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VOL. 52 NO. 7 A great community newspaper February 18, 2013
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By Sandra ClarkThe idea makes so much
sense one wonders why no-body thought of it sooner.
The Heiskell Communi-ty Center and the Heiskell Volunteer Fire Department have merged, creating a new group named The Heiskell Community Orga-nization (THCO).
The consolidated board of directors, meeting in February, outlined ambi-tious goals, including con-struction of a free-stand-ing Heiskell Community Center.
Jim Kirk (947-2982) is the contact for any-one with land to sell. The group wants at least fi ve acres.
T h e H e i s k e l l V o l u n -teer Fire D e p a r t -ment was a power-house for 30 years, under the leadership
of the late Glenn Davis and more recently Steve Rudd. The VFD raised money, bought equip-ment, fought fires and even provided medical emergency services. It op-erated initially at the old Heiskell School building.
As time went on, the VFD needed more effi cient space. It worked a deal with the Heiskell United Methodist Church to swap property, and then built a modern fi re station near the intersection of Heiskell
Richard Neal helps Jim Kirk log on to his laptop. Photos by S. Clark
Merger brings strength Road and Raccoon Valley Road.
A couple of years ago, the VFD con-t r a c t e d its assets to Rural/M e t r o which pro-vides sub-s c r i p t i o n
fi re service and maintains a fi re station in Heiskell.
When the Methodists moved into the former school, a group of retirees decided to create activi-ties for seniors in the gym. Under the broader name of Heiskell Community Cen-
Steve Rudd
Janice White
ter, the group offers bus trips and a monthly lunch with bingo and a guest speaker.
Leader Janice White says they’ve outgrown the space.
White and Steve Rudd, former CEO of the VFD, are co-chairs of THCO, as-sisted by secretary Jacki Kirk and treasurer Liz Jett.
Knowing the history of both organizations, you can bet THCO will be in the news. And somehow it will fi nd and buy land for a center. After all, who’s go-ing to stand in the way of a fi re truck or a bus loaded with senior citizens headed for lunch and shopping?
As high-powered Heiskell groups unite
By Libby MorganThe family of teachers, admin-
istrators and students at Fountain City Elementary School are hold-
ing dear the memory of Ali Sharp, a young kindergarten teacher who passed away suddenly over the Christmas holidays, leaving a
Teacher remembered
Powell teacher Cathy Sharp and husband Rick hold six-week-old Kendall
Rose, child of their daughter Ali Sharp, who died shortly after childbirth. The
Sharps, along with their son, Matthew, attended Fountain City Town Hall
last week. Photo submitted
Zoe Marcum shows how pleased
she is to receive her certifi cate,
which was accompanied by a prize
pack and other perks. Photo submitted
NEIGHBORHOOD BUZZ
Kroger in PowellThe Knoxville City Council
will decide the fate of a pro-posed Kroger store on the site of the former Powell Airport because the land was annexed several years ago.
Yet the neighbors who fear fl ooding from the development have little infl uence.
➤ Read more on page A-13
Virginia RainsSomebody once said a good
teacher is like a pebble cast into a pond, creating ripples that extend far and wide.
Virginia Rains was that kind of teacher, indeed, that
kind of person. She touched the lives of everyone who had the honor of knowing her. Mrs. Rains died Feb. 6. She was 78.
Jake Mabe pays tribute to his former teacher.
➤ See Jake’s story on page A-3
MovingAfter 10 years in the same
place (a record!), Shopper-News is relocating in Halls. The Broadway Corporation has been a wonderful landlord, but it’s time to consolidate our production facilities.
Our new offi ce is at 7049 Maynardville Pike, adjacent to Toby Strickland’s Edward Jones offi ce. We’re taking off Monday to move and will be open on Tuesday. The number will remain 922-4136.
Our industry is changing rapidly and we’re updating our technology to keep pace. Thank you to each loyal reader. Let us know how we’re doing. We appreciate each of you.
– S. Clark
Halls Connector moves alongKnox County Commission
will consider a resolution this month to turn over the $12.7 million Halls Connector proj-ect to the state.
The county has spent $823,000 on right-of-way ac-quisition and design, and now will ask the state to complete the project.
It modifi es Norris Freeway and Maynardville Pike to en-able a left turn from Norris Freeway toward Union Coun-ty and Gibbs.
Public hearings have been held on the design by CDM Smith. The proposal entails moving the southbound lanes of Maynardville Highway and making new intersections with Afton Drive, Norris Freeway, Andersonville Pike and E. Emory Road.
It’s a lot of money to enable a left turn to Maynardville.
– S. Clark
First impressionsPowell:
Anyone who’s driven down Emory Road has seen apretty ugly sight on the approach to Powell.
Sure, construction is underway, but is that a rea-son for junked cars, boarded-up houses and generalrubble?
When Commissioner R. Larry Smith held his re-cent night out, we snapped the pictures above andasked building codes offi cials about possible viola-tions.
Last week we got a call from Kim Jarnagin, en-forcement offi cer for Powell. Here are her responses:
Chimneys: These are on state right-of-way andprobably will be knocked down when the EmoryRoad widening project is complete. Knox County hasno jurisdiction on state land.
Rubble: Jarnagin promised to “clean it up” if it’son Knox County right-of-way and will check on therailroad’s right-of-way as well.
Boarded windows: Actually, the boards aregood, Jarnagin said, while the broken window in thefront of the house is a codes violation. “If the prop-erty owner boards up the windows, it’s OK as long asthe house is structurally sound.”
Nanny Bear: The former day care is in violationbecause of the unlicensed and/or inoperable cars inthe yard. Jarnagin said only one junk car is permit-ted per household. As to the abandoned mobile hometo the east of the residence (not pictured), she said it’sOK if a variance was granted.
She posted the abandoned former Ingles propertylast week in an effort to drive away transient vendors.
We agreed to stay in touch.– S. Clark
newborn daughter.“Ali had been working on a
committee to foster a program to commend our students for their efforts at school, not only for aca-demic achievement, but also for their good behavior,” says school principal Crystal Marcum.
“When the shocking news ar-rived of her death, we knew the direction we needed to go to give our students recognition – with an award in her honor.”
Marcum and her staff will give
the Ali Sharp Award to two stu-dents per grade each month for the remainder of the school year. The award ceremony will be held at Fountain City Town Hall meetings.
Are Vols doomed?Sherlock Holmes once said it
is a serious blunder to theorize before gathering data.
The great detective, tweed cap atop, pipe in hand, found investigations cluttered and complicated by witnesses who got all excited and twisted facts to fi t what they had already decided.
Those who believe Tennes-see football is doomed to medi-ocrity or worse should consider Sherlock’s wisdom.
➤ See Marvin West’s tale on page A-5
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Fulton Alumni Association seeks names for plaque
The Fulton High School Alumni Association is seek-ing the names of all Fulton High Alumni who have lost their lives in military service. To honor these individu-als, the Alumni Association will have a commemorative plaque created which will be displayed at the school. Anyone with information should send the name of the graduate, year of graduation and the branch of service to: Fulton High School Alumni Association, P.O. Box 27434, Knoxville, TN 37927-7431.
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A quiet yoga session is led by Linda Jones. Photos by Libby Morgan
Gordon Kitts of Halls exercises on the
recumbent bike in the weight room at
Central Baptist Fountain City Family
Life Center. “I had knee surgery three
years ago and I come here fi ve times a
week,” says the 76-year-old Kitts.
Mary Nelle Glenn leads the step class. Music
paces the rhythm while Glenn announces
and demonstrates each movement.
By Libby MorganThe Family Life Center
of Central Baptist Fountain City is constantly abuzz with activity. Each day brings a full schedule of health and wellness classes, sports games, outreach programs and community service projects.
Coordinator Fran Mitch-ell says, “We are blessed to be able to provide everyone in the community with the opportunity to come and use our facility.
“We have offi ce work-ers who come in simply to walk our track on their lunch hour.” The center of-fers an active kids’ basket-ball league each winter and a men’s league plays four nights each week. The base-ball team plays in the city league, and the center even has a fl ag football league. The racquetball court is the only area requiring reserva-tions.
“Fitness classes are one of the ways we serve others for physical and spiritual growth, said Mitchell.”
Mary Nelle Glenn, a powerhouse of strength in a small package, is the cen-ter’s fi tness coordinator, as well as a certifi ed instructor
of pilates, step, kickboxing, total body workouts for se-niors, and yoga.
She calls the center’s at-mosphere “comfortable and welcoming,” and says 80 percent of participants are not members of the church. “We are reaching out to the community and sharing our faith through fi tness,” said Glenn.
There was a bit of conster-nation about bringing yoga here, with its ties to Bud-dhism, but we teach fi tness yoga, she added. “It works well with strength train-ing to open up the back and hips and keep tendons and muscles supple and fl exible. Yoga balance poses help us prevent balance problems as we age.
“And since yoga is a gen-tler exercise, those who cannot do high-impact workouts such as running and kickboxing can develop just as much strength with frequent yoga sessions. We stress safety in the execution of yoga poses, and tell our students with each pose, if it is diffi cult, just stop, or go to an easier version such as using your knees instead of your feet for support.”
Yoga teacher Linda Jones
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Strengthen and stretch the body,quiet the mind at Family Life Center
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Harry Cloud is congratulated by Fun Fitness instructor Mary
Nelle Glenn at his 90th birthday party given by his senior
exercise class group at the Family Life Center at Central Baptist
Church Fountain City. Photo by Tom Cloud
began her quest for better fi tness after praying to fi nd a women’s morning exercise class in a “non-gym” atmo-sphere where she felt sur-rounded by Christian faith and non-judgmental people. Aerobic classes at the Family Life Center were her answer, and later she was drawn to the yoga classes upstairs.
“My son told me if I went to yoga one time, I’d love it. He was right. Yoga is a time
I can quiet my mind and stretch my body. I found that quieting my mind helps me focus when I pray, too.”
Jones became an instruc-tor after learning the center needed another teacher. She saw it as her opportunity to help the church help others.
Fees for the classes are very low. Two dollars pays for an hour yoga class, and they won’t turn you away if you can’t pay.
The staff guides newcom-ers to the right room for more than 12 types of exercise classes 20 times a week.
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Barnyard TalesKathryn Woycik
Located in Heiskell is a barn on Gamble Drive that is at least 158 years old but may be as old as 238.
Looking inside the barn you can see lower part which
is the original hand-hewn chestnut. Photos by K. Woycik
Dry Creek Farmhorse barn was added in 2002 to accommodate a few horses from Monroe Coun-ty. Henley’s son Mark and neighbor Joe Goosie also keep horses there. Both have brought their expertise to the farm.
Henley has three chil-dren, nine grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren, along with three siblings and a dozen or so nieces and nephews. Such a large family has created many tales.
One funny story hap-pened in 1950, when Luke’s 8-year-old nephew, Chuck Whitley, was riding one of the ponies. He was the 4th or 5th rider that particular day. The pony decided it had had enough and ran toward the barn, which had a small hole in the side that was barely large enough for the pony to go through.
Chuck realized where they were headed but was too afraid to jump off. He ducked as low as he could. Surprisingly, he stayed on the pony and made it through the hole. Chuck’s grandfather and Henley’s dad rushed down to check on him. When asked if he was alright, Chuck said, “I’m almost sterilized.”
He actually meant para-lyzed!
“I live the best of both worlds, not having to care for the horses, and I get to sit on the front porch and watch them graze and run back and forth,” Luke says. “They graze all day long with cars and trucks whiz-zing by on the road until either Mark or Joe’s truck approaches. The horses rec-ognize the sounds of their trucks and immediately head for the barn running wide open. They know it’s feeding or grooming time.”
Henley, 86, is the great-great-great grandson of Col. David Henley, who was good friends with President George Washington and
served as an information offi cer. In 1793, he moved to Knoxville and worked for the war department. The city of Knoxville named Henley Street and later, the bridge that crosses the Tennessee River on Hen-ley Street, in Col. Henley’s honor.
Col. Henley was also friends with President Washington’s secretary of war, Henry Knox, for whom the city of Knoxville was named.
Anyone wanting to share the age, history or story of their barn can contact me at [email protected].
The barn on Gamble
Drive in Heiskell
Luther “Luke” Henley wrote to ask if he could share his story. His parents pur-chased the land in 1955. The barn was 100 to 150 years old.
Henley was one of seven children.
When he grew up on the farm, the barn was used for cattle. His dad worked at the Heiskell post offi ce. Af-ter retiring, he used part of the barn for working with and tuning pianos. The barn later housed ponies for the grandkids to ride.
Henley took over the farm in 1988 and built his retire-ment home. He replaced the barn’s old and rusty metal roof. He had his own roof contracting business, so the exchange was easy.
“I call it a $10 barn with a $100 roof,” Luke said.
An additional six-stall
By Jake MabeSomebody once said a good teacher is like a pebble
cast into a pond, creating ripples that extend far and wide.
Virginia Rains was that kind of teacher, indeed, that kind of person. She touched the lives of everyone who had the honor of knowing her.
Mrs. Rains died Feb. 6. She was 78. She taught at the original Brickey
Elementary School for 25 years. She was loving, tough, compassionate, sometimes strict, everything you want in a teacher.
She wanted us to know how to write a sentence, how to work a math prob-
lem, how to interpret social studies. But, she also in-troduced us to Monet and Van Gogh, and to good mu-sic, which was one of her great loves, just below her God and her family.
She cared about her students, about their problems, about their future. Even an 11-year-old could tell.
Please forgive a personal note, but I have to share this story. A week or so before Jennifer and I were married, Mrs. Rains injured her ankle and couldn’t at-tend our ceremony. She made husband Jack go, fi lm part of the nuptials on his phone and wait at the recep-tion until he told my mother why she wasn’t there.
That is but one of a million examples why Virginia Rains was so special.
The Rev. Laurence Hesser told Virginia’s family and friends at Memorial United Methodist Church in Clin-ton on Feb. 9 that the gathering was a celebration of life, a service of death and resurrection.
“Virginia is gone,” Hesser said, “but in many impor-tant ways, she will never be gone. She lives on in the hearts of her family and friends. She touched the lives of hundreds if not thousands of her students, fellow teachers and neighbors. Every place she went, she left a mark.”
And that mark, those ripples in a pond, if you will, continue. She teaches still.
Virginia Rains
Virginia Rains will never be forgotten
Powell Playhouse to present ‘Puss in Boots’Halls High School drama students will highlight
the Powell Playhouse production of “Puss in Boots” April 11 and April 13, which will be held at Jubilee Banquet Facility.
Mona Napier told the Powell Business and Profes-sional Association last Tuesday during the PBPA’s lo-cal business spotlight that it takes a village to make each production happen.
“It’s not magic, but it is magic when it all comes to-gether,” Napier said. “We are a nonprofi t organization, and we appreciate all the support we’ve received from (local) businesses.”
The Playhouse will fi nish its second season in June with a production of “The Odd Couple” June 6-9, which will include dinner at 6 p.m. for the July 6-8 performances.
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GOSSIP AND LIES
Betty Bean
Maybe it’s unfair to pick on a rookie, but if there was a Dumbest Question of the Day award in the Tennessee Gen-eral Assembly, Rep. Roger Kane of Karns would have a brand-new plaque for his wall.
His question came dur-ing a discussion of Rep. Mike Stewart’s bill to cut off state funds to for-profi t, online schools. Stewart ac-cused K12 Inc. – the Virgin-ia-based corporation that runs the Tennessee Virtual Academy – of sucking up millions of Tennessee tax dollars while being insuffi -ciently accountable for poor performance.
Stewart suggested that K12 Inc. CEO Ron Packard, whose salary was $3.9 mil-lion last year, should be re-quired to come to Nashville to explain why his compa-ny’s services are a good deal for Tennesseans.
Kane’s response was to declare Packard’s salary none of our business:
“Why should we care what they pay their CEO?”
Stewart, who grew up in Knoxville, said, in essence, that Tennessee taxpayers are helping to pay Packard’s salary and deserve answers.
Duh.The Tennessee Virtual
Academy was created on a party line vote in 2011 dur-
Kane, Brooks defend Virtual Academy
ing the waning days of the legislative session (always a dangerous time in Nashville).
It was rushed into op-eration within a matter of weeks, and is run by Union County Public Schools for reasons that have never been made explicitly clear. (But for every $4,400 per pupil in state dollars that travel through the Union County till, 4 percent or $176 stays with the county.)
The Virtual Academy enrolled just under 1,800 students from all over the state in grades K-8 last year. Despite glowing reviews from numerous parents, it delivered test results in the bottom 11 percent on Ten-nessee Value Added Assess-ment tests.
The news hit with a thud shortly before the begin-ning of the current school year. Education Commis-sioner Kevin Huffman la-beled TNVA’s performance “demonstrably poor,” and “unacceptable.”
Republicans took a de-fensive posture (see Roger
Kane and Harry Brooks) and Democrats went on the attack (see Mike Stewart and Gloria Johnson).
On Tuesday, some 20 TNVA teachers took the day off and headed to Nashville to oppose Stewart’s bill, begging questions about on-line substitute teachers.
One 6th-grade teacher, Summer Shelton of Knox-ville, defended her employer:
“I’ve never seen a more dy-namic curriculum,” she said. “I believe in this school.”
She said she has autistic students and students who cannot cope with being part of a large classroom who have thrived for the fi rst time while under TNVA instruction.
“We can’t deny our par-ents the right to choose this option for their kids … I am requesting that you give us a chance …”
Stewart has a long list of indictments of K12 Inc., which has been in hot wa-ter in several states for re-sults similar to those it has logged in Tennessee. He at-tempted to have Rep. Gloria Johnson speak to the issue, but was shot down by com-mittee chair Rep. Harry Brooks, who sponsored the 2011 virtual education bill and is carrying an adminis-tration bill that amounts to a mild kick in the butt com-
pared to Stewart’s nuclear option.
The Brooks bill was ap-proved and moves on to the full committee. Stewart’s bill failed on a voice vote (Kane’s status was “present, not voting.”).
At the Education Commit-tee meeting that same day, offi cials from the Putman County school system, which pioneered virtual education in Tennessee, talked about their VITAL (Virtual Instruc-tion to Accentuate Learning) program, which they said has a 93 percent success rate and offers dual enrollment and advanced placement classes along with remedial and en-richment classes.
(Numerous legisla-tors have told us that they thought they were voting for the Putnam County model, not for an out-of-state, for-profi t corporation.)
They were careful, how-ever, to distinguish their program from TNVA, with-out mentioning its name:
“We wanted to have our virtual program led by the district – not somebody coming in from outside telling us what to do, and we’re not going out looking for students outside Put-nam County,” said Dr. Jerry Boyd, director of Putnam County Schools.
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Renee Hoyos, execu-tive director of Tennessee Clean Water Network, was elected last month by the KAT board of directors to chair Knoxville Area Transit, which runs Knox-ville’s bus system. Archie Ellis is vice chair. Hoyos lives on Quincy Avenue in North Knoxville. She was appointed to the board by Mayor Rogero.
Hoyos to chair KAT
■ Cindy Walker, trea-surer of the Knox County Democratic Party and wife of former state senate candidate Randy Walker, is also seeking to be Demo-cratic Party chair when state Rep. Gloria Johnson steps aside at the upcom-ing Democratic convention (in addition to the three persons mentioned in last week’s column).
■ The original Eman-cipation Proclamation, which President Lincoln signed on Jan. 1, 1863, and which ended slavery in the USA, is on exhibit in Nashville at the Tennessee State Museum. (This writer is chair of the commission which operates the mu-seum). In her role on the National Archives Foun-dation, Honey Alexander, former First Lady of Ten-nessee, was instrumental in bringing the document to Tennessee as part of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
On Feb. 11, a gala open-ing reception was held in Nashville when Gov. Bill Haslam offi cially opened the exhibit.
The cost of hosting the Proclamation was underwritten by several companies including Pilot Travel Centers of Knoxville. Attending from Knoxville were Jim and Natalie Haslam, attorney Bernard Bernstein and wife Bar-bara, former Mayor Daniel
Brown and wife Cathy, state Reps. Joe Armstrong, Gloria Johnson and Ryan Haynes, school board mem-ber Gloria Deathridge, and Mayor Tim Burchett.
Also attending was for-mer Knoxville First Lady Mary Pat Tyree, who now lives in Nashville. Bo Rob-erts, who played a pivotal role in the 1982 Knoxville World’s Fair, attended along with U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper and former Nashville May-or Dick Fulton.
Tennessee Transporta-tion Commissioner John Schroer also attended and told this writer that the de-cision on whether the South Knoxville Parkway is a go or no-go is probably three months away.
■ The West Knox Re-publican Club had one of its largest meetings ever on Feb. 11 at the Red Lobster on Kingston Pike. Heated dis-cussions occurred between those who wanted UT third-year law student Alexander Waters to be elected vice president of the club and those opposed.
The house was packed. Initially it was a contest between Waters and former legislative candidate Gary Loe, who withdrew right before the vote. Then 6th District Republican State Committeewoman Sally Absher contested Waters. But she was too late to over-come his lead and lost de-cisively. The outcome was 59 for Waters and 19 for Absher.
Waters comes from a long line of Republicans. His parents are Knoxville attorney John B. Waters III and civic activist Beth Waters.
■ Mayor Rogero hosts area citizens in a forum on disabilities this Wednesday, Feb. 20, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at the Jacob Building at Chilhowee Park. The forum is part of Plan East Tennessee found at www.planeasttn.org/. Some staunch political conserva-tives have suggested these regional meetings are part of Agenda 21 pushed by the United Nations.
Wendy Smith
You never forget a fa-vorite teacher. Mine was Mrs. Fugua. She taught 6th grade at Linden Elementary School in Oak Ridge, and it didn’t take her long to fi gure me out. By the spring of that year, I was skipping class to work on a scrapbook for then-President Jimmy Cart-er, who apparently visited Oak Ridge back in 1978.
Maybe my test scores went up that year because I was engaged, or maybe I missed important lessons while I was bopping around town taking pictures for the president. All I know is that Mrs. Fuqua made me feel important, which was invaluable to me, as it is to most kids.
These days, we like to weigh and measure ev-erything in our efforts to achieve maximum results, so it’s not surprising that re-searchers from the state De-partment of Education felt compelled to shake the data from the 2011-12 school year to see what would fall out. But the results are sur-prising: research concludes that neither experience nor advanced degrees makes teachers more effective, as measured by TVAAS (Ten-nessee Value-Added Assess-ment System) evaluations. TVAAS measures academic growth over time.
I sought a local reaction to these fi ndings, which were presented to the state
What makes an eff ective teacher?
Board of Education at the beginning of the month. Dr. John Bartlett, principal of Bearden High School, the largest school in the county, shared his thoughts.
Student achievement is driven by instructional practices in the classroom, and new teachers are as capable of good teaching as experienced teachers, he said. But he’s concerned that such research could be
used to say that experience shouldn’t factor into teacher pay.
It’s important that ex-perienced teachers don’t feel undervalued, he said, because they play a critical role in retaining new teach-ers through mentoring.
The study might also suggest that teacher pay should be based on test re-sults. A potential problem is that teachers might become hesitant to teach lower-level students, he says.
“High test scores is one indicator of effective teach-ers, but it’s not the only one. Relationships with students in the classroom, relation-ships built with the commu-nity and the lifetime success of the students are others.”
The proposed 2013 Knox County Schools budget will expand APEX, the district’s strategic compensation program for teachers. It rewards teachers for good instructional practices in the classroom, leadership and service in high needs schools, as well as student growth and achievement. It also refl ects input from teachers and administrators throughout the county.
As the time draws near for adopotion of the new school budget, let’s not get distracted by numbers that may have been crunched for reasons other than the im-provement of our schools. Effective teachers, like Mrs. Fugua, can’t be interpreted by a bar graph.
Briggs blasts Campfi eld’s Lakeshore billBy Betty Bean
Richard Briggs was packing for a trip to Wash-ington, D.C., to attend a meeting of the American Medical Association’s Po-litical Advocacy Commit-tee when he heard about state Sen. Stacey Camp-field’s bill to force the sale of the former Lakeshore Mental Health Institute’s campus to the highest bid-der instead of allowing the city of Knoxville to expand Lakeshore Park.
The city and the Lake-
shore Park Foundation have been proceeding with park expansion since the state closed the mental health hospital last summer.
Briggs, a heart surgeon and county commissioner who plans to oppose Camp-fi eld in the 2014 Republi-can Primary, doesn’t think much of the bill.
“We don’t need know-it-alls in Nashville deciding what to do with our land without any input from those of us who live here,” Briggs said, contrasting
Campfi eld’s legislation, which he fi led without Mayor Madeline Rog-ero’s knowledge, with the county’s conveyance of the old Oakwood Elementary School to a developer who is repurposing it into hous-ing for senior citizens.
“We got input from the neighborhood and lo-cal government before we transferred public property to private hands,” Briggs said. “The least you can do is talk to the people who live here.”
■ Tempest in a Tea Party?
That’s what some Republicans
are saying about the recent
kerfuffl e at the West Knox
Republican Club. One offi ce-
holder said it was a good day
for the GOP as the Tea Party
element was rebuff ed.
■ Sen. Lamar Alexander prob-
ably forgot how Gov. Lamar
Alexander and his appointees
to the board of directors
nudged UT tuition upward.
In a statement last week, Sen.
Alexander said colleges must
hold down costs.
■ Jim McIntyre fi nds himself
in a dilemma. How to change
the subject from school
security to school technology
is his newest challenge. And
he can count on his “friends”
in the mayor’s offi ce and on
county commission to keep
talking security.
■ Kroger fi nds itself in the
catbird’s seat in its quest to fi ll
land along Beaver Creek for a
new store. The land is within
the city limits, while all the
neighbors are in the county.
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Experimentation seems to be one of the innate condi-tions of one’s adolescence and early teen years.
While it creates a valuable learning experience, it can also be quite detrimental if channeled in the wrong di-rection. And experimentation with drugs, and particularly prescription drugs, is one of those misguided directions.
When I was growing up, drugs were something your physician wrote you a pre-scription for and your parents took it to the drug store to be fi lled.
In fact, our Concord vil-lage physician often carried a supply of the most common drugs in his physician’s case and dispensed them in a small envelope with the directions on how to take them. I can-not remember any teenager in the village abusing drugs, and I doubt that such use would have ever been considered.
But I have to admit that we did have some vices. Prob-ably the most prevalent one was smoking rabbit tobacco. It was a vile-smelling, white-looking leaf that grew wild in fi elds.
After you smoked a few roll-your-owns, it took about a month before you could taste food again.
Like marijuana growers today, we had all the areas where it grew staked out and harvested every week or so. Unfortunately, smoking rab-
bit tobacco often led to smok-ing real cigarettes, which are as addictive as some well-known drugs.
The availability of alcoholic beverages was quite limited in Old Concord, but one of our gang found a recipe for “home brew” and we decided to give it a try. We gathered the in-gredients – yeast, malt, sugar, etc. – and a large 20 gallon crock.
We mixed it up according to directions, covered it with a cloth and let it ferment for a couple of weeks. Finally, the day came when it was time to sample our concoction.
When the cloth cover was removed and I had my fi rst look at the home brew, I knew it was not a drink to which I would ever become addicted.
We either got the propor-tions or ingredients wrong, because after about half a glass I concluded that a Pepsi or RC Cola was a much better choice. I cannot remember what happened to the rest of the brew, but the rest of our gang shared my opinion.
Certainly living in a rural area where the availability of smoking material or alcohol was either limited or nonex-istent reduced the temptation to experiment with addictive substances.
But in more urban areas such experimentation actu-ally created a drug culture. Living in Washington, D.C., during the late 1960s and ear-
ly 1970s, I observed fi rsthand the drug culture that was so prevalent during those Viet-nam War years.
Of course, rabbit tobacco was replaced with another weed called marijuana, and a new substance called LSD took the place of prescription drugs.
There were always anti-war demonstrations near the White House or on Capitol Hill during those years, and you could almost get high on marijuana just by walking through the crowd.
But the effects of LSD are more serious because it causes hallucinations.
I had the misfortune to be present when a young girl did a swan dive off the 22nd story of our high-rise apartment building. Her friends said she thought she could fl y.
Smoking rabbit tobacco and drinking home brew never had a lasting effect on the kids in Old Concord. Most enjoyed productive careers. But I often wondered what long-term effect the drug cul-ture had on those who lived in urban areas.
While many were able to put it behind them and be-came leaders in business, government and universities, others did not kick the habit and are either no longer with us or live a lifestyle not too different from the one they created for themselves four decades ago.
Rabbit tobacco
and home brewBy Libby Morgan
A young Tennessee Wild-life Resources offi cer has settled in with this fam-ily to take care of our area’s beloved public land, the 24,444
acres of Chuck Swan Wildlife Management Area.
Dustin McCubbins be-came area manager for Chuck Swan in 2011 and moved into the manager’s residence near the entrance to the peninsula, which lies inside the confl uence of the Powell and Clinch Rivers on Norris Lake.
His around-the-clock job calls for him to juggle many issues, all focused on conservation. He is an am-bassador, a police offi cer, a farmer, a biologist, a wild-life and hunting expert, a dozer operator, a shooting range overseer and on the day we visited, an excellent tour guide.
McCubbins’ obvious en-thusiasm for “his” area pro-duced a running commen-tary on the maintenance of the 1,100 acres of open spaces that are designed to provide wildlife with food and cover.
He, two technicians and a few volunteers look after more than 400 fi elds, rotat-ing crops of milo, corn, soy-beans and clover not only for the animals, but to sus-tain the health of the soil for future crops.
Currently, attracting quail is an important initiative. Wheat, millet and sunfl ow-ers are being planted in tar-get areas for quail and doves.
The team must also keep an eye on invasive species such as kudzu and bicolor lespedeza, which will crowd out the preferred plants.
Their efforts in certain areas mesh with the forest-ry service’s timber harvests and studies being conduct-ed by UT’s agricultural and forestry departments.
McCubbins is a turkey hunter and is involved with the National Wild Turkey Foundation, founded in 1973. Efforts nationwide have brought the wild tur-key population from near extinction in the early 1900s to a sustainable level, and NWTF has become an active partner in turkey re-covery.
Lately the turkey popu-lation at Chuck Swan has dipped somewhat. Studies are underway to under-stand why.
Conservation strategies at Chuck Swan that benefi t one species build the health of the whole ecosystem. Reg-ulated hunting is an integral part of the big picture.
Records of deer kills over the past 20 years show the deer are getting larger, but less numerous. This is a good thing, says McCubbins.
“When we record the number and weights of the game harvests of Chuck Swan, this provides us critical information about the success of our work. The deer in Chuck Swan weren’t getting the oppor-tunity to grow large be-cause of the competition for food and other factors. Now we know our deer are living longer, becoming healthier and the popula-tion is nearer to our goals.
“We want to welcome everyone to come and en-joy Chuck Swan for hiking, horseback riding, camp-ing, hunting, shooting, exploring. But we want people to pay attention to the rules.
“No one is allowed in our caves, because some-one’s clothes or shoes may carry ‘white-nose syn-drome,’ deadly to bats.
“Non-hunters cannot
Dustin McCubbins stands at Mossy Creek Spring in the heart of
Chuck Swan. Photos by Libby Morgan
Steward of the wild things
come in the area during scheduled hunts. Coming up we have turkey hunts Thursday through Satur-day mornings until 1 p.m. from March 28 to May 9, so if somebody wants to hunt for morels, they’ve got the whole rest of the week to do it.
“Camping is only al-lowed in designated areas and it’s all primitive camp-ing. At this time we don’t have horse camping. Ac-cess from the lakeshore is fine, but only for day use.
“Public access is sunrise to sunset, year ’round,” says McCubbins.
Keeping an eye on almost 40 square miles of land with 120 miles of shoreline is a big job. We asked McCubbins what the rest of us can do to help.
“I can always use volun-teers, but more importantly, just get the word out that we have a beautiful resource out here that needs to be enjoyed by people who don’t want to abuse it.
“And if you’re lucky, you might be rewarded by spying a bald eagle from one of the two nests we know we have on Chuck Swan. Or maybe that bear we saw last year will pass through again.”
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Knox County Board of Education mid-month work ses-sion will be held at 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, in the fi rst fl oor ballroom at the Andrew Johnson Building.
Knox County Commission will meet at 1:45 p.m. Mon-day, Feb. 25. The meet-ing agenda includes discussion on both school security and the question of returning to election of school superintendents.
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Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre will join Knox County Sheriff Jimmy “JJ” Jones and Knoxville Police Chief David Rausch in a community forum on student safety and school security 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, at Amherst Elementary School, 5101 Schaad Rd.
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Marvin West
Sherlock Holmes once said it is a serious blunder to theorize before gather-ing data.
The great detective, tweed cap atop, pipe in hand, found investigations cluttered and complicated by witnesses who got all excited and twisted facts to fi t what they had already decided.
Those who believe Ten-nessee football is doomed to mediocrity or worse should consider Sherlock’s wisdom.
Columbo, Jessica Fletch-er, Magnum and Sergeant Friday probably had the same concept – just the facts, please.
Derek A. Jordan, UT graduate, Tullahoma land surveyor, law student and football fan, has more than enough facts to move the Volunteers from the deep despair of darkness into bright sunshine.
There is hope in statistical data
His statistical meth-odology says teams, with decent coaching, almost always produce results in direct proportion to the four-year average of talent.
Got that? It’s about the recruiting, stupid.
Jordan, a busy work-er and thinker, invested enough time to study 122 teams playing NCAA up-per-division football. He uses the four most recent years of Rivals.com re-cruiting evaluations to de-termine expectations. His research goes back to 2002.
He found that 60 to 70 percent of on-field results
followed form. Teams with the best players won the games.
When predictions strayed, up or down, he focused on the coaches. Ah ha, some regularly pro-duced better results than team talent projected. And some, year after year, re-cruited well but underper-formed.
There are those who coach up whatever they can get and excel in orga-nization, strategy and mo-tivation. There are others who manage to lose games they should win.
It may come as a shock to some that the Volun-teers, for the past four years, have been higher in talent evaluations than Southeastern Conference standings.
This very minute, fac-toring in recent signees, Tennessee, using Jordan’s
formula, ranks sixth over-all in talent, behind Ala-bama, Florida, Auburn, LSU and Georgia. This time last year it was sixth.
Jordan says, in essence, Tennessee had the talent to go 5-3 in the 2012 SEC race. It went 1-7.
“The Mississippi State and Missouri games are simply unexplainable, for more than one reason. Vanderbilt beat UT despite a huge dearth in talent.
“Without question, Ten-nessee under Derek Dooley, was the largest underper-forming team in the SEC. Vanderbilt was the highest overperforming team.”
Jordan’s comprehensive number-crunching says better things are about to happen. Think seven victo-ries. Maybe eight!
Those with negative outlooks wonder how that could be. Tennessee at-trition has been terrible. Lane Kiffin’s star-studded roundup evaporated. We failed to sign Vonn Bell.
Four Vols are leaving early for the NFL. The upcoming schedule is at least deadly. Oregon is out there waiting to squash the orange.
I do believe Derek Jor-dan is a realist. He is not emotional when he says Butch Jones will make a difference.
“Butch Jones, at Cincin-nati, did not perform lower than his talent-based eval-uation, and typically was a plus-two-games coach,” said Jordan.
Alas, trouble is tradi-tional for first-year coach-es. But, starting right now, there is hope.
Caution: Do not twist the facts. Let there be no mad leaps to ridiculous conclu-sions. Do not make big bowl reservations. But, we all know numbers do not lie.
Well, not often. I felt a hint of suspicion when I discovered Tennessee and Oregon are almost identi-cal in talent comparison. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His
address is [email protected].
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LynnHutton
Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you … and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
(Genesis 12: 1, 2b)
Get a move on
Her name means “de-light,” and I have always said that she is well and truly named. My daughter Eden is smart and funny, talented and good.
And she is moving.She left home after high
school, went to college in Memphis, then worked awhile before putting herself through gradu-ate school in Greensboro, N.C. When she left home for Memphis, her big sister Jordan was already there, and when she ventured
into grad school, one of her buddies from college days had gone ahead of her, blazing the trail and pro-viding a built-in friend.
Now, however, she is taking a job with a mu-sic festival in Vail, Colo., (I know, I know – life is tough! What a dream job!), and as much as she wanted the gig, she is face to face with the fact that she is heading into the unknown. She has not even met (face to face, at any rate) the per-son who hired her!
No longer an easy five-hour drive from family, no longer in or near her beloved Southern moun-tains, no longer among dear friends she made in North Carolina. She is heading out, alone, into the unknown.
I think of Abraham (and Sarah!) who obeyed the command to “Go!” I think of all the men and women who boarded frail, small ships and crossed oceans to come to a New World. I think of families who packed everything they could cram into Conestoga
wagons and set off for the far country, not knowing exactly how hard or how high or how long the trail would be.
Eden will be fi ne. I keep telling her (and myself) that reassuring fact. I have no doubt that she will adjust to living at 9,000 feet above sea level. She will make friends. She will fi nd a church. She will love her job; it involves music, after all! Her col-leagues will love her.
The Creator did some of His finest work in Colora-do. It is a place of stunning beauty: lofty mountains, clean air and azure skies. I suppose my greatest fear is that she will never want to come back east.
There are plans to be made, decisions to be so-lidified, possessions to pack (or pass on to some-one else), farewells to be
said. The next few weeks will be happy, harried, hurried, tense, exciting, stomach-churning, sad, thrilling.
Most importantly, this is an opportunity. A chance for the adventure of a life-time. A real coming-of-age.
I don’t worry about Eden. God has offered the opportunity , and Eden will settle in, do a great job, have a fantastic experience.
God will bless her, lead her, guide her, nurture her, strengthen her and use her. The family and friends she leaves behind will miss her, but we will also cheer her on, pray for her, go west to visit her, keep in touch with her and admire her spunk.
Vaya con Dios, mi hija. Go with God, my daughter. Like Abram, “You will be a blessing.”
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Food banks ■ Graveston Baptist Church,
8319 Clapps Chapel Road,
is giving away a half-trailer
load of free food to families
in need, first come, first
served, 8 a.m. to noon
Saturday, March 2. Info:
686-0186.
■ Cross Roads Presbyterian
hosts the Halls Welfare
Ministry food pantry 6-8
p.m. each second Tuesday
and 9-11 a.m. each fourth
Saturday. Info: 922-9412.
■ Knoxville Free Food
Market, 4625 Mill Branch
Lane, distributes free food
10 a.m.-1 p.m. each third
Saturday. Info: 566-1265.
■ New Hope Baptist Church
Food Pantry distributes food
boxes 5-6:30 p.m. each third
Thursday. Info: 688-5330.
■ Bookwalter UMC offers
One Harvest Food Ministries
to the community. Info and
menu: http://bookwalter-
umc.org/oneharvest/index.
html or 689-3349, 9 a.m.-
noon. weekdays.
■ Glenwood Baptist Church
of Powell, 7212 Central Ave.
Pike, is opening the John 5
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in February from 9:30-11:15
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of cost for women, men and
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Open to the public 10:30
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Meetings, classes ■ Knoxville Fellowship
Luncheon meets at noon
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■ Glenwood Baptist Church,
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body and soul fitness while
serving the Lord, at 6 p.m.
every second and fourth
Thursday. A fee of $20 covers
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938-2611.
■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753
Oak Ridge Highway, hosts
Wednesday Night Supper at
5:45, followed by a choice
of Adult Bible Study, Prayer
Group or Chancel Choir.
Child care is provided. For
reservations: 690-1060. Info:
www.beaverridgeumc.org.
■ Gospel singing 3:30-5:30
p.m. every Saturday at the
Bargain Shopper Mini-Mall,
5713 Clinton Highway.
Local groups featured; free
admission. Info: Warren
Biddle, 945-3757, or D.C.
Hale, 688-7399.
Dylan Martin, pastor of One Life
Church, Halls location Photo by Cindy Taylor
By Cindy TaylorLaunching a new church
location can be stressful and takes a lot of prayer, plan-ning and hard work. But One Life Church in Powell decided to do just that.
Lead pastor Rodney Ar-nold founded One Life in 2008. The church fi rst met at Powell High School before moving to its current loca-tion at the Jubilee Facility on Callahan Road. Arnold saw a need to branch out into the Halls community in 2012.
“The addition of this campus doubled our seat-ing capacity, extended our reach into a new commu-nity, freed up seats at the Powell location to allow for even more growth there, and gave opportunities for community leaders to rise
One church, two locations
up among our volunteer teams,” said Arnold.
Halls location pastor Dylan Martin said his main job is to care for people at the Halls location and get them connected.
“I do whatever I can to connect people into the life of the church,” said Martin who had a busy 2012. He married his wife Kendall last November following the Halls launch in August.
Martin said One Life did not want to start another church just for the sake of doing another service. One Life in Powell had more than 100 people attending who were driving from far-ther north. When church leaders realized they were reaching people in the Halls community and causing members to drive outside their community for wor-ship, starting a church in Halls just made sense.
“It was also to reach peo-ple who are far from God,” said Martin. “We had people
in Halls who were being in-fl uential and helping others discover how their one life can make a difference.”
One Life Halls launched August 19 with just over 300 people. The church is serving the community by building on established re-lationships and developing new ones; such as partner-ing with Halls High School. Members will be helping with landscaping around the school this spring.
“The natural outfl ow of our mission is to not only re-produce believers in Jesus but to reproduce churches as well,” said Martin. “We want to make our presence known and be valuable here while making disciples who make disciples who make disciples.”
One Life Halls is located at 6709 Maynardville Pike behind Amber Restaurant. Sunday worship is at 10:30 a.m.
Catherine Beals, who has been
a member of Second Presby-
terian Church for almost 50
years, serves as an Amachi
mentor. Photo by Wendy Smith
By Wendy SmithWhen the director of
Knoxville Leadership Foun-dation’s Amachi program spoke at Second Presbyte-rian Church several years ago, Catherine Beals felt a call. Amachi matches men-tors with children who have a parent in jail, and Cathe-rine thought it sounded like something she could do.
Her two sons were grown, and her husband had passed away, but she was still car-ing for her mother. When her mother died a year and a half later at the age of 111, she was the oldest person in the state. Catherine was ready to answer the call.
She became a mentor to a 7th-grade girl. The fi rst time she went to the girl’s home, she was nervous about driving into the West-ern Heights neighborhood.
“Now everyone in the
area knows my car,” says Catherine. “I’m just part of the family.”
During that fi rst visit, Catherine was scared to death – and so was her men-tee. But she took the girl to her house, and a relation-ship was born. They played games and went to the mov-ies. A few months later, the girl’s younger sister became Catherine’s second mentee.
She took the girls to UT sporting events and out to dinner. She tried to teach them to play tennis.
“I didn’t have much luck there,” Catherine says with a chuckle.
She also taught the girls about life. She helped them open savings accounts. She encouraged them to read. She discouraged them from using drugs and becoming pregnant.
The older sister is now a
Answering the call to love
student at Pellissippi State Community College, and the younger is a senior at Fulton High School. Catherine is now 87. Her formal mentor-ing relationship with the old-
er sister is over now, but she still sees both girls regularly.
“They are my grandchil-dren now,” she says.
Like most mentors, Cath-erine says she’s gotten more out of the relationship than her mentees. She’ll happily recruit anyone who has the heart to be a mentor.
“You will enjoy it. It’s a wonderful opportunity for you, as well as for them, to learn how the world is. You can’t always live your life within your own cocoon.”
Mentors receive support in the form of quarterly roundtable discussions and training sessions, she says. A recent session focused on the three most important things in the lives of teenag-ers. Catherine already knew the fi rst one.
“They’re on cellphones a lot,” she says, rolling her eyes – just like a grandmother.
To learn more about the Amachi program, contact Knoxville Leadership Foun-dation at 524-2774.
faith
Donors who give at least one pint of blood a year will be exempt from pay-ing blood processing fees at any U.S. hospital if a transfusion is required. Their IRS dependents will also be covered. All donors will also receive a free T-shirt. Donors may visit any community drive or one of Medic’s donor centers: 1601 Ailor Ave. and 11000 Kingston Pike in Farragut. Area blood drives are:
■ 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Monday,
Feb. 18, Tennessee Wesleyan
College, 9821 Cogdill Road,
second floor classroom
No. 1.
■ 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Feb. 19, Halls High School,
inside the library.
■ 8-11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19,
NAI Knoxville, 10101 Sherrill
Boulevard, Bloodmobile.
■ 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19,
Test America, 5815 Middle-
brook Pike, Bloodmobile.
■ 11 a.m.-6 p.m.Wednesday,
Feb. 20, ITT Technical Insti-
tute, 9123 Executive Park
Drive, Bloodmobile.
■ 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Thursday,
Feb. 21, Farragut Town Hall,
inside community room.
■ 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Friday,
Feb. 22, Bearden High
School, inside the Hall of
Memories.
Give blood, save lives ■ 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22,
UT Medical Center, inside
Wood Auditorium.
■ 1-5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, Wal-
greens/North Northshore,
Bloodmobile.
■ 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, Feb.
24, New Beginnings Baptist
Church, 9315 Rutledge Pike,
Bloodmobile.
■ 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, Feb.
25, ETHRA, 9111 Cross Park
Drive, inside conference
room.
■ 7 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday,
Feb. 26, East Tennessee
Children’s Hospital, inside
Meschendorf room.
■ 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday, Feb.
26, Karns High School, inside
theater.
■ 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26,
Willows of West Hills, 718 W.
Arbor Trace Drive, Blood-
mobile.
Donors must be at least 17 years of age, weigh 110 pounds or more (16-year-olds weighing at least 120 pounds can donate but must have parental consent) and all donors must have posi-tive identifi cation.
HEALTH NOTES ■ PK Hope Is Alive Parkinson
Support Group of East
Tennessee will meet 11:30
a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, at Kern
UMC Family Life Center, 451
E. Tennessee Ave. in Oak
Ridge. All are welcome. Info:
Karen Sampsell, 482-4867;
email pk_hopeisalive@
bellsouth.net or visit www.
pkhopeisalive.org.
■ Registration is open for
the “Lucky Kidney” 6K
Run/2K Walk presented by
Dialysis Clinic Inc. to benefit
the East Tennessee Kidney
Foundation. The event
will begin 9 a.m. Saturday,
March 23, at Krutch Park
Extension. Advance run/
walk registration is $26.
Advance registrations
must be received online
at http://www.etkidney.
org or via postal mail by
Monday, March 17. On-site
registration is $30 and
begins at 7 a.m. Individuals
or groups interested in
volunteering may contact
ETKF executive director
Katie Caldwell at 288-7351 or
■ UT Hospice, serving
patients and families in
Knox and 15 surrounding
counties, conducts ongoing
orientation sessions for
adults (18 & older) interested
in becoming volunteers with
the program. No medical
experience is required.
Training is provided. Info:
Penny Sparks, 544-6279.
■ UT Hospice Adult Grief
Support Group meets 5-6:30
p.m. each fi rst and third
Tuesday in the UT Hospice
offi ce at 2270 Sutherland
Ave. A light supper is served.
Info or reservation: Brenda
Fletcher, 544-6279.
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By Betty Bean When Lou Gallo was growing up
in Middletown, N. J., he always liked the idea of being a teacher, but it was hard to imagine since there weren’t any male teachers in his school.
“By the time I got to college I thought I might like to do it, but I also wanted to make money. I was contemplating law school and pre-paring for the LSAT when I woke up one day and was like, ‘What am I do-ing?’”
So he took his undergraduate de-gree from the College of New Jersey and headed south to the University of Tennessee to get a master’s degree in education.
Why UT?“My brother attended UT, and so
did several relatives. We were always Vols fans and we were probably the only New Jersey family that went on vacation to the Grand Ole Opry. My mom always liked country music,” he said.
That somewhat random chain of circumstances planted Gallo in Knoxville where he worked his way through school waiting tables at the Italian Market and Grill, and in 1992-93, he spent what he calls the most rewarding year of his young life as a teaching intern at Bearden High School, putting down roots that would allow him to become one of the most acclaimed teachers in the Knox County school system.
In 19 years at West High School, he has been West High, East Ten-nessee and Knox County Teacher of the Year (2008), and a recipient of a Milken National Educator Award in 2004. Gallo was invited to chaperone four students for 10 days in Japan for the Panasonic Cultural Exchange Program.
He teaches advanced placement and International Baccalaureate Eu-ropean history classes, sponsors the Youth in Government program and engages students in simulations of state and national governments and the United Nations.
He is on the leadership team that develops curriculum, in-service days and exit tests for Knox County schools’ social studies programs and leads workshops on implementation of AP European history courses. During the summer, he reads AP Eu-ropean History exam essays for the col-lege boards and, in his spare time, takes groups of students on foreign trips.
Last summer, he was one of fi ve outstanding American teachers cho-sen to participate in the “Torch for Education” project, and he and his wife, Cathy, spent fi ve days in Edin-burgh Scotland for the Olympic run.
Lou Gallo points to the world map painted onto the walls of his social studies class at West High School. Photo by Ruth White
Two of his students, Liz Kemp and Lexie Barton, wrote short essays rec-ommending him. Kemp described Gallo as a tough teacher who pushes his students to do things they never dreamed they could do.
“He helps us learn in a way that no other teacher does, and it shines through his high AP scores every year,” Liz said.
Lexie described him as not only a teacher but also “a mentor. I have learned so much as one of his stu-dents that I feel prepared to take on the challenges in front of me, be-cause he delivers the perfect mixture of tough love and TLC when it comes to your school work and your work
ethic, and inevitably this has carried
into how I work as a student and a person.”But, fl ashing back
two decades, none of these things would have
happened if Gallo hadn’t been able to fi nd a job – no easy task for a history major.
“I was hoping to work at Bearden, but I got cut. Then, I thought I was going to have a job at South-Doyle Middle School, but that position was cut. I interviewed at several places, and was getting a little discouraged,
but luckily, Al Bell (the supervisor) loved me, and introduced me to Don-na Wright, who was then the princi-pal at West, and she brought me on board here. I was a week from going back to New Jersey,” he said.
Gallo, who is half Italian (the other half if a mixture of Irish, French and English), says working at the Italian Market & Grill was great preparation for his life’s work.
“I learned how to deal with people. That’s one of the most important skills we can have. As a teacher, I’ve had to constantly interact with the public, and this prepared me in many ways.”
During his fi rst years at West, Gal-lo taught world history and geogra-phy. Later, he moved into European history, which is his favorite.
Although he doesn’t teach govern-ment classes, he stays involved in that fi eld via his Youth in Government program, which gives him the oppor-tunity to take students to the model U.N. in Murfreesboro, to Boston for the Harvard Model Congress and to Nashville for the state Youth Legisla-ture, which is his favorite conference because the kids actually take over the House and Senate chambers for a weekend.
He says he’s toyed with the idea of running for county commission, but
has pretty much decided that he’s not temperamentally suited to the trench warfare of local politics.
“In the fi rst place, I’d have to re-tire from teaching, and I’m very for-tunate in that I have a job I enjoy. That’s a hard thing for people to have – the same job for 19 years and still enjoy it. In the second place, I don’t have tolerance for idiots – every now and then the New Jersey in me comes out.”
This summer, Gallo will team up with German teacher Mauri Brooks, who is taking students on a trip to Germany. Two years ago, he took a group to London, Paris and Munich. At some point in the not-too-distant future, Gallo is hoping to take a group to his favorite place, Italy, where he anticipates introducing his charges to real Italian food.
“I love to eat,” he said. “I like for kids to experience the culture, and there’s so much of that culture that is food. I don’t really like foie gras, but when I took the kids to France, I en-couraged them to taste it. We had raw clams in Boston and paella in Spain and we’ll have pasta in Italy.”
He does draw the line at one deli-cacy, however. “Dog. In Asia, they’re going to try give you dog. It’s very ex-pensive, so no one’s going to give you dog by mistake.
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Th e Pellissippi State Nursing Program wishes to announce that it will host a site review for initial accreditation of its Associate of Applied Science in Nursing (AASN) program. You are invited to meet and visit the team and share your comments about the program in person at a meeting scheduled Wednesday, March 6, 2 p.m. at the Blount County Campus auditorium
located at 2731 W. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Friendsville, TN. Written comments are also welcome and should be submitted directly to Dr. Sharon Tanner, Chief Executive Offi cer, 3343 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 850, Atlanta, GA 30326 or email: [email protected]. All written comments should arrive at NLNAC by February 25.Space donated by
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February 23rd 7:30 pm • February 24th 3:00 pmJubilee Banquet Hall (Callahan Road)
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Produced by special arrangements with Dramatic Publishing Company.
Tickets $10 each available at the door only.Snow date for show is March 2nd & 3rd
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Powell Playhouse, Inc.presents
Josh Bunch, an 8th-grade student at Powell Middle School and last’s year’s runner-up, won the school-level National Geographic Bee. Connor Peak, a 7th grader, earned the runner-up title. Each social studies class in grades 6-8 held a Bee to select a slate of up to 10 contestants.
The National Geographic Bee is a yearly competition sponsored by The National Geographic Society. Participating students range from grades 4 through 8. Each school selects one winner who then takes a written test sent directly to National Geographic for scoring. If selected, the student competes at the state level in Nashville in April.
Participants in the Powell Middle School geography bee are: (seated) school winner Josh
Bunch; (standing) Connor Peak, Patrick Kelly, Savannah Bresler, Izzy Jones, Alleigh Watson,
Turner Rogers, Ray Pritchard and Brandon Simmons. Photo submitted
Bunch wins geography bee
By Cindy TaylorAnderson County High
School seniors Cody Head-rick and Andy Long have officially made University of the Cumberlands their college of choice. The two football players signed with the university dur-ing a special event in their honor Feb. 13 at the high school. Both will trade their Maverick uniform for that of the Patriots this fall.
“We thought they were going to offer, so Cody and I went up to the univer-sity together and decided we wanted to sign,” said Long, who played running back for the Mavericks. He plans to study for a career in physical therapy. He is the son of Alicia and Carl Long.
“We are really proud of him for getting into Cum-berland,” said Alicia.
Headrick transferred from Central High School last year and played center for the Mavericks during this past season. He plans to study for a career in teaching. He is the son of Katrina and Jeff Headrick.
“We are so proud of him,” said Jeff. “He came up playing ball in the Halls community and we are grateful to all the coaches who got him here.”
Coach John Bland made the trip from Cumberland to attend the signing.
“Both of these young men are quality people,” said Bland. “We like to re-cruit players who possess character and we’re excited about these two becoming part of our team.”
Anderson County coach-es said that to the best of their knowledge this was the first double signing in the history of the school.
Heading to the Cumberlands
Powell Panthers: Lex Waters, Alex Hill, Jeremy Fine, Shey Ammans, Matt Edens, Mike Brown, Jack Rase, Trey Brooks, Dallas Fields,
Clay Payne and Harrison White. Photo by Lifetouch
By Tami RaseThe Powell boys basket-
ball team ended its regular season 22-2 (15-1 in district play). This is the fi rst boys’ varsity team in Powell’s his-tory to go undefeated in its home gym.
This year’s team also reached the Top Ten rank-ings in the state and was the No. 1 seed going into the 3-AAA district tourna-ment last week. Both girls and boys teams swept rival Oak Ridge in regular season play.
This is a very impressive team and they have played an amazing regular season, not always receiving the acknowledgement or the attention their efforts de-serve.
The sports shows, news-papers and even online boards seem to focus on other teams, rarely men-tioning Powell. Teams al-ways seem to have that one “go-to guy” and that is where the focus goes. If you hear Karns you think of Sib-ley. The same goes for Halls – Moore – and Oak Ridge – Jaylin Henderson.
Powell teams advance in district tourneyCoach Mike Ogan doesn’t
have one player that he re-lies on every game.
Each pass, steal, assist and point that pushes them toward their goal, regard-less of who gets the credit on the stat sheet, is important and these boys get it.
You won’t see hand ges-tures after a 3-point shot. You will see, however, fi ve young men getting in posi-tion to play defense. Michael Jordan once said, “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win cham-pionships.”
The Powell Panthers cel-ebrated senior night and a
big win over Oak Ridge in front of a massive crowd for the last regular season home game. With a fi nal score of 35-30, it is obvious both teams struggled offensively. Powell had only one player with double digit scores.
The second half started with Powell trailing by eight points. The Panthers never quit fi ghting, and with the help of the fantastic student section they slowly closed the gap. Hitting 15 of 19 free throws, Powell rallied to victory and a district cham-pionship.
When the Panthers con-trol the clock, things fall
into place. This team shows self-control and impressive ball handling skills.
Coach Ogan has really bonded with the team and they trust his judgment and direction. They listen to him and together they keep win-ning.
Note: At last week’sdistrict tournament, both teams advanced to play Sat-urday (after our press time). The girls played Hardin Val-ley and the boys went up against Halls for the cham-pionship.
Win or lose, both Powell teams will advance to the regional tournament.
Cody Headrick Andy Long
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POWELL SHOPPER-NEWS • FEBRUARY 18, 2013 • A-11
As many of you are aware, last year the very diffi cult decision was made to outsource the medical and fi re protection which the Heiskell Volunteer Fire Department had provided for over 30 years.
The HVFD was experiencing many grow-ing pains and economic impacts – which we all are facing. An agreement was reached with Rural/Metro to provide these necessary services for the Heiskell Community, and so far, all is going well.
As a result of this action, the HVFD Board of Directors joined with the Board of Directors of the Heiskell Community Center to form a new organization, The Heiskell Community Organization (THCO).
This new board will be working to pro-vide services to the community such as senior activities and youth programs, as well as overseeing the contract with Rural/Metro for emergency services for the community. Board co-chairs are Janice White and Steve Rudd. Liz Jett is treasurer and Jacki Kirk is secretary of THCO.
The Heiskell Community Center provides an extensive Senior Program, which includes book club, bus trips, games and crafts.
Located at 9420 Heiskell Road, the Center has a monthly seniors meeting on the second Thursday of each month, beginning at 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. and includes an informational speaker with lunch and bingo following.
This program is free to area senior citizens (donations accepted) and everyone over 55
years of age is invited to attend. The Center is also open every Tuesday and Thursday from 10:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. for games and crafts for senior citizens. For more information about senior services, call Janice White at 548-0326.
One of our major goals is to seek, fi nd and work toward establishing a stand-alone Heiskell Community Center.
We are currently located in the gym area of the Heiskell United Methodist Church and have run out of room to expand programs. We are looking for property in the Heiskell area that would be around fi ve acres. If you know of any property that might be available for a new Community Center, please give Jim Kirk a call at 947-2982.
When we have accomplished this goal, we can include additional community services and events. We hope to have the space to accom-modate parties of up to 150 people, such as birthday parties, baby showers, wedding recep-tions, etc. We also hope to have a separate gym for area youth and adults to use for basketball and other athletic events.
We will be hosting several fundraising events over the next year to raise money for land and for the building, and we would appreci-ate everyone in the community coming out to support these efforts.
We extend an open invitation to area resi-dents to join us for fun and fellowship. We look forward to partnering with you to build a fully-expanded community center. ♦
Letter to Heiskell and area residentsFrom The Heiskell Community Organization
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Brickey-McCloud celebrates Valentine’s Day
Jaxon Ratcliff peeks inside his classmate’s box to see his col-
lection of valentines.Seth Perry created a decora-
tive robot to collect all of his
valentine cards.
Kindergarten students at Brickey-McCloud Elementary enjoyed
handing out valentine cards last week. Cadence Hendrick and
Lauren Davis watch as Palle Rosencrantz (center) places his cards
inside their decorated boxes. Photos by Ruth White
Alyssa Graham writes in her journal for Valentine’s Day.
The day in Kara Israel’s class began with breakfast, eaten
family style, in the classroom, following by each student
writing in a journal. The excitement level rose when
students began to pass out valentines to friends.
Zayne Clark dressed up in
a colorful tie and vest for
the valentine celebration
at Brickey-McCloud.
Many of the students in
Israel’s classroom dressed
in extra special attire to
add to the festivities.
Atomic swimmers place at meetMembers of the Atomic City Aquatic Club competed
recently in the Lois Weir Invitational Swim Meet. Pictured
are (front) Tanner Alexander (second place 8U), Carly
Wrobleski (third place 8U), Mason Fischer (fi rst place 8U),
Jake Mason (fi rst place 8U), Colby Maupin (third place,
9-10), Alton Alexander (fi rst place 10U),Vidar Hondorf
(second place, 9-10); (middle row) coach Kendahl
McMahon, Cameron Holcomb (third place, 11-12); (back
row) coaches Breona Moyers, Mike Bowman and Lars
Hondorf. Photo submitted
SCHOOL NOTES
Central High School ■ The second annual fashion
show will be held 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 19, in the school
auditorium. Tickets are $5 at the
door. All proceeds will benefi t
the school’s PTSO.
First Lutheran School ■ A booth will be set up at the
Women Today Expo noon-5
p.m. Sunday, March 3, for
interested parties to learn about
the school’s summer camp
“God’s Enchanting Kingdom”
to be held May 28. Info: www.
fi rstlutheranschool.com.
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On Tuesday, Northgate Terrace hosted a Valen-tine’s Day Tea in the social hall. Every resident was encouraged to wear pink or red to the party. More than 50 residents attended the event with special Valen-
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The Manor is an inde-pendent living facility on the second and third sto-ries of Northgate Terrace. It provides supportive ser-vices to those experiencing problems associated with the aging process.
The Cedar Springs vol-unteers are providing re-freshments, bingo – which is always a favorite with our residents – and singing. I have been so appreciate of the outpouring of support from local churches and or-ganizations that the Manor and Northgate Terrace have received in the past few months.
Over the Christmas holidays, Washington Pike United Methodist Church
By Shannon CareyJames Smith, chief fi-
nancial officer, presented a preliminary budget to Hallsdale Powell Util-ity District commissioners during the board’s monthly meeting Feb. 11.
Smith said he would be updating the proposed budget this month and
would present a recom-mendation at the next board meeting.
Commissioner Todd Cook asked if the prelimi-nary budget calls for a rate increase.
“It is hard to say with such preliminary numbers, but we factored in no rev-enue growth,” Smith said.
Cook indicated that he would like to see a budget with no rate increase this year.
The board approved sale via auction of surplus equipment, including some trucks, small construction equipment and office fur-niture. Commissioner Bob Crye pointed out that one
HPUD mulls budgetof the vehicles to be auc-tioned was former HPUD president Marvin Ham-mond’s company car, a 2011 GMC Yukon.
Due to a scheduling conflict, the board voted to move the next board meeting to Monday, March 18, instead of March 11. As part of the board’s decision to have an evening meet-ing once per quarter, the March 18 board meeting will begin at 6 p.m.
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brought personal Christ-mas cards for each resident at the Manor. The North Knoxville Business and Professional Association took a Christmas wish list from the Manor residents and bought every single resident a gift. The request-ed gifts ranged from elec-tric shavers, purses, pants, nightgowns and so much more. Thanks to these great community organiza-tions for making sure these holidays are special for our elderly residents.
One of my favorite quotes about teamwork from an unknown author says, “Regardless of differ-
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We’re so excited for these continuing partner-ships and the opportunities to work together. The resi-dents always look forward to these events and sharing the holidays with their fel-low residents and visitors.
We’re already looking to our next event. The youth group at Cedar Springs has volunteered to decorate the doors of the residents’ apartments for Easter!Alvin Nance is executive director and
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Major Albert Villafuerte, Knoxville area commander for
the Salvation Army, is all smiles as he accepts a $42,500
check from Pilot Food Marts division marketing manager
Keith Maner. The money was raised through the support
and donations of Knoxville customers during the annual
Red Kettle campaign. This year’s sale of paper red kettles
at Pilot stores, a major fundraiser for the charity, resulted
in a signifi cant increase over last year’s $35,000 total. The
Salvation Army’s Knoxville-area command raised more
than $650,000 through the holiday Red Kettle campaign. Photo by Ruth White
MILESTONES
Kennedys celebrate 50th anniversaryJoe and Wanda Russell Kennedy of Powell celebrated
their 50th wedding anniversary at a celebration dinner hosted by their children. They were married Feb. 15, 1963. Joe is a drywall fi nisher. The couple have six children: Janice Starnes, Joanna Davis, Judy Moore, Jeanette Bradley, Joseph Kennedy and Jerry Kennedy; 12 grand-children and six great-grandchildren.
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Kroger rezoning hits annexation issue
When Knoxville City Council meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, the 9-member body will con-sider a rezoning of huge im-portance to Powell and sur-rounding neighborhoods.
The Kroger Co. is asking to rezone 18 acres, a part of the old Powell Airport, to allow construction of a new store. The request includes removal of the current fl oodway designation.
Neighbors, especially Tommy and Teresa Mont-gomery, whose property backs up to the airport land across Beaver Creek, believe the project and its prelimi-nary fi ll will increase the possibility of fl ooding on their land as well as up-stream.
Metropolitan Planning Commission passed Kroger’s request 13-0 on its consent agenda.
City Council delayed a vote to give the company time to meet with neigh-bors, and we understand such a meeting was sched-uled for today (Feb. 18).
The MPC vote was not contested by staff or mem-bers because a revised FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) fl ood-plain map does not show fl oodway on the proposed Kroger site.
A more signifi cant con-cern is the lack of repre-sentation for the neighbors – both business and resi-dential. That happened un-der the administration of former Mayor Victor Ashe when the property was an-nexed.
Annexation redraws city boundaries, often taking in commercial areas and not nearby residences. So on zoning issues, the City Council might decide an is-sue without regard to the feelings of non-city resi-dents who live nearby.
A contingent of Powell residents probably will at-tend the City Council meet-ing on Tuesday, but there is no guarantee their voices will be heard.
Resident Debra Sauls wrote to say her biggest con-cern is the city’s doing away with the fl oodway zone, providing a wider swath for construction.
“There will be reper-cussions up and down the Beaver Creek watershed. The back of the Kroger site will be approximately 225 feet from the north bank of Beaver Creek. The January fl oods ran all the way to the airport landing strip which is at least 500 feet north of Beaver Creek.
“Something doesn’t seem right considering we have these fl oods several times a year.
“Our understanding is that more construction will follow for the entire parcel. That’s a lot of water that has to be displaced somewhere,” she wrote.
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TUESDAY, FEB. 19Pancake Fest 2013, 7 a.m.-1 p.m., John T.
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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20Seniors Valentine’s Dance, hosted by Third
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Parent Dinner, hosted by Christus Victor Lutheran Early Childhood Development Center, 6 p.m. All parents of tots attending ECDC are invited. Info: 687-8228.
FRIDAY, FEB. 226th Grade Regional Science Fair, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.,
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E-book Help Session – Kindle, 3 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: Reference Department, 215-8700.
FRIDAY TO SUNDAY, FEB. 22-24Baseball tournament, open to all: Tball and 6U
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SATURDAY, FEB. 23Kiwanis Club of Northside Knoxville’s
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Winter Tealight Workshop, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., with Shelley Mangold, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Registration deadline Feb. 18. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.
Shannondale Elementary Foundation’s “Dancing in the Moonlight!” fundraiser, 6:30 p.m.,
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Saturday Stories and Songs: Emagene Reagan, 10:30 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.
Saturday Stories and Songs: Becca Tedesco, 10:30 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.
The Great Cake Bake, noon-5 p.m., Tennessee Terrace at UT’s Neyland Stadium. Proceeds benefit Imagination Library. Info: Holly Kizer, 215-8784 or [email protected].
“Management Strategies in Equine Health Care,” a conference for horse owners, room A118 at UT Veterinary College on the UT agricultural campus. Registration, 7:30 a.m. Cost: $35 for the first family member, $15 for each additional family member. Register by Feb. 18. Info/registration: 974-7264, www.vet.utk.edu/continuing_ed or email [email protected].
Benefi t yard sale, Central Baptist Church of Fountain City in the parking lot, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
SATURDAY-SUNDAY FEB. 23-24Are we Listening?: “The Diary of Adam and Eve”
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Free “Learn to Row” opportunities, hosted by the Oak Ridge Rowing Association. Sessions: 9:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday; 12:30-2:30 p.m.; 10 a.m.-noon Sunday. Open to the public; no rowing experience necessary; arrive 15-20 minutes prior to session; attend any or all sessions.
MONDAY, FEB. 25Musician Tommy White will perform 10:30 a.m.
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MONDAYS, FEB. 25 TO MARCH 25Pottery for the Wheel, 9:30 a.m.-noon, with
Sandra McEntire, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Registration deadline Feb. 20. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.
“You Should Write that Down!” Autobiographical/Family History Writing, 7-8:30 p.m., with Sandra McEntire, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Registration deadline Feb. 20. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.
TUESDAY, FEB. 26E-book Help Session – Tablets and
Smartphones, 6 p.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Road. Info: Reference Department, 215-8700.
Salt(s) of the Earth and Sea cooking class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Space is limited. Info/reservations: www.avantisavoia.com or 922-9916.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 27Bits ‘n Pieces Quilt Guild meeting, Norris
Community Center. Social time, 1 p.m.; meeting,
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Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Sharon Lee will speak, 6:30 p.m., Christ United Methodist Church. Meal served prior to program: $6. Info/reservations: 922-1412 or email [email protected].
THURSDAY, FEB. 28The ICARe-Union County meeting, 11:30 a.m.,
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Open Door Book Review, 10 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Charles Maynard, former president of the Friends of the Smokies, will discuss his book, “Blue Ridge, Ancient and Majestic: A Celebration of the World’s Oldest Mountains,” co-authored by Jerry Greer.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, MARCH 1-2Rummage sale, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church,
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SATURDAY, MARCH 2Free women’s self-defense class, noon,
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The Art of Handmade Books, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., with Bob Meadows, Appalachian Arts Craft Center, 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 near Norris. Registration deadline Feb. 25. Info: 494-9854 or www.appalachianarts.net.
Dulcimer lessons from National Mountain Dulcimer champion and folk musician Sarah Morgan, 1-4 p.m., Union County Arts Co-Op, 1009 Main St., Maynardville. Info: 992-9161.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, MARCH 2-3Underglazes and Wax resist for bright
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KnoxPex 2013 annual stamp show, “The 150th anniversary of the Civil War Siege of Knoxville,” 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday at Holiday Inn West, 304 N. Cedar Bluff Road. Admission is free. Info: www.stampclubs.com/knoxville/index.html.
MONDAY, MARCH 4Boot Camp for farmers: Learn marketing
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THURSDAY, MARCH 7Tatewood Neighborhood Watch, 7 p.m.,
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NEWS FROM TEMPLE BAPTIST ACADEMY
Temple Baptist Academy hosted the annual Tennes-see Association of Christian Schools (TACS) district com-petition Feb. 7 and 8. Students from Temple competed along with students from Tri-Cities Christian School (Blount-ville), Cedar View Christian School (Kingsport), Calvary Christian School (Kingston), Mt. Pisgah Christian Academy (Oliver Springs) and Christian Academy of the Smokies (Se-vierville) in various categories of music, art, photography, speech, drama, science, math, chess, spelling bee, and more.
Temple hosts district academic and fi ne arts competition
Students placing fi rst or second in their respective cat-egories will go on to compete at the TACS state academic and fi ne arts competition in Mur-freesboro, March 21-22. Top
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Temple Baptist Academy has opened enroll-ment in kindergarten through 12th grade for the 2013-2014 school year. Temple is adding new stu-dents and looking forward to an exciting future. The academy is comprised of Temple Elementary School (kindergarten through 6th grade), Temple Junior High School (7th and 8th grades), and Temple High School (9th through 12th grade).
The purpose of Temple Academy is to provide thorough academic instruction from a biblical
worldview, to help students develop socially by teaching patriotism and respect for authority, and to encourage students spiritually by emphasizing one’s personal accountability to God while developing the mind of Christ.
Temple Academy makes no distinction in the ad-mission of students based on race, gender, national-ity or ethnic origin.
To request an admissions packet or schedule a campus visit, call 938-8180.
Enroll now for 2013-2014
Mallory Sullivan warms up before
playing fl ute in the TACS district
competition.
Alex Gann plays piano in the
TACS district competition
at Temple Baptist Academy. Photos submitted
Phillip Thompson
competes in the TACS
district competition.
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