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Customer appreciation days at Frontier

Frontier Communications will host several customer ap-preciation events during Fron-tier Week, June 25 through July 1, at the Powell offi ce, 2104 W. Emory Road.

There will be a cookout at the offi ce 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, June 28. There will be daily prize drawings, and Frontier team members will perform “random acts of kind-ness” at local businesses. Info: www.frontier.com.

Interns head downtown

Last week, the Shopper-News interns toured the Knox Area Rescue Ministries, the health department and ate lunch at the Knoxville Wel-come Center during a WDVX Blue Plate Special concert.

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UT revitalizationThis is the revitalization

time of Tennessee football, says Marvin West. “Hope is here. Rebirth is likely. Improvement is just around the corner. Derek Dooley is optimistic.”

Marvin says, “There had to be changes.”

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VOL. 51 NO. 26 A great community newspaper June 25, 2012

Community A2Sandra Clark A3Government/Politics A4Jake Mabe A5Marvin West A6Faith A7Interns A10,11Business A12,13

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Finding ‘Dallas’ Most college kids head to

sandy beaches during the summer. When he was at UT, Jake Mabe went to South-fork. He reminisces about the 1998 trip on the heels of the new TNT cable TV version of the popular CBS-TV series “Dallas.” Among other things, Jake discovered that the ranch is not as big as it looks on TV.

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By Sandra ClarkPlanners are wrapping up the

county’s North Sector Plan with substantial input from Powell residents and a thundering silence from Halls. MPC has conducted four public sessions to discuss the plan which establishes land use for 15 years.

Sector plans are more diffi cult to amend now than in past years, a point noted by attorney Arthur Seymour Jr. who attended every session, possibly to infl uence ex-tension of the Emory Road com-mercial district west of Central Av-enue Pike. Seymour is not talking – at least to reporters.

It’s interesting to see develop-ers and large landowners involved at sector meetings while residents stay home, reacting to proposals as they come. Anyone wanting to vet the plan before its adoption by the Metropolitan Planning Commis-sion and the Knox County Com-mission can see details online at www.knoxmpc.org.

Lee Robbins is not passive. He advocates for greenways and bi-cycle routes at every opportunity.

Robbins was at Powell last week, talking about a suburban bus line to serve Halls and Powell, possibly running at morning, midday and evening. “It takes a half day to get anything done downtown,” he said. “Buses would not have to run every hour or two.”

Robbins also engaged planner Mike Carberry about proposals for parks in the north sector. The planning map is dotted with 5- to 20-acre neighborhood parks and a large 100- to 200-acre district park, now sited ominously close to the Clark family farm on Bull Run Lee Robbins examines bike routes with MPC planner Mike Carberry.

Planning for parks

Nathan Benditz of the MPC staff talks with Powell residents Willard “Snooks” Scarbro and David Dietz. Photos by S. Clark

Creek. Cousins, beware!Carberry admitted there is no

money in the county budget to ac-quire land and said parks often are created by community fund-rais-ing through an agency such as the Legacy Parks Foundation, which assisted Halls residents in buying 11 acres for the Clayton Park.

Knox County has large parks in deep west (Concord Park) and northwest (Melton Hill). It owns almost 400 acres in the Seven Is-lands Wildlife area in the southeast sector. “Ideally, we would have one really signifi cant natural area of 100 to 200 acres in each sector,” Carberry said.

By Sandra ClarkHallsdale Powell Utility Dis-

trict will expand the Raccoon Valley wastewater plant, built 30 years ago for the World’s Fair.

“Everything there is worn out,” said plant manager Nick Jackson.

HPUD commissioners awarded a $2,504,550 contract to low bid-der Judy Construction Company at last week’s meeting. The Rac-coon Valley plant pumps treated wastewater into Bull Run Creek.

The project will include a new generator and electrical backup in cases of power outage.

It includes new blower equip-ment to introduce air to “bugs” which eat waste, and will increase both intake and output capacity, according to Jackson.

“This will double our capacity at Raccoon Valley,” he said.

The increased capacity could support commercial development around the Raccoon Valley and I-75 interchange, a component of

the North Sector Plan being de-veloped by the Metropolitan Plan-ning Commission.

HPUD commissioners also awarded a $167,800 contract to low bidder Bouchard & Sons of Nashville to upgrade electrical equipment at the Melton Hill Wa-ter Treatment Plant.

Although six companies looked at the project, only two bid on it, said HPUD president Darren Cardwell.

“We’re paying for this out of cash.”

HPUD set 29 water meters and inspected 18 sewer connections in May. The utility treated 233.2 million gallons of water and 201.7 million gallons of wastewater.

The longest discussion centered on who signs on bank accounts. The district operates 16 active accounts spread between Home Federal and Pinnacle banks. Each account requires two signatures to spend money. The next meeting is July 16 at 1:30 p.m.

Expansion ahead for

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‘Forensics at the Fort’Dr. Bill Bass and team, referred to as “The Bone Zones,” will

entertain guests during a discussion of his forensic work at the UT Body Farm and his new book, “The Inquisitor’s Key,” on the back lawn of James White’s Fort.

The event starts at 7 p.m. with refreshments and cash bar. Dr. Bass will speak at 8. Books will be for sale and autographed by Dr. Bass.

Limited tickets are $75 and are available online at www.jameswhitesfort.org or by sending a check to James White’s Fort, 205 East Hill Ave., Knoxville, TN 37915. Ticket sales benefi t preservation of James White’s Fort, a 501(c)(3) nonprofi t. Info: 525-6514.

Wright to take job in Williamson County

By Jake MabeKnox County Schools as-

sistant superintendent of cur-riculum and instruction Dr. Donna Wright has accepted a job with the Williamson County (Tenn.) Schools as assistant superintendent of middle and high schools.

Wright, a Powell resident, is a former teacher at Powell High School and was princi-pal at West High School be-fore being promoted to the central offi ce. She succeeded the late Sarah Simpson in her current role with Knox Coun-ty Schools.

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By Betsy Pickle Even though she’s per-

forming on WDVX’s Ten-nessee Shines program for the fi rst time tonight (Mon-day, June 25), singer-song-writer-keyboardist Lydia Salnikova feels that she’s coming “home.”

“I have done the Blue Plate Special a couple of times, and I’ve done the Writer’s Block with Karen Reynolds,” says Salnikova. “I have already a very cordial relationship with the radio station, and they’ve been kind and gra-cious enough to play some of my music.

“So going back there and getting another show is an exciting thing. I feel like, ‘Oh, I’m back home.’”

Salnikova and veteran Knoxville jazz trio Bol-ing, Brown & Holloway will share the stage starting at 7 p.m. Tickets for the studio audience at the Knoxville Visitors Center are available at www.brownpapertickets.com; the 90-minute show is broadcast on 89.9 FM Clin-ton, 102.9 FM.

Russian-born Salnikova is excited to try the trade-off format of “Tennessee Shines” – and to share a bill with a jazz trio.

“Even though I’m not a jazz artist, I enjoy that type of music,” she says. “Frankly, I just enjoy people that can play, and if you want to be a jazz musician, that’s a re-quirement.

“It also just so happens that Keith Brown and Rusty Holloway have recommend-ed a couple of players to me in the past. Whenever I play around town with the (Lydia Salnikova Trio), the musi-cians I bring with me are actually their students, so it kind of completes the circle.”

Lydia Salnikova will perform tonight (Monday, June 25) on WDVX’s Tennessee Shines. Photo submitted

Norwood artist ‘back home’

Salnikova, who lives in Norwood, will be on her own tonight. She’s used to many lineup confi gurations. She came to the United States in the late 1990s as part of the Russian bluegrass group Bering Strait. The classical-ly-trained young Russians worked hard to turn their love of bluegrass into a ca-reer in Nashville, but they broke up in 2006 after re-leasing two albums.

Subsequently, Salnikova began a solo career. She re-leased her fi rst album, “Hall-way,” in 2010 and moved from Nashville to the Knox-ville area a year ago.

She loves the green of her suburban neighborhood – and the fact that she can see cows from her couch and drive past horse pastures on her way to the store. She’s also happy that the quiet means fewer interruptions while she’s working on her second album in her home studio.

For Salnikova, audiences are the best part of living here.

“People love music here.

But they don’t just love mu-sic, they love going out and hearing music … and sup-porting the local music scene.”

Not only is Salnikova part of the local scene (she’ll perform a Concert on the Commons at 7 p.m. Friday, July 13, in Norris), she’s also part of the global one. She connects with fans at www.lydiasalnikova.com and pays the bills by working on other people’s music as a hired studio musician and vocalist, recording mostly in her own studio.

A couple of years ago, she recorded tracks for Brit-ish actor Christopher Lee’s metal opera “Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross.” Recently, she did vocals for a dance recording released in France.

“You don’t physically have to be in the same room,” she says of studio work. “I work in so many genres, from country to pop to alternative. … And the beautiful thing is, you can be anywhere to do that.”

By Theresa EdwardsNew Destiny Produc-

tions, managed by presi-dent Russell Woolard, begins their new summer Christian concert series “Summer Singing in the South” at 6 p.m. Saturday, July 21, at Wallace Memo-rial Baptist Church, 701 Merchant Drive. Appear-ing will be Barry Rowland and Deliverance, Brian Free and Assurance, the Whisnants, CSK Trio and Katelyn Parker.

Woolard, a Powell resi-dent, wishes to present fi rst-quality Christian music events. He strives to provide uplifting music and soul-stirring messages without

denominational barriers to encourage others.

Wayne Haun, a Powell High School graduate, will

be join-ing Ernie Haase and S i g n a t u r e Sound at 6 p.m. Satur-day, Aug. 25, at Chil-howee Hills B a p t i s t C h u r c h ,

4615 Asheville Highway. Haun is Signature Sound’s producer, arranger and pianist. He is a three-time Grammy nominee and 14-time Gospel Music Associ-ation Dove award-winner.

Haun has produced more than 60 top 10 sin-gles, was named Producer of the Year by the Southern Gospel Music Association, and has received numer-ous other awards and hon-ors. “Wayne Haun is tal-ented in so many ways. To songwriters, he is a music publisher who has men-tored some of the bright-est talents in Christian music, and has garnered GMA/Dove nominations and radio success in mul-tiple musical genres,” said Woolard.

Tickets may be obtained by calling 800-965-9324 or online at www.itickets.com/events/2777278.html.

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Knoxville-based southern gospel singing group Barry Rowland and Deliverance will be the fi rst performers July 21 at “Summer Singing in the South.” Group members are Shawn Rupert, Barry Rowland and Tammy Rowland. Photos submitted

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OK, so it’s impossible to be in two places at once. That’s why I had decided to take the summer off from my usual Tuesday lunches at Aubrey’s.

But then came a call from Ruth Woolard saying she was planning to bring her son over next week. So now I’ve got the interns at the Blue Plate Special and Ruth at Aubrey’s.

Enter Theresa Edwards, our Karns community re-porter, who brought hus-band Dave and enjoyed lunch on me at Aubrey’s.

She even got an extra pic-ture of the Walker family and a big story about Rus-sell Woolard.

Meanwhile, I was wedged amid 12 squirming interns and a pack of hand-clapping music lovers at the down-town Visitors Center.

Taking a lunch break

Playing with donkeysIf you’ve noticed those

donkeys in the fi eld at Larry and Laura Bailey’s house and had the urge to frol-lick among them, let me tell you I got the opportunity last week. Laura loaded up me, my friend Kathy and her grandson Jaylen into a monster Rhino and off we bounced through the fi elds. With a few apples in a sack, Laura was practically mauled by those little crit-

The Walker family: Tyler, Tinsley and Whitney eating at Aubrey’s in Powell. The parents, both pharmacists, had picked up Tinsley from Vacation Bible School at Church Street UMC. Their other daughter was in daycare. Tinsley attends St. Joseph School. Photos by T. Edwards

At lunch on the patio at Aubrey’s are Russell and Mary Jones “Pug” Woolard and Russell’s mom, Ruth Woolard, in center. Russell works at AT&T and the family are members of Wallace Memorial Baptist Church. He is launching “New Destiny Pro-ductions” which will bring Christian concerts to the area, be-ginning July 21 with “Summer Singing in the South” at Wallace Memorial. (See Theresa Edwards’ story on A-2.)

Club meets at 7 p.m. each third Thursday at Shoney’s on Emory.

■ XYZ Club for seniors meets at 10:30 a.m. each fi rst Wednesday at Pow-ell Church, 323 W. Emory Road. Info: 938-2741.

Powell LibraryLocated at 330 W. Emory

Road. Info: 947-6210. ■ Wednesday, June 27,

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■ Saturday, June 30, 10:30 a.m., Saturday Stories and Songs: Kindermusik with Lisa Malone.

ters. And Jaylen got to feed them too. A great time was had by all.

Powell High BandStacey Berry reminds us

of the upcoming golf event to benefi t the PHS band. It’s Saturday, July 28, at Knox-ville Golf Course on Schaad Road. The band needs teams and hole sponsors. Info: Stacey Berry at 938-9523.

Powell notes ■ Book Club meets at

3 p.m. each fi rst Monday at the Powell Branch Library.

■ Airplane Filling Station info: Roch Bernard at 933-7158 or 437-9980.

■ Knox North Lions Club info: Clare Crawford, 607-1898.

■ Powell Republican

Yikes! Ear approaching on the right! Do these things eat people? Get me outta here! I’m not even 2; way too young to die. Who knew my fi rst sentence would be HELP ME! Photo by S. Clark

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Veteran Democratic state Rep. Joe Armstrong says that legislation his party has been working on over the past year will put Tennesse-ans to work, if Republicans will get out of the way.

Armstrong and county party chair Gloria John-son, who is also a candidate for the 13th District House seat being vacated by Harry Tindell, held a press confer-ence/small business round-table last week to talk about the Tennessee First Act and other measures they said would help home-grown businesses.

“This year in the Legisla-ture, we spent an enormous amount of time disputing absurd legislation,” Arm-strong said. “The Monkey Bill, the Don’t Say Gay Bill, telling private universities like Vanderbilt how to run their campuses. … we spent a considerable amount of time talking about repeal-ing the Affordable Care Act, when we have no standing. All of his took time away from important things.”

Johnson, a special educa-tion teacher, echoed Arm-strong’s sentiments.

Dems blast GOP over jobs

“I see a lot of legislation that tells me I can’t talk about hand-holding with my students, but not much about helping business and creating new jobs. … We’re interested in getting our neighbors back to work.”

Armstrong said the Dem-ocratic Caucus went across the state last year talking to small business owners and workers about the problems they face.

“We designed a package of bills we felt were nonpar-tisan, like Tennessee Con-tractors First, which gives Tennessee contractors an advantage on state jobs. The state spends a lot of money (on building projects) and if we can give our small busi-nesses an advantage, we want to do that.

“But that bill was killed in subcommittee. We plan to bring that one back.”

West Knox Republican Ryan Haynes chairs the

State and Local Govern-ment subcommittee, which summarily quashed the Contractors First bill with-out discussion. He says his subcommittee did the right thing because the bill could violate reciprocity agree-ments with surrounding states and hurt Tennessee contractors’ ability to do business elsewhere.

“This was a bill being brought for 100 percent political reasons,” he said. “That’s why past adminis-trations haven’t supported it. Some of those bills get to the point of being ridicu-lous.”

Haynes conceded that his party has backed its fair share of “political” legisla-tion, and said he wishes that both parties would focus on “true job creation and eco-

nomic development.“Unfortunately we don’t

ever seem to make that the No. 1 priority.”

Johnson is under-whelmed by Haynes’ assess-ment of Tennessee Contrac-tors First, and cited a nearly $10 million slope repair job on an I-75 mudslide in Campbell County that went to a Kentucky company this spring.

“There was only a slight cost difference. Seems to me it would be good for Tennes-see workers to keep that job here. Across the state people are very supportive of this bill. It just makes sense to hire Tennessee contractors when we can.

“Just because we’ve been doing it this way forever doesn’t mean that it’s not something we can do better.”

Democrats Joe Armstrong and Gloria Johnson listen to small

business owners’ wish lists. Photo by Betty Beans

The name “Mose” has been

carved into a desk formerly

assigned to Robert M. “Mose”

Lobetti in the City County

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Room. Photo by Betty Bean

By Betty BeanThere’s an underground

campaign to infl uence May-or Tim Burchett to reap-point Robert M. “Mose” Lo-betti to a third term on Met-ropolitan Planning Com-mission. Lobetti already has left an indelible mark.

Lobetti leaves his ‘mark’

By Anne HartThere’s no question that

the Duncan family knows how to throw a party. After all, they have been hosting the hugely popular Duncan barbecue at the Civic Coli-seum since 1968.

In addition to the nearly 10,000 local party faithful who attend that event held in October of years when there is a November elec-tion, it has also been attend-ed by such luminaries as former president George W. Bush, back when he was a mere governor, and former Sen. Elizabeth Dole, back when she was campaigning for her husband, Bob Dole, during his run for the presi-dency.

So it should come as no surprise that state Sen. Becky Duncan Massey, whose dad, the late U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan, start-ed the whole thing, and whose brother, U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan Jr., has con-tinued the tradition, has in-herited the gene for giving a great party.

She proved it last Tues-day evening at The Foundry at World’s Fair Park when several hundred guests were on hand as she an-nounced her campaign for re-election to the Legisla-ture from the 6th District. There was good food, plenty of liquid libation and lots of fi ne company.

Massery was introduced by state Sen. Randy McNal-ly, who extolled Massey’s work during her fi rst year in the Senate, and urged those on hand to “fi nd what you can do to bring her back and go out and do it.”

Massey is running in the Aug. 2 primary for a full four-year term. She was

Knox County Commissioner Ed Shouse, left, and former Knoxville mayor and ambassador to

Poland Victor Ashe were among the several hundred supporters of Becky Duncan Massey on

hand at The Foundry last week when she announced her campaign for re-election to the state

Senate. Photo by A. Hart

Massey and Jenkins and Minnie Pearl

elected last year to fi ll the unexpired term of Jamie Woodson, who resigned to head the state education collaborative SCORE.

The executive director of the nonprofi t Sertoma Center, Massey said her fi rst year in offi ce had been “absolutely amazing. It was a year of great successes for our state.” She said she wants to return to Nash-ville “to assure a govern-ment that is both consumer and business friendly, to support lower taxes and to support teachers and our most vulnerable popula-tion: those who don’t need a hand-out but a hand-up.”

Jenkins’ jibesLocal Republican Par-

ty chair Ray Hal Jenkins couldn’t be at the Massey event, but the ever clever Jenkins still managed to

provide some timely com-ments about the opposition.

Referring to the unsuc-cessful attempt of Shel-ley Breeding, whose home straddles the line separat-ing Knox and Anderson counties, to run as a Demo-cratic Party candidate in the new 89th District seat in the General Assembly, Jen-kins jibed, “The Democrats’ answer to the poor shape they’re in is to outsource their candidates to Ander-son County.”

And of local Democrat Party chair Gloria Johnson he quipped, “Her answer to every race is to move there and run for the seat.”

Minnie Pearl imitatorThose old enough to

remember the Grand ‘ol Opry’s Minnie Pearl will recall her hat with the price tag dangling off its edge.

It must have been Min-nie Pearl’s ghost who caused lots of good humored laughs from observers and just a tad of embarrassment for a local newspaper writer/photographer covering the Massey event. Every time the photog raised her arm to take a picture of guests, the price tag still affi xed to her brand new jacket dangled from its underarm for all to see.

My new heroes? Local CPA Debbie Diddle, who had the courage to call the couture calamity to my at-tention, and attorney How-ard Vogel who loaned her his pocket knife, complete with tiny scissors, to cut off the offending tag.

Many, many thanks to you two. You handled the situation with grace and charm.

As for me: I can’t remem-ber ever laughing so hard.

Up on the dais in the Large Assembly Room, on the east end of the bank of heavy oak desks occupied by elected and appointed offi cials during meetings of City Council, County Com-mission and various public boards and commissions, the name “Mose” is carved into the front edge of the desk Lobetti formerly occu-pied (he was reassigned to another seat last year).

Burchett confi rmed that friends and supporters of Lobetti, who is best known as a longtime political oper-ative for the Duncan family, are lobbying on his behalf. Lobetti was originally ap-pointed (and subsequently reappointed) to MPC by for-mer Mayor Mike Ragsdale.

“I’ve had people stop me in parking lots and garages, out in public and had peo-ple calling the offi ce,” said Burchett, who will also be considering two additional appointments (Stan John-son’s second term is up and former chair Robert Anders is resigning).

The terms of two other commissioners – Ursula Bailey and Art Clancey III – are up, but they are city appointees and will be reap-pointed or replaced by May-or Madeline Rogero.

Lobetti, a consistent pro-development vote, was the center of controversy in 2010 when he recused himself from voting for a rezoning involving a politi-cal ally, and then attempted to rescind his recusal when it became apparent that the rezoning was in trouble. The MPC staff attorney Ste-ven Wise told Lobetti that he couldn’t take his recusal back.

Burchett is noncommit-tal about Lobetti’s reap-pointment and said there are others on his list of po-tential MPC commissioners.

“We’re going to look at all of them,” he said.

Greenways low on food chain

Greenways are important to the quality of life of any city. Recently, I interviewed Lori Goerlich, the city’s new coordinator. Goerlich turned 30 on April 15. Her degree is in landscape ar-chitecture from Iowa State University.

She is a very pleasant, like-able and earnest young wom-an who still has a lot to learn about Knoxville and her way around the city’s 50 miles of greenways. In fairness, she has been here for only two months and is working to get acquainted. She succeeds Donna Young who was super aggressive and energetic, a tough act to follow.

She has had one meeting with Mayor Rogero which lasted 90 minutes, she said. The meeting included two of her supervisors, Joe Walsh and senior director Christi Branscom. The chain of com-mand has her reporting to Walsh, who reports to Brans-com, who reports to Eddie Mannis who reports to the Mayor. So Goerlich is four persons down the food chain from the mayor. She said the Mayor expressed support and listened carefully.

The mayor’s recently adopted budget includes only one mile of greenway (near First Creek) at a cost of $1 million – 80 percent of which is federal money. If Rogero builds a mile a year, she will have added only 4 miles of greenways in her fi rst term which would fall short of what can and should be done.

We are told that in-house work will be done on other greenways. Hopefully, that is true but the proof will be in the delivery. Extend-ing the Sue Clancy green-

way from Adair Park over to Broadway is an obvious and easy greenway to push forward.

The city Greenways Com-mission has not had a chair since Will Skelton resigned over two years ago. The city website lists clearly has not been updated as the list of members still shows Donna Young as greenways co-coor-dinator when she retired eight months ago. The Commission is inactive and its website is woefully out of date.

I have no doubt that Mayor Rogero genuinely backs more greenways. Gov. Bill Haslam is a strong friend in Nash-ville who can assist in mak-ing sure Knoxville receives transportation greenway grants when applications are submitted. Haslam recently announced a $430,000 grant to Sevierville for a greenway to Pigeon Forge.

Lori Goerlich is eager but untested. She does not know the politics of city hall or Tennessee. It is uncertain how aggressive she will be. The Mayor is the captain of the team. My hope is that greenways under Rogero will take off and set new re-cords of completion.Pensions: The city pen-

sion fund is nowhere close to meeting the 6.5 percent goal of growth established in the Mayor’s pension proposal. This makes the fi nancial as-sumptions of the proposed city charter amendment shaky. Some argue the plan should be rejected at the ballot box if altered. Hope-fully, local media will cover this issue intensely between now and November when voters decide the matter.

Three council members already voted no on it. They are Duane Grieve, Marshall Stair and Nick Della Volpe. Finbarr Saunders voted against the hybrid plan be-fore he switched and voted for it feeling it is better than nothing. Knoxville CPA Rob-ert Zivi argues this proposal is worst than doing nothing.

Kim Sepesi speaking to the

Powell Republican Club.

Knox County Commis-sion is scrambling for cover as parents across the coun-ty realize that the budget “compromise” adopted June 4 does not fund promised school building improve-ments and lacks money for technology.

The most interesting co-nundrum is in District 7 where school board member Kim Sepesi secured capital improvements for Shannon-dale, Adrian Burnett and Powell elementary schools, along with Powell High School, in the school board budget. Then her district

colleague, Commissioner R. Larry Smith, opposed the funding. He even voted “no” on the compromise which did not raise taxes.

We asked Sepesi at last week’s Powell Republican Club what happens to those building projects.

“I don’t know,” she said.

“Our district was getting the bulk of the capital improve-ments.”

Meanwhile, Smith has told at least two Republican Clubs that he voted “no” in part because he felt bullied by this writer and reporter Jake Mabe who handed out feathers to commissioners with the message:

“Leaders fi nd a way to lead; chickens fi nd a way to hide.”

Sepesi demonstrated skill in securing the school board’s commitment for projects in her district. But the board can’t go forward

without funding.Smith demonstrated po-

litical cowardice in oppos-ing the funding. We say, if the feather fi ts, fl uff it.

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Finding ‘Dallas’ in Dallas

Most college kids head to sandy beaches during the summer. We went to Southfork.

The new TNT update of “Dallas,” the popular 1980s CBS-TV drama, makes me think about the pilgrim-age I once made with a couple of high school bud-dies, Drew Weaver and Dewayne Lawson, to the Parker, Texas, ranch popu-larized in the series.

“Dallas” was a television phenomenon the likes of which we’ll never see again. It reached its peak in the days before VCRs and cable television became ubiqui-tous. I can remember folks leaving high school football games early, even when the result was still in doubt, to get home in time to watch J.R. Ewing do his thing.

The show was a Friday night ritual in our house. Well, up until Victoria Prin-cipal’s character dreamt the entire 1985-86 season. (Don’t ask.)

Just before the fall se-mester, in August 1998, we visited my stepdad, Mike McConkey, who had been transferred to Phoenix, Ariz. Plotting our route, we purposefully decided to re-turn to Knoxville by way of I-10 and I-20 for one reason. We were going to Dallas to see “Dallas.”

Three fans from Knoxville pose in front of the famous photo of the late Jim “Jock Ewing” Davis at Southfork Ranch in Parker, Texas, in this Shopper fi le photo. Exterior shots of the house from the popular TV series “Dallas” were fi lmed here.

Southfork Ranch in Parker, Texas. The house does not sit as far from the road as it appears. Photos by Drew Weaver

The famous entrance sign and driveway at Southfork Ranch.

Turns out the ranch now known as Southfork was once owned by a guy named J.R. – J.R. Duncan. He called it Duncan Acres. It is a heck of a lot smaller than TV magic makes it look. The driveway is small, too, and the pool is even smaller.

None of the interiors were fi lmed in the house (except in two mid-1990s TV movies). They were shot at a private home near Dallas and both its interior and the exterior at Southfork were replicated on a Hollywood sound stage.

Our tour guide at South-fork was a charming woman who didn’t know much about the series. We kept pepper-ing her with questions she couldn’t answer.

But, she took a liking to three 20-year-olds from Tennessee – either that or she thought we were crazy –

and offered to take our pic-ture in a roped off area in the living room in front of a huge portrait of actor Jim “Jock Ewing” Davis, who died in 1981 when “Dallas” was in its heyday.

Next door to the ranch is a “Dallas” museum, fi lled with designer gowns, Jock Ewing’s Lincoln Continental and, yep, even the gun used to “shoot” J.R. in that fa-mous 1980 episode. I bought a “Ewing 1” license plate in the gift shop.

The No.1 reason I like this silly show is Larry Hagman. The fact that he never won an Emmy for his portrayal of J.R. Ewing is about as big of a joke as Peyton Manning not winning the Heisman.

The TNT series is surpris-ingly good, in no small part because of the presence of original series stars Hagman

(who is 80!), Linda Gray and Patrick Duffy. Still, the new, glossy, high-defi nition “Dal-las” can never replace the original, perhaps because a fad belongs to its day. As en-

joyable as it is, the new “Dal-las” will never be “DALLAS.”

Plus, I sincerely doubt it will cause any college kids to skip the surf and take a sojourn to Southfork. That’s

for the best, too. See for yourself at 9 p.m.

(Eastern) Wednesday nights on TNT this summer. Visit Jake Mabe online at jakemabe.blogspot.com.

UT NOTES ■ The newly-created Ashe

Lecture Series has been estab-lished to bring government leaders, past and present, to the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy to speak on policy matters including foreign relations, diplomacy, world aff airs and local govern-ment. The lecture series is named in honor of Victor H. Ashe, former Knoxville mayor and U.S. ambassador to Po-land and was created to honor Sen. Baker. Info: Michelle Castro, 974-3816 or mcastro@utfi .org.

■ Tami Wyatt, associate profes-sor in the College of Nursing,

has been named an Academy of Nursing Education Fellow, part of the National League of Nursing (NLN)’s Academy

of Nursing Education. This is the university’s fi rst nurs-ing professor to be named a fellow. Wyatt will be inducted Sept. 21 in Anaheim, Calif.

■ Georgiana Vines, adjunct faculty member and Knoxville News Sentinel political colum-nist, established the Georgia-na Vines Endowed Scholarship Fund at The Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy. The fund awards merit-based aid to Baker Scholars enrolled in the College of Communication and Information.

■ The Center for Information and Communication Studies has received funding for proj-ects to support rural librarians and increase the number of Hispanic library science faculty members. Bharat Mehra and Vandana Singh of UT’s School of Information Sciences (SIS) have received a $478,258 grant for the continuation of the school’s Information Technology Rural Librarian Master’s Scholarship Program Phase II (ITRL2). Ed Cortez and Suzie Allard of SIS and Bryan Heidom and Patty Overall of the University of Arizona received a $339,593 grant for the LaSCALA (Latino Scholars Cambio Leadership Academy) program. The grant will be used to recruit and educate four Hispanic/Latino doctoral students, with the goal of placing them in faculty positions around the country.

Tami Wyatt

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MALCOLM’S CORNER | Malcolm Shell

TALES OF TENNESSEE | Marvin West

Tennessee football is 794 vic-tories, the giant stadium, pas-sionate fans, sensational statis-tics, unforgettable plays and un-believable stories – Jack Reyn-olds hacksawing his Jeep in half, Richmond Flowers racing a quarter horse, Peyton Manning dropping his drawers.

Tennessee football is the checkerboard end zone and the Pride of the Southland band and nicknames like Bad News and

Wild Bull and Swamp Rat.It is the series of remarkable

events that led to the national championship of 1998. It is The Stop against Billy Cannon and the Miracle at South Bend and those delightful Sugar Vols and what they did to Miami.

Tennessee football is the stat-ue of Neyland, tailgate gather-ings and old Vols in the Hall of Fame. It is long runs, long passes and punts that f ly high and turn

Tennessee revitalization

Along with the Dogwood Arts Festival, pollen and an-nual house cleaning, another ritual of spring is the cleaning of swimming pools. It seems to continually f lood the streets with water.

I was watching one of our neighbors prepare their pool for the summer and I couldn’t help but wonder how many 50-gallon barrels of water it took to fi ll it up. Of course, some simple math gave a pretty good estimate, but the thing that came to my mind is what a difference 60 years makes in the availability of water.

When the pioneers were set-

tling the area, one of their pri-mary considerations in selecting a place to build their cabins was the availability of fresh water for drinking and keeping their per-ishable food cool. Campbell’s Sta-tion had an abundant supply of springs and aquifers which made it an ideal location. But water still had to be used sparingly.

Early programming and hab-its are hard to overcome. In the 21st century I still find myself using water very sparingly at our home. And it still makes me feel a little guilty when our lawn ir-rigation system is running. For-tunately, my wife also came from

Water was once a scarce resource

over. It is 161 extra points in a row and three-point kicks that win instead of break your heart.

It is many memories of pan-cake blocks, knockout tack-les, impossible interceptions, missed calls and fumbles lost and found.

Tennessee football is fantas-tic comebacks and horrendous upsets and the wonderful, awful difference in winning and losing.

All that is what Tennessee football used to be – always rel-evant, often exciting, sometimes terrific.

This is the revitalization time of Tennessee football. Hope is here. Rebirth seems likely. Im-provement is just around the cor-ner. Derek Dooley is optimistic.

This is the year of eight victo-ries minimum, maybe nine, and a bowl game that Tyler Bray will fi nd worthy of his time and effort.

Search for a four-leaf clo-ver to go with your faith that

the new defensive staff will in-spire hits you can hear. Believe that there really is a forthcom-ing running attack. Count the number of players with big-play potential. Count the number of years remaining on Dooley’s contract.

There had to be changes. Ten-nessee 2011 lacked adult super-vision, maybe outside, certainly from within. There were hints of statistical selfishness. If there was leadership, it wasn’t always going in the best direction.

There were so many negatives and criticisms – signifi cant in-juries, no running punch, inept kicking, sad second half at Arkan-sas, Dooley’s orange pants. And then came the Kentucky game.

Indeed, there were changes. And growth. And an improved outlook. Now is the time for good things to happen. Time runneth short.

Dooley has bet the farm on

Sal Sunseri. The head coach wasn’t miserable with his pre-vious defensive coordinator but he wanted a more aggressive concept and varied alignments. Southeastern Conference rivals had found the Volunteers very predictable.

Sunseri has no significant ex-perience as a coordinator but he has been through the wars. He has passion. And, his defensive ideas are very much in line with what Dooley wanted. Attack! Surprise. No sitting ducks.

Sunseri will be the key. If he can tie loose ends together, if he can eliminate staff confusion and indecision on the field, if he can get pressure on enemy pass-ers, the Vols have a chance to be better.

Maybe much better. Maybe even a little bit like Tennessee football used to be.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His ad-

dress is westwest6@netzero.com.

an area where fresh water was scarce, so our conservation hab-its have not created a problem.

My family installed a bath-room even prior to the estab-lishment of the First Utility Dis-trict which gave the little village “city water” as the locals called it. Prior to that, our water sup-ply came from a well which we drilled in the late 1940s, but the water was often muddy and it was hard to tell whether you were cleaner after the bath than you were before. Moreover, we had no hot water heater, so hot water had to be poured into the tub, but to rinse off you had to use the overhead shower, which spewed cold water.

Now, one might think that the situation I have described was one of an impoverished family. By today’s standards that would certainly be true. But we felt for-tunate to have an indoor bath-room because most families in the village had an outdoor privy and took a bath in a wash tub about once each week, usually on Saturday night to get ready for

church on Sunday. But the con-ditions described were typical of rural areas in the South during the mid-20th century. And even into the 1950s, some outlying ar-eas still depended on kerosene lamps for light and fireplaces to warm the house in winter.

Having an abundant water supply had long been a dream for most village residents, and although community meetings were often held to discuss the matter, no serious action was ever taken to implement a plan. But on April 6, 1954, discus-sion gave way to action. A meet-ing was called at Farragut High School by the Farragut Civic Club. Utility districts were au-thorized under a 1937 enabling act of the Tennessee state Legis-lature to improve public health and promote economic develop-ment. At that meeting, County Judge C. Howard Bozeman, using that 1937 legislation, ap-pointed three members to head up the district. Former town of Farragut mayor Bob Leonard was hired to do the legal work

and Fred McFee was selected as general manager.

The system came online in Oc-tober 1955, and 740 customers signed up. Today, the First Utili-ty District has more than 30,000 customers (many of whom have swimming pools) and an infra-structure worth more than $100 million. But the town owes a lot to those early visionaries who realized that growth could only come with the development of modern utilities.

Today, many of our citizens, particularly those under 50 years old, would find it diffi-cult to comprehend the value of abundant water, nor would they realize that the amount of water required to fill a modest swim-ming pool would have been equal to a year’s supply for a family in Concord Village 60 years ago.

Abundant water is now taken for granted which gives us more time to focus on such modern technologies as smartphones, fast computers and 3-D televi-sion, but water? Well, it is just there when we need it.

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Tonight, when I went out to say goodnight to the world, the western sky was still lav-ender. The summer solstice is near enough (just a day away as I write) that the ancient pagan remnants deep in my DNA are alert and aware.

I have been watching the light for days now.

It slants through the small windows in my front door, fi nding its way into unexpected corners. It sets the meadow aglow, with long shadows stretching across the green expanse. It lingers until late bedtime – not full light, by any means, but light enough to make out the fence rows and the trees that line the creek.

I remember a night on a mission trip to Willow, Alas-ka, when I went to bed at 11 p.m. and it was still broad daylight. I stood long, look-ing out my window, fi nding it diffi cult to believe.

Knoxville’s own poet James Agee called this mo-ment “high summer.”

The solstice is a moment, a heartbeat, really, in the earth’s journey around the sun. Maybe that is what makes it so breath-taking – that fl eeting moment of perfection, of ultimate sun-light (at least in the north-ern hemisphere), when the earth stands at the mid-point between spring and fall, and half a solar system away from winter.

MidpointAs long as the earth endures, seedtime and

harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.

(Genesis 8:22 NRSV)

Sure on this shining nightOf starmade shadows round,Kindness must watch for meThis side the ground.

The late year lies down the north.All is healed, all is health.High summer holds the earth.

Hearts all whole.Sure on this shining night

I weep for wonder wand’ring far alone

Of shadows on the stars. (“Sure on This Shining Night,” James Agee)

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CROSS CURRENTS

Oddly enough, the word sun appears in the Bible for the fi rst time in Genesis 15, when Abram sacrifi ced to God, and God made his cov-enant with Abram. (All the earlier references in Genesis refer simply to “light.”) Even in that scene of mystery, it was a setting sun, heading straight for deep darkness.

But then, in the last chap-ter of the Old Testament, comes the promise to those who are faithful:

“See, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evil-doers will be stubble. … But for you who revere my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings.” (Malachi 4: 1a, 2)

We stand at the midpoint. “The day is coming,” Malachi says. He didn’t say it is here.

But Malachi says – to me at least – that much like the earth’s journey around the sun, our journey through life is one of seasons, of light and darkness, and heat and cold, and that God is in it and over it and the Author and Finisher of it all.

July 4th events ■ Grace Baptist Church, 7171

Oak Ridge Highway, will host its annual “Grace American Cookout” at 6 p.m. Sunday, July 1, with fireworks to fol-low. Nationally recognized war hero Clebe McClary will speak at the church that morning at 8:45 and 10:30. Everyone is invited. Info: www.gracebc.org.

Community Services

■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, will sponsor a Medic blood drive 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 11, in room 209. Info: 690-1060.

■ Cross Roads Presbyte-

rian hosts the Halls Welfare Ministry food pantry 6-8 p.m. each second Tuesday and 9-11 a.m. each fourth Saturday.

■ Dante Church of God

will distribute “Boxes of Blessings” (food) 9-11 a.m. Saturday, July 14, or until all the boxes are gone. Anyone who would like a box is welcome to come, but you must be present to receive a box and there is a limit of one box per household. Info: 689-4829.

■ Knoxville Free Food

Market, 4625 Mill Branch Lane (across from Tractor Supply in Halls), distributes free food 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. each third Saturday. Info: 566-1265.

■ New Hope Baptist Church distributes food from its food pantry to local families in need 6-8 p.m. each third Thursday. Info: 688-5330.

Music services ■ Gospel singings 7:30 p.m.

Saturdays at Judy’s Barn off Hickory Valley Road on Gris-som Road behind Big Ridge Elementary in Union County. Info: Jim Wyrick, 254-0820. Admission is free.

■ Mount Harmony Baptist

Church, 819 Raccoon Valley Road, will host a sing-ing 7 p.m. Saturday, June 30, with the Macedonia Baptist Church singers from Maynardville and David Lively and Debbie Wright. Everyone is invited.

■ New Beverly Baptist

Church will host The New Calvary Echoes at 6 p.m. Sunday, July 8. A love offer-ing will be taken. Info: 546-001 or www.NewBeverly.org.

■ Oaks Chapel Church on Raccoon Valley Road will host a singing 7 p.m. Saturday, June 30, featur-ing Barbara Johnson, Eddie Smith and others. Everyone is welcome. Roger Short is pastor.

Rec programs ■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753

Oak Ridge Highway, holds a beginner yoga class 6-7 p.m. Mondays in the family life center. Cost is $10 per class or $40 for five classes. Bring a mat, towel and water. Info:

Dena Bower, 567-7615 or email denabower@comcast.net.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC, will hold Open Gym Night each Wednesday during summer from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Every-one is invited. Elementary-age children must have a guardian accompany them. Info: randycreswell@yahoo.com or 690-1060.

■ Callahan Road Baptist

Church, 1336 Callahan Road, will host free Drive-In movies at dusk every other Friday through Aug. 17 (weather permitting). Mov-ies will include “Cars 2” and “Adventures of Tin Tin.” Con-cessions will be available for purchase. No skateboards, scooters or roller skates. Info: 938-3410.

■ New Covenant Fellow-

ship Church, 6828 Central Avenue Pike, will hold Pilates class 5:45 p.m. each Monday for $5. Info: 689-7001.

■ St. Paul UMC, 4014 Garden Drive, will host a showing of “Mary Poppins” on Friday, June 29, at dusk. Bring lawn chairs. Free popcorn and lemonade will be served.

Revivals ■ Freeway Church of God is

holding a gospel tent meet-ing 6:30 p.m. Fridays at the Ray Viles car lot on Highway 61 in Clinton. Info: 567-9600.

Senior programs ■ Faith UMC, 1120 Dry Gap Pike,

Young at Heart group meets

10 a.m. to noon each fi rst Tuesday. Everyone is invited. Info: www.faithseekers.org or 688-1000.

Special services ■ The Knoxville Fellowship

Luncheon (KFL) will meet at noon Tuesday, June 26, at Golden Corral on Clinton Highway. Walter “Joe” Mar-shall will speak. Info: http://kfl-luncheon.com.

■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753 Oak Ridge Highway, will host its third annual outdoor worship service 10:30 a.m. Sunday, July 1. Fellowship and dinner will follow on the church grounds, and fried chicken will be served. Bring a side dish, salad or dessert to share. Info: www.beaverridgeumc.com or 690-1060.

Workshops and classes

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

Youth programs ■ First Lutheran Church,

1207 N. Broadway, will have a Noah’s Ark themed sum-mer day camp 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Friday, Aug. 3. All children ages 3-12 are invited. Cost is $75 to reg-ister and $100 per week or $40 per day. Kids may attend any part of the summer. Info: Shirley Eimmerman, 524-0366 or 524-0308.

Schriver named to national boardThe Rev. Ragan

Schriver, executive di-rector of Catholic Charities of East Tennes-see, has been named board member-elect to

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Board of Trustees. His three-year term will be-gin during the group’s annual meeting in St. Louis on Sept. 29.

Catholic Charities USA is the national office for agencies and affiliates which serve more than 10 mil-lion people each year regardless of religious, social or economic background.

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WORSHIP NOTES

■ Knoxville Writers’ Group will meet 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 27, at Naples Italian restaurant on Kingston Pike. Members will read from works-in-progress and published works. All-inclusive lunch is $12. RSVP by Monday, June 25, 983-3740. Everyone is invited.

COMMUNITY CLUBS

■ Church at Sterchi Hills, “Courageous Kids,” 6:30 to 8 p.m. June 25-29, Preregister at www.sterchichurch.com.

■ Faith UMC, 1120 Dry Gap Pike, will host “Sky: Everything is Possible With God” VBS 6 to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, June 25-29, for ages 3 through 5th grade. There will be a snack supper, music, dramas, crafts and more. Info: 688-1000.

■ First Lutheran Church, 1207 N. Broadway, will have VBS 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday, June 25-29 for kids in pre-school through 6th grade. Info: 524-0366 before noon.

■ Hilltop Baptist Church, 8212 Walker Road, will have VBS 7-9 p.m. Monday through Friday, June 25-29. Info: Leeann, 789-7482.

■ Trinity Baptist Church, 7604 Blacks Ferry Road, will have “Ad-ventures on Promise Island” VBS 6:30 to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, July 23-27, for ages 4 through 18. Info: 859-0523.

■ Valley Grove Baptist Church, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, June 25-29. All ages. There will be food, fun and fellowship.

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talents of its members to educate others and help those in need.

“I like giving back to the community with the expe-riences that I’ve had over the years and being a part of the community, helping in any way that I can,” said Remington. “This is a ven-ue that can do that.”

FCE has been hard at work making placemats out

Nancy Green and Alice Newport are hard at work at the Carter branch of Family and Community Education, an adult education and outreach group.

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of recycled greeting cards for Meals on Wheels, adult bibs, caddies for walk-ers and quillos (a blanket that folds into a pillow) for nursing homes; hats for a cancer center; sleep-ers for newborns in need; and sending personal care items to U.S. military per-sonnel overseas. The group actively partners with 4-H programs and Character Counts programs in area schools.

FCE holds workshops and camps throughout the year to educate other adults in different areas

like nutrition, agriculture, money management, and health and safety.

“Everybody has some-thing that they do so they share their knowledge that they specialize in.”

Each year FCE sponsors a Cultural Arts Fair and competition where mem-bers of the club can bring their best homemade item made during that year to compete in one of 42 dif-ferent events.

The Knoxville FCE branch has locations in Carter, Crestwood, Bearden and Karns. It is opening news clubs in Far-ragut and Halls in July.

FCE is open to any inter-ested adult. Info: Shannon Remington at 927-3316 or call the Knox County Fam-ily and Consumer Science extension at 215-2340.Tia Kalmon is a UT Chattanooga student.

Ogle, Barkhurst place at cross-country state competition

The Powell High cross-coun-try team qualifi ed for sec-tionals in the 4x100, 4x200, 4x400, 400, 800, 1600, long jump, discus and shot put. The team qualifi ed for State in the 400, 800, 1600 and 4x400 competition at the state level. Members of the Powell High track team are: Andrew Ogle, Jamar Dunn, Cody Barkhurst, Sam Dykes, Tyler Reed, Hunter Long and Austin Sikorski. Pho-tos submitted

Sam Dykes represents Powell High at the state competition in track.

Sophomore Cody Barkhurst placed fourth in the state in the 400-meter dash.

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Andrew Ogle races in the 800-meter preliminaries during state competition. Senior Andrew Ogle placed third in the state in the 800, breaking the Powell High School track team record by more than six seconds.

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By Madeline LonasHow do you get children

to eat healthier? What is the best way to get people to stop smoking? How do we prevent babies from being born substance-abused? Is the food on your plate safe to eat?

The mission of the Knox County Health Department (KCHD) is to encourage, promote and assure the development of an active, healthy community through innovative public health practices.

The interns learned it’s a big job, being led by Dr.

Martha Bu-chanan who says, “The community is now my p a t i e n t . ” She said c h i ld ho o d diabetes is being diag-nosed at the

same rate as for adults and she is very concerned that the law requires that only 1/3 of our school lunches be composed of local foods. Dr. Buchanan pointed out the benefi t of pushing for more local food. This practice benefi ts our health along with our local food growers and suppliers, and gener-ates more local taxes dol-

lars. Everyone wins.“Lets Help Somebody” is

the KCHD motto ex-plained D. Andes. He d e s c r i b e d the numer-ous pro-grams and s e r v i c e s offered by the KCHD

from birth through old age. They provide services that range from infant vaccines to mosquito spraying.

Scott Bryan, manager of Food In-s p e c t i o n , said that they inspect t h e a t e r s and hotels/motels, but the “meat and pota-toes” of the inspections

are really the restaurants. The top 10 things most res-taurants fail at are failing to cool, cross-contamination, personal hygiene, improper reheating, improper hold-ing, mixing of raw and cooked foods, food from unapproved sources, im-proper cleaning, over-prep-ping food and inadequate cooking. Hand-washing is a real problem. He said

studies show that proper hand-washing can reduce foodborne problems by 80 percent because most of the problems are fecal to oral.

Brooke Rathnow, who teaches healthy behaviors for pregnancy, introduced us to 3 demonstration babies. The alcohol affected baby was very boney, skinny and tiny. The baby’s eyes were smaller than a normal baby. Also, the crease between the nose and lips was not de-veloped. The drug-affected baby didn’t look as different, but acted different. It was very weak and shook from having withdrawal from the drugs. The Shaken Baby had a clear plastic head showing its brain. Rathnow demon-strated the effects of shaking a baby, and at fi rst the baby cried, but the more it was shaken, the weaker the cries became until they stopped. While she was shaking the model baby, lights lit up showing the brain damage. The baby would stop crying because it would black out or the neck would snap and it would die. The baby can also suffer from breaks to longer bones on its arm and legs, ribs and even damage to the spinal cord.

The KCHD isn’t just help-ing somebody, they are helping everybody.

By Sarah DixonOn our second week as

Shopper interns, we trav-eled to the Knox County Health Department. We met in a classroom where Ranee Randby brought in experts to talk about what they do.

Dr. Martha Buchanan, the health officer for the county, told us about the many roles that the health department plays in the community. She said the focus is on policy, partner-ship and protection.

Her passion for the job was evident when she said, “The community is my patient now.” She gave us new ideas of how to help our community when she stated, “We are not going to help the community one person at a time.”

D. Andes shared his role in the Social Services In-digent Program that helps people to get teeth pulled, qualifi ed job interviews, medication and things that they really need. He talked to us about the people that scare us that live on the side of the road and opened our eyes to who they really are by saying, “People are just

Caroline and Elizabeth Longmire pass around the Fetal Alcohol

Syndrome model baby. Photos by Sarah Dixon

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people, and sometimes bad things happen to them.”

Scott Bryan, a health in-spector, was a big hit with all of us as he elaborately explained foodborne ill-nesses, bacteria in the food we eat and what goes into an inspection. Our tour guide there laughed and said, “I hope you know where your food comes from.” Bryan had detailed stories of revolting things he had found and seen in his years as an inspector. “It’s a really cool job,” he said, though none of us were con-vinced.

The last person to speak was Brooke Rathnow who

works with Stay Teen. Shebrought in models repre-senting the Fetal AlcoholSyndrome baby, the DrugAddicted baby and the Shak-en baby. As we passed thebabies around, we were allmoved by the reality of thesetragedies. It was amazing tohear how much the childrenwere affected for the rest oftheir lives.

Our trip was eye-open-ing and informative. Al-though we were less ex-cited about our lunch out-ing and a little squeamishfrom the talk about bedbugs, the knowledge wehad gained was worth it.

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The men’s sleeping room at

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the walls for bedtime reading. Photo by Sarah Dixon

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visitors. KARM serves roughly 1,000 meals a day. Photo byMelinda Taylor

By Caroline LongmireThis past Tuesday the

interns had the pleasure of going to the Knoxville Welcome Center where WDVX Radio was broad-casting live music. The Coop Café, located inside the welcome center, of-fered a variety of fresh and healthy foods such as chicken salad sandwiches, bagels and home-made

blueberry muffi ns. The modern café and live blue-grass music provided a cul-tural atmosphere.

Two bands played while we munched on our bagged lunches – Jack Herranen and the Little Red Band and the Roy Kay Trio. Jack Her-ranen’s group featured Chris Zuhr, Sam Hardin, Jon Whit-lock and Kyle Campbell. The second band was from Seat-

tle, Wash., and featured Roy Kay, Robin Cady and Mike Geglia. The three men ser-enaded the crowd with their cheerful tunes and beauti-ful harmonies.

Our entire group of in-terns, including the chap-erones, had a wonderful time listening to the live music and enjoying lunch while visiting downtown Knoxville.

By Sara BarrettAfter lunch, the theme

of people helping people continued as the group toured Knox Area Rescue Ministries with its market-ing/ communications di-rector, Sue Renfro.

The interns walked past hundreds of beds that would be filled that eve-ning with folks who had nowhere else to turn.

Renfro told the group about promising programs, including the Abundant Life Kitchen and Launch Point – both of which offer opportunities for people to find a fresh start who may otherwise slip through the cracks.

Sue Renfro, marketing and communications director for

KARM, talks to the Shopper-News interns in the chapel before

leading a tour of the building. Photo by Mitchell Kolinsky

The women’s sleeping area at KARM gets cleaned for the following night’s guests. Approximately

400 people stay at the shelter each night and about 100 of those are women. KARM has been

helping those in need for 50 years and operates largely on donations. Those staying at the

facility check out by 8 a.m. in order for the sheets to be cleaned, etc. for the next night. Sue

Renfro said that the washers and dryers run nonstop. “There aren’t too many hotels that have

400 guests every night.” Photo by Melinda Taylor

The Roy Kay Trio entertains the crowd at the Knoxville Welcome Center downtown. Group

members include Mike Geglia, Roy Kay and Robin Cady. Photo by Caroline Longmire

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On the surface, mow-ing your lawn, trimming your hedges and caring for your yard might not seem dangerous, but many people become complacent forgetting most lawn care tools are power tools, sharp blades or a combination of the two. According to the U.S. Consumer Prod-uct Safety Commission, more than 25,000 peo-ple are injured each year caring for their lawns, including 75 deaths. One-fifth of those deaths occur when children get in the path of a mower.

Fortunately, accidents around the yard can be avoided with a little ex-tra care, supervision and focus. When using any gasoline or electric-pow-ered tools, concentrate on the task at hand and do not leave machinery plugged in or running unattended, even for a short period of time.

When it’s hot, wear long-sleeved shirts and

pants while operat-ing power tools. Long sleeves and pants pro-tect you from harmful UV rays, as well as from sticks and rocks that shoot out from under the mower or away from the clippers. Wearing appro-priately fitting clothing can be a lifesaver. Don’t wear loose or baggy clothing that can get caught in engine parts. Dress safely in the heat and make sure you stay hydrated with plenty of water.

In addition to mow-ers, gardening tools pro-vide sharp blades that can be dangerous when mishandled or left out around the yard to be stepped on. Survey the area you are going to work on before you be-gin. Remove any danger-ous objects and always put tools away after us-ing them so they won’t be a hazard.

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Brad and Sue Gerrish had a dream.

Escaping corporate America

Sue and Brad Gerrish of Budget Blinds with offi ce mascot Bust-er Photo by S. Carey

The couple moved to Knoxville from New Hamp-shire so they could raise their two children near family. Both had jobs in what Sue called “corporate America,” Brad selling cars and Sue with a major household prod-ucts company. They dreamed of going into business for themselves.

“If we’re going to work super-hard, we’d rather work for ourselves,” said Sue.

That dream became re-ality when the couple pur-chased an established Knox-ville Budget Blinds franchise from Doug Robertson.

“It was a good, strong back-

ground and brand,” said Sue.After being vetted by the

company, attending two weeks of training and work-ing hand-in-hand with Rob-ertson for a month, the pair took the reins.

“We were quite happy to associate with (Robertson),” said Brad. “We couldn’t have been happier.”

Now, they have a family business, and they love it.

They didn’t go into this blindly. First, they researched the company. Budget Blinds, started 20 years ago in Cali-fornia, offers group buying power and excellent warran-ties to local franchisers.

“We take care of people,” said Sue. “We’re not like the

big box stores. We go aboveand beyond. When you’reworking with a family-owned small business, theowner comes to give youan estimate, not a commis-sioned sales person.”

“I love meeting the people,”said Brad. “Everybody has astory, and I like hearing it.”

Sue said she was surprisedat how much time it takes toown a business, but she en-joys the fl exibility to spendtime with the kids. She canpick them up from school,fi x dinner, take them to ballgames, put them to bed, thenfi nish the day’s work from herlaptop.

Brad and Sue, and theirstaff, are committed to givingcustomers the best possibleresults. Most of their busi-ness is repeat or referral. But,both said the best part is thebig reveal.

“Just seeing the looks ontheir faces,” said Sue. “Theyare ecstatic, and they love it.”

Info: 588-3377 or www.budgetblinds.com/KnoxvilleShannon Carey is the Shopper-News gen-eral manager. Contact her at shannon@shoppernewsnow.com.

Frankie Turner and Steve Dull talk chicken at the new location of Chick-fi l-A on Emory Road. The restaurant began in 1946 as a family business and “is still a family business,” said owner/oper-ator Greg Jones. During the sneak peek, special guests and loyal customers of the Clinton Highway location were treated to samples of delicious food, festivities and prizes. The Emory Road location opened June 21 to a very happy community.

Chick-fi l-A opens with dinner party celebration

Megan Ewart dances with the Chick-fi l-A

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Critter Tales

At the risk of sounding wise beyond my years, it seems that people are in such a hurry these days, they often forget to stop for a moment and appreci-

This red-tailed hawk was spotted on the side of Pellissippi Park-way going toward Oak Ridge. This species can be found through-out the United States and the lower half of Canada. Photos by S. Barrett

This giant leopard moth was found in the parking lot of a gas station in middle Ten-nessee. Although it had been roughed up by its journey, its beauty was still intact.

Wildlife atthe gas station

ate the beauty of their sur-roundings. Even a stop at a gas station can offer an op-portunity to view nature at its finest.

The trick is to keep your eyes open and be aware of your world. You never know when you may get a neat photo to post on Face-book.

Unfortunately, one of the main reasons for these close encounters with the wild is that humans are slowly building their way into the homes of the crea-tures we are used to ad-miring from afar.

Just last week, folks driving down Pellissippi Parkway may have caught a glimpse of a red-tailed hawk that was perched on a fallen tree just off the side of the highway. The species isn’t too rare, but if you were talking on your cell

phone or thinking about your check list for the day, you would have missed seeing the real deal.

Moths may also be a common sight, but you never know when a rare subject may present itself. In this case, a giant leop-ard moth had made its way to a gas station and could probably have sold auto-graphs to the crowd of peo-ple that surrounded it.

One thing to always re-member when admiring wild life is to admire and respect the creature from a distance. It is called wild-life for a reason.

In other animal news, the Knoxville Zoo is host-ing its “Zoo to Do” 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, June 30, for family-friendly fun. The event is modeled after the zoo’s popular “Feast with the Beasts” event and will feature goodies from Krispy Kreme, Godiva Chocolate, Earth Fare, Papa John’s and more. In addition to food, there will be inflatables, barrel train rides, crafts, jugglers and much more. Tickets are $15, and children under 2 are free.

Info: 637-5331 or visit www.knoxvillezoo.org.

■ Alzheimer’s caregiver sup-port group meets 6-7 p.m. each third Thursday at Elmcroft Assisted Living and Memory Care in Halls. Light refresh-ments. RSVP appreciated. Info: 925-2668.

■ Alzheimer’s support group meets 6:30 p.m. each fi rst Thursday at Beaver Creek Cum-berland Presbyterian Church, 7225 Old Clinton Pike. Info: 938-7245.

■ Cancer survivor support groups, Monday evenings and Tuesday mornings and Tuesday evenings, at the Cancer Sup-port Community of East Ten-nessee, 2230 Sutherland Ave. Support groups for cancer caregivers, Monday evenings. Cancer family bereavement group, Thursday evenings. Info: 546-4661 or www.cancer-supportet.org.

■ Covenant Health’s Body-works off ers community exercise for all ages at $3 per class. Classes include Easy Cardio Max, Mind and Body, and Senior Cardio. Visit www.covenanthealth.com/body-works or call 541-4500 to fi nd a location near you.

■ Grief support groups at Fort Sanders Sevier Hospital 6 p.m. each fi rst Thursday; 10 a.m. and

HEALTH NOTES3 p.m. each third Wednesday at the Covenant Home Care Knox-ville offi ce; and 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. each fourth Wednesday at the Covenant Home Care Oak Ridge offi ce. Registration is required. Info or to register: 541-4500.

■ Lung cancer support group meets 6 p.m. each third Monday at Baptist West Cancer Center, 10820 Parkside Drive. No charge, light refreshments served. Info: Trish or Amanda, 218-7081.

■ Stop Smoking: 1-800-784-8669 (1-800-QUITNOW) is a program of the Knox County Health Department. The hotline is answered 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

■ UT Hospice conducts ongoing orientation sessions for adults (18 and older) interested in becoming volunteers with its program. No medical experi-ence is required. Training is provided. Info: 544-6279.

■ UT Hospice Adult Grief Support, for any adult who is suff ering loss, meets 5 to 6:30 p.m. each fi rst and third Tues-day in the UT Hospice offi ce, 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper will be served. Info or to reserve a spot: 544-6277.

EWI scholarship recipientsExecutive Women International (EWI) of Knoxville recently awarded scholarships to local high school and college students. The recipients are Christian Academy of Knoxville stu-dent Austyn Anderson; Berean Christian High School student Nicole Glenn; Sevier County High School student Cole Burns; and Pellissippi State Community College students Tanya Lowe, Susan Renaud-Mitchell and Rachel Thompson. Photo submitted

CHS Wall of FameNominations for

Central High School’s wall of fame for 2012 should be emailed to rlsmithins@yahoo.com or faxed to 922-4467. The deadline is June 30. Any questions, contact CHS Foundation president R. Larry Smith at 922-5433.

REUNIONS ■ Central High School Class

of 1948 will hold its 64th reunion Saturday, July 28, at All Occasion Catering, 922 N. Central Ave. Fellowship starts at 11 a.m. with lunch at noon. Info: Mary Frances Tucker, 539-6242 or email mfgvt@gmail.com.

■ Central High School Class of 1962 will hold its 50-year reunion July 6-7. Info: Bob Davis, 689-4302, or Diane Turner Sebby, 521-6652.

■ Central High School Class

of 1967 will hold its 45th reunion Friday through Sunday, July 22-24. Info: Idonna Tillery Bryson, 688-5816, or Ann Paylor Williams, 687-7759.

■ Fulton High School Class of 1972 is planning its 40th reunion celebration 6 p.m. Saturday, July 14, at The Foundry, 747 World’s Fair Park Drive, and will include a catered dinner buffet, photos by a professional photographer that will be available online, Jake the DJ from Ogle Entertain-ment and more. The cost is

$55 until July 13 and $75 at the door. Dress is business casual. Mail registration to: FHS Class Reunion, 4224 Wil-liamson Drive, Knoxville, TN 37938. Info: Debbie Helton Keebler, 922-0049.

■ Halls High School Class of 1965 will hold a reunion July 28 at Beaver Brook Country Club. Any class is welcome. Info/reservations: George VanDeGriff, 922-8345 or 278-6724.

So, you want to be a Realtor

Coldwell Banker Wallace & Wallace Realtors will host career nights at each of the fi rm’s fi ve offi ces 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June 28.

The principal broker at each offi ce will answer ques-tions about obtaining a Ten-nessee real estate license. No appointment is necessary.

Career night will be held at: Bearden Hill, 140 Major Reynolds Place; North, 3009 Tazewell Pike; Farragut, 10815 Kingston Pike; West Town, 124 N. Winston Road; Maryville/Alcoa Offi ce, 219 Corporate Place Drive. Info: Mike Pappas, 693-1111 or mpappas@cbww.com, or visit www.cbww.com.

■ Standard Knitting Mills reunion is 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 4 at the John T. O’Connor Senior Center. Any employee or relative is wel-come. Food donations are

accepted; limited to finger foods. Info: 523-5463.

■ Ye Olde Burlington Gang will have a reunion and din-ner 6 p.m. Thursday, June 28, at Macedonia UMC, 4630

Holston Drive. If you grew up or lived in Burlington from the 1920’s and beyond, this is for you. Admission is free but bring a covered dishfor the dinner.

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