration and later served as a principal. Sullivan said the lunch came about when Fleming contacted him about an upcoming reunion at Powell High School. A few weeks later, Fleming brought a photo of the Sterchi team by for Sullivan to see. “I said, ‘Do the math – it’s our 50th anniversary.’ ” Sullivan and Fleming located their former teammates in about three weeks. Nine of them later went to Central High and three attended Powell High. One teammate, Terry Cox, has passed away. Four
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Members of the 1961-62 Sterchi Royals 8th grade championship team surprise their coach, J.W. Jones (center), with a special 50th anniversary luncheon at Litton’s. others were unable to attend the lunch. Sam Brown now lives in Alaska. Gary Cassell lives in Austin, Texas. Bob Parrish is a dentist in Albany, Ga., and Randy Williams does government contract work in Washington, D.C. “Every one of these players led a successful life,” Sullivan says. At the lunch, they told stories and swapped old nicknames. Sullivan said he remembered the time Jones visited his home.
“He was selling encyclopedias. Coaches didn’t make too much back then.” (His first year at Sterchi, Jones made $3,300.) Fleming says he remembers his coach’s positive leadership. “I can’t ever recall you getting down on us.” “What I remember is that you were interested in all of us doing as well as we possibly could,” said Wilson. “They are a great group of guys,” Jones said. “I’ll tell you that.”
A ribbon-cutting and open house is set for 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 28, for Blueberry Ridge Senior Community, located at 7300 Blue Smoke Way in Powell. The development is part of Knox Housing Partnership, supported by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Directions: From I-75, turn left on Emory Road; left onto Central Avenue Pike; right onto West Beaver Creek Drive; right onto Blue Smoke Way. Blueberry Ridge is on the right.
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Nip it in the bud No one likes a bully. When we see bullying, especially in our schools, we’re becoming quicker to condemn it and take action. County Commission isn’t the schoolyard, and practicing politics will never be confused with “Ring Around the Rosie.” Sharp, informed exchanges are not only expected but desirable in our representative form of government. But lately the transparent dislike of one commissioner for another has reBroyles sulted in one crossing the line that separates mutual exchange from the tactics of intimidation. Mike Brown is consistently targeting Amy Broyles with the all but spoken acquiescence of commission chair Mike Hammond. Broyles is, to begin with, in a uniquely vulnerable position. She’s the only woman on the 11-member commission and one of only two Democrats. Brown Being outnumbered 10-1 in gender and 9-2 in party preference hasn’t stopped Broyles from saying her piece, and apparently Brown finds that annoying. At last week’s commission meeting he angrily interrupted Broyles. “I have the floor,” Broyles said. You’re repeating the same things “over and over,” Brown said. Hammond mildly said – in effect – “Play nice.” Because of her outspokenness, and because she is so often in the minority on questions before commission, for other commissioners Broyles can be (as my grandfather might have said) “hard to cotton to.” And she does have a tendency to revisit an issue once too often. But personal dislike for a fellow legislator or her style doesn’t trump the necessity for mutual respect when commission sits as a body. The venomous tone with which Brown addresses Broyles even suggests an underlying misogyny. If there are any woman-haters on commission, a rapid attitude adjustment is in order. Knoxville just elected a woman mayor, and the times they are a-changin’. Perhaps Brown isn’t aware of how the spectacle of a strong, husky man bullying a petite woman plays to the audience. If not, the clerk’s office could retrieve the video of the day when Commissioner Greg “Lumpy” Lambert left his seat and approached Mayor Mike Ragsdale’s senior staffer Cynthia Finch as she stood at the lectern. No matter how you felt about Finch, it was an ugly moment. It isn’t incumbent upon Broyles and Brown to be pals. However, it is the duty of the commission chair to see that members conduct their business with mutual respect. Hammond may have been off his game last week. We know he was ill for a time. Assuming he returns to form for the December meeting, he should clarify the ground rules sooner rather than later. “Nip it in the bud,” our favorite fictional law officer would say, before the problem gets worse. Some might say Broyles talks too much, others Brown too little. Both were elected to vigorously represent the interests of their constituents, and we trust that each will continue to do so. But enough already with the bullying. It discredits the individual, the leadership and the body. Knox County expects better. Contact Larry Van Guilder at lvgknox@mindspring.com.
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Johnson says Senate run worth the pain I get knocked down But I get up again You’re never going to keep me down - Chumbawamba Gloria Johnson doesn’t sound defeated. Not even after she ended her firstever run for public office on the short end of a 63.5 to 36.4 perJohnson cent thumping at the hands of now state Sen. Becky Duncan Massey. Johnson, a special education teacher who also chairs the Knox County Democratic Party, took on the assignment shortly before the qualifying deadline when no other candidate stepped forward. She had little time to plan a campaign and little money to finance it. “When you live on a
Betty Bean schoolteacher’s salary, you get pretty good at staying on a shoestring budget,” she said. “I don’t have a big giant savings to tap into – but we got a lot done on very little money. I don’t play. If I do it, I’m gonna really do it.” She didn’t live in the district, so she took the giant step of vacating her home in North Knoxville and moving into a rental house in Halls. She campaigned fiercely against the odds for 90 days. Despite the outcome, she remains relentlessly optimistic and upbeat about her campaign for the 6th District Senate seat vacated by Jamie Woodson, who departed last summer to take the helm of an education think tank.
“Democrats in that district have never done better than 70/30 in the last few election cycles, so we moved the bar nearly seven points. In under three months. Against a Duncan,” Johnson said. “I got two-and-a-half times more votes in the general election than I did in the primary, and on the Republican side, with all three candidates in the primary, they got 11,000 votes. Becky Massey got 10,000 in the general, so she didn’t even get all the Republicans. To me that says something.” What it says to her is that she was able to change the discussion (guns/ abortion/ immigration) that dominated the Republican primary. “We got people to talk about different issues,” Johnson said, recalling the time when a reporter wanted to ask her the same questions he had asked Massey
and her two GOP primary opponents. “They were talking about newspapers printing government whatevers, guns, things like that, and I asked shouldn’t we be talking about things that are going to help people in the 6th District, like taking the tax off groceries and taking taxes off of small businesses? I talked to a lot of Republicans who completely supported those two issues.” Johnson says that moving to Halls hasn’t been a hardship, and that she had intended to move closer to her ailing parents, who don’t live far from her rental house on Long Hollow Road. She also intends to stay in touch with Sen. Massey. “I think she’s a very nice lady,” Johnson said. “I called her on election night and told her I will be in touch. She’s going to hear from teachers.”
Joyce Burchett: guts and gumption Until her husband, Charlie, died three years ago, the great sorrow of Joyce Hicks Burchett’s life was losing her brother Roy, who died somewhere in France not Burchett long after D-Day. That had to be a sad, scary time for Joyce, who was “engaged to be engaged”
Candidate School at Georgia Tech to study engineering. He got worried that the war was going to end before he could get a lick in so he flunked out on purpose and got shipped to the Pacific. Joyce wrote him every day, following the war’s bloody course across a map of the Pacific, knowing – despite the heavy hand of the censors – that he was in the thick of the fighting. Being a woman of guts and gumption, she earned her degree, became a teach-
er and learned to fly an open cockpit Meyer 90 by taking lessons with the Navy flyboys. When she and Charlie married in 1948, she excised the word “obey” from her vows, and they lived happily for the next 60 years – living reminders of the contributions and the sacrifices made by the Greatest Generation, both those who fought and those who waited. – Betty Bean
metal desks and a bunch of file cabinets.” He reorganized a customer service area, a mapping department, a section for data entry and data analysis, and a corridor for managers. “We didn’t have computers and phones on Sandra most desks,” he said. Clark Whitehead said he’s a conservative. “I will be in the office and I will answer cogent case for himself. the phone. I’ll look after Even Whitehead realized his your money.” clumsiness when he stopped The case for Kincannon and observed, “Well, the Will Larry Smith’s feud crowd got awfully quiet.” with Michele Carringer sink Money quotes: Indya Kincannon? Ballard, pulling out a Commission disrespectcampaign brochure: “Prom- ed the school board (what’s ises made, promises kept. new?) in redistricting. Cindy We are better off today (than Buttry and Thomas Deakins when he took office).” don’t even live in their disWhitehead, calling Bal- tricts now and Kincannon lard a big spender: “I’ll save picked up all of Fountain you $1 million over four City in District 2 (but that years.” pesky Michele is gone from Whitehead said Ballard District 7). spent $600,000 to upgrade Indya is revamping her a computer system that website and she’s set a worked fine. “He himself campaign kick-off 5-7 p.m. used this system (for the Wednesday, Nov. 30, at Bob 2009 reappraisal). What and Melynda Whetsel’s, made it obsolete?” 1015 Luttrell Street. EveryBallard said he came into one is invited (kids, too) and office to find “four or five no donation is required.
H o s t s include Kelley Flatford, Paul and Norma Kelley, Jamie and Holland Rowe, Bill Pittman and Tina Kincannon Rolen, Steven and Lauren Rider, Anne Woodle, Jennifer and Jon Searle, Ronnie Collins, and Michael and Sarah Kane. It’s a good blend of PTA neighborhood leaders, businesspeople and educators. Kincannon has matured as a board member, showing political savvy in voting for a new Carter school and showing spunk worthy of Davy Crockett in opposing Jim McIntyre’s plan to outsource custodians. With a master’s in public policy from Princeton, Kincannon moved here when her husband, Ben, got a job at UT’s College of Law. Their daughters attend Beaumont Elementary. Indya is a young leader for Knoxville’s present and future.
to Charlie, whom she had met in 1942 when they were both students at Austin Peay State College. He was from Clarksville, she was from Cheatham County. She’d always been at the top of her class. Charlie was a wild boy who liked to say that his main interests were “girls, football and motorcycles,” in no particular order. He got her attention by putting a tack on her chair. Before long, Charlie decided to enlist in the Marines. He was sent to Officer
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Becky Massey is off and running By Sandra Clark For anyone who missed the significance, Becky Duncan Massey is running hard for re-election. And she should, since candidates can pick up petitions starting Jan. 6, the qualifying deadline is noon April 5 and the winner-take-all primary is Aug. 2. The swearing in event at Central High School a couple of Sundays ago wasn’t so much a coronation as a campaign kickoff. And it was a dandy. First, Massey had participation from each high school in District 6: Carter, Central, Gibbs, Halls, South-Doyle and West. An opening dance was choreographed by Massey’s daughter Courtney and the master of ceremonies was radio personality Bob Thomas, who attended school with the senator at Chilhowee Elementary. The invocation was by the Rev. John Wood of Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church. The former softball coach touched all the bases. “This is a happy day for our family,” said Massey’s brother U.S. Rep. Jimmy Duncan. “Becky will speak out for the people she serves. She has the confidence to do a good job and a heart for service.” Then he joked, “I just don’t understand how she got to the Senate before I did!” Massey spoke briefly: “I want to make government work, not make government bigger. … Despite our difficulties, the United States remains strong. … Tennessee has incredible natural beauty and amazing people. Financially, we’re in better shape than almost any state. But there is always more to do.” John and Lois Duncan would have been proud to see their four kids – Beverly, Jimmy, Becky and Joe – on stage together. They would have been even prouder to see the folks in the audience, old friends from days gone by and lifelong political allies. So Becky Duncan Massey heads off to Nashville, buoyed by the good wishes (and a landslide mandate) from the folks in District 6. Godspeed.
Retired Criminal Court of Appeals Judge Joe D. Duncan (below) swears in his niece, state Sen. Becky Duncan Massey, as her husband, Morton Massey, looks on. Photos by S. Clark
Senators all: Ben Atchley, Sue Atchley, Becky Duncan Massey, Jamie Woodson and Victor Ashe. Sue Atchley served briefly following Woodson’s resignation. Ben Atchley had represented the 6th District since 1974. Photo by S. Clark
Rogero sets Inaugural: much to do During a four year term, a mayor gives five speeches which are carefully listened to by the public and decision makers. These are the four budget or state of the city messages and the fifth, but the first one the mayor makes, is the inaugural address. A mayor makes countless talks and speeches but these five are the ones guaranteed to be heard. Madeline Rogero, by choosing the Jacob Building as the site of her Inaugural and swearing in for four new council members and city judge, has made East Knoxville the well deserved focal point of her attention. This will be the first time a mayor has been sworn into office in East Knoxville. The site will be a good setting to address concerns in our African-American community as well as the entire city. The first Jacob Building was built in 1910 and burned down in 1938. Rebuilt shortly thereafter, it was substantially overhauled during my tenure as mayor under the able, steady, longtime leadership of Robert “Bob” Polk, director of public assembly and facilities. New bathrooms, heating and air condi-
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tioning, an elevator and new panels were added, along with a dressed up entrance off Magnolia Avenue with the ugly chain link fencing removed. I held one of my 16 budget messages at Chilhowee Park in front of the bandstand and it is great to see the 2011 Inaugural occur there as well. By having it indoors she does not need a rain alternative. Polk says he is “honored and excited” that the city’s 68th mayor will hold her Inaugural at the Jacob Building. No doubt he and the chair of his board, the energetic, irrepressible Shirley Nash Pitts, will leave no stone unturned to ensure a flawlessly executed event at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 17. I suspect it will be a huge crowd (700 to 800 people) by mayoral Inaugural standards so one had better plan to be there early for parking and a good seat. Yet to be announced is the mas-
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Pelot, chair, departs next month when her term expires. Speculation centers on incoming council member Finbarr Saunders, who has an extensive financial background, replacing her. Council will probably opt to have one of its own members on the board. Hopefully, Mayor-elect Rogero will attend the meetings herself each month and not turn it over to an aide. She will learn a lot simply by being present. While the board chooses its own chair, an attentive and attending mayor is likely to be the chair by vote of the board if she participates. Given the large amount of money and problems involved in the pension plan, it is appropriate (even imperative) for the mayor to be the board’s leader.
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all it the crowning achievement of a successful career. Halls native Larry Hodge was inducted, along with his wife, Joan Hamilton, into the Kentucky State Fair World’s Championship Horse Show Hall of Fame earlier this year. Hodge says it’s similar to being inducted into any of the professional sports halls of fame. “It’s quite an honor for me,” he says. “The people who vote are other Hall of Fame members. I’ve just been fortunate throughout my career.” Hodge started out training Shetland ponies as a child. “We had that little farm and as kids growing up, my brother Ronnie and I had ponies. My parents (the late Max and Helen) had horses and I began breeding and buying and selling. It was a hobby for us.” Young Larry would even be known to ride his pony to football practice. His mother, Helen, bought him a Saddlebred pony named High Voltage and something stuck. “It got in my blood, I guess.” Hodge has worked as a trainer at Kalarama Farm in Springfield, Ky., since the early 1970s. Hamilton is Kalarama’s owner and is in charge of the breeding division. Calling from a show in Kansas City, Hodge said one of the biggest thrills of his career has been getting to travel all over the country. “We had a client from California and we flew horses to Phoenix. Once we did a show at Madison
A young Larry Hodge (standing), already bitten by the equestrian bug, with his cousin Hugh Allen Hamley. Square Garden, and at that time, I’d never been to those places. The show at Madison Square Garden broke my career open.” He’s since traveled to Australia and South Africa and exported several horses to Europe. “I’ve got to see a lot of the world and meet a lot of interesting people. It’s a good lifestyle and you get to do something you really like. I guess I have a God-given talent for training horses.” Hodge’s father, Max, was in the grocery business, but Hodge says he never much liked being inside. “We’ve got three farms in Kentucky and I raise a lot of cattle, too. It seems like the more I’ve got going on, the more I like it.” Hodge says he’s won “every class available for a professional trainer”
and has lost count of how many World’s Championships he’s won, but estimates it’s more than 200. He’s won “the big one” – the Five-Gaited World’s Grand Championship – twice and says his riders “have pretty much won everything.” His son Max once joked that he thought his dad might’ve been a horse in another life! When Hodge received the Richard E. Lavery Horseman of the Year Award in 2002, Elisabeth Goth, who presented him with the award, says Hodge apprenticed under “some of the most influential trainers in the history of the sport,” including Royce Cates, Rap Sherill, Ned Clapp, Jim B. Robertson, George Gwinn and Garland Bradshaw. Those who know say that Hodge possesses incredible patience and
Larry Hodge at work. The Halls native, who has been a trainer at Kalarama Farm in Kentucky for more than 40 years, has been inducted into the Kentucky State Fair World’s Championship Horse Show Hall of Fame. Photos submitted “I’ve been fortunate to have some of the best talents and the best clients.” A 1967 Halls High graduate, Hodge played football and basketball and remembers Halls as a close-knit, country community. “It was a great place to grow up with a lot of nice people. Seems like we barely had enough players to make a football team and we played both offense and defense. I have a lot of good memories. When I do get to come back, I’m almost lost. It’s changed and grown so much.”
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What will you do on Christmas? Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness. (Psalm 29: 2 NIV) OK, so I know it is Advent, and normally on this day I would write about the season of preparation, the penitential nature of the weeks leading up to Christmas, the fugue in time that has John the Baptist show up as a grown man immediately after the visit of the Magi. But not yet. We will get there, but not yet. This is a pre-emptive strike, because there are church boards and committees – right now – who are wringing their hands over the fact that Christmas falls on Sunday this year. “Oh, what will we do? We can’t possibly tear children away from their toys and families away from their Christmas festivities!” And my personal favorite: “Christmas has never fallen on Sunday before.” (I actually heard those words
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Lynn Hutton uttered in a church board meeting one year!) Really? There are only seven days to choose from, and sometime in the past 1,600 years – since Christmas settled into Dec. 25 – it must have been on a Sunday! So here is what I want to ask those boards and committees who will decide about whether to worship on Christmas morning: Why would you not? Time was – and thankfully still is, in some traditions – that you went to church on Christmas morning, no matter what day of the week
it was on! It was a day of sacred meaning, a day of rejoicing that God had entered the world God created, that God was “pleased as man with men to dwell.” It was a day to rejoice, to worship this God who had come to be one of us. Only after you had worshipped did you go home and celebrate with feasting and gift-giving and singing carols. “But what about the children?” you ask. “They won’t get to play with their toys!” Yes, they will. Of course they will. After worship. Am I hard-nosed? Maybe. Am I a worship junkie? Most certainly. However, before you turn the page in disgust, dear reader, consider this: this is an opportunity to teach your children about the real Christmas: what it is, what it signifies, what it is really about.
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■ Fountain City United Methodist Church will hold its Christmas program, “Glory to God in the Highest,” 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, and 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 12.
■ 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.
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■ Cross Roads Presbyterian hosts the Halls Welfare Ministry food pantry 6-8 p.m. each second Tuesday and 9-11 a.m. each fourth Saturday.
Ella Patterson Woods ■ Stevens Mortuary (524-0331): Christina LeAnne “Christy” Acuff
■ Dante Church of God will distribute food boxes 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 10, or until boxes are gone. Limit one per household; you must be present to receive a box. Info: 689-4829.
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WORSHIP NOTES Auditions ■ Knoxville Nativity Pageant Choir will rehearse 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29, and Tuesday, Dec. 6, at Central Baptist Church of Bearden, 6300 Deane Hill Drive. Registration is 6-7 p.m. prior to each rehearsal. Performances are at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum at 3 p.m. Dec. 11 and at 7 p.m. Dec. 12 and 13 with a 7 p.m. dress rehearsal on Dec. 10. Info: Janelle Witt at janellewitt@comcast.net or www.knoxvillenativity.com.
■ Graveston Baptist Church, 8328 Clapps Chapel Road, will host a free walk-in medical clinic 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, in the student center. Fully staffed licensed medical doctors and registered nurses will offer general medical care and limited prescribed medications (no narcotics will be on site or prescribed) for all ages. A free food pantry with nonperishable items and a clothes closet with adult and children’s clothing are also available. Info: 686-0186. ■ Knoxville Free Food Market, 4625 Mill Branch Lane (across
from Tractor Supply in Halls), distributes free food 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. the third Saturday of the month. Info: 566-1265.
We do a disservice to our children if we are not careful Morgan is new pastor at Fair Havens to keep the Christ Child at the Fair Havens Baptist Church, 8909 Pedigo Road, center of Christmas. It seems has elected the Rev. Forrest Morgan to serve as that every year some wellpastor. The community is invited to Sunday school meaning, kind-hearted perat 10 a.m. and worship services at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. son says “Oh, Christmas is all Sundays and Bible study 7 p.m. Wednesdays. Info: about the children, anyway!” 922-3950 or http://www.facebook.com/pages/FairTo which I always reply, Havens-Baptist-Church/70577882883/. “No! It isn’t. It is all about The Child.” Now, I work in the church and I fully understand that churches who have three or four different services on a Sunday morning may rearrange the usual schedule because it is Christmas. I know that an 11 p.m. Christmas Eve service – my favorite service of the church year – makes for sleepy worshippers on Christmas morning. Been there, done that. But please, in the name of the Babe of Bethlehem, do not forsake Him on His birthday. Make your plans now to Elder Thomas E. Clapp Jr. is welcomed by Elder Paul E. Koelworship Him, adore Him, liker from Salt Lake City as the new Knoxville Stake President celebrate Him. of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Prior to this appointment, he was the bishop of the West Hills Ward. He was surprised to receive this position and said he is “very humbled to have the responsibility of leading the members (of the Revivals churches) in this area.” Photo by T. Edwards
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■ Graveston Baptist Church, 8319 Clapps Chapel Road, will have “Marvelous Mondays” the whole month of November. Starting at 7 p.m. each Monday there will be a special evangelist and singing. Info: 686-0186 orwww. graveston.org.
Special services
■ Beaver Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 7225 Old Clinton Pike, will host the third annual Knoxville Mommies Holly-Day Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3. Info: Beth Matthews, beth. matthews@knoxville mommies.com.
■ 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.
■ North Acres Baptist Church, 5803 Millertown Pike, will hold a rummage sale 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3. Proceeds will help the church college ministry, Overflow, attend Passion in Atlanta in January. Info: 454-5652 or visit www.northacres.net.
Women’s programs
■ Trinity United Methodist Church, 5613 Western Ave., will hold the annual craft sale 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3. Info/directions: 588-5763.
■ New Covenant Fellowship Church, 6828 Central Ave. Pike, will host a Knoxville Day Women’s Aglow Lighthouse outreach meeting 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6. Pat Greenlee of the Knoxville Aglow leadership team will
speak on “The Greatest Gift of All.” Bring a covered dish and items for the Lost Sheep Ministry. Info: Diane Shelby, 687-3687. ■ United Methodist Women Christmas Brunch will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at Trinity UMC, 5613 Western Ave. Tickets are $15. Price includes the meal, door prizes and entertainment. RSVP by Tuesday, Nov. 29. Info: 5885763.
Workshops and classes ■ Fairview Baptist Church, 7424 Fairview Road off East Emory Road, hosts a Celebrate Recovery program 7-9 p.m. Thursdays. ■ New Hope Baptist Church, 7602 Bud Hawkins Road in Corryton, hosts Celebrate Recovery adult and youth classes 7 p.m. Tuesdays
and 12-step class 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays. Info: 688-5330. ■ Dayspring Church, 901 Callahan Drive, Suite 109, will offer Divorce Care classes from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Monday evenings. There is no charge for the 13-week program and child care will be provided. Info: 242-3995
Youth programs ■ 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. ■ Union Baptist Church, 6701 Washington Pike, still has availability for preschoolers. Info: 687-4500.
Rec programs ■ New Covenant Fellowship Church, 6828 Central Avenue Pike, will hold Pilates class 5:45 p.m. each Monday for $5. Info: 689-7001.
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POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS • NOVEMBER 28, 2011 • A-9 Touchdown! Dyshawn Mobley punches it in for a score on Nov. 18 against Lenoir City. Powell hosted West last Friday. The winner will face the winner of Hendersonville and Henry County in Cookeville for the state 5A championship.
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Colby Skeen (22) and the rest of the Powell defensive unit are set to pounce the Lenoir City Panthers on Nov. 18. Powell won 34-26 to advance to the semifinals in the TSSAA Class 5A playoffs against West last Friday. Photo by Greg
Skate party! Tyler and Doug Nicely roll along at the Powell Elementary School skate party at Skatetown. The event was a kick-off for the Thanksgiving holiday. Half of the proceeds went to the PTA for the benefit of the school. Photo by Greg Householder
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Powell High School junior MaKayla Morton wins the 2011 Powell Idol contest with her rendition of “I’m Yours.” Photos by Greg Householder
PHS math teacher Rick Christian entertains the crowd while the Powell Idol votes are counted.
Iesha Hill takes third place in the Powell Idol contest with her performance of Tucker Hyde sings “Walking in Memphis” to take second place in the Powell Idol contest. “Mine Again.” Next, junior MaKayla Yours.” Morton also won Cheats” and senior Brionna Clay closed out the show with Morton sang the song that the $100 top prize award. would win her this year’s Senior Bethany Un- “For You I Will.” PHS math teacher Rick Powell Idol contest – “I’m derwood sang “Before He
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The talent at Powell High School was on display last Tuesday. The Student Government Association presented its annual “Powell Idol” contest. Modeled after the hit television reality show “American Idol,” contestants showed their stuff, and the audience and a panel of judges voted to determine the winner. Senior Tucker Hyde started things off with “Walking in Memphis” which earned him a second place finish and a $50 cash prize. Senior Aubrey Collins accompanied by her brothers Alan and Austin and Ronnie Roach and Chad Prize sang “Don’t You Remember.” Last year’s winner, junior Kelsie Shipley, performed “Almost Lover.” Senior Iesha Hill earned third place honors and a $25 cash prize with her rendition of “Mine Again.” Junior Kristy Dreier performed “I’m Gonna Love You Through It.”
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Bits ‘n pieces and other small thoughts Just 20 months ago, Tennessee basketball was within one goal of the Final Four. Look at us now. This team has far less ability but is giving greater effort. This is sometimes what you get when you tell somebody they can’t do something. Tough road ahead. Rivals are not letting up. They continue to bring in superior talent. The Volunteers get Yemi. Shouldn’t have said that. It was unfair. Yemi Ibrahim Makanjuola may be a great player someday. He
world. A lot of people are still trying to decide who is Cuonzo and what is his game. High school superMarvin stars, no more than curious about Tennessee, are West yet to be attracted. As for Yemi, he plays hard. He is a warrior. He isn’t ready yet. He is 6-9. can block shots. He can That is good. He is a better run and rebound. He may scorer in soccer and ping- not frighten Kentucky. *** pong than baskets. That is not good. Sports Illustrated picked In some large way, Yemi the 68 teams it expects is symbolic of the recruit- to see in March Madness. ing plight. Coach Cuonzo From the Southeastern Martin could not snap his Conference are the usual fingers and change the suspects: Kentucky, Florida,
Woodby will play with Murray College
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Vanderbilt, Alabama and Mississippi State. Where it starts to hurt is on down the list: Chattanooga, Austin Peay, Harvard, Drexel, Central Connecticut State and Florida Atlantic with the 5-6 guard. You do get the message? *** File this under good news: Terry Francona, convinced he was not going to become manager of the Cubs, decided he would enjoy a year in the real world. That means he will not be all that busy and can speak as scheduled at the UT baseball leadoff banquet Jan. 18 at the Knoxville Convention Center. Francona is a good man. He did well as manager of the Boston Red Sox. He figures to be very entertain-
break free and consume or cripple Wildcats and Tigers and even red elephants. The mean hog was going to be motivation for his guys and a distraction for the enemy. What followed was big cage construction and research regarding proper diet of wild boars. Mountain wildlife friends actually captured a wicked one. It had impressive battle scars. A UT vet said time out. Does Coach have any idea how bad a wild boar smells under stressful circumstances? Tell him the odor would empty Stokely Center faster than a fire drill. Mears settled for the guy inside the paper mache orange. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com.
FC Art Center gives thanks By Sylvia Williams
Members and staff of the Fountain City Art Center Karns High senior Audrey have much to be grateful for Woodby was surrounded by this holiday season. friends and family when she We have experienced a signed her commitment to play softball with Murray Col- spectacular year with nine lege in Kentucky. Pictured are regular exhibits, including the current Fountain City Audrey and coach Judy SieArt Guild Show, and seven bert. “I’ve worked my whole shows in the student exlife to get here,” said Audrey, hibits, including the curwho started playing tee-ball rent exhibit of artwork at age 4. Photo by S. Barrett from Fulton High, Vine Magnet, Whittle Springs, Belle Morris and West View Elementary. Our Annual Garden ParPowell Elementary ty and Art-a-palooza were ■ The PTA has 434 members with 100 percent both very successful. We teacher membership. Members received a spirit exhibited members’ paintcard and Texas Roadhouse card. PTA dues are $6 ings at the KMA, received and business memberships are available. Info: two new grants, participatShalet Johnson-Morris, cookiegirl67@gmail. ed in Dogwood Arts Studio com/. DeTours, held a scholarship ■ Business banners will be installed. This is Summer Art Camp for 25 fundraiser for PTA. Knox County students, and ■ The Back to School Bash earned the school’s worked with nearby Central PTA a $1,746 donation from The Zone. High on a community mural and a show for Central
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ing, worth the $40 ticket no matter how goes the chicken dinner. I do hope the kitchen offers Bigelow green tea, Joe Torre variety. *** The Colts told us again the other day how important is Peyton. The team had 12 offensive possessions. Two were squandered on a fumble and interception. After that came 10 punts and the postgame shower. *** Any time the basketball family gathers, tall tales flow. Forty years after the fact, we hear that Ray Mears wanted a wild boar as team mascot. He visualized a stout steel cage on wheels and the ferocious beast charging in all directions, clanging giant tusks against the bars, threatening to
High’s new National Art Honor Society members. In the coming year, we’ll be hosting an open theme show for all artists, “Connections,” from Feb. 23 to March 24. At the same time, we’ll be holding a Festival of Lights to officially celebrate and “unveil” the new and improved lighting made possible by the generosity and support of our membership. In 2012, we hope that more of you will “discover” the Art Center. Come by to enjoy the free exhibits, and perhaps even become a member. In the Parkside Open Door Gallery, the art market located in the Art Center, we gained several new, talented artists this year. You would be hard-pressed to find a better place to find original paintings, pottery, wood works, handmade books, jewelry, photogra-
Photos with Santa: 11:00 - 6:00 Breakfast with Santa: $5.00 per child, 9:30 - 10:30am
phy and so much more, all for very reasonable prices. The Parkside features work by more than 30 area artists. From Dec. 1-20, all items will be discounted 10 percent. The Fountain City Art Center is open 1-9 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday and Friday. Info: 357-ARTS (2787), email fcartcenter@knology. net or visit www.fountaincityartctr.org.
Thanksgiving celebration The nine churches that make up the Fountain City Ministry Center met for Thanksgiving dinner at Inskip Baptist Church on Rowan Road. Six denominations were represented.
A-12 • NOVEMBER 28, 2011 • POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS
New name, same great philosophy Tennova Health & Fitness Center celebrates 12 years of fitness At Tennova Health & Fitness Center, our philosophy is that
She encourages her friends, family and coworkers to exercise
exercising is for everyone, and with 65,000 square feet dedicated
regularly and often comes to the fitness center on her lunch break
to helping our members live a healthy lifestyle, we can back it
to help them get started. Gale doesn’t just exercise at the fitness
up. We offer a place where all of our members feel comfortable
center. She also takes advantage of all Tennova Health & Fitness
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something for you. Any exercise is a way of reducing risk factors
of what they can achieve with dedication and consistency.
for conditions such as hypertension, heart disease, obesity, osteoporosis and diabetes. We may have a new name, but
“The fitness center provides a friendly workout environment
we will continue to be the same fitness center, offering our
that is close to work and home,” Gale said. “I would recommend
members the best fitness experience.
any of the classes, and the trainers are very knowledgeable and helpful. Exercise is just a part of my daily routine. Plus, I enjoy
As we celebrate our 12-year anniversary, we would like to thank
the fitness center because of the great staff. They always make
everyone who is a current member and especially those who
me feel welcome and always have a smile on their face.”
have been with us since our opening in 1999. We still have 254 original members who joined during our first year.
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of our biggest advocates. She has done something no other member has done—exercised 3,433 times. Gale has exercised an average of six times per week…for 12 years! Gale comes to Tennova Health & Fitness Center every weekday morning and usually takes a 5:30 a.m. group exercise class, like cycling, yoga, total body strength or water aerobics. If she’s not doing a group exercise class, you can find Gale on an elliptical trainer or in the free weight room.
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News from Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC)
Senior finds new home for the holidays Peggy Swan moved to Knoxville nine years ago to be closer to her three sisters and children who live in the area. She was living in North Alvin Nance Knox, but Director as she got older she found it harder to make the commute to East Knoxville to visit her family. So when the Residences at Eastport, a community for seniors age 62 and older, became available, she jumped at the chance to move in. Swan was one of 30 residents who moved into Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation’s new premier housing complex at the beginning of November. KCDC is leasing now for an additional 30 units in December. Before moving here,
Swan suffered a stroke. She now has limited mobility on one side of her body and is on disability. As a senior on disability, living somewhere affordable is important. “I’m on a strict budget and if I don’t stick to it, I won’t make it,” Swan said. “Living where rent is income-based and utilities are included really helps.” Peggy Swan has been living in her new apartment for almost a month, and she said that she has enjoyed the new amenities and the closeness to her family. “It’s good to be close by for the holidays,” Swan said. “I don’t even have to drive. I can almost see my sister’s house from my window.” The Residences at Eastport is also close to the Fair Garden Preschool, where she volunteers every day. The 15 children in the class of 3-year-olds call her “Granny.” Swan also appreciates the safety and security she
feels at the Residences at Eastport. The gated community is accessible with keyless entry for the gate and apartment door. Residents and KCDC management are the only people with access. Every leased apartment comes with free Lifeline service, a button clipped to the clothing or worn around the neck that allows the seniors to call 911 for help in the case of a fall. When she had her stroke, Swan fell and could not get to her phone. She had to wait six hours for help to arrive. Swan said she feels more comfortable and safe living in a property exclusively for seniors. “I think it’s a nice spot to be,” Swan said. “Everyone’s on the same level here, and we understand each other. We know that some things are harder to do because we’re seniors, such as open the door with groceries in your hands, but people will come by and lend a helping hand.
The people here are nice people.” Swan said that the move-in process was smooth and easy. She viewed the new complex at the open house and was invited for the ribboncutting when KCDC and Knoxville and Knox County mayors dedicated the property on Oct. 25. The property is the first phase in the revitalization of the Five Points neighborhood. The Residences at Eastport will provide safe, affordable housing to the many seniors, like Swan, in the Five Points area. Swan is grateful to have a new home for the holidays that is affordable, safe and close to her family. She cooked Thanksgiving dinner in her new apartment and said she can’t wait for the first snow. “I can’t wait to look out my window and see all the snow. I can put on my boots and walk to my sister’s house, and we can play in it,” Swan said.
COMMUNITY CLUBS ■ The Knoxville Writers’ Guild will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, at the Laurel Theater. Guest speaker Bill Landry will discuss his new book “Appalachian Tales and Heartland Adventures.” A $2 donation is suggested as admission. Everyone is invited. Info: www. knoxvillewritersguild. org.
School Bucks and turkeys Tony Higginbotham, manager of the Food City store in Powell, stopped by Temple Baptist Academy last week to present the school with a School Bucks check. He also donated several turkeys on behalf of the store to be used toward the school’s Thanksgiving food drive. The presentation took place before a crowd of several hundred fans in the school gym prior to a varsity basketball game. Pictured are Higginbotham, assistant principal Tim Missey and principal David Whitaker. Photo submitted
Samaritan Place donation Whirlpool employee Darlene Rosenbaum poses with wrapped gifts from Whirlpool to the seniors at Samaritan Place and the blanket she made for resident dog, Sandy. Whirlpool employees presented more than 30 homemade blankets to the guests at Samaritan Place as gifts. Samaritan Place offers emergency shelter, transitional and long-term supportive housing and overnight and day-stay respite care for seniors, age 55 and older. Photo submitted
Auditions for ‘Steel Magnolias’ The Powell Playhouse will hold auditions for its upcoming production of “Steel Magnolias” from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29, and 3-5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 30, at the Powell Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Roles are available for both men and women. “Steel Magnolias” will be presented Feb. 23-26 and rehearsals will begin Jan. 2. Nita Buell Black is director.
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Stay safe this holiday season By Rob Webb Before crawling up on the roof to string the Christmas lights, please think safety first. Each year we see too many injuries and accidents resulting from holiday decorating. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, hospital emergency rooms treat more than 12,000 people annually for injuries such as falls, cuts and shocks related to holiday lights, decorations and Christmas trees. Webb In addition, candles and Christmas trees are the cause of a multitude of fires resulting in injuries, deaths and millions of dollars in property loss. Rural/Metro encourages everyone to follow these safety tips: ■ Look for a label“Fire Resistant” on your artificial tree. This indicates the tree will resist burning and should extinguish easily if it catches fire. ■ Check for freshness for your live tree. Needles should be difficult to pull from branches and the trunk sticky with resin. ■ Keep your tree stand filled with water. A live tree can dry out quickly and easily ignite from an electrical short or an open flame. ■ Never leave burning candles unattended. Candles, fresh greens, pine cones and other decorations can be a disaster waiting to happen. ■ Check labels on lights outdoors. Check all lights, new and old, for broken or cracked sockets; frayed or bare wires; or loose connections. ■ Make sure ladders are placed securely on the ground and always have someone hold the ladder in place. ■ Plug outdoor electric decorations into an extension cord large enough to carry the intended load. Use surge protectors to prevent electrical damage. ■ Turn off holiday lights when away or asleep. The lights could short out and start a fire. The holidays are also a good time to make sure your family has a fire escape plan – and can safely execute it. Map out escape routes including alternate routes in case the others are blocked by fire. Establish at least two exits from each part of the house and include a place safely away from the house for your family to meet to make sure everyone got out OK.
refreshments, kids’ crafts and more. Admission is free, but a canned good donation is suggested to help Second Harvest. Info: 966-7057. ■ Campbell Station Park Holiday Lighting Event, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29, 405 N. Campbell Station Road. Will include holiday music by Farragut Intermediate School Chorus and refreshments. ■ Children’s Breakfast with Santa, 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at Norwood UMC, 2110 Merchants Drive. Pancakes will be served. Admission is free. Info: 687-1620. ■ Lost Sheep Ministry prepares approximately 500 Christmas gift bags to be given to the homeless and is asking area individuals, clubs and businesses help obtain 250 additional cards. Purchase a $10 gift card to
any of the fast food restaurants and mail to Lost Sheep Ministry, 1444 Breda Drive, Knoxville, TN 37918, before Dec. 14, when they will be distributed. ■ “A Smokyland Christmas” musical performance, 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, in the auditorium at Bearden High School. Songs will include “White Christmas,” “Winter Wonderland” and more. Tickets are $12 ($10 seniors, $8 students and groups of 10 or more). Info: 470-8622. ■ Kiwanis Madisonville Christmas Parade, 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, starting on North College Street at the railroad tracks. Grand Marshall will be Tennessee Supreme Court Judge Sharon G. Lee, a Madisonville native. Info: 423-884-3806 or 423295-4151.
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