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Students from Science Hill High School pose in front of their “Grillzebo,” which won second place at the second annual Battle of the Build competition during the 50th annual Johnson City Area Home Builders Home & Garden Show inside the MiniDome last weekend. PHOTOS BY DAVE ONGIE

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Holding Steady: City leaders looking for ways to retain talent, spur growthBY GARY GRAY

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a three-part serious focused on the direction of Johnson City’s Board of Commissioners. A new mayor, vice mayor and two new members of the board are in the process of charting the city’s path into the future. The first in-stallment addresses sales tax revenue, the quest to fuel economic growth and efforts to retain talent.

Johnson City’s retail sales tax revenues have been flat for years and young gradu-ates and professionals are migrating to bigger cities to invest and start their

careers. To address these trends, city leaders are developing a strategic plan

they feel will help stimulate growth and retain young entrepreneurs. The past three fiscal years show a roughly 2-percent average increase in local option sales tax revenues, with the 2019

take estimated at about $22 million. That number traditionally is between 3 percent to 5 percent. “There’s not a lot of growth, but we’re not losing ground,” said City Manager Pete Peterson. “As part of a strategic pro-cess, we’ve been looking at sales tax data, and many other types of data over the last year, and we’ve found that, yes, this area is really flat. We also are in the process of meeting with large employers and small business owners, including ETSU, Ballad Health, the VA and others to see what they’re experiencing.

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Representatives from 10 schools in Johnson City competed in the annual city-wide spelling bee last week. From left, Haley Hathaway (Woodland), LoLa Lopez (South Side), Serenity Phillips (North Side), Shreyas Singh (Indian Trail), Camden Downes (Cherokee), Blythe Hart (Fairmont), Sunny Li (Lake Ridge), Isadora Brown (Mountain View), Ben Cleveland (Towne Acres), Buddy Hart (Liberty Bell). PHOTOS BY COLLIN BROOKS

Fourth-grader Haley Hathaway wins Johnson City Spelling Bee

Johnson City Schools announce Teachers of the Year Johnson City Schools is proud to announce our 2018-2019 District Level Teachers of the Year. These teachers were honored by their schools as building teachers of the year before being selected by a district-wide com-mittee that included former teachers of the year and administrators. TowneAcresfirstgradeteacherPatricia Taylor is the selection for the PreK-4 division, while Indian Trail 6th grade teacher Heidi Kane won the grades 5-8 division. The 9-12 division winner is Science Hill English teacher Angela Taylor. “We are proud of all of our Teacher of the Year nominees and our district-level winners,” Johnson City Schools Superintendent Dr. Steve Bar-nett said. “These educators epitomize the best of what Johnson City Schools is; a great learning environment with committed educators. We are proud and thankful for their service and dedica-tion.” Elementary winners at the school-level include Mandy Peterson (Cherokee), Rebekah Hughes (Fair-mont), Cathy Botts (Lake Ridge), Whitney Pearson (Mountain View), Ashley Wolfe (North Side), Andrea Perry (South Side) and Christina Vines (Woodland)

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The annual Johnson City Spelling Bee came down to a battle between a pair of fourth-graders. When the dust settled, Haley Hathaway of Woodland Elementary stood tall as the top speller in the city. Hathaway outdueled Isadora Brown, a fourth-grader fromMountainViewElementary,inthefinalround.Thewinning word for Hathaway was “operation.” Other participants in this year’s spelling bee were Camden Downes of Cherokee Elementary, Blythe Hart of Fairmont Elementary, Sunny Li of Lake Ridge, Serenity Phillips of North Side Elementary, LoLa Lopez of South Side Elementary, Ben Cleveland of Towne Acres Elemen-tary, Shreyas Singh of Indian Trail Intermediate School and Buddy Hart of Liberty Bell Middle School.From left, Isadora Brown and Haley Hathaway show off their trophies following the competition.

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Senator Rusty Crowe (R-Johnson City) and Lt. Governor Randy McNally (R-Oak Ridge) present Governor Bill Lee with proclamation honoring his election as state’s 50th Governor.

Ballad partners with BMS – Ballad Health and Bristol Motor Speedway an-nounced a partnership last week that will make Ballad the official healthcare, trauma and emergency service provider for the speedway. Ballad will staff all major events at BMS with 85 medical professionals and 75 additional off-duty EMS workers. From left, BMS General Manager Jerry Caldwell, Ballad Health CEO Alan Levine and new Quillen College of Medicine dean Dr. William Block. PHOTO BY DAVE ONGIE

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Ah, February. The cold month when we find the day that celebrates the warmest of all emotions. As is my wont on or around holiday observances, I’ll step aside from this space today to allow those who are far more intelligent, wit-ty, wise and thoughtful to address the topic of the holiday, which in this case is love.

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.Robert Frost

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.Aristotle

…Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself… Mark 12:31

Don’t forget to love yourself.Soren Kierkegaard

Love is when he gives you a piece of your soul, that you never knew was missing.Torquato Tasso

Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.Francis of Assisi

‘Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.Alfred Lord Tennyson

The first duty of love is to listen.Paul Tillich

Love does not consist merely in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Love conquers all.Virgil

Love and a red rose can’t be hid.Thomas Holcroft

A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.Brendan Behan

If you wished to be loved, love.Lucius Annaeus Seneca

If you want to be loved, be lovable.Ovid

The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is love.Henry Miller

There is no remedy for love but to love more.Henry David Thoreau

I am happier when I love than when I am loved. I adore my husband, my son, my grandchildren, my mother, my dog, and frankly, I don’t know if they even like me. But who cares? Loving them is my joy.Isabel Allende

Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really matters?James A. Baldwin

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.H. L. Mencken

To love another person is to see the face of God.Victor Hugo

Love is blind.Geoffrey Chaucer

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.Peter Ustinov

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.Mignon McLaughlin

True love stories never have endings.Richard Bach

We are most alive when we’re in love.John Updike

Love is more just than justice.Henry Ward Beecher

Affection should not be too sharp-eyed, and love is not to be made by magnifying glasses.Sir Thomas Browne

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live. Robert A. Heinlein

I’ve never been the expert in gift buying for my bride of nearly 50 years. I’ve done ok in some cases but mostly not. I saw a friend of mine in the grocery store last week. He mentioned he and his wife were getting ready to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary too and were buying one another new bathrobes. I thought “now that’s a perfect present.” He was doing the grocery shopping and I was too. That tells you something, doesn’t it? In any case, I came up with some perfect gift-giving ideas for those of us who are challenged in that arena.

1. Hairless Cat — The perfect gift for a gal who is prone to allergies. There is a new breed of the hairless feline called the “Bambino” which means “baby” in Italian. It is not Italian or aloof. Breeders say it will live its life always looking like a cuddly little kitten. Forget hair balls since it’s furless but will need regular bathing, a winter sweater and sunblock. ‘Ciao Bella,’ kitty.

2. His and her Pink Tee shirts with their names — You can’t go wrong with these garments. Here are some catchy tee-shirt copy ideas sure to keep you as her love interest: -I Love You More Than Beer!; -I’m Hers – He’s Mine; This is What An Awesome Girlfriend Looks Like.; Hottest Wife Ever.; Mrs. Always Right!; Sorry Stud Muffins This Cupcake is Taken.

3. Roomba Vacuum Cleaner — Every woman should have one. The iRobot Roomba offers hands-free cleaning for any floor surface and it’s guaranteed to suck. Home appliances are beloved gifts to help women make their

chores easier. You can’t go wrong with the Roomba as it leaves time for her to mix your evening cocktail and spend quality time discussing your work day. It is said many couples even name their Roomba. One suggested name for her favorite Roomba might be ‘Mr. Neater-man.’ Warning label on the Roomba states: Do not use if your pet is not house broken. 4. A stuffed animal — New this year, ‘Sammy Skunk’ is almost sold out. The cute little baby skunk comes with a built-in atomizer when squeezed near his fanny emitting a room-filling pleasant aroma. A conversation piece that will keep you friends laughing all evening unless they are prone to allergies. ‘Sammy Skunk’ comes in a variety of aromas including, finesse ‘de breeze, pep-permint, eucalyptus, lavender, and everyone’s favorite ylang-ylang, which reduces stress.

5. Pre-paid gas card — Keep her gas tank full. The gift of convenience whereby she doesn’t have to dig for cash or her credit card to fill her tank. She has the op-tion of filling with high test gas or free oil change. She’ll love you for it.

6. Lunch Reservations for Saturday noon at Chucky Cheese — What can I say, the ultimate love gift. It will give your girlfriend the opportunity to see if she wants children at some point in her life. Also, in addition to an intimate cozy meal over a delicious pizza she can also enjoy the numerous games available like Chuck E Rocks or Ticket Blaster. (Let her be a kid again). Entertainment is also provided for her enjoyment with a live stage show by Chuck E. He rocks with his good friends and fellow band members Helen Henny, Jasper T. Jowls, Mr. Munch and Pasqually. She will remember the day forever and ever.

7. Surprise Craft Beer Tasting Party and dinner in her honor — Invite eight of your best beer buddies over to spend the evening in her honor each surprising her with a case of craft beer. Be sure to clean up after they leave so she can relax and belch in private.

8. A fruit of the month gift card — The gift that keeps on giving all year long. Let her select a favorite fruit of the month. The Valentine’s Day discounted spe-cial for 2019 is a gorgeous selection of golden prunes

9. Rock climbing lessons — For the girl who likes spending time outdoors with her man. Enjoy trips together to your favorite rock quarry for practice. Add a pre-paid life insurance policy to her lessons. She will know you have her best interests at heart.

10. Mammoth Cave trip to Kentucky with a tour of a grand, gloomy and peculiar big old hole in the ground, the largest in America. The cave temperature stays at a comfortable 52 degrees all year long. Sen. Rand Paul is planning on giving tours of the 400 explored miles during the Valentine’s Day weekend celebration.

Bonus Gift ideas11. Tour of the Barbed Wire Museum in Texas — according to their marketing material, “this is not a museum dedicated to the one semi-legitimate movie starring Pamela Anderson.” It is also one museum where you really don’t want her to touch anything. 12. Carhenge — I’ve seen it and it’s fantastic. While driving just outside of Alliance, Neb., I noticed old cars stuck straight up in the ground. Carhenge is one of Nebraska’s five wonders of the state along with Warren Buffett’s little house in Omaha.

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East Tennessee State University has named Dr. William Block as dean of the Quillen College of Medicine. Block,thefirstalumnusof the Quillen College of Medicine to lead the col-lege, has served as interim dean since last July. On Feb. 6, ETSU President Dr. Brian Noland announced the “interim” tag would be removed from Block’s title. “Dr. Block is the right person at the right time to lead Quillen College of Medicine,” Noland said. “Over the past six months, Dr. Block has done an outstanding job in this leadership role. Not only is his background strongly rooted in Quillen, he also has a compelling vision for its future.” Block, a 1992 graduate of Quillen College of Medi-cine, held various faculty

positions at the medical school from 1998-2004. After working as the medi-cal director for the Minne-sota Perinatal Physicians in Minnesota, he returned to Quillen in 2016 as chair of Quillen’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology before becoming interim dean in 2018. “Dr. Block has been a student, a faculty member, chair and interim dean at Quillen,” said Dr. Wilsie Bishop, vice president for HealthAffairs.“Veryfewpeople could step into this rolewiththesequalificationsandhaveafirsthandunder-standing of the organization from this perspective. “He also brings a combi-nation of strong academic background, along with an impressive clinical back-ground.” In addition to serving

as the physician manager at Minnesota Perinatal Physicians in Minnesota, which was once the largest perinatal medicine practice in the country, Block also founded the Midwest Fetal Care Center at Minnesota Children’s Hospital. In addition, he completed fellowship training in Leuven, Belgium to learn fetal surgery, putting him among a small number of physicians in the country who can perform this type of surgery. Since his appointment as interim dean at ETSU, the Quillen community has had an opportunity to hear Block lay out his vision for the medical school when he delivered a State of the College of Medicine address in January. “Over the past few months, Dr. Bishop and I have been on a listening tour,” Noland said. “We have talked to leader-ship, resident physicians, students and faculty to get their input on not only the

state of the college, but also the leadership that Dr. Block has provided. I am excited by the energy he has brought to the college. I am excited by the pres-ence he has provided, and I think most importantly, I am excited by the things I have heard from students.”Block says one of his goals as dean is to continue Quillen’s commitment to the region by preparing physicians to practice rural medicine. He also wants to increase the community’s awareness of the medical school’s contributions in patient care and research. “As an alumnus, faculty member, and now dean, I am proud to be part of Quillen, and I’m honored to be able to lead the college moving forward,” Block said. “The students who are attracted to Quillen, the res-idents who choose to come here and train, and the faculty who teach here do so because they appreciate this region and the people who live here.

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an engineering marvel, and they took home third-place honors. The winner was a pool table imaginatively con-structed inside the bed of a pick-up truck by the Carter County team. Randy Noel, the chairman of the National Association of Homebuilders, helped judge the competition and mar-veled at the ingenuity on display in Johnson City. He told the students competing that he has a framed photo of lastyear’swinnersinhisofficeinWashingtonD.C.,andheshowsittoanyonewhowalksintohisofficedoubtingthe future of the industry. “When you think the young people we have in this country aren’t going to be able to carry on the traditions of our industry, you need to come to Johnson City and meet these guys and gals,” Noel said prior to handing out the awards. According to Noel, the skills local students displayed this past weekend have the potential to carry them

beyond the classroom and into a lucrative career in the homebuilding industry. “WhenI’mgone,you’regoingtoneedtofillmyshoesand keep America great,” Noel said. “We have 270,000 openings across our country for folks to help build the American dream.” In addition to the prize money earned by the top teams,eachschoolhadtheopportunitytoauctionofftheir creations to folks who visited the show this past weekend. That money will help fund trips to more skills competitions as well as other educational opportunities for the students who competed this past weekend. “The prize money this year will go back into our Skills USA account,” said Robert Tester, a construction teacher at Science Hill. “Our plan is to take about 14 students to Chattanooga to the state competition. All but one or two of them will be competing for us, so that will be the biggest group we’ve ever taken to the state competition.”

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“We’ve also talked with economic developers and businesses looking to expand or relocate -- those who have a very significant interest in quality of life. We’re trying to leverage what we’ve got, and we’re looking at why college grad-uates are leaving here.” Mayor Jenny Brock said the City Commission and city staff are trying to find ways to retain graduating students, but she acknowl-edged the national trend to

migrate to bigger cities. “We know we’re going to have to be laser-focused,” Brock said about the strategic plan. “We can’t wait to see what happens, we have to make some-thing happen. You can be pessimistic and scared, but we’re not. That’s not an option. This commission is very innovative. We want to give younger people a reason to stay. Technology is changing everything quickly, and I think one of

our challenges is how we stay ahead and keep our eyes and ears open.” The sales tax base for state and local government is shrinking in large part because of the expanded use of services which have been legislatively exempted from sales tax. Consumers order-ing online from out-of-state retailers are legally required to pay the tax to the Tennes-see Department of Revenue, but very few do. Last year, a U.S. Su-preme Court ruling allowed states to require out-of-state retailers to collect online sales tax. But the court did not define how revenues would be collect-ed and distributed. Ten-nessee has the requirement in place, but the General Assembly has not legisla-tively made the collections enforceable because of multiple legal challenges. “We’re losing that sales tax revenue, and the internet is undermining the bricks and mortar businesses,” Peterson said. “It’s going to take legis-lation at the state level to determine how the money will be distributed -- there is no law that lays that out. It’s much bigger than sales tax. Local businesses’ payroll allows its employ-

ees to go out and support the United Way and Boys Scouts, for example. So there goes the money used for contributions within the community.” Vice Mayor Joe Wise said simply that the City Commission is in the process of reviewing and prioritizing its strategies. “Sales tax generation is an area of critical im-portance,” he said. “We are meeting with various business leaders through this process to identify op-portunities to protect and grow our sales tax generat-ing capacity.” While Johnson City is experiencing a net increase in population, there is a big drop-off after the age of 25. The 45-and-older demo-graphic, however, is rising, and Peterson attributed that to people coming here to retire. “We do know the econo-my in Northeast Tennessee is stagnant, and studies show the rural areas are going to be in a state of atrophy from this mass migration to the bigger markets,” he said. Peterson said large in-dustry is no longer a main focus and that more value is being realized in small business startups and investments by venture capitalists. Many at ETSU,

Milligan College, Northeast State Community College, as well as people who work with Eastman and Ballad Health, have “an entre-preneurial nature,” and a connection between them and someone to provide financial support can play a big role in smaller business startups, he added. So, what about the con-tinuation of tax increment financing and payment in lieu of taxes incentives that is a tool to allow startups, relocations and expansions? “It has been a very effec-tive way for us to develop the private sector,” he said. “With careful consid-eration and monitoring, property tax abatement al-lows a business or industry to gain a foothold, and the payback to the city is full. We also can make gains in the long run on sales tax. It’s also a job creator. But yes, you’ve got to carefully consider the proposal and monitor progress.” Peterson said TIF and PILOT agreements have helped transform downtown Johnson City. About $15 million has been invested in downtown redevelopment and revitalization over the last decade, and the result has been a property value increase of around $82 million, he said.

Brock said in today’s mar-ket the programs offer an avenue for viable incentives. “Property values have gone up 53 percent since the first TIF project, which was University Edge (apartments),” she said. “It’s not like we’re writing people a check. It’s defi-nitely a way to improve property value.” Brock said city leaders are looking more closely at infrastructure projects to invest in that provide a more immediate return. “We have to find elements that are internet resistant, and some of that is with small business and entre-preneurs,” she said. “I think one of the big messages we’re getting is that we are getting back to pre-recession numbers -- back to 2008. We’ve been stabilizing, but we’re not gaining enough. We’ve got great students and great programs, ETSU’s digital media field, for example. But those kinds of jobs are currently found in California or other places. We’re trying to find a way to keep folks like this from moving away.” Next week’s installment will deal with building codes and their effect on economic development in Johnson City.

Science Hill running back Drew Morrison made the decision to continue his ath-letic and academic career at Carson-Newman. The senior announced the deci-sion during a recent signing day event at Science Hill.

Standout wrestler Chase Diehl announced his decision to continue his academic and athletic career at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville. Diehl has been an outstand-ing wrestler during his time at Science Hill.

Science Hill lineman Stephen Grant was surrounded by his family, friends and coaches as he made his decision to go to Union College official during a recent signing day ceremony.

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After analyzing Johnson City’s tax revenue in recent years, City Manager Pete Peterson said the city isn’t losing ground, but also isn’t experiencing much eco-nomic growth. City leaders are working on a strategic plan to spur growth while retaining and attracting talent. PHOTO BY DAVE ONGIE

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