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Candidate forum

The Halls Business and Professional Association will host a candidate forum at noon Tuesday, April 15, at Beaver Brook Country Club. HBPA will host Bo Bennett and Charles Busler, candidates for the 7th District seat on Knox County Commission. Meetings are open to the public. Lunch is $10.

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In Your Easter Bonnet …

IN THIS ISSUE Forum for vets

Knox County has many programs in place to help our local veterans. Mayor Tim Burchett believes we can always do more.

Burchett held a press conference at Redemption Church to announce the Veteran Friendly Congregation Initiative “When War Comes Home” forum planned for May 1.

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Heiskell seniors show off their Easter bonnets at the April meeting: (seated) Sarah Kirby, Roberta Fogle, Carolyn Martin, Pat Needham, Mary Daugherty, Sue Nicely, Joyce Davis; (back) Jeanette Jenkins, Carolyn Wells, Samy Cooper, Bill Forrester, Donna Yardley, Billie Hall, Kelly Wells, Jerrie Foust, Ruth Bayless, Charlotte Marlan and Louise McMahan.

Read Cindy Taylor on page 3

City salaries: Bet you didn’t know ...

The city of Knoxville is essentially a service provider. It’s a people business.

As such, wages and related fringe benefits make up the largest part of the city’s $183 million operating budget.

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By Cindy Taylor

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Marvin West talks basketball

My mentor ... said “basketball is such a simple game, even you can teach it.”

All you have to do is control time and space – and don’t give up the baseline.

He explained that effort and positioning are key ingredients of defense and rebounding. He said shooting was a bit more complicated, that even the best players rarely made half their shots. He recommended getting as close to the basket as possible before “putting it up.”

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Union County: Sandra Clark interviews District Attorney General Lori PhillipsJones; while Libby Morgan writes about a headless cow.

North/East: Betty Bean has the scoop on city plans to revitalize the Magnolia Avenue Corridor.

Bearden: Wendy Smith interviews founders of Fort Kid as the city announces plans to restore it.

Farragut: Stefan Cooper writes about a ice hockey team that won a national tourney.

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Carolyn Wells leads the Easter Bonnet Parade at the Heiskell Senior Center April meeting. Wells won the prize for Funniest Easter Hat.

A bevy of beauties and one handsome male competed for the title of Best Easter Theme Hat, Funniest Easter Hat, Most Original Easter Hat and of course Elegant and Prettiest Easter Hat during the Heiskell Senior Center Easter luncheon April 10.

Judges were County Commissioner Ed Shouse and Powell Florist owner Walta Patt. The two observed as seniors paraded around inside the center while Grace Noters provided sashaying music. Winners were treated to prizes of Easter gift baskets and gift certificates.

Grace Noters, a dulcimer and acoustic group from Grace Baptist Church, provided the day’s entertainment, which included spiritual and old-time music and ended with an old-fashioned sing-along.

The Heiskell seniors meet 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Thursday at the Community Center. Activities include crafts, card games, a meal and health and fitness classes. At 11 a.m. each second Thursday the meal is larger, a special guest speaker is invited and bingo runs from 1 to 2 p.m. Info: 548-0326.

Lay, McMillan are GOP candidates to replace Swann

By Jake Mabe The swan takes flight.

After 32 years on the bench, 4th Circuit Court Judge Bill Swann announced his retirement last year, shortly after lawyer Greg McMillan said he would seek the job whether Swann ran or not.

Analysis Swann is Knox County’s most controversial judge; lawyers and litigants either love or hate him. Many just bypass his court entirely, filing in Chancery Court and putting a burden on that court’s caseload.

The biggest complaint against Judge Swann is his overreliance on psychologists, with several working in his court, pushing up costs.

The state requires that divorcing couples undergo one mediation session; Swann requires four.

The state requires four hours of Parent Education Seminars; Swann requires 12.

It is difficult to get a trial date because he has trial “managements,” which require litigants to spend yet another day sitting in the courtroom with their lawyers so that progress toward settlement can be “measured.”

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Another frequent complaint is his overreliance on Orders of Protection. At one time, Knox County’s 4th Circuit Court issued more OPs than Davidson, Hamilton, Shelby and Sullivan counties combined.

He also has a stable of lawyers who work as his “special masters.”

These lawyers have their own robes, dockets and nameplates. When they’re not wielding a gavel, they are practicing in his court, raising the question of how these individuals can be agents of the judge one day and come before him the next.

Candidate Patti Jane Lay is one of these, and Swann has endorsed her to succeed him.

These practices have caused Chancery Court dockets to become overloaded with divorce cases. Swann’s critics say he has made the process of getting a divorce in Knox County expensive, cumbersome and protracted.

The candidates: Two lawyers seek to replace Judge Swann, a race that will be decided in the May 6 Republican Primary. The winner will face the winner of the Democratic Primary, either Daniel Kidd or David Valone, in the general election.

Patti Jane Lay and Greg McMillan are campaigning hard – both

in the shadow of Bill Swann.

Lay grew up in Fountain City and Bearden, graduating from Webb School of Knoxville. She earned a bachelor’s degree at Emory University in Atlanta and a law degree at UT. She and her husband, Tom Baugh, live in Bearden and have three children.

Lay McMillan says he declared his intentions to run in 2006. He graduated from Bearden High before earning a bachelor’s degree and a law degree from UT. He and his wife, Summer, have five children. He is special counsel with the Lewis Thomason law firm.

McMillan says he got into the race because “the court hasn’t been working well for the people of Knox County for several years.”

He says he will: ■ Do a better job screening orders of protection, granting them not at the initial stage by special masters but by the court of record.

“It eliminates appeals.”

■ Ensure better coordination between law enforcement and the court, making orders of protection simplified, clear and typed rather

Betty Bean contributed to this report.

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■ Change the way the docket is handled. He says most cases are filed in Chancery Court because of Swann’s “biases,” which have created a logjam.

■ Change Swann’s snowday policy, opening court even if Knox County government is closed for those who can McMillan safely make it to court.

On the civil side, McMillan says he will change the current policy of a 12-hour parenting class to the state-required four-hour class and will look at offering online classes.

He says when parents are going through a divorce, their children need them more than ever.

“The court needs to work better for the people of Knox County.

There’s going to be a change (in judges). But it needs to be the right change.”

We were unable to connect with Lay by press time. Candidate bios can be found at their websites, w w w.pattijanelay forjudge.com and http://mcmillanforjudge.com.

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Full-scale heart treatment for Knoxville man Feeling tired and out of breath, Joe Mackin of Knoxville, 69, mentioned those symptoms to his endocrinologist during a routine visit in July for his Type 2 diabetes. “Now that I’m looking back on it, you see things much clearer. If you’ve got Type 2 diabetes, you’ve got to pay attention because it can lead to heart problems,�

Mackin said.

The doctor talked him into having a stress test on his heart, which measures blood ow to the heart muscle at rest and during exercise. “I unked it,â€? said Mackin. “Then they did an angiogram in cardiologist Dr. (George M.) Krisle’s ofďŹ ce, to look inside my veins. I unked that, too. I was 100 percent clogged on my main artery, and the other two were 75 to 80 percent blocked.â€?

After that, the best course of action was coronary bypass surgery, also called Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG). During this surgery, a healthy piece of vein is taken from the leg or other area of the body and is grafted onto the blocked coronary artery to “bypass� the blockage.

CABG requires cutting through the chest wall. It’s major surgery and requires weeks of recovery time.

Knowing that, Mackin struck a bargain with his doctors. “Well I had already planned to go to my sister’s

Sara Gray Mackin, Joe Mackin and their 13 year old bulldog, CB

wedding in Chicago,� he said. “I told them, ‘Look, I’ve made it this far. I’d like to go to Mackinac Island for the wedding.’ “But I was pretty careful.

I got a packet of nitroglyc-

erin for the trip,� he said.

Nitroglycerin dilates blood vessels and is used in emergencies to improve blood ow to the heart.

Off he went, enjoying the wedding in Michigan. When

he got back, Mackin headed straight for Fort Sanders and heart surgery on July 25, 2013 with his cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Lacy Harville.

The surgery went smoothly, even though

Mackin had a slight setback after surgery. “There was a nurse named Michelle on my oor, and she picked up before anybody else that I had water in my lungs because of

her acute ears and stethoscope,� he said. “She was able to correct it, she was outstanding. It might have turned into early stage pneumonia, but they treated it very quickly.�

Mackin was in the hospital ďŹ ve days. After returning home, he started heart rehabilitation sessions at Fort Sanders, which he continues today. “It’s a great program because they really know what they’re doing. I’m doing a very responsible threepronged attack of exercise, better diet and lower stress,â€? said Mackin.

Plus, he said he is taking care of his diabetes more closely. “Before, I knew a lot of information but I didn’t pay attention to it. I didn’t watch my diabetes closely enough,� he said.

Mackin said he would recommend Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center to anyone who needs cardiac care. “It was a top-notch experience, triple A,� he said. “From the doctor all the way down to the people who took care of the room and cleaned it up, everybody was tremendous. “They really seem to have a commitment to total care, starting with surgery and continuing with the postsurgery care. A lot of times you don’t know what you’re getting into until you get there,� said Mackin. “I just feel very fortunate I got the right people.�

Fort Sanders Cardiac Surgery earns 3-Star Award For the second time in a row, Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center earned a 3-Star Award from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

For the most recent analysis of national data from January 2012 through December 2012, Fort Sanders’ performance was again in the highest quality tier. This

national designation means that Fort Sanders is among the top 10 percent of cardiac surgery centers in the United States, based on a complex set of measurements considering severity of illness, complications from surgery, hospital stay and overall outcomes afterward. “In Washington, they consider this the gold standard for looking at how well cardiac surgery programs do,� said cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Lacy Harville. “It’s great that we got this, but it really speaks to the dedication of the

whole heart team.�

Harville explained that it takes dozens of staff members, from surgeons and nurses to technicians and staff, to care for each patient. “It’s just all of us, taking care of patients,� Harville said. “We have put a lot of processes in place to get better and better at what we do, and minimize the likelihood of problems occurring.�

The award focused on coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, commonly called “cabbage.� It is a surgical procedure in which arteries or veins from other parts

“We have put a lot of processes in place to get better and better at what we do.� – Dr. Lacy Harville of the body are grafted onto heart arteries to bypass blockages.

It is a very detailed surgery, and many things can go wrong, said Harville. “If you do enough high risk surgery, which heart surgery is, you’re not always going to have a

great outcome,� he said. “So you want someone with a great batting average, and Fort Sanders is really good at all positions.� “You have to look at more than just numbers, but patients are in very good hands at Fort Sanders.�

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Joyce Davis wins the grand prize for the most Elegant and Bill Forrester wins the prize for Prettiest Easter Hat. Most Original Easter Hat.

June Bruhin introduces the Grace Noters from Grace Baptist Church at the Heiskell Senior Center. Photos by Cindy Taylor

Ruth Bayless wins the prize for Best Easter Theme Hat.

Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett shares a laugh with Ed Brantley and Redemption Church senior pastor Ed King.

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Freddie Owens speaks at a press conference about the upcoming forum for the faith community.

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Pajama-rama will be at 6:30 It is hoped that through p.m. May 1. Kids are invited this forum local congre- to come and bring a friend gations will learn how to – stuffed, imaginary or real. become an environment of acceptance for veterans ■ Spring Carnival and their families by helpMark your calendars for ing area religious leaders the Knox North Lions Comaddress issues that come munity Spring Carnival before them from veterans. coming to Powell and Halls The forum is open to faith the end of April. Gold Medal leaders from Knox and sur- Shows will set up at the Yow rounding counties. Those property on the corner of wishing to participate can Emory Road and Blueberry register at www.tnvhc.org.

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Knox County has many programs in place to help our local veterans. Mayor Tim Burchett believes we can always do more.

Burchett held a press conference April 3 at Redemption Church to announce the Veteran Friendly Congregation Initiative “When War Comes Home” forum planned for May 1.

The forum will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Knox County Community Action Center L.T. Ross Building, 2247 Western Ave. Burchett hopes a great representation from all faiths will turn out for the forum.

“In Knox County, we do a good job of serving our veterans, but there is always more that can be done,” said Burchett. “Right now there are heroes in our churches, synagogues and mosques across the country who have just returned from war. These congregations have an opportunity to ask what else they can do for these heroes.”

Veteran and forum organizer Freddie Owens spoke about the role all Americans can and should play in the lives of veterans.

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government Applause for Nick Nick Della Volpe, serving his second and final term on Knoxville City Council, deserves high praise for bringing up the politically tough issues he has been raising lately. While he hasn’t been successful, he is educating the public as to several city policies that are financially costly and would never happen in the private sector.

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On April 1, he urged the council to repeal the ordinance that gives all city employees a 2.5 percent automatic pay raise regardless of what the economy is, what city revenues are or even what the employee’s performance is. County, state and federal employees do not enjoy this ta x-paid benefit.

Repealing the ordinance would not have deprived employees of a pay raise (as the mayor each year recommends what he/she feels is best). But it would have restored flexibility to the mayor as she makes budget decisions. Instead of welcoming this initiative, she opposed it. Joining Della Volpe in representing the taxpayers on this vote were council members George Wallace and Duane Grieve.

The audience booed Della Volpe and others who spoke in favor of repeal.

While employee opposition is understandable, disrupting the council proceedings is not justified.

Della Volpe has never been a favorite of city employees, who worked hard last November along with the local Democratic Party to defeat him.

Mayor Rogero pointedly did not endorse Della Volpe for a second term while she did endorse at least two others seeking re-election.

They came close to ousting Della Volpe but failed. Now he is free to voice his views without political payback.

Almost half of the city employees live outside the city, do not pay city property taxes and cannot vote in city elections, including one of the two deputy mayors.

Della Volpe has been writing articles in this publication about expensive provisions of the city pension plan that the mayor failed to address in her charter changes. One is the annual 3 percent increase in city pensions regardless of the inflation level. This benefits about 1,800 city

retirees, over half of whom live outside the city.

It will be one of the major reasons the mayor recommends a property-tax increase in 10 days on April 24 at Christenberry ballfield in her budget message.

Della Volpe, an attorney, is an interesting person. He often speaks at council on many subjects.

He is a strong advocate of greenways and worked effectively to install a greenway by Loves Creek in East Knoxville. Several of his colleagues wish he were less outspoken and have urged him to drop the pension comments. My personal view is that he brings to public discussion inconvenient topics on which the public needs to know more.

A property-tax increase should come only when the mayor is also showing serious efforts in cutting nonessential spending.

Council must be willing to say no to expenditures that can be deferred, such as the $200,000 for a salary survey that will recommend higher salaries when it is completed. Or a car allowance of $5,830 a year for a deputy mayor who walks to work. It is time to reassess the merit of all car allowances versus actual payment per mile for travel in the city. Which would be less costly to taxpayers?

My guess is council will approve a Rogero propertytax hike but with three or perhaps four council members voting no.

■ Great news last week that Fort Kid at World’s Fair Park has a new lease on life with Rogero and Beth Waters working together to upgrade it. It had been slated for closure.

■ Cheri Siler on her website advocates raising the minimum wage. She said, when asked by this writer, it should go to $10.10 an hour from the current $7.70. Siler is the Democratic candidate for state senator from District 7.

GOV NOTES ■ Ray Jenkins, candidate for judge, will be honored at a reception held by Mario Azevedo II and John D. Lockridge Jr. 5-7 p.m. Monday, April 14, at Doc’s All American Grill, 7355 Kingston Pike.

■ Bobby Waggoner, candidate for sheriff, will be honored at a barbecue at Brasfield farm in Karns, 10106 Rather Road, 4-7 p.m. Saturday, April 19.

Admission is free and all are invited. The event will include live music and barbecue. Kids can enjoy pony rides, a waterwalk, train rides and a visit from the Easter bunny.

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Bob and Ed or Michele Long ago and, oh, so far sion seats. away, there was a magical Thomas is unopposed place called WIVK. in District 10. He says he learned the importance of community service when Jake working for Mabe Mr. Dick at WIVK. “I will make sure your Thomas tax dollars Knoxville’s grand radio station played real coun- are not wasted.”

Brantley faces former try music and was owned by radio pioneer Jim Dick. commissioner and longtime Its true characters became Knox County Republican family – the late Claude Party fixture Michele CarTomlinson, Jean Ash, Bob ringer for the 11th District Thomas, Ed Brantley, Mike seat. This race is interesting.

Brantley has painted himHammond and everybody’s buddy, the late Bobby Den- self as a dyed-in-the-wool conservative. He’s taken a ton.

Corporate takeovers George H.W. Bush-esque made WIVK as bland as caf- pledge to never raise taxes and wants less government. eteria coffee. Such is life.

Hammond jumped into He says he’s for teachers, politics. A successful two- more jobs in Knox County term county commissioner, (“We need to attract indusHammond is running for try”), good roads, police proCriminal Court clerk. He’s tection and effective county the best candidate for the services for senior citizens.

Carringer’s election job, and he will win.

Two radio colleagues are would double the number following his lead. Brantley of women on the commisand Thomas – who recently sion (now only Amy Broyles hosted a radio talk show on serves). She’s a protégé of WNOX – are both running the late Mary Lou Horner, for at-large county commis- and her own mom, Irene

McCrary, is a longtime Fountain City leader.

“I feel like the Knox County Republican Party needs to let everyone know we still are the party that is conser vative, and we need Brantley to stand by what we say.”

She’s for better schools and safer neighborhoods, is pro-teacher and pro-police, supports small government and low taxes, and wants to promote small businesses.

When I first saw Thomas and Brantley during a political forum, I started singing Buck Owens’ “Together Again.”

Both are likable, widely known and feel like old friends. My first reaction was “shoo-in.”

But things have taken an interesting turn. Brantley took off on a long-planned vacation with his son during the month of March – key campaign season in a county in which the Republican is usually the winner.

He got tangled up in questioning the need for

algebra in public schools because he rarely uses it.

Say what?

Carringer is likable and bubbling with personality.

She is wideCarringer ly known among a key demographic – Republican primary voters – but has both friends and foes there.

Carringer wants it more, and Brantley’s blunders have put him on defense. This is Ed’s race to lose, and he’s made a good start at it.

Correction I owe a sincere apology to Knox County Trustee candidate Ed Shouse. My profile of that race contained an error that County Commissioner Dave Wright’s questioning of candidate Barry Hawkins’ non-repayment of $3,000 he received as a CTAS bonus when Hawkins worked in the office was a political move aimed to help Shouse.

In fact, it was aimed to help appointed Trustee Craig Leuthold.

The error was unintentional. In fact, I like Ed Shouse. He’s smart, calm, experienced and the least political candidate for the job.

Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero hosted lunch for more than 300 volunteers from the Community Action Committee (CAC) Senior Corps and AmeriCorps. Pictured are speakers Nancy Reid from Foster Grandparents, Beverly Gilmer from Senior Companions, George “Geo” Hall from RSVP, Rogero, Farragut Mayor Ralph McGill, Blount County Mayor Ed Mitchell and former Knoxville Mayor Daniel Brown. In 2013, local AmeriCorps members diverted 754 tons of recyclable materials from landfills and built or improved almost 70 miles of trails. Senior Corps contributed 211,009 hours of ser vice. Photo submitted

School board candidates ready for primary The Knox County primary elections are upon us.

Early voting begins April 16 in this odd kind of election year. The contests that are drawing the most interest are the school board races, primarily because of the controversies surrounding Superintendent James McIntyre. The incumbents are all McIntyre supporters, and all have drawn opposition.

First District challengers Marshall Walker and Robert Boyd are able guys who know their way around schools (Boyd has taught on the college level; Walker is a retired school social worker) but seem slow to get off the blocks.

Prediction: Incumbent Gloria Deathridge, the vice chair of the board, could win it outright in the primary. But if she doesn’t, watch out. Walker or Boyd (both first-time candidates) could get the hang of this campaigning thing and give the voters something to think

Betty Bean about. Both are McIntyre critics with deep roots in the community.

Sally Absher and J. Scott Clark, challenging board chair Lynne Fugate in District 4, are a study in contrasts. Absher, elected to the state Republican Executive Committee four years ago, is not seeking re-election to that position. She has caught heat for being a former Tea Party activist but says she has pulled back from those causes. She is energetic and knowledgeable and sympathetic to teacher concerns.

If Absher suffers from too much publicity, Clark’s had too little. He appears to be running something of a stealth campaign, but his

presence will make it hard for Fugate to win a majority vote in the primary. If she’s forced into a runoff with Absher, she, like Deathridge, could be in for a most unpleasant summer.

Prediction: Fugate wins, but not by enough to avoid a runoff.

Incumbents Kim Severance in District 7 and Thomas Deakins in District 6 are stepping down, and while only soon-to-be-retired teacher Patti Lou Bounds submitted a qualifying petition to succeed Severance, there’s a dogfight in the Sixth, where four candidates are duking it out.

Two of them – Brad Buchanan and Tamara Shepherd – are outright critics of McIntyre’s test-them-tillthey-puke methodology.

Candidate Terry Hill is vaguely critical of McIntyre and has been more focused on getting a new middle school in Hardin Valley.

The fourth candidate, Knox

County Council PTA president Sandra Rowcliffe, is a vocal McIntyre supporter who has also been vocal in her criticism of teachers who oppose him.

Prediction: Hill, whose husband, daughter and son-in-law are all former officeholders, is the most polished candidate in this bunch. Common wisdom is it’s her race to lose, although it will be difficult for her to break 50 percent in a crowded field, so she shouldn’t plan any extended vacations until after the August election. Rowcliffe will come in fourth.

District 9 incumbent Pam Trainor, a strong McIntyre supporter, has drawn only a single challenger (albeit an exceptionally vigorous one), so this race will be decided in the primary.

Prediction: Elementary school librarian (who will resign her job if elected) Amber Rountree takes her out.

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A forgotten father of country music HISTORY AND MYSTERIES | Dr. Jim Tumblin “Why, country music, as public entertainment, was born in that Market Hall.

It was there that Roy Acuff started sawing his fiddle for pay, and Lowell Blanchard gave birth to the ‘MerryGo-Round’ and the ‘Tennessee Barn Dance.’ ” – former Knoxville News-Sentinel columnist Bert Vincent Although legendary Knoxville live radio programs the WNOX “Mid-Day Merry-Go-Round” and the “Tennessee Barn Dance” once were held in the old Market House, they soon needed larger quarters.

Lowell Blanchard deserves credit for their growth and for the growth

of country music. He acted as the talent scout, authored the comedy skits and was master of ceremonies for both programs.

E n g a ge ments on the noon Blanchard “Merry-GoRound” or Saturday night’s “Tennessee Barn Dance” launched the early careers of Roy Acuff, Chet Atkins, Kitty Wells, the Carter Sisters (featuring June Carter), Archie “Grandpappy” Campbell, the Carlisles (including Bill’s alter ego

“Hotshot Elmer”), Homer and Jethro, Don Gibson and many others. Some even said that Knoxville could have become the countrymusic capital that Nashville became but for the lingering aftereffects of the Great Depression and the oft-cited lack of vision of its civic leaders.

Richard Lowell Blanchard was born on Nov. 5, 1910, in Palmer, Ill., the son of Jay William and Betty Mason Priest Blanchard. His father was a grocery-store owner and served as mayor of Palmer for 17 years. Lowell worked for his father, spent summers on a nearby farm and went to work for a

City salaries examined

The city of Knoxville is million in various fringe essentially a service pro- benefits and pension contrivider. It’s a people business. butions this fiscal year.

Let’s take a closer look at those employment costs, which are growing year over year. With current revenues Nick (mostly property and sales taxes) relatively flat, the Della Volpe present outlook calls for a cut in services, possible layoffs and/or (gulp) some form of tax increase.

As such, wages and reRight now that budgetlated fringe benefits make balancing process is in up the largest part of the Mayor Rogero’s hands. City city’s $183 million operat- Council will begin its review ing budget (FY 2013-14). of her proposed budget in That includes employment May, with a charter deadof 1,548 dedicated workers line of mid-June to have the and managers, who are paid new fiscal-year budget in a total of some $98 mil- place by July 1. lion, including $66 million Wages = $66 million: in direct salaries and $32 There are some 527 police

(422 uniform) and 313 firefighters, who (after training) start at a civil-service pay scale of approximately $32,300 and have salaries that range up to $95,500 at the deputy chief level.

The city also employs 287 public-service workers, 82 in engineering, 54 in fleet maintenance and management, 47 full-time parks and rec, and other workers. All regular city employees (excluding top management) work their way up through a series of civil-service pay grades, with step increases along the way, as they progress in grade. Annual salary surveys adjust those pay scales to keep them competitive. See Knoxville ordinances 2-450, -458 & -459

drugstore during his titalented Blanchard, high school years. He whose jovial nature gained experience as was apparent even a student radio anover the airwaves. nouncer when he atBlanchard was intended the University structed to “Do whatof Illinois, where he ever is necessary to graduated in 1933. make the station a During the Censuccess in country tury of Progress music.” The one-andExposition (the Chia-half-hour weekday cago World’s Fair), “Merr y- Go-Round” Blanchard acted as and the “Tennessee the master of ceremoBarn Dance” soon nies. Then he pursued were developed with his early career as a Blanchard as the host. radio announcer in Their studio was Indiana, Iowa and first in the Andrew Michigan. As later Johnson Hotel, next confirmed by former in the old Market U.S. Sen. Howard House and eventually Baker of Tennessee, at 110 S. Gay St first. when Blanchard was Blanchard insisted on program director Many entertainers, such as Roy Acuff, Hom- a live studio orchesof a radio station in er and Jethro, Archie “Grandpappy” Camp- tra almost from the Des Moines, Iowa, in bell and others were featured here at the start. For many years, 1932, he hired Ronald WNOX studio early in their careers.

Harry Nides played Reagan as one of his the fiddle, Jerry Colannouncers. Unfortunately, first radio station in Tennes- lins the piano, Tony Musco he was not living when his see and only the eighth in the accordion and Hubert protégée became the 40th the nation. Scripps-Howard Carter the bass. president of the United took it over in 1935, made He often accompanied States.

WNOX the call letters and various country-music acts WNOX had begun broad- hired R.B. Westergaard as in performances over East casting in 1921 with the call manager. The following year, letters WNAV, reputedly the Westergaard hired the mulTo page A-11

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Fringe Benefits = $32 million: This includes some $9.8 million in health-care benefits, $16 million in pension contributions (growing by $7.5 million next year to $23.4 million), plus some $8.6 million in other benefits, like visual and dental insurance, educational incentives and longevity.

Mystery Money. You’ve already heard about the “automatic 2.5 percent pay raises” for city workers, addressed at a recent City Council meeting – the issue there was to take this 30-year-old pay perk off auto-pilot and have all raises addressed by the administration in light of current budget, inflation and other economic facts. That was rejected amidst a highly vocal worker outcry.

Basketball is a simple game I never said I know it all, but I really thought I understood.

Sixty-three years ago, as a high school senior, not yet 17, I concluded my only season as coach of eighth-grade basketball – undefeated and very confident.

My mentor was not surprised. He had said “basketball is such a simple game, even you can teach it.”

All you have to do is control time and space – and don’t give up the baseline.

He explained that effort and positioning are key ingredients of defense and rebounding. He said shooting was a bit more complicated, that even the best players rarely made half their shots. He recommended

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getting as close to the basket as possible before “putting it up.”

He favored passing over dribble penetration but liked that the round ball delivered predictable bounces.

He said 10 players were not enough to clutter the entire floor, leaving room for minor strategy.

Way back then, he said caring for the basketball was critical; possession

equaled points.

Some years later, when Dick Campbell was coach at Carson-Newman College, he invested considerable time in refining my knowledge. After that, I learned by watching a thousand practices conducted by Ray Mears at Tennessee. Sometimes I asked Stu Aberdeen what the heck he was doing.

To tell you the truth, those men covered it. I’ve seen and heard 19 versions of the same information, but I haven’t learned a lot of sizzling new stuff.

A few mysteries have come and gone: A motion offense absolutely requires movement. There are intelligent debates about when to call or not call timeout,

when to substitute, how to attack devilish zone defenses and whether to yell at blundering officials or just sit there and take it.

In old age, I have acquired empathy for young people in knee pants, standing at the foul line with the season hanging in the balance, the weight of their coach’s job on their shoulders, a tick or three on the clock, one to tie, two to win.

Delightful employment and many blessings allowed me to listen to and even question some of the all-time great coaches – Pat Summitt, Adolph Rupp, John Wooden, Dean Smith, Al Maguire, Coach K, even Bobby Knight – a couple of times more than I wanted.

But you may not have heard of “Longevity Pay.” City workers (after four years of service) also get longevity pay. This automatic “seniority pay” apparently entered the city’s budget during the inflation-stressed late 1970s.

Workers get $120 x years of service (after the first four years, up to a max of 20 years) added to their pay.

Nice work if you can get it.

So, for all the recent outcry about “just getting by” or needing “to put bread on the table,” these two automatic pay increases – wholly aside from any scheduled step advances and merit pay under the civil-service pay scales – can give workers an added 5 percent increase.

Take, for example, a 42-year-old firefighter, who likely makes $50,000/year.

Theoretically, he could re-

ceive $1,400 to $1,800 in longevity pay (e.g. 15 yrs. x $120), plus a 2.5 percent automatic pay raise of, say, $1,250. That’s nearly a $3,000 pay bump in one year without counting earned merit increases.

To most folks, that might seem more than putting a little bread on the table.

Don’t get me wrong, hard work deserves fair pay.

That should be the job of modern pay scales, not vestiges of yesteryear. Such automatic increases compound pension and fringe costs, as they raise base pay under existing formulas.

Taxpayer-financed wages should be transparent.

Perhaps the mayor, as CEO, will look at all these costs.

What I thought was a rich background did not prepare me for this absolutely crazy Tennessee season past. I cannot explain how a talented team can be so good some games and bad for others.

Two or three times I thought the Volunteers could have given greater effort. Ongoing indecision at point guard was puzzling.

There was the obvious question about tempo. The coach visualized one speed. Some players wanted to go faster.

I was stunned by the segment of the season when those with the ball could not or would not throw it to Jarnell Stokes. The last time when he got it, I was surprised. Michigan wasn’t.

Tennessee fans choose how to behave but the February myth of bringing back Bruce Pearl made Cuonzo

Martin’s job more difficult.

Never saw anything like that.

It was a pleasant development that the team countered with its best punch. It could have quit.

As if the soap-opera season did not have enough quirky twists and turns, there was the phone call.

Many felt certain Cuonzo was gone to Marquette, more money, less hassle and a better fit for a Midwestern staff.

Some said go Zo. Some repented for past criticisms.

As soon as the coach said he still loves Tennessee, some resumed worrying about his recruiting tendencies.

Never has basketball, supposedly a simple game, been so confusing.

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Massey to speak at Halls Prayer Breakfast The annual Halls Business and Professional Association P r a y e r Breakfast will be held on Good F r id ay, April 18, beginning at 7:30 a.m. at Beaver Massey Dam Baptist Church in Halls.

State Sen. Becky Duncan Massey will speak, and music will be provided by Anne

WordPlayers at Inskip UMC

“In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.

Even upon my slaves, both men and women, in those days I will pour out my Spirit; and they shall prophesy.

And I will show portents in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and smoky mist. The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the coming of the Lord’s great and glorious day.

Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

(Acts 2: 18b-21 NRSV) “There are two ways to live: You can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.”

(Albert Einstein) Melanie Porter and pastor Bryan Wright go over the script for Fairview Baptist Church’s drama “Overcoming the Darkness.”

Photo by Ruth White

Overcoming the darkness

By Cindy Taylor The WordPlayers of Knoxville brought uplifting Christian music and drama to Inskip UMC during the Sunday worship service on April 6.

WordPlayers was formed in 1995 by a group of actors wishing to use their Godgiven talents in a positive way to convey the messages of the Christian faith and the Gospel.

Jeni Lamm, Matthew Lloyd, Ethan Norman, Rachel Norman and Terry Webber performed “That Wondrous Week,” an Easter drama that focuses on the last week of the life of Jesus Christ.

The program was part of Inskip UMC’s Christian Hospitality Sunday, which is observed the first Sun-

A blood moon

Allen and Mike Bundon.

Catering will be provided

by Shoney’s. Tickets are $10 and available for purchase at the UPS Store, Beaver Dam Baptist Church and from Sue Walker at Tindell’s. Tickets may also be purchased at the door.

Bob Crye is president of the Halls BPA and Pamela B. Johnson, an attorney with Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan PLLC, is vice president.

Info: www.hallsbusiness. com/.

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Jeni Lamm performs in the WordPlayers drama at Inskip UMC. Photo submitted

day of each month. The programs are designed this year primarily with an emphasis on Gospel and sacred music.

Inskip UMC is at 714 Cedar Lane. Info: 607-0903.

EGG HUNTS ■ The Church at Sterchi Hills, 904 Dry Gap Pike, 10 a.m. Saturday, April 19, for children through the 5th grade. Candy, snacks, crafts and lots of fun. Rain or shine. Info: 281-8718 or www. sterchichurch.com.

■ Faith United Methodist Church, 1120 Dry Gap Pike, egg hunt 11 a.m. Saturday, April 19. Bring your basket. Hot dogs and chips will be served. Everyone welcome. Info: 688-1000 or www.faithchurchknoxvilletn.com.

■ Third Creek Baptist Church, 2 p.m. Saturday, April 19. There will be a bounce house and games.

For Christians, the Easter season represents Jesus’ victory over the grave and the promise of salvation. Fast forward to present time, and the victory is still relevant.

Melanie Porter has spent the past five years working on a drama for Fairview Baptist to present to the community. The story involves one family’s struggle through a season of warfare and their victory over the darkness.

Porter began writing scripts when she felt that she couldn’t find good material for the large cast at the church. Pastor Bryan Wright would discuss sermon ideas with her, and from there she would begin to write. They bounced ideas off one another and did a lot of praying over the content until the final script was written.

The idea for an Easter program quite different from a typical musical came to her from her own life experiences.

“I was living defeated and felt that Satan was putting things in my path to dis-

courage me,” she said. Porter knew that others must be having the same struggles, and she began to write.

The script is a relatable story, featuring parenting issues, social media, finances and daily struggles. “The story shows the free will that God gives individuals and how to have victory and not live defeated.”

This message of victory is one that has been told before, just in a different way.

Mixed in with the drama is uplifting and encouraging music that helps bring the truth to the surface.

Fairview Baptist will present “Overcoming the Darkness” at 4 and 7 p.m.

Saturday, May 3, and Sunday, May 4. Doors will open 30 minutes prior to each performance.

The community is welcome to attend, but the drama is intended for those 10 years and older. Fairview Baptist is at 7424 Fairview Road (off Emory Road) in Corryton. Info: 687-5648 or www.fairviewbaptist.com/.

The Scripture text quoted above is Peter’s speech on the Day of Pentecost. He quotes the Old Testament prophet Joel with words that are both hopeful and fearsome.

The moon’s turning to blood came to my mind because by the time you read this, you may have seen such a phenomenon.

A total lunar eclipse will have occurred in the wee hours of April 14, and Mars will be closer to the Earth than it has been since 2008.

There is no danger in such an occurrence; these things have been happening for eons, but they are definitely not an everyday event.

It is true that in a lunar eclipse, the moon does turn red. The resulting so-called “blood moon” is a function of a double refraction of the sunlight, during the time the moon is in the Earth’s shadow. The sun’s light is refracted when it enters the Earth’s atmosphere and again when it leaves the Earth’s atmosphere on its way to the moon.

(This double refraction is the same reason the sky looks blue during the day.)

We consider these events almost as entertainment today – wonders to behold because of their rarity.

However, in a less scientific day, such phenomena were signs and portents, considered to have meaning for humankind: warnings and

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Lynn Pitts threats, or affirmations of a proposed action.

Joel had spoken his prophecy approximately 400 years before Christ, but Peter took up the banner and recited Joel’s words as the inauguration of a new era. The winds of the Spirit had swept through the little band of believers and set them aflame with the Good News. The fear and the uncertainty of the time between Jesus’ crucifixion and the resurrection were no more.

No mere lunar eclipse could scare Jesus’ disciples now. Those same men who had cowered behind closed doors following the crucifi xion were on fire and ready to tell a waiting world.

This story makes me ask what it would take to get our attention, to set our churches ablaze with wonder and urgency, to be so filled with the Good News that our joy overflows onto everyone we meet.

Have we forgotten the Good News? Have we grown complacent? Bored? Satisfied? Distracted?

If that is the case, what will it take to get our attention? A blood moon?

EASTER SERVICES ■ Faith United Methodist Church, 1120 Dry Gap Pike, Easter Sunrise Service 7 a.m. Sunday, April 20. Regular service at 11 a.m. Everyone welcome. Info: 688-1000 or www.faithchurchknoxvilletn.com.

REUNIONS ■ Central High School’s class of 1989 will reunite June 14. Tickets are $35 if purchased by April 15, $40 afterward. Make checks payable to CHS Class of ’89 and mail to Felecia Turner, 1103 Darby Lane, Forest, VA 24551. Info: Felecia (Robbins) Turner, feleciaturner@hotmail.com or Mark Allen, 4davolz@ comcast.net.

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■ Powell High School’s class of 1967 will reunite 5 p.m.

Saturday, May 3, at Bonnie and Wade Shields’ home, 5320 West Emory Road, to celebrate “Medicare Eligibility: Reaching Age 65.” Admission is $15 and includes a barbecue dinner and nonalcoholic beverages. Make checks payable to Brenda Owens Stephens, 5728 Frontier Trail, Knoxville, TN 37920. RSVP to phs67class@ comcast.net or call 573-4395 or 385-7184. Local classmates are asked to bring an appetizer or dessert.

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Running with llamas

By Cindy Taylor Powell Middle School won big in Knoxville’s first Great Llama Race. Common Grounds Landscaping sponsored the school, and Marc Anthony from Star 102.1 was the celebrity who ran with the school. Interim secretary Paige Graves coordinated the event for Powell.

“The llama race was tons of fun,” said Graves.

“Thanks to Casa de Sara for the opportunity, and we look forward to participating next year.”

Powell Middle School took home second place and $2,000.

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All things literacy

Elementary literacy coach Krista Lee says it is her privilege to work with teachers and students at Pleasant Ridge Elementar y teaching the elementa ls Krista Lee of reading.

Lee recently returned from a special event in Nashville.

“I had the opportunity to go to Nashville with three other teachers from the district to learn cutting-edge literacy training,” she said.

“Then I have the privilege to come back and share with my peers and students here.”

Lee, a five-year veteran at Pleasant Ridge, says the

school is very passionate about reading and literature.

Her role at the school gives her the opportunity to teach teachers, who then assist students in learning to read.

“The administration, teachers and support staff at this school are phenomenal and passionate about teaching kids to read,” she said. “There is such a nice collective, teamwork atmosphere here. Everyone has such a positive outlook and truly loves the children.”

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Fire and water

Ah … the smell of burning paper. That may not sound so appealing to most, but to art students at Powell High School it signals the coming of spring and Raku Powell Middle students working the Great Llama Race are Logen Borie, Peyton Bennett, Bella Whittenburg, Sam Birdwell, Lindfiring. sey Kirkpatrick and Macey Milligan. Photo submitted Each year, PHS students look forward to the return of Mack Hickey. A retired schoolteacher and master artist, Hickey transports his equipment to the school and assists students and teachers Lee Jenkins-Freels, Gaynell Gray and interim Rachel Mezger in the design and firing of Raku masks.

The multitalented Hickey is also a professional photographer and teaches scuba diving.

“I usually either deal with fire or I deal with water,” he said.

Students worked during each art class to design and put finishing touches on their masks.

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Becky Barnes is West Haven Elementary Teacher of the Year.

PHS art students Carly Ducote, Natasha Robinson, Camren Blake, Sara Groos and Allie Goldschmitt show off their completed masks.

History at Northwest Social studies students at Northwest Middle School pulled second-, third- and fourth-place ribbons in the National History Day event. Pictured are 8th-grade students Olivia Quinones, Lyric Rae, Lindsay Jones and Brooke Allen.

Buckland retires Alex Buckland, art teacher at Pleasant Ridge Elementary, will retire after 33 years of teaching. Buckland talks with 5th-grader Kylie Braid and her grandmother, Vicky DeForrest, at the recent school art show.

Summer fun for preschoolers

Stories in the garden

By Betty By Bet etty ty Bean ty Bea ean an Looking for a fun, educational, no-cost spring and summer activity for preschoolers in a beautiful setting close to home?

Check out Stories in the Garden at Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum at 1 p.m. every Wednesday until Halloween, sponsored by the University of Tennessee’s ECO Garden project.

ECO stands for “Every Child Outdoors,” says Wendy Prothro Howard, ECO Garden program coordinator. The project is funded by the Tennessee Department of Health through a “Project Diabetes” grant and administered by Howard’s employer, the University of Tennessee’s Human Dimensions Research Lab at the Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries Department.

“Stories in the Garden is free, and so is everything else we do here, except summer camp,” Howard said. “It’s here on the grounds in an area called the outdoor classroom.

There’s butterfl garden nearby, Ther Th herre’ e’s a bu b utt tterfl fly gard den nea rby, b along allong with a council ring built by Boy Scouts a couple of years ago and a stage under the trees.”

The story hour, now in its second year, was created by UT senior Anna Robinson, who was doing an internship at the botanical garden. She and Howard worked together and designed a format that includes reading a gardening-related story, a craft, an outdoor activity and a snack.

Area businesses have helped. Last year, Earth Fare came on a day the kids were reading about earthworms and brought cups of cookie-crumb “dirt” filled with granola and gummi worms – very popular, Howard said.

“With Project Diabetes, we are trying to get kids learning where food comes from so they can begin to make good choices of healthy snacks as opposed to candy bars.” Howard said. “They really get excited.”

Knoxville Botanical Gardens and Arboretum is at 2743 Wimpole Ave. in East Knoxville.

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Young musicians ‘bloom’

Johanna Riser, 10, is a multitalented violinist, pianist and singer. She is homeschooled, and her parents are Alisa and Chris Riser. Photo

tion in all the arts to children ages 6 to 18. Based at First Presbyterian Church downtown, the school has been named “one of the top arts- and humanities-based programs in the country” by the National Endowment for the Arts and the President’s Carol Committee on the Arts and Zinavage Humanities.

More than 150 young people study classical and jazz piano, cello, violin, guiin the Old City recently to tar, mandolin and trumpet add their own kind of music there, as well as visual arts, to Knoxville’s Rhythm N’ drama and culinary arts.

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The school’s executive director, Jennifer Willard, enjoys watching “her” kids performing on such a beautiful day. She is herself a talented painter and multimedia artist. Photos by Carol Zinavage

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Little Maria Riser, 7, who survived the Haitian earthquake of 2010, is in her first year of piano study with Ben Maney. She enjoys catching up on schoolwork while her siblings are in their music lessons; the entire family is musical.

Her parents are Chris and Alisa Riser.

Jeremiah Washington, 12 years old, gears up for his performance at the Rhythm N’ Blooms Festival. With him is his proud mom, Yolanda, who works at ORNL and is also a musician.

Lowell Blanchard Tennessee’s 33 counties and into Kentucky, Virginia and North Carolina. He hosted WNOX’s “The Musical Clock,” the early-morning radio show, was a widely known announcer for horse shows and did the “color” for UT sports.

Live country music experienced hard times when the rock ’n’ roll craze hit in the early 1950s and again when television came to Knoxville in 1953. The FCC denied WNOX a license since Scripps-Howard already had a radio and newspaper presence. Then the station made what probably was an ill-advised move to a remodeled Whittle Springs Hotel in the suburbs in 1955. The

From page A-5 “Merry-Go-Round” and the “Barn Dance” ended in 1961, but Blanchard remained at the station in sales and on special assignment.

He always supported local causes and chaired the Easter Seal Society and the March of Dimes. He was a City Council member (194445 and 1948-53) and ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 1963 and for the state legislature in 1964.

His health problems began with what he thought was the flu while attending the L.A. Classic with the UT Vols in 1966. He soon recovered and returned to his heavy schedule, including a year as general manager of the Knoxville Smokies

baseball team and then as the team’s radio announcer.

It was a surprise when he was admitted to Fort Sanders Hospital in January 1968 with a heart attack.

After some weeks he was moved from intensive care and prepared to go home.

He had planned to do the color highlights for the basketball game with Auburn the following Saturday.

However, he died just after midnight on Monday, Feb. 19, 1968, at the age of 57.

Blanchard attended First Christian Church and taught the Everyman’s Sunday school class for many years. He was a member of the Charles M. McKinney Lodge F&AM and of

Holston Hills Country Club.

After services at Rose Chapel performed by his minister, the Rev. Harry M. Davis, Blanchard was interred in Greenwood Cemetery. He was survived by his wife, Sally Irene Marshall, and his four children, Arthur Marshall “Smiley” Blanchard of Knoxville, R.

Lowell “Happy” Blanchard Jr. of Manchester, N.H., Becky Lamar Martin of Kingsport and Sally Blanchard, a sophomore at UT and a varsity swimmer, as well as his mother, five grandchildren, two sisters and a brother.

An honorary “MerryGo-Round” was held in

his memory at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium several weeks after his death.

Many country-music stars were there to honor him, including Roy Acuff, Kitty Wells, Grandpa Jones, Don Gibson and Skeeter Davis.

Blanchard was inducted into the Country Music Disc Jockey Hall of Fame in 1977.

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News From The Register Of Deeds

Healthy property sales, sluggish lending

By Sherry Witt Even as mortgage lending continued its slow pace, the local real estate markets fared quite well in March.

For the month endSherry Witt ing March 31, there were 812 property transfers recorded in Knox County, compared to just 551 during February.

The totals also topped last March’s figure by more than 100. The first quarter of 2014 produced almost identical data to 2013 in terms of total property sales.

The aggregate value of land sold in March was just under $148 million, besting February’s total by nearly $60 million, and also outpacing the March 2013 figure of $137 million. For the first quarter of 2014 approximately $432.7 million worth of property has sold in Knox County, some $50 million ahead of the 2013 pace.

Despite encouraging numbers on the real estate

side, mortgage lending markets continued to perform somewhat sluggishly. For the month, around $212 million was loaned against real estate in Knox County.

While that was some $50 million more than the February total, it was well behind last March’s figure of $287 million, leading to speculation that refinancing may have reached a saturation point.

So far in 2014, about $636 million has been loaned in mortgage transactions in Knox County, compared to $1.03 billion during the first quarter of 2013.

The largest real estate sale of the month was for a property on Clinch Avenue in the Fort Sanders community. The parcel sold to Pinecrest 1505 Clinch LLC for $3.4 million. The most notable mortgage recording was a loan for $23,085,000 financing several Captain D’s properties in the area.

With the beauty of an East Tennessee spring upon us, I would like to wish everyone a very happy, safe and joyous Easter.

Sherry Witt is Knox County Register of Deeds

KARM gets Darden Restaurant grant Knox Area Rescue Ministries will receive a $3,000 grant as part of the Restaurant Community Grants program from the Darden Restaurants Foundation Inc., the charitable arm of Darden Restaurants.

The donation will enable KARM’s LaunchPoint program, which provides adult training and goal-setting help as individuals break their cycle of homelessness.

Local restaurants in the Darden group include Red Lobster and Olive Garden.

Since 2012, more than 250 people have successfully navigated the LaunchPoint program, said Danita McCartney, KARM director of events.

Charlie Daniel brings laughs

By Bonny C. Millard Powell resident and long-time editorial cartoonist Charlie Daniel never had any formal art training, but he’s been drawing since he was old enough to pick up a pencil. His editorial cartoons have been making people in the East Tennessee region laugh for more than 45 years, and a favorite is “Rosy’s Diner.”

Daniel spoke to the Rotary Club of Knoxville recently, making his second appearance at the Valued Associates Appreciation Day, and kept the crowd laughing with his stories and his “Optimist” speech of 20 questions. Daniel explained that back in the 1970s, his boss at another newspaper was president of the Optimist Club and

wanted him to talk to the organization.

Despite a fear of public speaking, he ended up doing the presentation and called it his “Optimist” speech. Daniel told the group that his fear of public speaking developed in childhood when a teacher asked him, “What did God put in the ocean?” He said octopus, and she laughed at his pronunciation of the word and made him repeat it a couple of times. When his family heard the story, they laughed and made him repeat his answer. Soon total strangers in his hometown were asking him “What did God put in the ocean?”

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Gospel ensemble to give Easter performance

By Heather Beck The I Am gospel ensemble performs a selection of favorite gospel hymns at a concert Tuesday, April 15, at Pellissippi State Community College’s Magnolia Avenue Campus.

Beginning at 6:45 p.m. in the Community Room, the ensemble presents its Easter Celebration Concert. Light refreshments are available after the concert ends, about 7:30 p.m.

The concert is free and the community is invited.

“The gospel ensemble has been a wonderful addition to our campus. It’s one more way in which the diversity of our campus is celebrated. This event is a highlight of our spring se-

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The ensemble is composed of Pellissippi State students and is led by Candice Dendy, associate professor of transitional studies.

The group sings primarily a cappella songs, along with a few selections with instru- Jenny Kitts, Rodney Simpson, Candice Dendy, Phyllicia Washington and Druscilla Robertson, I Am gospel ensemble, will mental accompaniments.

“We are presenting tra- perform April 15 in a free concert at Pellissippi State. ditional hymns of Easter, as well as songs of worship and “The name of the group praise. We definitely want sonal concerts, at events such audience participation,” as the naming ceremony of was chosen by students as a the Joe Armstrong Building representation of our goal: Dendy said.

The I Am gospel ensemble at the Magnolia Avenue Cam- to sing about our faith,” was formed in 2009. The pus, and at various celebra- Dendy said. group has performed sea- tions and open houses.

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Unfortunately, the student before him told about how her brother had drowned in the ocean. The professor told Daniel that the speech would have been funny in other circumstances.

Daniel decided the best way to avoid his fear of public speaking was to jump right into the “Question and Answer” portion, so he made a list of 20 questions.

The first one: “What did God put into the ocean?”

The cartoonist had a new list of questions and answers, including some that poked fun at his profession: What is the definition of an editorial writer? One who hides in the bushes during the battle and then comes out afterwards and shoots the wounded.

During the real “Q&A,” the cartoonist said that

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When asked about his most conCharlie Daniel t r o v e r s i a l cartoon, he said, “hopefully every day.”

At 80, Daniel continues to entertain his audiences.

His cartoon collection, appraised at $2.5 million, has been donated to the University of Tennessee’s library and has been digitized.

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MONDAY, APRIL 14 Family Movie Night: “Frozen,” 5:30 p.m., Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info: 525-5431.

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FRIDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 18-19 “His Life for Mine,” 7 p.m., Cedar Ford Baptist Church, 3201 Hwy. 61 East, Luttrell. Everyone is invited.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 15 Advanced Sushi cooking class, 6-9 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $75.

Info/reservations: 922-9916 or www.avantisavoia.com.

UT Hospice Adult Grief Support Group meeting, 5-6:30 p.m., UT Hospice office, 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info/reservation: Brenda Fletcher, 544-6277.

Parent workshop: “College Planning and Admissions,” 7-8:30 p.m., Lane Music in Franklin Square, 9648 Kingston Pike. Hosted by Collegiate Blueprint and Testing Solutions. Info: Jesse Hedrick, jesse@ helpmytestscore.com; Laurie Brandow, Lbrandow@ collegiateblueprint.com.

THURSDAY, APRIL 17 Holy Thursday: Foot washing and remembering the Lord’s Supper, 7 p.m., Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Mission. Info: 992-7222 or 745-1593 Union County Senior Citizens Easter Luncheon, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Union County Senior Citizens Center, Main Street. Band, door prizes and covered dish lunch at noon. All senior citizens welcome.

Maundy Thursday Service, 7 p.m., Beaver Ridge United Methodist Church, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway.

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

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FRIDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 18-20 “This is Your Life: The Life of Christ through the Eyes of Paul” Easter drive-thru drama, 7-9 p.m., Holston Baptist Church, 1012 Andrew Johnson Highway. Info: www.hbcknox.com.

SATURDAY, APRIL 19 Baptism of new members, 8 p.m., Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Mission. Info: 992-7222 or 745-1593.

Big Ridge State Park Easter Egg Hunt. Times: 10 a.m., 2-year-olds and younger; 10:30, 3- to 4-year olds; 1 p.m., 5- to 7-year-olds; 1:30 p.m., 8- to 10-year olds. Info: 992-5523.

Sharps Chapel Easter Egg Hunt for children ages 12 and under, Sharps Chapel Community Park. Bring a basket. Meet in front of Sharps Chapel Senior/Community Center, 11:15 a.m.; hunt begins 11:30. Sponsored by Sharps Chapel Family and Community Education (FCE) Club.

Luttrell City Easter Egg Hunt, 10 a.m.-noon, Luttrell City Park. Info: Luttrell City Hall, 992-0870.

Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 6 p.m., WMRD 94.5 FM, 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All pickers and singers welcome.

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Claxton; depart 6:30 p.m., North Acres Baptist Church, 5803 Millertown Pike. Free. A love offering will be taken for the bus driver. Info/to sign up: Derrell Frye, 938-8884.

Egg Hunt, 1 p.m., Fellowship Christian Church on Tazewell Pike in Luttrell. Everyone welcome.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 19-20 “Promise Keeper/Heaven’s Gate and Hell’s Flames” Easter play presented by Grace Full Gospel Baptist Church, 6 p.m., Union County High School. Info: Ron Buckner, 679-3788; Debbie Buckner, 659-3789; www.gracefullgospelbaptistchurch.com.

SUNDAY, APRIL 20 Easter Sunday: Mass in English, 9 a.m., Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Mission. Mass in Spanish, 11 a.m. Info: 992-7222 or 745-1593.

Sunrise Service, 7 a.m., Beaver Ridge United Methodist Church, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway. Easter Sunday Worship Service, 9 and 11 a.m. Info: 690-1060; www.beaverridgeumc.com.

Easter Services, 8:55 and 11 a.m., Fountain City Presbyterian Church, 500 Hotel Road. Info: 688-2163.

Easter Sunday Worship Service, 10:15 a.m., Salem Baptist Church, 8201 Hill Road. The public is invited. Info: 922-3490 or www.salembaptisthalls.org.

Easter Vigil, 6:45 a.m., St. James Episcopal Church, 1101 N. Broadway. Festival Eucharist, 10:30 a.m., followed by Easter Egg hunt. Info: 523-5687.

Celebrate Easter With Living Pictures, 3 and 6 p.m., Wallace Memorial Baptist Church, 701 Merchant Drive. Free ticketed event with general seating. Features Celebration Choir, orchestra, drama and pageantry cast.

Info: www.wmbc.net.

The Church at Sterchi Hills, 904 Dry Gap Pike, will welcome a new pastor and celebrate Easter, 10:30 a.m.

Easter services, 10 a.m., Heritage Baptist Church, meeting at the Clarion Inn behind Red Lobster on Merchants Road. Afternoon services, 4:30 p.m. with guest speaker Geoff Blitzer. Heritage Baptist Church is an independent Baptist church.

Sunrise Service, 6:30 a.m., Fellowship Christian Church, Tazewell Pike in Luttrell. Worship Service at 11 a.m. Everyone Welcome.

MONDAY APRIL 21 Monthly Luttrell Senior’s luncheon, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Luttrell Community Center. Melba Greene and son Ted will sing. Bring a dish to share.

TUESDAY, APRIL 22 UT Extension Open House, 3-6 p.m., 3925 Maynardville Highway. Refreshments, 4-H photo contest on display. RSVP: apadgett4@utk.edu\.

Happy Travelers Gathering and Luncheon, 10:30 a.m., North Acres Baptist Church fellowship hall, 5803 Millertown Pike. Deeper Faith will sing. No charge, but suggested contribution: $7. Deadline to register: Thursday, April 17. Info/to register: Derrell Frye, 938-8884.

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