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MAY 2, 2011

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‘The face of Powell’ needs your help

12-year-old Maggie Kohlbusch performs in ‘The Music Man’ at Clarence Brown

Longtime crossing guard enlists community in her fight

See Valorie’s story on page A-3

By Greg Householder FEATURED COLUMNIST MARVIN WEST

Do spring games count?

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Burchett’s first budget Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett will present his first general budget proposal to the Knox County Commission and the public today (May 2) at 9 a.m. in the Burchett City County Building main assembly room. He will then make several community presentations.

North area gatherings are: Monday, May 2, 12:15 p.m., Halls Senior Center, 4410 Crippen Road; 1:15 p.m., Corryton Senior Center, 9331 Davis Lane.

‘Don’t do it, Mr. Brown.’

Why a run for mayor may not be a good idea for Daniel Brown.

See Betty Bean’s column on page A-4

Linda Saia is in the fight of her life – literally.

The longtime crossing guard who has been keeping elementary school kids, high school kids and church goers safe for the past 10 years was diagnosed with medium grade, stage four non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in August 2007. She came through the strongest chemotherapy, losing her hair with the first treatment, but she did not miss a lot of work, and most folks did not realize she was even sick.

Last June she had to stop a maintenance program that she had been on for two years. She has been in remission for almost a year.

From 2:45 to 3 p.m. on school days, Saia can be found performing crossing guard duties at Powell Elementary School. From 3:30 to about 3:50 p.m., she can be seen stepping out fearlessly on Emory Road to stop traffic and allow students to cross the street at Powell High School. She also works a side job with traffic control on Wednesday nights at First Baptist Church of Powell and sometimes helps out on Sundays.

Saia loves her job, watching kids progress from kindergarten to high school. And the community loves her.

“She’s a fantastic person,” said Kelly Osborne, a mother of two young daughters who has known Saia since her girls were in kindergarten at Powell Elementary.

“She’s like a part of my family.”

But the veteran Knox County Sheriff’s Office employee has a problem common to all who serve as crossing guards, and her illness compounds it.

Crossing guards are not yearround employees and are laid off for two months when school is out for the summer. That means Saia loses her health benefits unless

Linda Saia doing her thing, keeping kids safe at Powell High School last week. Photo by Greg Householder she pays to continue it through COBRA. During the summer, her insurance premiums are $507 per month, not an entirely unreasonable price for health insurance in this day and age, but a tough bill to pay when one only draws $190 per week in unemployment benefits.

As with any serious illness, health insurance doesn’t cover everything, and Saia has other bills to pay.

Saia is a proud, strong woman.

She raised three adult children who graduated from Halls and still live in Halls, and asking for help goes against her nature. She lives frugally, going without things like cable television and other luxuries.

That’s where her friends step up.

“She’s known as ‘the face of Powell’ and she is in a fight. She doesn’t need the additional stress of worrying about how she will survive and pay her bills for the summer,” says her friend, Teresa Underwood, who with another friend, Dee Thortan, is working to set up a fundraising effort for Saia.

A community yard sale, car wash and auction are planned for June 4. The good folks at Harry’s Market and Grill are letting them use the their parking lot.

The goal is $10,000. Underwood, who has experience raising funds with the American Heart Association, is planning on setting up a trust fund for Saia. The idea

is to not only provide support for the summer layoff, but also establish a fund for use when the cancer returns.

And it will come back. Statistics show that for persons diagnosed with stage four non-Hodgkins lymphoma, it is not a question of if but when it will return.

Underwood is seeking items to be donated for the yard sale, volunteers to work the sale and car wash, and items to auction. The tentative plan is to have a party atmosphere with entertainment for the kids. Underwood is also seeking corporate sponsors and cash donations.

To help out, contact Teresa Underwood at 951-9959.

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Powell professor named co-chair of VolsTeach program

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With approximately $1.8 million in grant money, co-chair Dr. Susan Benner to work with, a newly renovated floor in Greve Hall and backing by the University of Tennessee, Dr. Susan Riechert is starting a new adventure.

“I’m excited about what we’ve accomplished already, and I’m really excited about what this means for the state of Tennessee,” Riechert said.

The longtime Powell resident will work with Benner in launching VolsTeach, UT’s new teaching program designed to prepare more mathematics and science teachers for the workforce. This comes after Riechert worked to secure funding for the new program.

And it also comes at a time when the well-known professor was named the university’s 2011 Macebearer. That is UT’s highest faculty honor. It represents the award winner’s commitment to the university’s students, academics and scholarship, and society in general.

Dr. Susan Riechert, a longtime Powell resident and a well-known professor at the University of Tennessee, is now stepping in a new direction. She’s cochair of UT’s new VolsTeach program.

Photo by Valorie Fister

The award is given to someone with a solid history of service to the university.

Riechert has a long history of service at UT. And she has a long list of honors and offices she’s held over the years. Now her focus is on

growing the new program that will provide schools with the teachers that are now in high demand.

VolsTeach is a conversion from a former five-year math and science teaching program into a newer four-year program. It offers field experiences during each year of the program. VolsTeach is a replica of UTeach, a program created by the University of Texas.

Riechert said UT was graduating good math and science teaching students through the former program, but only 20 students completed it each year.

In the new VolsTeach program, Riechert said officials hoped for 50 students to sign up. In fact, 93 students have joined the program that has room for 200.

“We’re real excited over that,” Riechert said. “We would love to have as many as we can.”

Riechert’s name resounds in the academic and the education worlds as a distinguished professor of science. Her specialty is ecology and evolutionary biology,

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and she has done much work with spiders.

Locally, she’s known for her Biology in a Box outreach project that was actually started in Powell schools.

“We’re up to 84 school systems now,” Riechert said of the project.

The program is free to schools except for a $300 charge for an initial workshop. The sets, which are housed in wooden trunks, are valued at around $6,000 each, and some schools have as many as six sets, Riechert said.

Money for the project comes from at least seven grant funds and organizations, including the Howard Hughes Foundation, the J.R. Cox Fund and the Dwight D. Eisenhower fund.

And as for Riechert’s choice of Powell as a place to live, that had to do with four acres of land and the countryside.

“I like being in the mountains and out in the country,” she said.

“The thing about Powell is it’s growing up so fast.”

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community Ode to Old Red We were lucky out our way last Wednesday night.

Although the hail and the wind took its toll on our property, we’re unhurt.

Compared to the devastation and the loss of life across the South, we emerged with what amounted to a couple of scratches and bruises.

Still, I’ll miss “Old Red,” my ’99 Honda Accord. With 190,000 miles behind him, Red was looking forward to a comfortable retirement, nothing more strenuous than an occasional trip to the grocery store. Mother Nature decreed otherwise, however, and it’s likely that Red never knew what hit him when the mother of all hailstorms erupted over his defenseless windows and doors.

Red had been a faithful companion for 12 years, never complaining as long as I kept him lubricated and shod in serviceable rubber. He didn’t mind when I ate my lunch or supper on the run with one hand, and he was too polite to squawk when I sloshed coffee on his seats or dribbled a few crumbs on his console.

Red was with me when I Old Red Photo by L. Van Guilder wound my way through Virginia’s Civil War battlefields several years ago. He didn’t roll his “eyes” or snicker when I stopped and photographed the site where Stonewall Jackson’s amputated arm was buried, and he reveled in getting lost on country lanes that led nowhere.

Old Red made a couple of trips to Charleston, S.C., with me. He kept me cool as I tooled along the swampy, humid byways of South Carolina’s Low Country, and he invariably guided me to the best spots for she-crab soup and gumbo.

Red was half-sled dog and half-car. Often we rolled along on snowy roads where BMWs feared to tread, Red’s four cylinders purring happily, his treads blazing a trail for the less adventuresome to follow.

Others may have complained about my musical taste, but not Old Red. Classical, rock or pop, Red churned out the tunes on his radio or CD player. Heck, he even tolerated talk radio, but he did balk at Limbaugh and Beck.

I saw a lot sunsets with Red. Happily, like me, Red was not an early riser, so he rarely insisted we hit the road in time to witness the dawn.

Now, Old Red rides that highway in the sky. I’m going to miss him.

Contact Larry Van Guilder at lvgknox@mindspring.com.

A-2 • MAY 2, 2011 • POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS

Lions looking for a few good folks Both area clubs seeking new members One of the neat things about Powell is that we have not one, but two Lions Clubs.

One would think that means that there would be a lot of stepping on each other. Not really.

If you’re not familiar with the Lions, I will try to give you the quick and dirty.

First, Lions are a fun bunch.

They are always coming up with creative ways to raise money. For example, the Knox North Lions are planning a “Patriotic Pet” contest to run in conjunction with the community gathering in Scarbro field after the 4th of July parade. Deck your pet out and get out the vote, $1 each. (Vote early and often.)

The Powell Lions Club is planning its 59th annual charity horse show for June 25. But this year there is more. First, the Powell High School Marching Panthers Band Boosters will be handling the concessions to raise money for the band’s trip to Hawaii this fall. Second, the show is not just about horses. There will be a “Decorate a Hat” contest, a silent auction and the first ever “Powell Lions Sing Off” for singing humans not horses. And, of course, the stick horse event for the kids is part of the horse show.

And I am happy to say that the Powell Lions have successfully concluded negotiations with my agent and I will be back as the master of ceremonies again this year.

So what do the Lions do with the money they raise?

A lot of good things, most associated with vision programs. Lions support the

Harry’s Market and Grill near the high school. (See my story on page 1.)

Greg Householder

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East Tennessee Eye Bank and provide eye exams and eye glasses for those who need them but can’t afford them. And they help out locally with other causes.

Want to find out more?

Come to a meeting.

The Knox North Lions, the newer of the two clubs, is a “lunchtime club.” It meets at 1 p.m. the first and third Wednesday of each month at Puleo’s on Cedar Lane near Merchants Road.

The Powell Lions, founded in 1951 and celebrating the club’s 60th birthday later this summer, is an “evening club.” They meet at 7 p.m. the first and third Thursdays of each month at their clubhouse on Old Clinton Pike. Dinner is usually served.

So if you want to meet some great people, do some good for your community and have a lot of fun serving, pick a meeting and come on out. Both clubs meet this week.

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June 3, 4 and 5

Circle your calendars for the first weekend in June.

First up is the Powell Playhouse’s inaugural performance. The production, John Patrick’s “The Curious Savage,” will be performed June 3 and 4 at the Jubilee Banquet Facility. Show times are tentatively set for 7:30 p.m. The Playhouse has tentatively planned a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. on June 5.

June 4 is also the day of the “Linda Saia Car Wash, Yard Sale, and Auction” at

PHS Marching Panther Band yard sale is June 11

The time is drawing near.

We’ve been hard at it for more than a year now, and we’re coming down to the wire.

That “wire” is the November trip to Hawaii for the Powell High School Marching Band. In case you have forgotten, the PHS Marching Panthers were given the very high honor of being asked to play at the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Last time I checked the need was about $2,000 per band member, or about $385,000. This is a big deal, and we should be proud that our band has been given this honor.

The band boosters will be hosting a Community Yard Sale on June 11 in the high school parking lot. The band will be selling spaces to raise money for the fall trip.

Individuals can purchase a space to sell treasures, crafts or products. A 20 x 20 space is $25 (equivalent to two parking spaces), and a 40 x 20 space goes for $40 (equivalent of four parking spaces). There will be no electricity provided.

For info, contact Stacey Berry at 938-9523, or visit www.powellband.org for a registration form.

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Powell High PTA set to wrap up year

The Powell High School PTA, like everything schoolrelated, is in the home stretch. With one more staff appreciation lunch and the awards night on May 12, the group will pretty much call it a year.

The faculty and staff at Powell High School and the PTA board would like to send out a big thank you to PTA volunteers Amber Brooks, Jenny Williams, Jeni Hughes, Kristie Fandel and Debi Cole. These folks donated many hours either covering for secretaries or as copy volunteers this year.

Knox North Lions plan ‘Patriotic Pet’ contest for July 4th parade The Knox North Lions Club will be hosting a “Patriotic Pet” contest in conjunction with the Powell 4th of July parade. Plan to bring your pet decked out in their best patriotic regalia and compete in the contest. Winners will be determined by popular vote. It’s free to enter and votes are $1 each. The contest will be held at the post-parade festivities at Scarbro field.

Senior novice tennis program offered in May The 22nd annual “Never-Ever” Senior Novice Tennis Program, offered to seniors 50 and older who have never played or haven’t played tennis in a number of years, will be held 6 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays beginning May 16 at Tyson Family Tennis Center and 10 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning May 17 at the Murphy Courts in West Hills Park. Registration/info: Bob Roney, 971-5896.

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Boy Scouts camp aboard the Yorktown Boy Scout Troop 509 recently participated in the camping program aboard the World War II aircraft carrier Yorktown at Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum in Charleston Harbor, S.C. They also toured the World War II submarine Clamagore, a Vietnam era U.S. Naval Support Base and the Cold War Memorial. Morning and evening meals were prepared and served aboard the Yorktown. The troop also took a boat ride to Fort Sumter. At the Yorktown are: (front) Perry Hall, Ben Clark, Connor Kerr, Pierce Winston, Will Stansbury, Colby Bruno, Maleah Holder; (middle row) Joey Jones, Robbie Howard, Ethan Yoakum, Jacob Cox, Sam Crow, Charlie Stansbury, Patrick Mitchell, Taylor Burkhart, Becky Holder; (back) Kris Winston, Dwayne Windham, Rob Howard, Tammy Windham, Kevin Cox, Gary Ottinger, Bruce Bruno, Paul Bryson, Derek Windham, Doug Holder, Dylan Cox, Dakota Holder, David Bruno and Brian Bruno. Troop 509 is sponsored by the Norwood Kiwanis. Photo submitted

Burroughs to speak at KFL Douglas Burroughs will be the guest speaker for the Knoxville Fellowship Luncheon noon Tuesday, May 3. The KFL is a group of Christian men and women that meets weekly at Burroughs the Golden Corral in Powell.

AARP driver safety class For registration info about this and all other AARP driver safety classes, call Barbara Manis, 922-5648.

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■ Shriners to hold annual ‘Rod, Bike and Kustom Nationals’ The Kerbela Shriners’ Smoky Mountain Rod, Bike and Kustom Nationals will be held 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 7, at Music Road Hotel, 303 Henderson Chapel Road, in Pigeon Forge. Preregistration is $15 and $20 on the day of the show.

Trophies will be awarded near the end of the day. All proceeds benefit the Kerbela Shine Temple. Info: Paul McMahan, 661-5120 or kerbelainnovators@ yahoo.com.

Halls Class of ‘71 Halls High Class of 1971 will hold its 40th reunion Saturday, May 7, at Beaver Brook Country Club. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. and feature heavy hors d’oeuvres and desserts and a cash bar. Cost is $30 per person. Make checks payable to HHS Class of 1971 and mail to Gene Parrott, 4410 Cabbage Road, Knoxville, TN 37938. Info: Hugh Wolfe, 922-8452.

Kerbela Shrine Paper Sale is May 9-15 The annual Kerbela Shrine Paper Sale will be held May 9-15 this year. The sale is the fundraiser that provides Shrine hospitals the ability to treat children selected during the recent mini-screening clinic at no charge.

Garage sale to benefit United DAC A multifamily garage sale will be held 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 13-14, in Murphy Hills subdivision in Halls to benefit the United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapter Abner Baker #1404.

Halls Middle School 8th Grader

Madison Faith Bennett celebrated her 14th birthday on April 17 at Olive Garden. Sister Malorie Hope (age 8), parents Melissa and Tim Bennett, grandparents Lucie and Everett Wilkerson and great grandma Gladys Cash attended.

Happy birthday, Madison!

Little actor gets big attention said, beaming.

“She’s always been a bit of a drama queen and theatrical,” Susan said. She said when cousins visited, Maggie would get them ready to play “The Sound of Music” or “Mary Poppins.”

“The cousins would come over and she would be feeding them lines.”

“Ever since I was 3 I’ve been in love with ‘The Sound of Music,’” Maggie said.

At the age of 8, Maggie was performing in productions such as “The King and I” in Oak Ridge. There, she played the part of Princess Ying Yaowalak.

And while she said acting

By Valorie Fister She’s only in 7th grade, but Karns Middle School student Maggie Kohlbusch already has a theatrical repertoire and resume that usually belongs to someone twice her height and twice her age.

The 12-year-old actor has performed in four plays at the University of Tennessee and three plays at Roane State Community College.

She’s also appeared in commercials and on a local television program.

And now she’s entertaining audiences in the University of Tennessee’s Clarence Brown Theatre production of “The Music Man.” In the role of Amaryllis, Kohlbusch is one of a cast of 40 performing now until mid-May. “She’s a little bratty kid that teases Winthrop,” Kohlbusch said of her part in the musical production. “I do tease him a lot and he cries, which (actor Jacob Carpenter) is the last person I would think that would cry.”

Kohlbusch’s mother, Susan Kohlbusch, said her daughter has had “some great opportunities” that have launched her acting.

Maggie is on the small side for her age and is able to play a large range of younger roles, Susan said.

Both mother and daughter attribute Kohlbusch’s success to teachers at Karns Middle. Kohlbusch is in the school chorus, where teachers helped her pick out songs to expand her singing abilities.

“I love all of the teachers here,” Maggie said. “We have excellent principals, and my music teachers are Mrs. Lunsford and Mrs. King.”

Kohlbusch also said her mother has played a large part in helping her prepare for roles.

“Her mother who does not act,” Susan said with a laugh.

is fun at this age and stage in her schooling, Maggie said she’s not sure she will always be a thespian.

“Well, I don’t really know yet,” she said. “I might like to be a lawyer or a doctor. I love acting right now. But I don’t know.”

“The Music Man” plays through May 15. There is a post-play discussion scheduled with the cast Sunday, May 8, directly after that performance.

There is also an interpreted event scheduled for the hearing impaired 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 5.

This Clarence Brown Theatre production is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Knoxville.

Karns Middle School student Maggie Kohlbusch is drawing much attention in her latest role as Amaryllis in the University of Tennessee’s Clarence Brown Theatre production of “The Music Man.” Photo by Valorie Fister Maggie is even drawing the attention of adult local celebrities.

During a Roane State production of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” she met Bill Landry, local celebrity and host of “The Heartland Series.”

Both played parts in that production. Landry then asked her to be a part of an hour segment of the television series.

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government Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett is presenting his first budget to County Commission today, and he’ll be looking for six votes in his favor before the new fiscal year begins July 1. But outside of seeking the necessary commission approval, Burchett says, he’s taking a new approach to the budget process – selling his vision to the people.

The mayor has a full slate of community meetings scheduled for this week.

It’s a strategy intended to capitalize on Burchett’s strength, an easygoing, conversational manner in front of his constituents, while at the same time distancing himself from the formality and expense one came to expect under his predecessor’s administration.

“I’m going to sell the budget to the taxpayers,” Burchett said recently. “No laser show.”

What will he be selling?

First, a budget smaller than the one he inherited.

There will be some layoffs, Burchett says, but “not as draconian as some people think.”

“Return on investment” may become the guiding fiscal principle for this mayor. He signaled as much when he noted that participation in the county’s wellness program is falling short of what he’d like to see. Expect a proposal to scale back or eliminate the program.

“I’m keeping my word on not raising taxes,” the mayor said. And such job eliminations as come will not be in codes enforcement, a department that might be beefed up in FY 2013, he added.

It will come as no surprise that the fiscally conservative Burchett intends to put the county’s community grants budget on a diet.

“We’re gradually coming away from the public grants,” Burchett said, although by how much and

Don’t listen to them, Mr. Brown Daniel Brown is getting high marks for his tenure as interim mayor. Except for a rookie glitch over changes to the Ten Year Plan (when he said something during a press conference that seemed to be throwing top aides Larry Martin and Bill Lyons under the trolley), he’s had a smooth ride.

Taking it to the street

Larry Van Guilder

A-4 • MAY 2, 2011 • POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS

Betty Bean

Burchett how quickly waits to be revealed.

Burchett said his decisions weigh heavily on him: “I wake up in the middle of the night worrying about somebody losing their job.”

Still, Burchett and his chief of staff, Dean Rice, seem committed to reshaping county government in their vision.

“We can talk about a vision,” Rice said, “but unless you’re prepared to implement it …”

The mayor seems more than ready to implement it, holding to the maxim that you can’t make an omelet without breaking eggs. He says that the “85 percent” who cast votes for him were not voting for Tim Burchett as much as they were declaring for a more fiscally sound county government.

Rice said the administration plans to reduce the county debt by about $20 million over the next few years, at least by the end of the mayor’s current term.

If not this fiscal year, then certainly by the next, holding the line on taxes, reducing the debt and keeping up with the rising cost of everything from electricity to paper clips may call for cuts in personnel and services that some will consider draconian, despite the mayor’s concerns.

Today’s presentation to County Commission is a warm-up. If Burchett sells his budget when he takes it to the street, he’ll get the votes he needs from commission in May or June.

My money is on Burchett. And however painful this budget may be, no one can say that we didn’t ask for it.

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He is doing a good job filling in for now-Gov. Bill Haslam and has given his City Council colleagues no reason to regret having voted for him.

He runs a good meeting.

He hired a good police chief.

He presented a good budget.

He has an affable demeanor, a good sense of humor, is a student of history and a sharp-dressed man.

Knoxvillians are extremely proud of the way he has handled the pressures

of being our first AfricanAmerican mayor.

But that doesn’t mean he should break his promise not to run for a full term.

Brown is getting considerable encouragement/ pressure to join the fray and declare himself a candidate. That was clear at last month’s budget address, where many constituents urged him to jump into the mayor’s race.

Marilyn Roddy’s withdrawal as a candidate has seemed to ramp up that pressure. (The logic of this argument is difficult to convey because it escapes me, but it seems to be that since Roddy was an advocate of Brown’s getting the interim appointment, he somehow “owes” it to her to make the run. Or something like that.)

When City Council convened to vote for an interim mayor, five of them wanted the job. Brown prevailed after 11 rounds of voting. All of the candidates said they would serve as caretakers and would not run for election.

Now, some people are telling him that keeping his

Daniel Brown Photo by Betty Bean word doesn’t matter.

But it does matter – for reasons both symbolic and practical.

People just don’t like candidates who break their word, and Mayor Brown need look no farther than to the other local legislative body, County Commission, for an example.

When County Commissioner Scott Moore was turned out of office after a judge ruled that he had committed perjury, Michele Carringer was appointed to fill his seat until the next election. She promised not to run

Does Brown run for mayor?

Mayor Daniel T. Brown delivered his first budget message April 21 at the Knoxville Botanical Gardens and, while he said it was also his last budget message, a movement is afoot for him to reconsider his decision not to see a full mayoral term.

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This was the first time that many had heard the new mayor speak at length and it was well delivered.

He clearly had worked on it. The content was a maintenance and continuation budget which suits the public mood. There was a modest increase in paving money and individual capital projects in East and South Knoxville.

It is unlikely Council will make many changes unless there are serious questions about the $236,000 funding for David Hill on the South Knoxville waterfront.

Many have discovered that Hill, who is the fourth highest paid employee in the city at $146,000 a year (making more than the mayor and $55,000 more than the fire chief), could have his duties merged into community development under the able lead-

ership of Becky Wade and save this money.

Waterfront development is a worthy subject but very little is happening with the slow economic recovery and certainly little to justify such a high salary.

However, a Brown candidacy for mayor, which had previously been discounted, is being actively pushed by several AfricanAmerican leaders. They are pleased with his job performance to date. He helped himself with his budget address. He appeared mayoral. He likes the job as well.

A few weeks ago I would have thought the odds were heavily against him running; today those odds in favor have increased as to whether he will reconsider and qualify by June 16. Marilyn Roddy’s withdrawal from the mayoral field creates new dynamics with only three major contenders left.

About 20,000 Knoxvillians will vote in the September city primary. If Brown could pull 8,000 votes of the 20,000 voting he likely would be in the runoff with either Ivan Harmon, Mark Padgett or Madeline Rogero.

Harmon should not be underrated with his friendly appeal to blue collar working class voters. He has been elected five times in the city over the past 25 years to council or the old

city school board. Harmon will be outspent but he will not be outworked.

Rogero would be hurt the most by a Brown candidacy, as Brown would be the overwhelming choice of African-Americans as the first African-American mayor of Knoxville, and he is doing a credible job. On the other hand, Rogero also has dedicated supporters who are committed to her victory.

Padgett is still working to overcome several early missteps.

Brown could argue he is the only candidate who has been mayor and has prepared a budget. His possible entry once again would change the entire mayoral contest. If he loses, he is still on City Council. He is a very likeable person.

As mayor he keeps a busy public schedule without appearing partisan. While I am not predicting Brown will actually run, I think it is true he is now actively looking at it and hopes to find a way clear to run a credible race.

Notes: Former Council member Gary Underwood was recently elected chair of the city Civil Service Board to replace Rudy Bradley who retired.

Longtime KUB finance director Roby Trotter is retiring this summer. He is an effective and thoughtful public servant who will be missed.

for a full term, or seemed to, which became an issue when she decided to run. She argued that her pre-appointment pledge had been nullified by passage of the charter referendum that reduced the number of commissioners, and that she was seeking a “different” seat, not the one she had promised not to run for (Or something like that.)

But it didn’t work. She lost.

As a practical matter, campaigning is hard work.

Brown hardly broke a sweat getting elected to the 6th District City Council seat. Running for mayor would be very different and infinitely more difficult, given that serving as interim mayor is a job that demands his full attention.

He’d be getting into a race against three other major candidates, two of whom (Ivan Harmon and Madeline Rogero) are seasoned, tireless campaigners. The other (Mark Padgett) is a neophyte, but is also a campaigning machine. It would be a rough six months for Daniel Brown.

He shouldn’t do it.

GOSSIP AND LIES Come on home!

Scott Frith got beat out for the top job at the Elections Commission by a guy named Cliff. Charlie Daniel’s Friday cartoon showed both Democrats and Republicans p.o.’d.

The sun will come up tomorrow. Elections will be run and won. Votes will be counted.

Meanwhile, Scott should come home to Halls where we love him. Finish law school, raise kids, coach soccer, plant dogwoods and be the best dad and lawyer around.

Greg Mackay can try to land a job with a possible Rogero Administration.

■ Oh, Jeff, honey.

West Side Commissioner Jeff Ownby had a basement flooding issue, according to his Facebook page. And he got it fixed. Workers polished it off last Monday, just before torrential downpours that night and on Wednesday.

■ Oh, Dave, honey.

East Side Commissioner Dave Wright interrupted the commission’s discussion of ridge top protection Monday to announce that his wife Pat’s car had been crushed by a tree and she was trapped in downed power lines. He basically asked his colleagues to wrap up debate and vote so he could leave. They talked for another half hour.

■ Ivan Harmon posted this following a virtual tornado: “Friends, when I ring your doorbell don’t look so disappointed that it’s me and not your insurance adjustor.

We both can make things better for you! Vote Ivan Harmon for Mayor!”

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KCS recognizes leadership, service to schools Last week Knox County Schools held its annual Partners in Education spring luncheon celebration and our own Jake Mabe was there.

We hate to duplicate coverage, so we won’t, but I’d like to salute the winners of the Becky Ramsey award. Becky was a dynamo for KCS who died way too young. She is remembered with these awards (and this year’s winners): ■ U.S. Cellular, presenting sponsor of the Knox County Schools Coupon Book Campaign from 2009-2011 ■ Judy Rogers, a Teacher Supply Depot volunteer who was instrumental in the Depot’s move to its new home on the Cedar Bluff campus

Sandra Clark

■ Jennifer Brown for her role in developing the “Schooled for Success” 8th grade career program for the Knox County Schools in 1993 Also, one graduate from each high school received $500 in memory of Barney Thompson, a former South High teacher, coach and longtime supporter of the Knox County Schools.

Senior class presidents were recognized: ■ Lechon Cole, AustinEast ■ Savannah Fielder, Bearden ■ Hannah Bowman, Carter ■ Christopher Smity, Central ■ Kwo-Zong Alexander Wang, Farragut ■ Raven Dyer, Fulton ■ Ben Mallicoat, Gibbs ■ Josh Yow, Halls ■ Krista Covert, Hardin Valley Academy ■ Lisa Black, Powell ■ Caroline Mitchell, South-Doyle ■ Mallory Ewart, West

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Alves is CAO

Superintendent Jim McIntyre has appointed Dr. Elizabeth Alves to be chief accountability officer. She has been the director of middle schools and in the new Alves role will report to Dr. Donna Wright, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction.

The CAO post was created through a realignment of central office and is essentially the job held by Dr. Mike Winstead, who moved to another system.

Alves will oversee test results, as well as federal programs, and will lead the health care costs. “Everybody curriculum supervisors in gets health care in the U.S., their instructional improvebut incentives are not work- ment efforts. She came here ing well to cut costs, and we in 2006 from Florida where spend a lot of money at the she held administrative positions with the Miami-Dade end of life.”

When asked if Americans need to worry about the Chinese wanting their money back, she was amused.

“Why would China want to ruin us? We owe them a lot of money. There’s no incentive for them to want to ruin us – that’s my gut feeling. There’s nothing to gain by ruining the U.S. They need us to buy their stuff. …”

Kasper said entitlements should be understood as a transfer of funds from working people to the recipients, and that although deficit reduction is problematic during a deep recession, it must be addressed. She sees value in budget discussions of the Obama plan versus the Republicans’ Ryan plan, particularly in dealing with the ballooning Medicaid debt.

“Obama has asked the governors to recommend ways to improve efficiency,” she said.

“The Ryan plan is for block grants of lump sums to the states that would decrease by $77 million over the next decade.”

Knox County Schools Partners in Education administrative assistant Mary Kerr and supervisor of business partnerships Scott Bacon (right) honor PIE Advisory Board president Ellen Liston, who is rotating off the board, at the annual PIE Luncheon last week at the Sarah Simpson Center. Photo by Jake Mabe County public schools. Her eral Credit Union office at no doctorate is from Florida In- cost to KCS ternational University.

■ Additions to high school curriculum for special ■ Board meetings courses in Robotics, Criminal The school board will meet Science, Americans at War, at 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, Honors Biology II and Global in the City County Building, Religious Studies with a preliminary workshop ■ First reading of a plan at 5 p.m. today (May 2) at the for “strategic compensation.”

Andrew Johnson Building.

The work session and Agenda items of interest board meeting will be include approval for: broadcast live on Comcast ■ West High CTE stu- Cable Channel 10 and dents to renovate existing streamed live at www. bookstore to house a UT Fed- knoxschools.org.

Economics prof talks debt and deficits

By Betty Bean Sherry Kasper, professor of economics at Maryville College and visiting fellow at the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public PoliSherry Kasper cy, says she has devoted her career to making sure that people have the vocabulary to talk about big issues.

She shared that new vocabulary with the 4th District Democrats last week – a vocabulary for discussing the country’s debt and deficit.

She began her talk with a pop quiz: Q: What is a federal deficit?

A: A deficit is when annual income is less than receipts.

Q: What is a federal debt?

A: The federal debt is the sum of annual deficits.

Q: Is the U.S. debt burden (the amount of debt owed relative to income produced in the United States) more, less or the same as it was during World War II? A: The debt is much lower than it was in World War II.

(“We have demonstrated in the past that we can have a high debt and pay it off,” Kasper said. “During World War II, we thought it was worthwhile.”)

Q: What percentage of the debt is owed to China?

A: 7.5 percent.

Q: What percentage of the 2010 budget was devoted to defense, Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid?

A: Defense got 20 percent; Social Security 20 percent; Medicare and Medicaid 21 percent.

While Kasper says some debt is worth taking on – like college loans for individuals (a college degree is worth more than $1 million additional income over a lifetime, she said) or the money Cleveland, Ohio, spent on Great Lakes restoration (which has been returned many times over in tourism and fisheries revenues and quality of life intangibles) – she’s not comfortable with the ballooning deficits of today’s economic climate.

“Our current deficits are not on a sustainable path,” she said. “The timing is bad and not sustainable for the long run.”

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‘Thank you for your service’ Korean era vet takes HonorAir trip to Washington PULL UP A CHAIR … | Jake Mabe

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ichard “Dick” Booher heard a military officer with a chest filled with medals say something one time that he likes very much.

“I’m not a hero,” the decorated veteran said. “The real heroes did not come back.”

Booher doesn’t claim to be a hero. But, he is proud of his service in the Army during the earlyto-mid 1950s, just after the Korean War cease-fire was signed.

And he’ll never forget traveling to Washington, D.C., with 128 other World War II and Korean War vets April 13 on the HonorAir Knoxville flight. Trip of a lifetime.

Moving memories.

Booher grew up in Nashville and volunteered for duty after serving in the Army Reserves. He spent 15 months in Japan from June 1954 to September 1955, working as a battalion supply sergeant for the 1st Cavalry Division, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Battalion. For most of his hitch he was stationed near Sendai, which is the largest city located near the epicenter of the recent earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan.

“It was very beautiful country,” Booher says. “As a battalion supply sergeant, I would go once a month to an ammo depot to get enough for one month. I got to see a lot of the countryside because they had a rule that ammo dumps couldn’t be near any populated areas.”

He remembers that the 5th Cavalry Regiment had a rule. Everybody regardless of position had to march 25 miles once a month.

Twelve and one-half miles out, eat a little chow and 12.5 miles back.

“I always made it, but some guys didn’t. They had ambulances waiting by.”

He’ll never forget serving with three guys from West Point, Neb. He came back home – two weeks at sea – with one of them.

“I always said if I ever got out to West Point, Neb., I’d look those guys up. But that’s pretty far away and I never did.”

After mustering out of the Army in September 1955, Booher had three days to get from Fort Smith, Ark., to UT to begin college. He said he wouldn’t have been able to afford it were it not for the GI Bill.

He also sold Bibles door-to-door for the Northwestern Company out of Nashville.

He earned a degree in secondary education with a major in social studies. From 1966-70, he taught 7th grade geography and 8th grade U.S. history at what was then Halls High School. (Halls Middle opened in 1970.) His first year, he split duty with Judy Sharp. During his remaining time at Halls he co-taught with Frank Galbraith. Leland Lyon was chair and Paul Williams and Hubert Lakin rounded out the department. J.W. Phifer was principal.

Booher and his soon-to-be wife, Pat, were involved in a car accident on Western Avenue in the spring of 1974. He used a settlement to help pay for graduate school, earning a master’s degree in history from Middle Tennessee State in 1977.

“That was the greatest learning experience I ever had.”

He became a foster care counselor for the Department of Human Services in Knox and Blount

Spring games do or don’t count TALES OF TENNESSEE | Marvin West

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ennessee spring football games either do or don’t matter.

In the case of exciting Volunteer quarterback Tyler Bray, the absolutely awful five completions in 30 pass attempts added up to no big deal because it was just the spring game and the wind was blowing.

Coach Derek Dooley chose to put more stock in the previous 14 practices and said Tyler had done very well, thank you.

In the case of beginning cornerback Justin Coleman, early enrollee who really should be enjoying the final weeks of his senior year in high school, back in Brunswick, Ga., shrimp capital of the world, the spring game was supposedly a launch toward fame and fortune.

Oh no, it was not just an exhibi-

tion, an excuse to dress up and pick the pockets of enthusiastic fans. It was the real deal when high-jumping Justin Hunter twice ran fade routes and Coleman twice denied touchdown completions. No fear.

Rare athletic ability. Perfect timing.

Headlines.

Hunter is 6-4. Hunter snagged seven Tennessee TD passes that counted last season, tied for tops among all freshmen in NCAA football. That’s the whole country, including Alaska.

Coleman is 5-10. About this time last spring, he was finishing fifth in the Georgia 4A 110 high hurdles.

He ran second in intermediates. He has come a long way, baby, in a very short time. On the summer depth chart for Tennessee football, he is a

Korean War era vet and former school teacher Richard “Dick” Booher (far right) with World War II vet Richard May and his son, Allen “Wolfie” May, before the HonorAir flight to Washington, D.C., on April 13. Photo submitted

counties, retiring in 1994. To supplement his income, Booher worked as the midnight supervisor at the Haslam residential treatment center until 2004 and continued working part time until March 2008. He left to take care of Pat, who was recovering from a hip replacement surgery. She died in June 2009. He lives in the house they shared in a subdivision off Ball Camp Pike.

Booher calls the HonorAir trip “a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”

“It makes you feel like people appreciate the service you gave to your country. It gives you a good feeling. I’m grateful to (Eddie) Mannis for providing an opportunity for Korea and World War II vets to go.”

Although he didn’t serve in combat there, Booher was particularly moved by the Korean War Memorial. It depicts men on patrol, wearing ponchos, carrying various weapons or a radio. Booher says he talked to one Korean War vet who once saw the memorial in dense fog.

“He said it was almost surreal.

And the looks on their faces are so life-like. It makes you stop and think about what those guys did for our country.”

He remembers talking to another Korean vet, back in Japan in the ’50s, who’d fought in the Chosin Reservoir.

“There was one road out of there and the Communists kept firing on them. Korea (in season) was extremely cold. He said they’d have to keep the trucks running all the time.”

Korea is unfortunately known as The Forgotten War. Booher recalled that 36,594 Americans were killed in action, 103,284 were wounded and 8,177 are still missing in action. The Korean War has never officially ended. It’s a story that no one should ever forget.

During the HonorAir visit, Booher was particularly moved by seeing the Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery. He says the reverent silence was deafening.

“When you witness that, if you’re not proud to be an American, there’s something wrong with you.”

Booher says those on the HonorAir flight wanted for nothing.

Guardians were assigned to a group of two or three vets. Doctors rode aboard all four buses while in Washington. The buses were given a police escort through the city.

Both Knox mayors and Covenant

Health CEO Tony Spezia were on hand at McGhee Tyson Airport to see them off and a welcoming committee waited at Reagan Airport in D.C. The vets saw the Air Force, Lincoln, Korean War, Vietnam, World War II and Marine memorials and drove by the Navy Memorial. Booher says the trip ran like a welloiled machine. Each vet was given a HonorAir ball cap.

At the Knoxville welcome back ceremony, people lined each side of the airport walkway, balloons arching overhead, while a 5-year-old girl sang “You’re A Grand Old Flag.”

Booher received a letter from Gibbs Elementary 5th grader Matthew Trent, who told him that he plays wingback for his football team and intends to join the Air Force after he graduates from high school. Matthew had something else to say, too.

“Thank you for your service.”

first-team cornerback. That may not hold in August.

What you do in spring games either does or doesn’t matter. *** In three of the past four Decembers, the Heisman Trophy was awarded to Southeastern Conference stars: Tim Tebow, Mark Ingram, Cam Newton. Such dominance dictates that the SEC is a proper place to look for 2011 trophy prospects.

There is an interesting list. Alas, no Volunteer is under consideration.

South Carolina has two Heismantypes, wideout Alshon Jeffery (88 catches, 1,517 yards, nine TDs) and running back Marcus Lattimore (1,197 rushing and 17 touchdowns as a freshman). Neither will win. They will split the vote.

Trent Richardson is now the running back at Alabama. Multitalented Jeff Demps of Florida supposedly has a chance if he gets the football often and if the Gators win a surprising number of games. Michael Dyer of Auburn ranks high for a youngster.

He gained 1,093 last season, broke a Bo Jackson record and made the 37-yard run that set up the winning

kick in the national championship game. Heisman voters may consider past accomplishments.

There are other All-Americans in the SEC. Tennessee has none. *** Ben Still, large offensive lineman, prep star in Memphis, mechanical engineering enthusiast with a 3.8 core GPA, says his football future is at Ole Miss. Ben is the son of former Tennessee All-American Eric Still but nobody is publicly complaining that DD did not offer a scholarship. UT has many young offensive linemen.

Some of us get a warm, fuzzy feeling when high school athletes follow family ties to Tennessee. On the horizon is Maryville quarterback Patton Robinette, among the favorite grandchildren of Pat Robinette, Vol basketball guard in the mid-1960s, smart student, career educator, exceptional human being. Keep an eye on developments. *** Ah yes, basketball is again in season. The Vols are enjoying individual skill sessions and getting acquainted with new coaches.

In one such workout, players

played without a basketball. They did interesting, little defensive slides from sideline to sideline while holding aloft 10-pound medicine balls.

This can become strenuous work.

Rumor has it that a few knees buckled. One player finally caught his breath and whispered that it was boot camp worthy of Marines. Did anything like this happen in the Bruce Pearl era? *** Pity on Bob and Bert. Tennessee is talking to post prospect Yemi Makanjuoloa at Word of God Academy in Raleigh, N.C. Help me as I ponder how that name would sound on the Vol Network.

Yemi is 6-9 and a developmental project. He came to the United States from Nigeria and was going to grow at famous Oak Hill Academy but has relocated. UT coaches visited.

For the sake of our favorite basket announcers, maybe Yemi will attend Loyola Marymount or Siena or Hofstra. On the other hand, if he is good enough, maybe we’ll all learn how to say Mak-an-juo-loa.

Call Jake Mabe at 922-4136 or email JakeMabe1@ aol.com. Visit him at jakemabe.blogspot.com, on Facebook or at Twitter.com/HallsguyJake.

For more information about HonorAir Knoxville, visit www.honorairknoxville.com or call 938-7701.

Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com.

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couple of weeks ago, Grandma and I decided to go up and get a much-needed Cades Cove fix. The weather was sunny, temps in the upper 70s and the wildflowers were coming on strong.

We hadn’t tried out the newlypaved Loop Road, and we hadn’t given it our stamp of approval, either.

And, in rummaging through some stuff, I had come upon a Cades Cove Auto Tour Guide booklet that was published in 1965, which I’m sure we acquired around 1970. So, we packed a lunch and headed for the hills, to see if we could get a newer version of the tour book to compare with our 40-year-old one.

A brochure put out by the Smoky Mountains Association makes a striking statement: even if Cades Cove were to secede from the rest of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, it would still be on the list of the 10 most-visited national parks! With no waterslides, bumper cars, bungee jumps, or fast-food restaurants, no motels or casinos, and still with 2 million visitors a year, you’d think there must be something pretty good going on up there. There is.

Taken together with its rim of massive mountains, millennia of natural history and centuries of people history, Cades Cove is a spell-binding place. The Smoky Mountain coves – Cades, Wear, Tuckaleechee, Cataloochee – are geologically unique places. Their flat, level floors are made of younger limestone rocks, surrounded by overlying, older, acidic shales and sandstones making up the mountains. This situation gives the cove floors sweeter, less acid soil than the rocky hillsides, excellent for growing corn, wheat, vegetables and grass for grazing and for hay. It’s potentially a great place to settle.

There is no evidence that the Cherokee had ever set up actual residence in the Cove; the first permanent white settlers were John and Lucretia Oliver, who arrived in 1818.

The area was very remote. The nearest town was Maryville, a threeday round trip. Many of the early folks lived their entire lives without ever leaving the Cove. Never very crowded, the Cove population rose

Purple Phacelia people how life was lived in those mountains nearly 200 years ago.

So now, as Grandma and I meander through the Cove, the forested mountains look down on a new and nicely-improved Loop Road with paved turnoffs and smooth stream crossings. We can see and visit half a dozen beautiful old log homes, a couple of magnificent cantilevered barns, a working grist mill and four “modern” frame buildings dating from the early 1900s – the three churches and the Becky Cable house at the Cable Mill area.

And what’s the main difference between the 1965 Auto Tour and the present one? In 1965, the Cove’s fields were leased out by the park service to fortunate individuals to cut hay and graze cattle, supposedly to maintain the farm-like atmosphere of the place. There were three residences for those people listed on the Auto Tour, and along the road, fenced fields full of fat

cattle grazing on imported fescue grass. They are gone now, people, residences and cows. The fields are being carefully restored, one at a time, to the way they would have looked in the 1800s.

The Park staff is planting the fields in native warm-season grasses, from seed found to remain in a few areas of the Cove. These grasses make excellent food and cover for the creatures that have lived in the Cove for centuries. People complain that the native grasses make the landscape look “weedy.”

River otters, wiped out of the Smokies early on for their fur, once again swim in Abrham’s Creek. Peregrine falcons, once extinct east of the Rockies because of DDT, again fly over the Cove and raise a couple of young up on Duckhawk Ridge every year. A “Day Hikes” guide we got along with our new Auto Tour Guide lists 28 species of birds you should see in the Cove. Deer and

and fell through the years, peaking at around 685 in 1850 and at 708 in 1900. There were still about 100 families living in the Cove when Tennessee began buying up the land for the national park in 1928.

Which brings us to the present – sort of. One of the most fascinating parts of the history of the park, to me at least, is the difficulty the founders and early leaders had in deciding what to do with the park once they had it. Some people wanted to make it another great wilderness park like the ones out West, complete with dude ranches and lots of horses. They imported rainbow trout and stocked the streams with the nonnative fish so that anglers could experience real trout fishing, like out West.

Others wanted a network of paved roads throughout the park so everyone could experience every part of it from their car windows. They wanted big, multistory, rustic hotels like those in Yellowstone, Yosemite and Glacier national parks, with plenty of restaurants and amenities.

And the one that really gets me, and it CROSS CURRENTS | Lynn Hutton was seriously considered and debated and Jesus said to (Thomas), “Have you believed because favored by the first you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen park superintendent, and yet have come to believe.”

(John 20: 29 NRSV) J.R. Eakin – dam up I see his blood upon the rose Abram’s Creek, flood And in the stars the glory of his eyes, Cades Cove into a His body gleams amid eternal snows, lake 3.4 miles long His tears fall from the skies. and a mile wide, have a huge lodge on the I see his face in every flower; lakeshore with a carThe thunder and the singing of the birds illon bell tower and Are but his voice – and carven by his power paddle boats for the Rocks are his written words. visitors. Good grief!

All pathways by his feet are worn, Thank goodness His strong heart stirs the ever-beating sea, much more farsightHis crown of thorns is twined with every thorn, ed and wiser heads His cross is every tree. prevailed. They de(“I See His Blood Upon the Rose,” cided to preserve Joseph Mary Plunkett) the Cove in such a

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and my social studies classroom was across and just down the hall from the room where the senior high Advanced Chorus rehearsed. Day after

turkeys abound.

And flowers? We saw some 25 species that day, showy orchis, crested dwarf iris, bouquets of yellow trilliums with red fire pinks.

An amazing natural flower garden.

As we destroy our ridge tops, muddy our streams and fill the landscape with abandoned bigbox stores (think Knox County), it’s a comfort to know that there are yet a few sanctuaries where the natural world can go on as it was intended. The 800 square miles of mountains, streams and forests preserved within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park serve to show us what nature can create if given a few thousand years here and there.

And a little time spent in Cades Cove can serve to show how independent and determined people can adapt to such a world, and live in it successfully for their whole lives.

Spend a day in the Cove.

day during that spring, I heard these words by the British mystic poet, and understood them with as much depth of spirit as a 13-year-old can bring to bear.

It was years later that I understood with more mature depth the meanings of his imagery. And longer still before I stood beside the Grand Canyon and saw “carven by his power” his written words.

I am grateful to Plunkett for reminding us that all creation is a love letter from God. On Easter Sunday an Armenian clergy pointed out on the PBS radio show “On Being” that in the Creation story in Genesis 1, when it says “God saw that it was good,” the Hebrew could as easily be rendered “God saw that it was beautiful.”

And God said, “That’s beautiful.”

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I am grateful, too, to John the Evangelist for recording Jesus’ words to Thomas. Thomas is, I suppose, everyone’s favorite agnostic, the one who couldn’t believe until he had seen for himself. It was a week after Easter before Thomas saw Jesus. When Jesus offered for Thomas to touch him (a privilege he had denied to Mary on Easter morning), Thomas no longer needed proof, but declared his faith by exclaiming, “My Lord and My God!”, which was as real and succinct an Affirmation of Faith as any that has been written in subsequent centuries.

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■ Mynatt Funeral Homes Inc. (922-9195 or 688-2331): Mary “Ruth” Jennings Campbell Lee F. “Bill” Davis Jack Arnold McMahan Denny Phillips David O’Bryan Reed Heather LeeAnn Rios Ruth Lovin Scarbrough Dixie Lee Sievers Mary Jean Williams Theron Dennis Wilson George Buckner Winters III

WORSHIP NOTES Community services ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, takes orders for Angel Food Ministries by phone, 228-9299, or in person the Saturday before each distribution. The distribution of the food is usually the third Saturday of each month from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Info: 228-9299 or the church office, 690-0160.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC Food Pantry hands out food to local families in need 1-2 p.m. every Monday and 7-8 p.m. every first Monday. Donations and volunteers are welcome.

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

■ Cross Roads Presbyterian hosts the Halls Welfare Ministry food pantry from 6-8 p.m. each second Tuesday and from 9-11 a.m. each fourth Saturday.

■ Dante Church of God, 410 Dante School Road, will distribute food boxes 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 14, or until boxes are gone. You must be present to receive a box. One per household. Info: 689-4829.

Fundraisers and sales ■ New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, 7115 Tipton Lane, will have a rummage sale 8 a.m. Friday and Saturday, May 6-7. Info: 583-9439.

■ Christ UMC, 7535 Maynardville Highway, will have a rummage sale 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, May 6, and 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 7. All proceeds will benefit mission work.

■ Dante Baptist Church, 314 Brown Drive, will host a benefit for stroke survivor Brenda Bryant 4-8 p.m. Saturday, May 7. There will be food, music and fun including Lakeside Gospel Group, The Williams

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■ Christ UMC youth ministry, 7535 Maynardville Pike, will host its third annual car show 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 14. Deadline for preregistration is Sunday, May 8. There will be door prizes, food, a swap meet, raffle and more.

The show is open to all cars, trucks and tractors.

■ Fountain City UMC will have a rummage sale 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 7, rain or shine. Brown Bag-a-Bargain for $3 a bag begins at noon.

■ New Fellowship Baptist Church, 4624 Nora Road, will hold a rummage sale 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 7. Info: 688-1073.

■ Bell Road Worship Center, 7321 Bell Road, offers Cafe Connection at 6 p.m. Sundays. This is a time of fellowship, snacks, coffee, tea and informal Bible study.

■ The Shepherd of the Hills Baptist Church now offers an Internet prayer line.

Anytime you have a prayer or concern, call the line and leave a message. Someone will be praying about the request with you within 24 hours. Prayer line: 484-4066.

■ New Covenant Fellowship Church, 6828 Central Avenue Pike, will hold Pilates class lead by a certified personal trainer 5:45 p.m. each Monday for $5 a class. Info: 689-7001.

■ New Hope Christian School will hold a golf tournament Saturday, May 7, at Ruggles Ferry Golf Course. Lunch and registration beings at noon a shotgun start will be at 1 p.m. Format is a four-person scramble. Entry fee is $240 per team. Preregister by April 22. Sponsorship opportunities are also available. Info: Lisa Helton, 755-1597.

Women’s programs

■ Beaver Ridge UMC , 7753 Oak Ridge Highway hosts an exercise class in the Family Life Center gym at 9 a.m.

Tuesdays and 4 p.m. Thursdays. The ZUMBA program fuses hypnotic Latin rhythms and easy-to-follow moves to create a one-of-a-kind fitness program. Cost is $2 per class.

Low-Impact Aerobics Classes will continue to meet 4:45 to 5:45 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Info: 690-1060.

■ Cornerstone Baptist Church, 2500 Mynatt Road, will host a benefit sale 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 6-7. Merchandise will include clothes, household items, infant items and more. All proceeds go toward the church’s Vacation Bible School. Info: 687-9012.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC , 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, will host Women’s Bible Study 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the church library on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The group’s five-week study will be Henri Nouwen’s “The Return of the Prodigal Son – A Story of Homecoming.” Info: Rev. Glenna Manning, 690-1060; www.beaverridgeumc.com.

Workshops and classes

Senior programs ■ Black Oak Heights Baptist Church, 405 Black Oak Drive, will begin a Bible study class for seniors without a partner 9:30 a.m. each Sunday in the church gymnasium. The Rev. Dr. William “Bill” Justice will lead the class. Info: 5777130 or e-mail wg_justice@ comcast.net.

Music services ■ Fountain City Presbyterian Church, 500 Hotel Road, will host Alathea in concert at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 4. Info: 688-1263 or www. fountaincitypres.org.

■ Christ UMC, 7535 Maynardville Pike, sponsors bluegrass each second Sunday during the 8:45 a.m. service.

■ Mt. Calvary Toast Masters meet 6:45 p.m. the fourth Wednesday of each month in the library at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, 1807 Dandridge Ave. The group is for people 18 years and older who want to improve their public speaking and leadership skills. Info: Becki Staley, 704-719-6780 or email BeckiStaley@gmail.com.

Special services ■ St. Andrews UMC, 4240 Plummer Drive, will host former Dallas Cowboy and evangelist D.D. Lewis, for a special service 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 8. All are welcome.

Rec programs ■ New Covenant Fellowship Church, 6828 Central Avenue Pike, will host Open Scrapbook Night 6-10 p.m. Friday, May 6, in the fellowship hall. Bring a snack and two-liter drink to share and your own scrapbook supplies. Limited seating, child care available. RSVP by Wednesday, May 4: 689-7001.

■ Fairview Baptist Church, 7424 Fairview Rd. off East Emory Road, hosts a Celebrate Recovery program 7-9 p.m. Thursdays.

■ Trinity UMC, 5613 Western Ave., will host a six-week Bible study based on the book “Catching Fireflies” by Patsy Clairmont 7-8 p.m. beginning Monday, May 2. Everyone is invited. Info: Tonya Jelf, 357-6134.

■ 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.

■ Shiloh Baptist Church , 6645 Ridgeview Road, is a new church that meets 10 a.m. for Sunday school, 11 for morning worship, 6 for Sunday night service and 7 p.m. for Wednesday Bible study. A new study in the Book of Revelation will be held 6 p.m. Sundays until completion. Info: the Rev. Wade Wamack, 405-2793.

■ First Comforter Church , 5516 Old Tazewell Pike, is hosting its 20th annual May weekend meetings 6 p.m. every Friday through Sunday in May. Info: Jim Hensley, 688-8390. The church will also hold a special Mother’s Day service Sunday, May 8. Gifts will be given to the youngest and oldest and to the mother with the most

■ Trinity UMC, 5613 Western Ave., will host Alive@35 beginning in May. This group is open to anyone ages 35-55.

Info: email tonyajelf@gmail. com or call 357-6134.

■ North Acres Baptist Church Happy Travelers invites everyone to see the “Hank Williams Show” Saturday, May 7, at the Barter Theater.

Tea, Pray, Love First Baptist Concord sheds light on international women’s issues

By Natalie Lester First Baptist Concord Director of Women’s Ministry Rhonda Sallas hopes the upcoming Tea, Pray, Love gathering leads women to assist their peers locally and globally.

“We’re hoping women are called to donate their time, money and prayer for other women,” Sallas said.

“I think this will affect participants in three ways.

First, they will realize how blessed they are and then gain motivation to pray. Out of that prayer, I hope many are led to volunteer with the one of the organizations.”

On May 13, participants will gather in the student gym at FBC Concord’s Kingston Pike campus at 6:30 p.m. Robin Garner, whose husband serves as the church’s missions pastor, will give the keynote speech. Then, women will travel to different tables

Youth programs ■ Fountain City UMC has openings available for all age groups for the 20112012 school year. Info: Susan Todd, 689-5518 or email her at stodd@fountaincityumc. org.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, has open registration for Summer 2011 and the 2011-2012 school year (preschool and parent’s day out). Info: Lori or Lisa, 531-2052 or visit www. beaverridgeumc.com.

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to learn what daily life is like for women around the world.

“Some tables will be about single moms or the homes,” Sallas said. “Several international countries will also be represented. We want to heighten the awareness of women around the world.”

Each table will have a mission partner who will lead the discussion of what a day in the life of those women is like. The event is a joint effort between the missions ministry and women’s ministry at the church.

“Our focus is on all women, and we seek to help each of the missions and ministries,” Zallas said.

Zallas said the night would be appropriate for all ages, and every woman in Knoxville was welcome.

“We want any and all women from teens to seniors and everyone in between to be there,” she said.

Callahan Drive, suite 109, is a nondenominational congregation worshiping in a “come as you are” atmosphere.

Dayspring Christian preschool trains children from 2 years through 1st grade. Info: 2660324 or dayspringchurch10@ yahoo.com.

■ Graveston Baptist Church Parents’ Day Out program is enrolling children ages 11 months to pre-k. Prices are $145/month for two days a week, $85/month for one day a week. Info: Michelle, 465-9655.

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Dr. Timothy Urbin, a neuropsychologist from Quillen College of Medicine, will speak from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday on understanding changes to the brain, the person, the family and the future when the brain receives an injury.

Elizabeth Power, the CEO of EPower and Associates Inc., will speak from 9:30 a.m. to noon on Friday about how organizations, families and individuals can create a caring and supportive environment for people with brain trauma.

From 1 to 3:30 p.m., Alice Wershing, educational technology coordinator for ETTAC, will demonstrate assistive technology supports for people with brain injuries and trauma.

Organizations and businesses that help people with traumatic brain injuries will provide information noon to 1 p.m.

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Gone to heaven Daniel’s grandfather, my father-in-law Max Carey, passed away April 23, after a long battle with cancer.

His struggle started almost exactly two years ago when Daniel was almost 1 year old.

Sometimes, I think he held on as long as he did just so Daniel could know him, just so he could hear the little guy say, “I love you, Poppy,” which he’d finally started to do during these past few months.

Daniel loved going to his Nana and Poppy’s house.

He loved listening to Poppy play guitar while he still could. He loved sitting with them on the couch

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I’ve struggled in these weeks with how to explain to Daniel that Poppy was sick and might die. How do you tell a 3-year-old that someone they know and love isn’t going to be around anymore? How could I tell him about sickness and

Turkett inducted into national organization The American College of Critical Care Medicine (ACCM) has announced the induction of Byron Turkett, PA-C, MPAS, FCCM, as a Fellow. Turkett, the chief physician assistant with The University of Byron Turkett Tennessee Medical Center’s Trauma and Critical Care Services, is the only practitioner in the region to be recognized with this distinction.

death without scaring him? How much could he really understand?

No one whom Daniel knew well and saw on a regular basis has died before. We’ve had deaths in the family, but Daniel was too young and didn’t know the people well enough to really need an explanation.

I started small. Daniel knows what the hospital is for, even though he calls it “the doctor’s house.” When we went to visit Poppy at the hospital, I told my little guy that Poppy was very sick, and he was having to stay at the doctor’s house. I told Daniel that his father was staying at the doctor’s house to be with Poppy.

He seemed to understand, talking about needing medicine to get better.

On the morning of April 23, I came home from the hospice needing to tell Daniel something of what had happened.

I knelt down to his level, looked him in the eye and said, “Buddy, you remember that your Poppy was very sick. Well, he’s not sick anymore, but he’s gone to heaven to stay.”

He’s asked a few times since then where Poppy is, and each time I’ve said that Poppy isn’t sick anymore, and he’s in heaven.

I’ll probably never know exactly how much of that sank in, and my husband and I both worry that it’s not enough. One day, we will have to give a more detailed explanation. We’ll have to tell Daniel about death and faith and spirituality.

I just hope we’re up to the task.

Contact Shannon Carey at shannon@ ShopperNewsNow.com.

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Bertha Beason turns 97 Bertha Beason celebrated her 97th birthday with a party at the Pleasant Gap church fellowship hall March 19 with family and friends.

Her husband is the late James Beason. The couple were married 60 years. Mrs. Beason says that she has loved going to church, which is most important.

Wayne Wyatt turns 80 Wayne Wyatt of Halls will celebrate his 80th birthday Tuesday, May 3. He was born May 3, 1931, in Claiborne County. Wayne has been married to Virginia Simmons Wyatt for 59 years. The couple have two daughters, Gail McConkey and Judy Newgent, four grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter.

Lawson Branch turned 3 on April 15 and celebrated with a Spider Man party with family and friends. He is the son of Chris and Amanda Branch.

Beautiful Violet Anne is as lovely in appearance as she is in name. This 2-year-old female shepherd mix has soft fur and dazzling blue eyes. She is a little shy at the Animal Center, but having fun with her new owners should do the trick.

She is house trained and bonds very quickly with people. Violet is available for adoption at Young-Williams Animal Center at 3201 Division St. Hours there are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Monday through Saturday and 1-6 p.m. Sunday. YoungWilliams Animal Village, 6400 Kingston Pike, is open to visitors noon to 6 p.m. daily. See all of Young-Williams’ adoptable animals at www.knoxpets.org.

Jessie Krista Brown celebrated her fifth birthday April 11.

She is the daughter of David and Julie Brown of Corryton.

Jessie has a sister, Lee Ann Rutherford, and a brother, Donnie Oliver. Grandparents are Joyce Henry and the late George Henry of Corryton and Jack and Carolyn Brown of Powell.

Weslyn Grace Hunley was born Feb. 28 to Lynn and Amy Hunley of Maynardville. Weslyn has two brothers, Hunter and Harlen. Her grandparents are Allen and Jane Graves and Elbert and Margie Hunley.

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Two PHS students to do lab work at UT Pre-Collegiate Research Scholars Program begins in summer Powell Panthers

By Greg Householder Powell High School rising senior Austin Scircle will be spending part of his summer and next year studying the optical properties of metallic nanoparticles.

Haylie Wilson, also a rising senior at Powell, will be studying enzymes that cause resistance aminoglycoside antibiotics.

Say what? These sound like, well, like college courses … for doctoral candidates.

They sort of are.

Scircle and Wilson were selected to represent Powell in the Pre-Collegiate Research Scholars Program hosted by UT. The program’s goal is to develop a model for hosting high school students in UT research laboratories so that they may experience the excitement of scientific research and engage in their own original research. Selected rising high school

Powell High School biology teacher Rosemary Calvert and seniors Austin Scircle and Haylie Wilson. Photo by Greg Householder seniors may participate in the pilot program upon the recommendation of the collaborating teacher mentor at their respective high schools.

Biology teacher Rosemary Calvert is the teacher mentor at Powell.

“This is an unbelievable opportunity for them.

They will work shoulder to shoulder with college students and professors,” says Calvert.

The candidates at Powell had to have a high GPA and write an essay. They will begin the program during the summer and, depending on the level of participation of their UT faculty mentor, will work through the first semester next year and possibly the second semester.

The Pre-Collegiate Research Scholars Program began in 2007 with students from Farragut High School.

The participants will do their research and prepare a poster session – and may even have the opportunity to be jointly published with their UT faculty mentor.

Scircle will work with Jon Camden, assistant professor of analytical and physical chemistry and nanoscience and laser spectroscopy.

Wilson will work with Engin Supersu, professor of biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology department.

Scircle and Wilson met their UT faculty mentors and put together their action plans at a meeting last Friday on the UT campus.

Three Panthers to play football at Maryville College Josh Warren, Jeremiah Catlett and Andrew King signed to play football at Maryville College at a ceremony at Powell High School on April 21. Photos by Greg Householder

PHS student recognized for Powell Greenway work In a surprise ceremony last Tuesday, County Commissioner R. Larry Smith presents a Knox County Parks and Recreation Award to Miles Ferguson for his volunteer efforts to maintain the Powell Greenway as Powell High principal Ken Dunlap looks on.

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Diamond Panthers fall to Hardin Valley in rare district loss Powell pitcher Hagen Owenby delivers to the plate last Monday against Hardin Valley Academy. Despite a seventh inning rally, the Panthers fell to the Hawks 3-2.

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peace and relaxation while melting away tension and fatigue. The same steps are used as in the European Oxygen Facial, with the addition of warm stones that gently massage the face and neck, increasing circulation and lymph drainage while restoring your skin’s health.

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Cool stones are used in the massage portion of this service to reduce swelling, puffiness, inflammation and redness associated with rosacea.

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■ Acne Clearing Facial: Enjoy a deep porecleansing treatment along with a special masque.

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With the big day only six days away, the center is offering a discounted gift certificate at only $65 for a 75-minute Enzyme Facial.

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Celebrating Knoxville’s next generation of artists Once again, First Tennessee Foundation was Pam the proud sponsor of the Fansler er Student Art Exhibition of East Tennessee see the Dogwood Arts Festi- Market President, dent, val. Remarkable works of First Tennessee see Bank gifted art students from kindergarten through the 12th grade were on display during April at the Emporium Center for Arts and Culture downtown. If you missed it, please be sure to mark your calendars for next year’s show. I could not have been more impressed by these students’ artistic aptitude and can assure you it is a wonderful exhibition year after year.

On April 1, there was a very special opening reception that included an awards and scholarships ceremony. For the third consecutive year, it was my pleasure to hand out award checks from First Tennessee Foundation to winners from each grade level: Kindergarten – Audrey Kosman, Sterchi Elementary; Grade 1 – Emma Price, Gibbs Elementary; Grade 2 – Berkeley Bowers, Sterchi Elementary; Grade 3 – Brianna Marcopulos, Linden Elementary; Grade 4 – Cian Bell, Fountain City Elementary; Grade 5 – Rachel Anderson, Carter Elementary; Grade 6 – John Beil, Cedar Bluff Middle; Grade 7 – Esther Sither, Bearden Middle; Grade 8 – Makenna Wood, Powell Middle; Grade 9 – Victoria Bailey, Oak Ridge High School; Grade 10 – Bonnie Simmons, Oak Ridge High School; Grade 11 – Hee Soo Chung, Farragut High School; Grade 12 – Lindsay Carson, Hardin Valley Academy. Larger awards went to the Best of Show student, Noelle Grimes of Bearden High School, and her teacher, Flowerree W. Galetovic.

The Dogwood Arts Festival is a treasured community asset that is made a reality not only through the generosity of hundreds of sponsors and organizations, but also through the donations of service hours from hundreds of volunteers, and there are two individuals I’d like to thank for going above and beyond to support the Student Art Exhibition.

Richard Riveras, owner of Fast Frame, so generously provided custom matting and framing for every twodimensional art work in the show – approximately 68 pieces – for a most professional presentation of these students’ worthy works. Jim Dodson, art teacher at Jefferson Middle School, served as the Student Art Exhibition chair.

Dodson is an enthusiastic and extraordinary teacher who spends countless extra hours in and out of the classroom to see that students get the best arts education possible. It is through his efforts that this Student Art Exhibition has come to include scholarships. Last year, one student was awarded a fine art college scholarship with $7,000 per year for four years. This year, three students were awarded the same generous scholarship to the Memphis College of Art, and Jim Dodson is determined to grow the number of scholarship schools for next year’s event.

Of course, I would be remiss if I didn’t also commend the leadership of Dogwood executive director Lisa Duncan and her staff, especially Lynda Evans, in making the Student Art Exhibition such a special component of the Dogwood Arts Festival, along with 2011Festival cochairs Janet Testerman and Brandon Clarke and 2011 Festival honorary co-chairs Natalie Haslam and Sam Furrow.

April in East Tennessee would not be the same without the Dogwood Arts Festival; if you missed it this year, get out and enjoy it next year!

KNOXVILLE CHAMBER Info: 637-4550. All events are held at the Knoxville Chamber unless otherwise noted.

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■ 2011 Pinnacle Business Awards, 6-10 p.m. Friday, May 6, Knoxville Convention Center. Admission is $130 nonmembers, $100 members.

■ Chamber Member MD Lab, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 10.

■ New Member Reception , 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, May 10.

■ Bright Ideas Seminar: “Leading with the Brain in Mind: The Neuroscience of Leadership”, 11:30 am. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 11. Admission is $35 nonmembers, $25 members.

■ Business After Hours with MetroPulse Best of Knoxville Winners, 5-7 p.m.

Wednesday, May 11, Latitude 35, 16 Market Square.

■ Ribbon Cutting for Knoxville TVA Employees Credit Union, 10-11 a.m. Friday, May 13, 4611 Kingston Pike.

Credit union thanks members

■ The Knoxville Area Urban League (KAUL) will host a Microsoft Excel class 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday, May 2, through Friday, May 13. The class will cover topics including Excel basics, organizing a worksheet and worksheet formulas. There will be a $10 fee for instructional materials. Info: 524-5511.

New South Credit Union hosted its annual meeting and member appreciation day earlier this month at New Harvest Park.

The day featured games and prizes for all ages and ■ KAUL will also host an children were able to enall-day homeownership joy the “trackless” train, workshop 9 a.m. to 5 the playground and cotton p.m. Saturday, May 7. The candy. workshop is open to anyone Following the festivipreparing to purchase ties, members met briefly their first home and covto review the status of the ers selecting, purchasing, financing and maintaining credit union. New South a home. It also meets all has received Bauer’s 5-Star requirements for FHA loans.

Rating every quarter for There will be a $20 fee for a the past 22 years. Incumtake-home workbook. Info: Guests enjoy a train ride at New South Credit Union’s member bents Sandra Holbert, 524-5511. appreciation celebration.

Photo submitted Jerry Hutson and Barbara Williams were re-elected to serve as volunteer directors.

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