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VOL. 52 NO. 20

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Miracle Maker As the Knoxville Zoo’s outreach and outdoor science coordinator, Steve McGaffin has carted furry, scaly and feathery friends all over East Tennessee in the Zoomobile. But for the past two years, McGaffin has been attracting another sort of friend – the six-legged kind. It’s all part of the zoo’s educational outreach program.

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Mr. Perry goes to Washington Turns out the rent is higher in the Washington, D.C. suburbs than it is in Kailua, Hawaii. But that doesn’t worry Dewayne Perry. Asked what it’s like to be leaving paradise for a concrete jungle, he just grins. “I’ll be able to fit the car into a parking space.”

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So long, Stokely Stokely Center is going, going … “Nobody asked me to do the official eulogy,” Marvin West writes. “Considering the shortage of institutional memory, perhaps nobody realized I was there more than anybody not on the university payroll.” I didn’t see it all but I was at courtside. …

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‘A Mouse’s Tail’ With 17 published works beginning with “The Moon is Always Full,” David Hunter has become a name synonymous with Knoxville scribes. From nonfiction to fiction, Hunter has run the gauntlet with his stories of crime, passion and absurdity. The Powell Branch Library hosted a signing May 11 for Hunter’s latest book, “A Mouse’s Tale.” It is fiction but, as with all Hunter’s work in the genre, may contain snippets from real life.

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Best deal in town Powell Presbyterian Church, 2910 W. Emory Road, invites the community to dinner 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, with bingo following. “Our cook (Marcia Fisher) is fantastic. She makes everything from scratch,” said Margaret White. “At two dollars it’s the best deal in town.”

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Expoquip earns Pinnacle Award Expoquip Inc. was awarded the Knoxville Minority Business of Excellence at the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce Business Pinnacle Awards Gala on May 3. The Pinnacle Awards recognize outstanding local businesses and businesspeople. More than 200 companies were nominated in nine categories, with only nine businesses walking away with the honors. Expoquip is a Knoxville-based company founded in 1998 by Jorge Sanabria of Powell. It is a local and worldwide supplier of heavy equipment as well as replacement parts and components for the construction, earth moving and mining industry. The company’s product line includes engines, transmissions, undercarriage, ground engagement tools, hydraulics, electric and miscellaneous parts, equipping machines ranging from 2 tons to 720 tons. Over the past 15 years, Sanabria has grown the company from a one-person operation which started out of his home into a multimillion dollar company with 10 employees. Expoquip currently

Expoquip Inc. owners Deana and Jorge Sanabria inside their office at 6636 A-1 Central Avenue Pike. Expoquip distributes replacement parts for heavy equipment in more than 34 countries. Photo by Ruth White

serves customers in 34 countries, as well as local, state and federal government agencies. Jorge Sanabria and his wife, Deana, have lived in Powell for

18 years. Jorge is originally from Bogota, Colombia, and Deana is from Sneads Ferry, N.C. They have three children who attend Powell schools: Valentina 16; San-

Homeowners discuss codes By Sandra Clark Expect a fall meeting and possible new officers for the Broadacres Homeowners Association. That’s the word from president Ed Smith and vice president Andrew Sharits following the April 2 meeting at Powell Presbyterian Church. “We had a great turnout,” said Smith, “and once again we want to thank the church for the use of its facilities.” Knox County Commissioner R. Larry Smith met to discuss codes enforcement – the top issue of concern when residents were asked how to improve the neighborhood. “If you have an issue such as speeding cars, messy lots, vandalism, etc., call the

tiago, 13; and Sophia, 11. They are members of Powell Church and involved in school and community sports.

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community outreach office at 215-2000 or the Sheriff’s Office,” said Ed Smith. Neighbors also talked about the huge muddy ditch beside the speed bump on Shropshire behind Powell Middle School. “This property belongs to Weigel’s and they have been informed,” said Smith. Contacted Friday, senior management promised to fi x the pothole on their property. In reference to yard maintenance at all entrances, we plan to trim several of the large trees and apply fresh mulch and Residents who paid Broadacres Homeowners Association maintain these for the year dues by April 16 were eligible to win a free pool member- (lawn mowing and general ship. The drawing was handled by Natalie Sharits (at right), upkeep), said Smith. “We pictured with her mother, Jennifer, and was sponsored by also plan to replace the Broadacres Pool. Winners were Phil and Kathy Jones. missing brass letters at one

entrance, and hopefully replace the white letters at Shropshire if funds allow.” Dues are $50 per year. Volunteers are needed to upgrade bulletin boards found at subdivision entrances by installing new plywood for messages and painting the green frames. Anyone who can help should contact Ed Smith at 947-0129. “Our goal is to keep you informed of any valuable information that affects us,” said Sharits. “BHA maintains the entrances and lighting but we also work with local government to be sure our roads are paved and the stormwater system works properly for Broadacres subdivision.”

Sign task force looks for consensus By Betty Bean The push to make Knoxville a more beautiful city and the pushback from businesses that rely on signage to drive customers to their doors have made the work of City Council’s Sign Ordinance Task Force a challenging enterprise. They went to work in February 2012 and hope to finish soon.

Analysis Can both Joyce Feld and Bill Weigel walk away happy? (Feld chairs Scenic Knoxville, which opposes big signs. Weigel is CEO of the local chain of convenience stores that has 80 outlets bearing his name and has a longestablished brand, promoted via signage and distinctive façade.) “That was a challenge, but they’ve both been great,” said task force chair Duane Grieve,

who represents the beautification-conscious Bearden area on City Council. “This task force has been dedicated, sincere and a good cross-representation. I’ll bet there’s been less than 10 percent absenteeism.” He said the assistance of MPC director Mark Donaldson has been invaluable. Grieve started the task force’s work by putting everyone on a bus and touring the city. He said one impression was shared by almost everyone, whatever their point of view: “Hey, there are a lot of abandoned signs out there.” Grieve said there is a lot of agreement that lowering sign height will be a good thing, and he’s hoping the county will follow the city’s lead in these matters. Feld says aesthetics are good for business, especially in thriving business districts where regula-

tions are the most stringent. “A wonderful example is the revitalization of downtown and Market Square. Signage is highly regulated there, but the economy in that area is thriving and has pulled new businesses and residents. And look at Turkey Creek – when they developed it, they removed six to eight billboards that were already there. They have no signs taller than six feet and they’re all monument signs, other than the primary directory signs on the interstate. It has been a resounding success.” City Council member George Wallace co-chairs the task force. He is a Realtor and advocates a more cautious approach. He says most of the comments he’s heard during public forums boil down to three things: “First, people are asking us to be reasonable and fair. Second,

Knoxville’s Sign Ordinance Task Force will hold its final meeting at 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 22 at the KCDC building, 901 N. Broadway, before handing the new ordinance over to the Metropolitan Planning Commission, where it must be approved on two readings before being returned to City Council for deliberation – and two more readings. Written comments will be accepted until Wednesday.

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From ‘Full Moon’ to ‘Mouse’s Tail’ With 17 published works beginning with “The Moon is Always Full,” David Hunter has become a name synonymous with Knoxville scribes. From nonfiction to fiction, Hunter has run the gauntlet with his stories of crime, passion and absurdity.

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The Powell Branch Library hosted a signing May 11 for Hunter’s latest book, “A Mouse’s Tale.” It is fiction but, as with all Hunter’s work in the genre, may contain snippets from real life. Hunter also brought previously published works for those who wanted signed copies. Many of Hunter’s earlier writings center on

Betsi Cummins Vesser celebrates at the pizza party for her David Hunter talks with fan Sabra Parish. mom, Mary Cummins, delivered by Halls Papa John’s manager J.P. Cruze. Photo submitted his time as a police officer for the Knox County Sheriff’s Office. As unbelievable as much of it sounds, Hunter promises it really happened. “You can’t make this stuff up,” said Hunter of his nonfiction works. “But truth is a slippery term.”

Sabra Parish came early to meet one of her favorite authors. “I have many of his previous books,” she said. “I am a fan.” “A Mouse’s Tale” is a collection of short stories but still touts to be from the unhinged mind and imagi-

nation of its author. During the book-signing, Hunter invited everyone to gather toward the front for a reading. “I am supposed to do this but I don’t have a very loud voice and I don’t like to read,” he said. Folks don’t mind that as

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long as Hunter keeps writing. ■

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Powell resident Betzi Vesser has been selected as the grand prize winner of the Papa John’s Mother’s Day writing contest.

Mr. Perry goes to Washington Turns out the rent is higher in the Washington, D.C. suburbs than it is in Kailua, Hawaii.

Jake Mabe MY TWO CENTS But that doesn’t worry Dewayne Perry. Asked what Dewayne Perry, a 1996 Halls it’s like to be leaving para- High graduate, is being dise for a concrete jungle, transferred to Washington, D.C. to be an aide to the U.S. he just grins. “I’ll be able to fit the car Army surgeon general. He was previously stationed in into a parking space.” Perry, a 1996 Halls High Hawaii. Photo by Jake Mabe graduate, joined the U.S. Army Reserves that Febru- time duty, and has made it ary, was later called to full- a career.

UT NOTES ■ Jason Hayward, UCOR Faculty Fellow in Nuclear Engineering, has received the U.S. Department of Energy’s Early Career Research Award. Hayward Hayward, who holds a joint faculty position with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was selected for his research to improve the resolution and cost of instrumentation for neutron imaging. He will receive $750,000 over five years starting in July.

■ Joel Reeves, who has served as interim assistant vice chancellor for information technology and chief information officer since 2011, has been named permanently to the position, effective immediately. As assistant vice chancellor and CIO for UT Knoxville, Reeves will oversee a 200-person information technology staff that supports campus infrastructure, enterprise applications, instructional technology and client support.

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He will be working as an aide to U.S. Army Surgeon General Patricia D. Horoho and living in Falls Church, Va. He and wife Jennifer will now be an eight-hour drive from home, doubly important because the couple have a one-year-old daughter, Kinley, and another on the way. In the dark ages before social media, the last mental image I had of Dewayne was of us singing Chuck Berry’s “Sweet Little 16” the night before our graduation during a riverboat excursion on the Tennessee. At our 10year class reunion, I heard that he was overseas. And, in 2011, I found Dewayne in Hawaii while on my honeymoon. He was living in Kailua, an area he said p.m. each first and third Tuesday in the UT Hospice office at 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info or reservation: Brenda Fletcher, 544-6279. ■ UT Hospice, serving patients and families in Knox and 15 surrounding counties, conducts ongoing orientation sessions for adults (18 and older) interested in becoming volunteers with the program. No medical experience is required. Training is provided. Info: Penny Sparks, 544-6279.

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“was sort of like Mayberry,” at least compared to Honolulu. Halls Has It! in Hawaii, or at least in Kailua, because 1970 Halls High graduate Brenda Mynatt Correa also lives there. As the Statler Brothers once sang, “It’s a small, small world.” Dewayne is earning a master’s degree in management from American Military University this year. He doesn’t yet know what he’ll do when he gets 20 years in

with the Army, but did say he hopes to buy some land near Halls and have it paid off by the time he retires. Call me corny, but as I drove off after meeting the Perrys for dinner last week I thought of a line from another song by the Statlers: “The Class of ’57 had its dreams.” So, too, did the Halls High Class of ’96. It warms the heart to see that Dewayne’s dreams have come true a million times.

Vesser wrote what she called “some stuff about my Mom” and sent it in, never thinking she would be chosen. Halls store manager J.P. Cruze showed up at Vesser’s mother Mary Cummins’ house in Fountain City May 15 with a heart-shaped pizza and a yellow rose. The store had already delivered red roses and a balloon bouquet earlier. “Betsi told me she had won but I didn’t know what all came with that,” said Cummins. “I was proud that she thought I was a good mom but I’m just a plain old mom who does what mothers are supposed to do.” Cummins is the oldest of seven children and says being a mom was something she learned at an early age. Fourteen family members arrived to share pizza and celebrate with Vesser and her mom. Reach Cindy Taylor at ctaylorsn@gmail. com

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government Briggs and Mannis and more Knox County Commissioner Richard Briggs, a medical doctor, will have a fundraiser Thursday, May 23, at the Sequoyah Hills home of two other doctors, Penny Lynch and Kimbro Maguire. Briggs is challenging state Sen. Stacey Campfield, and the Republican primary is still a year away in August 2014. It promises to be a high profile race. State Rep. Steve Hall will be active for Campfield. ■ The resignation of Eddie Mannis as deputy mayor to Mayor Rogero after only 18 months has raised many eyebrows as to why his tenure was so brief. Some have speculated that Mannis, owner of Prestige Cleaners, did not adjust well to the slower pace of decision-making at city hall with lengthy consultations and committees slowing down decisions as opposed to quick action at his successful business. Others speculated that Prestige Cleaners needed Mannis back full-time. Whatever the real reasons may be, Mannis’s tenure was so short that his time may not be remembered for long. Additionally, Mannis may have experienced enough of governmental ways to abandon running for mayor in 2019 when Rogero is term-limited from seeking a third term. However, there will be no lack of mayoral contenders then, including at least two current members of city council. Mannis’s former home on Kingston Pike has now sold and he lives downtown. Many people did not feel Mannis was entirely happy with the pace of city government. ■ Christy Branscom, who is moving into Mannis’ office in a few weeks, is only $400 short of what Mannis makes in salary. Mannis is at $146,944 while Branscom is at $146,508. She will get the 2.5 percent pay raise on July 1, but city spokesperson Jesse Mayshark did not know if her salary will also bump to the Mannis level as well. The 2.5 percent will give her another $3,650 a year which will move her past $150,000. Mayor Rogero is set at $130,000 and cannot be changed except by council passing a separate ordi-

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nance which would take effect when the mayor elected in 2015 takes office that December. At least five city employees now make more than Rogero, and the county mayor makes more than the city mayor. Don’t be surprised if Rogero leaves Branscom’s current job vacant and saves the city $154,000. With Branscom now deputy mayor, her soon-to-beformer position becomes much less important to be filled. ■ Pam Reeves appears to be on a glide path to a lifetime federal judgeship following Judge Tom Phillips who is resigning this summer. Both Sens. Alexander and Corker seem comfortable with her, and the state Democratic establishment led by U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper is for her. The White House has done extensive vetting before announcing the replacement so it can go to the U.S. Senate, where confirmations for federal district judges in the best of circumstances take at least 100 days from the day the paperwork goes to the Senate Judiciary Committee to a vote on the Senate floor. If that timetable holds, Reeves could be confirmed by early November. However, there are nominees for district judgeships in Georgia and Arizona where the wait has exceeded 500 days, according to the Wall Street Journal. That is not expected to be the case here. Reeves will likely be unable to hear any cases involving the city of Knoxville as her husband, Charles Swanson, is the city law director who would represent the city. The other federal judge, Thomas Varlan, who would be assigned many of those cases, is a former Knoxville city law director. Reeves will be the first woman to serve as a federal judge in the eastern district and is also highly popular and respected in the area.

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Nichols: TBI blameless Attorney General Randy Nichols has responded to last week’s editorial column, stating that the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is not at fault for the apparent delay in the investigation of Trustee John Duncan. We appreciate Nichols’ response, because heretofore it seemed that everyone was hiding behind a maybe/ maybe not investigation that’s growing gray with age. Here is his statement: “Sandra“As you know my policy is not to comment on ongoing investigations or to

Agent Jerry Spoon in particular, have always done everything, and more, we have asked them to do in evSandra ery investigation in which Clark they have been involved with the Knox County DA's Office. And they have done their investigations with tenacity and skill. even confirm there is an in“Any complaints or critivestigation. We ask TBI to cism should be aimed in my do the same on most of our direction, since whether or cases. when charges are brought “While I am not going to in cases investigated by the address the specific matters TBI in Knox County are deyou referred to in your ar- cisions made solely by me. ticle of May 13, I feel obli- (signed) Randy.” gated to report to you that Randy Nichols and I are the TBI in general and TBI roughly the same age and

have been friends since he opened his law practice in Halls in the early 1970s. He is wrapping up an unblemished career as criminal judge and attorney general. He’s worked tirelessly to attack drug use as the source of crime, and to find helpful ways to treat these perpetrators. But he’s been slow to pursue political corruption, perhaps because he’s afraid of not getting anything else done. I wrote back: “This (Duncan) investigation needs to end, one way or the other. Please help. – s.”

McIntyre touts schools budget By Sandra Clark Dr. Jim McIntyre got so folksy that he actually said “y’all” when speaking about his budget goals last week in Powell. Everyone seemed happy. That’s a long way from last year when folks battled over McIntyre’s request for $35 million in new dollars which would have required a tax increase. McIntyre has not abandoned his goals, but he has become more realistic about the political climate of Knox County. This year’s budget calls for a increase of $13.39 million, which Mayor Tim Burchett says can be funded within available tax revenues. Big ticket items are: ■ $2.5 million for raises for non-certified school staff ■ $7.59 million for teacher pay increases (a blend of merit pay and 2.5 percent

Powell Business and Professional Association president Kelley Jarnigan talks with Commissioner R. Larry Smith and Superintendent Jim McIntyre following Tuesday’s meeting. Photo by S. Clark across-the-boards) ■ 1.72 million for enhanced school security (including the addition of 58 armed security guards, putting at least one in every school)

McIntyre said the budget allows Knox County Schools to sustain the gains made last year, including the reading initiative in grades 1-3 funded by $3 million of Burchett-found money.

KCS retains the instructional coaches put in place to help teachers and the community schools that joined Pond Gap at Norwood, Lonsdale and Green Magnet Academy. Knox County teacher pay ranks 35th in the state, he said, and that’s not good enough. Technology gains are included. McIntyre spoke of the 11 schools that were selected from the 28 that competed for 1:1 technology. That means extensive computer labs in elementary schools and a personal tablet or iPad in the hands of each middle and high school student. “We can put this technology in place (at 11 schools) and demonstrate success,” he said. “Technology will not replace teachers, but it will help them differentiate education for individual students.”

Sheriff’s Office online with dangerous dogs By Sandra Clark The Knox County Sheriff’s Office gets “a couple of calls a week” about serious dog bites, says Captain Bobby Hubbs. “And the trend is growing.” Hubbs and Animal Control officer Frankie Byrne spoke Friday to the Norwood Kiwanis Club at Puleo’s Grille on Merchants Drive. Byrne said 5,477 animal control calls came in during 2010. Examples include a young boy bitten by a neighbor’s dog, requiring five stitches to his hand. A woman required 50 stitches to her mouth after being attacked by her friend’s dog. Also common are animal-on-animal attacks. Animal Control includes livestock care, animal cruelty and neglect, owner education and rabies control. Byrne noticed an injured bird outside the restaurant before the meeting. “She picked it up and put it in her

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bors who may not have otherwise known that an aggressive dog lived nearby,” said Hubbs. Knox County ordinance Sec. 6-32 requires that all pets stay on their property at all times, unless being walked on a leash. Ordinance Sec. 6-72 cover the dangerous dog classifications. TCA 44-8-408 includes penalties for dogs that run at large; and TCA 44-17-120 deals with “destruction of Corporal Frankie Byrne, Norwood Kiwanis Club vice president dog causing death or serious injury to human.” Jan Phillips, and Captain Bobby Hubbs Photo by S. Clark The website is at www. knoxsheriff.org/. truck,” said Hubbs. “She will tion of its website to list the take it to the UT Vet School descriptions and addresses Halls GOP after we finish here.” of dangerous dogs. Knox County Clerk FosAt the recent mega-meet“This is an interactive ing of neighborhood groups, mapping system similar to ter Arnett will speak to the Hubbs said a common com- the Sex Offender registry. Halls Republican Club at 7 plaint was lack of enforce- At a glance, citizens can see p.m. Monday, May 20, at the ment of the leash law and these dogs which have been Boys and Girls Club on Dry dangerous dogs running declared dangerous in Knox Gap Pike near Brickey-McCloud School. Come early loose. County. So the Sheriff’s Office re“This provides one more for fellowship and snacks sponded by creating a sec- layer of protection to neigh- from 6-7 p.m.

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‘Odd Couple’ draws interesting cast By Betty Bean One of Nita Buell Black’s major worries while preparing for “The Odd Couple” was casting the Pigeon Sisters. Specifically, the Powell Playhouse founder/ director feared that she wouldn’t find actors who could pull off playing the silly, giggly, flirtatious English sisters without lapsing into Americanese in unguarded moments. But when Lorna Pace and Diane Jones showed up to audition for the roles of Gwendolyn and Cecily, they were pitch perfect. Black was delighted.

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Nita Buell Black, founding director of the Powell Playhouse “The time was coming to an end for auditions, and I really was getting concerned,” Black said. “But they showed up and tried out and I almost fell out of my seat. Afterward, I walked by them and they were still in that British mode, and I told them, ‘You really don’t have to do that.’” Everybody laughed. Because of course they do have to do that. They’re the real deal. While they’re not sisters, they’re as English as a good cup of tea. Pace is from northern England, near Manchester, Jones from St Albans, Hertfordshire, not far from London. And although it’s undetectable to the American ear, they say their accents are quite different. “She has a long A and I have a short A,” Pace said. “She says ‘gloss,’ and I say ‘glass.’” They are close friends and neighbors and naturalized citizens who have lived in the USA for 30plus years. They live in the same Farragut neighborhood and are both members of a philanthropic group called Daughters of the British Empire. Jones is a vice president of Pinnacle Financial Partners. Pace works at SES Group in Oak Ridge, where she does marketing and writes proposals. She heard about the play from colleagues Gina Jones (no relation) and Jeff Carter, who are also affiliated with Powell Playhouse and enlisted Diane Jones to come along for the audition. Gina conspired with Pace and Jones to surprise Black at the audition. And the Pigeon sisters aren’t the only cast members who are having a good time preparing for the play. Others are having fun, too. Some of Oscar and Felix’s four poker buddies – like Craig Taylor Brown (Murray the cop) and Scott Smith (Speed, the irritable perfectionist) and Steven Miller (Vinnie the lucky guy) – are experienced actors. The fourth, John Small (Roy the accountant), is a newbie. Smith, who plays the part of the Angel Gabriel in the Knoxville Nativity Pageant, says a big part of The Odd Couple’s appeal is because it is reminiscent of a simpler time. “It’s back when life wasn’t complicated,” he said. “Guys could spend time together, love each

other and like each other and just go off and be together and be friends.” “Except Vinnie,” Small said. “His wife’s always telling him what to do.” Brian Murphy, who owns the Gold Exchange and a gun store in Powell, plays the leering, lovable slob Oscar. Felix the neat freak is played by Flash Black, who is government relations chair of JDRF East Tennessee (the country’s leading Type 1 Diabetes research organization). Mur-

phy played Lt. Rooney in the playhouse production of Arsenic and Old Lace. Black is a neophyte who alCast members (seated) Craig Taylor Brown, Scott Smith; (standing) John Small and Steven Miller ways had a yen to act. Photos by Betty Bean “Flash had always wanted to be in a play, and his son told him he was a natural Felix. And he is! Powell Playhouse presents Neil Simon’s “The Odd Couple,” In rehearsal I tell him, June 6, 7, 8 and 9 at 7:30 p.m. ‘Flash you’ve got to untie ■ Dinner (6 p.m.) and play June 6, 7 and 8. Dinner tickets must be ordered by June 3. that tie and make it look ■ Adult tickets for play only, $10. like you’ve been walking around all night.’ I’m going ■ Dinner and play, $25. to put an apron on him, the ■ Sunday, June 9, matinee, $5 for seniors, $10 for adults. whole schmear,” Nita Black ■ Groups: call Mona at 947-7428 or 256-7428. said.

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Celebration of life: Stokely Center Stokely Center is going, going … Nobody asked me to do the official eulogy. Considering the shortage of institutional memory, perhaps nobody realized I was there more than anybody not on the university payroll. I didn’t see it all but I was at courtside, in the offices and dressing room almost every day during the Ray Mears era and some before and after – a thousand practices, hundreds of games, a parade of special players, friends and foes, many who truly earned their historical niche. When the building was the UT Armory Fieldhouse and the godfathers wanted to name it for Robert R. Neyland, the General politely said thanks but no thanks. Being an engineer, he did not approve of the design or maybe he knew there would be a better offer. I recall the first game, 7271 over Wyoming, Dec. 2, 1958. I also remember 1962 and the last game of coach

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John Sines’ 4-19 season. Attorney G. Edwin Friar was the only person seated in the big bleacher section behind the south goal. Attendance was 515. I suggested listing fans as survivors in the newspaper story. Sports editor Tom Siler vetoed that bright idea. Mears made a magical difference. He raised the bar, in winning and entertainment. Tennessee basketball was forever changed. William B. Stokely’s gift of $500,000 inspired arena expansion and provided the name. So many memories, so many smiles … A photo of Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp was once the dart board in Mears’ private dressing room.

There was a little wooden stepstool so associate coach Stu Aberdeen could see in the mirror to shave. Orange chairs were in perfect lines in the players’ meeting room. The captain had a white chair. Everything was in its appointed place in Big Orange Country. A.W. Davis was the Rutledge Rifle. Howard Bayne was chairman of the boards. Danny Schultz was the great shooter before Jimmy England. Bill Justus was the classic competitor. Ron Widby refused to lose. He once put 50 on LSU. Rodney Woods was a coach on the floor. Mike Edwards could hit from outer spaces. Memories … Tom Boerwinkle was a sensational success story, in part because of Stu’s coaching broom. How about the Volunteer Classic when Temple held the ball and Tennessee won, 11-6? The Orange Tie Club was faithful even in foul weather. Ernie Grunfeld and

Strong enough to bend The descendants of those who oppressed you Shall come bending low to you, and all who despised you shall bow down at your feet; they shall call you the City of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel. (Isaiah 60: 14 NRSV) There’s a tree out in the backyard, That never has been broken by the wind. And the reason it’s still standin’ It was strong enough to bend. (recorded by Tanya Tucker, 1988) Sometimes the truth comes at me from the most unexpected places. I have to admit that country music is not my native tongue, but occasionally I am struck by the wisdom im-

parted through its homespun words. I remember when I spent a few days in the hospital while I was in college, and my roommate loved to cry along with her country tunes. I thought

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that she was torturing herself, but in actuality, it seemed to make her feel better. In fact, I am irreverent enough about country music to laugh at the old joke: What happens if you play a country song backwards? The guy gets his wife back, his car back and his house back! On a recent dark and rainy night, I heard Tanya Tuck-

Bernard King made the mid-1970s spectacular. Aberdeen did it, luring the allAmericans from New York City. Tenacity? Yes. Cheat? I don’t think so. Unforgettable was the night David Moss marched out as best he could, on his artificial leg, to say goodbye – March 8, 1977. He died three years later. Good times … Globetrotter warm-ups, “Sweet Georgia Brown,” John Pascual wrestling the bear, Roger Peltz juggling three balls while riding a unicycle, happy evenings heckling coaches Dale Brown and Joe B. Hall. “Sit down, Joe, sit down.” Kentucky defeated the Vols five times at Stokely. Tennessee wins included the one over Rupp’s Runts that spoiled a 23-0 season and a 76-57 romp in the championship race of ’67 and the terrific 103-98 victory in ’75 when nobody mentioned that Mears preferred a deliberate pace.

er’s song “Strong Enough to Bend,” and began to consider the wisdom in country music. I also began to think about what strength looks like. We all know that there are people in this world who are stubborn. I am one of them. A friend said to me recently, “Maybe determined would be a better description of you.” I appreciated her effort to be kind, and I would like to think she is right, but I am not at all sure. When I was a child, we had a Lombardy poplar in the back yard. It was tall and slender and pliable, and in a fierce wind, it would bow nearly to the ground, but it would not break. I also have seen large, sturdy oaks felled by the wind, because they could not bend.

Once upon a time, Tennessee defeated Chattanooga and ETSU in the same evening. Gary Carter picked off an inbounds pass and prevented a humbling loss to American U. Tony White scored 51 on Valentine’s Day 1987. Dale Ellis hit some very long jumpers. Remember the experimental game with 12-feet goals? Don DeVoe made his mark in Stokely. Pat Summitt won more games. Her teams took many giant steps toward national championships. Elvis and others appeared in Stokely concerts. John Tate lost the biggest fight of his boxing life. Louisville defeated Kentucky in a tournament matchup they called the dream game. Pistol Pete Maravich endured frustration in the persona of guard Billy Hann. Charles Barkley, round mound of rebounds, got a pizza delivery he didn’t expect. Bobby Knight waved his arm too frantically and lost his watch. Only the building is going. Memories remain. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com.

So what can we learn from trees and country music? That it is important to be strong enough to bend. But there is more. My favorite movie of all time is “A Man for All Seasons,” the story of Sir Thomas More, who was willing to go to his death rather than compromise his principles. He knew who he was, and where he began and ended, and how far he could bend. He was beheaded by the decree of King Henry VIII on a charge of treason because he would not condone the divorce and remarriage of the king. It is important to be strong enough to bend. It is equally important to be strong enough to refuse to bend when circumstances call for standing tall.

News from SOS While still in a pilot phase, Knox County has moved aggressively from the founding of the first community school at Pond Gap Elementary to the launch of three more community schools last fall. More will open this fall. Government officials, business leaders, and social service agencies are publicly on board with the community school concept which, broadly defined, is the gradual conversion of traditional schools to multiple-use community centers that support children, families and neighborhoods. Community engagement is critical to their success. Taxpayers who have invested in school construction could have access to school buildings as meeting places and benefit from expanded services and training opportunities. City Mayor Madeline Rogero in a recent television interview said, “We do community development and we tend to focus on the bricks and mortar, the affordable housing, energy efficiency and such. In reality, community development is also about strengthening the social fabric, the socioeconomic issues related to families and the children.” Rogero has included $100,000 in the proposed city budget for community schools. A new five-year school plan is being written and community schools are expected to be a major component.

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Powell Presbyterian offers community programs By Theresa Edwards Powell Presbyterian Church at 2910 W. Emory Road invites the community to dinner 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, with bingo following.

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The Beebes are back By Cindy Taylor Last June, a family of seven sold their belongings to spend at least two years as missionaries in Ghana. They are back for a sixweek furlough to tell their story at various churches and other ministries. Reid and Robin Beebe and their five boys moved to Ghana with the intention of sharing the gospel while ministering to the needs of the Ghanaian people. “The whole reason we have come home at this time is to witness Mathiang graduate from college,” said Robin. “When I met this young man is when my world grew. This is when I began to understand that the world I was living in

wasn’t the world many others were living in.” Mathiang Gutnyin was one of the 3,800 Lost Boys of Sudan who were given refuge in the U.S. in 2001 after the second Sudanese Civil War displaced and orphaned them. In Sudan he had one pencil and one composition book for an entire year of school. While in a refugee camp he survived on one cup of sugar, five kilos of corn and a cup of oil every two weeks for 13 years. Mathiang became a son in the hearts of the Beebes in 2001. He was the family’s introduction to Africa and the beginning of a ministry that is now winding its way across more than one country. A year of living in Gha-

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A-8 • MAY 20, 2013 • POWELL Shopper news “My husband and I plan to travel,” she said. “I am leaving my grandson Christopher, a freshman here, to carry on and hold down the fort.” All teachers say they are excited about having lots of summers off. Powell Elementary still has some fun events scheduled before the final day of school. Monday, May 20: 5th grade Awards Day and end of year party. Tuesday, May 21: 4th grade Awards Day and end of year party, kindergarten end of year party and 3rd grade Awards Day.

Heading out the door By Cindy Taylor Powell schools are losing veteran teachers at the end of the school year. Powell Middle is saying goodbye to Brenda Fagg. Brenda has worked as a teacher for 21 years and has taught CDC classes at Powell Middle for seven years. She says she plans to travel and take it easy, along with home-schooling and tutoring special needs students. “I am going to do some sleeping in at first,” she said. “But I have a desire to be a part of the lives of unique kids such as these and want to continue to work with them.” She says she has worked all of her life since she was 17, so not going to work every day will be a big change. “I enjoy what I do and will miss these kids. Even a minor accomplishment is

huge to them.” Brenda says Cancun is first on her travel itinerary. “She is an awesome teacher and we hate to see her go,” said assistant principal Jack Owen. Powell High School will say goodbye to four teachers this year. Mike McPherson says at 68 years old it is time to leave. McPherson has been in the profession 42 years, all but five at Powell. He teaches government and history and plans to continue working part time in his second career at Wallace Memorial Church. “We have a wonderful staff, school and student body,” he said. McPherson is a Central High alum but has three sons who graduated from Powell High. Sharon Gentry has been with Knox Coun-

Teachers retiring from Powell High are Mike McPherson, Sue Campbell, Anne Forsyth and Sharon Gentry. Photos by C. Taylor ty schools 33 years and worked as a bookkeeper at Powell High for 22. “I am so excited to be retiring but I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Powell schools,” said Gentry. “Every day is getting better and I am ready to be with my grandchildren on the lake.” Gentry has two grandchildren who have graduated from Powell High and two more headed in that direction. Sue Campbell has taught math at Powell High for seven years and already retired once before moving

Drum and dance camp Kuumba Watoto Urban Youth Institute will host its 4-week drum and dance camp for kids ages 5-18 from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday, May 28, through Tuesday, June 18, at Vine Middle School, 1807 Martin Luther King Ave. The entrance is on Bertrand Street. Retiring Powell Middle School teacher Brenda Fagg works a Sign-ups and parent appuzzle with student Stephanie Westmoreland. preciation day will be held 2-5 p.m. Sunday, May 26, in to Knoxville. She calls this used to having a lot of time front of Austin-East Magnet High School on Martin her second and last retire- off but I’ll adjust.” ment. Anne Forsyth has Luther King Jr. Avenue. A showcase will be held “You have all kinds of taught social studies for 24 plans for when you get years at Powell High and at the end of camp so the out,” she said. “I’m not has big plans for retirement. students can show what they learned. To participate, visit www.kuumbafestival.com for an application, or call 217-6786.

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Bob Gray The Copper Ridge Elementary staff is ending the school year on a high note, with the school’s first health department score of 100 in the cafeteria. Staff members Lyrica Russell, Mary Bowling, Susie Nipper manager Kathy Atkins, Bethany Kitts, Kelly Wright and Bob Gray (inset) were excited to hear the great news for what they call a great school. Atkins was so ecstatic that the announcement made her day. She gives credit to her staff and said that she couldn’t have asked for a better crew. “We cut up but we get our job done,” she said. Atkins calls Copper Ridge the best school at which she has worked and is thankful for the great staff, students and parents. Photo by Ruth White

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for these types of people to eat frequently and have protein at every meal. This type of person will want to avoid high glycemic foods that limit their carbohydrates, and stick mainly to low glycemic fruits and vegetables and small amounts of grain. Mixed oxidizers are people who are actually a combination of both types and can sometimes fluctuate between one type or the other depending on stress and other external environmental factors. Mixed types obviously have the most freedom with the way they eat but must be in tune with their bodies to know if they are leaning one way or the other from day to day. A mixed oxidizer will generally do better to eat a diet containing approximately 50 percent carbohydrates, 30 percent proteins and 20 percent fats, however this could vary from day to day depending on their stressors. Losing weight is not as easy as choosing the latest fad diet. It is a process of figuring out the type of diet you were born to eat and make sure you stay within those parameters during each meal. To get the weight loss you want you need to eat like your body wants to eat, not like the latest fad diet or the way your favorite fitness model eats. Next week: You are when you eat

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Shopper News Presents Miracle Makers

Knoxville Zoo fosters learning By Wendy Smith As the Knoxville Zoo’s outreach and outdoor science coordinator, Steve McGaffin has carted furry, scaly and feathery friends all over East Tennessee in the Zoomobile. But for the past two years, McGaffin has been attracting another sort of friend – the six-legged kind. Last year, the zoo was awarded a grant from Dow Chemical for the installation of pollination gardens at Green, West View, Beaumont and Dogwood elementary schools. This year, a grant from the East Tennessee Foundation funded a fifth garden at Sarah Moore Greene Elementary School. The Pollinator Garden Project allows students to see an entire ecosystem within a 250-square-foot area, McGaffin says. Native flowering plants, like bee balm, blackeyed susans and purple coneflowers attract herbivores, omnivores and parasites, and birds come to feast on the crawling and buzzing insects. All of those critters do valuable work. The bees, flies and beetles will help pollinate Sarah Moore Greene Elementary’s Jeffersonian Gardens, three raised beds that were recently planted with peas, Thomas Jefferson’s favorite food. Assistant principal Tanna Nicely, who planted raised beds at Dogwood Elementary before coming to Sarah Moore Greene last year, spearheaded the project. The heirloom garden is one of the reasons five Sarah Moore Greene students were chosen to travel to Washington, D.C., in April to help plant Michelle Obama’s kitchen garden. The students will return to the White House at the end of May. The pollinator garden will also provide opportunities for students to become citizen scientists. For example, students might collect data on the lifecycle of butterfly weed, says McGaffin. After documenting when the plant emerges, forms leaves, flowers, produces seeds and dries up, students can submit the information to the National Phrenology Network, which will use the data to study climate change. “By studying these changes, students understand what’s happening with the climate.” An additional benefit of studying a garden is simply being outside. Studies have shown that getting kids outdoors helps them focus better in the classroom, he says. Plus, it’s good, messy fun. Last spring, after they had been kept indoors for several days due to a

Sarah Moore Greene Elementary School assistant principal Tanna Nicely lends a hand to Knoxville Zoo Outreach and Outdoor Science coordinator Steve McGaffin as he digs the school’s new pollination garden.

downtown mulch fire, students were in the process of planting flowers in a pollinator garden when the teacher announced it was time for recess. About half of them elected to keep working in the garden, McGaffin says. “They don’t consider this work,” laughs Nicely. Education is what the Knoxville Zoo is all about, says the zoo’s public relations director, Tina Rolen. “It’s disguised as fun, but the goal is to help students connect with the animals so they will help with conservation and understand their part in saving some of these creatures.” One of the biggest ways the zoo helps students is through the Zoofund for Kids. The fund allows students to visit the zoo for half-price on field trips, and Title I-eligible students visit for free. In 2012, the Knoxville Zoo offered reduced or free admission to more

Students from Sevierville watch lions in the Valley of the Kings exhibit, which opened last summer. More than 37,000 students from the region visited with zoo with reduced or free admission last year thanks to the Zoofund for Kids. “We want to make sure everybody has the opportunity to come to the zoo,” says Tina Rolen, Knoxville Zoo public relations director. Photos by Wendy Smith

than 37,000 students from across the region, Rolen says. Another program that benefits students is Zoo Boxes. Teachers can check out themed boxes that con-

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No damper on the Dimes By Cindy Taylor

HPUD sets evening meeting

Kmart has always been a large contributor to the March of Dimes. Employees at the Halls location hosted a car wash and lunch May 11 to promote the cause. “We have been doing Hallsdale Powell Utilsomething every week,” ity District commissioners said Barbara Kidwell. “Emwill meet Thursday, June ployees have funded a lot of 20, at 6 p.m. at the office on what we are selling today.” Cunningham Road. This is While the weather put the second evening meeta damper on the car wash, ing, and customers who are volunteers were in high monitoring the district hope spirits selling hot dogs, popfor a large attendance. corn and other goodies. Bonnie Holloway asked “We started in March Shopper News to heavily and have almost reached publicize the meeting. our halfway point,” said em“I’ve learned more than I ployee Kortni Nay. thought possible by attend“We still have until the ing these meetings,” she end of June.” said. Holloway is so comVendors also donated mitted to getting informamany of the products used tion about the utility district so that 100 percent of the out to consumers that she funds could go to support Kmart employees Linda Houser, Halls store manager Teri Wallace, Kortni Nay and Barbara printed flyers and stuffed the March of Dimes. them into paper boxes beThe store goal is $10,000. Kidwell Photo by Cindy Taylor fore the last evening meeting. The commissioners met News from Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC) last Monday in regular session. CEO Darren Cardwell project, which restored the reported 26 meters and 17 Mechanicsville neighbor- sewer hookups came online hood that has been set up as in April. The district treated hood, will be unveiled at a leagues on the KCDC board a model project for the De- 218.4 million gallons of waBy Alvin Nance In August, one of our lon- ceremony in Paul Hogue Park. approved plans for a new partment of Housing and Ur- ter and 304.1 million galKnoxville Mayor Madeline senior housing complex, the ban Development across the lons of wastewater. gest serving KCDC com- Rogero and other city officials Residences at Eastport, and region. Randall French, who Cannon has a passion lives on Rifle Range Road, m i s s i o n - will present Cannon with a recently, for family-style ers stepped ceremonial street sign, and duplex housing to replace for improving public hous- asked for credits during the down from she is welcome to visit the real blighted properties. More ing because of her personal summer when customers the board. sign posted in the Five Points than 180 old units in Walter experience. She grew up in are watering gardens. I am very neighborhood at any time. P. Taylor Homes were de- Austin Homes, which she “You try to save money g r a t e f u l The street runs behind Paul molished during this time characterized as a close-knit one way (by growing food) for Juanita Hogue Park and connects to decrease the density of community. In addition to and spend it another (by her work at KCDC, Cannon higher sewer bills). the neighborhood. C a n n o n ’ s Wilson and Selma avenues. Nance Today, with the help of ded- was a Knox County school During her 18-year tenure service to French said KUB gives KCDC. Her tenure on the on the KCDC board, Cannon icated volunteers like Cannon, teacher for 40 years. We at credits and he believes board saw many positive helped bring about many Five Points is a different place KCDC have come to see her HPUD should as well. changes in Knoxville pub- than it was five years ago; and in the same way as her forchanges for this city. We checked with KUB Today (May 20), she is be- lic housing and saw many in 10 years, we hope to see it mer students – as a guiding and learned that their proing honored by the city of neighborhoods restored. Five reinvigorated in the same way force, a mentor and leader. gram has several rules: We’re proud to dedicate Knoxville for her service. Points has been a focus of as Mechanicsville. 1. Residential customers During her years on the this street today in honor of must have received service “Juanita Cannon Street,” a both KCDC and the city for board, Cannon also over- Juanita Cannon’s excellent since the previous Oct. 1 at street in the soon-to-be revi- the past several years. Cannon and her col- saw the successful HOPE VI service to this community. talized Five Points neighborthe same address.

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Brookstone Ridge offers homes, building lots near Norris Lake The lack of demand for new homes during the past ﬁve years has been a serious deterrent to new home starts and new subdivisions. While homebuyers are now entering the marketplace to take advantage of low interest rates, they are discovering a limited choice of new homes and building lots. One new home community, Brookstone Ridge, has more than 30 building sites, all with water, sewer and underground electric, ready for construction. Located on Norris Freeway, just south of Mountain Road and only a short drive north of Halls, this

neighborhood is within minutes of Norris Lake and the 2,300acre Norris Watershed, with its hiking and biking trails. Homes here are close to shopping ar-

eas in Norris, Clinton and Halls and just a short 30-minute drive to downtown Knoxville via I-75. For anyone working in Oak Ridge, the commute is rela-

tively easy and uncongested. Lynn Leach, owner of Double L Construction, LLC, and one of the developers of Brookstone, says that he has seen an increase in buyer interest in Brookstone’s lots and homes. He notes that a number of new prospects are being referred by current residents who express satisfaction with the family atmosphere and peace and quiet of the neighborhood. “Since there is only one access in and out of the subdivision, our owners see Brookstone as a very safe, secure community,” said Leach.

With more than 70 homes already occupied, Brookstone, with its well-maintained lawns and professionally-landscaped entrance, looks like a stable and growing community. Loy Johnson of Loy Johnson Real Estate, the sales and marketing ﬁrm for Brookstone, noted that the prices for new homes will range from the mid-$150’s to just a little above $200,000. Building lots are also available.

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Gearheads galore at the dragstrip ‘Run whatcha brung, and hope ya brung enough’ – Chuck Varner’s raceway mantra By Libby Morgan A powerhouse under the hood, a driver with a trigger foot, hundreds of hours of engine-tweaking, transmission-beefing, body-detailing labor. It’s all for a moment of flat-out acceleration. The fastest racers at the Knoxville Dragstrip horse up to over 150 miles an hour and cover 660 feet in five seconds. And even though it’s all about horsepower, they race everything but horses on Knoxville Dragstrip’s raceway. On a recent Friday “test and tune” night, cars, motorcycles, pickups, top fuel dragsters, stock cars, two-stroke creations, you name it, did practice runs on the strip. The start is the thing. Drag racers must get contact between tires and track for a skid-free jump. So many starters get their tires “sticky” by spinning in place just before pulling up to the line. That’s why there’s a smooth layer of black rubber, applied under extreme heat and pressure, thick and slick on the dragway start, groomed carefully between every eighth-mile dash. “Racing gets in your blood. I’ve seen lots of folks who start racing in their teens, then they get busy raising a family and run out of time and money. But once the kids are gone, they come back to it,” says Chuck Varner, long-time owner of the dragway, and owner still of The Hot Rod Barn on Broadway in Fountain City. Varner’s always been in tune with the hot rod crowd, selling high performance parts to racers for decades. He’s a 1964 graduate of Halls High, and now lives in an historic log home in White Pine with his wife of 40-plus years, Carol. “The downturn in the economy didn’t kill us here at the parts shop. People are gonna have their toys,” said Varner. Knoxville Dragstrip didn’t start out as a straight track. Back in the mid-’60s, Eddie Harvey bought a big tract with a long flat piece of bottom land between Bull Run Creek and Maynardville Pike, on a curve that was soon to be bypassed when the new highway opened. That curve, now connected at both ends to the new highway, was renamed Raceway Drive. “Daddy waited until the new highway was finished before he started excavating for a half-mile oval track. He designed it all himself, built it – with just about

Knoxville Dragstrip is seven miles north of Emory Road or five miles south of Maynardville, just off Maynardville Pike. Turn onto Raceway Drive at Eddie’s Auto Parts. ■ (865) 992-9995 ■ www.knoxvilledragstrip. com

What pre-teen boy wouldn’t want to drive this vehicle at 70 mph? Austin Boger, 11, of New Tazewell, gets a prayer and a pep talk with his dad, Bryan, before running the half-scale rail dragster.

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perfect banks – promoted the business, and ran it,” says Brian Harvey, Eddie’s youngest kid. Eddie, now 90, is retired on the family farm in the Ritta community where Brian and his late mother raised and trained Tennessee walking horses. The barns have been converted to garages, and Brian continues his father’s tradition of fi xing things. “There are so many stories about my Daddy, we could write a book. He was into everything. As a teenager, he was such a good mechanic and welder, the Army used him stateside to work on equipment during World War II. He was an accomplished artist, a racecar builder, a business owner, the list goes on. In the late ’40s, he built the swing sets at Fountain City Park,” says Brian. A few years after Eddie opened the racetrack, he changed it to do double duty as a figure-eight track, upping the excitement with racers balancing speed with avoiding T-bone collisions. A short while later, he wiped out the oval and redesigned it into an eighth-mile dragstrip. The only problem was, there wasn’t always enough room for stopping past the finish line.

“We had a few end up in the creek,” says Varner. “When I bought the business, I backed up the start to get more length at the far end. That, and putting in barriers above the creek bank, pretty much solved the problem.” Eddie shut down the raceway in the ’70s, and Varner and a partner resurrected it in 1985. Varner sold out in 2000, when he says he just couldn’t keep the schedule any longer. “I was working six days a week at the Hot Rod Barn, running the race track a lot of weekends ’til late at night, and spending Sundays mowing at home. A body can’t take it forever,” he says. The business has held its own through various owners since Varner, and, a couple of years ago, got two enthusiastic owners, Madisonville brothers T. J. and Tommy Harrill. “We’re seeing a lot of action and excitement, and we just love having the families here. We’ve got juniors with mini long cars, grandparents and parents backing young drivers, husbands and wives teaming up, older

guys, clubs, you name it,” says Tommy. He mirrors Varner’s take on owning the dragstrip: “It’s a whole lot of work, so we have to love it to keep doing it.” It’s a nice place for some weekend fun. T. J. and Tommy have renovated the service facility, where the concession stand serves hot fresh food (including fried bologna sandwiches) and the bathrooms are clean and handy. The upper floor serves as offices and the watchtower, where competitors are announced and timers are operated. Knoxville Dragstrip draws visitors to Union County from all over the United States. The track is sanctioned by the International Hot Rod Association, and qualifying winners earn points toward championships and, hopefully, big sponsorships. County coffers receive thousands of dollars in sales tax from Knoxville Dragway’s revenue, the ambulance service is hired to stand by during every event, and sales of food, fuel and lodging to out of town racers benefit businesses all through the area.

“Asphalt Assault” was held yesterday (May 19). Smoky Mountain Harley Davidson sponsored the motorcycle event, a fundraiser for the Boys and Girls Club of Blount County. Racers had a chance to win money and bike owners showed off their babies at a bike show. This weekend, the twice annual Drag Bash is back, with drag racing, a car show and swap meet. Gates open at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 25, for the event. Info: Scott Abbott (865) 591-0335 or w ww.DragBashNostalgia. com. “We’d love to have everyone come on down and have a good time with us. It’s 100 percent fun in a beautiful

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Are you looking for something for your child to do over the summer to keep them active and occupied?! Bring them to Premier Athletics where you know they will be safe, have fun and get a chance to dance, flip and bounce! We will have a snack and craft each day of camp. We are offering several different camps this summer so take a look at your options below and give us a call to sign up today! Anyone who registers BEFORE MAY 31 will receive a FREE camp or studio t-shirt!

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TO SATURDAY, JUNE 1 Registration open for American Museum of Science and Energy’s Science Explorer Camp for rising 5th (10 years old), 6th and 7th graders. Info: www.amse.org.

THURSDAYS THROUGH NOVEMBER New Harvest Park Farmers Market, 4775 New Harvest Lane, 3-6 p.m. Venders include local farmers, crafters and food trucks. Info: http://www. knoxcounty.org/farmersmarket/index.php.

SATURDAYS THROUGH OCTOBER Union County Farmers Market, 8:30-11:30 a.m., front parking lot of Union County High School. Info: 992-8038.

MONDAY, MAY 20 Luttrell Seniors will meet 10 a.m., Union County Senior Center. Betsy Stowers Frazier of Angelic Ministries will speak and pianist Andrew Merritt will perform. Covered dish lunch will follow. All invited. Info: Linda, 216-1943.

TUESDAY, MAY 21 Reading Roundup storytime, 3:30 p.m., for school age kids, Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road. Stories, flannel boards, music and printouts to take home. Info: 947-6210. Healthy Choices, a plant-based Free Cooking Class #2, 6 p.m., North Knoxville 7th-Day Adventist Church fellowship hall, 6530 Fountain City Road. Space is limited. Info/register: 314-8204 or www. KnoxvilleInstep.com.

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY, MAY 21-22

Community Center. Social time, 1 p.m.; meeting, 1:30. Program: Jean Lester, how to repair damaged quilts. Guests and new members welcome. Info: Cyndi Herrmann, 278-7796, or email bnpquilt@gmail.com. Open, free meeting of Weight-Watchers at Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, 5:30 p.m. in education building. Led by Lynda Nemo. Anyone welcome. Info: Lynda, 256-4009.

THURSDAY MAY 23 Union County ICare meeting, 11:30 a.m., Revival Vision Church on Durham Drive. Lunch included. Program: “Babies Born Addicted” by East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. “Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis” seminar, noon, Take Charge Fitness Program, 1921 N. Charles Seivers Blvd. Lunch provided; preregistration required. Info/preregister: 457-8237. Open Door Book Review: “The Great Smoky Mountain National Park,” 10 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road.

FRIDAY, MAY 24 Imagination Library presents the Penguin Players, 10:30 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road. Bringing to life Imagination Library book “One Cool Friend” by Toni Buzzeo. Info: 9476210. Imagination Library presents the Penguin Players, 2 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Bringing to life Imagination Library book “One Cool Friend” by Toni Buzzeo. Info: 689-2681. Opening reception, Fountain City Art Guild Annual Spring Show,” 6:30-8 p.m., Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave. Show on exhibit through June 20. Additional exhibit: oil painting by the students of Aurora Harrison Bull.

Reading Roundup storytime, 3:30 p.m., for school age kids, Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road. Stories, flannel boards, music and printouts to take home. Info: 947-6210.

TUESDAY-FRIDAY, MAY 28-31 Boys and girls basketball camp, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Horace Maynard Middle School.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 Shakespeare for Kids, 4 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Interactive workshop by the Tennessee Stage Company about the play “Twelfth Night.” Info: 689-2681.

Rummage sale to benefit “Hand Full of Smiles,” providing fun programs for special needs children, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. each day, Recreation Building at Halls Community Park, Crippen Road. Volunteers needed. Bring donated items 10 a.m.-2 p.m. or 6-8 p.m., Monday-Tuesday, May 27-28. Info: Millie Norris, 748-9606, or Rachael Vandergriff, 454-0325.

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Yard sale, Ridgedale Baptist Church, 5632 Nickle Road; 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. Proceeds to support mission trips. Info: 588-6855 or www. ridgedale.org. Dodge Ram Rodeo, 8 p.m., Richland Creek Farm in Blaine. Entertainment for the whole family. Admission: adults, $10; kids ages 9-12, $5; kids 8 and under, free. Info: 933-7173.

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Trip to the Biblical Times Theater in Pigeon Forge to see Kings of Psalms with the Happy Travelers of North Acres Baptist Church. Cost: adults, $55; children under 12, $40. Includes meal and gospel concert. Info/ signup: Derrell Frye, 938-8884.

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Church, 819 Raccoon Valley Road, Heiskell. The Rev. Dennis Galloway will bring the message. Cabbage Cemetery annual memorial services, 11 a.m. Funds will be raised for upkeep and officers and board of directors will be elected. Lunch will be served after the meeting. The cemetery is located in Black Fox Valley, Grainger County. Donations can be mailed to Bennie Capps, P.O. Box 91, Maynardville, TN 37807. Info: 992-5571.

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Union County Business and Professional Association Golf Tournament, Three Ridges Golf Course in Knoxville. Proceeds fund scholarships. Sponsors welcomed. Info: 992-8050. Performances of “The Soundtrack of Our Lives: original biographical stories illustrated with music and pictures” featuring The Silver Stage Players of Knoxville and the Darnell Players from Atlanta, Ga.; 1 p.m., John T. O’Connor Senior Center on Winona St. followed by a meet and greet reception; 7 p.m., the Beck Cultural Center.

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NEWS FROM TEMPLE BAPTIST ACADEMY

Kindergarten graduation at Temple On May 13, Temple Baptist Academy hosted the 2013 kindergarten graduation program and ceremony. The program is a yearly highlight for students, teachers and parents. This year’s program featured students demonstrating their mastery of academic and Bible subjects, serenading the audience with their favorite songs, and displaying the diversity of their personalities. They truly were a “cast of characters” that not only stole the show, but also stole the hearts of those who watched. The students put on the play “Little Bo Peep,” which creatively incorporated characters from a variety of children’s stories, poems and rhymes, including Humpty Dumpty, Little Boy Blue, Jack and Jill, and Peter Peter Pumpkin-eater, among others. Kindergarten teacher Paulette

Temple Academy kindergartner Laynee Farris portrays Little Bo Peep in the kindergarten graduation play. Deeringer matched each role to the colorful personalities of the students.

After the play concluded, Dr. Clarence Sexton, pastor of Temple Baptist Church, spoke to the audience. He emphasized the opportunity that families and teachers alike have to influence the next generation by giving students an academic and spiritual foundation. Sexton congratulated each graduate as they received their kindergarten diplomas. Family and friends came from near and far to see the many rehearsed and not-so-rehearsed moments at the annual program. The students began preparing for their special endof-year event in January. Deeringer, a veteran teacher, directs the kindergarten program at Temple Baptist Academy. Deeringer has been teaching for more than 30 years, 21 of which have been at Temple. “Mrs. Deeringer is fa-

mous here. A large number of our students, including high school students, have had Mrs. Deeringer as a teacher,” said Temple Academy principal David Whitaker. Reflecting on the year, Deeringer said, “What a wonderful time we’ve had this year, working hard, learning, growing, laughing and enjoying each other. We have made some sweet friendships. I always learn as I teach. God always blesses hard work, and these students have worked hard and have been blessed and are a blessing to me. They performed their special parts in such a way as to bring delight to all who watched. ” Several of the Temple High School seniors graduating this year had Deeringer as their kindergarten teacher. All of them, without exception, have said that she made

Dr. Clarence Sexton, pastor of Temple Baptist Church, gives a kindergarten diploma to Dane Askew. a real impact on their the influence she has lives, and they cherish had on them.

Field Day and Walk-A-Thon raise funds

On May 3, Temple Elementary students spent the day at Mt. Moriah Christian Camp for field day activities and to raise money through a walk-athon to fund school improvement projects. Teacher Amber LeCroy (back) gets ready to surprise her students during the Field Day and Walk-A-Thon. They are: (front) Tyler Vaught, Daniel Savage, Caleb Lashley, Justin Williams, Ethan Naugle; (second row) Cassie Landrum, Emma Ylitalo, Alyssa McGinnis, Makayla Reis, Marissa Smith, Abigail Padgett, Abby Smith, Jenna Hickman, Stacey Tyler, Jessalyn Crabtree; (back) Natalie Jones, Vyala Gano, Katie Newport.

K4 program enrolling for fall

Temple Baptist Academy is now enrolling students, like Beloved Umwatari, pictured here, for the new K4 program beginning this fall. K4 will be a half-day program meeting Monday through Friday during the school year. Financial aid is available. Space is limited. Info: 938-8181 or email info@ templebaptistacademy.com. Naytion VanHoose and Garrett James race during the Temple Academy elementary field day.

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