Kingsport Housing and Redevelopment Authority

P.O. Box 44, Kingsport, TN 37662

(423) 245-0135

Board of

Commissioners

David A. “Tony”

Jennings, Chair

CeeGee McCord,

Vice Chair

Terry Cunningham,

Secretary

Nedra Griffin

John VandeVate

Linda Calvert

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Residents,

Dear KHRA Residents:

What a contrast, from the record snowfall this past winter to

record heat in June. Summer has just started and we have

already had many days above 90°. Please be attentive to the

needs of the elderly and young children as this kind of heat can

take a toll on them very quickly.

This kind of weather puts a high demand on the air

conditioner (AC) units. If you have any problems with the AC

please contact maintenance. Please be patient, we will handle requests as quickly as possible.

Many fun activities are planned for the summer. Please participate; these activities are a

great way to get involved in your community. The biggest of all community events is Fun Fest

and all KHRA resident associations have “block parties” planned. Riverview will be having

Rhythm in Riverview again this year on July 19. Also, we will be conducting Xtreme

Challenge again from July 13 – 15. There will be lots of fun for kids!

We have completed a number of Capital Fund activities this year in the roofing of Holly

Hills, Lee and Cloud along with window replacement in Holly Hills, Dogwood Terrace and

Tiffany Court. We were also able to replace a number of HVAC units in Lee. Funding for

additional work on HVAC in Cloud and parts of Lee is expected soon. Thank you for your

assistance and patience as our contractors complete these improvements and will be doing so

again in the future.

Lastly, KHRA is very proud of the student residents who graduated from high school this

year. We wish them well in their future efforts. Have a great summer. Keep cool and be safe.

Sincerely,

Terry W. Cunningham

From the Desk of the

Executive Director June 2010

(April– June)

2nd Quarter

INSIDE THIS

ISSUE:

Edna M. Potts

Editor

Terry W. Cunningham

Executive Director

KH A

Terry W. Cunningham

Executive Director 1

2010 Graduates 2

Maintenance News 3

New Employees 4

Programs 5

Block Parties 6

Summer Camps 7

Volunteers 8

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Coming in September...Girls on the Run

Girls on the Run of Northeast Tennessee, Inc. (GOTRNETN) is a pre-

vention program that encourages preteen girls to develop self-respect

and healthy lifestyles through running. The goal is to educate and in-

still in girls the knowledge and confidence they need to make healthy,

value-based decisions, as well as reinforce that they are important,

valuable and beautiful, just as they are. The “All About Me” curricu-

lum is divided into three - 4 week sessions that foster healthy growth in

each specific focus area. A 5-K Race is scheduled in December in

Johnson City. For more information & to sign up, contact Aiesha Banks

at 392—2552 or 392-2577, or Nancy Durant at 392-2531 (LFLC).

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NOTICE:

PAID EMPLOYMENT &

TRAINING OPPORTUNITY

If you are 18-24 and need a job or

need your GED, YouthBuild Kingsport may be

the program for you. Earn up to $650 per

month plus bonuses while earning your GED

and learning employability skills. We require

you to participate 24 hours per week. For

more information, contact YouthBuild Kings-

port at 423-765-9325 or stop by our office at 908

Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Kingsport and

complete an application .

Working with Seniors in Public Housing

The Resident Initiatives Department of Kingsport

Housing & Redevelopment Authority is looking for a

few qualified individuals who are interested in working

with Seniors in our “Abundant Care Living Program.”

Only interested candidates should apply! Positions

(called Community Cares Members) are not available

until August, 2010.

Qualifications are:

Must be at least 18 years or older

Must be a US Citizen or permanent legal resident

Must have a valid driver’s license & reliable

transportation

Must Pass a NCIC Background Check & Sex Of-

fender Check

Please, only interested candidates need to apply and

must have reliable transportation and clean back-

ground check.

Interested participants may contact Evonne Surber,

Tennessee Community Assistance Corporation in

Morristown Tenn., at 423-586-7636 or email her at :

tcacmmcares@bellsouth.net

COMMUNITY SUPPORTIVE SERVICES/

FAMILY SELF SUFFICIENCY

Maria Catron, CSS Coordinator

CONGRATULATIONS

to our

2010 Graduates

KHRA was very proud to have

11 Youth graduate from local

high schools this June. The fol-

lowing graduates attended ei-

ther Sullivan South, Sullivan

North or Dobyns Bennett High

School:

Lee Community:

Gabriel V. Miller

Jamey O Gooding, Jr.

Darius D. Davis

Cloud Community:

Donald W. McClellan, Jr.

Jessaka C. Williams

Jade A. Mayo

Lindsey M. Chappell

Shukeya R. Williams

Nicholas A. Hill

Donjuan R. Hale

Holly Hills Community:

Curtis C. Collins

These “grads” received a letter of

recognition and a gift certificate

from KHRA and it’s Board of

Directors.

Congratulations!

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Buford Quillin

Capital Fund & Safety Director

What happened to Spring?! Seems as though we went from Winter to Sum-mer. If April and May are any indication it looks and feels like we’re going to have a hot, hu-mid Summer.

The following are some Energy Saving tips for cooling:

Set the thermostat at “one” temperature for cooling & leave it there. Raising & lowering the thermostat increases electrical consumption & creates problems with the HVAC system.

Close the curtains & blinds, especially during the day, to help keep the rooms cool. Doing so helps prevent solar heat from the sun which warms the rooms.

Keep the doors & windows closed!

Keep furniture & other items away from the return air vent so the thermostat can sense the air temperature. Also, do not block the supply air vents with furniture & other items.

On a Safety note:

Do not leave the range and/or oven unattended while cooking, frying or baking! More lives and property are lost due to range fires than other fire related incidents.

Please! Please! Please! Keep children away from the mowers and their equipment. Their mowers, trimmers and blowers are noisy…so they may not know when children are present.

Please keep litter & trash picked up & disposed of into the dumpsters. Trash, litter & personal items such as toys, bicycles, lawn chairs, etc. may cause someone to fall and is time consuming for the mowers to either move or trim around!

School is out so please make sure that children are supervised while outside and keep them away from the streets, parking lots and alleys.

Tripping, slipping & falling can cause serious injury. Please use steps and stairs inside & out & use the handrails! Keep extension cords, TV cables, loose rugs, toys and other items out of the way.

Summer storms can bring high winds, lightning, hail and heavy rain. If your electricity goes off during these times check with your neighbor to see of their power is off also which it probably will be. If so, call the power company (AEP – Appalachian Power) at 1-800-967-4237 to report the outage.

We have accomplished a lot over the past 12 months with both the ARRA stimulus (American Recovery & Re-investment Act) and Capital Funds:

Re-Roofed & new guttering at Lee Apartments & Cloud Apartments

New Windows with security screens at Holly Hills and Tiffany Court

New HVAC systems at 36 apartments in Lee Apartments.

We are working on plans to expand the Community Building at Lee Apartments for much needed office space for Housing Management and working on plans to begin replacement of HVAC systems at Cloud Apartments.

Please remember to call 392-2541, 245-6469 or 245-5561 Monday thru Friday 8:00 – 4:30 if something is in need of repair. For After Hour Maintenance Emergencies (after 4:30 Monday thru Friday & on weekends & holidays call 245-5561. If you need Emergency Medical, Fire or the Police call 911.

FREE Summer Meals for Youth

Free meals are being provided through Kingsport City Schools through U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Seamless Summer

Feeding Program. KCS will operate an open lunch site at John Sevier Middle School with service from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm

Monday through Friday from May 24 through July 16th. Children younger than 18 can receive a meal at no charge during those

hours. Parks & Recreation in Lee Apartments will be on board providing free lunches at Lee Apartments where they have a

Summer Playground Program on-going. Boys & Girls Club at Cloud, Holly Hills and Riverview will also be providing meals at

their program sites.

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New “VISTA” Summer Associates in Resident Initiatives

Christin Montgomery is a Special Education Pre-K Assistant at Kingsley Ele-

mentary, as well as, a part time student at ETSU where she is a double major in So-

ciology and General Studies. This is Christin’s second year working as a Summer

Associate with VISTA. She said she “believes this program has been beneficial to

me because it has allowed me to meet and work with new people as well as provide

training which has helped expand my job experience. But, most importantly, it has

allowed me to give back to my community in helping those in need within the 10

weeks with KHRA and the Resident Initiatives Programs.” Welcome “back” aboard!

Kelly Whited joined the Resident Initiatives

Department of KHRA and is working as a Summer

Associate at Lee Family Learning Center. She

says, “ I have been married to my wonderful hus-

band for 2 years and we have a son, age 2 1/2, that is the pride and joy of my life.” Kelly

says, “I will go back to ETSU in the fall as a social work major. My goal is to be able to

work with Veterans as a social worker and that will allow me to include my nursing back-

ground in with it.” She added, “I am glad to be working with KHRA because my mother

has been with the company for 24 years, and I feel like I have grown up around the com-

pany and the great people that work for it.” We are pleased to welcome Kelly to our team!

Meet Rhonda Wood.

Rhonda & her husband Garry and have been married for 38 years and live in Mt. Carmel.

They have two children, a daughter -in-law and two grandchildren.

She says, “I was employed at the Upper East TN Human Development Agency full time from

1981 to July 2009. I worked for the Low Income Energy Assistant Program at the beginning

of my career at UETHDA. I transferred to Child Care Services in 2004 and remained there

until The Department of Human Services took over the program in 2009. My years of ser-

vice at UETHDA included being housed in the Kingsport Central Office until my transfer to

the Dept of Human Services Office in Hawkins County. I also worked out of the Hancock

and Greene County offices weekly serving the Child Care Program. I am licensed in the State

of TN to sell Health Insurance and I am a Notary for the State of TN. I am also a member of

Nami International. I attend Lynn Garden Baptist Church. In my leisure time I enjoy my family, friends, traveling and the

outdoors. I also enjoy the time we spend at our family’s home in VA.” Rhonda is located in the Cloud Office and can be

contacted at 423.245.5829. Join us in welcoming Rhonda to the Amp 2 (Cloud Area) of KHRA. .

New Face at KHRA in the Cloud Community

FRESH START WELCOMES “new team player”

KHRA’s Fresh Start Office / HOPE VI Office welcomed Debbie Wallen , June, 4th,

2010 as their new Supportive Housing Technician. Debbie graduated from East Ten-

nessee State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work. She worked at Frontier

Health for 8 years. She also worked as a Juvenile Justice Probation Officer for the State

of Tennessee and also as a case worker with adolescents at Ridgeview Pavilion in Bristol

Va. Just recently relocating back to the Kingsport area, she is married and has two

daughters and 3 grandchildren. Debbie says she “ enjoys reading and walking in my

spare time.” Debbie is located on Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and can be contacted at

423.392.2913.

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May 30th—June 4th, residents of KHRA were happy to welcome back their friends from Petal, Mississippi who

travel each year to Kingsport to sponsor Bible School in each development of public housing. Groups gathered

in the community rooms of each development and large numbers of children enjoyed the crafts, music, and

“the message.” Sponsored by Sullivan Baptist Association, the Petal, Mississippi’s Calvary Baptist Volunteers”

treated our youth with food, prizes and lots of love. They are looking forward to returning next year. Hopefully

the Lee Community will be able to host the group next year. Due to moving our Housing Management office to

a new office, the community room will be available for Lee residents to enjoy this event. Many thanks to Cal-

vary Baptist in Petal Mississippi and we will see you next year!

Kingsport’s Parks & Recreation staff, Travis Sensabaugh

and Darius Davis, have over 31 youth enrolled at Lee Family

Learning Center. When field trips to Wetlands, Fun

Expedition, and others are scheduled, they have more than a

full house. Anyone not attending the Summer Playground

Program can head on out to unit # 2 and you will find Travis

and Darius waiting for you. They will make it a fun and

adventurous summer. (Free lunch is provided)

Cloud Resident Association members / residents held

weekly clean up days in their development to help KHRA

with the debris left from summer activities and extra traffic.

These are some of the volunteers who showed up weekly to

clean up their neighborhood. KHRA would like to thank all

those who volunteered to spruce up their community. Way to

go guys! Thanks so much!

KHRA website: www.KingsportHousing.org

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2010 KHRA / KITE, Inc. BLOCK PARTIES DATES:

July 2 at Dogwood Terrace Apartments

July 6 at Lee Apartments

July 8 at Holly Hills Apartments

July 9 at Cloud Apartments

July 13-15 - Xtreme Challenge

July 19 for Rhythm in Riverview

Fun Fest is scheduled July 16—24, 2010

SAVE THE DATE!!!!

Sullivan County Health Department

The TENNderCARE Program, of Sullivan County Health Department, and the Volunteer State Health Plan are sponsoring

their 3rd Annual “Back to School Healthfest” on July 31st 10 am to 2:00 pm. If your child is on Tenn Care and is

due for a checkup, please call and schedule it for the day of the Healthfest. Once the checkup is scheduled and com-

pleted your child well be entered in a drawing for a chance to win a Wii, along with other great prizes!!! Your child will

also be able to receive a dental and vision screening, haircut, free school supplies, and a non-logo backpack. Please come

join the “Back to School Healthfest” on July 31st and call the Sullivan County Health Department at 279-2777 to schedule

your child’s annual checkup!!!! Free to all!!! (Face Painting, Fingerprinting, Dental & Vision Checkups, Music, and etc.)

The new Riverview Community, which is 38 homes; 22 of which are single-family dwell-

ings and 8 duplexes is becoming a reality. Our initial lease-up for our families will begin as

early as July 1, 2010 in the two homes on Wheatley Street. The four off-site units on Carver

Street are anticipated for occupancy mid-July to August. Our families have worked hard to

obtain complete eligibility status with a continuing progress toward becoming self-sufficient.

Transferring into Riverview will be a new phase in our families’ lives as they progress thru the Family Self-Sufficiency pro-

gram.

For the remaining of the single-family dwellings and duplexes, anticipation to begin occupancy is set for late September or

early October. As a premier rental development, the new Riverview community will have a strong focus on moving toward

self-sufficiency therefore:

To be eligible to occupy Riverview as a working family the following criteria must be met:

* All adult members must be employed at a minimum of 30 hours per week or be considered a full-time stu-

dent or the combination of both.

* All adult members must have completed the Steps to Economic & Personal Success class.

* Family must be enrolled in the FSS program.

The Riverview community has 8 units designated for Elderly/Handicap/Disabled households. Although these households are

exempt from the work requirement, the Steps to Economic & Personal Success class must be completed as well as the en-

rollment in the CSS program. Should you be interested in the programs and services available in the new Riverview Com-

munity, please contact Darlene Gibson, CSS Specialist at 423-392-2548.

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AMP Camp

Advanced Manufacturing Camp

(AMP) was a grant funded camp

attended by our youth. It was

designed for students completing

the 6th & 7th grades and sponsored by Northeast State.

AMP Camp provided participants with exciting & interac-

tive activities designed to teach them about the processes

involved in developing products that effect their everyday

lives. They met at RCAM Operations Lab and were able to

tour Eastman Chemical Co., KCHE Chemistry Lab and

Domtar. They ended their activities by giving several pres-

entations on Quality of Life and the exploration of what

type of lifestyle they hope to have when they are adults and

what sort of career and income will be required to sustain

their lifestyles.

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Cub Scout Day Camp

At Warriors’ Path State Park

Cub Scout Day Camp was held, in June, at Warrior’s

Path State Park with 115 campers. Campers from our

Sequoyah Pack attended with Cub Master Heather Suess

and Steve McMillian. Campers enjoyed swimming, arch-

ery, kickball, casting, and other crafts and skills. Thanks

to KHRA Summer Volunteers Christin Montgomery and

Denise Patlan, and driver Judy Douglas.

KHRA June 2010 Beautification Awards Kingsport Chamber of Commerce’s Beautification Committee representatives were in our develop-

ments, in June, to judge the best kept resident yards. Both judges, Roy Odem & Jeanie Musson agreed

on the following yards as the “best kept and most pleasing to the eye” for the month of June. The fol-

lowing residents were recipients of June’s KHRA Beautification Awards which included a sign of

recognition in their yard, letter and certificate from the Executive Director, and a prize. Clean Kingsport Judges will be

back in the communities in July to find more beautiful yards. Winners were Daniel & Catriona Jennings in Lee, Debbie

Cash in Holly Hills, Bertha Gibson in Holston Terrace, Virginia Long in Cloud, and Dogwood Terrace Resident Asso-

ciation for their entry sign. Thanks to all for all your hard work!

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Kingsport Housing & Redevelopment Authority

PO Box 44—906 East Sevier Avenue

Kingsport, Tennessee 37662

Phone: 423-245-0135

Fax: 423-392-2530

Website: Kingsport Housing.org

THE KINGSPORT HOUSING & REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING IS HELD

ON THE FOURTH WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH, AT 12:00 NOON AT 906 EAST SEVIER AVENUE (KHRA’S AD-

MINISTRATION BUILDING) FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL 392-2513.

KHRA Programs and Contact numbers:

Lee Family Learning Center 392-2531, Abundant

Living Care Program: 245-1831 or 392-2520,

VISTA Members 392-2520, HOPE VI 392-2913,

Boys and Girls PH Clubs: Holly Hills 392-2577,

Riverview 392-2550, Cloud 392-2552 & K.I.T.E.,

INC. / Resident Associations 392-2572, Tapestry

Program, 292-6628 or 239--5933, Family Resource

Center 378-2426. For additional information:

contact Edna Potts, Director, KHRA’s Resident

Initiatives Department, at 392-2520.

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VBS Volunteers - at Cloud Upcoming KHRA 2010 Board Meetings

July (no meeting), August 25 & September 22.

(12:00 noon in KHRA’s Board Room)

The Low Income Home Energy Assistance

Program (L.I.H.E.A.P.) will be available for 2010 to

2011, beginning July 2010, at the Kingsport

Neighborhood Service Center. They are now lo-

cated in the new offices in the V.O. Dobbins Com-

plex (located near the old office). Applications will

be available July 1, 2010. For more information,

please call 247-5149.